Zenless Zone Zero’s Qingyi is a quirky officer working for the New Eridu Public Security’s Criminal Investigation Special Response Team. With her hair tied up neatly in two pigtails and her terribly innocent face, it’s easy to underestimate her – but be warned, she comes with a wealth of life experience that not only means she can dish out some great advice, but she can also dish out some fierce justice on the battlefield.
If you’re wondering how Qingyi and her fellow N.E.P.S. members size up against the other factions, be sure to check out our Zenless Zone Zero tier list. We’ve also got a guide to all the new Zenless Zone Zero codes and current Zenless Zone Zero events, so you can start stashing those tapes in preparation for the next Zenless Zone Zero banner.
Here’s everything you need to know about Zenless Zone Zero’s Qingyi.
What is the best Qingyi build?
ZZZ’s Qingyi is an S-rank stun specialty character who deals electric attribute damage and belongs to the N.E.P.S. faction. She’s a powerful melee unit who uses her devastating combo attacks to daze her enemies and amplify stun damage multipliers to dizzying heights.
Here’s a brief overview of our best Zenless Zone Zero Qingyi build:
| Best W-engine | Ice-Jade Teapot |
| Best drive discs | 4pc Shockstar Disco and 2pc Swing Jazz |
| Main stats | Disc 4: crit rate/damage Disc 5: electric damage% Disc 6: impact |
| Sub-stats | Crit rate = crit damage > attack ratio > pen ratio > attack |
Qingyi’s best W-engine is her signature S-rank, Ice-Jade Teapot, and her best drive disc set is four pieces of Shockstar Disco and two pieces of Swing Jazz. When building her, you should prioritize boosting her crit rate and damage, attack ratio, pen ratio, then flat attack, with impact and electric damage main stats on discs five and six.
Qingyi’a additional ability offers a nice boost to her daze and attack, which is pretty valuable to her kit. However, to activate this, you need to put her on a team with at least one attack-type character or a fellow member of N.E.P.S.
Qingyi works very well with Zenless Zone Zero’s Nicole, alongside a main DPS like Zenless Zone Zero’s Zhu Yuan, Zenless Zone Zero’s Nekomata, or Zenless Zone Zero’s Billy. In this type of line-up, Nicole can provide some handy crowd control through her skill and burst, Qingyi can come in and stun the enemies, then the DPS can come in and polish them off.
What’s Qingyi’s best W-engine?
Qingyi’s best W-engine is the S-rank Ice-Jade Teapot. It’s her signature S-rank, so it’s tailored specifically to her kit, boosting her impact and boosting her allies’ damage.
Qingyi’s second-best W-engine is The Restrained. Lycaon’s signature, it offers powerful stun buffing stats and a higher damage output that most other options. Hellfire Gears is also a solid option for Qingyi if you’ve got one spare, as it’s a great all-rounder for stun agents due to its impact and energy recharge bonuses.
Qingyi’s best A-rank W-engine is Steam Oven. It’s easily her best F2P option thanks to its incredibly potent combat effect, and scales really well with superimpose levels.
The battle pass weapon Six Shooter and the standard A-rank Precious Fossilized Core are also decent back-up options for Qingyi if you don’t have any of the above, and [Vortex} Arrow is a brilliant B-rank for her if you’re just starting out.
Here are Qingyi’s best W-engines:
| W-engine | Effect |
| Ice-Jade Teapot | When Qingyi’s basic attack hits an enemy, she gains one stack of Tea-riffic. Each stack of Tea-riffic increases her impact, stacking up to 30 times and lasting for eight seconds. The duration of each stack is calculated independently. Upon aquiring Tea-riffic, if Qingyi possesses stacks of Tea-riffice greater than or equal to 15, all squad members’ damage increases by a set percentage for ten seconds. Passive effects of the same type don’t stack |
| The Restrained | When Qingyi hits an enemy, the damage and daze she deals with her basic attack increases for eight seconds, stacking up to five times. This effect cat trigger at most once per skill. The duration of each stack is calculated independently |
| Hellfire Gears | When off-field, Qingyi’s energy regen increases. When using her EX special attack, her impact increases for ten seconds, stacking up to teo times. The duration of each stack is calculated independently |
| Steam Oven | For every ten energy accumulated, Qingyi’s impact increases by a set percentage, stacking up to eight times. After you consume the energy, this bonus remains for eight more seconds. The duration of each stack is calculated independently |
| Six Shooter | Qingyi gains a charge stack every three seconds, stacking up to six times. When she launches an EX special attack, she consumes all charge stacks, and each stack increases the daze she inflicts |
| Precious Fossilized Core | When the target’s HP is no lower than 50%, Qingyi inflicts more daze. When the target’s HP is no lower than 75%, this bonus increases further |
| [Vortex] Arrow | Qingyi’s attacks inflict more daze to her main target |
What are Qingyi’s best drive discs?
Qingyi’s best drive disc set is four pieces of Shockstar Disco. It offers her a welcome boost to her impact, as well as a hefty increase to her daze when she uses her basic attack, dash attack, or dodge counter. This can help you build up daze as quickly as possible, which should always be a stun character’s priority.
We recommend combining this two two pieces of Swing Jazz for a nice boost to her energy regen. However, if you prefer, you can instead opt for two pieces of Woodpecker Electro, Thunder Metal, or Puffer Electro to boost her overall damage depending on what you’re looking for.
Here are ZZZ Qingyi’s best drive disks:
| Disk drive set | Effect |
| Shockstar Disco | Two pieces: increases impact by 6% Four pieces: basic attacks, dash attacks, and dodge counters inflict 20% more daze to their main target |
| Swing Jazz | Two pieces: increases energy regen by 20% |
What are Qingyi’s skills?
Here are all of Qingyi’s skills and passives.
Qingyi’s attacks:
| Skill | Effect |
| Basic attack: Penultimate | Launch up to four attacks forward, dealing physical and electric damage. During the third hit, repeatedly press the attack button to continue the attack, continuously striking the enemy. Using dodge during this period will not interrup Qingyi’s basic attack combo count During the third hit, stop pressing the attack button to interrupt the continuous attack, transitioning automatically to the fourth hit. If the continuous attack lasts for a certain time, the fourth hit will be enhanced. Anti-interrupt level increases and damage received reduces by 40% during the third and fourth hit |
| Basic attack (hold): Enchanted Blossoms | Launch a forward rush attack, dealing electric damage. Anti-interrupt level is increased during this skill |
| Basic attack: Flash Connect | When Qingyi deals electric damage with a skill, she accumulates Flash Connect Voltage. When Flash Connect Voltage reaches 75%, she enters the Flash Connect state. When using her basic attack: Enchanted Moonlit Blossoms, she consumes all Flash Connect Voltage and exits the Flash Connect state. For every 1% of Flash Connect Voltage she consumes over 75%, the damage and daze she inflicts with this skill increases by 1%/05%. Basic attack: Enchanted Moonlit Blossoms itself doesn’t accumulate Flash Connect Voltage |
| Basic attack: Enchanted Moonlit Blossoms | During the Flash Connect state, hold the attack button to launch five consecutive forward rush attacks, then execute a finishing move that inflicts massive electric damage. Release the attack button during the move to trigger the finishing move early. Activate the finishing move just before an enemy is about to hit Qingyi to trigger a perfect dodge. Anti-interrupt level and damage received reduces by 40% during the rush attack. Qingyi is invulnerable during the finishing move |
| Special attack: Sunlit Glory | Qingyi quickly swings upward, followed by a downward smash, dealing electric damage. Her anti-interrupt level increases during this skill |
| EX special attack: Moonlit Begonia | Qingyi quickly swings upward and leaps into the air, turning around to launch a series of attacks, then follows up with a powerful downward smash, dealing massive electric damage. Hold the special attack button to consume additional energy and increase the number of hits in the series of her attacks. Qingyi is invulnerable while using this skill. After executing the move, you can immediately follow up with the third hit of a basic attack |
Qingyi’s dodges:
| Skill | Effect |
| Dodge: Swan Song | Perform a quick dash, during which Qingyi is invulnerable |
| Dash attack: Breach | Hit the attack button during a dodge to rush forward and launch an upward attack, dealing physical damage |
| Dodge counter: Lingering Sentiments | Press the attack button during a perfect dodge to leap into the air and then perform a downward attack, dealing electric damage. Qingyi is invulnerable during this skill |
Qingyi’s combo attacks:
| Skill | Effect |
| Quick assist: Wind Through the Pines | When an enemy launches the on-field character, switch to Qingyi to leap into the air and perform a downward attack, dealing electric damage. Qingyi is invulnerable during this skill |
| Defensive assist: Graceful Embellishment | When an enemy is about to attack the on-field character, switch to Qingyi to parry the enemy’s attack, dealing massive daze. Qingyi is invulnerable during this skill |
| Assist follow-up: Song of the Clear River | Hit the attack button after a defensive assist to rush forward with an attack and inject electrical energy into the ground, pulling back to trigger an explosion that deals electric damage. Qingyi is invulnerable during this skill |
| Chain attack: Tranquil Serenade | When a chain attack triggers, switch to Qingyi to launch a series of powerful strokes over a large area in front, dealing massive electric damage. When this attack hits an enemy, the skill’s damage increases by 3% for every stack of Subjugation the target has from Qingyi’s core passive, Eternal Seasons. Qingyi is invulnerable during this skill |
| Ultimate: Eight Sounds of Ganzhou | Launch a series of powerful strikes over a large area in front, foll wed by a finishing move, dealing massive electric damage. Qingyi is invulnerable during this skill |
Qingyi’s passives:
| Skill | Effect |
| Core passive: Eternal Seasons | When Qingyi lands a finishing move on an enemy with her basic attack: Enchanted Moonlit Blossoms, it applies five stacks of Subjugation to the enemy, stacking up to 20 times. Each stack of Subjugation increases the target’s stun damage multiplier by 2%. For each rush attack performed during Enchanted Moonlit Blossoms, the finishing move applies one extra stack of Subjugation. If perfect dodge triggers when using the finishing move, it directly applies ten stacks of Subjugation. When applying Subjugation to normal and elite enemies, the target receives double the stacks. When the target recovers from being stunned, the corresponding stacks of Subjugation reset |
| Additional ability: Three Verses of Farewell at Yang Pass | When another character on Qingyi’s squad is an attack character or is also a member of the Criminal Investigation Special Response Team, Qingyi’s basic attacks deal 20% more daze. If her impact is greater that 120, each point over increases her attack by 6, up to a maximum of 600 |
What are Qingyi’s promotion materials?
If you want to level Qingyi up, you need to promote her at certain intervals using denny and stun certification seals. You can earn defense certification seals via the combat simulation – agent promotion combat challenges.
Here are all of ZZZ Qingyi’s promotion materials:
| Level | Denny and materials |
| 20 | 24k denny and four basic stun certification seals |
| 30 | 56k denny and 12 advanced stun certification seals |
| 40 | 120k denny and 20 advanced stun certification seals |
| 50 | 200k denny and ten buster certification seals |
| 60 | 400k denny and 20 buster certification seals |
What are Qingyi’s mindscape cinemas?
Mindscape cinemas are special buffs and passive skills that you can unlock when you pull a duplicate of a character on a banner, similar to Genshin Impact’s constellations or Honkai Star Rail’s eidolons.
Here are all of Qingyi’s mindscape cinemas:
| Mindscape cinema | Effect |
| Insulation Breakdown | When Qingyi enters combat, Flash Connect Voltage instantly restores to its maximum, and the accumulation rate increases by 30%. When using her basic attack: Enchanted Moonlit Blossoms, if Flash Connect Voltage is at maximum, the attack reduces the defense of the enemy it hits by 15%, and Qingyi’s crit rate against that enemy increases by 20% for 15 seconds |
| Minimal Effort, Maximum Impact | The stun damage multiplier increase from each stack of Subjigation from Qingyi’s core passive increases to 135% of its original value. When Qingyi’s attack hits an enemy and the stacks of Subjugation she applies reaches its maximum stacks, the daze she deals to the target increases by 15% |
| Drink Hot Water | Increases the level of Qingyi’s basic attack, dodge, assist, special attack, and chain attack by two |
| Stable Arc Barrier | Upon entering or exiting the Flash Connect state, Qingyi gains a shield equal to 10% of her max HP. If a previous shield is still active when the shield effect refreshes, she generates five energy. This energy generation effect can trigger once every ten seconds |
| Youthful Spirit | Increases the level of Qingyi’s basic attack, dodge, assist, special attack, and chain attack by two |
| Eight Meridians | Greatly increases the interrupt level of basic attack: Enchanted Moonlit Bloosoms, and the crit damage increases by an additional 100%. When Qingyi hits an enemy with Enchanted Moonlit Blossoms, the target’s attribute damage res reduces by 20% for 15 seconds |
Who is Zenless Zone Zero’s Qingyi?
Qingyi is a member of the New Eridu Public Security’s Criminal Investigation Special Response Team (quite the mouthful, huh?). We first got a glimpse of her during the pre-release special program, where she briefly shows up alongside other N.E.P.S. members Zenless Zone Zero’s Zhu Yuan, Seth Lowell, and Jane Doe.
According to her entry in the New Eridu archives, she has a wealth of experience and often dishes out advice to others, and her agent record shows a quote from Zhu Yuan stating that “Qingyi’s composure stems from her wealth of life experience!”
However, it seems that Qingyi’s behavior can sometimes be a little… odd. Another quote from her agent record suggests that she licked a lost watch before giving it back to a citizen, and a rookie patrol officer implies that you can always find her by looking out for a cloud of piping hot steam. No, we’re not entirely sure what either of those quotes are implying, either.
Who are Qingyi’s voice actors?
Qingyi’s English VA is Kira Buckland, an American voice actor with an impressive roster of roles under her belt including Jolyne Cujoh from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Nier Automata’s 2B, Genshin Impact’s Kuki Shinobu, Mitsuri Kanroji from Demon Slayer, and many more.
Qingyi’s JP VA is Abo Maria, who you may recognize as the voice of the Cookie Run Kingdom character Hot Scovillia Student, and her CN voice actor is 皛四白, who also voices Wuthering Waves’ Encore along with multiple Arknights characters.
That’s all we’ve got on Zenless Zone Zero’s Qingyi for now. If you fancy taking a break from New Eridu but still fancy more Hoyo fun, be sure to check out our Honkai Star Rail codes and Genshin Impact codes to grab some freebies, then check out our Honkai Star Rail tier list and Genshin Impact tier list to work out who to spend them on.
