Qingxiao
Living smart-spender Qingxiao guide for general players (not whale ceiling). 5★ Aero Sword on-field Tune Strain DPS — mid-air qin/sword stances into Ephemeral Transcendence. Banner art: official Kuro key art (via Prydwen full art). Verified 30 Sep 2026 HKT.
Controls note: DualSense defaults — □ Normal Attack · △ Resonance Skill · R2 Resonance Liberation · ✕ Jump · R1 Dodge · L1+□ Echo · character switch = Outro. Hold □ = Heavy / most of her rotation. Rebinds differ; match your layout.
Brief summary
Qingxiao fills Qin Heart (Sheathed) + Sword Cadence (Drawn), then Heavy Stringblade into Ephemeral Transcendence. Dump Heart Sword Intent into Heaven’s Reckoning, then R2. Mindlock stacks amp almost all of her big hits when the team applies Tune Strain – Interfered.
| Team core | Partners | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Premium Strain | Denia + Mornye | BiS — Denia without Mornye drops hard |
| Flex Strain | Lynae + Mornye (or Ciaccona / SK) | Slightly lower than Denia; more generalist Hybrid |
Pull / build when: you already own (or will own) Denia + Mornye or at least Lynae + a premium sustain. She is not a flexible plug-and-play DPS. S0R1 is the practical entry — sig gap is large.
Build guide + echoes
Cost pattern: 4 / 3 / 3 / 1 / 1.
| Use case | 5-pc set | Main echo | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Default / BiS | Heart of Evil’s Purge | Calamity Effigy | Aero + Crit DMG on Strain apply — Kuro/Prydwen/Game8 lock |
| Early / fallback | Sierra Gale | Nightmare: Feilian Beringal | Temporary until Purge farmed |
Main stats: 4-cost CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG (Kuro often CRIT DMG with Glint’s high CR) · 3-cost Aero DMG + ATK% with sig (two Aero if no sig) · 1-cost ATK% (×2).
Substats: Energy Regen (until comfortable ~110–118%, Kuro ≥118 / Game8 often aims ~125%) → CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG → ATK% → flat ATK → Heavy / Liberation / Basic DMG% (low priority).
Best weapon
| Rank | Weapon | Approx. share (Prydwen) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glint of Clouds (sig, R1) | 100% | CRIT Rate + Aero + DEF ignore on Strain — huge gap |
| 2 | Red Spring R1 | ~81% | Best non-sig limited |
| 3 | Azure Oath / Everbright / Emerald Sentence / Frostburn | ~79% | Stat sticks |
| Perm | Emerald of Genesis R1 | ~79% | Best permanent |
| 4★ | Feather Edge R5 · Lumingloss R5 · Commando R5 | ~65–70% | Temporary |
Need signature? Smart-spender call: R1 is strongly recommended — ~19% off Red Spring is one of the larger modern gaps. Still do not starve character pity for R2+.
Target endgame stats (Lv.90, S0)
| Stat | Target |
|---|---|
| HP | 14500+ |
| DEF | 1100+ |
| ATK | 2100–2400+ |
| CRIT Rate | 55–80%+ |
| CRIT DMG | 255–275%+ (before Purge set Crit DMG) |
| Energy Regen | 110–118%+ (raise toward 125% if Ult drops) |
| Aero DMG% | 40–70%+ |
Skill priority
- Forte Circuit
- Resonance Liberation
- Basic Attack
- Resonance Skill
- Intro (skip / last)
Sequences + signature sweet spot
| Stop | Verdict |
|---|---|
| S0R0 | Playable on EoG / Red Spring; feels the sig hole |
| S0R1 | Default sweet spot — full kit + Glint package. Clear ToA / usable WhiWa with Denia grouping |
| S1–S2 | Build QoL / Mindlock cap — skip unless going to S3 |
| S3 | Best sequence breakpoint if you keep spending — Liberation Crit DMG + Strain application (Game8 “best stop for most”) |
| S4+ | Whale (S6 huge amp) |
Definitive recommend: S0R1. Push S3R1 only after Denia + Mornye (or Lynae core) are locked.
Best teams + full rotations (PS)
Qingxiao loop (hold □ for most strings — Prydwen/Game8/Kuro agree):
Intro → hold □ (mid-air Stringblade ×3 → grounded BA3–4) → △ Judgement → hold □ Heavy Stringblade (enter Ephemeral) → hold □ Ephemeral BA → hold □ Heaven’s Reckoning → R2 → L1+□ Echo (swap-cancel) → Outro
Do not swap between Stringblade and Heaven’s Reckoning — drops Heaven’s Clarity enhancement on the finisher.
1) Tune Strain — Qingxiao / Denia / Mornye (BiS)
Denia: Reel of Spliced Memories (long fights) or Pact (waves) · Tune Strain mode. Mornye: Halo.
- Mornye: □×3 → hold □ (Wide Field) → air □×3 → △ (cancel with R2) → High Syntony → Heavy → Outro to Denia
- Denia: Intro → □ → △ → R2 → Breakdown □ string → △×2 → R2 Erosion Field → Outro to Qingxiao
- Qingxiao: loop above → Outro to Mornye
- Repeat
2) Tune Strain — Qingxiao / Lynae / Mornye
Lynae on Tune Strain · Pact + Hyvatia.
- Mornye: same opener → Outro to Lynae
- Lynae: Intro → △ → R2 → hold □ Spark → ✕×3 → Visual Impact → Outro to Qingxiao
- Qingxiao: loop above → Outro to Mornye
- Repeat
3) Budget hypercarry — Qingxiao / Sanhua / Mornye
Sanhua: Moonlit. Expect a clear drop vs Denia/Lynae.
- Mornye: opener → Outro to Sanhua
- Sanhua: △ → R2 → Heavy detonate → Outro to Qingxiao
- Qingxiao: loop → Outro to Mornye
Sources (last verified 30 Sep 2026 HKT)
- Prydwen — Qingxiao (weapons %, Purge/Calamity, rota; profile 30 Sep 2026)
- Game8 — Qingxiao builds / teams (Denia/Mornye BiS, sequences; updated 25 Sep 2026)
- Game8 — controls (DualSense map; Liberation = R2)
- Official Kuro SPA guide: role 1413 / strategy 14131 (Qingxiao of One Thousand Blades — Void Enigma). Browser-fetched; Purge + Calamity + Glint + Denia/Mornye agree with Prydwen + Game8.
Cross-check rule: all three lock Heart of Evil’s Purge, Glint BiS with a large gap, and Denia + Mornye premium Strain core → definitive.