Qiqi is a 5-Star Cryo Sword character in Genshin Impact. Learn about Qiqi's build, ascension materials, best weapons, best artifacts, talent priority, skills, teams, and our rating of the character in this build guide!

Qiqi's Character Guides
Build Guide	Special Dish

Qiqi Rating and Info

Character Information

Qiqi
	Rating
	Rarity	★★★★★
	Element	Cryo
	Weapon	Sword
	Voice Actors	Christie Cate (EN) Tamura Yukari (JP)

Tier List Rankings

Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Support	Exploration
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Qiqi's Stats

Qiqi's Ascension and Talent Material Summary

All Ascension Materials Needed
Violetgrass ×168 Shivada Jade Sliver ×1 Shivada Jade Fragment ×9 Shivada Jade Chunk ×9 Shivada Jade Gemstone ×6 Divining Scroll ×18 Sealed Scroll ×30 Forbidden Curse Scroll ×36 Hoarfrost Core ×46 Mora ×420,000
All Talent Materials Needed
Teachings of Prosperity ×9 Guide to Prosperity ×63 Philosophies of Prosperity ×114 Divining Scroll ×18 Sealed Scroll ×66 Forbidden Curse Scroll ×93 Tail of Boreas ×18 Mora ×4,957,500 Crown of Insight ×3

Qiqi's Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths
• Strong Overall Healing • Elemental Skill provides heals over time • Elemental Burst provides great Heals espeicially in Co-op.
Weaknesses
• Skills have long cooldowns • Energy regeneration and Cryo Application is less than average

Best Builds for Qiqi

Support Builds for Qiqi

Damage Healer

Best Weapon	Skyward Blade
Replacement Weapons	1. Summit Shaper 2. Sacrificial Sword 3. Favonius Sword
Best Artifacts	Ocean-Hued Clam x4
Main Stats	Sands: ATK% or Energy Recharge
	Goblet: ATK%
	Circlet: ATK% or Healing Bonus
Substats	ATK%, ATK, Energy Recharge
Sample Teams	Superconduct: Freeze:

This Qiqi build takes advantage of her massive overhealing capabilities to convert it into damage. More enemies increases Qiqi's likelihood of reaching the 30k healing max limit for the Ocean-Hued Clam.

Qiqi's Talent Priority

1st	2nd	3rd
Elemental Burst	Elemental Skill	Normal Attack

Qiqi's Elemental Burst is your main priority as this talent provides the most of her healing. Afterwards, level up her Elemental Skill.

Best Artifacts for Qiqi

Best Artifacts Ranked

	Artifact	Artifact Bonuses
1st	Tenacity of the Millelith	2-PC: HP +20% 4-PC: When an Elemental Skill hits an opponent, the ATK of all nearby party members is increased by 20% and their Shield Strength is increased by 30% for 3s. This effect can be triggered once every 0.5s. This effect can still be triggered even when the character who is using this artifact set is not on the field.
2nd	Ocean-Hued Clam	2-PC: Healing Bonus +15% 4-PC: When the character with this artifact set heals a party member, 1 Foam will appear. It accumulates healed HP for 3 seconds, then explodes and deals 90% of the HP healed as DMG to nearby enemies. Max accumulated healing is 30,000 HP, including over-heal. There can only be 1 Foam active, but it stays even if you swap out. Foam CD is 3.5s.
3rd	Song of Days Past	2-PC: Healing Bonus +15% 4-PC: When the equipping character heals a party member, the Yearning effect will be created for 6s, which records the total amount of healing provided (including overflow healing). When the duration expires, the Yearning effect will be transformed into the Waves of Days Past effect: When your active party member hits an opponent with a Normal Attack, Charged Attack, Plunging Attack, Elemental Skill, or Elemental Burst, the DMG dealt will be increased by 8% of the total healing amount recorded by the Yearning effect. The Waves of Days Past effect is removed after it has taken effect 5 times or after 10s. A single instance of the Yearning effect can record up to 15,000 healing, and only a single instance can exist at once, but it can record the healing from multiple equipping characters. Equipping characters on standby can still trigger this effect.

Best 4-Star Artifact for Qiqi

Artifact	Artifact Bonuses
The Exile	2-PC: Energy Recharge +20% 4-PC: 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

Qiqi Best Weapons

Top 3 Qiqi Weapons

	Weapon	Weapon Information
1st	Skyward Blade	Base ATK: 608 Bonus Stat: Energy Recharge 55.1% 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.
2nd	Summit Shaper	Base ATK: 608 Bonus Stat: ATK 49.6% Skill Effect: Increases Shield Strength by 20%. Scoring hits on opponents increases ATK by 4% for 8s. Max 5 stacks. Can only occur once every 0.3s. While protected by a shield, ATK increase effect is increased by 100%.
3rd	Sacrificial Sword	Base ATK: 454 Bonus Stat: Energy Recharge 61.3% 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.

Best Free-to-Play Weapon for Qiqi

Weapon	Weapon Information
Amenoma Kageuchi	Base ATK: 454 Bonus Stat: ATK 55.1% Skill Effect: After casting an Elemental Skill, gain 1 Succession Seed. This effect can be triggered once every 5s. The Succession Seed lasts for 30s. Up to 3 Succession Seeds may exist simultaneously. After using an Elemental Burst, all Succession Seeds are consumed and after 2s, the character regenerates 6 Energy for each seed consumed.

All Recommended Weapons for Qiqi

Recommended Weapons	How to Get
Skyward Blade	Gacha
Aquila Favonia	Gacha
Summit Shaper	Gacha
Primordial Jade Cutter	Gacha
Sacrificial Sword	Gacha
The Flute	Gacha
Favonius Sword	Gacha
Skyrider Sword	Gacha
Royal Longsword	Starglitter Exchange

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Qiqi Best Team Comp

Physical Teams

Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Sub-DPS	Support
Eula	Raiden	Rosaria	Qiqi
Razor	Kaeya	Fischl	Qiqi
Qiqi	Fischl	Beidou	Shenhe

With her Off-Field healing that periodically applies Cryo to enemies, Qiqi can be used in Superconduct teams.

She would need to have another Cryo character just in case, as her Cryo application might have some downtime.

Qiqi Perma-Freeze Team

Support	Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Sub-DPS
Qiqi	Wriothesley	Kazuha	Furina
Qiqi	Chongyun	Mona	Xingqiu

Qiqi is able to perform as both a Cryo Applicator and a Healer for certain Freeze teams, including one featuring Wriothesley and Furina due to Qiqi's Healing Marks that both units can use.

Qiqi Best Constellations

Pristina Nola

Constellation and Effects

	Qiqi's Constellations
C1	Ascetics of Frost When the Herald of Frost hits and enemy marked by a Fortune-Preserving Talisman, Qiqi regenerates 2 Energy.
C2	Frozen to the Bone Qiqi's Normal and Charge Attack DMG against enemies affected by Cryo is increased by 15%.
C3	Ascendant Praise Increases the Level of Adeptus Art: Preserver of Fortune by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C4	Divine Suppression Targets marked by the Fortune-Preserving Talisman have their ATK decreased by 20%.
C5	Crimson Lotus Bloom Increases the Level of Adeptus Art: Herald of Frost by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C6	Rite of Resurrection Using Adeptus Art: Preserver of Fortune revives all nearby fallen party members and regenerates 50% of their HP. This effect can only occur once every 15 mins.

Best Constellations Rating and Explanation

	Rating	Constellation Effect / Merits
C1	★★☆	• When the Herald of Frost hits and enemy marked by a Fortune-Preserving Talisman, Qiqi regenerates 2 Energy.
C6	★★☆	• Using Adeptus Art: Preserver of Fortune revives all nearby fallen party members and regenerates 50% of their HP.

Get Qiqi's C6 Resurrection

While Qiqi's constellations aren't that superb, her C6 revive can you help you in a pinch. Note that this constellation can only occur once every 15 minutes, and so you'll still need to be careful when dealing with tough enemies!

Qiqi Ascension and Talent Materials

Qiqi Ascension Materials

Lv.20→Lv.40	Violetgrass ×3 Shivada Jade Sliver ×1 Divining Scroll ×3
Lv.40→Lv.50	Violetgrass ×10 Shivada Jade Fragment ×3 Divining Scroll ×15 Hoarfrost Core ×2
Lv.50→Lv.60	Violetgrass ×20 Shivada Jade Fragment ×6 Sealed Scroll ×12 Hoarfrost Core ×4
Lv.60→Lv.70	Violetgrass ×30 Shivada Jade Chunk ×3 Sealed Scroll ×18 Hoarfrost Core ×8
Lv.70→Lv.80	Violetgrass ×45 Shivada Jade Chunk ×6 Forbidden Curse Scroll ×12 Hoarfrost Core ×12
Lv.80→Lv.90	Violetgrass ×60 Shivada Jade Gemstone ×6 Forbidden Curse Scroll ×24 Hoarfrost Core ×20

Qiqi Talent Level-Up Materials

Daily Domain Drops	Enemy Drops	Weekly Boss Drops
Mon/Thu/Sun Teachings of Prosperity	Samachurls Divining Scroll	Lupus Boreas Challenge Reward Tail of Boreas
Guide to Prosperity	Sealed Scroll
Philosophies of Prosperity	Forbidden Curse Scroll

Talent Materials per Level

Qiqi Talents and How to Use

Normal Attack

Normal Attack: Ancient Sword
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.

Elemental Skill

Adeptus Art: Herald of Frost

Using the Icevein Talisman, Qiqi brings forth the Herald of Frost, dealing Cryo DMG to nearby enemies. Herald of Frost ・When Qiqi hits a target with her Normal or Charged Attacks, she regenerates HP for your characters in the party and all nearby allied characters. ・Regenerates a certain amount of HP at regular intervals for your active character. ・Follows the character around, dealing Cryo DMG to enemies in its path. Flavor Text: I use this to prevent warming and rot.... of Dr. Bai's precious ingredients. Yes.

Incredible Healing Abilities

Qiqi's Elemental Skill ”Adeptus Art: Herald of Frost” deals Cryo Damage while healing. This continues even if you switch characters as powerful off-field healing for whichever character you want.

Your characters will barely know the taste of food because Qiqi's Elemental Skill will be all they need to heal!

Can Simulatenously Heal and Apply Cryo

The ”Herald of Frost” ball is present for an amount of time, which can apply Cryo for every few seconds. However, since it applies Cryo relatively slow, try not to rely on it.

Periodically Walk on Water

If you need to walk on water, use Qiqi's Elemental Skill to build an ice bridge! Use it carefully though, because the cooldown is too long for you to spam it!

Elemental Burst

Adeptus Art: Preserver of Fortune
Qiqi releases the adeptus power sealed within her body, marking nearby enemies with a Fortune-Preserving Talisman that deals Cryo DMG. Fortune-Preserving Talisman When enemies affected by this Talisman takes DMG, the character that dealt this DMG regenerates HP. Flavor Text: "I am the Fortune Preserver, the Maiden of Resurrection." ー Qiqi does not remember these words.

On-Hit Healing to all Characters with Elemental Burst

Qiqi's Elemental Burst ”Adeptus Art: Preserver of Fortune” attaches a Fortune-Preserving Talisman to all enemies in an AoE. Once a character deals damage to that enemy, they will recover HP, making it easy to recover large amounts of health immediately.

Be sure to make use of her healing abilities while they are active because Qiqi's drawback is her long cooldowns.

Passive Talent 1

Life-Prolonging Methods
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.

Passive Talent 2

A Glimpse into Arcanum
When Qiqi hits enemies 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 every 30s.

Can Deal Damage While Healing

Take note that Qiqi's healing abilities scale off of her ATK. Building Qiqi to maximize her ATK stat means increasing her damage and healing her party more effectively.

Maximizing her ATK will benefit the party whatever your gameplay is. If you have selfish carries like Razor, it is recommended to increase her healing for them to survive.

Passive Talent 3

Former Life Memories
Displays the location of nearby resources unique to Liyue on the mini-map.

Collect Items Easily With Her Passive Skill

Simply having Qiqi in your party will mark the minimap with a small hand icon indicating the location of a Character Ascension material.

Take note that this only detects Liyue specialties.

How to Get Qiqi

Available in 5.3 Chronicled Wish Banner

Start	January 21, 2025
End	February 11, 2025

Get this unit at a standard rate on the Remembrance of Jade and Stone Chronicled Wish Banner from January 21, 2025 to February 11, 2025.

The Remembrance of Jade and Stone banner is also subject to a special mechanic that gives you a guarantee on the 5-star character or weapon of your choosing!

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Qiqi is a permanently available 5-star character you can get in both the Character Event Wish Banner as well as the Standard Banner.

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Qiqi's In-Game Information

Qiqi Character Profile

Nation	Liyue
Title	Icy Resurrection
Vision	Cryo
Gender	Female
Race	Zombie
Height	Small Girl
Faction	Bubu Pharmacy
Constellation	Pristina Nola
Birthday	March 03
Special Dish	No Tomorrow

Qiqi Voicelines

Thoughts About Qiqi

Character	In-Game Thoughts
Baizhu	Yes, you've guessed correctly. The preservation of a thread of "Qiqi's consciousness was in fact the work of the adepti. It's also thanks to Qiqi that I managed to come up with a way to save someone on the brink of death. Since the adepti took pity on this child and even used their arts to keep her on this side of existence, I thought I'd take the opportunity to keep her around the pharmacy. There's no harm in that, is there?
Chongyun	She looks like a zombie, but as an exorcist, I feel there's... something different about her. Hmm, her name is also absent from all the praised names I've seen... Where exactly does she fit in among the deities?
Gaming	Ah, Qiqi, the lovable munchkin. She's convinced that all my accidents are due to stiff joints, so whenever I'm at Bubu Pharmacy stocking up on medicine, she makes me do some stretches with her to limber me up, haha. It's easy, wanna try? Ok, after me: One, two three, four; two, two, three, four...
Hu Tao	Have you seen Qiqi? Tell me where she is, quickly. I need to go seal her away, hee-hee!
Xingqiu	I've always thought there is more to Qiqi than meets the eye. But it's impossible to have a conversation with her when Baizhu's around. Hmm... We could wait till Baizhu makes a home call to one of his other patients and corner her.
Yanfei	I heard that little herb gatherer has written out a whole set of behavioral rules for herself. She may be small, but boy, has she got her head screwed on! She's definitely destined for greatness... ''The young of today shall outperform us tomorrow,'' as they say. I must admit, she has my respect.
Yaoyao	Friends: Qiqi's my best friend! She forgets who I am sometimes but I know she doesn't mean it... I just have to remind her to check her notebook, and she remembers me right away. Forever: I once asked Dr. Baizhu in private if there's any way to cure her, and, um... But it doesn't matter. I'll probably have to keep reminding her who I am for my whole life, but that's okay.

Qiqi's Thoughts About Others

Character	In-Game Thoughts
Baizhu	About Baizhu I can never remember Dr. Baizhu's face. But I don't mind.
Hu Tao	About Hu Tao Warm. Fake Smile. Death. I despise Hu Tao.
Xiao	About Xiao Name: Sounds like a historical artifact to me. Memory: Remind me, have I met him before?
Xinyan	About Xinyan ...Who?
Yaoyao	About Yaoyao Cute. Like a nice little finch.

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