Qingxiao is an upcoming Resonator set to debut in Wuthering Waves Version 3.6 Phase 1. In this blog, we've gathered all the details about Qingxiao's kit, signature weapon, and Resonance Chains. Keep reading!
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Qingxiao Resonator Profile
Rarity: 5★ | Attribute: Aero | Weapon: Sword
Qingxiao is a 5-star Aero Sword Main DPS. She fights by building resources through alternating Sheathed Stance and Drawn Stance attacks, unlocking a stance-shifting Heavy Attack that sends her into Ephemeral Transcendence for an enhanced combo. Her damage centers on Mindlock, a stacking debuff applied through Tune Strain that amplifies the DMG her key skills deal to affected targets.
Signature Weapon: Glint of Clouds
ATK: 500 | Crit Rate: 36%
ATK is increased by 12/15/18/21/24%. Inflicting Tune Strain - Shifting grants 11.2/14/16.8/19.6/22.4% Aero DMG Bonus for 2s, stacking up to 5 times. This effect can be triggered once every 0.5s. Upon reaching the max stack limit, gain the following effects:
- This Aero DMG Bonus effect's duration is extended to 30s.
- Aero DMG ignores 10/12.5/15/17.5/20% of the target's DEF during this effect.
Normal Attack: Strings to Steel
Qingxiao performs up to 4 consecutive Aero DMG hits, alternating between Sheathed Stance and Drawn Stance across the combo. Dealing damage in each stance builds its corresponding resource, Qin Heart or Sword Cadence.
Stringblade
Basic Attack - Stringblade
Press repeatedly or hold Normal Attack to unleash up to 4 consecutive strikes, dealing Aero DMG. Basic Attack - Stringblade Stage 1 and Basic Attack - Stringblade Stage 4 are Sheathed Stance. Basic Attack - Stringblade Stage 2 and Basic Attack - Stringblade Stage 3 are Drawn Stance.
Heavy Attack - Stringblade
When Qin Heart and Sword Cadence are full, Heavy Attack - Stringblade becomes available. Hold Normal Attack to consume STA and cast this skill, dealing Aero DMG. Casting this skill consumes all Qin Heart and Sword Cadence and sends Qingxiao into the Ephemeral Transcendence state.
Mid-air Attack - Stringblade
Unleash up to 3 consecutive strikes, dealing Aero DMG. After landing from Mid-air Attack - Stringblade Stage 3, press Normal Attack within a certain time to cast Basic Attack - Stringblade Stage 3. Mid-air Attack - Stringblade Stage 1 is Sheathed Stance. Mid-air Attack - Stringblade Stage 2 and Mid-air Attack - Stringblade Stage 3 are Drawn Stance. While in mid-air, Resonance Skill is replaced by Mid-air Attack - Stringblade Stage 3.
Plunging Attack
Basic Attack - Plunging Attack
While in the Sword Flight state, Jump is replaced by Plunging Attack. Consume STA to perform a Plunging Attack, dealing Aero DMG.
Dodge Counter - Stringblade
Basic Attack - Dodge Counter
Press Normal Attack within a certain time after a successful Dodge to attack the target, dealing Aero DMG. This skill is Drawn Stance. Press Normal Attack within a certain time after casting this skill to cast Basic Attack - Stringblade Stage 4.
Sword Glide
Basic Attack - Sword Glide
While in mid-air, Dodge is replaced by Sword Glide.Deals Aero DMG, considered Basic Attack DMG.
Resonance Skill: Severing Note
Qingxiao unleashes Severing Note: Judgement, dealing Aero DMG and building Qin Heart. While mid-combo in Drawn Stance, this skill is replaced by Severing Note: Ascendant for a stance-specific variant.
Severing Note: Judgement
Resonance Skill - Severing Note: Judgement
Deals Aero DMG. During this skill, gain 45 points of Qin Heart.
Severing Note: Ascendant
Resonance Skill - Severing Note: Ascendant
While casting Basic Attack - Stringblade Stage 2 or Basic Attack - Stringblade Stage 3, Resonance Skill is replaced by Severing Note: Ascendant. Deals Aero DMG. This skill is Drawn Stance.
Resonance Liberation: Billows Beneath Heaven
Qingxiao unleashes a powerful multi-hit burst of Aero DMG, castable even in mid-air close to the ground.
Billows Beneath Heaven
Resonance Liberation - Billows Beneath Heaven
Deals Aero DMG. Can be cast in mid-air close to the ground.
Forte Circuit: Formless Heart Sword
At full Qin Heart and Sword Cadence, Qingxiao unlocks Heavy Attack - Stringblade, which consumes both resources and sends her into Ephemeral Transcendence. In this state, her Basic Attacks and Dodge Counters are enhanced and build Heart Sword Intent, which at max unlocks Heavy Attack - Heaven's Reckoning: Ephemeral Transcendence to close out the cycle. Her passive Mindlock mechanic amplifies the DMG her key skills deal to targets affected by Tune Strain.
Ephemeral Transcendance
Forte Circuit - Ephemeral Transcendance
While Qingxiao is in the Ephemeral Transcendence state, unlocks Basic Attack - Ephemeral Transcendence and Dodge Counter - Ephemeral Transcendence.
Basic Attack - Ephemeral Transcendance
Forte Circuit - Basic Attack - Ephemeral Transcendance
Press repeatedly or hold Normal Attack to unleash up to 4 consecutive strikes, dealing Aero DMG. Before Heavy Attack - Heaven's Reckoning: Ephemeral Transcendence is unlocked, this skill gains a 100% DMG Multiplier increase. Can be cast while in mid-air.
Dodge Counter - Ephemeral Transcendence
Forte Circuit - Dodge Counter - Ephemeral Transcendence
Pressing Normal Attack within a certain time after a successful Dodge will strike the target, dealing Aero DMG. Before Heavy Attack - Heaven's Reckoning: Ephemeral Transcendence is unlocked, this skill gains a 100% DMG Multiplier increase. Can be cast while in mid-air.
Heavy Attack - Heaven's Reckoning: Ephemeral Transcendence
Forte Circuit - Heavy Attack - Heaven's Reckoning: Ephemeral Transcendence
When Heart Sword Intent is full, Heavy Attack - Heaven's Reckoning: Ephemeral Transcendence is unlocked. Hold Normal Attack to cast this skill, dealing Aero DMG. During this skill, all Heart Sword Intent will be consumed and Qingxiao exits the Ephemeral Transcendence state.
Mindlock
Forte Circuit - Mindlock
Mindlock has a maximum of 15 stacks. When Resonators in the team inflict Tune Strain - Interfered, apply 1 stack of Mindlock to the target. For each stack of Mindlock on the target, DMG taken by the target from the following Qingxiao skills is Amplified by 2%. This effect increases by 5% per stack for the first 7 stacks. - Heavy Attack - Stringblade, Basic Attack - Ephemeral Transcendence, Dodge Counter - Ephemeral Transcendence, Heavy Attack - Heaven's Reckoning: Ephemeral Transcendence, Resonance Liberation - Billows Beneath Heaven.
Heaven's Clarity
Forte Circuit - Heaven's Clarity
Upon entering combat or casting Resonance Liberation - Billows Beneath Heaven, gain Heaven's Clarity. - When casting Heavy Attack - Stringblade, apply 3 stacks of Mindlock to nearby targets. The DMG Multiplier of the next Heavy Attack - Heaven's Reckoning: Ephemeral Transcendence is increased by 100%. Switching to another Resonator ends DMG Multiplier increase effect. Casting Heavy Attack - Heaven's Reckoning: Ephemeral Transcendence removes Heaven's Clarity.
Swordlight Ward
Forte Circuit - Swordlight Ward
Casting Intro Skill - Tonality Shift or Heavy Attack - Stringblade grants 1 stack of Swordlight Ward. Swordlight Ward has a maximum of 1 stacks. When taking DMG from an enemy's attack, 1 stack of Swordlight Ward can be consumed to grant immunity to interruption and reduce DMG taken by 60%, lasting 1s. This effect can trigger once per second.
Sword Flight
Forte Circuit - Sword Flight
While in the Sword Flight state, Qingxiao moves in a special way. During Sword Flight, Flight Qi is continuously consumed. - Qingxiao enters the Sword Flight state after casting the following skills: Sword Dodge, Heavy Attack - Stringblade, Mid-air Attack - Stringblade Stage 1, Mid-air Attack - Stringblade Stage 2, Severing Note: Ascendant, Basic Attack - Ephemeral Transcendence, Dodge Counter - Ephemeral Transcendence, Heavy Attack - Heaven's Reckoning: Ephemeral Transcendence, and Intro Skill - Tonality Shift. Qingxiao leaves the Sword Flight state via the following ways: - Casting Mid-air Attack - Stringblade Stage 3 and Plunging Attack. - Triggering environmental interactions or using Utilities - Returning to the ground.
Sword Step
Forte Circuit - Sword Step
While in the Sword Flight state, hold Jump to leap and dash forward a short distance. During Sword Step, Flight Qi is continuously consumed.
Qin Heart
Forte Circuit - Qin Heart
Qingxiao can hold up to 100 points of Qin Heart. Dealing damage with Sheathed Stance grants Qin Heart. Qin Heart cannot be gained while in the Ephemeral Transcendence state.
Sword Cadence
Forte Circuit - Sword Cadence
Qingxiao can hold up to 100 points of Sword Cadence. Dealing damage with Drawn Stance grants Sword Cadence. Sword Cadence cannot be gained while in the Ephemeral Transcendence state.
Heart Sword Intent
Forte Circuit - Heart Sword Intent
Qingxiao can hold up to 100 points of Heart Sword Intent. Dealing damage with Basic Attack - Ephemeral Transcendence or Dodge Counter - Ephemeral Transcendence grants Heart Sword Intent.
Intro Skill
Qingxiao enters the field, deals Aero DMG, builds Qin Heart, and gains Resonant Chime, a buff that boosts her next Severing Note: Judgement cast.
Tonality Shift
Intro Skill - Tonality Shift
Deal Aero DMG. Casting the skill restores 30 points of Sword Cadence and grants Resonant Chime.Resonant ChimeCasting Resonance Skill - Severing Note: Judgement grants 30 points of Qin Heart and removes Resonant Chime.
Outro Skill
Qingxiao exits the field with a single high-multiplier Aero DMG hit.
Lingering Song
Outro Skill - Lingering Song
Deals Aero DMG equal to 800% of Qingxiao's ATK.
Inherent Skills
Qingxiao's two Inherent Skills, Sea of Thought, World of Dust and To Know, To Banish, both revolve around her Mindlock mechanic. The former converts defeated Mindlock targets into a temporary damage-amplifying buff, while the latter directly scales her core skills' DMG based on a target's Mindlock stacks.
Sea of Thought, World of Dust
Inherent Skill - Sea of Thought, World of Dust
When damage dealt directly by Resonators in the team defeats a target with the Mindlock effect: If Qingxiao does not have the Gathered Mind effect, she gains Gathered Mind with stacks equal to the target's Mindlock stacks. If Qingxiao already has the Gathered Mind effect and the target's Mindlock stacks exceed Qingxiao's Gathered Mind stacks, Qingxiao's Gathered Mind stacks become equal to the target's Mindlock stacks. Gathered Mind When Resonators in the team deal Tune Break DMG to a Mistuned target with Tune Strain - Shifting, additionally applies Mindlock equal to Qingxiao's Gathered Mind stacks, plus 1 stack(s) of Tune Strain - Interfered. This effect can only trigger 1 time(s) on the same target. Gathered Mind lasts for 1s.
To Know, To Banish
Inherent Skill - To Know, To Banish
The following Qingxiao skills deal increased DMG to targets with Mindlock: increased by 2% per stack, with an additional 5% per stack for the first 7 stacks. - Heavy Attack - Stringblade, Basic Attack - Ephemeral Transcendence, Dodge Counter - Ephemeral Transcendence, Heavy Attack - Heaven's Reckoning: Ephemeral Transcendence, Resonance Liberation - Billows Beneath Heaven.
When Resonators in the team apply Tune Strain - Interfered to an Overlord Class or Calamity Class target, additionally applies 1 stack(s) of Mindlock to the target.
Tune Break
When a target's Off-Tune Level is full, any Resonator can trigger a Tune Break on it. Qingxiao uses a Sword-type Tune Break and can respond to Tune Strain - Interfered on a target to further scale her damage.
Draw and Sunder
Tune Break - Draw and Sunder
Qingxiao applies Tune Strain - Shifting to the target when dealing damage. Each skill can only trigger this once per target. Qingxiao has the ability to respond to Tune Strain - Interfered. Responding to Tune Strain - Interfered: For each stack of Tune Strain - Interfered on the target, every point of Qingxiao's Tune Break Boost increases the total DMG she deals to that target by 0.12%. While Qingxiao is in the team, the max stack limit of the target's Tune Strain - Interfered is increased by 1. Additionally, when the target's Off-Tune Level is full, Qingxiao can cast Tune Break on it. While not in Ephemeral Transcendence, press Normal Attack within a certain time after casting Tune Break to cast Basic Attack - Stringblade.
Resonance Chain
Below are all six of Qingxiao's Sequence Nodes. Early nodes boost her Crit stats, add a standalone Exorcising Seal damage proc, and strengthen her Heavy Attack DMG and Mindlock application. Mid nodes deliver team-wide ATK buffs and amplify her Resonance Liberation and Resonance Skill damage. Her final nodes further scale target DMG taken and rework how Exorcising Seal and Mindlock interact for additional damage.
Sequence 1: Like Clouds That Meet and Drift Apart
Like Clouds That Meet and Drift Apart
Crit. Rate is increased by 16%.
The max stack limit of Swordlight Ward is increased to 2. Casting Heavy Attack - Stringblade additionally grants 1 stack of Swordlight Ward. Upon entering combat, gain 25 stacks of Exorcising Seal.
After Basic Attack - Stringblade, Mid-air Attack - Stringblade, or Basic Attack - Ephemeral Transcendence deals damage, if Qingxiao has Exorcising Seal, remove all Exorcising Seal stacks and trigger Juque Perdition, dealing Aero DMG equal to 400% of Qingxiao's ATK, considered Basic Attack DMG. This effect can be triggered up to once per second. For each stack of Exorcising Seal removed, the target takes 4% more DMG from Juque Perdition for 2s. Exorcising Seal stacks up to 25 times.
Sequence 2: Like Petals That Fall Without a Sound
Like Petals That Fall Without a Sound
The DMG Multiplier of Heavy Attack - Stringblade is increased by 40%.
After entering combat, the max stack limit of Mindlock on nearby enemies is increased to 25. The max stack limit of Gathered Mind from Inherent Skill - Sea of Thought, World of Dust is increased to 25.
Heaven's Clarity is enhanced: Casting Heavy Attack - Stringblade now inflicts 6 stacks of Mindlock on nearby targets.
Sequence 3: Dreams Fade, Sword Abides
Dreams Fade, Sword Abides
The Crit. DMG of Resonance Liberation - Billows Beneath Heaven is increased by 100%.
During Heavy Attack - Stringblade, gain World in Chorus stacks equal to the highest Mindlock stack count present among nearby enemies. World in Chorus: Each stack increases the DMG Multiplier of Heavy Attack - Heaven's Reckoning: Ephemeral Transcendence by 3%. World in Chorus is removed after casting Heavy Attack - Heaven's Reckoning: Ephemeral Transcendence.
The Gathered Mind effect of Inherent Skill - Sea of Thought, World of Dust now inflicts 2 stacks of Tune Strain - Interfered.
Sequence 4: Wherever the Road Leads, Side by Side
Wherever the Road Leads, Side by Side
After a Resonator in the team inflicts Tune Strain - Shifting, their ATK is increased by 20% for 8s.
Sequence 5: Cold Steel That Longs to Warm the Snow
Cold Steel That Longs to Warm the Snow
The DMG Multiplier of Resonance Skill - Severing Note: Judgement is increased by 100%.
While moving in Sword Flight, Flight Qi cost is reduced by 30%.
Sequence 6: Cleanse This Tarnished Age, Till All Runs Clear
Cleanse This Tarnished Age, Till All Runs Clear
Targets take 40% more DMG from Qingxiao's Heavy Attack - Stringblade, Heavy Attack - Heaven's Reckoning: Ephemeral Transcendence, Resonance Liberation - Billows Beneath Heaven, and Juque Perdition.
During Heavy Attack - Stringblade, gain Exorcising Seal stacks equal to the highest Mindlock stack count present among nearby enemies.
For each stack of Mindlock on the target, the DMG of Juque Perdition taken by the target is Amplified by 2%. The first 7 stacks additionally grant 5% DMG Amplification.
When Inherent Skill - To Know, To Banish is unlocked, the DMG of Juque Perdition on targets with Mindlock is increased by 2% for each stack of Mindlock. The first 7 stacks additionally grant 5% DMG increase.
The effect of Qingxiao's response to Tune Strain - Interfered is increased by 20%.
Conclusion
Qingxiao's kit is built around applying and exploiting Mindlock through Tune Strain, scaling her damage against debuffed targets while cycling through Ephemeral Transcendence for her strongest hits. All details covered in this article are based on version 3.6. For Rovers planning to pull for Qingxiao, prepare with LootBar and grab the most secure and affordable Wuthering Waves top-up now!
