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Overview¶

Rarity	Tier	Weapon	Vision
(4 Stars)	B-tier	Sword	Hydro

Biography¶

Introduction¶

The second son of the Feiyun Commerce Guild, Xingqiu has had a reputation for being studious and polite ever since he was a young child. But there is another side to the mild-mannered Xingqiu everyone knows. A daring, adventurous and much more mischievous side…

Skills Talents¶

Talents	Icon	Name	Notes
Normal Attack		Guhua Style	Normal Attack: Performs up to 5 rapid strikes. Charged Attack: Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to unleash 2 rapid sword strikes. Plunging Attack: Plunges from mid-aur to strike the ground below, damaging enemies along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.
Elemental Skill		Guhua Sword - Fatal Rainscreen	Xingqiu performs twin strikes with his sword, dealing Hydro DMG. At the same time, this ability creates the maximum number of Rain Swords, which will orbit the character. The Rain Swords have the following properties: When a character takes DMG, the Rain Sword will shatter, reducing the amount of DMG taken.Increases the character’s resistance to interruption.20% of Xingqui’s Hydro DMG Bonus will be converted to additional DMG Reduction for the Rain Swords. The maximum amount of additional DMG Reduction that can be gained this way is 24%. The initial maximum number of Rain Swords is 3. Using this ability applies the Wet status onto the character.
Elemental Burst		Guhua Sword Raincutter	Initiate Rainbow Bladework and fight using an illusory sword rain, while creating the maximum number of Rain Swords. Rainbow Bladework: Normal Attacks will trigger consecutive sword rain attacks, dealing Hydro DMG. Rain Swords will remain at the maximum number throughout the ability’s duration. These effects carry over to other characters.

Passive Talents¶

Type	Icon	Name	Info
Talent 1 / Ascension 1		Hydropathic	When a Rain Sword is shattered or when its duration expires, it regenerates the current character’s HP based on 6% of Xingqiu’s Max HP.
Talent 2 / Ascension 4		Blades Amidst Raindrops	Xingqiu gains a 20% Hydro DMG Bonus.
Talent 3 / Unlocked Automatically		Flash of Geniuis	When Xingqiu crafts Character Talent Materials, he has a 25% chance to refund a portion of the crafting materials used.

Constellations¶

Level	Icon	Name	Effect
1		The Scent Remained	Increases the maximum number of Rain Swords by 1.
2		Rainbow Upon the Azure Sky	Extends the duration of Guhua Sword - Raincutter by 3s. Decreases the Hydro RES of enemies hit by sword rain attacks by 15% for 4s.
3		Weaver of Verses	Increases the Level of Guhua Sword - Raincutter by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
4		Evilsoother	Throughout the duration of Guhua Sword: Raincutter, the DMG dealt by Guhua Sword: Fatal Rainscreen is increased by 50%.
5		Embrace of Rain	Increase the Level of Guhua Sword - Fatal Rainscreen by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
6		Hence, Call Them My Own Verses	Activating 2 of Guhua Sword - Raincutter’s sword rain attacks greatly increases the DMG of the third. Xingqiu regenerates 3 Energy when sword rain attacks hit enemies.

Ascension¶

Ascension	Max Lv.	Mora	ElementalMaterial 1	ElementalMaterial 2	LocalSpecialty	CommonMaterial
1st	20	20,000	Varunada Lazurite Silve	None	Silk Flower	Damaged Mask
2nd	40	40,000	Varunada Lazurite Fragment	Cleansing Heart	Silk Flower	Damaged Mask
3rd	50	60,000	Varunada Lazurite Fragment	Cleansing Heart	Silk Flower	Stained Mask
4th	60	80,000	Varunada Lazurite Chunk	Cleansing Heart	Silk Flower	Stained Mask
5th	70	100,000	Varunada Lazurite Chunk	Cleansing Heart	Silk Flower	Ominous Mask
6th	80	120,000	Varunada Lazurite Gemstone	Cleansing Heart	Silk Flower	Ominous Mask

Hydro Support Build¶

Xingqiu can be a reliable source of Hydro reactions thanks to his Elemental Burst ability, while providing useful damage reduction and healing to his party members. At Constellation level 2, he becomes incredible powerful when paired with a Hydro DPS unit

Talent Priority¶

Guhua Sword: Raincutter
Initiate Rainbow Bladework and fight using an illusory sword rain, while creating the maximum number of Rain Swords.

• Artifact Sets

Artifact Set	Icon	(2) Bonus	(4) Bonus
Noblesse Oblige		Elemental Burst DMG +20%.	Using an Elemental Burst increases all party members’ ATK by 20% for 12s. This effect cannot stack.

or

Artifact Set	Icon	(2) Bonus	(4) Bonus
The Exile		Energy Recharge +20%.	Using an Elemental Burst regenerates 2 Energy for other party members every 2s for 6s. This effect cannot stack.

• Best Weapons Ranked

Rating	Icon	Weapon	Rating	Base Attack	Bonus Effect	Skill Effect
Best		Skyward Blade		46	Energy Recharge + 12.0%.	CRIT Rate increased by 4%. Gains Skypiercing Might upon using an Elemental Burst: Increases Movement SPD by 10%, increases ATK SPD by 10%, and increases the DMG of Normal and Charged Attack hits by 20% for 12s.
Second Best		Sacrificial Sword		41	Energy Recharge 13.3%.	After damaging an opponent with an Elemental Skill, the skill has a 40% chance to end its own CD. Can only occur once every 30s.
Third Best		The Flute		42	ATK 10.0%	Normal or Charged Attacks grant a Harmonic on hits. Gaining 5 Harmonics triggers the pwer of music and deals 100% ATK DMG to surrounding enemies. Harmonics last up to 30s, and a maximum of 1 can be gained every 0.5s.

• Best Artifacts Ranked

Rating	Icon	Set	(2) Bonus	(4) Bonus
Best		Noblesse Oblige	Elemental Burst DMG +20%.	Using an Elemental Burst increases all party members’ ATK by 20% for 12s. This effect cannot stack.
Second Best		The Exile	Energy Recharge +20%.	Using an Elemental Burst regenerates 2 Energy for other party members every 2s for 6s. This effect cannot stack.
Third 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%.