Gorou build guide

Gorou

Gorou functions as a support character that gives increasing levels of buff depending on the number of Geo characters in your team. His Elemental skill (E) gives flat DEF (1 Geo), Interruption Resistance (2 Geo) and Geo DMG% Bonus (3 Geo) for your active character standing inside its banner radius. Meanwhile his Elemental burst (Q) creates a field following the active character which deals periodic damage and offers the same bonuses given by E. His kit is geared towards buffing Geo DPS characters that scale based on DEF of which is currently only Itto and Noelle.

Talent

  1. Skill (E)

Weapon

  1. Favonius Warbow (4⭐)
  2. Sacrificial Bow (4⭐)
  3. Elegy for the End (5⭐)*

Artifact

  1. The Exile (4)*
  2. Noblesse Oblige (4)*
  3. Emblem of Severed Fate (2) +20% ER set (2)

Main Stat

  • Sands – Energy Recharge
  • Goblet – Geo DMG / DEF%*
  • Circlet – Crit Rate / DEF%* / Healing Bonus*

Substat

  1. Energy Recharge
  2. DEF%*
  3. Crit Rate*

Regarding Weapon Choices:

Elegy for the End: Elegy offers a helpful ER substat alongside an EM and ATK% buff for your teammates. While not directly useful in teams centered around Noelle or Itto, this could possibly be a good choice for future Geo DPS characters, or in a team which utilizes Geo Resonance.

Regarding Artifact Sets:

The Exile (4): Casting Elemental Burst regenerates a total of 6 Energy for each of your party member. This set reduces your Energy Requirements by a bit for all of your party members, which can be quite beneficial. Do note that this is a 4 star set so you’re potentially missing out on 5 star stat scaling, which is a 34% difference in mainstat value and 25% difference in individual substat value.
Noblesse Oblige (4): The effectiveness of this set increases if you’ve already met the ER requirement for Gorou. At that point, you’d no longer need to run the recommended ER% sets, which means you can opt for this instead.

Regarding Artifact Mainstats and Substats Priority:

DEF% mainstats and substats (and potentially a Healing Bonus mainstat on Circlet) can be considered at [C4] due to being able to heal the active character based on his DEF during burst. This is useful if you plan to use him as a solo healer.
Crit Rate circlet and substats can be considered when Gorou is using Favonius Warbow to trigger the passive comfortably.
ER% substats can usually be more important than getting the right mainstat, as Gorou’s damage contribution to a team is negligible, while being able to get Energy for his Burst is a lot more important.