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During the early days ofHonkai: Star Rail, players got to witness the release of one of the best debuffers in the form of Silver Wolf. However, there was a serious drought for this type of character ever since then, until Jiaoqiu finally graced this world with his presence during the Version 2.4 update.
Jiaoqiu is afive-star Nihility unitwith Fire as his combat type, and he can easily be one of the must-pull characters depending on what characters you have on your account. If you’re planning to get this unit, here’s the best way to build him for the most value.
Best Jiaoqiu Relics And Planar Ornaments
Getting the correct relic set bonuses is one of themost important things while building a character, and here are the best ones for Jiaoqiu:
Relics
2-Pc Pioneer Diver Of Dead Waters and Messenger Traversing Hackerspace
Unfortunately, the best relic sets for Jiaoqiu with the current availability in the game is a group of two different sets. Pioneer gives himsome extra damage against debuffed enemies.
On the other hand, you canget some much-needed SPD on this unitwith Messenger Traversing Hackerspace.
Prisoner in Deep Confinement
If you’re using Jiaoqiu in a DoT-based team and would like him to deal as much damage as possible, you can try to opt for four pieces of this set to get some extra ATK and theability to ignore the enemy’s DEF.
Planar Ornaments
Sprightly Vonwacq
This ornament set not only increases Jiaoqiu’s energy regeneration rate but also advances hisactions forward at the start of the battle, allowing him to start stacking Ashen Roast quickly.
Pan-Cosmic Commercial Enterprise
On the other hand, if you’re having trouble building theright amount of Effect Hit Rate on him, you can try going for this set. However, Pan-Galactic can be a lot more problematic to farm.
Jiaoqiu Relic Stat Priority
Here are the main and sub-stats you should look for while trying to build Jiaoqiu’s relics:
Energy Regeneration Rate
Effect Hit Rate > SPD > ATK Percent
Overall, you’d want at leasta 140 percent Effect Hit Rate on Jiaoqiuto get the full buff from his bonus abilities.
However, you’d want to have alittle more than that for endgame contentlike Memory of Chaos.
Best Jiaoqiu Light Cones
While Jiaoqiu might not have a lot of choices when it comes to his relics, he makes up for it with awide variety of Light Cones:
Those Many Springs
Jiaoqiu’s signature Light Cone is unsurprisingly the best for him as it not only gives him a huge Effect Hit Rate boost, but alsoincreases the DMG taken by all enemies by a whopping 24 percent.
Incessant Rain
If you’re planning to build a bit of Crit on Jiaoqiu to make use of the damage boost from his passives and abilities, you can go for this Light Cone to get a12 percent buff as long as you can apply one more debuffoutside of his abilities.
It’s Showtime
Heading into the four-star choices, this Cone is your best choice for Jiaoqiu if you can build enough Effect Hit Rate since it increases his DMG dealt andfurther stacks the ATK bonus from his bonus abilities.
Good Night and Sleep Well
This is a simple Light Cone that you’re able to increase on DoT-based Jiaoqiu toincrease the Burn damage caused by his abilities.
Resolution Shines As Pearls of Sweat
If you’re purely using Jiaoqiu as a debuffer for yourmain DPS like Acheron,this Light Cone serves a great purposeby reducing the enemy’s DEF>
Before the Tutorial Mission Starts
Finally, if you’re missing Effect Hit Rate on Jiaoqiu, thisevent-exclusive Light Cone is your best choice to get some. However, you can’t get this Light Cone anymore if you don’t already have it.
Jiaoqiu Traces Overview And Priority
Whenever you pull a new character in Honkai: Star Rail, it’s highly important tounderstand their kit and what they can bring to the battlefield, which is quite a lot of stuff when it comes to Jiaoqiu. Firstly, he can apply stacks of Ashen Roast in the following instances:
This effect can stack up to five times, making the enemies take awhopping 35 percent increased DMG from all types of attacks. Moreover, when you hit the enemies with his Ultimate, they take even more Ultimate damage from other units. Finally, Jiaoqiu’s Ashen Roast stacks on an enemy are considered a Burn DoT, whichmakes them take extra damage at the start of their turn.
Now that you know how his kit works, you cansimply focus on his Talent first followed by his Ultimate. Finally, you can upgrade his Skill and completely ignore the Basic Attack since you’ll never be using it. However, it’s highly recommended to unlock his bonus abilities and other trace nodes whenever possible.
