Genshin Impact Qiqi Build Guide, Weapons & Team Comps

Qiqi is a 5-star Cryo Sword wielder who functions as a reliable healer and Cryo support in Genshin Impact. Her kit revolves around Adeptus Art: Herald of Frost and Adeptus Art: Preserver of Fortune, allowing her to restore HP consistently while applying Cryo during combat. With the Stellar-Conduct buff, Qiqi gains stronger support value in Polestar Field teams by improving her Fortune-Preserving Talisman uptime and increasing reaction-based team damage. This Qiqi build guide covers her complete build optimization, including her talent priorities, recommended weapons and artifacts, best team compositions, and constellation value analysis.

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Qiqi Character Profile

• Qiqi Information

Character Information
	Rarity	5-Star
	Element	Cryo
	Weapon	Sword
	Progression Bonus	Healing Bonus
	Combat Role	Healer / Cryo Support

• Qiqi Gameplay

Qiqi’s gameplay centers around her Elemental Skill, Adeptus Art: Herald of Frost, which allows her to heal the active character while dealing Cryo DMG to nearby opponents. When Herald of Frost is active, Qiqi’s Normal and Charged Attacks regenerate HP for party members, while the Herald follows the active character and provides additional Cryo hits during combat. This makes Qiqi a reliable Cryo healer who focuses on survivability, steady healing, and supportive Cryo utility.

Her passive talent helps improve this healing utility by allowing Qiqi’s Normal and Charged Attacks to apply a Fortune-Preserving Talisman under certain conditions. This gives her another way to provide healing support outside of her Elemental Burst, allowing teammates to recover HP when they deal damage to marked opponents.

Her Elemental Burst, Adeptus Art: Preserver of Fortune, marks nearby opponents with a Fortune-Preserving Talisman and deals Cryo DMG. While her Burst provides powerful healing support and helps the team recover HP during difficult encounters, Qiqi’s main value still comes from her consistent healing, Herald of Frost uptime, and Fortune-Preserving Talisman utility, making her Skill and Burst more important for her overall performance.

• Upcoming Stellar-Conduct Buffs (Version 6.7)

In the upcoming Version 6.7 / Luna VIII update, Qiqi is expected to receive additional buffs through the Stellar-Conduct mechanic. These buffs activate when she enters the Radiance: Stellar-Conduct state inside a Polestar Field, giving her stronger support value in teams built around Superconduct, Stellar-Conduct, and Cryo Swirl reactions.

The core buff improves Qiqi’s healing and support consistency. Her Elemental Burst gains an additional instance of Cryo DMG that is also considered Stellar-Conduct DMG, while her passive talent gains a 100% chance to apply a Fortune-Preserving Talisman with a shorter cooldown. This makes her talisman uptime much more reliable during combat.

Overall, the Stellar-Conduct buff does not change Qiqi’s role as a Cryo healer, but it makes her much more valuable in Polestar Field teams. With Herald of Frost active, she can increase Superconduct, Stellar-Conduct, and Cryo Swirl Reaction DMG, giving her a stronger place as a healer and reaction support in updated Cryo team compositions.

Qiqi Talent Priority

Qiqi’s talent priority focuses on her Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst, since most of her value comes from consistent healing, Fortune-Preserving Talisman utility, and Cryo support. Unlike on-field DPS characters, Qiqi does not need heavy investment in her Normal Attack unless you plan to use her frequently on-field for extra healing.

• Standard Talent Priority

Elemental Skill – Adeptus Art: Herald of Frost

Level her Elemental Skill first and take it as high as possible. Qiqi’s main healing comes from Herald of Frost, which allows her Normal and Charged Attacks to regenerate HP for the party while also providing continuous healing to the active character. With the Stellar-Conduct buff, this talent becomes even more important because Herald of Frost uptime directly supports Qiqi’s reaction-based utility in Polestar Field teams.

Elemental Burst – Adeptus Art: Preserver of Fortune

Level her Elemental Burst second, as it applies the Fortune-Preserving Talisman and allows characters to recover HP when they damage marked opponents. This is one of Qiqi’s strongest emergency healing tools and becomes more valuable with the Stellar-Conduct update, since her Burst gains an additional instance of Cryo DMG that is also considered Stellar-Conduct DMG.

Normal Attack – Ancient Sword Art

Level her Normal Attack last. While Qiqi can use Normal and Charged Attacks to trigger healing while Herald of Frost is active, her Normal Attack talent does not define her main support value. Most players should prioritize her Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst first, only leveling Ancient Sword Art if they want to use Qiqi more often on-field.

Qiqi Best Weapons

Qiqi’s best weapon depends on availability and team composition. For healer and Cryo support builds, swords with ATK%, high Base ATK, or Energy Recharge are ideal. Premium 5-star swords can improve her healing output and Burst uptime, while several 4-star options remain strong alternatives for players without premium weapons.

• 5-Star Weapons

• 4-Star Support Weapons

Qiqi Best Artifacts & Stats

Qiqi’s optimal artifact set depends on whether you focus on maximizing her team support and healing, or build her around Burst-based support and Stellar-Conduct setups.

• Tenacity of the Millelith: The best overall set for Qiqi in most support teams. It allows her Elemental Skill, Adeptus Art: Herald of Frost, to increase the ATK of all nearby party members when it hits opponents, making it especially useful for team-focused rotations.

• Noblesse Oblige: A strong alternative when another teammate is already using Tenacity of the Millelith. This set increases the party’s ATK after Qiqi uses her Elemental Burst, making it valuable for teams that rely on Adeptus Art: Preserver of Fortune, healing support, and Stellar-Conduct damage windows.

Qiqi Best Team Compositions

Qiqi works best as a Cryo healer and support who keeps the team alive while providing Cryo utility through Adeptus Art: Herald of Frost and Fortune-Preserving Talisman. Her most common teams focus on Physical DPS compositions that benefit from Superconduct, while her upcoming Stellar-Conduct buff gives her a stronger role in Polestar Field teams.

1. Physical Team

Physical teams are one of Qiqi’s most natural compositions, since her Cryo application helps enable Superconduct when paired with Electro characters. This reaction lowers enemy Physical RES, allowing Physical DPS units like Eula or Razor to deal more damage while Qiqi provides steady healing.

2. Stellar-Conduct Team (Version 6.7+)

With the upcoming Stellar-Conduct buff, Qiqi gains a new team direction focused on Polestar Field. In these teams, Qiqi remains the sustain option while helping increase Superconduct, Stellar-Conduct, and Cryo Swirl Reaction DMG when Herald of Frost is active.

Qiqi Constellations

Qiqi is already a reliable Cryo healer and support at C0, so her constellations are not required to make her work well in Physical, F2P, or Stellar-Conduct teams. Pulling for constellations mainly improves her Energy generation, healing utility, ATK scaling, and team support value, but it does not completely change her core role around Adeptus Art: Herald of Frost, Adeptus Art: Preserver of Fortune, and Fortune-Preserving Talisman. With the Stellar-Conduct buff, her key constellations gain more value by improving her Energy economy, ATK-based healing, and Stellar-Conduct damage windows.

C1 Performance

C1 improves Qiqi’s Energy generation when Herald of Frost hits opponents marked by a Fortune-Preserving Talisman. This helps her use her Elemental Burst more consistently, which is important because Adeptus Art: Preserver of Fortune costs 80 Energy. With the Stellar-Conduct buff, C1 becomes more valuable because Qiqi can also regenerate 6 Energy when Herald of Frost’s attacks and coordinated attacks hit opponents, making her rotations smoother in Polestar Field teams.

C2 Performance

C2 increases Qiqi’s Normal and Charged Attack DMG against opponents affected by Cryo. In standard teams, this is not a major upgrade because Qiqi is usually played as a healer instead of an on-field DPS. However, under Radiance: Stellar-Conduct, C2 becomes much stronger because Qiqi’s ATK is increased by 50%, directly improving her ATK-based healing and making her support value more impactful.

C4 Performance

C4 improves Qiqi’s defensive utility by reducing the ATK of enemies marked by a Fortune-Preserving Talisman. It also adds an extra healing effect for the nearby party member with the lowest HP percentage when the talisman healing effect triggers. This makes Qiqi more comfortable as a sustain option, especially in difficult content where consistent healing and team safety are important.

C6 Performance

C6 is Qiqi’s strongest constellation for support value and gives her the biggest upgrade in Stellar-Conduct teams. In standard gameplay, it allows her Elemental Burst to revive fallen party members and restore 50% of their HP, making it one of the strongest emergency recovery effects in the game. With the Stellar-Conduct buff, C6 becomes even more impactful because after using Adeptus Art: Preserver of Fortune, Qiqi gains 4 stacks of Glimpse of Mystery. When the active character, other than Qiqi, deals Stellar-Conduct DMG, 1 stack is consumed and the damage is increased based on 600% of Qiqi’s ATK. For most players, however, Qiqi remains fully usable at C0, while C1 and C6 are her most notable constellation upgrades.

Conclusion

This comprehensive guide demonstrates Qiqi’s position as one of the most reliable Cryo healers in Genshin Impact. Her consistent healing through Adeptus Art: Herald of Frost, Adeptus Art: Preserver of Fortune, and Fortune-Preserving Talisman makes her a strong sustain option for Physical and Stellar-Conduct team compositions. While her personal damage is limited, her healing output and support utility allow her to perform well when supported by the right weapons, artifacts, and teammates.

With the Stellar-Conduct buff, Qiqi receives important enhancements that improve her value in teams built around Polestar Field. Her improved Herald of Frost uptime, stronger Fortune-Preserving Talisman consistency, and reaction damage support give her a clearer role in Superconduct, Stellar-Conduct, and Cryo Swirl teams. These updates help Qiqi stay more relevant without changing her identity as a dependable Cryo healer.

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