DIONA BIO
- Star Rank: 4 ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦
- Alternative Names: None
- Title: Popular Bartender of the Cat’s Tail
- Organization / Circle: Cat’s Tail
- Origin: Mondstadt
- Constellation: Feles
- Vision / Element: Cryo / Ice
- Weapon: Bow
- Primary Attribute: Cryo DMG Bonus (%)
Diona is a feisty feline young lady from Springvale. She is known as the incredibly popular bartender of the Cat’s Tail tavern, the rising star of Mondstadt’s wine industry, and the greatest challenger to its traditional powerhouses. Check this Diona best build guide to know best weapons, best artifacts, and best party members for Diona.
Any drink mixed by Diona’s hand tastes delicious beyond belief. Yet given her extreme distaste for alcohol, is her talent a blessing or a curse?
DIONA ABILITIES/TALENTS
Kätzlein Style – Normal/Charged Attack
- Normal Attack: Perform up to 5 consecutive shots with a bow.
- Charged Attack: Perform a more precise Aimed Shot with increased DMG. While aiming, biting frost will accumulate on the arrowhead. A fully charged frost arrow will deal Cryo Damage.
- Plunging Attack: Fires off a shower of arrows in mid-air before falling and striking the ground, dealing AoE DMG on impact.
Icy Paws – Elemental Skill
- Fires an Icy Paw that deals Cryo DMG to opponents and forms a shield on hit. The shield’s DMG Absorption scales based on Diona’s Max HP, and its duration scales off the number of Icy Paws that hit their target.
- Press: Rapidly fires off 2 Icy Paws.
- Hold: Dashes back quickly before firing 5 Icy Paws. The shield created by a Hold attack will gain a 75% DMG Absorption Bonus.
- The shield has a 250% Cryo DMG Absorption Bonus, and will infuse Diona with Cryo at the point of formation for a short duration.
Signature Mix – Elemental Burst
- Tosses out a special cold brew that deals AoE Cryo DMG and creates a Drunken Mist in an AoE.
- Every 2 seconds, for 12 seconds, Drunken Mist:
- Deals Cryo DMG to opponents within the field.
- Regenerates the HP of characters within the field.
- Every 2 seconds, for 12 seconds, Drunken Mist:
Cat’s Tail Secret Menu – 1st Ascension Passive
- Characters shielded by Icy Paws have their Movement SPD increased by 10% and their Stamina Consumption decreased by 10%.
Drunkards’ Farce – 4th Ascension Passive
- Opponents who enter the AoE of Signature Mix have 10% decreased ATK for 15s.
Complimentary Bar Food – Utility Passive
- When a Perfect Cooking is achieved on a dish with restorative effects, Diona has a 12% chance to obtain double the product.
BEST WEAPONS FOR DIONA
Late Game Weapons – 4 Star Weapons
- Sacrificial Bow – After damaging an opponent with an Elemental Skill, the skill has a 40/50/60/70/80% chance to end its own CD. Can only occur once every 15s.
- Favonius Warbow – CRIT hits have a 60/70/80/90/100% chance to generate a small amount of Elemental Particles, which will regenerate 6 Energy for the character. Can only occur once every 12/10.5/9/7.5/6 seconds.
Early Game Weapons – 3 Star Weapons
- Recurve Bow – Defeating an opponent restores 8%/10%/12%/14%/16% HP.
- Slingshot – If a Normal or Charged Attack hits a target within 0.3s of being fired, increases DMG by 36/42/48/52/58%; otherwise, decreases DMG by 10%.
BEST ARTIFACTS FOR DIONA
Healer Support
- Maiden Beloved x4
- 2 Pieces: Character Healing Effectiveness +15%.
- 4 Pieces: Using an Elemental Skill or Burst increases healing received by all party members by 20% for 10s.
- Stat Priority
- Sands of Eon: Energy Recharge
- Goblet of Eonothem: Cryo DMG Bonus
- Circlet of Logos: Healing Bonus
- Substats
- Energy Recharge
- Elemental Mastery
- HP
Shield Support
- Noblesse Oblige x4
- 2 Pieces: Elemental Burst DMG +20%.
- 4 Pieces: Using an Elemental Burst increases all party members’ ATK by 20% for 12s. This effect cannot stack.
- Stat Priority
- Sands of Eon: Energy Recharge
- Goblet of Eonothem: Cryo DMG Bonus
- Circlet of Logos: Healing Bonus
- Substats
- Energy Recharge
- Elemental Mastery
- HP
Early Artifacts Build
- The Exile x4
- 2 Pieces: Energy Recharge +20%.
- 4 Pieces: Using an Elemental Burst regenerates 2 Energy for all party members (excluding the wearer) every 2s for 6 seconds. This effect cannot stack.
- Stat Priority
- Sands of Eon: Energy Recharge
- Goblet of Eonothem: Cryo DMG Bonus
- Circlet of Logos: Healing Bonus
- Substats
- Energy Recharge
- Elemental Mastery
- HP
DIONA CONSTELLATION
- A Lingering Flavor – Regenerates 15 Energy for Diona after the effects of Signature Mix end.
- Shaken, Not Purred – Increases Icy Paws’ DMG by 15%, and increases its shield’s DMG Absorption by 15%. Additionally, when paws hit their targets, she creates a shield for other nearby characters on the field with 50% of the Icy Paws shield’s DMG Absorption for 5s.
- A-Another Round? – Increases the Level of Signature Mix by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
- Wine Industry Slayer – Within the radius of Signature Mix, Diona’s charge time for aimed shots is reduced by 60%.
- Double Shot, On The Rocks – Increases the Level of Icy Paws by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
- Cat’s Tail Closing Time – Characters within Signature Mix’s radius will gain the following effects based on their HP amounts:
- Increases Incoming Healing Bonus by 30% when HP falls below or is equal to 50%.
- Elemental Mastery increased by 200 when HP is above 50%.
BEST PARTY MEMBERS FOR DIONA
Diluc
- High Burst DMG.
- Trigger’s High DMG Melt Reactions.
Klee
- High Charge Attack DMG.
- Trigger’s High DMG Melt Reactions.
Razor
- Greatly benefits from Superconduct Reactions to boost Physical DMG.
- Can sustain DMG with Diona’s shields and heals.
Tartaglia
- Constant Frozen triggers especially in melee stance.
- Diona’s shields provide DMG reduction for more melee sustained damage.
DIONA ASCENSION MATERIALS
Ascension 1: Level 20 – Level 40
- Calla Lily ×3
- Shivada Jade Sliver ×1
- Firm Arrowhead ×3
Ascension 2: Level 40 – Level 50
- Calla Lily ×10
- Shivada Jade Fragment ×3
- Firm Arrowhead ×15
- Hoarfrost Core ×2
Ascension 3: Level 50 – Level 60
- Calla Lily ×20
- Shivada Jade Fragment ×6
- Sharp Arrowhead ×12
- Hoarfrost Core ×4
Ascension 4: Level 60 – Level 70
- Calla Lily ×30
- Shivada Jade Chunk ×3
- Sharp Arrowhead ×18
- Hoarfrost Core ×8
Ascension 5: Level 70 – Level 80
- Calla Lily ×45
- Shivada Jade Chunk ×6
- Weathered Arrowhead ×12
- Hoarfrost Core ×12
Ascension 6: Level 80 – Level 90
- Calla Lily ×60
- Shivada Jade Gemstone ×6
- Weathered Arrowhead ×24
- Hoarfrost Core ×20
DIONA TALENT MATERIALS
Enemy Drops – Ranged Hilichurls
Firm Arrowhead
Common Ascension Material. A roughly produced arrowhead. Though unimpressive, neither it nor the bow should be underestimated, for even the bravest knight can be felled by an arrow from the rear.
A well-made arrowhead. Sharp enough to penetrate armor with the ease of a rock through the surface of water.
Weathered Arrowhead
Common Ascension Material. An old arrowhead coated in blood. The arrowhead has long since lost its sharpness and thus its use as a weapon.
Daily Domain Drops
- Locations:
- Domain of Mastery: Frosted Altar I (Monday/Thursday)
- Domain of Mastery: Biting Frost (Sunday)
Teachings of Freedom
Freedom is the spirit of the Land of the Wind. The freedom of live is one of such. It is the freedom to live freely and healthily without concerns of one’s own safety.
Guide to Freedom
Freedom is the spirit of the Land of the Wind. The freedom of travel is one of such. It is the freedom to traverse the land freely without being obstructed.
Philosophies of Freedom
Freedom is the spirit of the land of the wind. To sing is one such freedom. To sing on the land created by the Anemo Archon is to send your heart away with the song on the wind.
Weekly Boss Drops – Childe
- Location:
- The Golden House – Childe Challenge
The shard of a weapon that you obtained from defeating Childe, who unleashed the might of his Delusion.
It is stained with a profound color that is not of this world, no doubt due to the land of endless darkness that the young boy saw with his own two eyes.
Perhaps it has nothing to do with the power of a Delusion, but as they say, the weapon reflects its user…
Event Reward
- Location:
- Limited-Duration Event Reward (Buy from Event Shops)
Crown of Insight
A precious Talent Level-Up material. Increases Talent Level from 9 to 10. Once a medium for the storage and transfer of wisdom in ancient times. Now, wisdom is found in ancient texts and in profound speech. Nevertheless, this crown of sagehood must still be able to impart some transcendent power and wisdom to its bearer.
DIONA CHARACTER DEMO
“Hmph. Here, drink this Sea-Salt Lizard, and kiss your life as an alcoholic goodbye…”
So Diona thinks to herself pridefully — only to be met by the lavish praises of the tavern’s patrons.
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