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Best Jiaoqiu relics and planar ornaments
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Jiaoqiu Traces Overview and Priority
In the early days of Honkai: Star Trailplayers were able to witness the release of one of the best debuffers in the form of Silver Wolf. Since then, however, there has been a severe drought for this character type until Jiaoqiu finally graced this world with his presence during the version 2.4 update.
Jiaoqiu is a five-star Nihility unit with Fire as its Fighting type and can easily be one of the must-pull characters depending on what characters you have on your account. If you’re planning on getting this unit, here’s how to best build it for the most benefit.
Best Jiaoqiu relics and planar ornaments
Getting the right relic set bonuses is one of the the most important things when building a characterand here are the best for Jiaoqiu:
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type |
name |
Synergy with Jiaoqiu |
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Relics |
2-part Pioneer Diver Of Dead Waters and Messenger Traversing Hackerspace |
Unfortunately, the best relic set for Jiaoqiu currently available in the game is a group of two different sets. Pioneer gives him some additional damage against weakened enemies. On the other hand, you can Get the much needed SPD for this device with Messenger Traversing Hackerspace. |
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Prisoner in deep captivity |
If you are using Jiaoqiu in a DoT-based team and want him to deal as much damage as possible, you can try choosing four pieces of this set to get some extra ATK and increase the Ability to ignore enemy DEF. |
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Planar ornaments |
The cheerful Vonwacq |
This ornament set not only increases Jiaoqiu’s energy regeneration rate, but also improves his Actions forward at the start of the battleallowing him to quickly start stacking Ashen Roast. |
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Pancosmic Trading Company |
On the other hand, if you have problems setting up the the right amount of effect hit rate on himyou can try to go for this set. However, farming Pan-Galactic can be much more problematic. |
Jiaoqiu Relic – Stat Priority
Here are the main and sub-stats to look out for when trying to build Jiaoqiu’s relics:
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type |
Main statistics priority |
Sub-Stat Priority |
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Head |
HP |
Effect Hit Rate > SPD > ATK Percent |
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Hands |
ANG |
Effect Hit Rate > SPD > ATK Percent |
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Body |
Effect hit rate |
SPD > ATK percent |
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Feet |
SPD |
Effect Hit Rate > ATK Percent |
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Planar sphere |
Fire damage bonus > ATK percent |
Effect Hit Rate > SPD > ATK Percent |
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Connecting rope |
Energy regeneration rate |
Effect Hit Rate > SPD > ATK Percent |
Overall, you should have at least
a 140 percent effect hit rate for Jiaoqiu
to get the full buff from his bonus abilities.
However, you would like a
little more than that for endgame content
like Memory of Chaos.
Best Jiaoqiu Beams
Although Jiaoqiu does not have much choice in his relics, he makes up for this with a Large selection of light cones:
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The many sources |
Jiaoqiu’s signature Beam of Light is not surprisingly the best for him, as it not only gives him a huge effect hit rate boost, but also Increases the damage taken by all enemies by a whopping 24 percent. |
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Incessant rain |
If you plan on building up some crit on Jiaoqiu to take advantage of the damage boost from his passives and abilities, you can take this beam of light to create a 12 percent buff as long as you can still apply a debuff beyond his abilities. |
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It’s showtime |
Moving on to the four-star options, this cone is your best choice for Jiaoqiu if you can build up a sufficient effect hit rate, as it increases his damage dealt and stacks the ATK bonus from his bonus abilities. |
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Good night and sleep well |
This is a simple beam of light that you can increase on DoT-based Jiaoqiu to Increase the fire damage caused by his abilities. |
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Determination shines like beads of sweat |
If you only use Jiaoqiu as a debuffer for your main DPS like Acheron, This beam of light serves a great purpose by reducing the opponent’s DEF> |
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Before the tutorial mission begins |
And finally, if you miss the effect hit rate on Jiaoqiu, this Event-exclusive light cone is your best choice to create some. However, you can no longer get this beam of light if you don’t already have it. |
Jiaoqiu Traces Overview and Priority
When you draw a new character in Honkai: Star Rail, it is extremely important understand what equipment they have and what they can bring to the battlefieldwhich is quite a lot for Jiaoqiu. First, he can apply stacks of Ashen Roast in the following cases:
- Whenever you use his basic attack, ability, or ultimate ability.
- When the enemy comes while the zone of his ultimate is on the field.
This effect can be stacked up to five times and causes enemies A whopping 35 percent increased damage from all types of attacks. If you hit the enemies with his ultimate, they will also take more ultimate damage from other units. Finally, Jiaoqiu’s Ashen Roast stacks on an enemy count as a Burn DoT, which makes them take additional damage at the start of their turn.
Now that you know how his kit works, you can Just focus on his talent first and then on his ultimate. Eventually, you can upgrade his skills and ignore the basic attack completely since you will never use it, but it is highly recommended to unlock his bonus skills and other trace nodes whenever possible.
