{"id":10761,"date":"2020-12-10T06:02:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T06:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/genshin-impact-xingqiu-guide-weapons-artifacts-and-more"},"modified":"2024-07-21T21:15:27","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T21:15:27","slug":"genshin-impact-xingqiu-guide-weapons-artifacts-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/genshin-impact\/genshin-impact-xingqiu-guide-weapons-artifacts-and-more","title":{"rendered":"Genshin Impact Xingqiu guide: weapons, artifacts, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

He may have his nose in a book more often than not, but Xingqiu can enable your team with the best of them. Added damage, healing and damage reduction make Xingqiu a great supportive addition to any Genshin Impact team comp, even if his DPS options are lacklustre.<\/p>\n

Genshin Impact Xingqiu guide<\/h2>\n

Weapons<\/h3>\n

First up, here are some of the better weapon options available to Xingqiu. Generally speaking, if it has your Elemental Skill or Burst up more often, it’s worth considering!
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Sacrificial Sword<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The<\/em> weapon to ensure you have Rain Swords up and active nearly permanently. Between Energy Recharge to keep Elemental Burst uptime high and the Composed ability semi-regularly refunding your Elemental Skill, Sacrificial Sword really empowers Xingqiu as an Enabler and Support.<\/p>\n

Skyward Blade<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A more aggressive choice than Sacrificial Sword, Skyward Blade trades out more Elemental Skill uses for significantly more burst damage via Sky-piercing Fang. If you want Xingqiu to offer more bite to your team, this is the weapon for you. Highly recommended for a Burst Carry build.<\/p>\n

Favonius Sword<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A last option we’ll dive into in-depth is the Favonius Sword. In many ways, it’s a less balanced Sacrificial Blade that heavily<\/em> favours Xingqiu’s Elemental Burst. It means less consistent Rain Sword uptime, but more Rainbow Bladework (and therefore added Hydro procs) for your active character. A great choice for a heavy Enabler focus.<\/p>\n

If you can’t get your hands on any of these choices, Skyrider Sword<\/strong> is a decent 3* choice that will tide you over.<\/p>\n

Artifacts<\/h3>\n

Much like with his weapon choice, Xingqiu’s best artifact builds focus on keeping his abilities up as often as possible, or empowering them (and therefore his team) more when they are used.<\/p>\n

To that end, there’s a strong recommendation for running a 2\/2 split<\/strong> between The Exile<\/strong> and Scholar <\/strong>for 40% Energy Recharge, and therefore a huge decrease in Elemental Burst downtime. An alternate avenue is Full Instructor <\/strong>for improved team-wide Elemental Mastery, to make the most out of Xingqiu’s consistent off-field Hydro procs.<\/p>\n