Genshin Impact Xingqiu Guide: Best Builds

In Genshin Impact Xingqiu is a 4-star Hydro-type one-handed sword wielding character. In the team, he excels in the role of a secondary damage dealer with a bias in support. In this guide, we will tell you about his best builds, weapons and artifacts.

Features and abilities of Xingqiu

This character demonstrates himself well in battles with bosses, but in battles with a group of ordinary mobs, it is better to immediately replace him with the main DPS, using only as a support. It has the following benefits:

• Xingqiu: Rainbow reduce damage taken, increase Hydro damage bonus, and heal the hero.
• High attack speed.
• Combines well with damage dealers of other elements.

However, this water swordsman has its drawbacks. These include long cooldowns, low base damage, and the need to unlock constellations to maximize its usefulness.

How to play Xingqiu

Flexible support character

Xingqiu elemental skill and elemental blast provide defensive and offensive support respectively. Using Gu Hua: Rain Veil is a great way to create powerful combos, as it not only reduces damage, but also increases resistance to interrupt attacks.

Be careful when dealing with Cryo enemies, as his elemental skill inflicts a "wet" status on the active character.

Bonus Damage and Elemental Reactions

The Elemental Burst of Gu Hua: Rainbow Stance not only provides the active character with additional Hydro damage, but also allows you to create various elemental reactions.

For example, by combining this ability with the skills of Klee (Pyro), you can create "Steam" (causes even more damage), and by combining it with the skills of the Cryo of a character, for example, Chun Yun, you can cause "Freeze" (fetters enemies).

Thus, using Xingqiu is quite simple: during the fight, activate his elemental explosion, and then immediately switch to the main damage dealer to deal maximum damage to enemies. True, his “ult” is quite expensive, so you will have to think about a quick restoration of energy, but more on that below.

Use when crafting materials

Xingqiu has a passive skill called Flash of Genius that has a 25% chance to restore a portion of the resources used to obtain Skill Upgrade Materials.

Given that collecting resources often requires clearing dungeons, we recommend that you definitely use Xingqiu when crafting materials so that you can spend less time grinding.

We add that the other two passives of the hero (“Hydropathic” and “Blades Amidst Raindrops”) heal the active hero after the disappearance of the swords of rain and increase Xingqiu Hydro damage by 20 percent.

Talents (Constellations)

To open them, you need "character Serendipity " obtained by dropping hero clones during Prayers. In general, this is a complete random, so you will be very lucky if you can open at least some of the talents:

• The Scent Remained - Increases the maximum number of rain swords by one.
• Rainbow Upon the Azure Sky – Increases the duration of the elemental explosion by 3 seconds and reduces the resistance to Hydro damage of enemies hit by rain swords by 15 percent (lasts for 4 seconds).
• Weaver of Verses - Increases the level of your Rainbow Stance by three.
• Evilsoother - Elemental skill begins to deal 50% more damage when activating Prismatic Stance.
• Rain's Embrace - Increases the level of Rain Veil by three.
• Hence, Call Them My Own Verses – Every 2 hits with elemental explosion rainswords increase the damage of the next attack. Hits regenerate 3 units of energy. By all means try to get this constellation, as it allows you to quickly accumulate energy for the "ulti".

Best builds for Xingqiu

The best ability of this swordsman is his elemental explosion, which can increase the damage of any character. However, it is quite expensive, so it is necessary to equip the hero with weapons and artifacts that restore energy and increase the effectiveness of the Rainbow Stance.

The best weapon

• Sacrificial Sword (4-Star) - Successfully using an elemental skill has a 40% chance to instantly restore its cooldown. The effect appears once every 30 seconds.
• Skyward Blade (5-star) – Increases your critical strike chance by 4%. Elemental Explosion increases attack and movement speed by 10%. Light and charged hits now deal 20% more damage. Effects last no more than 12 seconds.
• Favonius Sword (4-star) – Critical hits have a 60% chance to restore 6 energy. The effect occurs every 12 seconds.
• Corrupted Desire (4-star) - Increases elemental skill damage by 16% and its critical chance by 6%. Can be obtained during the event "The Chalk Prince and the Dragon" . A budget option for Xingqiu, which is worth using if there are no other swords from the list.

Best Artifacts

There are several sets of artifacts that may suit Xingqiu. For example, if you want to maximize the effectiveness of his elemental explosion, then we advise you to take the following set:

• Noblesse Oblige: 2 items - increase elemental explosion damage by 20 percent; 4 items - using the "ult" increases the attack of all team members by 20 percent (lasts 12 seconds). Can be obtained in dungeon "Clear Pool and Mountain Cavern" .

If you do not have enough energy to use the elemental explosion, then we recommend taking this set:

• The Exile: 2 items - increase energy regeneration by 20 percent; 4 items - when the "ult" is activated, the rest of the team members receive 2 units of energy every 2 seconds (lasts 6 seconds). Can be obtained by killing elite bosses.

If you want to maximize the Hydro damage dealt by the character, then you can take the following sets:

• Noblesse Oblige: 2 items - Increase elemental explosion damage by 20%.
• Heart of Depth: 2 items - Increase Hydro damage by 15%. Can be obtained in dungeon "Peak of Vindagnyr".

Combination with other characters

Xingqiu is a versatile secondary DPS that pairs well with many heroes, so you can put together tons of interesting teams. We list several options below.

First team:

• Primary DPS: Diluc ( Xingqiu elemental blast boosts his damage; creates a Vapor elemental reaction)
• Secondary DPS: Xingqiu
• Secondary DPS: Mona
• Support: Bennett

Second command:

• Primary DPS: Razor or Keqing (Creates Electric Charge)
• Secondary DPS: Xingqiu
• Secondary DPS: Xiangling
• Support: Barbara or Bennett

Leveling Xingqiu

How to improve skills

You will need to collect certain materials:

• Teachings, instructions and philosophies about "Gold" - are mined in Taishan Mansion Dungeon on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
• Shattered, Dirty, and Sinister Masks - Dropped by Hilichurls or crafted using Alchemy.
• Tail of Boreas - Dropped by the elite boss Lupus Borealis.

How to level up a character

To do this, you will have to collect a lot of different materials. Here is the whole list:

• First Ascension (Level 20) – 1 Varunada Lazurite Sliver, 3 Mulberries, 3 Shattered Masks
• Second Ascension (Level 40) – 3 Varunada Lapis Lazuli Fragments, 2 Cleansing Hearts, 10 Mulberries, 15 Shattered Masks
• Ascension 3 (Level 50) – 6 Varunada Lapis Lazuli Fragments, 4 Cleansing Hearts, 20 Mulberries, 12 Filthy Masks
• Ascension 4 (level 60) – 3 pieces of Varunada lapis lazuli, 8 cleansing hearts, 30 mulberries, 18 dirty masks
• Fifth Ascension (level 70) - 6 pieces of Varunada lapis lazuli, 12 cleansing hearts, 45 mulberries, 12 sinister masks
• Ascension 6 (Level 80) - 6 Varunad's Jeweled Lapis Lazuli, 20 Cleansing Hearts, 60 Mulberries, 24 Sinister Masks

You can get Varunad's Lapis Lazuli and Cleansing Hearts from the Oceanid Elite Boss. Lapis Lazuli also drops from ancient geovishap and Dvalina. The Silk Flower is a local curiosity of Liyue. IN separate guide indicated its exact location.