Xingqiu Rating and Best Builds | Genshin Impact

Xingqiu is a 4-star Hydro Sword character in Genshin Impact. Learn about Xingqiu's stats, strengths and weaknesses, Japanese voice actor, best weapon and builds, and our rating of the character in this complete profile!

Xingqiu Rating

Character Information

Xingqiu
	Rating: Rarity: ★★★★ Element: Hydro Weapon: Sword EN Voice Actor: Cristina Vee Valenzuela JP Voice Actor: Minagawa Junko

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Xingqiu's Stats

	HP	Attack	Defense	Ascension Bonus Stat
Lvl 20	2,202	67	163	ATK 0
Lvl 80	9514	188	705	ATK 24%

Xingqiu Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths
• Rainswords provide DMG reduction, supplemental Hydro DMG and heals. • High attack speed.
Weaknesses
• Low base damage. • Long Cooldowns. • Requires Constellations for consistent utility.

How to Get Xingqiu

Pull from Standard Banners

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Xingqiu was a featured character in Kokomi's Banner, but the banner has already ended. He's still available in all standard banners at a normal rate though!

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How to Use Xingqiu

Powerful Hydro Support

Elemental Skill: Guhua Sword: Fatal Rainscreen

Xingqiu's Elemental Skill and Burst provide powerful defensive and offensive support. Using Guhua Sword: Fatal Rainscreen, is a great way to easily set up elemental reactions and provide Hydro DMG while also reducing incoming DMG and increasing resistance to interruption!

Be Careful Around Cryo Enemies

Take care when fighting Cryo enemies as his Elemental Skill does apply Wet to Xingqiu, making him susceptible to Freeze.

Rain Swords Apply Wet Status

Keep in mind that your Rain Swords apply the Wet status to the enemies if you are in close proximity. This might be detrimental for you if you are setting up reactions.

Elemental Enabler For Reactions

Elemental Burst: Guhua Sword Raincutter

Xingqiu's Elemental Burst, Raincutter, rains down multiple hits of Hydro to the enemy, and procs whenever you attack with your active character.

These swords individually apply Hydro to the enemy, which makes it a great tool to set up reliable reactions for your teammates.

Consistent Hydro Application for Elemental Reactions

Pairing Xingqiu's Elemental Burst with a Pyro character like Diluc, Klee or Hu Tao is best to set up rapid Vaporize reactions. Likewise, pairing Xingqiu with a Cryo character like Chongyun can set up a Freeze party composition to lock down the battlefield.

Use When Crafting Character Talent Materials

Xingqiu has the Passive Skill “Flash of Genius”, which grants a chance of regaining a portion of the crafting materials used in creating Character Talent Materials.

Since the materials used require grinding Domains to collect, it's best to exhaust as few as possible with each item crafted.

More Suited as a Sub-DPS

Xingqiu's Normal Attacks have lackluster DMG for him to be a Main DPS. While he can do Normal Attacks while his Elemental Burst is activated, it is much more effective to switch to a Main DPS character who can provide reactions that compliment Xingqiu's Elemental Burst.

Story Quest - Xingqiu

Learn more about Xingqiu, the Bookworm Swordsman from Liyue in his Story Quest.

Fabulae Textile Chapter	Bookworm Swordsman	Act 2	Act 3

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Best Builds for Xingqiu

Xingqiu's Roles and Builds

Main DPS	Sub DPS	Support

Xingqiu Sub DPS Builds

Hydro Sub DPS

Weapon	Artifact Set
Sacrificial Sword	Noblesse Oblige x2 Heart of Depth x2
Set Bonus
• Elemental Burst DMG +20%. • Hydro DMG Bonus +15%
Talent Priority
Guhua Sword: Raincutter Initiate Rainbow Bladework and fight using an illusory sword rain, while creating the maximum number of Rain Swords.

Recommended Artifact Substats

Stat Priority	Energy Recharge or ATK% Hydro DMG Bonus ATK% or CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG
Substats	・Energy Recharge ・CRIT DMG ・CRIT Rate ・ATK%

Replacement Weapons

Weapon	Effect
Festering Desire	Bonus Stat: Energy Recharge ・Increases Elemental Skill DMG by 16% and Elemental Skill CRIT Rate by 6%.
Iron Sting	Bonus Stat: Elemental Mastery ・Dealing Elemental DMG increases all DMG by 6% for 6s. Max 2 stacks. Can occur once every 1s.

Burst Sub DPS

Weapon	Artifact Set
Skyward Blade	Emblem of Severed Fate x4
Set Bonus
• Energy Recharge +20%. • Increases Elemental Burst DMG by 25% of Energy Recharge. A maximum of 75% bonus DMG can be obtained in this way.
Talent Priority
Guhua Sword: Raincutter Initiate Rainbow Bladework and fight using an illusory sword rain, while creating the maximum number of Rain Swords.

Recommended Artifact Substats

Stat Priority	Energy Recharge or ATK% Hydro DMG Bonus CRIT Rate/CRIT DMG/ATK%
Substats	・Energy Recharge ・ATK% ・CRIT Rate ・CRIT DMG

Replacement Weapons

Weapon	Effect
Sacrificial Sword	Bonus Stat: Energy Recharge ・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.
Festering Desire	Bonus Stat: Energy Recharge ・Increases Elemental Skill DMG by 16% and Elemental Skill CRIT Rate by 6%.

Best Artifacts and Weapons for Xingqiu

Best Artifacts Ranked

Rating	Set	Bonus
Best	Emblem of Severed Fate	• Energy Recharge +20%. • Increases Elemental Burst DMG by 25% of Energy Recharge. A maximum of 75% bonus DMG can be obtained in this way.
Second Best	Noblesse Oblige	• Elemental Burst DMG +20%. • Using an Elemental Burst increases all party members' ATK by 20% for 12s. This effect cannot stack.
Third Best	Heart of Depth	• Hydro DMG Bonus +15% • After using Elemental Skill, increases Normal Attack and Charged Attack DMG by 30% for 15s.

Alternative Artifact Set

Set	Bonus
The Exile	• Energy Recharge +20% • Using an Elemental Burst regenerates 2 Energy for all party members (excluding the wearer) every 2s for 6s. This effect cannot stack.

List of Artifacts and Set Bonuses

Best Weapons Ranked

Rating	Weapon	Stats (Lv.1)
Best	Sacrificial Sword	Base Stats Base Attack: 41 Bonus Effect: Energy Recharge 13.3% Skill Effect 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.
Second Best	Skyward Blade	Base Stats Base Attack: 46 Bonus Effect: Energy Recharge 12.0% Skill Effect 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.
Third Best	Festering Desire	Base Stats Base Attack: 42 Bonus Effect: Energy Recharge 10 Skill Effect Increases Elemental Skill DMG by 16% and Elemental Skill CRIT Rate by 6%.

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Recommended Party Members for Xingqiu

Best Characters and Strategies

Character	Element	Weapon
Chongyun
	· Xingqiu can easily apply Hydro to enemies. · Chongyun's Elemental Skill turns Melee Normal Attacks into Cryo DMG, so you can easily Freeze your opponents.
Klee
	· Xingqiu can easily apply Hydro to enemies and Klee's Normal Attacks can easily trigger Vaporize. · All Pyro DMG will get a massive boost from the Vaporize reaction.
Hu Tao
	· Xingqiu can easily apply Hydro to enemies. · Hu Tao deals high DMG on her own, but will deal even higher DMG with the boost from the Vaporize reaction.
Diluc
	· Xingqiu can easily apply Hydro to enemies. · Diluc's Pyro Burst DMG will get a massive boost from the Vaporize reaction.

Xingqiu Ascension and Talent Materials

Xingqiu Ascension Materials

Lv.20→Lv.40	Silk Flower ×3 Varunada Lazurite Sliver ×1 Damaged Mask ×3
Lv.40→Lv.50	Silk Flower ×10 Varunada Lazurite Fragment ×3 Damaged Mask ×15 Cleansing Heart ×2
Lv.50→Lv.60	Silk Flower ×20 Varunada Lazurite Fragment ×6 Stained Mask ×12 Cleansing Heart ×4
Lv.60→Lv.70	Silk Flower ×30 Varunada Lazurite Chunk ×3 Stained Mask ×18 Cleansing Heart ×8
Lv.70→Lv.80	Silk Flower ×45 Varunada Lazurite Chunk ×6 Ominous Mask ×12 Cleansing Heart ×12
Lv.80→Lv.90	Silk Flower ×60 Varunada Lazurite Gemstone ×6 Ominous Mask ×24 Cleansing Heart ×20

Xingqiu Talent Level-Up Materials

Daily Domain Drops	Enemy Drops	Weekly Boss Drops
Wed/Fri/Sun Teachings of Gold	Hilichurls Damaged Mask	Lupus Boreas Challenge Reward Tail of Boreas
Guide to Gold	Stained Mask
Philosophies of Gold	Ominous Mask

Talent Materials per Level

Xingqiu Talents (Skills)

Normal Attack: Guhua Style

Talent Description
Perform up to 5 rapid strikes. Charge Attack Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to unleash 2 rapid sword strikes. Plunge Attack: Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging enemies along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.

Guhua Sword: Fatal Rainscreen

Talent Description

Xingqiu performs twin strikes with his swords, dealing Hydro DMG. At the same time, this ability creates the maximum number of Rain Swords, which will orbit your active character. The Rain Swords have the following properties: ・When a character takes DMG, the Rain Sword will shatter, reducing the amount of DMG taken. ・Increases the character's resistance to interruption. 20% of Xingqiu's Hydro DMG Bonus will be converted to additional DMG Reduction for the Rain Sword. The maximum amount of additional DMG Reduction that can be gained this way is 24%. The initial maximum number of Rain Swords is 3. Using this ability applies the Wet status onto the character. Flavor Text: "Easier to slay a rain dragon than to sever the rain."

Guhua Sword: Raincutter

Talent Description

Initiate Rainbow Bladework and fight using an illusory sword rain, while creating the maximum number of Rain Swords. Rainbow Bladework ・Your active character's Normal Attacks will trigger consecutive sword rain attacks, dealing Hydro DMG. ・Rain Swords will remain at the maximum number throughout the ability's duration. These effects carry over to other characters. Flavor Text: The "Way of the Rain Cutter" is one of the esoteric secret techniques of the Guhua Sect.

Hydropathic

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

Blades Amidst Raindrops

Talent Description
Xingqiu gains 20% Hydro DMG Bonus.

Flash of Genius (Xingqiu)

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

Xingqiu Constellations

The Scent Remained	Increases the maximum number of Rain Swords by 1.
Rainbow Upon the Azure Sky	Extends the duration of Guhua Sword: Raincutter by 3s. Decreases the Hydro RES of enemies hit by sword rain attacks by 15% for 4s.
Weaver of Verses	Increases the Level of Guhua Sword: Raincutter by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
Evilsoother	Throughout the duration of Guhua Sword: Raincutter, the DMG dealt by Guhua Sword: Fatal Rainscreen is increased by 50%.
Embrace of Rain	Increases the Level of Guhua Sword: Fatal Rainscreen by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
Hence, Call Them My Own Verses	Activating 2 of Guhua Sword: Raincutter's sword rain attacks greatly increases the DMG of the third. Xingqiu regenerates 3 Energy when sword rain attacks hit enemies.

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