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Yanqing

HuntIce5★
Cloud Knight Lieutenant

“I only called you ‘teacher’ because I admire your skill in this area. Don’t expect me to start taking it easy on you.”

Path story
The Hunt
World
Xianzhou Alliance
Signature Light Cone
Sleep Like the Dead
Debut Banner
* Stellar Warp * Departure Warp * Any Character Event Warp * Stellar Convergence
Release Date
2023-04-26
Version
1.0

Faction

  • The Xianzhou Luofu
  • Xianzhou Alliance
  • Cloud Knights
EN Amber May
CN Miaojiang (喵酱)
JP Inoue Marina (井上 麻里奈)
KR Lee Sae-a (이새아)

Stats Base

Lv. 80
  • HP Base
  • ATK Base
  • DEF Base
  • SPD
  • Taunt

Ascension Materials

20304050607080
Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Excellent free stats that carry you through the early game
  • Some crowd control from his follow-up attacks
  • Handles enemies weak to Ice easily

Cons

  • Single-target only, with no way around it
  • Needs extremely heavy investment and a shielder just to have a chance at dealing damage
  • Ends up devouring resources just to keep his Talent up
  • Wasted stats are unavoidable, so his real damage falls short of expectations
  • He can ruin your 50/50

Best Yanqing Build Guide

Yanqing - Ice CRIT DPS

Stat Targets

  • CRIT Rate 20% (out of combat)
  • CRIT DMG 180% or higher
  • ATK 2500 or higher
  • SPD 135+

This Yanqing build focuses on raising his CRIT Rate and his overall damage, including the damage from his Skill and his Ultimate.
Scholar Lost in Erudition adds extra Skill DMG for Yanqing after he uses his Ultimate, which makes his combo even stronger.

Firmament Frontline: Glamoth provides ATK and a direct DMG buff, as long as Yanqing reaches 135 SPD or more. That is not a hard requirement, because he already has high base SPD plus a SPD buff in his Traces.

Yanqing’s Ultimate is guaranteed to crit if he has at least 20% CRIT Rate out of combat and Soulsteel Sync is active.

Yanqing Skill, Trace and Eidolon Upgrade Priority

Skill Priority

bóng kiếm kề bên One With the Sword chim én vỗ mưa Amidst the Raining Bliss sương giá đầy trời Frost Thorn xuyên ba tấc nước Darting Ironthorn

Trace Priority

âm thanh nhẹ nhàng Gentle Blade thưởng băng Icing on the Kick sương sớm Frost Favors the Brave

Eidolon Priority

ánh sáng không trung Supine Serenade Âm Dương Biến Hoá, Tự Do Tự Tại Seen and Unseen

Yanqing Skills

Basic ATK

Frost Thorn

[Single Target]
Energy Generated20
Toughness Break Single Target: 10

Deals Ice DMG equal to 140% of Yanqing’s ATK to one designated enemy.

Lv. 10

Upgrade Materials

Lv. 1 to Lv. 10

Darting Ironthorn

[Single Target]
Energy Generated30
Toughness Break Single Target: 20

Deals Ice DMG equal to 275% of Yanqing’s ATK to one designated enemy and activates “Soulsteel Sync” for 1 turn.

Lv. 15

Upgrade Materials

Lv. 1 to Lv. 15

Amidst the Raining Bliss

[Single Target]
Energy Generated5
Toughness Break Single Target: 30

Increases Yanqing’s CRIT Rate by 60%. When “Soulsteel Sync” is active, increases Yanqing’s CRIT DMG by an extra 60%. This buff lasts for one turn. Afterwards, deals Ice DMG equal to 420% of Yanqing’s ATK to one designated enemy.

Lv. 15

Upgrade Materials

Lv. 1 to Lv. 15

One With the Sword

[Single Target]
Energy Generated5

When “Soulsteel Sync” is active, Yanqing is less likely to be attacked by enemies. Yanqing’s CRIT Rate increases by 22.5% and his CRIT DMG increases by 38%. After Yanqing attacks an enemy, there is a 65% fixed chance to launch Follow-Up ATK, dealing Ice DMG equal to 63% of Yanqing’s ATK to the enemy, which has a 65% base chance to Freeze the enemy for 1 turn.
The Frozen target cannot take action and receives Ice Additional DMG equal to 63% of Yanqing’s ATK at the beginning of each turn.
When Yanqing receives DMG, the “Soulsteel Sync” effect will disappear.

Lv. 15

Upgrade Materials

Lv. 1 to Lv. 15

Comradery

Energy Generated20

After Gepard uses his Technique, when the next battle begins, a Shield will be applied to all allies, absorbing DMG equal to 24% of Gepard’s DEF plus 150 for 2 turn(s).

Yanqing Traces

Total Trace Bonuses
  • ATK% +28%
  • Ice DMG +14.4%
  • HP% +10%

Yanqing Eidolons

Svelte Saber
Eidolon 1

When Yanqing attacks a Frozen enemy, he deals Ice Additional DMG equal to 60% of his ATK.

Supine Serenade
Eidolon 2

When Soulsteel Sync is active, Energy Regeneration Rate increases by an extra 10%.

Sword Savant
Eidolon 3

Skill Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 10.

Searing Sting
Eidolon 4

When the current HP percentage is 80% or higher, this unit’s Ice RES PEN increases by 12%.

Surging Strife
Eidolon 5

Ultimate Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
Talent Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.

Swift Swoop
Eidolon 6

If the buffs from “Soulsteel Sync” or the Ultimate are in effect when an enemy is defeated, the duration of these buffs is extended by 1 turn.