Keqing GUIDE
Understand Keqing
Useful when…
- Blinking to a marked location or reaching across obstructing terrain with a held skill mark.
- Choosing between the skill’s recast slash and a Charged Attack detonation.
- Gaining five seconds of Electro infusion after recasting the skill.
- Using Starward Sword for multiple nearby Electro hits.
How does Stellar Restoration handle its mark?
Stellar Restoration throws a Lightning Stiletto that deals Electro damage in a small area and marks the spot it hits. Hold lets you aim the throw and suspend the Stiletto in mid-air. While the mark remains, using the skill again clears it and blinks Keqing to its location, then deals an AoE Electro slash. If the Stiletto was thrown with Hold, the blink can cross obstructing terrain. Using a Charged Attack instead clears the mark and triggers a series of thundering cuts at the mark’s location. The two follow-ups are distinct options; the skill’s listed cooldown is 7.5 seconds.
What do her burst and passives add?
Starward Sword deals AoE Electro damage, then strikes nearby opponents repeatedly before a final AoE hit. Its listed Energy cost is 40 and cooldown is 12 seconds. Thundering Penance gives Keqing’s weapon Electro infusion for five seconds after she recasts Stellar Restoration while a Lightning Stiletto is present. Aristocratic Dignity grants 15% CRIT Rate and 15% Energy Recharge for eight seconds when she casts Starward Sword. Her expedition passive reduces time consumed for expeditions in Liyue by 25%.
Which upgrades are relevant?
Stellar Restoration and Starward Sword have separate talent tracks; improve the skill for its Stiletto and follow-up damage, and the burst for its sequence of Electro hits. Normal Attack investment applies to her listed sword attacks. Ascension proceeds through six stages; supplied examples list Vajrada Amethyst, Cor Lapis, Nectar, and Lightning Prisms. The listed level 9-to-10 talent step costs 700,000 Mora, materials, a weekly talent item, and a Crown of Insight, so weigh the expense against how much you use the corresponding attack.
What should you avoid misreading?
Recasting and Charged Attacking are alternative ways to consume the Lightning Stiletto mark; only the recast is described as granting the five-second Electro infusion. A held Stiletto can be suspended in mid-air, but the terrain-crossing effect belongs to blinking to a Stiletto thrown with Hold. Varesa, Iansan, and Alyosha are Electro comparison candidates, but the supplied comparisons provide only element, rarity, and weapon type, not evidence that they share Keqing’s mark, teleport, infusion, or burst.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- The skill’s recast and Charged Attack consume the mark in different ways.
- The Electro infusion requires a skill recast while a mark is present.
- The held throw’s terrain-crossing use requires blinking to its mark.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Using a Charged Attack on the mark and expecting the skill-recast Electro infusion.
- Expecting a tap-thrown Stiletto to provide the held-throw terrain-crossing interaction.
- Confusing the mark’s Charged Attack detonation with the recast blink and slash.
Effects and reference details
Yunlai Swordsmanship · Normal attack
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.
Purchased talent coefficients at level 1 and 1. These are individual skill values; they do not represent total build damage.
| Effect | Level 1 | Level 1 |
|---|
| 1-Hit DMG | 41.0% | 41.0% |
| 2-Hit DMG | 41.0% | 41.0% |
| 3-Hit DMG | 54.4% | 54.4% |
| 4-Hit DMG | 31.5%+34.4% | 31.5%+34.4% |
| 5-Hit DMG | 67.0% | 67.0% |
| Charged Attack DMG | 76.8%+86.0% | 76.8%+86.0% |
| Charged Attack Stamina Cost | 25.0 | 25.0 |
| Plunge DMG | 63.9% | 63.9% |
| Low/High Plunge DMG | 128%/160% | 128%/160% |
Stellar Restoration · Elemental skill
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.
Purchased talent coefficients at level 1 and 1. These are individual skill values; they do not represent total build damage.
| Effect | Level 1 | Level 1 |
|---|
| Lightning Stiletto DMG | 50.4% | 50.4% |
| Slashing DMG | 168% | 168% |
| Thunderclap Slash DMG | 84.0%×2 | 84.0%×2 |
| CD | 7.5s | 7.5s |
Starward Sword · Elemental burst
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.
Purchased talent coefficients at level 1 and 1. These are individual skill values; they do not represent total build damage.
| Effect | Level 1 | Level 1 |
|---|
| Skill DMG | 88.0% | 88.0% |
| Consecutive Slash DMG | 24.0%×8 | 24.0%×8 |
| Last Attack DMG | 189% | 189% |
| CD | 12.0s | 12.0s |
| Energy Cost | 40 | 40 |
Thundering Penance
After recasting Stellar Restoration while a Lightning Stiletto is present, Keqing's weapon gains an Electro Infusion for 5s.
Aristocratic Dignity
When casting Starward Sword, Keqing's CRIT Rate is increased by 15%, and her Energy Recharge is increased by 15%. This effect lasts for 8s.
Land's Overseer
When dispatched on an expedition in Liyue, time consumed is reduced by 25%.
References and version
Game data version: 7.1
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