As the second phase of Wuthering Waves version update 2.6 is released alongside the end of Gelbrena’s Rate Up Banner, a brand new rate up banner has been released for the brand new character, the long awaited blind swordsman – Qiuyuan. In this guide, we will go over the best builds players can put on Qiuyuan to make him into an amazing Main or Sub DPS in his various best teams when challenging Wuthering Waves’ end game contents.

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Qiuyuan Skill Kit & Playstyle Analysis

General Introduction

Qiuyuan is a 5* Aero Attribute Character that wields a sword as his main weapon type. He fills the role of a Main or Sub Aero DPS character in the team, with a skill kit that revolves around dealing big AoE Aero Echo Skill Damage to large groups of enemies on the field and quickly switches out in order to buff the other resonators on the field.

Skill Analysis & Leveling Priority

	Basic Attack: Deals 3 instances of Aero Damage to Enemies Heavy Attack: Consume STA to deal Aero damage to enemies, pressing button at the correct time to perform a special 4th basic attack
	Leveling Priority: High
Normal Attack
Reason: Qiuyuan’s main damage output is from his Heavy Attacks, so leveling it up massively improves his damage output.

	Press: Dash Forward to deal Aero Damage to enemies in a big area. This damage is considered Echo Skill Damage. Hold: Consume stamina to let Qiuyuan constantly attack the enemies,dealing Aero Damage to enemies until stamina runs out.
	Leveling Priority: Medium
Resonance Skill
Reason: Qiuyuan’s Skill Damage Modifiers are quite mediocre, so players only need to upgrade this to maximize his damage output.

	Grants Qiuyuan a special Swordster’s Soliloquy gauge, which grants him special effects based on how many points he has: – At 200: Enhances his Basic Attack – At 400: Grants the entire team 30% Echo Skill Damage Boost- At full: Enhances his Heavy Attack
	Leveling Priority: High
Forte Circuit
Reason: Qiuyuan’s main gimmick and help enhances his damage modifiers, allowing him to do more damage overall.

	Deal Aero Damage to enemies within range. The damage is considered Echo Skill Damage.  Converts every 1% of Qiuyuan’s crit rate over 50% into a 2% Crit Damage increase buff to all allies, increasing up to 30%.
	Leveling Priority: Low
Resonance Liberation
Reason: Leveling this up only boosts the Resonance’s damage, which should only be leveled up if you want to maximize Qiuyuan’s damage. The other beneficial effects have set value, making leveling this up unnecessary,

	Immediately take the field and deal Aero damage to the enemy. This attack is considered as Heavy Attack Damage. After a while, pressing Normal Attack will perform a special stage 3 Normal Attack.
	Leveling Priority: Low
Intro Skill
Reason: Leveling this up only boosts the damage output of Qiuyuan and doesn’t offer much value aside from that.

	Upon reaching maximum Forte Gauge, Qiuyuan’s Heavy Attacks deal 50% more damage and recover 30 Concerto energy on hit.
	Unlock Priority: High
Inherent Skill 1
Reason: This inherent skill allows Qiuyuan to quickly fill up his concerto energy gauge and help to trigger his outro skill faster, boosting his team’s support capability.

	After using Echo Skill, Qiuyuan gains the special Flowing Panacea effect. Upon reaching maximum Forte Gauge, consumes the special effect to grant Qiuyuan a 10% Attack Increase
	Unlock Priority: Medium
Inherent Skill 2
Reason: This inherent skill grants Qiuyuan an attack boost that helps to boost his own damage output. Highly beneficial for DPS Qiuyuan but only offer minor boost to sub DPS build Qiuyuan.

Playstyle Guide & Rotation

As mainly a Sub DPS and potential Main DPS Aero character,, Qiuyuan playstyle revolves around gaining as much Forte gauge as possible by triggering his intro skill, consuming stamina to trigger his heavy attacks against the enemies to recover Concerto Energy as quickly as possible, before switching out to another Resonator to grant them a hefty boost in Echo Skill Damage and Critical Damage.

To optimize this on field rotation, players should use Qiuyuan’s abilities in this rotation order:

1. Trigger Qiuyuan’s Intro skill to gain a 400 Forte gauge Points, followed by 2 basic attack hits to fill his Forte Gauge to max.

2. Upon his Forte Gauge reaching max, uses Qiuyuan’s Resonance Skill, then holds his Heavy Attack to deal 3 instances of powerful Heavy Attack damage and finish his on field combo with his Resonance Liberation, filling his Concerto gauge to the max.

3. Switches Qiuyuan out for the main DPS of the team for them to take full advantage of Qiuyuan’s Resonance Liberation and Outro Skill buffs.

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Qiuyuan Best In Slot & F2P Weapons

For Qiuyuan, as a shortsword user, he has a lot of different weapon options. To maximize his buffs and sub DPS capability, players should focus on weapons that boost his Critical Rate and weapons that Provide a Teamwide buff.

Qiuyuan Best Premium Weapon Choices

Some of Qiuyuan’s Best Premium Weapon Choices are:

Emerald Sentence	Emerald of Genesis	Red Spring
Limited 5* Weapon	Standard 5* Weapon	Limited 5* Weapon

	Main Stat: 587 Attack
	Sub Stat: 24.3% Crit Rate
Emerald Sentence	Weapon Rating: Best In Slot
Effect: ATK is increased by 12%. Casting Echo Skill within 10s after casting Intro Skill or Basic Attack grants 1 stack of Bamboo Cleaver, which grants 30% Heavy ATK DMG Bonus to the wielder. This effect can be triggered by Echoes of the same name once, stacking up to 2 times, lasting for 12s.
Explanation: Qiuyuan’s signature weapon and his Best In Slot Weapon, with effects that massively boost Qiuyuan’s own damage output while providing him with important Critical Rate stats to maximize his Resonance Liberation team wide buff.

	Main Stat: 587 Attack
	Sub Stat: 24.3% Crit Rate
Emerald of Genesis	Weapon Rating: Best Alternative
Effect: Increases Energy Regen by 12.8%. When Resonance Skill is cast, increases ATK by 6%, stacking up to 2 time(s). This effect lasts for 10s.
Explanation: A good Alternative Weapon for Qiuyuan that provides him with Critical Rate and Energy Regen Stat, helping to supplement his sub DPS role in the team while also providing him with an attack boost to help with his own damage output.

	Main Stat: 587 Attack
	Sub Stat: 24.3% Crit Rate
Red Spring	Weapon Rating: Good Stat Stick
Effect: Increase ATK by 12%. When dealing Basic Attack DMG, the wielder gains 10% Basic Attack DMG Bonus for 14s. This effect can be triggered once per second, stacking up to 3 times. When the wielder’s Concerto Energy is consumed, gain 40% Basic Attack DMG Bonus for 10s. This effect can be triggered once per second and ends when the wielder is switched off the field.
Explanation:  A premium weapon that serves as a good critical rate stat stick for Qiuyuan, providing him with an attack boost and a critical rate boost. The Basic attack damage boosting effects are only decent on Qiuyuan due to him not using his Basic Attacks too often.

Qiuyuan Best F2P Weapon Choices

Some of Qiuyuan’s Best F2P Weapon Choices are:

Lumingloss	Somnoire Anchor	Commando of Conviction
Battle Pass 4* Weapon	Event 4* Weapon	Gacha 4* Weapon

	Main Stat: 387 Attack
	Sub Stat: 36.4% Attack
Lumingloss	Weapon Rating: BP Alternative
Effect: When Resonance Skill is cast, increases Basic Attack DMG and Heavy Attack DMG by 20%, stacking up to 1 time(s). This effect lasts for 10s and can be triggered 1 time(s) every 1s.
Explanation:  The Battlepass Alternative for Qiuyuan, with good Heavy Attack damage boosting effect and attack stats to boost Qiuyuan’s own damage output.

	Main Stat: 462 Attack
	Sub Stat: 18.2% Attack
Somnoire Anchor	Weapon Rating: Best F2P Alternative
Effect: Gain 1 stack of Hiss when dealing damage to the target, with 1 stack generated every 1s. Hiss: each stack increases the wielder’s ATK by 2% for 3s, stacking up to 10 times. Switching off the wielder clears all stacks. Gaining 10 stacks increases the wielder’s Crit. Rate by 6%.
Explanation:  The best F2P weapon for Qiuyuan as long as players keep him on the field for long enough to grant him the weapon’s critical rate buff.

	Main Stat: 412 Attack
	Sub Stat: 30.4% Attack
Commando of Conviction	Weapon Rating: F2P Alternative
Effect: When Intro Skill is cast, increases ATK by 15%, lasting for 15s.
Explanation: Qiuyuan’s F2P alternative option, with a simple effect to boost his attack when using Intro Skill.

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Qiuyuan Best Echoes & Stats

Qiuyuan Best Echoes Set & Echoes

For Qiuyuan, to maximize his Sub DPS role with a skill kit that relies on Echo Skill Damage, the best Echoes Set for Qiuyuan are 3pcs Law Of Harmony & 2pcs Moonlit Clouds.

	Law Of Harmony
3-pc: Casting Echo Skill grants 30% Heavy Attack DMG Bonus to the caster for 4s. Additionally, all Resonators in the team gain 4% Echo Skill DMG Bonus for 30s, stacking up to 4 times. Echoes of the same name can only trigger this effect once. The record of Echo triggering this effect is cleared along with this effect. At 4 stacks, casting Echo Skill again resets the duration of this effect.

	Moonlit Clouds
2-pc: Energy Regen +10%.
5-pc: After using Outro Skill, increases the ATK of the next Resonator by 22.5% for 15s.

The best main Echo for Qiuyuan to bring is Reminiscence: Fenrico

Effect: Summon the Talons of Decree to deal Aero DMG to nearby enemies. The Resonator with this Echo equipped in the main slot gains Aero and Heavy Attack DMG Bonus.

Qiuyuan Best Main Stats & Sub Stats

As Qiuyuan is a sub DPS character that wants to quickly swap in and out of the battlefield to deal damage and support other teammates with his buffs, the main and sub stats players should aim for Qiuyuan are:

Important Stat Threshold:

– Players should try and get Qiuyuan to at least 65% Crit Rate to help maximize the Critical Damage buff from his Resonance Liberation.

– Qiuyuan wants at least 130% Energy Regen to ensure a smooth gameplay rotation.

Qiuyuan Best Teams

For his best team, as a Echo Skill Damage buffer, Qiuyuan should be used as a sub DPS character for Galbrena team, who benefits greatly from Echo Skill damage boost and critical damage boost from Qiuyuan.

Galbrena	Qiuyuan	Shorekeeper
Main DPS	Sub DPS/Support	Support/Sustain
Essential	Essential	Flexible

Main DPS: Galbrena serves as the team’s main on field DPS thanks to her skill kit that takes full advantage of Qiuyuan’s Echo Skill Damage and Critical Damage buffs, allowing her to take the field after Qiuyuan finishes his combo.

Sub DPS: Qiuyuan serves a sub DPS in the team to boost the team’s Echo Skill Damage output, doing Echo Skill Damage himself to fill up Galbrena’s Forte Gauge and provide her with beneficial buffs when switching out.

Sustain: Shorekeeper is the team’s best sustain with her high energy regen and critical stat boosting skill kit. However, she can be replaced with other healing options.

Conclusion

The blind swordsman that has amazing potential, Qiuyuan promises to be a very interesting character to play around with for players that love Husbando characters, especially when he is fully built and ready to challenge the toughest challenges in Wuthering Waves. Recruit him into your Wuthering Waves character roster today using GameBar’s special top up discount offer for Wuthering Waves!