Kezhou is a Lumnino attribute damage dealer built around weapons rather than pure skill damage. He’s flagged as a DPS/Weapon DMG character with mastery over all weapon types, and his kit leans into flexible melee and ranged play with on‑demand stance shifts.

Kezhou is planned for the game’s 1.1 update; no firm release date is listed in launch materials. In line with the broader system, characters are free to unlock, and you add them to your roster by collecting a fixed number of their thoughts (30) through play and progression.

Core stats and traits (level 1)

Field Value
AttributeLumnino
Recommended roleDPS / Weapon DMG
Weapon masteryAll types
Lumino ATK25
HP110
Shield110
DEF315
Max Sanity180
Skill DMG / Range / Duration / Efficiency100% / 100% / 100% / 100%
Morale / Resolve0% / 0%
TraitsAdventurer; Impression: Chaos; Rapt Attention
Gender / BirthplaceMale / Huaxu
BirthdayListed as October 31 or October 11 in different materials
AllegianceOuter Peaks

Skill kit summary (level 1 values)

Kezhou’s kit revolves around an Aspect Manifestation state that retools his melee weapon into a special form and generates autonomous projectiles that hunt targets. His base skill bolsters weapon attack speed and changes what it boosts while the aspect is active.

Ability Type Sanity Key effects Level 1 numbers
Drift of Youth Skill – Damage / Buff 50 Deals Lumnino damage in three hits; boosts ranged weapon attack speed. While Aspect Manifestation is active, instead boosts melee attack speed and grants hitstun immunity while taking damage. Damage: 46.0% (×3 instances); Radius: 10 m; Attack speed boost: 21%; Duration: 12 s
Lightswords Slice Starry Streams Ultimate – Buff / Summon 100 (variable) Enters Aspect Manifestation and calls down Edges of All Times to damage foes in an area. While active, Kezhou’s melee weapon becomes Phanosword, which cycles through Sword, Greatsword, Polearm, and Dual Blades attack modes; the final hit swaps to a random mode and launches all stored Phanoplumes. Bonus Effect triggers with Phanosword generate Phanoplumes (max 7). The skill is replaced by Feathers Chase Dust in Dreams while the aspect is active. Edges damage: 387%; Radius: 6 m; Phanosword range: +1 m; Mode‑switch hit: 113%
Phanoplume path hit: 68% (homes, orbits, and attacks up to 4 times before dissipating); targets struck also take extra damage scaling with the Bonus Effect: Lumnino DoT and Kezhou’s melee trigger chance (3.7% factor).
Feathers Chase Dust in Dreams: 674% damage; 10 m radius.
  • While Aspect Manifestation is active, Lightswords’ Sanity cost is lowered by your current Sword Intent (0.3 per point), with an extra 20 Sanity reduction at max Sword Intent. Feathers’ Sanity cost is lowered by String Intent (0.3 per point) with the same extra 20 at max String Intent.
  • Normal attack baselines while using Phanosword (level 1): Sword 58%, Polearm 62%, Greatsword 55%, Dual Blades 37%; plunging/sliding/charged hits: 10%.

Intent mechanics and Aspect Manifestation

Kezhou starts with 50 Sword Intent and 50 String Intent (both cap at 100). These values are the backbone of his damage conversion and Sanity economy:

  • Sword Intent increases melee weapon damage and melee weapon trigger probability.
  • String Intent increases ranged weapon damage and ranged weapon trigger probability.
  • Level‑1 scaling: each point of either intent adds 0.39% to its respective damage and trigger chance bucket.
  • Whenever you deal ranged weapon damage, 1 point of String converts to Sword; when you deal melee weapon damage, 1 point of Sword converts to String. This natural back‑and‑forth helps fuel whichever stance you pivot into next.

Aspect Manifestation is more than a temporary buff. It shifts Kezhou into a melee‑forward window with hitstun protection (from his skill), a longer‑reaching Phanosword, and autonomous Phanoplumes that pressure multiple targets. Managing Intent totals before and during this window directly lowers the Ultimate’s Sanity cost and maintains weapon damage bonuses as you rotate back to ranged tools.

Passive upgrades and Intron effects

Kezhou’s passives lock in parts of his Intent value to stabilize damage and add strong team utility when slotted as a partner.

  • Life Drifts, Tides Rearrange (passive): establishes the Intent system and its per‑point damage/trigger scaling.
  • Yet the Drifter Marks the Change (upgrade): records your Sword Intent when entering Aspect Manifestation; for 15 seconds, if your live Sword Intent dips below the recorded value, the passive treats it as the recorded value instead (only while in aspect). When the aspect ends, it records your String Intent and provides the same 15‑second floor outside the aspect.
  • Crimson Radiance (partner aura): when deployed as a Combat Partner, increases ATK by 40% for Kezhou and nearby Lumnino teammates.
  • Stat nodes: two separate upgrades grant +20% ATK and +30% Weapon CRIT Chance each.
Intron level Effect
1 Increases the Intent effect used by the passive by +0.85%. When 1 or 2 enemies are within 20 m, Intent conversion on hit becomes 3 or 2 points respectively.
2 Restores 3 Sanity every 0.5 s when you trigger a Bonus Effect.
3 Wanderings of Youth +2 levels; Life’s A Fleeting, Shifting Tide +1 level.
4 Using Lightswords Slice Starry Streams grants Blessed by Wind and Moon: immune to hitstun and −25% damage taken for 15 s.
5 Lightswords Slice Starry Streams +2 levels; Life’s A Fleeting, Shifting Tide +1 level.
6 Each Bonus Effect trigger grants +9% PEN for 5 s, stacking up to 6 times.

How Kezhou plays: strengths and cautions

Kezhou is designed to pivot. Ranged strings raise Sword Intent to juice the upcoming melee window; melee exchanges push points into String for the ranged phase. That rhythm keeps his Ultimate’s Sanity costs manageable and maintains consistent weapon buffs.

  • Stability and safety: during Aspect Manifestation, he has hitstun protection from his skill, with an optional 25% damage reduction shield from Intron 4. That combination makes his melee window hard to interrupt.
  • Real multi‑target pressure: Phanoplumes track and harass different targets, adding path damage and an extra damage rider tied to your Bonus Effect: Lumnino DoT and melee trigger chance.
  • High weapon ceiling: Phanosword inherits your melee weapon’s stats and offers multiple attack archetypes, letting you lean into the weapon pool you prefer without losing baseline viability.

There are tradeoffs. Sanity costs are substantial without Intent prep, so sloppy rotations feel punishing. Phanosword’s random mode swap after the final hit changes move flow; it delivers a damage spike on swap, but can disrupt precise strings. And because the kit rewards frequent Bonus Effect triggers and weapon hit uptime, he benefits most from sets and team choices that reliably proc these effects.

If you want a Lumnino DPS who can alternate between ranged setup and a protected melee burst window, Kezhou’s aspect‑driven loop is built for that cadence. Watch for his rollout with the 1.1 update and plan around Intent management to get the most out of his Ultimate and Phanoplumes.