Genshin Impact’s Qiqi is an awesome five-star cryo sword wielder… who also happens to be a zombie resurrected by the Liyue adepti. Now in the care of Genshin Impact’s Baizhu at the Bubu Pharmacy, she’s a soft-spoken, forgetful child, but certainly holds her own on the field. Let’s dive into the best build for Qiqi, featuring artifacts, weapons, skills, and talent upgrades so that you can make her the strongest she can be.
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Here’s everything you need to know about Genshin Impact’s Qiqi.
What’s the best Genshin Impact Qiqi build?
| Best weapon | Sacrificial Sword |
| Weapon substitutes | Skyward Blade, Favonius Sword |
| Best artifact set | Ocean-Hued Clam |
| Main stats | Sands – Attack Goblet – Attack Circlet – Healing bonus |
| Sub stats | Attack, energy recharge |
Qiqi’s best build involves having the highest attack stat you can manage – that’s what her healing scales off. You can do this through artifacts and her weapon. However, we recommend a set of Ocean-Hued Clam artifacts to boost her healing.
Qiqi doesn’t regenerate energy on her own unless you have her first constellation (let’s be honest, who doesn’t), and has long skill and burst cooldowns, especially when compared to other healers, so bear that in mind.
How do I use Genshin Impact’s Qiqi?
The best way to use Qiqi is by activating her elemental skill as much as you can, to continuously heal your active character. Whenever her elemental burst is ready, use that to apply cryo to opponents, and heal the full team by attacking the opponent with Qiqi.
What are the best Qiqi weapons?
As a standard-banner character, Qiqi doesn’t have a signature weapon, but thankfully her best in slot is the Sacrificial Sword – a four-star weapon easily refined and built. This sword doesn’t have the highest attack stat, but it does give a huge boost to her energy recharge.
At refinement rank five, Sacrificial Sword’s passive reliably resets Qiqi’s elemental skill cooldown, which combats two of her main flaws – a long skill cooldown, and a lack of elemental particles. When paired with Ocean-Hued Clam artifacts, Sacrificial Sword tackles most of Qiqi’s shortcomings and makes her a far more viable healer.
You can equip Qiqi with a Skyward Blade for its high energy recharge. Or, if you’re looking for a more affordable option, a Favonius Sword works well and reduces the strain on her teammates when it comes to regenerating elemental particles.
| Weapon | Effect | How to obtain |
| Sacrificial Sword (four-star) | Bonus effect: Energy recharge Skill: After an elemental skill damages an opponent, the skill has a 40% chance to end its own cooldown. This can only occur once every 30 seconds |
All banners |
| Skyward Blade (five-star) | Bonus effect: Energy recharge Skill: Increases crit rate by 4%. Upon using an elemental burst, gain Skypiercing Might, which increases movement and attack speed by 10% and increases the damage of normal and charged attacks by 20% for 12 seconds |
Standard banner |
| Favonius Sword (four-star) | Bonus effect: Energy recharge Skill: Crit hits have a 60% chance to generate a small amount of elemental particles, which regenerate six energy for the wielder. Can only occur once every 12 seconds |
All banners |
What are the best Qiqi artifacts?
A four-piece set of Ocean Hued Clam is an amazing choice for Qiqi, offering a significant boost to her damage, even when she’s off-field. This set synergizes particularly well with Sacrificial Sword to maximize its uptime.
Of course, Maiden Beloved also provides a healing bonus, too. If you’re struggling to raise Qiqi’s attack number, then a two-piece of Gladiators Finale – or any of the other attack-boosting artifact sets – are always a good call. Stacking two attack-boosting two-piece sets will work wonders if you’ve got a low attack stat.
| Artifact set | Effect | How to obtain |
| Ocean Hued-Clam | Two equipped: Healing bonus Four equipped: When Qiqi heals a character in the party, a Sea-Dyed Foam appears for three seconds, accumulating the amount of HP recovered from healing (including overflow healing). The Sea-Dyed Foam explodes, dealing damage to nearby opponents based on 90% of the accumulated healing. This effect can still trigger when Qiqi is not on the field |
Slumbering Court domain |
| Maiden Beloved | Two equipped: Healing effectiveness increase Four equipped: Elemental skills and bursts increase healing for all party members by 20% for ten seconds |
Valley of Remembrance domain |
| Gladiator’s Finale | Two equipped: Attack increase Four equipped: Not recommended |
Boss drops, artifact strongbox |
| Shimenawa’s Reminiscence | Two equipped: Attack increase Four equipped: Not recommended |
Momiji-Dyed Court domain |
| Echoes of an Offering | Two equipped: Attack increase Four equipped: Not recommended |
The Lost Valley domain |
| Vermillion Hereafter | Two equipped: Attack increase Four equipped: Not recommended |
The Lost Valley domain |
Artifact stat recommendations
Main stats:
- Sands: Attack %
- Goblet: Attack %
- Circlet: Attack % or healing bonus
Sub-stats:
- Energy recharge
- Attack %
- Flat attack
- Crit rate/crit damage
What are the best Genshin Impact Qiqi team comps?
Qiqi doesn’t really have any specific comps, given that she is a healer – and a good one at that! So she works well with pretty much everyone, but don’t forget her cryo application, as it can help in a freeze or taser comp.
| First character slot | Second character slot | Third character slot | Fourth character slot |
 Qiqi |
 Razor |
 Sucrose |
 Zhongli |
| Qiqi |
 Eula |
 Raiden |
 Beidou |
| Qiqi |
 Klee |
Sucrose |
 Xingqiu |
What are Qiqi’s abilities?
Active skills:
| Skill | Effect |
| Normal attack: Ancient Sword Art | Normal: Performs five strikes Charged: Consumes stamina to perform two slashes Plunging: Deals AoE damage on impact |
| Elemental skill: Adeptus Art: Herald of Frost | Qiqi deals AoE cryo damage and summons a Herald of Frost. Herald of Frost effects:
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| Elemental burst: Adeptus Art: Preserver of Fortune | Marks nearby enemies with a Fortune-Preserving Talisman that deals cryo damage. When enemies marked with that talisman take damage, the character that dealt the damage regenerates HP |
Passive skills:
| Skill | Effect |
| Life-Prolonging Methods (unlocked at ascension one) | If a character under the effects of Herald of Frost triggers an elemental reaction, their incoming healing bonus increases by 20% for eight seconds. |
| A Glimpse into Arcanum (unlocked at ascension four) | Qiqi’s normal and charged attacks have a 50% chance to apply a Fortune-Preserving Talisman for six seconds. This can only occur once every 30 seconds. |
| Former Life Memories (unlocked automatically) | Displays the location of nearby Liyue-exclusive resources on the mini-map. |
What are Qiqi’s constellations?
It can take a lot of luck to max out Qiqi’s constellations, but here’s every bonus you receive for achieving the great feat.
| Constellation | Effect |
| C1: Ascetics of Frost | When Herald of Frost hits an enemy marked by a talisman, Qiqi regenerates two energy. |
| C2: Frozen to the Bone | Damage dealt by normal and charged attacks against enemies affected by cryo increases by 15%. |
| C3: Ascendant Praise | Increases the level of Adeptus Art: Preserver of Fortune by three. |
| C4: Divine Suppression | Enemies marked by the talisman have their attack decreased by 20%. |
| C5: Crimson Lotus Bloom | Increases the level of Adeptus Art: Herald of Frost by three. |
| C6: Rite of Resurrection | Adeptus Art: Preserver of Fortune revives fallen characters and heals 50% of their HP. This can only occur once every 15 minutes. |
What are Qiqi’s ascension materials?
Keep hold of all your Violetgrass and Hoarfrost Cores from the Cryo Regisvine if you want to ascend Qiqi as soon as possible. You also need to beat up plenty of samachurls for their scroll drops.
| Required level | Mora | Materials |
| 20 | 20,000 | One shivada jade sliver, three violetgrass, three divining scrolls |
| 40 | 40,000 | Three shivada jade fragments, two hoarfrost cores, ten violetgrass, 15 divining scrolls |
| 50 | 60,000 | Six shivada jade fragments, four hoarfrost cores, 20 violetgrass, 12 Sealed scrolls |
| 60 | 80,000 | Three shivada jade chunks, eight hoarfrost cores, 30 violetgrass, 18 Sealed scrolls |
| 70 | 100,000 | Six shivada jade chunks, 12 hoarfrost cores, 45 violetgrass, 12 forbidden curse scrolls |
| 80 | 120,000 | Six shivada jade gemstones, 20 hoarfrost cores, 60 violetgrass, 24 forbidden curse scrolls |
What are Qiqi’s talent materials?
Qiqi’s talent upgrades require even more Samachurl scrolls, along with Prosperity talent books (farmed in the Taishan Mansion domain), and Tail of Boreas drops from the weekly Andrius fight in Mondstadt.
| Talent level | Mora | Materials |
| Two | 12,500 | Six divining scrolls, three teachings of prosperity |
| Three | 17,500 | Three sealed scrolls, two guides to prosperity |
| Four | 25,000 | Four sealed scrolls, four guides to prosperity |
| Five | 30,000 | Six sealed scrolls, six guides to prosperity |
| Six | 37,500 | Nine sealed scrolls, nine guides to prosperity |
| Seven | 120,000 | Four forbidden curse scrolls, four philosophies of prosperity, one tail of Boreas |
| Eight | 260,000 | Six forbidden curse scrolls, six philosophies of prosperity, one tail of Boreas |
| Nine | 450,000 | Nine forbidden curse scrolls, 12 philosophies of prosperity, two tail of Boreas |
| Ten | 700,000 | 12 forbidden curse scrolls, 16 philosophies of prosperity, two tail of Boreas, one crown of insight |
Talent priorities:
- Elemental skill > elemental burst > normal attack
That’s everything you need to know about Qiqi and her best build. Now, if you’re looking for more games like Genshin Impact, take a look at our list of the best gacha games on mobile – plus, here are all the Honkai Star Rail characters, our Honkai Star Rail tier list, and Honkai Star Rail codes.