by dusted wind

Introduction

Keqing is a 5★ Electro Sword character who serves as an on-field DPS to shred enemies with fast-hitting attacks. This guide examines Keqing’s kit in-depth to help you better understand her best builds, best teams, best weapons, best artifacts, synergies, Talents, Constellations, and more!

Why Play Keqing?

Pros

• Highly flexible rotations
• Highest amount of Burst iframes in the entire game
• Teleport is valuable utility and counters certain boss mechanics
• Fast hits and excellent application rate make her strong against content that requires high hit counts

Cons

• Weak Constellations
• Charged Attacks may knock light enemies away and consume high amounts of Stamina
• Lower personal damage compared to newer 5-star DPS units

TL;DR

Aggravate DPS

Design: euphorysm, cuppacote, auraolis
Content: haafr, casdela, acerbus114, dusted wind

Quickbloom DPS

Design: auraolis
Content: acerbus114, dusted wind

Electro DPS

Design: cuppacote, auraolis
Content: haafr, casdela, acerbus114, dusted wind

Glossary

FAQ

Character Overview

Playstyle

Everything Keqing does, she does on-field. Her gameplay centers around using her Elemental Skill to generate an Electro Infusion and dealing damage through her entire kit. Her field time, gearing, and the reactions she triggers may vary from team to team, but this playstyle holds steady across all archetypes.

Talents

Level and Talent Priority

> ≥ >

Level 90* > Normal Attack ≥ Burst >** Skill

*Level 90 is highly recommended to maximize Keqing’s damage in teams where she triggers Dendro reactions. Level 100 is a similarly powerful increase, but is far more costly and uses a very limited resource, making it extremely optional.

**If using 4pc Thundering Fury, Skill is relatively even with Burst.

Keqing’s damage profile is split quite evenly among her Talents, particularly in Aggravate, and you should level them all equally.

Outside of Aggravate, her Talent damage shifts slightly more towards her Charged Attacks, and her NA Talent slightly increases in importance. Still, she should level her Skill and Burst Talents as they remain a considerable amount of her damage.

Talent Overview

Constellations

Keqing is a complete unit at C0, and her Constellations do not change her gameplay. Similar to most characters on the standard banner, Keqing’s Constellations are quite weak compared to newer DPS units.

Constellation DPS increases shown are for Aggravate.

Combo

C = Charged Attack
A = Aimed Shot
P = Plunging Attack
E = Elemental Skill
tE = Tap Skill
hE = Hold Skill
Q = Elemental Burst
D = Dash (cancel)
J = Jump (cancel)
W = Walk (cancel)
> = Switch character
( ) = Optional actions; see notes below
[ ] = Repeat these actions the specified number of times

Non-4pc TF Combo	Notes
EQE¹ 5[N1C] (N1)²	Keqing’s default combo when not using 4pc TF.

4pc TF Combo	Notes
EQE N1C N1 E 3[N1C] (N1)²	Keqing’s default combo when using 4pc TF. Detonating the second Stiletto instead of teleporting onto it is mandatory for 4pc TF to outdamage other options.
EQE 2[N1C] N1 E 2[N1C] (N1)²	Practically interchangeable with the above combo. An Aggravate proc shifts onto a Normal Attack instead of a Charged Attack, which can be an extremely minor DPS increase when using weapons like Haran Geppaku Futsu.

¹For non-TF Keqing only, Q EE is a slightly less-optimal alternative that can be useful when Keqing’s E is on cooldown, instant iframes are desired, or if you are waiting for an enemy to move so Keqing can follow them with her teleport. 4TF Keqing can technically replicate this with Q EE 3[N1C] N1 E N1C, but this combo is significantly more awkward.

²Fast-enough inputs allow Keqing to perform another N1 at the end of her default combos before her Electro Infusion ends. This requires tight timing and is impractical against mobile or highly aggressive enemies.

Shortening Keqing Combos

The combos listed above fit as much damage as possible in an ~8s window, and swap out when Keqing’s Electro Infusion expires. However, Keqing’s field time can be quite flexible. Keqing can usually safely cut a few Normal / Charged Attacks off from the end of her combo without suffering much DPS loss, e.g. EQE 3[N1C] N1 instead of EQE 5[N1C]. This is useful when an enemy moves outside of Keqing’s attacking range, when a wave is defeated, or when enemies are too aggressive to complete a full Keqing combo. Keqing’s combo can technically be shortened even further if enemies are exceptionally dangerous. However, this often leads to cooldown issues later on in the rotation that will have to be improvised around.

Keqing’s combos can also be shortened in another fashion. In some teams (usually Quickbloom or Lunar-Charged), Keqing performs an on-field combo twice per rotation, but her combos are less than 12 seconds apart. This forces Keqing to skip her Burst every other DPS window, e.g. EE 5[N1C]. While not particularly pleasant, this is generally better than dragging out a rotation’s length just to fit Keqing’s full combo.

Extending Keqing Combos

Although extending Keqing’s field time is generally rarer than shortening it, Keqing can easily extend her combo by recasting her Skill at the end of her initial window, e.g. EQE 5[N1C] EE 3[N1C]. This is not often recommended in set rotations, but is useful when Keqing needs to buy time for teammate cooldowns or just to kill a particularly low-health enemy.

A common misconception is that 4pc Thundering Fury helps extend Keqing’s combo duration thanks to the Skill cooldown reduction effect. However, because Keqing’s Skill cooldown is shorter than her basic combo duration, 4pc Thundering Fury has zero impact on Keqing’s Infusion uptime — your Skill will be available by the time your Infusion expires with or without 4pc TF. In fact, these combo extensions are incompatible with optimal 4TF combos, as the second Skill detonation will put Keqing’s E on cooldown. However, 4pc TF will often still be of great help in syncing your cooldowns as the rotation progresses, especially if you are extending your combo out of improvisation rather than pre-planned intention.

Note that Stamina can become a noticeable issue when extending Keqing’s combos due to the high Stamina consumption of Keqing’s Charged Attacks. N4C is Keqing’s recommended combo string when Stamina is low, but it is frankly advisable to simply switch off Keqing instead, although this occasionally leads to further cooldown issues.

Miscellaneous Notes on Keqing’s Combos

If you want to fit a dash into Keqing’s combo for invincibility frames or repositioning, the best time to do it is directly after her Skill recast, e.g. EQED. This is actually slightly faster than the ordinary EQE if done properly. By contrast, dash-canceling Keqing’s Normal Attack chain (through something like N1CD) is very slow and thus should be avoided whenever possible, although it is sometimes required to chase after enemies who move out of Keqing’s range mid-combo.

Keqing’s C1 procs hit before her Skill recast slash damage and shares ICD: in practical terms, this means that C1 Keqing will trigger reactions and apply Electro with the 1U C1 effect instead of the 2U Skill recast. This is why Keqing EE → Nahida E is not a possible Swirl setup for C1+ Keqing. To compensate for this, one can simply perform E CA instead of EE, as the Thunderclap Slash from the Stiletto detonation still applies 2U of Electro. In fact, E CA is generally preferred over EE even if you are C0, as it is simply more damage.

Keqing’s Stiletto lingers on the battlefield when she switches out, even as her cooldown starts ticking: as such, it is possible to do Keqing E → [teammate Skills] → Keqing E recast. This makes it so that you effectively have a shorter cooldown on your E than normal. Note that this is slightly asynchronous with typical Keqing combos and is reliant on a mostly stationary enemy. Additionally, if you do not recast Keqing’s Skill in time before the Stiletto expires, you will lose your Infusion and the rotation will be thrown into chaos.

ER Requirements

Due to her low-cost Burst, Energy-laden teams, and A4 buff, Keqing’s ER requirements are effectively nonexistent in the vast majority of her teams. Even in her Solo Electro teams, the rotation length is usually too short for her to cast Burst twice per rotation anyway, voiding the problem entirely.

However, there are a few Keqing teams where Keqing casts Burst twice per rotation and particle generation is quite low. This most commonly occurs when replacing Fischl with Sara, e.g. Keqing–Sara–Nahida–Xilonen. In these cases, Keqing’s ER requirements can go up to heights of ~140–150%. Finding a way to cast more than two Skills per rotation slashes such requirements significantly — for example, in the given Aggravate team, Keqing can run 4pc Thundering Fury and double her particle generation per combo. This alone often cuts Keqing’s ER requirements down to the point where it can be completely covered by her A4 Passive.

In general, Keqing should not seek out ER as a stat. If you are engineering rotations where Keqing needs significant amounts of ER, you are probably best off changing the rotation entirely.

Aggravate

Artifact Stats

Stat Priority: CRIT > ATK% = EM*

Since Aggravate hits can crit, CRIT is exceptionally valuable in Quicken teams, even more so than usual.

*ATK% and EM are roughly equal in Aggravate, but EM’s diminishing returns mean that ATK% is generally the more valuable artifact stat, given that Keqing’s supports often provide her with large amounts of EM. However, in Quickburn, the extra Transformative Reaction damage means that EM is superior to ATK%, although the gap still narrows the more EM Keqing has.

As a general rule, in pure Aggravate, EM overtakes ATK% if Keqing is unbuffed, but the presence of any strong EM buffer causes ATK% to pull ahead.

Keqing’s ER requirements are extremely low in most teams and do not need to be built around.
Using Genshin Optimizer is recommended as a way to compare your actual artifacts.

Artifact Sets

Assumptions: 
Keqing — Fischl — Kirara — Sucrose
R5 Lion’s Roar ATK% — Electro DMG% — CRIT
For full Aggravate and Quickburn calcs see here. [Updated for Version 5.7]

Hover over artifact images/names for more information.

Artifact	DPS% of Best 2pc Combination	Notes
4pc Thundering Fury (TF)	104%	Keqing’s highest-damaging set in Quicken teams thanks to its Skill cooldown reduction effect, which allows Keqing to cast another Skill for extra damage. Detonating the second Stiletto instead of teleporting onto it is mandatory for 4pc TF to outdamage other options.  Although 4pc TF is often touted for its flexibility, this holds less true the more optimized your gameplay becomes. Nevertheless, the extra Skill cast can serve as a useful bailout in emergencies or improvised scenarios. Other, less-touted benefits of 4pc TF are actually more important than the minor flexibility it offers: the extra particles from the second Skill cast help decrease teammate ER requirements, which is especially helpful in Stygian Onslaught, and the slight frontload created by the Stiletto detonation makes it even better than it appears on paper if you are slightly shortening your combos.
4pc Thundersoother (TS)	103%	Extremely competitive with 4pc TF in Aggravate teams. Fares badly in teams with low Electro aura uptime, making it somewhat unplayable in a few Quickburn teams.
4pc Gilded Dreams (GD)	101%	Keqing appreciates both EM and ATK% in Quicken teams, making this a highly competitive artifact set in Aggravate. Falls off slightly as Keqing gets more EM.
2pc TF + 2pc ATK% / EM / MH 4pc A Day Carved from Rising Winds	97-100%	2pc mixed set options are reasonably competitive with Keqing’s top options in Aggravate. 2pc Marechaussee Hunter (MH) is the weakest of the options here but is close enough to win out given superior substats. 2pc combinations that do not have 2pc TF are noticeably behind other options, although good substats can still make up the difference. Because Keqing is not a Hexerei character, she cannot obtain the CRIT Rate buff from 4pc Rising Winds. Nevertheless, the 43 ATK% still makes it a slightly better version of 2pc ATK + 2pc ATK. (This applies to all archetypes.)
4pc Unfinished Reverie	109% (Quickburn only) 4pc TF improves to 108% in Quickburn, keeping it very competitive.	A top option for Keqing in Quickburn teams, as it offers a hefty chunk of DMG Bonus if you can trigger Burning. However, such teams simultaneously increase the value of 4pc TF due to the additional reactions that Keqing or her Pyro teammate triggers. As such, even though 4pc Reverie is a very strong option, 4pc TF is only slightly behind at worst.

Weapons

Assumptions: The rankings listed here assume an unbuffed Keqing with 4pc Thundering Fury and ATK%/Electro DMG%/CRIT main stats. For full calculations and other assumptions, see here for ATK% Sands and and here for EM Sands. [Updated for Version “Luna III”]

Note that EM main stat weapons (and Light of Foliar Incision) may outperform their rankings here if Keqing is playing in a Quickburn team and triggering large amounts of Overload reactions.

Hover over weapon images/names for more information.

Weapon	DPS% of R1 Lion’s Roar	Notes
5★ Mistsplitter Reforged	120%	Thanks to its high Base ATK, CRIT DMG main stat, and powerful passive, Mistsplitter is generally Keqing’s best weapon across all archetypes.
5★ Primordial Jade Cutter	118%	As the highest CRIT Rate main stat Sword in the game, combined with a strong and consistent passive, Jade Cutter is one of Keqing’s top options.
5★ Athame Artis	117% [Hexerei] 112% [non-Hexerei]	A very solid weapon for Keqing, albeit one that requires two Hexerei units to unlock its full potential. In Quickburn teams, this is actually better used on Keqing than on Durin so long as you don’t have another competitive option for her.
5★ Haran Geppaku Futsu	115%	Haran offers a large amount of CRIT Rate on top of a hefty chunk of DMG Bonus. Keqing usually triggers Aggravate on all her Normal Attacks, making Haran’s passive extremely valuable. May outperform Jade Cutter and Athame Artis when not running 4pc TF.
5★ Uraku Misugiri	121% (proc) 115% (no proc)	Thanks to its high CRIT DMG and useful passive, Uraku is an excellent weapon for Keqing. Equal to Haran if running either 4pc TF or a Geo unit, and slightly better than Mistsplitter if running both.
5★ Light of Foliar Incision	111% (EM Sands)	A decent weapon with high CRIT DMG and an interesting quirk: thanks to the EM-scaling passive, Foliar compares increasingly favorably to other weapons the more EM Keqing has.
4★ Wolf-Fang	110% (R5) 102% (R1)	Wolf-Fang does quite well in Aggravate as Keqing deals a lot of damage from her Elemental Burst and Skill, especially when running 4pc TF. However, it’s not worth buying the Battle Pass specifically to obtain this weapon for Keqing.
5★ Freedom-Sworn	108% (passive every other combo)	The EM main stat and teamwide buff makes Freedom-Sworn a useful weapon for Keqing. Unfortunately, the passive usually only triggers every other combo. Note that the teamwide buff it offers slightly improves its contribution to team damage, and that the pull value of this weapon is helped by Kazuha being a good Keqing support.
4★ Lion’s Roar	109% (R5) 100% (R1)	Keqing’s trademark 4-star option thanks to its ATK% secondary and hefty DMG% passive, stats that are useful for Keqing in most archetypes . Quite hard to beat at high refinements.
5★ Azurelight	107%	A pure stat stick with a powerful passive that is utterly useless on most of the character roster. Do not pull this weapon specifically for Keqing.
5★ Summit Shaper	106% (shielded) 102% (unshielded)	A decent weapon if you are using one of the few shielders available in Aggravate, but a fairly underwhelming option otherwise. For this archetype, Kirara is the only real unit who both remains competitive with more offensive units and maintains full shield uptime.
5★ Absolution, Lightbearing Moonshard, Splendor of Tranquil Waters	105%	5-star stat sticks with useless passives. Intentionally taking damage from enemies to stack Splendor’s passive is not a recommended strategy, especially since you will suffer a large DPS loss if you get staggered.
4★ Moonweaver’s Dawn	105% (R5) 97% (R1)	A new weapon that provides Keqing with a large amount of DMG Bonus on her Burst, making it a fairly playable option if you have little better. A free copy of this weapon is available in Nod-Krai, but further refinements are much more difficult to obtain, as it is only available on limited weapon banners. This is unfortunately the best Moonweaver performs out of any of Keqing’s archetypes, as her damage shifts away from her Elemental Burst outside of Dendro.
4★ The Black Sword	104% (R5) 99% (R1)	Equal to Lion’s Roar at R1, but falls off at higher refinements because the passive is relatively defensive in nature. You should not buy the Battle Pass specifically to obtain this weapon for Keqing.
3★ Harbinger of Dawn	104% (EM Sands)	Ceases to be competitive if you cannot keep the passive active. Note that this weapon’s low Base ATK makes it noticeably favor an EM Sands.
4★ Calamity of Eshu	102% (shielded) 109% (ideal conditions)	Eshu is equal to or slightly better than R5 Lion’s Roar in ideal conditions (Non-TF set, full shield uptime, full 5N1C combo) but is usually worse in practice. Because it incentivizes Keqing to stay on-field for her entire Infusion duration on every combo, it also limits how you can play Keqing without losing damage.
4★ Toukabou Shigure	101% (lower uptime) 108% (full uptime)	A free option for Keqing from the 3.3 event. Note that the passive uptime will suffer against single-wave content, although in multiwave you can get it to trigger every time if you defeat an enemy during the debuff’s duration.
4★ Iron Sting	102% (R5) 97% (R1)	Keqing’s strongest craftable weapon in Aggravate, as the EM main stat and DMG% passive are quite useful. Although Iron Sting is not the strongest of weapons, its ease of access and simple passive makes it a viable choice for every Keqing player.
4★ Finale of the Deep	99% (R5) 94% (R1) Assumes healer that clears BoL after ~2 seconds.	A craftable option that requires a healer to trigger the full passive. Given its flexibility as a weapon for several different on-field DPS units, Finale is more Billet-efficient to refine than Iron Sting. With a healer, Finale also enables 4pc Fragment of Harmonic Whimsy, although Finale is simply not a good enough weapon in Quicken to make this combo an enthralling option.
4★ Kagotsurube Isshin	94%	Free option from Kazuha’s Story Quest. Use only if you have absolutely nothing better.

Teambuilding

Aggravate is the archetype that Keqing is most known for, and for good reason: her multihit, rapid attacks are ideal for triggering many Aggravates over the course of a rotation, and her field time syncs exceptionally well with her Aggravate teammates.

Key Teammate

Character

Notes

Fischl

Fischl is Keqing’s most important Aggravate teammate and synergizes exceptionally well with both her and the archetype as a whole. Keqing drives Fischl’s A4 and C6 while on-field, skyrocketing Fischl’s personal damage. While Fischl’s 25s Skill cooldown is usually a nuisance to most DPS units, Keqing welcomes 25s rotations as they allow her enough time to Burst twice per rotation. The only remotely comparable replacement to Fischl is C6 Sara, but due to Fischl’s extremely high personal damage and Keqing’s relatively low Talent multipliers compared to other Electro on-fielders, Fischl remains Keqing’s most prominent Electro teammate. Additionally, as a Hexerei unit, Fischl can be paired with other Hexerei units to enable Hexerei: Secret Rite effects. While Fischl herself usually reaps no benefits from this in pure Aggravate as her Hexerei buffs require triggering either Electro-Charged or Overload, she can still unlock benefits for other Hexerei teammates.

Example Teams

This is not a comprehensive list of teams. The inclusion or exclusion of any given team does not necessarily reflect its power level.

Keqing’s traditional premium Aggravate team. Has excellent damage, but can be somewhat difficult to play, especially given the lack of sustain. Prototype Amber can be used on Nahida if survivability is a large concern.

This team arguably has the most flexible rotations of any Keqing team. Understand that the rotation samples given below are exceptionally flexible even by typical Keqing standards, and that the best rotation in any given situation is often something specifically customized against the enemy lineup.

C6 Fischl Rotation
(Keqing E)¹ > Kazuha tEP > Nahida E Q > Fischl E N1² > Kazuha tEP > Keqing combo > Kazuha Q > Fischl Q > Kazuha tEP > (Nahida E)³ > Keqing combo

Pre-C6 Fischl Rotation
(Keqing E)¹ > Nahida Q > Kazuha tEP Q > Nahida E > Fischl E > Keqing combo > (Nahida E)³ > Fischl Q > Kazuha tEP > Keqing combo

¹First rotation only.
²Fischl procs her C6 with Normal Attacks until Electro aura is established.
³Often required in multiwave to re-mark new enemies.

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Xilonen lacks Kazuha’s grouping and AoE damage, but compensates with effortless full uptime on her buffs and strong healing. Rotations are slightly inflexible but fairly easy to perform. Xilonen uses Burst when necessary. With C2 Xilonen, Fischl can start the first rotation with her Skill and replace all following Skill uses with Burst.

Sample Rotation
(Fischl C)¹ > Xilonen E N2 > Nahida E Q > Fischl E > Keqing combo > Xilonen E(Q) N2 > (Nahida E)² > Fischl Q > Keqing combo

¹First rotation only. Can be replaced with Keqing E C if you need particles.
²Often required in multiwave to re-mark new enemies.

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A non-Fischl team option. C6 Sara compares somewhat unfavorably to Fischl in single-target but begins to even out with higher investment on Keqing and in higher-health AoE. Due to the team’s poor particle generation, 4pc TF is extremely desired to keep ER requirements low. Xilonen uses Burst when necessary.

Sample Rotation
(Sara E C)¹ > Xilonen E(Q) N2 > Nahida E Q > Sara (E C)² Q > Keqing combo > Xilonen E N2 > (Nahida E)³ > Sara E C > Keqing combo

¹First rotation only.
²Subsequent rotations only.
³Often required in multiwave to re-mark new enemies.

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One of Keqing’s typical 4-star–only teams. Kirara and especially Sucrose are pleasantly competitive with 5-star supports. Be careful not to jump out of Kirara’s E too quickly when performing the Swirl setup, as you need to wait .5s between instances of her Dendro application to trigger Fischl A4 and maintain Electro aura. To avoid this problem, you can simply swap to Sucrose before Kirara, as long as you do not mind losing a bit of buff uptime.

Sample Rotation
Fischl E > Kirara shE > Sucrose E > Keqing combo > Fischl Q > Kirara shE > Sucrose E > Keqing combo

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Durin Quickburn teams are extremely powerful options for Keqing but can be quite hard to play in practice. This team has almost no defensive utility, which is very dangerous against smaller enemies that may cause Keqing to take Burning self-damage. Furthermore, Keqing’s teammates do not have particularly useful gapfill, so Keqing has to fill large amounts of field time; as a result, you will often be playing at low Stamina due to the high drain from her Charged Attacks. Nevertheless, even with the dangers involved, the sheer offensive power offered by this team makes it a very appealing option, especially against bosses. Emilie and Nahida are bundled into one sample team because they rotate virtually identically and they are the clear best options.

Sample Rotation (Emilie)
Durin EE Q > Emilie E N1 > Fischl E > Keqing EQE 5[N1C] EE 3N1C > Fischl Q > Keqing Q EE 3[N1C] N1¹

Sample Rotation (Nahida)
Durin EE Q > Nahida E (Q)² > Fischl E > Keqing EQE 5[N1C] EE 3N1C > (Nahida E)³ > Fischl Q > Keqing Q EE 3[N1C] N1¹

¹If 4pc TF, perform EQE 2[N1C] N1 E N1C instead.
²Burst when available.
³Often required in multiwave to re-mark new enemies.

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A traditional option against content that requires Pyro units. This team has some survivability issues against groups of enemies thanks to Burning self-damage and a lack of sustain. Prototype Amber Nahida is a viable solution, but will lead to a slight drop in team DPS. Against larger enemies (e.g. Lava Dragon Statue), you will not take Burning self-damage and the team is notably safer.

Sample Rotation
Nahida E Q > Xiangling Q ED > Fischl Q > Keqing EQE 5[N1C] EE N1C N1 > (Nahida E)¹ > Xiangling ED > Fischl E > Keqing Q EE 4[N1C]²

¹Often required in multiwave to re-mark new enemies.
²If 4pc TF, perform EQE 2[N1C] N1 E N1C instead.

Quickbloom/Hyperbloom

Is Keqing a Quicken DPS or a Hyperbloom trigger?

This is a fairly common and rather loaded question that takes some effort to defuse. It is also semantical; after all, Keqing’s playstyle as an on-field damage dealer does not change no matter what category she falls into. The simple, unhelpful answer is that she is both: as a “Quickbloom” DPS, Keqing triggers a significant number of Hyperbloom cores and Aggravate on much of her Talent damage. To get a more useful answer, we should investigate the following:

1. Is the majority of Keqing’s damage coming from her Talents or from Hyperbloom?

It depends from team to team. Although this is not a perfect rule, the easiest way to understand this is in terms of Lauma and non-Lauma teams. If Lauma is not in the team, Keqing’s Talent damage is usually the majority of her damage provided there is decent Quicken aura uptime. If Lauma is in the team, her extremely powerful buffs to Bloom-related damage causes Keqing’s Hyperbloom damage to overtake her Talent damage, even when there is high Quicken aura uptime.

2. Should Keqing prioritize EM or CRIT?

This is obviously contingent on your answer to the previous question. If a majority of Keqing’s damage is coming from Talents, then CRIT is generally the more valued stat. If a majority of Keqing’s damage is coming from Hyperbloom, then EM is generally the more valued stat.

However, EM’s diminishing returns make this question more nuanced than one might expect. The value of Elemental Mastery drops off sharply as one gets to higher and higher amounts, and Keqing is likely to have extremely high EM in Quickbloom teams — between team buffs, an EM weapon, and artifact sets and substats, she can quickly reach the point where any more EM will be at heavily reduced value. As such, even in teams where Hyperbloom constitutes the hefty majority of Keqing’s damage, CRIT (and DMG%) can become equal to or slightly ahead of EM.

Conclusion:

Quickbloom Keqing should first be thought of as a hybrid DPS who deals mostly Talent damage and supplements said damage with Hyperbloom cores. The addition of Lauma will flip that dynamic and shift her damage sharply towards Hyperbloom, making EM her most valued stat until very high amounts. However, Keqing still retains her identity as a CRIT-scaling DPS whose Talent damage is worth of consideration, and sources of EM are so plentiful in her Quickbloom teams that CRIT can have competitive value once EM begins to suffer from diminishing returns.

Note that it is of course possible to engineer teams where Keqing’s Talent damage is truly irrelevant, i.e. no Quicken aura, high Hyperbloom count, and no significant team buffs to anything other than her Hyperbloom damage. In these cases, it is certainly optimal for her to build full EM. However, she is largely outclassed by off-field triggers in this capacity, as they allow a Dendro Catalyst driver to go on-field and increase core generation. Furthermore, such a build is trivial to gear and detailed analysis will not lead to any useful revelations. As such, this “playstyle” will not be extensively covered nor calculated in this guide.

Artifact Stats

Stat Priority: CRIT > ATK% = EM*

*EM overtakes CRIT until very high amounts if the majority of Keqing’s damage is coming from Hyperbloom. If the majority of Keqing’s damage is coming from her Talents, CRIT is more valuable, and Electro DMG% and CRIT main stats are noticeably better than EM main stats.

Using Genshin Optimizer is recommended as a way to compare your actual artifacts.

Artifact Sets

Assumptions:

Calculations with Lauma:
Keqing — Lauma — Xingqiu — Ineffa
R5 Iron Sting
EM — Electro DMG% — EM or CRIT
Full assumptions and calcs here [last updated for Version “Luna II”].

Calculations without Lauma:
Keqing — Furina — Nahida — Baizhu and Keqing — Kokomi — Nahida — Fischl
R5 Iron Sting
EM — Electro DMG% — CRIT
Full assumptions and calcs here [last updated for Version 4.2].

Hover over artifact images/names for more information.

Artifact Set	Notes
4pc Thundering Fury (TF)	Keqing’s highest-damaging set in Quickbloom teams thanks to its Skill cooldown reduction effect allowing Keqing to cast another Skill for extra damage. Detonating the second Stiletto instead of teleporting onto it is mandatory for 4pc TF to outdamage other options. The extra particles also help decrease teammate ER requirements, and in Hyperbloom, 4pc TF’s DMG% effect actually gets quite a bit of value. Although 4pc TF is often touted for its flexibility, this holds less true the more optimized your gameplay becomes. Nevertheless, the extra Skill cast can serve as a useful bailout in emergencies or improvised scenarios.
4pc Flower of Paradise Lost (FoPL)	A theoretically excellent option in Quickbloom teams to maximize Keqing’s Hyperbloom damage. However, in contrast to most users of this set who only care about building EM, Keqing demands high CRIT value on her artifacts as well to maximize her Talent damage. As such, it can be quite difficult to farm good FoPL pieces, and it is very unlikely that you will have a usable 4pc set lying around.
4pc Gilded Dreams (GD)	4pc Gilded’s stat bundle is quite valuable in Quickbloom teams, making it a fairly competitive option for Keqing. CRIT stats on Gilded are also useful for more characters than CRIT stats on FoPL, making it more efficient to farm.
2pc TF + 2pc EM / ATK% 4pc A Day Carved from Rising Winds	2pc mixed set options are reasonably competitive with Keqing’s top options in Quickbloom. EM 2-pieces gain increasing value over other sets the more Keqing’s damage comes from Hyperbloom. Conversely, ATK% 2-pieces (and 4pc Rising Winds) suffer as Keqing’s damage shifts toward Transformative Reactions.
4pc Thundersoother (TS)	4pc Thundersoother can be a competitive option given high Electro aura uptime, but falters as uptime drops and Keqing’s damage splits more towards Hyperbloom.
4pc Marechaussee Hunter (MH) 4pc Night of the Sky’s Unveiling (NotSU)	Hyperspecific artifact sets that are Keqing’s best options in the right conditions: 4pc NotSU with two Nod-Krai teammates, 4pc MH with Furina. Note that 4pc NotSU’s Reaction DMG Bonus is useless for Keqing in this archetype, as she does not deal any relevant amount of Lunar Reaction damage.

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Weapons

Assumptions:

Calculations with Lauma:
Keqing — Lauma — Xingqiu — Ineffa
4pc TF and 4pc NotSU
EM — Electro DMG% — EM or CRIT
Full assumptions and calcs here [last updated for Version “Luna 1”].

Calculations without Lauma:
Keqing — Furina — Nahida — Baizhu and Keqing — Kokomi — Nahida — Fischl
4pc MH and 4pc TF
EM — Electro DMG% — CRIT
Full assumptions and calcs here [last updated for Version 4.2].

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Weapon	Notes
5★ Mistsplitter Reforged	Thanks to its high Base ATK, CRIT DMG main stat, and powerful passive, Mistsplitter is generally Keqing’s best weapon across all archetypes. However, Mistsplitter can often run into trouble in Quickbloom teams as it does nothing for Keqing’s Hyperbloom damage, a problem which is exacerbated by Lauma pushing Keqing’s damage further towards Hyperbloom. As such, while Mistsplitter is still one of the best weapons for Quickbloom Keqing, it faces compelling competition and can be outclassed by powerful EM-scaling weapons.
5★ Freedom-Sworn	Freedom-Sworn is the only EM main stat 5-star Sword in the game, making it a premier option for Quickbloom Keqing. It is also the only good weapon choice Keqing has that offers a teamwide buff, although said buff will vary in usefulness based on how often Keqing can trigger it and how much Keqing’s teammates appreciate ATK%.
5★ Light of Foliar Incision	Light of Foliar Incision doesn’t offer an EM main stat, but its EM-scaling passive makes it a powerful option in Quickbloom nonetheless. Consistently a top-performing option for Quickbloom Keqing across all team variants.
5★ Primordial Jade Cutter, Haran Geppaku Futsu, Uraku Misugiri	Other typical top-performing options for Keqing in Dendro teams. They are Keqing’s best non-Mistsplitter weapons in Aggravate and remain powerful in Quickbloom, although their performance suffers if Keqing’s damage is skewed heavily towards Hyperbloom. Not many Quickbloom teams run Geo units, so Uraku usually cannot trigger its full passive.
Other 5★ CRIT Stat Sticks	Athame Artis, Azurelight, Absolution, Lightbearing Moonshard, Splendor of Tranquil Waters. Generic 5-star stat sticks with little else to offer. They provide less-than-exciting performance in Quickbloom, and you’re likely only using them on Keqing because they are burning a hole in your inventory. Athame Artis is anti-synergistic with the long or Burstless combos that are frequent in many Quickbloom teams. Splendor should stay on Furina if you have her.
4★ The Black Sword , Wolf-Fang	Battle Pass options. At high refinements, they are fairly competitive with 5-star stat sticks. Wolf-Fang likes being run with 4pc TF thanks to the extra Skill damage.
4★ Iron Sting, Toukabou Shigure	EM main stat 4-star weapons that serve as Keqing’s accessible baseline in Quickbloom. These are frankly very good options, and are competitive with or even better than high-refinement Battle Pass weapons and 5-star stat sticks depending on how much Hyperbloom damage Keqing is dealing. As both of these weapons are free (Iron Sting is craftable, and Toukabou Shigure is an old event weapon), there's not much of a reason to use anything worse than them. They should also dissuade you from chasing after Battle Pass Sword refinements.
4★ Finale of the Deep	Not bad if you have a healer in the team, but nothing particularly exciting. Arguably very Billet-efficient to refine.
5★ Summit Shaper	A decent option if Keqing is playing with one of the few shielders available in Quickbloom, but fairly underwhelming otherwise.
4★ Lion’s Roar	Hyperbloom is arguably the worst archetype for Lion’s Roar. It remains competitive with other top 4-stars if there is high Electro aura uptime, but it suffers a bit in Hyperbloom in comparison to EM main stat weapons and loses value as uptime fades (for instance, if Keqing is solo Electro).
3★ Harbinger of Dawn	Competitive with other accessible options if you can maintain the passive, although that may be a tall task in some teams, especially if you are playing with Furina. Hopefully your healing is strong enough to balance out her drain.
4★ Moonweaver’s Dawn	Not a particularly good weapon for Keqing in most scenarios, and Quickbloom is no exception. A free copy of this weapon is available in Nod-Krai.
4★ Kagotsurube Isshin	Please craft Iron Sting.

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Teambuilding

When both Dendro and Hydro units are in the team, Keqing can trigger both Aggravate and Hyperbloom. The last slot is usually either a unit who provides significant offensive value, or a healer if one is using Furina. Note that Lauma’s release has both drastically strengthened this archetype and placed a great emphasis on Hyperbloom damage and Bloom core production.

Key Teammate

Character

Notes

Lauma

Lauma is an extremely powerful Bloom support who offers respectable off-field Dendro application, Dendro and Hydro RES Shred, a large increase to Hyperbloom damage, and even allows Hyperblooms to crit at a fixed value if she is the only Nod-Krai unit in the team. At C1, she can even heal and thus is able to stack Furina’s Fanfare. Note that Nod-Krai units will unlock Ascendant Gleam and thus disable Lauma’s Hyperbloom crits if they are paired together. This is certainly unfortunate, but the flip side is that it will grant the team full access to the passives of Nod-Krai artifact sets. It will also make the team significantly better against Wild Hunt enemies.

Example Teams

This is not a comprehensive list of teams. The inclusion or exclusion of any given team does not necessarily reflect its power level.

A Quickbloom team with Nod-Krai units. Ineffa unfortunately disables Lauma’s Hyperbloom crits by raising the team’s Moonsign Level to Ascendant Gleam, but she offers Keqing access to 4pc Night of the Sky’s Unveiling along with a sturdy shield that becomes even more durable thanks to Xingqiu’s Rain Sword damage reduction. The dominant aura of this team is Quicken, but Xingqiu’s application is strong enough to sneak in a few Lunar-Charged procs so that Ineffa loses minimal thundercloud uptime.

Sample Rotation (Non-TF)
Ineffa E Q > Xingqiu EDQ N1 > Lauma N1 Q hE > Keqing E N1 Q E 5[N1C] (N1) EE 3[N1C] N1

Sample Rotation (4pc TF)
Ineffa E Q > Xingqiu EDQ N1 > Lauma N1 Q hE > Keqing E N1 Q E 3[N1C] N1 EE 3[N1C] N1 E N1C

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A safe team with good single-target damage. Baizhu offers teamwide healing, small shields, Dendro Resonance, and a slight buff to both Aggravate and Hyperbloom damage. Keqing only casts Burst once per rotation due to cooldown constraints, which may make the second 4TF combo awkward or inconsistent due to Skill cooldown concerns.

Sample Rotation (Non-TF Keqing)
Furina ED Q > Nahida E Q > Baizhu E Q > Keqing EQE 5[N1C] > (Nahida E)¹ > Baizhu E > Keqing EE 5[N1C]

Sample Rotation (4pc TF Keqing)
Furina ED Q > Nahida E Q > Baizhu E Q > Keqing EQE N1C N1 E 3[N1C] > (Nahida E)¹ > Baizhu E > Keqing EE 3[N1C] N1(C)² E N1C

¹Often required in multiwave to re-mark new enemies.
²Makes the combo more fluid, but runs the risk of losing full Infusion uptime.

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A strong but very risky team. The only source of teamwide healing is Prototype Amber Nahida, but this is not enough to counterbalance Furina’s drain, so your team members will constantly hover around 50% HP. This team has little margin for error, as getting hit and dropping below 50% HP greatly lowers the team’s already middling Fanfare generation, not to mention the challenge of simply surviving. You cannot even use Ineffa for her shield instead of Fischl without risking a severe DPS loss, as Lunar-Charged thundercloud uptime in single-target would be exceedingly low.

However, if you happen to have C6 Furina, this team can easily and safely generate maximum Fanfare and suddenly becomes a much more powerful and appealing option. (Note that the “Elemental Bursts instantly restore 30% HP” card in Spiral Abyss can also serve as a satisfactory source of healing if you luck into it.)

Sample Rotation (Non-TF Keqing)
Furina ED Q (N2)¹ > Fischl E > Nahida E Q > Keqing EQE 5[N1C] E > Fischl Q > Nahida E > Keqing E² N1 Q N1C N1 E N1C

Sample Rotation (4pc TF Keqing)
Furina ED Q (N2)¹ > Fischl E > Nahida E Q > Keqing EQE 5[N1C] > Fischl Q > Nahida E > Keqing combo

¹Only if Furina is C6.
²Because Stiletto was cast at the end of Keqing’s first combo, this is a teleport!

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Lauma is a natural upgrade to Nahida in this classic high-risk, high-reward team. She offers incredible buffs to Hyperbloom damage along with Hydro RES Shred for Furina, and her Dendro application is still strong enough to maintain permanent Quicken aura when paired with Furina. As a Catalyst user, she can hold Prototype Amber to stack Fanfare the same way that Nahida can, but she also has potent healing on her C1 to stack Fanfare much more effectively and keep the team’s health high, which is a far more accessible sustain option than Furina’s C6.

Sample Rotation
Furina ED Q > Lauma N1 Q hE > Fischl E > Keqing EQE 5[N1C] EE 2[N1C] > Lauma hE > Fischl Q > Keqing Q EE 2[N1C] N1

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A team with far more Hydro application than Dendro application, meaning that Keqing triggers a great number of Hyperblooms and very few Aggravates. Furina and Yelan lower each other’s ER requirements and unlock Hydro Resonance to enhance their considerable personal damage. Keqing’s combos are built around proccing as many waves of Yelan’s Burst as possible.

Sample Rotation
Furina ED Q > Baizhu E Q > Yelan E Q N1 > Keqing E N1 E 4[N1C] N1 Q > Yelan N1 E N1 > Keqing E N1 E 5[N1C]¹

¹Switch out whenever Yelan’s Burst ends. 4pc TF can perform 3[N1C] N1 E N1C if desired.

Overload

Artifact Stats

Stat Priority: CRIT > ATK%

Although CRIT is still easily above ATK%, the difference is notably smaller than in Keqing’s Dendro teams.

Keqing’s ER requirements are extremely low and should not need to be built around.
Using Genshin Optimizer is recommended as a way to compare your actual artifacts.

Artifact Sets

Assumptions:
Keqing — Chevreuse — Xiangling — Fischl
R5 Finale of the Deep
ATK% — Electro DMG% — CRIT
Full assumptions and calcs here [last updated for Version 5.7].

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Artifact Set	DPS% of 2pc TF + 2pc ATK	Notes
4pc Fragment of Harmonic Whimsy (requires Finale of the Deep)	112%	4pc Whimsy is a stunningly powerful option in Overload, especially when compared to other underwhelming competitors, but it requires the usage of both Finale of the Deep and a healer. Thankfully, Chevreuse is both a healer and Keqing’s most important Overload teammate.
2pc Thundering Fury / 2pc ATK / MH 4pc A Day Carved from Rising Winds	100% (2pc TF + 2pc ATK) 98-99% (other mixed set combinations) 99% (Rising Winds)	2pc mixed set options are Keqing’s go-to options in Overload. 2pc MH is the weakest of the options here but is close enough to win out if substats are exceptional. 2pc combinations that do not involve 2pc TF fall slightly behind other options, although the gap narrows sharply if Keqing is using weapons with high amounts of DMG Bonus.
4pc Thundersoother	100%	Electro aura uptime is not excellent in Overload and may vary from team to team, but it is good enough to make 4pc Thundersoother a competitive option, although in practice most players likely have a 2pc mixed set with better substats.
4pc Thundering Fury	96-97%	4pc Thundering Fury is not a good set outside of Dendro archetypes, and it is particularly suboptimal in Overload because Keqing often does not trigger many reactions and can struggle to activate the passive at all. That being said, the set is still somewhat playable, although longtime Keqing mains looking to make use of their TF pieces should likely put them towards 2pc TF + 2pc ATK.

Weapons

Assumptions:
Keqing — Chevreuse — Xiangling — Fischl
2pc TF + 2pc ATK
ATK% — Electro DMG% — CRIT
Full assumptions and calcs here [last updated for Version 5.7].

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Weapon	DPS% of R5 Finale	Notes
5★ Mistsplitter Reforged	117%	Thanks to its high Base ATK, CRIT DMG main stat, and powerful passive, Mistsplitter is generally Keqing’s best weapon across all archetypes.
5★ Primordial Jade Cutter	115%	Jade Cutter is as reliable as ever, arriving at a comfortable #2 spot in Overload thanks to its high CRIT and pleasantly strong passive.
4★ Finale of the Deep (With 4pc Fragment of Harmonic Whimsy)	112%	Seriously? Yes! Finale of the Deep creates a Bond of Life when Keqing casts an Elemental Skill, allowing her to take advantage of the powerful 4pc Whimsy. In Overload, this combo manages to perform better than most 5* CRIT weapons. However, this comes with a notable list of caveats, as there are various difficulties in stacking the 4pc Whimsy passive. Chevreuse must be at least C4 if Keqing is casting Burst twice per rotation, otherwise half of Keqing’s combos will only have one stack. Keqing never fully stacks 4pc Whimsy on her first combo, so its performance falters the less rotations you take to clear. Finally, if extending Keqing’s combo beyond her basic EQE 5[N1C], Whimsy stacks will fall off entirely for the rest of the combo. Even so, in Overload, this weapon + artifact combo is a lethal option for Keqing. Even in the worst case scenario, it is competitive with weapons like Absolution.
5★ Haran Geppaku Futsu	111%	Haran is still one of Keqing’s top weapons, but Keqing’s Normal Attacks are a much less important part of her damage in the absence of Aggravate, making Haran sit firmly behind Mistsplitter and Jade.
5★ Azurelight, Athame Artis	109%	Azurelight’s Energy-conditional passive is almost entirely useless for Keqing, but its high Base ATK and decent stat bundle make it a strong option regardless. Athame Artis is tied with Azurelight if there are less than two Hexerei units in the team. It performs much better in Durin+Fischl teams, becoming Keqing’s second-best option behind Mistsplitter — however, at that point, it would be a significantly greater team DPS increase to just give the weapon to Durin and keep Keqing on Finale+Whimsy.
5★ Absolution	108%	Absolution becomes a solid choice for Keqing in Overload thanks to lessened competition and the increased value of ATK. Its secondary passive is still utterly useless.
5★ Light of Foliar Incision	107%	Foliar doesn’t get any significant value out of its passive in an archetype entirely devoid of EM buffers.
5★ Uraku Misugiri	105%	Between the lack of Geo teammates, nonviability of 4pc TF, and decreased Normal Attack / Skill damage, Uraku performs much worse in Overload than it does in Quicken.
5★ Splendor of Tranquil Waters, Lightbearing Moonshard	103%	CRIT DMG stat sticks with nothing else to offer.
5★ Summit Shaper	102% (unshielded)	Benefits from ATK% being an abnormally valuable stat in Overload. Unfortunately, there are no good shielders for Keqing in this archetype.
4★ The Black Sword	101% (R5) 96% (R1)	A decent stat stick from the Battle Pass. Not worth the expenditure when Finale is free.
4★ Finale of the Deep (Without Whimsy)	100% (R5) 94% (R1)	There is no good reason not to use 4pc Whimsy with Finale — even in the worst of circumstances, it easily outperforms mixed 2pc sets. That being said, even if you don’t have a 4pc Whimsy set lying around, Finale is still Keqing’s best accessible option.
4★ Wolf-Fang	99% (R5) 95% (R1)	Wolf-Fang slightly underperforms Black Sword in Overload, as Keqing’s damage splits shift away from her Elemental Burst and Skill outside of Aggravate.
4★ Moonweaver’s Dawn	98% (R5) 93% (R1)	In Overload, Moonweaver’s Dawn is equal to or slightly better than Lion’s Roar given equal refinements. R1 is trivial to obtain, as a free copy of this weapon is available from a World Quest in Nod-Krai, but further refinements may prove difficult to get as it is only available on limited banners. Overall, while it is a somewhat passable free option, this weapon is quite underwhelming for how hard it is to obtain R5.
4★ Lion’s Roar	97% (R5) 93% (R1)	Keqing’s old reliable weapon. Lessened Electro aura uptime barely damages the performance of Lion’s Roar in Overload, as its passive works on enemies affected by Pyro as well.
5★ Freedom-Sworn	94%	EM main stat weapons are largely noncompetitive in Overload, and Keqing struggles to activate this weapon’s passive until late into her first rotation. Even so, the high Base ATK is quite valuable, and the teamwide buff can put it roughly equal to R1 Black Sword when it comes to team DPS.
3★ Harbinger of Dawn	94%	HoD’s low Base ATK hurts its performance outside of Dendro. Completely noncompetitive if you cannot maintain the passive.
4★ Kagotsurube Isshin	91%	Please craft Finale.

Teambuilding

Keqing’s synergy with non-Dendro archetypes is somewhat limited, as her relatively low motion values become apparent when she cannot trigger Aggravate. Nevertheless, she can still find success outside of Quicken teams. Overload teams are particularly appealing, as Keqing greatly benefits from the raw buffing power of Chevreuse, particularly if Chevreuse is C6. In fact, given the abundance of powerful Pyro and Electro buffers, Overload is usually the archetype that one should play if they want to maximize Keqing’s personal damage, especially since Durin significantly boosts the archetype’s scaling with vertical investment. Overload also provides a way for Keqing to pair with Pyro units without having to reckon with Burning self-damage. 

However, the archetype is not without notable downsides. Although top Overload teams do extremely high team damage on paper when compared to most of Keqing’s other archetypes, they become significantly more pedestrian if you lack C6 Chevreuse. Additionally, Keqing Overload teams deal extremely high poise damage between the Overload reaction itself and Keqing’s Charged Attacks. This is occasionally useful for niche situations like staggering Wayob Manifestations, but is unfortunately a significant downside overall: these teams fare horribly against light enemies, as the slightest touch will send them flying across the arena floor.

Key Teammate

Character

Notes

Chevreuse

Chevreuse enables Overload Keqing as an archetype. Her Ascension 1 Passive offers crucial Electro and Pyro RES Shred as long as there are no other Elements in the team, and her A4 offers a sizable ATK% buff. Her already high value is supercharged at C6, which offers a massive DMG% buff to the team. The strength of these raw numbers makes her Keqing’s most important Overload teammate. An important point: many of Keqing’s 4-star supports spike in performance at higher Constellations, but even among them, Chevreuse stands out as a character who has absurd amounts of value locked behind her C6. In many Keqing Overload teams, unlocking this single Constellation can result in almost a 20% team DPS increase. Additionally, without her C4, she rotates awkwardly in many Keqing teams due to her unpleasant 15s Skill cooldown. However, even at C0, Chevreuse is still the core of Keqing’s Overload teams and cannot be replaced without suffering a large DPS loss.

Example Teams

This is not a comprehensive list of teams. The inclusion or exclusion of any given team does not necessarily reflect its power level.

Keqing’s newest and generally strongest Overload team: the release of Durin makes Overload teams one of Keqing’s best options against heavy enemies, provided you have C6 Chevreuse. Skip Chevreuse’s second hE if she is under C4. Exceptionally fast players should perform a physical Keqing E N1C at the end of the rotation for optimal gapfill, and may also be able to recast Keqing’s opening Skill on first rotation for a bit of extra damage.

Sample Rotation
(Durin Q > Keqing E)¹ > Chevreuse Q hE > Durin EE > Fischl E > Keqing Q EE² 5[N1C] > Chevreuse hE > Durin EE Q > Fischl Q > Keqing EQE 5[N1C]

¹First rotation only.
²EQE is also possible from second rotation onward.

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A strong Overload team with classic off-field damage dealers in Xiangling and Fischl. The long rotation time makes Xiangling’s ER requirements exceedingly manageable. Skip Chevreuse’s second hE if she is under C4. Exceptionally fast players should perform a physical Keqing E N1C at the end of the rotation for optimal gapfill.

Sample Rotation
(Keqing E)¹ > Chevreuse Q hE > Fischl E > Xiangling E > Keqing Q EE² 5[N1C] > Chevreuse hE > Fischl Q > Xiangling Q E > Keqing EQE 5[N1C]

¹First rotation only.
²EQE is also possible from second rotation onward.

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An Overload team with Nightsoul units. Ororon and Mavuika mutually benefit one another: Mavuika allows Ororon to enter the Nightsoul’s Blessing state and trigger 4pc Scroll, and Ororon generates enough Fighting Spirit for Mavuika to Burst every rotation.

Sample Rotation
Ororon E Q > Chevreuse Q hE > Mavuika E Q C2D > Keqing EQE 5[N1C] EE 2[N1C] N1

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“Hyper” Keqing. This team has numerous advantages over the old Keqing – Sara – Kazuha – Bennett: it gives Keqing reliable access to the Finale + Whimsy combo, handles multiwave better, has a second unit who deals respectable personal damage in Xiangling, and buffs Keqing’s personal damage far more than the old team given a C6 Chevreuse. Also, because Bennett is not in the team, it avoids the problem caused by his C6 Pyro Infusion.

Note that replacing Fischl with Sara tightens ER requirements for the entire team, making it an especially bad idea to play this team without C4+ Chevreuse.

Sample Rotation
(Keqing E)¹ > Chevreuse Q hE > Xiangling E > Sara E C > Keqing Q EE² 5[N1C] > Chevreuse hE > Sara Q > Xiangling Q E > Sara E C > Keqing EQE 5[N1C] E³ N1C

¹First rotation only.
²EQE is also possible from second rotation onward.
³This extra Skill cast is usually required due to Sara’s low particle generation.

Lunar-Charged

On Lunar-Charged Reaction Damage Contribution

Lunar-Charged (LC) reaction damage ownership is quite difficult to make objective statements about, as it changes on an account-to-account basis. Even more infuriatingly, it is quite literally impossible to tell who is the top LC contributor from simply playing the game — the only way to know for sure is to input your personal builds into a tool like Genshin Optimizer and seeing whether Keqing or Ineffa is outputting the higher number.

Furthermore, there is no actual gain in the mere transfer of ownership from one character to another. Whether Keqing is the highest or second-highest Lunar-Charged contributor should not be seen as a necessarily positive or negative thing, only a neutral factor that can influence her optimal gearing. Keqing being the top LC contributor can be a sign of high team LC reaction damage, but it can also simply be a sign of an underbuilt Ineffa.

Given this, it is generally advisable to ignore LC contributions unless stated otherwise. LC ownership does not significantly influence Keqing’s gearing in most cases — having the top LC contribution does not change her optimal artifact sets or artifact main stats. If anything, it only makes her best sets even better. When it comes to weapons, assume that if a weapon has a noticeable jump in performance if Keqing takes top LC contribution, she probably will.

Finally, on the semantical point of improving Keqing’s damage share in the team — save your worries. It isn’t possible to tell the difference between second LC Keqing and top LC Keqing in-game anyways.

Artifact Stats

Stat Priority: CRIT > ATK% > EM

In Lunar-Charged teams, EM is a somewhat useful stat, especially if Keqing manages to take top LC contribution, but it is not competitive with ATK%.

*ATK% Goblets are typically far worse than Electro Goblets, but can become competitive or even outright better if Keqing has both a weapon with high Base ATK (such as Mistsplitter Reforged) and large amounts of DMG Bonus (from sources such as her own C6, Furina’s Fanfare, a teammate holding 4pc Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City, and Mistsplitter Reforged). 

**Be wary of using CRIT Rate Circlets if Keqing is running an artifact set that boosts CRIT Rate, as it is easy for her to overcap.

Using Genshin Optimizer is recommended as a way to compare your actual artifacts.

Artifact Sets

Assumptions:
Keqing — Ineffa — Aino — Sucrose and Keqing — Ineffa — Furina — Xilonen
ATK% — Electro DMG% — CRIT
R5 Lion’s Roar and R5 Finale of the Deep
Full assumptions and calcs here [last updated for Version “Luna III”].

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Artifact Set	Notes
4pc Night of the Sky’s Unveiling (NotSU)	A very powerful option that is roughly equal to traditional sets when there is only one Nod-Krai unit in the team and drastically better when there are two.
4pc Marechaussee Hunter (MH)	4pc MH is Keqing’s top option in Lunar-Charged by an exceedingly large margin when there is only one Nod-Krai unit in the team. Unfortunately, it requires Furina. Lunar-Charged Keqing should hopefully only use either this or 4pc NotSU, depending on what artifact set is best in your specific team composition (4pc NotSU with 2 Nod-Krai units, and 4pc MH with Furina). If you fulfill both of those conditions at once, you should just use the set that you have better pieces for.
4pc Thundersoother	Electro aura is essentially permanent in Lunar-Charged, making 4pc Thundersoother Keqing’s best traditional option. Falters slightly if Keqing has a high amount of DMG Bonus.
2pc Mixed Sets (TF/ATK/MH) 4pc A Day Carved from Rising Winds 4pc Thundering Fury 4pc Gilded Dreams	2pc mixed set options generally fall slightly behind 4pc Thundersoother. 2pc MH is the weakest of the options here but is close enough to win out if the substats are exceptional. 4pc Thundering Fury and 4pc Gilded Dreams are competitive with mixed sets if Keqing is somehow the top LC contributor even without running a CRIT Rate artifact set, but if she is not, these sets are quite lacking.
4pc Fragment of Harmonic Whimsy	The Whimsy + Finale of the Deep combo is still theoretically powerful in Lunar-Charged, but faces much stiffer competition than it does in Overload. 4pc MH in particular destroys 4pc Whimsy’s value, as it is the clear best option in many of the situations where 4pc Whimsy would otherwise shine (e.g. Keqing — Ineffa — Furina — Healer). Thus, while technically strong, it is difficult to find a situation in which Whimsy + Finale is practical and optimal, and in Lunar-Charged it is only slightly better than 4pc Thundersoother anyways.

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Weapons

Assumptions:
Keqing — Ineffa — Aino — Sucrose and Keqing — Ineffa — Furina — Xilonen
ATK% — Electro DMG% — CRIT
4pc NotSU and 4pc MH
Full assumptions and calcs here [last updated for Version “Luna I”].

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Weapon	Notes
5★ Mistsplitter Reforged	Thanks to its high Base ATK, CRIT DMG main stat, and powerful passive, Mistsplitter is generally Keqing’s best weapon across all archetypes.
5★ Primordial Jade Cutter	Jade Cutter is a fairly polarizing weapon in Lunar-Charged. With traditional artifact sets, it is actually Keqing’s best weapon, overtaking Mistsplitter by a decent margin. However, it is heavily anti-synergistic with both of her optimal artifact sets for Lunar-Charged, 4pc Marechaussee Hunter and 4pc Night of the Sky’s Unveiling, as the combination of 4pc MH / 4pc NotSU, Jade Cutter, and Keqing’s A4 turns CRIT Rate into a dead substat. When this happens, Jade Cutter falls equal to or behind theoretically inferior weapons which can make much better use of CRIT Rate artifact sets, so it is never one of Keqing’s best options when she is running 4pc MH or 4pc NotSU.
5★ Light of Foliar Incision	Foliar is another strangely polarizing option in Lunar-Charged that takes advantage of the fact that many of Keqing’s common teammates in Lunar-Charged buff her Elemental Mastery. When Keqing has exceptional amounts of EM, Foliar becomes one of her very best weapons, performing equal to or even slightly better than Mistsplitter. If she does not, it reverts to being a generic 5-star stat stick with a fairly underwhelming passive. Note that 88.2% CRIT DMG weapons like Foliar are often technically Keqing’s best options for her personal damage, as Keqing is most likely to take top LC contribution when using them. However, this increase to Keqing’s damage simultaneously halves Ineffa’s LC reaction damage and is thus rather misleading, as it is still better overall to simply maximize Keqing’s Talent damage.
5★ Summit Shaper	Summit Shaper manages to be a top choice for Keqing in Lunar-Charged, as ATK% is a valuable stat and Ineffa’s shield is extremely high uptime. Even so, certain rotations only have partial uptime on Ineffa’s shield. In those cases (or if the shield simply breaks), Summit Shaper admittedly loses a slight bit of value, but it remains a strong option. As Summit Shaper does not buff Lunar-Charged reaction damage in any way, it also falls behind 5-star CRIT stat sticks in scenarios where Keqing would take top LC contribution regardless of the weapon she is using (for instance, if she is paired with C6 Aino).
Other 5★ CRIT Stat Sticks	Absolution, Athame Artis, Azurelight, Haran Geppaku Futsu, Lightbearing Moonshard, Uraku Misugiri, Splendor of Tranquil Waters 5-star stat sticks that perform solidly in Lunar-Charged, although they are never competitive with Mistsplitter. Weapons that offer CRIT DMG are easier to use with 4pc MH and 4pc NotSU than weapons that offer CRIT Rate. Splendor should likely stay on Furina, if you’re using her.
4★ Finale of the Deep	R5 Finale of the Deep is competitive with 5-star stat sticks if you have a healer that is clearing the Bond of Life for every Keqing combo. It loses some value if your rotation only allows your healer to clear BoL every other combo, and loses yet more if you don’t have a healer at all.
5★ Freedom-Sworn	A weapon with passable personal damage for Keqing and a nice teamwide buff. Loses slight value if you’re only triggering the buff every other combo.
4★ Lion’s Roar	Keqing’s trademark 4-star option, with full uptime on the passive guaranteed.
4★ Calamity of Eshu	Tied with R5 Lion’s Roar assuming full uptime on the passive. Similarly to Summit Shaper, it loses slight value if you lack full shield uptime.
3★ Harbinger of Dawn	Although HoD is still not competitive with a high-refinement Lion’s Roar, it appreciates Ineffa greatly, as her shield makes it far more likely that you will enjoy full uptime on the weapon’s passive. Note that this is an especially terrible option to pair with Furina, as her HP drain is fairly likely to disable its passive, and even if it doesn’t, the CRIT Rate HoD offers pairs poorly with 4pc MH.
4★ The Black Sword, Wolf-Fang	Battle Pass options. Black Sword is generally equal to Lion’s Roar at equal refinements, while Wolf-Fang fares a bit worse, as Keqing’s damage distribution shifts away from her Elemental Skill outside of Dendro. Unfortunately, both Battle Pass options are CRIT Rate main stats and, as such, pair poorly with 4pc MH and 4pc NotSU.
4★ Moonweaver’s Dawn, Kagotsurube Isshin	Weak free options that should only be used if you have nothing better. Kagotsurube Isshin can currently only be obtained at R1, and refinements on Moonweaver’s Dawn are locked to limited weapon banners — even if you obtain R5 Moonweaver’s Dawn, it will only be very slightly better than R1 Lion’s Roar.

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Teambuilding

Electro-Charged is traditionally known as a very flexible archetype where the reaction itself deals very little damage. In principle, Keqing could be paired with any strong Hydro or Electro units and the team would function. Unfortunately, these compositions usually deal fairly low damage and are generally not recommended unless Keqing is fighting against specific enemy content that demands Electro-Charged. 

However, the release of Lunar-Charged has transformed the archetype entirely, making it a much more powerful option. Lunar-Charged teambuilding now revolves around pairing Keqing with the Nod-Krai supports that enable Lunar-Charged, Ineffa and Columbina. The final slot is typically reserved for a unit who can provide RES Shred, such as an Anemo for 4pc VV.

These premium Lunar-Charged teams are easily Keqing’s highest-damaging teams at C0R0 investment if one defines a “Keqing team” as nothing more than a team where on-fielding Keqing is DPS-positive. They also have solid sustain thanks to Ineffa’s shield. However, at the same time, they provide very little for Keqing’s Talent damage, and she often struggles to deal meaningful damage or to feel impactful. As such, while these teams are extremely strong and quite comfortable to play, players who wish to maximize Keqing’s personal damage should look elsewhere, although there still may be times where you are forced to play this archetype to defeat certain Nod-Krai enemies.

Note that having two Nod-Krai characters for Ascendant Gleam is highly recommended, as it enables a notable Lunar Reaction DMG% buff, the full effects of powerful Nod-Krai artifact sets, and several passives for Nod-Krai characters. It also makes combat against Wild Hunt enemies significantly easier.

Key Teammates

If you do not have either of these units, you literally cannot play Lunar-Charged Keqing. If you only have one of them, the archetype will be playable, but it will deal dramatically less damage than it would if you had both. If you are looking to build a Lunar-Charged team and do not have either unit, you should prioritize getting Ineffa first, as her shield will make the team far more comfortable to play.

Character	Notes
Columbina	Columbina is the only Hydro unit in the game that enables Lunar-Charged, and she is the best Hydro support for the archetype by leaps and bounds. She deals excellent personal damage given Ascendant Gleam, buffs Lunar-Charged damage by a significant amount through her Moonsign Passive and Burst, and of course raises the team’s Moonsign Level. Her Constellations are also incredibly powerful, particularly her C2 and C6, and ensure that team damage in Lunar-Charged archetypes scales well given vertical investment.
Ineffa	Ineffa is the only Electro off-fielder who enables Lunar-Charged and is Keqing’s clear best Electro teammate in this archetype. Although most of her value is in her extremely high off-field personal DPS, she can still benefit Keqing in several ways. Her Utility Passive brings a teamwide buff to Lunar-Charged damage, which Keqing can push even higher thanks to her high CRIT stats from her CRIT DMG Ascension and A4 Passive. Her C1 and Fractured Halo further buff the Lunar-Charged damage of all party members, which includes Keqing’s Lunar-Charged reaction damage. Defensively, her shield brings much-appreciated QoL to Keqing’s gameplay and unlocks certain weapon options such as Calamity of Eshu.

Example Teams

This is not a comprehensive list of teams. The inclusion or exclusion of any given team does not necessarily reflect its power level.

A very high-damaging team that focuses on maximizing Lunar-Charged reaction damage. Keqing has fairly little Talent damage in this composition but can still snag 4pc VV from Sucrose and a buff from TTDS, Hakushin Ring, or Wandering Evenstar. Note that most of the team damage is being dealt by the Nod-Krai off-fielders.

The sample rotation below is both very simple and slightly strange: Ineffa, Columbina, and Sucrose either have too long a Burst cooldown or too high an Energy requirement to Burst every rotation, so instead, all three of them Burst every even rotation. This results in different rotation lengths for odd and even rotations, i.e. 18s first rot, 22s second rot, 18s third rot, and so forth.

Sample Rotation
Ineffa E(Q)¹ > Columbina E(Q)¹ > Sucrose E N1² / Q N1² > Keqing EQE 5[N1C] > Sucrose E N1² > Keqing EE 3[N1C]

¹Every other rotation
²N1 guarantees Swirl

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A very safe team with very strong healing from Jean, and by extension, very high Fanfare generation. There are two distinct ways to approach rotating with this team:

Opting for a fairly long rotation — this sacrifices Keqing’s Fanfare uptime in favor of doing full combos with low team ER requirements; it leads to slightly higher damage at low investment and makes the team feel more forgiving in Energy-tight situations.

Shortening the rotation to as close to 20s as possible — this maximizes Fanfare uptime at the cost of higher team ER requirements and not being able to cast Keqing’s Burst every combo; it leads to maximum uptime on Ineffa’s shield and tends to scale better with vertical investment. For instance, Furina’s early Constellations increase the value of Fanfare and therefore make full Fanfare uptime extremely appealing.

Sample Longer Rotation (Low ER Requirements)
Ineffa E > Furina ED Q > Jean EQ > Keqing EQE 5[N1C] > Ineffa Q > Jean tE > Keqing EQE 5[N1C]¹ > Jean tE

Sample Shorter Rotation (Max Fanfare Uptime)
Ineffa EQ > Furina ED Q > Jean EQ > Keqing EQE 5[N1C] > Jean tE > Keqing EE 5[N1C]¹

¹You can cut this combo short by one or two Charged Attacks

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A solid team that is excellent even without Constellations, but also has high potential for vertical investment. Xilonen condenses healing and offensive buffing into one slot, giving Keqing a safe team with a ton of DMG% buffs. Unfortunately, there is one minor point of anti-synergy: the high durability of Lunar-Charged aura and Ineffa’s permanent uptime on her Skill make it largely impossible for Xilonen to Scroll Hydro. (Still, it remains possible in some cases through use of “booking,” i.e. opening the Adventurer Handbook or another pause menu, to dodge global Crystallize ICD.)

Rotations for this team are extraordinarily nuanced but also quite forgiving, and the optimal sequence of actions will vary greatly depending on if you have certain Constellations (most obviously Xilonen C2 and Furina C6), the enemy mechanics, and your priorities (for instance, if you have pre-C2 Ineffa and feel unsafe without maximum uptime on her shield).

Sample Rotation
(Furina ED)¹ > Ineffa E > Xilonen EQ N2 > Furina Q > Keqing EQE 5[N1C] > Xilonen E N2 > Ineffa Q > Keqing EE 3[N1C]

Sample Rotation (Max Shield Uptime)
Ineffa (Q)² E > Furina ED Q > Xilonen EQ N2 > Keqing EQE 5[N1C] > Xilonen E N2

¹You can move this to when she Bursts on subsequent rotations
²Whenever available

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One of the cheaper Lunar-Charged teams to build, with an exceedingly simple ~16s rotation enabled by Aino’s fast cooldowns and low Burst Energy cost. Sucrose comes on-field at the end of the rotation to refresh 4pc VV.

Ineffa often doesn’t have enough ER to Burst every rotation, and Sucrose’s 20s cooldown is too long for the rotation, so it is advised to use Ineffa and Sucrose’s Bursts on separate rotations for optimal gapfill.

Sample Rotation
Ineffa E (Q)¹ > Aino EQ > Sucrose ED (Q)¹ > Keqing EQE 5[N1C] > Sucrose N2

¹Every other rotation (alternate between Ineffa and Sucrose)

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An option without Furina or Aino, which unfortunately does mean Keqing deals lower damage, but at least she manages to pick up a few buffs from Yelan and Kazuha. A slightly long rotation enables two Yelan Skill casts per rotation for lower ER requirements.

Sample Rotation
Ineffa E Q > Yelan Q N1 E N1 > Kazuha tEP N1 > Keqing E N1 Q E 5[N1C] > Yelan E N3 > Kazuha tEPQ

Sample Rotation (Yelan C1+)
Ineffa E Q > Yelan E Q N1 E N3 > Kazuha tEPQ N1 > Keqing E N1 Q E 5[N1C] > Kazuha tEP

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An ordinary Electro-Charged option without any Nod-Krai units. In sharp contrast to the modern Lunar-Charged cores, this team focuses heavily on buffing Keqing’s personal damage, pairing her with traditionally powerful supports.

This team frankly cannot be considered competitive or even fun to play at low investment, as team damage is quite low and team ER requirements are extremely high. However, it becomes significantly more playable if one has high Constellations on Furina and Xilonen, as they provide hefty increases to team damage and mostly solve the team’s Energy problems. While this team will still deal notably less damage than newer teams at equivalent cost, it will be quite unique to play, and in contrast to almost every Lunar-Charged team, it is a team where Keqing holds top damage share.

Sample Rotation
Furina ED (N1)¹ > Xilonen E N2 (Q)² > Furina Q (N2)¹ > Sara E C > Keqing EQE 3[N1C] > Xilonen E N2 > Sara EC Q > Keqing EE 4[N1C]

Sample Rotation (Xilonen C2+)
Furina ED (N1)¹ > Xilonen E N2 (Q)² > Furina Q (N2)¹ > Sara E C > Keqing EQE 3[N1C] > Xilonen E N2 > Sara Q > Keqing EQE [4N1C]

¹Only if Furina is C6
²Skip if Furina is C6

Credits

Writing: dusted wind

Editing: lostguide, idkanonymized

New Calculations: dusted wind

Old Calculations: luno_, taylor_series19, freenek

TC Contributors: haafr, rezmir, speify, cosmic_wanderer_

References

Keqing Calcs