Keqing Rating and Best Builds | Genshin Impact

Keqing is a character in Genshin Impact. Learn about Keqing's stats, strengths and weaknesses, best Artifacts build, and our rating of the character in this complete profile!

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Keqing Rating and Basic Info

Keqing
	Rating: Rarity: ★★★★★ Element: Electro Weapon: Sword EN Voice Actor: Kayli Mills JP Voice Actor: Kitamura Eri

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Vs. Bosses	Vs. Mobs	Support	Exploration

Keqing's Stats

Keqing Strengths and Weaknesses

How to Get Keqing

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Keqing's banner, Dance of Lanterns, ran from February 17, 2021 to March 2, 2021.

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How to Use Keqing

Quick and Versatile Normal and Charged Attacks

Keqing is one of the fastest sword users in the game.

Her quick Normal Attack deals a high of damage, along with quick movement that allows her to avoid enemy attacks. This makes her a strong Main DPS character that can hold her own in most fights.

Her Charged Attack is also very strong, and can be used in quick succession. This is very effective for boss battles and other large enemies, as you can deplete their HP very fast.

Stellar Restoration is Great for Combat and Exploration

Keqing's Elemental Skill, Stellar Restoration, enables her to reposition herself quickly in combat, while dealing high damage to enemies.

You can hold and aim this skill, giving you more control on where to position yourself when fighting. Blinking to the location of the marker allows her to deal a devastating slash attack, and lets her Normal Attack deal Electro DMG

You can also use the Lightning Stilleto as a ranged attack that deals AoE Electro DMG when hit by your Charged Attack.

Stellar Restoration is also an effective tool for exploration. This allows her to climb small cliffs painlessly, go over obstacles, and even reach areas that would be otherwise much more difficult to access.

Elemental Burst Clears Mobs Effectively

Her Elemental Burst, Starward Sword, unleashes a quick and devastating series of Electro slashes in an AoE, with the final strike dealing AoE Electro DMG.

This makes her very effective against enemy mobs, especially in Domains like the Spiral Abyss. This is also very useful during boss fights, helping you deal high damage without getting damaged.

Her Passive Talent Reduces Expedition Time

Land's Overseer allows Keqing to complete Expeditions in a shorter amount of time. This comes in handy when mining for ores or gathering resources.

Best Builds For Keqing

Main DPS	Sub DPS	Support

Keqing DPS Builds

Electro Main DPS

Weapon	Artifact Set
Primordial Jade Cutter	Thundering Fury x2 Gladiator's Finale x2
Set Bonus
• Electro DMG Bonus +15% • ATK +18%.
Talent Priority
Normal Attack: Yunlai Swordsmanship Perform up to 5 rapid strikes.

Recommended Artifact Substats

Stat Priority	ATK% ATK% or Electro DMG Bonus ATK% or CRIT Rate
Substats	・ATK% ・CRIT Rate ・CRIT DMG

Replacement Weapons

Weapon	Effect
Summit Shaper	Bonus Stat: ATK ・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%.
The Black Sword	Bonus Stat: CRIT Rate ・Increases DMG dealt by Normal and Charged Attacks by 20%. Additionally, regenerates 60% of ATK as HP when Normal and Charged Attacks score a CRIT Hit. This effect can occur once every 5s.

Physical DPS

Weapon	Artifact Set
Primordial Jade Cutter	Shimenawa's Reminiscence x4
Set Bonus
• ATK +18%. • When casting an Elemental Skill, if the character has 15 or more Energy, they lose 15 Energy and Normal/Charge/Plunging Attack DMG is increased by 50% for 10s. This effect will not trigger again during that duration.
Talent Priority
Stellar Restoration Hurls a Lightning Stiletto that annihilates her enemies like the swift thunder. When the Stiletto hits its target, it deals Electro DMG to enemies in a small AoE, and places a Stiletto Mark on the spot hit.

Recommended Artifact Substats

Stat Priority	ATK% ATK% or Physical DMG Bonus ATK% or CRIT Rate
Substats	・ATK% ・CRIT Rate ・CRIT DMG

Replacement Weapons

Weapon	Effect
The Black Sword	Bonus Stat: CRIT Rate ・Increases DMG dealt by Normal and Charged Attacks by 20%. Additionally, regenerates 60% of ATK as HP when Normal and Charged Attacks score a CRIT Hit. This effect can occur once every 5s.
Prototype Rancour	Bonus Stat: Physical DMG ・On hit, Normal or Charged Attacks increase ATK and DEF by 4% for 6s. Max 4 stacks. This effect can only occur once every 0.3s.

Best Artifacts and Weapons for Keqing

Best Artifacts Ranked

Rating	Set	Bonus
Best	Gladiator's Finale	• ATK +18%. • If the wielder of this artifact set uses a Sword, Claymore or Polearm, increases their Normal Attack DMG by 35%.
Second Best	Thundering Fury	• Electro DMG Bonus +15% • Increases damage caused by Overloaded, Electro-Charged and Superconduct by 40%. Triggering such effects decreases Elemental Skill CD by 1s. Can only occur once every 0.8s.
Third Best	Shimenawa's Reminiscence	• ATK +18%. • When casting an Elemental Skill, if the character has 15 or more Energy, they lose 15 Energy and Normal/Charge/Plunging Attack DMG is increased by 50% for 10s. This effect will not trigger again during that duration.

Alternative Artifact Set

Set	Bonus
Berserker	• CRIT Rate +12% • When HP is below 70%, CRIT Rate increases by an additional 24%.

List of Artifacts and Set Bonuses

Best Weapons Ranked

Rating	Weapon	Stats (Lv.1)
Best	Primordial Jade Cutter	Base Stats Base Attack: 44 Bonus Effect: CRIT Rate 9.6% Skill Effect HP increased by 20%. Additionally, provides an ATK Bonus based on 1.2% of the wielder’s Max HP.
Second Best	Aquila Favonia	Base Stats Base Attack: 48 Bonus Effect: Physical DMG 9% 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.
Third Best	The Black Sword	Base Stats Base Attack: 42 Bonus Effect: CRIT Rate 6.0% Skill Effect Increases DMG dealt by Normal and Charged Attacks by 20%. Additionally, regenerates 60% of ATK as HP when Normal and Charged Attacks score a CRIT Hit. This effect can occur once every 5s.

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Recommended Party Members for Keqing

Character	Element	Weapon
Qiqi	Cryo	Sword
	・Can trigger Superconduct to reduce Physical DMG. · Can utilize Keqing's Constellation lv. 4 for additional ATK%
Zhongli	Geo	Polearm
	· Provide shields for durability. ·High Burst Damage along with Petrify.
Bennett	Pyro	Sword
	· Quick and easy Overload triggers. · Elemental Bursts Boosts ATK and provides healing up to 70%.
Xingqiu	Hydro	Sword
	·Elemental Burst combines to generate Electro-Charged Reactions. · Xingqiu provides Keqing with DMG reduction and healing.

Keqing Ascension and Talent Materials

Keqing Ascension Materials

Lv.20→Lv.40	Cor Lapis ×3 Vajrada Amethyst Sliver ×1 Whopperflower Nectar ×3
Lv.40→Lv.50	Cor Lapis ×10 Vajrada Amethyst Fragment ×3 Lightning Prism ×2 Whopperflower Nectar ×15
Lv.50→Lv.60	Cor Lapis ×20 Vajrada Amethyst Fragment ×6 Lightning Prism ×4 Shimmering Nectar ×12
Lv.60→Lv.70	Cor Lapis ×30 Vajrada Amethyst Chunk ×3 Lightning Prism ×8 Shimmering Nectar ×18
Lv.70→Lv.80	Cor Lapis ×45 Vajrada Amethyst Chunk ×6 Lightning Prism ×12 Energy Nectar ×12
Lv.80→Lv.90	Cor Lapis ×60 Vajrada Amethyst Gemstone ×6 Lightning Prism ×20 Energy Nectar ×24

Keqing Talent Level-Up Materials

Daily Domain Drops	Enemy Drops	Weekly Boss Drops
Mon/Thu/Sun Teachings of Prosperity	Whopperflowers Whopperflower Nectar	Dvalin Challenge Reward Ring of Boreas
Guide to Prosperity	Shimmering Nectar
Philosophies of Prosperity	Energy Nectar

Talent Materials per Level

Keqing Talents (Skills)

Normal Attack: Yunlai Swordsmanship

Stellar Restoration

Starward Sword

Thundering Penance

Aristocratic Dignity

Land's Overseer

Keqing Constellations

Thundering Might	Recasting Stellar Restoration while a Lightning Stiletto is present causes Keqing to deal 50% of her ATK as AoE Electro DMG at the start point and terminus of her Blink.
Keen Extraction	When Keqing's Normal and Charged Attacks hit enemies affected by Electro, they have a 50% chance of producing an Elemental Particle. This effect can only occur once every 5s.
Foreseen Reformation	Increases the Level of Starward Sword by 3.
Attunement	For 10s after Keqing triggers an Electro-related Elemental Reaction, her ATK is increased by 25%.
Beckoning Stars	Increases the Level of Stellar Restoration by 3.
Tenacious Star	When initiating a Normal Attack, a Charged Attack, Elemental Skill of Elemental Burst, Keqing gains a 6% Electro DMG Bonus for 8s. Effects triggered by Normal Attacks, Charged Attacks, Elemental Skills and Elemental Bursts are considered independent entities.

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