Genshin Impact

Xingqiu Best Builds, Team Comps & Weapons

Xingqiu is a character in Genshin Impact that uses Hydro Sword. See best builds, best team comp, weapons, artifacts, ratings, voice actor, ascension materials for Xingqiu.

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Xingqiu Character Tier & Rating

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Xingqiu Character Type

Character Type	SupportDPS
Weapon	Sword
Element

Xingqiu Best Build & Weapon

Xingqiu Hydro Burst DPS

Xingqiu's best skill is his Elemental Burst that is able to make any character produce outstanding damage. This further increase the damage that it produces while making it be able to frequently casted.

Recommended Weapon

Weapon	Details
Sacrificial Sword	After damaging an opponent with an Elemental Skill, the skill has a 40% chance to end its own CD. Can only occur once every 30s.
Weapon Substitute
Skyward Blade	CRIT Rate increased by 4%. Gains Skypiercing Might upon using an Elemental Burst:Increases Movement SPD by 10%, increases ATK SPD by 10%, and increases the DMG of Normal and Charged Attack hits by 20% for 12s.
Favonius Sword	CRIT Hits have a 60% chance to generate a small amount of Elemental Prticles, which will 6 Energy for the character. Can only occur once every 12s.
Festering Desire	Increases Elemental Skill DMG by 16% and Elemental Skill CRIT Rate by 6%
Harbinger Of Dawn	When HP is above 90%, increase CRIT Rate by 14%.

Recommended Artifacts

Artifact	Details
Emblem Of Severed Fate 4-Piece Set	2-Piece Set Energy Recharge + 20% 4-Piece Set Increases Elemental Burst DMG by 25% of Energy Recharge. A maximum of 75% bonus DMG can be obtained in this way.
Substitute
Heart Of Depth 2-Piece Set	2-Piece Set Hydro DMG Bonus +15%
Noblesse Oblige 2-Piece Set	2-Piece Set Elemental Burst DMG +20%

Recommended Artifact Stats

Artifact	Main Stat Sub Stat
	Flat ATK (Unchangeable) ① CRIT DMG ② CRIT Rate ③ ATK% ④ Energy Recharge
	Flat HP (Unchangeable) ① CRIT DMG ② CRIT Rate ③ ATK% ④ Energy Recharge
	ATK% ① CRIT DMG ② CRIT Rate ③ Flat ATK ④ Energy Recharge
	Hydro DMG Bonus% ① CRIT DMG ② CRIT Rate ③ ATK% ④ Energy Recharge
	CRIT DMG / CRIT Rate ① CRIT Damage/CRIT Rate ② ATK% ③ Flat ATK ④ Energy Recharge

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Xingqiu Best Team Comp

Best Party For Xingqiu

Most of Xingqiu's DMG comes from his Burst. It spread hydro easily making it alot easier to deal Hydro Reactions. The team make use of Hydro Reaction for an easier battle against any opponents.

Premium Team

DPS	Sub-DPS	Support	Heal
Xingqiu	Chongyun	Sucrose	Diona
Details
- Chongyun Skill with Xingqiu will freeze enemies easily for a safer DPS. - Diona will support the spread of Cryo when Chongyun is on cooldown and can also provide healing. - Sucrose will increase the DMG from reactions and gather enemies.

Character Substitutes

Character	Sub	Details
Chongyun	Rosaria	- Rosaria can also spread Cryo well enabling a Freeze Comp.
Sucrose	Venti	- Venti can gather enemies and even if they are flying, they can be hit by Hydro Swords.
Diona	Bennett	- Bennett boost ATK of Xingqiu

Free To Play Friendly Party

DPS	Sub-DPS	Heal	Reaction & Battery
Xingqiu	Xiangling	Barbara	Kaeya
Details
- Kaeya can spread Cryo freezing enemies and giving energy to Xingqiu - Xiangling and Xingqiu can easily deal Vaporize DMG to enemies. - Barbara's healing will be enhanced by Hydro Resoance.

Xingqiu Ascension Materials

Materials Needed for Ascension

Lv 20	Varunada Lazurite Sliver x 1 Silk Flower x 3 Damaged Mask x 3
Lv 40	Varunada Lazurite Fragment x 3 Cleansing Heart x 2 Silk Flower x 10 Damaged Mask x 15
Lv 50	Varunada Lazurite Fragment x 6 Cleansing Heart x 4 Silk Flower x 20 Stained Mask x 12
Lv 60	Varunada Lazurite Chunk x 3 Cleansing Heart x 8 Silk Flower x 30 Stained Mask x 18
Lv 70	Varunada Lazurite Chunk x 6 Cleansing Heart x 12 Silk Flower x 45 Ominous Mask x 12
Lv 80	Varunada Lazurite Gemstone x 6 Cleansing Heart x 20 Silk Flower x 60 Ominous Mask x 24

Xingqiu Talent Materials For Level-Up

Enemy Drops (Hilichurl)	Domain Drops (Wed/Sat/Sun)	Big Boss Drops (Lupus Boreas)
Damaged Mask	Teachings Of Gold	Tail Of Boreas
Stained Mask	Guide To Gold
Ominous Mask	Philosophies Of Gold

Xingqiu's Recommended Talent Priority

Xingqiu's Skills & Talent List

	Talent	Talent Category
	Normal Attack: Guhua Style	Normal Attack
	Guhua Sword: Fatal Rainscreen	Elemental Skill
	Guhua Sword: Raincutter	Elemental Burst
	Hydropathic	Passive
	Blades Amidst Raindrops	Passive 2
	Flash of Genius	Passive 3

Hydropathic

When a Rain Sword is shattered or when its duration expires, it regenerates the current character's HP based on 6% Xingqiu's Max HP.

Blades Amidst Raindrops

Xingqiu gains a 20% Hydro DMG Bonus.

Flash of Genius

When Xingqiu crafts Character Talent Materials, he has a 25% chance to refund a portion of the crafting materials used.

Xingqiu Constellations

Recommended Constellation

Constellation 2 For Hydro Resistance Debuff

With Constellation 2, Xingqiu will be able to reduce the Hydro resistance of enemies hit by his sword rain attacks effectively boosting not only Xingqiu's personal damage but also the team through Hydro reactions.

Constellation 6 For Highest Increase In DPS

Raiden Shogun's attack during her Burst, at Constellation 2, will ignore the defense of the enemies enabling your Raiden Shogun to deal powerful damage. Among the Constellations, this one has the most damage increase which is very useful for Burst DPS builds.

Xingqiu Constellations

*C＝Constellations, To upgrade constellations, you must aquire the same character more than once.

How To Use Xingqiu ?

Recommended Rotation For Xingqiu

Uses Of Xingqiu's Elemental Skill

Mainly Used To Gather Energy For Xingqiu's Burst

The primary use of Xingqiu's Elemental skill is to use it as Battery for Xingqiu's Elemental Burst. It can also deal significant amount of damage to enemies.

Additional Defense & Healing

The Elemental Skill of Xingqiu will also release floating sword that will decrease the damage you receive and heal you depending on Xingqiu's Max HP. This, however, does not make Xingqiu a substitute for healers but just an added bonus because the amount of heals is low and the cooldown of the skill is long making it unreliable source of healing.

Uses Of Xingqiu's Elemental Burst

▲ Remains after switching characters and is extremely effective at combos.

Off-Field Damage

Xingqiu's Elemental Burst will shoot enemies with Hydro blade that sync with the attacking character's normal and charge attack. Using Xingqiu's Burst is like having another character attack with you.

Hydro Application

Every hit by the flying blade will inflict Hydro on the target enabling easy Hydro reactions. This makes Xingqiu a flexible support and sub-DPS that fits different kind of teams.

Strengths Of Xingqiu

Lasting Hydro Application & Powerful Off-Field Damage

Xingqiu has one of the most flexible and consistent Hydro Application in-game and this is all due to his Elemental Burst. He will also greatly contribute to the damage especially at higher constellation

Constellations Are Relatively Easier To Obtain And Greatly Boost His Power

Xingqiu, as a 4 star character, has constellations that are easier to obtain and is sometimes guaranteed to be obtained at Paimon Shop. His Constellations does not only provide additional debuff, it can also multiply the number of swords Xingqiu's Elemental Burst releases.

Weaknesses Of Xingqiu

Rain Swords Does Not Trigger At Plunge Attacks & Aim Shots

The rain swords does not trigger at Plunge Attacks and Charge Attacks from Bow users making Xingqiu a less suitable support for characters that uses them as main source of damage such as Xiao and Ganyu. You can work around this by inserting one normal attack between combos.

Requires High Energy Recharge For Consistency

Xingqiu's main use is within his Elemental Burst. For this Elemental Burst to be consistently up, you need to at least have around 160% Energy Recharge. Because of this, Xingqiu works great with Sacrificial Sword and Emblem Of Severed Fate.

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Xingqiu Profile & Voice Actor

Xingqiu Basic Info & Voice Actor

Rarity	★4	Element	Hydro
Weapon
Sword
How To Get
Wish
Voice Actor (EN)
Cristina Vee Valenzuela
Voice Actor (JA)
Junko Minagawa
Birthday
October 9

Profile

Xingqiu Story Overview

Second Son Of The Feiyun Guild Manager

Xingqiu is the second son of the Guild Manager of the Feiyun Guild Commerce. He indeed comes from a wealthy family that holds a remarkable influence inside Liyue.

He Loves Literature

He likes to accompany himself with a good book while he is on a journey. He often spends his days at the Wanwen Bookhouse, and he also is the author of the book titled "Legend of Sword" which is unexpectedly famous in Inazuma.

Voicelines About Xingqiu

Voicelines About Xingqiu
Yanfei	The Feiyun Commerce Guild is one of my oldest clients. Their approach to business is meticulous and thorough, and every business meeting I7ve had with them has always been attended by the head of the house himself. Last time, though, I happened to meet their youngest, Xingqiu. To my complete surprise, the lad had no trouble keeping up with my train of thought. He was very eloquent, too, and had excellent manners. Mm, definitely not a simpleton.
Albedo	Oh, Xingqiu? I find his written works quite interesting. The Yae Publishing House in Inazuma has been asking that I cooperate with a different author for greater royalties. Hmph, do I seem the type to be swayed by a few extra Mora?
Chongyun	I do admire Xingqiu for his devotion to chivalry and his martial arts proficiency. However ー I must warn you that he definitely has a mean side, too. If you find that you fall foul of any of his antics, come to me and we'll form a "Victims of Xingqiu" alliance. There is strength in numbers.

Has His Own Story Quest

Players will encounter Xingqiu on his own story quest titled Fabulae Textile Chapter 1: Act I: Bookworm Swordsman. It can only be unlocked after completing Lisa's quest: Troublesome Work and upon reaching Adventure Rank 26.

Appeared In A World Quest

Xingqiu will appear once again in one of Inazuma's world quest named, Yae Publishing House's Invitation whereas traveler will need Xingqiu's assistance on the said quest.

Xingqiu In-Game Details

Special Dish Of Xingqiu

Dish	Ingredients
All-Delicacy Parcels	Rice x3 Shrimp Meat x3 Carrot x2

Favorite Decoration Of Xingqiu

Character
Xingqiu
Favorite Decoration Sets
Glittering Street	Feiyun Study Room	-

How Tall Is Xingqiu?

There is no in-game and official data regarding the height of Xingqiu. We compared characters and Xingqiu is Medium comparatively.

Effects In-Game

Character height gives advantages and disadvantages in-game. For instance, smaller characters will need to swim even at shallow waters but they easily dodge some enemies attacks or enter narrow entrances of caves.

How To Get Xingqiu ?

Get From Kokomi Banner

Xingqiu's drop rating is boosted during Kokomi's Banner which is the second banner for the 2.1 Update. This banner started from September 21 and will end on October 12, 2021.

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