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Keqing

Keqing

Driving Thunder

  • Electro
  • Sword
  • 5★
  • Liyue
  • Ascension stat: CRIT DMG

The Yuheng of the Liyue Qixing. Keqing has much to say about Rex Lapis's unilateral approach to policymaking in Liyue — but in truth, gods admire skeptics such as her quite a lot.

What it costs to finish this character

1,350
resin, level 1 → 90 and all three talents to 10
2,072,500
mora
8
days at a minimum, if you spend nothing else

Ascension alone: 760 resin (boss drops only) · talents alone: 590 resin.

Talent domain: Prosperity, open Monday, Thursday, Sunday.

A Crown of Insight is needed for the tenth level of each talent, and crowns are not farmable at any resin price — they come from events.

Materials and mora above are exact, straight from the game’s own tables. The resin figure and the day count divide by an average drop per run, which the game does not publish — they are a community-measured mean, not a promise.

Materials

Ascension, level 1 to 90
MaterialTotal
Vajrada Amethyst Gemstone6
Lightning Prism46
Vajrada Amethyst Chunk9
Energy Nectar36
Vajrada Amethyst Fragment9
Shimmering Nectar30
Vajrada Amethyst Sliver1
Cor Lapis168
Whopperflower Nectar18
Mora420,000
One talent, level 1 to 10
MaterialTotal
Ring of Boreas6
Crown of Insight1
Philosophies of Prosperity38
Energy Nectar31
Guide to Prosperity21
Shimmering Nectar22
Teachings of Prosperity3
Whopperflower Nectar6
Mora1,652,500

The talent table is for one ability. Levelling all three costs three times as much.

Talents

Yunlai Swordsmanship

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-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.

Yunlai Swordsmanship scaling, level 1 to 10
Level12345678910
1-Hit DMG41.0%44.4%47.7%52.5%55.8%59.6%64.9%70.1%75.4%81.1%
2-Hit DMG41.0%44.4%47.7%52.5%55.8%59.6%64.9%70.1%75.4%81.1%
3-Hit DMG54.44%58.87%63.30%69.63%74.06%79.13%86.09%93.05%100.01%107.61%
4-Hit DMG31.5%+34.4%34.0%+37.2%36.6%+40.0%40.3%+44.0%42.8%+46.8%45.8%+50.0%49.8%+54.4%53.8%+58.8%57.8%+63.2%62.2%+68.0%
5-Hit DMG66.99%72.45%77.90%85.69%91.14%97.38%105.94%114.51%123.08%132.43%
Charged Attack DMG76.80%+86.00%83.05%+93.00%89.30%+100.00%98.23%+110.00%104.48%+117.00%111.63%+125.00%121.45%+136.00%131.27%+147.00%141.09%+158.00%151.81%+170.00%
Charged Attack Stamina Cost25.025.025.025.025.025.025.025.025.025.0
Plunge DMG63.9%69.1%74.3%81.8%87.0%92.9%101.1%109.3%117.5%126.4%
Low/High Plunge DMG127.84%/159.68%138.24%/172.67%148.65%/185.67%163.51%/204.24%173.92%/217.23%185.81%/232.09%202.16%/252.51%218.51%/272.93%234.86%/293.36%252.70%/315.64%

Stellar Restoration

Hurls a Lightning Stiletto that annihilates her opponents like the swift thunder.

When the Stiletto hits its target, it deals Electro DMG to opponents in a small AoE, and places a Stiletto Mark on the spot hit.

Hold

Hold to adjust the direction in which the Stiletto shall be thrown.

Stilettos thrown by the Hold attack mode can be suspended in mid-air, allowing Keqing to jump to them when using Stellar Restoration a second time.

Lightning Stiletto

If Keqing uses Stellar Restoration again or uses a Charged Attack while its duration lasts, it will clear the Stiletto Mark and produce different effects:

·If she uses Stellar Restoration again, she will blink to the location of the Mark and unleash one slashing attack that deals AoE Electro DMG. When blinking to a Stiletto that was thrown from a Holding attack, Keqing can leap across obstructing terrain.

·If Keqing uses a Charged Attack, she will ignite a series of thundering cuts at the Mark's location, dealing AoE Electro DMG.

"Humans are like moths, endlessly chasing the flame we call gods and adepti. But this light that I have here is my own."

Stellar Restoration scaling, level 1 to 10
Level12345678910
Lightning Stiletto DMG50.4%54.2%58.0%63.0%66.8%70.6%75.6%80.6%85.7%90.7%
Slashing DMG168.00%180.60%193.20%210.00%222.60%235.20%252.00%268.80%285.60%302.40%
Thunderclap Slash DMG84.00%×290.30%×296.60%×2105.00%×2111.30%×2117.60%×2126.00%×2134.40%×2142.80%×2151.20%×2
CD7.5s7.5s7.5s7.5s7.5s7.5s7.5s7.5s7.5s7.5s

Starward Sword

Keqing unleashes the power of lightning, dealing Electro DMG in an AOE.

She then blends into the shadow of her blade, striking a series of thunderclap-blows to nearby opponents simultaneously that deal multiple instances of Electro DMG. The final attack deals massive AoE Electro DMG.

The swiftest technique in Keqing's personal arsenal is fast enough to bring stars crashing down.

Starward Sword scaling, level 1 to 10
Level12345678910
Skill DMG88.00%94.60%101.20%110.00%116.60%123.20%132.00%140.80%149.60%158.40%
Consecutive Slash DMG24.0%×825.8%×827.6%×830.0%×831.8%×833.6%×836.0%×838.4%×840.8%×843.2%×8
Last Attack DMG188.80%202.96%217.12%236.00%250.16%264.32%283.20%302.08%320.96%339.84%
CD12.0s12.0s12.0s12.0s12.0s12.0s12.0s12.0s12.0s12.0s
Energy Cost40404040404040404040

Constellations

  1. C1 · Thundering Might

    Recasting Stellar Restoration while a Lightning Stiletto is present causes Keqing to deal 50% of her ATK as AoE Electro DMG at the start point and terminus of her Blink.

  2. C2 · Keen Extraction

    When Keqing's Normal and Charged Attacks hit opponents affected by Electro, they have a 50% chance of producing an Elemental Particle.

    This effect can only occur once every 5s.

  3. C3 · Foreseen Reformation

    Increases the Level of Starward Sword by 3.

    Maximum upgrade level is 15.

  4. C4 · Attunement

    For 10s after Keqing triggers an Electro-related Elemental Reaction, her ATK is increased by 25%.

  5. C5 · Beckoning Stars

    Increases the Level of Stellar Restoration by 3.

    Maximum upgrade level is 15.

  6. C6 · Tenacious Star

    When initiating a Normal Attack, a Charged Attack, Elemental Skill or Elemental Burst, Keqing gains a 6% Electro DMG Bonus for 8s.

    Effects triggered by Normal Attacks, Charged Attacks, Elemental Skills and Elemental Bursts are considered independent entities.

Weapons and artifacts

UNSURE This is not a tier list and not community guidance — this product has neither. It is a mechanical shortlist, and the rule is printed so you can check it: Swords of 4★ and above whose secondary stat is one this character’s ascension stat scales with, ordered by base attack at level 90. Weapon passives are not weighed, because a passive is an effect and not a number.

Weapons of the right type and stat
WeaponRarityBase ATK at 90Secondary stat
Mistsplitter Reforged5★674CRIT DMG
Absolution5★674CRIT DMG
Azurelight5★674CRIT Rate
Whitelake Frostfeather5★674CRIT Rate
Summit Shaper5★608ATK%
Haran Geppaku Futsu5★608CRIT Rate
Athame Artis5★608CRIT Rate
Exaiphanes Blade5★608CRIT Rate
Sets whose two-piece bonus raises this character’s Electro damage or the stat they ascend into
SetTwo-pieceFour-piece
Thundering FuryElectro DMG Bonus +15%Increases the DMG caused by Overloaded, Electro-Charged, Superconduct, and Hyperbloom by 40%, the DMG Bonus conferred by Aggravate by 20%, and the DMG caused by Lunar-Charged and Stellar-Conduct by 20%. When Quicken or the aforementioned Elemental Reactions are triggered, Elemental Skill CD is decreased by 1s. Can only occur once every 0.8s.

To turn this into a real recommendation section, add a build dataset — per character, the weapons and sets a community source actually recommends, with the rotation each assumes. Nothing in the game’s published data contains that judgement, and a ranking invented here would be indistinguishable from a researched one, which is why there is not one.

Teams

To build a team section, add team data. Which characters go together is judgement about rotations, energy and shielding that this product does not receive and will not guess at.

What is published is the reaction chart. Electro takes part in: