Qiqi Rating and Best Builds | Genshin Impact

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
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Qiqi Rating and Info

Character Information

Qiqi
	Rating: Rarity: ★★★★★ Element: Cryo Weapon: Sword EN Voice Actor: Christie Cate JP Voice Actor: Tamura Yukari

Tier List Rankings

Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Support	Exploration
	N/A

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Qiqi's Stats

	HP	Attack	Defense	Ascension Stat
Lvl 20	2,498	81	186	Healing Bonus 0%
Lvl 80	11,499	267	857	Healing Bonus 22.2%

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

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Main DPS and Support Builds for Qiqi

Recommended Roles for Qiqi
Main DPS Bubble Main DPS	Support Healer Support

ATK Main DPS

Best Weapon	Aquila Favonia
Replacement Weapons	1. Summit Shaper 2. The Alley Flash 3. The Black 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

This build relies on Qiqi dealing fast Normal Attacks while also dealing DMG from the bubble conjured by the Ocean Hued Clam artifact set.

Healer Support

Best Weapon	Skyward Blade
Replacement Weapons	1. Summit Shaper 2. Sacrificial Sword 3. Favonius Sword
Best Artifacts	Tenacity of the Millelith x4
Main Stats	Sands: Energy Recharge or ATK%
	Goblet: ATK%
	Circlet: Healing Bonus or ATK%
Substats	ATK%, ATK, Energy Recharge

This Qiqi build specializes on pure healing while also giving your party members an ATK buffs thanks to the Tenacity of the Millelith.

Qiqi's Talent Priority

	For a Main DPS Qiqi	For a Support Qiqi
1st	Elemental Burst	Elemental Burst
2nd	Normal Attack	Elemental Skill
3rd	Elemental Skill	Normal Attack

Qiqi's Elemental Burst is your main priority regardless of how you build Qiqi as this talent provides the most of her healing. Afterwards, level up her Normal Attack or Elemental Skill depending on if she were to be a Main DPS or Support.

Best Artifacts for Qiqi

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Best Artifacts Ranked

	Artifact	Artifact Bonuses
1st	Ocean-Hued	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.
2nd	Tenacity	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.
3rd	Maiden	2-PC: Character Healing Effectiveness +15%. 4-PC: Using an Elemental Skill or Burst increases healing received by all party members by 20% for 10s.

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

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Top 3 Qiqi Weapons

	Weapon	Weapon Information
1st	Aquila Favonia	Bonus Stat: Physical DMG 9.0% Skill Effect: ATK is increased by 20%. Triggers on taking DMG: the soul of the Falcon of the West awakens, holding the banner of resistance aloft, regenerating HP equal to 100% of ATK and dealing 200% of ATK as DMG to surrounding enemies. This effect can only occur once every 15s.
2nd	Summit Shaper	Bonus Stat: ATK 10.8% 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	Bonus Stat: 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.

Best Free-to-Play Weapon for Qiqi

Weapon	Weapon Information
Amenoma Kageuchi	Bonus Stat: ATK 12.0% 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
Aquila Favonia	Gacha
Summit Shaper	Gacha
Primordial Jade Cutter	Gacha
Sacrificial Sword	Gacha
The Flute	Gacha
Favonius Sword	Gacha
Skyrider Sword	Gacha

List of Swords

Qiqi Best Team Comp

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Character	Element	Weapon
Chongyun	Cryo	Claymore
	· Cryo Elemental Resoance increases CRIT Rate by 15%. · Can be main or support DPS.
Keqing	Electro	Sword
	· Can lower enemy's Physical DEF through Superconduct Reaction. · Can function as main or support DPS.
Razor	Electro	Claymore
	· Superconduct Reactions increase Physical DMG. · Creates masssive burst DMG window with Elemental Burst.
Xiao	Anemo	Polearm
	· Benefits from Qiqi's healing during his Elemental Burst, lessening HP loss.

Qiqi Best Constellations

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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
C2	★★☆	• 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

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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

How to Use Qiqi

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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.

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.-

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!

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.

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.

Qiqi Talents (Skills)

Normal Attack: Ancient Sword

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.

Adeptus Art: Herald of Frost

Talent Description

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.

Adeptus Art: Preserver of Fortune

Talent Description
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.

Life-Prolonging Methods

Talent Description
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.

A Glimpse into Arcanum

Talent Description
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.

Former Life Memories

Talent Description
Displays the location of nearby resources unique to Liyue on the mini-map.

How to Get Qiqi

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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

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Thoughts About Qiqi

Character	In-Game Thoughts
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?
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.

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?
	About Yaoyao Cute. Like a nice little finch.

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