Jiaoqiu – Honkai Star Rail Character Guide

In a recent update, the developers of Honkai Star Rail decided to introduce us to characters from other ships of the Xianzhou Alliance. We get to know the heroes from Zhuming and Yaoqing Xianzhou. And one of them, Jiaoqiu, also appears in the main event of the patch.

In our article we will talk about who this mysterious fox is and what build to make for him.

About the character

Jiaoqiu is a fox folk healer. He came from Yaoqing Xianzhou with General Feixiao to take care of her health. Jiaoqiu is knowledgeable in alchemical recipes and uses food as medicine. To make it easier to prepare healing potions, he invented a cauldron called the “nine-square grid.”

Despite the eternal smile on his face, the fox is not as simple as he seems. He is cunning and is able to fight back against the enemy. In battle, Jiaoqiu deals fire damage and literally roasts opponents. He also follows the path of Nothingness and can deal periodic damage. 

How to get

Since Jiaoqiu is an event legendary, you can only get it during its banner, which starts on August 21 and runs until September 11, so save up your jades.

It’s hard to say when the fox will be rerun, so we recommend testing it properly in a test run and a story mission and deciding whether it’s worth knocking it out. But if you have Acheron, then Jiaoqiu is a must-have in squads with it.

Pros and cons

Pros	Cons
The best support for Acheron, as it helps her gain stacks more easily and reduces the incoming damage resistance of enemies. Deals quite a bit of damage on its own. Can inflict periodic damage on enemies. Easy to assemble, since the stats you mainly need are the chance to hit effects. Easily gains ult.	Not as effective if Acheron is not in the party, and can be replaced by other Nether characters.  Requires a signature light cone for maximum efficiency. Quite an expensive investment for an account, if you also knock out a cone.  You need at least 140% chance to hit effects (CHE) to fully realize the character.

Ascension and leveling up

Level

Phase	Maximum level	Credits	Stagnant shadow	Material
1	30	4,000	—	x5 Sprouts of Immortality
2	40	8,000	—	x10 Sprouts of Immortality
3	50	16,000	x3 Blazing Heart	x6 Ethereal Flower of Immortality
4	60	40,000	x7 Blazing Heart	x9 Ethereal Flower of Immortality
5	70	80,000	x20 Blazing Heart	x6 Branch of Immortal Glory
6	80	160,000	x35 Blazing Heart	x9 Branch of Immortal Glory

Traces

Credits	Material	Sepal	Elevation material	Echo of War: Isolation Zone
3,000,000	x41 Sprouts of Immortality x56 Ethereal Flower of Immortality x58 Branch of Immortal Glory	x18 Fire Spirit x69 Starfire Essence x139 Celestial Cremator	x8 Imprints of Destiny	x12 Repentance of the Eternal False Body

Traces and abilities

Capabilities

Name	Type	Description
Flaming Heart	Basic attack	Selects a target and deals fire damage to it.
Fiery onslaught	Skill	Attacks the target enemy and two adjacent targets with fire, placing 1 level of the Burning Ash debuff on them.
The Magic of Pyrography	Superpower	Evens out the number of Hot Ash levels on enemies, focusing on the highest number of stacks. Creates a special zone on the battlefield that lasts for three turns and deals fire damage to enemies. All enemies during the zone’s duration receive increased damage from the characters’ ult and have a chance to gain levels of Hot Ash. The effect can trigger up to 6 times during the duration of Jiaoqiu’s super ability.
A quartet of refined taste	Talent	When Jiaoqiu attacks an enemy, he has a 100% chance to place 1 stack of Burning Ash on them. Each stack increases the damage taken by the target. Burning Ash stacks up to 5 times and lasts for 2 turns. It also counts as a Burning status and deals periodic fire damage at the start of the enemy’s turn.
Flame Suppression	Technique	When activated, creates a field that lasts for 15 seconds. When an enemy in the field is attacked, all enemies will receive Fire Damage and the Burning Ash status at the start of the battle.

Traces

Name	When does it open?	Description
Fire of Purification	2 rise	At the beginning of the battle, restores 15 units of energy.
Flame of the Hearth	4th rise	If the hit rate of the effects is greater than 80%, then for every 15% above this value, Jiaoqiu’s attack power increases by 60%. A total of 240% bonus can be obtained.
Smoldering aroma	6th rise	While the healer’s ultimate field is active in combat, all enemies entering combat automatically gain the Roasted Ash status based on the highest number of stacks.

Jiaoqiu Light Cones

Icon	Name	Characteristics	Description
	Countless spring days	Gives the wearer a 60-100% chance to hit effects. When using a basic attack, E-shka or ult, there is a 60% chance to apply the Armor Off status to the enemy, which increases damage by 10-18% for 2 turns. If there is any status with periodic damage at this time, Armor Away turns into the Cornered status, which additionally increases damage taken by 14-20% for 2 turns.	A powerful cone of light that covers the need for a chance to hit effects and cuts off resistance to incoming damage on enemies. May also fit other characters in the Void, so it’s useful for the account.
	The Victim’s View	Increases the chance to hit effects by 20-40% and the damage over time bonus by 24-48%.	A decent replacement for Signe, but can only compete with it at 5 stacks. Overall, a good cone that also buffs the healer’s damage over time.
	Before the start of the training mission	Provides a 20-40% chance of effects hitting. When attacking an enemy with reduced defense, the wearer restores 4-8 units of energy.	An alternative to Prey’s Gaze, but currently unobtainable, this cone was available during the first Silver Wolf banner in 1.1. To implement the passive, the squad must have either Pela or Silver Wolf.
	The rain never stops	The wearer gains a 24-40% chance to hit effects. When dealing damage to an enemy with 3 or more debuffs, the critical hit chance increases by 12-20%. When using a basic attack, E-Shka or ult, the enemy is given the Ethereal Code status, which increases incoming damage by 12-20% for 1 turn.	A good alternative cone with a passive that suits Jiaoqiu. The only downside is that it’s Silver Wolf’s signature weapon and can only be obtained during her banner.
	Determination shines like pearls of sweat	When hitting an enemy, applies the Catch status to them (if they don’t have it yet) with a 60-100% chance. The defense of an enemy hit by Catch is reduced by 12-16% for 1 turn.	One of the best options for almost all characters of the Void, but requires 5 impositions. And in the case of Jiaoqiu, you also need to get at least the optimal 140% chance of hitting effects.

Relics

When selecting artifacts, you should focus on three parameters: the chance of effects hitting, speed and attack power. Since Jiaoqiu is primarily intended to support other damage dealers, he should walk quickly and apply the Hot Ash status to cut resistances.

The main stats on relics will look like this:

Cave relics

In the case of sets, Jiaoqiu is pretty funny. Strictly speaking, only one of the full sets is suitable for him, but there is a nuance in that he will work best in packs with periodic damage. And in other cases, he is going for a 2+2 set of Pathfinder of Dead Waters and Herald Wandering in Hackerspace .

The first set will give us 12% damage to enemies with debuffs, and the second – 6% speed. This is a good build that is easy to implement in combat and allows Jiaoqiu to move more often.

From full sets, you can put Prisoner of the Dark Dungeon if you plan to take the fox in squads with Kafka. For 2 parts of the set, he will receive 12% attack, and for 4 parts, if enemies have up to 3 effects with periodic damage, the wearer ignores 6% (up to 18%) of their defense.

Planar decorations

The best set of planar decorations on Jiaoqiu is considered to be Pan-Galactic Commercial Enterprise . It gives him a 10% chance to hit effects and an attack power equal to 25% of the current SPE. All this is necessary for the maximum efficiency of the character. 

Ageless Fleet and Broken Keel are roughly equal in usefulness and can be chosen depending on what stats your squad needs. Fleet will give 12% health to the wearer, and if its speed is 120 or higher, then allies will receive 8% attack. Keel gives 10% resistance to effects, and if this indicator is 30% or higher, then allies receive 10% critical damage.

Teams with Jiaoqiu

The first team is the most obvious. Jiaoqiu was created as if specifically for packs with Acheron, so we take her for the main damage slot and add another character of the Nonexistence. We take Gallagher for the last slot to accumulate weakenings even faster.

The pack contains: