Best Build for Qiqi in Genshin Impact
sword character in Genshin Impact. This guide covers the best builds, weapons and artifacts for Qiqi.Pros & Cons
- Excellent healing
- Simple playstyle
- Long downtime on skill and burst
- Completely dependent on a battery
- Weak constellations
- On-field healer
- Cannot do much other than healing
Skills
Normal Attack
Perform up to 5 rapid strikes.
Charged Attack
Consumes a certain amount Stamina to unleash 2 rapid sword strikes.
Plunging Attack
Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.
Using the Icevein Talisman, Qiqi brings forth the Herald of Frost, dealing Cryo DMG to surrounding opponents.
Herald of Frost
On hit, Qiqi's Normal and Charged Attacks regenerate HP for your own party members and nearby teammates. Healing scales based on Qiqi's ATK.
Periodically regenerates your active character's HP.
Follows the character around, dealing Cryo DMG to opponents in their path.
Qiqi releases the adeptus power sealed within her body, marking nearby opponents with a Fortune-Preserving Talisman that deals Cryo DMG.
Fortune-Preserving Talisman
When opponents affected by this Talisman take DMG, the character that dealt this DMG regenerates HP.
Passives
Displays the location of nearby resources unique to Liyue on the mini-map.
When a character under the effects of Adeptus Art: Herald of Frost triggers an Elemental Reaction, their Incoming Healing Bonus is increased by 20% for 8s.
When Qiqi hits opponents with her Normal and Charged Attacks, she has a 50% chance to apply a Fortune-Preserving Talisman to them for 6s. This effect can only occur once every 30s.
Constellations
When the Herald of Frost hits an opponent marked by a Fortune-Preserving Talisman, Qiqi regenerates 2 Energy.
Qiqi's Normal and Charge Attack DMG against opponents affected by Cryo is increased by 15%.
Increases the Level of Adeptus Art: Preserver of Fortune by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
Targets marked by the Fortune-Preserving Talisman have their ATK decreased by 20%.
Increases the Level of Adeptus Art: Herald of Frost by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
Using Adeptus Art: Preserver of Fortune revives all fallen party members nearby and regenerates 50% of their HP.
This effect can only occur once every 15 mins.
Ascension
| Rank | Level | Cost 
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Materials | |||
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| 1 | 20 | 20,000 | ||||
| 2 | 40 | 40,000 |
 10 |
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| 3 | 50 | 60,000 |
20 |
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| 4 | 60 | 80,000 |
30 |
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| 5 | 70 | 100,000 |
45 |
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| 6 | 80 | 120,000 |
60 |
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Teams
For a detailed breakdown of the best Qiqi teams go to the Qiqi team guide page.
Builds
Support Build
Qiqi provides strong healing with the right build, but she can feel clunky. Her field-time requirement, long cooldowns, and lack of particle generation can make her frustrating to play. She is however a solid pick in Co-Op Domains.
Skill > Burst
Leveling both of her talents will increase her healing. Skill is only prioritized over burst since the burst takes so long to charge.
Main stats: ER/ATK/Healing Bonus or ATK
Substats: ER/ATK
ER is prioritized over ATK since Qiqi does not generate her own particles. ATK can be prioritized if she has enough ER from other sources.
WeaponsSacrificial Sword is almost a requirement on Qiqi since it solves her horrible skill uptime.
These weapons provide ER, helping recharge Qiqi's burst.
CRIT Rate increased by 4~8%.
Gains Skypiercing Might upon using Elemental Burst: Increases Movement SPD by 10%, increases ATK SPD by 10%, and Normal and Charged hits deal additional DMG equal to 20~40% of ATK. Skypiercing Might lasts for 12s.
ArtifactsThese set combinations massively boost her healing output, but may end up excessive if using ATK sands and weapon.
These 2-piece sets provide very similar performance.
If Qiqi still needs ER, you can swap in one or two of the sets below. 4 star set artifacts may be used on Flower and Plume as they provide sacrificable stats.
4PC Ocean-Hued Clam will boost Qiqi's healing as well as her damage output. Qiqi will need to reach the 30k HP cap in order to maximize her damage output. If her healing is still excessive, you can swap out ATK% for ER.
At the end of the duration, the Sea-Dyed Foam will explode, dealing DMG to nearby opponents based on 90% of the accumulated healing. (This DMG is calculated similarly to Reactions such as Electro-Charged, and Superconduct, but it is not affected by Elemental Mastery, Character Levels, or Reaction DMG Bonuses). Only one Sea-Dyed Foam can be produced every 3.5 seconds. Each Sea-Dyed Foam can accumulate up to 30,000 HP (including overflow healing). There can be no more than one Sea-Dyed Foam active at any given time.
This effect can still be triggered even when the character who is using this artifact set is not on the field.Although the 2PC effect is wasted on Qiqi, she can provide great uptime on the 4PC effect if she uses a Sacrificial Sword. This gives your team a decent 20% ATK buff as long as her skill is active. Effectively a pseudo-4PC Noblesse set.
