Xingqiu Guide and Best Builds (2024)

Last updated on Jun 05, 2024 at 11:00by Shikhu

This build focuses on being able to consistently applyHydro for teams such as Bloom,Vaporize and Hyperbloom.Being able to consistently apply Hydro via Guhua Sword: Raincutter is incredibly important.

Xingqiu works well with a large range of 5-star weapons so several 4 Staroptions have been provided. He is weaker than all of those 5-star optionsand a few others. Depending on your Energy Recharge breakpoints(see next section) you may want to consider a weapon that provides EnergyRecharge instead.

Sacrificial Sword is a common weapon to also alleviate theseissues and can be incredibly comfortable allowing you to use Guhua Sword: Fatal Rainscreen but be warned it can make your rotationsbe mistimed due to needing to use a second Elemental Skill.

Listed below is a brief table showing what Energy Rechargeyou want to aim for depending on your weapons and constellations. Exact EnergyRecharge requirements vary based on your specific team composition, certaincharacter skills, the weapons your team has and if Xingqiu will be on-field topick up the particles.

Xingqiu's Elemental Skill, Guhua Sword: Fatal Rainscreen, andBurst, Guhua Sword: Raincutter are incredibly useful, when using Guhua Sword: Fatal Rainscreen be careful that you do not swapcharacters too early to ensure Hydro Particles are collected if you need theenergy for your Burst.

At lower constellations, you want to use your Skill first however at C4 youshould use your Burst before your Skill for increased damage. This isassuming you have the energy to do so.

Be careful when using either Skill or Burst! They both apply theWet status to yourself. This can be useful to cleanseanything such as burning off but does causeCryo to freeze you.

Many people may compare Xingqiu to his 5-star counterpart,Yelan. However, Xingqiu offers increasedHydro application for reactions and survivability instead ofthe damage Yelan provides.

Many team compositions will actually use both Xingqiu and Yelan at the sametime.

Xingqiu has the potential to work in a wide range of teams, anything thatbenefits from Hydro application often benefits fromhaving Xingqiu. Listed below are a few of the most popular examples.

Hyperbloom team compositions benefit fromXingqiu's Hydro application as well as his supportivecapabilities due to Guhua Sword: Fatal Rainscreen. These teamsbeing some of the best in the game helps to solidify Xingqiu's place in themeta.

Many of the characters are flexible simply requiring aHydro, Dendro and Electrounit. The final position can be flexibile, giving you a wide range ofpotential Hyperbloom compositions

The National team is a popular teamcomposition involving Xingqiu, Xiangling,Bennett and a Main DPS in the flex position. While there are arange of variants, the above 2 using Raiden Shogun andChilde are generally the strongest. WithRaiden Shogun's' team commonly being referred to as Rational,and Childe's team commonly being referred to asInternational.

Xingqiu's powerful Hydro application allows variouselemental reactions to take place within these comps.

Another one of Xingqiu's popular teams works alongsideYelan to allow Hu Tao to easily gain massivedamage from Vaporize reactions. You can run this team composition with justXingqiu and replace Yelan for Albedo forDouble Geo or even an Electro characterfor a more overload focused comp.