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Genshin Impact Keqing build

Fierce and headstrong, Genshin Impact's Keqing is a formidable force in battle. Here's the best build with artifacts and weapons for her.

Genshin Impact Keqing's wish screen art on a purple background

Genshin Impact’s Keqing, Yuheng of the Liyue Qixing, is a very useful five-star DPS. She carves her own path with raw power and ability rather than allowing the gods to determine her fate. Let’s take a look at the best Genshin Keqing build, including her top artifacts, weapons, and more.

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Here’s everything in our Genshin Impact Keqing build guide:

What’s the best Genshin Keqing build?

Keqing is a five-star electro and sword wielder, available in the standard pool. She best fills a DPS role.

Rarity ★★★★★
Element Electro
Weapon Sword
Best weapon Mistsplitter Reforged
Substitute weapons The Black Sword, Lion’s Roar
Best artifact set Thundering Fury
Artifact substitutes Gladiator’s Finale
Main stats Sands – Attack
Goblet – Electro damage bonus
Circlet – Crit rate/damage
Sub-stats Crit rate, crit damage, attack, energy recharge

Keqing performs best when equipped with a crit or attack-boosting weapon, and a full set of Thundering Fury artifacts. Keqing has strong electro application, though fairly slow, that allows for plenty of elemental interactions – plus she has the ability to teleport around the place like an electric ninja, which is cool.

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On the downside, Keqing is very stamina-reliant and relies on having well-invested sub-DPS units to back her up. But this is a small price to pay for such a powerful standard banner character – after all, most of us have lost a 50/50 (or two, maybe three) to her by now.

How do I use Keqing?

To best use Keqing, you should throw her elemental skill towards enemies, and follow up on it to deal a load of electro damage. This also gives her an infusion for a short time, allowing you to use that up, and then swap to other party members to apply other elements or healing. When her burst is ready, let loose on the enemy to pop off plenty of reactions and deal some heavy damage.

What’s the best weapon for Keqing?

The best sword for electro Keqing is Mistsplitter Reforged, given that she doesn’t have a signature weapon. It offers high crit damage and base attack, along with a passive that compliments her kit very well.

When it comes to four-star options, the Lion’s Roar sword is a great choice for Keqing in electro-focused or electro-charged teams. Alternatively, the Black Sword is a great, well-rounded choice that allows for more team flexibility.

Mistsplitter Reforged Stat: Crit damage
Skill: Keqing gains a 12% electro damage bonus, and receives the Mistsplitter’s Emblem. When Keqing has one, two, or three stacks, she gets an extra 8, 16, and 28% elemental damage bonus. She gains one stack of Mistsplitter’s Emblem when her normal attacks deal elemental damage, when using an elemental burst, and when her energy is less than 100%. Each stack’s duration calculates independently
Weapon banner
The Black Sword Stat: Crit rate
Skill: Increases the damage dealt by normal and charged attacks by 20%. Regenerates 60% of attack as HP when normal and charged attacks are critical hits, this can occur once every five seconds
Battle Pass reward
Lion’s Roar Stat: Attack
Skill: Increases damage against enemies affected by pyro or electro by 20%
All banners

What are the best Keqing artifacts?

Picking the right set of artifacts for Keqing depends on how you want to use her. If you want to make use of dendro reactions in an aggravate team, we recommend equipping Keqing with a full set of Thundering Fury, with attack and crit sub stats. Alternatively, for non-aggravate teams, we recommend combining two pieces of Thundering Fury with two pieces of an attack set like Gladiator’s Finale or Shimenawa’s Reminiscence for as much attack as possible.

Thundering Fury Two pieces: Electro damage bonus
Four pieces: Increases Keqing’s electro reaction damage including electro-charged, overloaded, superconduct, and hyperbloom by 40%. Aggravate damage increases by 20%. When quicken or other electro reactions trigger, Keqing’s elemental skill cooldown decreases by one second. This can happen once every 0.8 seconds
Obtain from the Midsummer Courtyard domain
Gladiator’s Finale Two pieces: Increases attack
Four pieces: Increases Keqing’s normal attack damage by 35%
Obtain from weekly and world bosses, artifact strongbox
Shimenawa’s Reminiscence Two pieces: Increases attack
Four pieces: When using her elemental skill, if Keqing has 15 or more energy, she loses 15 energy, and normal/charged/plunging attack damage increases for ten seconds. This effect will not trigger again during that duration
Obtain from the Momiji-Dyed Court domain

Artifact stat recommendations

Main stats:

  • Goblet: Electro damage bonus, attack
  • Sands: Attack
  • Circlet: Attack

Sub stats:

  • Attack
  • Crit rate/crit damage (try to maintain a 1:2 ratio)
  • Elemental mastery

Genshin Impact's Keqing tucking her hair behind her ear

What are the best Keqing team comps?

Keqing can provide some electro application, but she really excels as a DPS when supported by other characters. She can slot into quite a few different types of teams like spread and aggravate, overcharged, and electro-charged.

Quicken/aggravate Keqing Nahida Baizhu Zhongli
Superconduct Keqing Yelan Fischl Kazuha
Mono-electro Keqing Beidou Fischl Zhongli
Overloaded Keqing Chevreuse Bennett Raiden Shogun iconRaiden Shogun

What are Keqing’s skills?

Here is a look at Keqing’s full kit, including each of her attacks, and what they do.

Active skills

Normal attack Yunlai Swordsmanship
Normal:
Perform up to five strikes in a row
Charged: Performs two powerful strikes by consuming some stamina
Plunging: Deals AoE damage on impact
Elemental skill Stellar Restoration
Press:
Deals electro AoE in a small area by tossing a Lightning Stiletto. You can then warp to the Stiletto by pressing the elemental skill button again, dealing more AoE electro damage. You can a
djust the direction of the attack by holding the skill button.
If you use a charged attack after placing a Lightning Stiletto, Keqing unleashes a series of hits at the Stilleto’s location, dealing AoE electro damage
Elemental burst Starward Sword
Using the power of lightning, Keqing unleashes a small AoE of quick slashes, dealing multiple instances of electro damage to enemies nearby. The last hit of this attack ends in an electro AoE, dealing lots of damage

Passive skills

Thundering Penance When using Stellar Restoration a second time, Keqing’s normal and charged attacks become infused with electro for five seconds
Aristocratic Dignity Using Starward Sword increases Keqing’s crit rate and energy recharge by 15%. This lasts for eight seconds
Land’s Overseer Liyue expeditions take 25% less time if you use Keqing

What are Keqing’s constellations?

To level up Keqing’s constellations you must receive her as a duplicate when making a wish, this can be tedious, but the bonuses she receives are worth it.

C1 Thundering Might
If Keqing recasts Stellar Restoration while a Stiletto is still active, she deals 50% of her attack stat as AoE electro damage
C2 Keen Extraction
When Keqing’s normal and charged attacks hit enemies affected by electro, there is a 50% chance of producing an elemental particle, which refills some of her energy
C3 Forseen Reformation
Increases the level of Keqing’s ultimate, Starward Sword, by three
C4 Attunement
For ten seconds after Keqing triggers an electro-based elemental reaction, her attack increases by 25%
C5 Beckoning Stars
Increase the level of Keqing’s elemental skill, Stellar Restoration, by three
C6 Tenacious Star
When performing a normal or charged attack, an elemental skill, or an elemental burst, Keqing gains a 6% electro-damage boost for eight seconds. Any effects triggered by different attacks count as separate entities

Genshin Impact Keqing during the Lantern Rite quest, looking up towards the camera

What are Keqing’s ascension materials?

Keqing needs a few materials to get her ascended, but they can all be found in Mondstadt and Liyue.

20➔40 20k mora
One vajrada amethyst sliver
Three cor lapis
Three whopperflower nectar
40➔50 40k mora
Three vajrada amethyst fragment
Ten cor lapis
15 whopperflower nectar
Two lightning prism
50➔60 60k mora
Six vajrada amethyst fragment
20 cor lapis
12 shimmering nectar
Four lightning prism
60➔70 80k mora
Three vajrada amethyst chunk
30 cor lapis
18 shimmering nectar
Eight lightning prism
70➔80 100k mora
Six vajrada amethyst chunk
45 cor lapis
12 energy nectar
12 lightning prism
80➔90 120k mora
Six vajrada amethyst gemstone
60 cor lapis
24 energy nectar
20 lightning prism

Here’s where to get all of Keqing’s ascension materials:

  • Vajrada amethyst – obtain from normal and weekly bosses – especially the electro hypostasis – or craft via alchemy
  • Cor lapis – these rocks can be found in Liyue, especially around Mt Hulao
  • Whopperflower nectar, shimmering nectar, energy nectar – obtain from whopperflower enemies around Teyvat, especially Liyue, and Mondstadt
  • Lightning prism – drops from the electro hypostasis boss in Mondstadt

What are Keqing’s talent materials?

To get Keqing’s talents leveled up nicely, you’ll need the following items.

1➔2 12.5k mora
Six whopperflower nectar
Three teachings of prosperity
2➔3 17.5k mora
Three shimmering nectar
Two guides to prosperity
3➔4 25k mora
Four shimmering nectar
Four guide to prosperity
4➔5 30k mora
Six shimmering nectar
Six guides to prosperity
5➔6 37.5k mora
Nine shimmering nectar
Nine guide to prosperity
6➔7 120k mora
Four energy nectar
Four philosophies of prosperity
One ring of Boreas
7➔8 260k mora
Six energy nectar
Six philosophies of prosperity
One ring of Boreas
8➔9 260k mora
Nine energy nectar
12 philosophies of prosperity
Two rings of Boreas
9➔10 700k mora
12 energy nectar
16 philosophies of prosperity
Two rings of Boreas
One crown of insight

Here’s where to get all of Keqing’s talent materials:

  • Prosperity talent books – obtain from the Taishan Mansion domain on Mondays, Thursdays, and Sundays
  • Whopperflower nectar, shimmering nectar, energy nectar – obtain from whopperflower enemies around Teyvat, especially Liyue and Mondstadt
  • Rings of Borease – drops from the Andrius weekly boss in Wolvendom, Mondstadt

Talent priority

Keqing’s talents are all good and worth upgrading, but if you have to work on one at a time, do them in this order:

  •  Elemental skill > elemental burst > normal attack

Who is Keqing in Genshin Impact?

You’ve no doubt seen Keqing during the archon quest, working hard as the Yuheng of Liyue – that is to say, she’s in charge of the real estate, livelihood, and construction management of the region as part of the Qixing, a committee of business leaders that help to govern Liyue.

Though she works to uphold the policies passed down from the geo archon, she remains skeptical and feels that humans should have more of a say.

There you have it, everything you need to know for a great Genshin Impact Keqing build. If you’re looking for more games like this, take a look at our best gacha games list. We suggest a new Hoyoverse game, too – here’s the Honkai Star Rail tier list and what we know about any Honkai Star Rail codes.