Nights of Formal Focus

Nights of Formal Focus
Char­ac­ter	Layla
Talent Type	Elemental Skill
Category	Combat
Cool­down	12s
Puts forth a shield known as the Curtain of Slumber, dealing AoE Cryo DMG. The Curtain of Slumber's DMG Absorption is based on Layla's Max HP and absorbs Cryo DMG with 250% effectiveness. When the shield is deployed, Layla will have Cryo applied to her briefly. Night Stars and Shooting Stars While the Curtain of Slumber is active, it will create 1 Night Star that will be attached to it every 1.5s. When a character protected by this shield uses an Elemental Skill, 2 Night Stars will be created. Night Stars can be created once every 0.3s in this way. A maximum of 4 Night Stars can be accumulated at any one time. Once the Curtain of Slumber has accumulated 4 Night Stars and there are opponents nearby, these Night Stars will transform into homing Shooting Stars that will be fired off in sequence, dealing Cryo DMG to any opponents hit. If the Curtain of Slumber's duration ends or it is destroyed, the Night Stars will disappear. If they are already being fired off as Shooting Stars, these Shooting Stars will last until this wave of shots ends. New Night Stars cannot be created until the previous wave of Shooting Stars has been fired completely.
Skill DMG	12.8–27.2%
Shooting Star DMG	14.7–31.3%
Base Shield DMG Absorption	10.8–23% Max HP+1,040–2,860
Shield Duration	12s
Scaling Max HP ATK
Utility Shield Frozen Status to Self

"She and I are like two master artisans who have never met, yet who sit at the same cushioned seat, embroidering the same dream-flower."

Nights of Formal Focus is Layla's Elemental Skill.

Gameplay Notes

• When Shooting Star hits at least one enemy, it generates 1.33 Elemental Particles.
  • This particle generation has a cooldown of 3 seconds.
• If this skill is used again while a Curtain of Slumber is still active, Night Stars will not be reset.
• Night Stars will also be generated by Dream of the Star-Stream Shaker as well as Elemental Skills that accept multiple inputs via the Elemental Skill button before cooldown, including Fischl's Oz re-summon, Keqing's Stellar Restoration recast, Nilou's Dance of Haftkarsvar Whirling Steps and Water Wheel, Tartaglia or Wanderer's input to end the stance, and Sayu or Yelan's input to end the held version of their rapid movement.
  • Similar inputs that are not done via the Elemental Skill button, such as remotely detonating Keqing's stiletto or using Nilou's Sword Dance or Luminous Illusion dance steps, do not generate Night Stars.
    • Freminet's Pressurized Floe Level 4 Shattering Pressure does generate Night Stars, even when it is activated by Normal Attack button.
• The Night Stars will be transformed into Shooting Stars with a blinking of all 4 stars. If already in range of the Shooting Stars' targeting, there will be a delay of 0.25 seconds since the creation of the last Night Star. Otherwise, the transformation will occur immediately when entering the targeting range.
• 0.5 seconds after the blinking, the Shooting Stars will be fired at the rate of 0.5 seconds per star. Therefore, the shooting wave will last 2 seconds. Since the ICD of the Shooting Stars is 3s / 7 Hits, it will apply Cryo to the same target at most once per wave.
• The Curtain of Slumber only starts generating Night Stars again after the last Shooting Star has been fired.
• Throughout the shield duration, it is possible to fire 4 waves of Shooting Stars by utilizing Dream of the Star-Stream Shaker's Night Star generation and/or multiple characters with multi-input Elemental Skills.
• Shooting Star DMG will snapshot Layla's stats when Shooting Stars are fired and will not be affected by changes in her stats that occur afterwards.

Passive Effects

• Passive Talent 1, Like Nascent Light: The Shield Strength of a character protected by a Curtain of Slumber increases by 6% each time a Night Star is gained, up to a maximum of 4 stacks and lasting until the Curtain of Slumber disappears.
• Passive Talent 2, Sweet Slumber Undisturbed: "The DMG dealt by the Shooting Stars fired by Nights of Formal Focus is increased by 1.5% of Layla's Max HP."

Constellation Effects

• Constellation Level 1, Fortress of Fantasy: "The Shield Absorption of the Curtain of Slumber generated by Nights of Formal Focus is increased by 20%. Additionally, when unleashing Nights of Formal Focus, she will generate a shield for any nearby party members who are not being protected by a Curtain of Slumber. This shield will have 35% of the absorption of a Curtain of Slumber, will last for 12s, and will absorb Cryo DMG with 250% effectiveness."
• Constellation Level 2, Light's Remit: "When Shooting Stars from Nights of Formal Focus strike opponents, they will each restore 1 Energy to Layla. Each Shooting Star can restore Energy to her in this manner once."
• Constellation Level 3, Secrets of the Night: Increases this talent's level by 3, up to a maximum of 15.
• Constellation Level 4, Starry Illumination: "When Nights of Formal Focus starts to fire off Shooting Stars, it will grant all nearby party members the Dawn Star effect, causing their Normal and Charged Attack DMG to increase based on 5% of Layla's Max HP. Dawn Star can last up to 3s and will be removed 0.05s after dealing Normal or Charged Attack DMG."
• Constellation Level 6, Radiant Soulfire: "Shooting Stars from Nights of Formal Focus deal 40% increased DMG, and Starlight Slugs from Dream of the Star-Stream Shaker deal 40% increased DMG. Additionally, the interval between the creation of Night Stars via Nights of Formal Focus is decreased by 20%."

Advanced Properties

	Gauge Units	Internal Cooldown		Poise Damage	Stagger Effect			Blunt
		TagTagAttacks with the same ICD Tag and the same ICD Type will share ICD.	TypeTypeAttacks with the same ICD Tag and the same ICD Type will share ICD.		S. L.S. L.Stagger Level	H. F.H. F.Horizontal Force	V. F.V. F.Vertical Force
Skill DMG	1U	No ICD		30	Heavy	200	0	✘
Shooting Star DMG	1U	Elemental Skill	3s/7 Hits	15	Light	200	0	✘
Frozen to Self	1U, 0.1s	No ICD		—	—			✘

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Attribute Scaling

Talent Levels past 10 require Elemental Skill Level Increase methods, such as Constellations and Event bonuses.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Skill DMG (%)	12.8	13.76	14.72	16	16.96	17.92	19.2	20.48	21.76	23.04	24.32	25.6	27.2
Shooting Star DMG (%)	14.72	15.82	16.93	18.4	19.5	20.61	22.08	23.55	25.02	26.5	27.97	29.44	31.28
Base Shield DMG Absorption (% Max HP +)	10.8 + 1,040	11.61 + 1,144	12.42 + 1,256	13.5 + 1,378	14.31 + 1,508	15.12 + 1,646	16.2 + 1,794	17.28 + 1,950	18.36 + 2,114	19.44 + 2,288	20.52 + 2,470	21.6 + 2,660	22.95 + 2,860
Shield Duration	12s
CD	12s

Talent Leveling

Talent Level	Required Ascension	Mora [Subtotal]	Enhancement Materials [Subtotal]	Character Talent Materials [Subtotal]
1 → 2	2✦	12,500 [12,500]	6 [6]	3 [3]
2 → 3	3✦	17,500 [30,000]	3 [3]	2 [2]
3 → 4		25,000 [55,000]	4 [7]	4 [6]
4 → 5	4✦	30,000 [85,000]	6 [13]	6 [12]
5 → 6		37,500 [122,500]	9 [22]	9 [21]
6 → 7	5✦	120,000 [242,500]	4 [4]	4 [4]	1 [1]
7 → 8		260,000 [502,500]	6 [10]	6 [10]	1 [2]
8 → 9	6✦	450,000 [952,500]	9 [19]	12 [22]	2 [4]
9 → 10		700,000 [1,652,500]	12 [31]	16 [38]	2 [6]	1 [1]

Total Cost (1 → 10 for one talent)

1,652,500 Mora

6 Divining Scroll

22 Sealed Scroll

31 Forbidden Curse Scroll

3 Teachings of Ingenuity

21 Guide to Ingenuity

38 Philosophies of Ingenuity

6 Mirror of Mushin

1 Crown of Insight

Voice-Overs

• English
• Chinese
• Japanese
• Korean

Main article: Layla/Voice-Overs § Combat

• Media:VO Layla Elemental Skill 1 01.ogg The night is cold.
• Media:VO Layla Elemental Skill 1 02.ogg Not now!
• Media:VO Layla Elemental Skill 1 03.ogg My guiding stars.

Main article: Layla/Voice-Overs/Chinese § Combat

• Media:VO ZH Layla Elemental Skill 1 01.ogg 寒星！ Hánxīng!
• Media:VO ZH Layla Elemental Skill 1 02.ogg 拒绝打扰！ Jùjué dǎrǎo!
• Media:VO ZH Layla Elemental Skill 1 03.ogg 星星的加护。 Xīngxīng de jiāhù.

Main article: Layla/Voice-Overs/Japanese § Combat

• Media:VO JA Layla Elemental Skill 1 01.ogg 寒星！ Kansei!
• Media:VO JA Layla Elemental Skill 1 02.ogg 邪魔しないで！ Jama shinaide!
• Media:VO JA Layla Elemental Skill 1 03.ogg 星のご加護を。 Hoshi no gokago wo.

Main article: Layla/Voice-Overs/Korean § Combat

• Media:VO KO Layla Elemental Skill 1 01.ogg 차가운 별!
• Media:VO KO Layla Elemental Skill 1 02.ogg 방해하지 마세요!
• Media:VO KO Layla Elemental Skill 1 03.ogg 별의 가호

Trivia

• Using this talent near most NPCs will cause them to clap.
• After activating the Curtain of Slumber, Layla will go into a sleep position. If Layla does not move from her position, she will enter a wake-up animation just before the cooldown ends.

Other Languages

Language	Official Name	Literal Meaning
English	Nights of Formal Focus	—
Chinese (Simplified)	垂裳端凝之夜 Chuícháng Duānníng zhī Yè	Night of Earnest Idleness
Chinese (Traditional)	垂裳端凝之夜 Chuícháng Duānníng zhī Yè
Japanese	垂裳凛然の夜 Suishou Rinzen no Yoru	Night of Awe-Inspiring Idleness
Korean	근심 없는 밤 Geunsim Eomneun Bam	Light-Hearted Night
Spanish	Noche solemne	Solemn Night
French	Nuits de solennité	Nights of Solemnity
Russian	Ночи почтенного сосредоточения Nochi pochtennogo sosredotocheniya	Nights of Eminent Focus
Thai	Nights of Formal Focus	—
Vietnamese	Đêm Ngon Giấc	Good Night's Sleep
German	Nacht des feierlichen Fokus	Night of Celebratory Focus
Indonesian	Nights of Formal Focus	—
Portuguese	Noites Solenes	Solemn Nights
Turkish	Odaklanma Gecesi	Focusing Night
Italian	Concentrazione solenne	Solemn Focus

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Released in Version 3.2

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