Taoqi Best Builds and Guide – Wuthering Waves

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This guide will show you what Taoqi’s skills are, how to get her, as well as her best builds and teams.
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Taoqi is a 4-star Havoc Broadblade-type resonator in Wuthering Waves. Read ahead to learn more about her skills, build, how to obtain, and her best team.

How to Get Taoqi

Convene

Character Permanent Convene - Wuthering Waves
Image: HK KURO GAMES LIMITED

You can get Taoqui from the following Convenes (i.e. banners):

Convene TypesBase Rates for 4★ Characters
Novice Convene
(Removed upon receiving a random 5★ Character)
6%
(This rate shared with 4★ Weapons)
Beginner's Choice Convene
(Removed upon receiving the targeted 5★ Character)
6%
(This rate is shared with 4★ Weapons)
Character Permanent Convene6%
(This rate is shared with 4★ Weapons)
Character Event Convene6%
(This rate is shared with 4★ Weapons)
(50% chance to get any of the featured 4★ Event characters for every 4★ items obtained. This changes to 100%, divided equally amongst all featured 4★ Event characters, if a 4★ Weapon has been obtained from the previous pull instead)
Weapon Permanent Convene6%
(This rate is shared with 4★ Weapons)
Weapon Event Convene6%
(This rate is shared with 4★ Weapons)
(50% chance to get any of the featured 4★ Event weapons for every 4★ items obtained. This changes to 100%, divided equally amongst all featured 4★ Event weapons, if a 4★ Character has been obtained from the previous pull instead
Note: The rates shown above are for all 4 characters and not just for any specific character.

Taoqi Overview

Base Stats (Lv1)

Taoqi
(Japanese VA: Hina Yomiya)
(English VA: Clare Louise Connolly)
Taoqi (no BG) - Wuthering Waves
Image: HK KURO GAMES LIMITED

Wuthering Waves - Attribute - Havoc
Attribute: Havoc
Weapon: Broadblade
HP
716
ATK
18
DEF
128
Energy
125
CRIT Rate
5%
Healing Bonus
0%

Active Skills

SkillsEffects
Concealed Edge
(Basic Attack)
Basic Attack:
Swing the giant blade as if it weighs nothing and perform up to 4 continuous attacks, causing Havoc damage.

Heavy Attack:
Consume some Stamina to deal Havoc DMG. If Basic Attack button is held, she enter the Rocksteady Defense state.

Rocksteady Defense:
In this state, she will focus more on defense, reducing the damage taken by 35%.

During the duration of Rocksteady Defense, if she is attacked or fully charged, it will trigger Strategic Parry. Strategic Parry is automatically cast after Rocksteady Defense last for 3s; if she is attacked when casting Resonance Skill Rocksteady Shield, Strategic Parry is automatically cast.

Strategic Parry:
Attacks the target, dealing Havoc DMG.

Mid-air Attack:
Consume Stamina to perform a mid-air plunging attack, causing Havoc damage.

Dodge Counter:
After a successful Dodge, use Basic Attack within a certain time, it will attack the target, causing Havoc damage.
Fortified Defense
(Resonance Skill)
Deals Havoc DMG to surrounding targets, generating 3 Rocksteady Shield and healing herself. If attacked when casting Fortified Defense, Strategic Parry will be automatically cast.

Rocksteady Shield:
When the Character is attacked, 1 Rocksteady Shield is consumed, reducing the damage taken.
Unmovable
(Resonance Liberation)
Launch an attack based on her defense of the target, causing Havoc damage.
Power Shift
(Forte Circuit)
Timed Counters:
When carrying Resolving Caliber, use Basic Attack after Heavy Attack Strategic Parry or Intro Skill Defense Formation to cast Timed Counters, performing up to 3 consecutive attacks, dealing Havoc DMG, considered as Basic Attack damage.
Timed Counters consume 1 Resolving Caliber upon hitting the enemy to grant a shield. After casting the Intro Skill Defense Formation, use Basic Attack to directly cast Timed Counters.

Resolving Caliber:
She can hold up to 3 Resolving Caliber.
Basic Attack 4 will consume all of her Rocksteady Shields to grant that many Resolving Caliber. While Rocksteady Sheild exists, when the active character is attacked, 1 Rocksteady Shield will be consumed to recover Resolving Caliber.

After Rocksteady Shield ends, all remaining Rocksteady Shield will be consumed to grant that many Resolving Caliber.
Steadfast Protection
(Inherent Skill)
During the duration of the Resonance Skill: Rocksteady Shield, the defense of the character increases by 15%.
Unyielding
(Inherent Skill)
When successfully triggering Heavy Attack: Strategic parry, recover 25 stamina.
Defense Formation
(Intro Skill)
Attack the target, causing Havoc damage
Iron Will
(Outro Skill)
Resonance Skill damage is increased by 38%, the effect lasts for 14 seconds or until the character exits.

Resonance Chain

Sequence Node 1Forte Circuit Power Shift's Shield is increased by 40%.
Sequence Node 2CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG of Resonance Liberation: Unmovable are increased by 20%.
Sequence Node 3The duration of Resonance Skill: Rocksteady Shield is extended to 30s.
Sequence Node 4When Taoqi successfully triggers Heavy Attack: Strategic Parry, she restores 25% HP and increases her DEF by 50% for 5 seconds. This can be triggered once every second.
Sequence Node 5The damage of Forte Circuit Power Shift has increased by 50%. When Forte Circuit Power Shift hits a target, restore 20 Resonance Energy.
Sequence Node 6The damage of Taoqi's Basic Attack and Heavy Attack is increased by 40% while the Shield granted by Resonance Skill: Rocksteady Shield holds.

Taoqi Best Builds

Main EchoMain WeaponDiscord's icon from Wuthering Waves.Discord
Bell Borne Geochelone icon - Wuthering Waves
Bell-Borne Geochelone
Sonata EffectsRejuvenating Glow icon - Wuthering Waves Rejuvenating Glow (5pc)
Echo Setup(4)(3)(3)(1)(1)
Stat. PrioritiesDEF%, Energy Regen, Energy Regen, DEF%, DEF%
Desc.Taoqi is a hybrid 4-star character with self-healing, damage reduction, and shield. Her Outro increases Resonance Skill damage by 38%. She's pretty strong during CBT2 and can quickly nuke enemies. As DPS, Taoqi's Skill Priority should be Resonance Liberation, Forte Circuit, Resonance Skill and then Basic Attack.

Alternative Weapon

Dauntless Evernight's icon from Wuthering Waves.
Dauntless Evernight
Autumntrace - Wuthering Waves
Autumntrace

Taoqi Best Teams

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Verina
Danjin Icon - Wuthering Waves
Danjin

Taoqi Ascension Materials

Required LevelMaterials
Rank 1
Level 20
5,000x Shell Credit
4x LF Howler Core
Rank 2
Level 40
10,000x Shell Credit
4x Iris
3x Gold-Dissolving Feather
4x MF Howler Core
Rank 3
Level 50
15,000x Shell Credit
8x Iris
6x Gold-Dissolving Feather
8x MF Howler Core
Rank 4
Level 60
20,000x Shell Credit
12x Iris
9x Gold-Dissolving Feather
4x HF Howler Core
Rank 5
Level 70
40,000x Shell Credit
16x Iris
12x Gold-Dissolving Feather
8x HF Howler Core
Rank 6
Level 80
80,000x Shell Credit
20x Iris
16x Gold-Dissolving Feather
4x FF Howler Core
Total:170,000 Shell Credit
60x Iris
46 Gold-Dissolving Feather
4x LF Howler Core
12x MF Howler Core
12x HF Howler Core
4x FF Howler Core
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