Best Jiaoqiu Honkai Star Rail build: Relics, Light Cones, & team comp

Jiaoqiu is a 5-star Fire Nihility unit in Honkai Star Rail and is a premium support option for Acheron.

Jiaoqiu is an interesting character in the game. He can provide Nihility buffs and boosts Ultimate DMG by a significant amount. The character also synergizes the best with Acheron and can be considered a premium support for her team.

However, Jiaoqiu is not as viable outside of Acheron’s team, which makes him a niche unit. Nevertheless, his performance within his own domain is exceptional and worth a pull for those players who love to reach peak potential for their DPS units.

Best Jiaoqiu build in Honkai Star Rail

Weapon	Relic	Ornament	Stats	Team comp
Those Many Springs	Messenger Traversing Hackerspace x2 Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters x2	Sprightly Vonwacq	Body: Effect Hit Rate Feet: SPD Sphere: Fire DMG Rope: Energy Regen Substats: SPD, Energy Regen, Effect Hit Rate, ATK%	Acheron, Jiaoqiu, Pela, Aventurine

While this is the best build for Jiaoqiu in Honkai Star Rail, if you are interested in each component of the setup, we have discussed those in the following sections.

Best weapons for Jiaoqiu

Those Many Springs

This is a 5-star Nihility Light Cone that is the best for the unit in Honkai Star Rail. This Light Cone increases the Effect Hit Rate of the wearer by 60%. Additionally, upon using Basic ATK, Skill, or Ultimate ATK, the wearer has a 69% chance to inflict Unarmored. In this state, the enemy target will receive 10% increased damage.

If the enemy is inflicted by a DoT status effect, the Unarmored effect has a 60% chance of changing to Cornered. In this state, the enemy will receive 14% additional DMG.

Incessant Rain

This is an alternative Light Cone for Jiaoqiu that you can consider using. Upon dealing damage to an enemy with three or more debuffs, the wearer of this Light Cone receives a 12% Crit Rate boost. Additionally, using Basic ATK, Skill, or Ultimate on an enemy leads to the Aether Code debuff.

Enemies under the influence of this debuff take 12% additional damage.

Best Relic and Ornament for Jiaoqiu

Relic

Jiaoqiu is a Nihility support which means he needs to stack debuffs on enemies and do it as fast as possible. As such, the Relic set to use for Jiaoqiu is a mix of Messenger Traversince Hackerspace and Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters. The set bonus for these Relics is as follows:

Set Piece	Set Bonus
2-pc Messenger Traversing Hackerspace	Increases DMG dealt to enemies with debuff by 12%.
2-pc Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters	Increases SPD by 6%.

Ornament

The best Ornament set for Jiaoqiu in Honkai Star Rail is Sprightly Vonwacq. The set bonus for this is as follows:

Set piece	Set Bonus
2-pc	Increases the wearer’s Energy Regeneration Rate by 5%. When the wearer’s SPD reaches 120 or higher, the wearer’s action is Advanced Forward by 40% immediately upon entering battle.

Jiaoqiu Ascension and Trace level-up materials

Ascension

Jiaoqiu in Honkai Star Rail needs Immortal Scionette, Immortal Aeroblossom, Immortal Lumintwig, and Raging Heart. The exact number of materials he needs is as follows:

• Immortal Scionette x15
• Immortal Aeroblossom x15
• Immortal Lumintwig x15
• Raging Heart x65

Trace level-up

Jiaoqiu’s Traces in Honkai Star Rail need Fiery Spirit and its upgrades, Immortal Scionette and its upgrades, and Regret of Infinite Ochema. The exact number of materials is as follows:

• Fiery Spirit x15
• Starfire Essence x72
• Heaven Incinerator x139
• Immortal Scioenette x41
• Immortal Aeroblossom x56
• Immortal Lumintwig x58
• Regret of Infinite Ochema x12

Best Jiaoqiu team comp

The best units to pair alongside Jiaoqiu are Acheron, Pela, and Aventurine. In this team, Jiaoqiu is the primary buffer who will increase the damage output of Acheron’s ultimate, while affecting enemies with Dot status.

Pela is also a debuffer who will reduce the enemy’s DEF, which helps boost Acheron’s DPS further. Aventurine will be the team’s sustainer, providing shields and keeping the team healthy. Finally, Acheron is the primary DPS who will focus on slashing down enemies as quickly as possible.

Additionally, you can also run him alongside Kafka, Black Swan, and Huohuo. This is a full DoT team with Kafka being the main DPS and Black Swan further provides DoT stacks on enemies. Huohuo is the sustainer who will provide healing while also enhancing the team’s ATK.

Jiaoqiu abilities in Honkai Star Rail

Basic Attack

ABILITY NAME	DESCRIPTION
Heart Afire	Deals Fire DMG to a single enemy equal to 50% of Jiaoqiu’s ATK to a single target enemy.

Skill

ABILITY NAME	DESCRIPTION
Scorch Onslaught	Deals Fire DMG equal to 75% of Jiaoqiu’s ATK to a single target enemy and Fire DMG equal to 45% of Jiaoqiu’s ATK to adjacent targets, with a 100% base chance to inflict 1 stack of Ashen Roast on the primary target.

Ultimate

ABILITY NAME

DESCRIPTION

Pyrograph Arcanum

Sets the number of “Ashen Roast” stacks on enemy targets to the highest number of “Ashen Roast” stacks present on the battlefield. Then, activates a Zone and deals Fire DMG equal to 60% of Jiaoqiu’s ATK to all enemies. While inside the Zone, enemy targets receive 9% increased Ultimate DMG, with a 50% base chance of being inflicted with 1 stack of Ashen Roast when taking action. While the Zone exists, this effect can trigger up to 6 time(s).  And for each enemy target, it can only trigger once per turn. This trigger count resets every time Jiaoqiu uses Ultimate. The Zone lasts for 3 turn(s), and its duration decreases by 1 at the start of this unit’s every turn. If Jiaoqiu gets knocked down, the Zone will also be dispelled.

Talent

ABILITY NAME

DESCRIPTION

Quarter Finesse, Octave Finery

When Jiaoqiu hits an enemy with Basic ATK, Skill or Ultimate, there is a 100% base chance to inflict 1 stack of Ashen Roast on them. At 1 stack, increases DMG received by the enemy by 7.5%. Then, each subsequent stack increases this by 2.5%. Ashen Roast is capped at 5 stack(s) and lasts for 2 turn(s). When an enemy target is afflicted with Ashen Roast, they are also considered as being Burned at the same time, taking Fire DoT equal to 90% of Jiaoqiu’s ATK at the start of each turn.

Technique

ABILITY NAME	DESCRIPTION
Fiery Queller	After using Technique, creates a special dimension that lasts for 15 second(s). After entering combat with enemies in this special dimension, deals Fire DMG equal to 100% of Jiaoqiu’s ATK to all enemies, with a 100% base chance of applying 1 “Ashen Roast” stack. Only 1 dimension created by allies can exist at the same time.

Passives

ABILITY NAME	DESCRIPTION
Pyre Cleanse	When battle starts, immediately regenerates 15 Energy.
Hearth Kindle	For every 15% of Jiaoqiu’s Effect Hit Rate that exceeds 80%, additionally increases ATK by 60%, up to 240%.
Seared Scent	While the Zone exists, enemies entering combat will be inflicted with Ashen Roast. The number of stacks applied will match the highest number of “Ashen Roast” stacks possessed by any unit while the Zone is active, with a minimum of 1 stack(s).

Jiaoqiu Eidolons in Honkai Star Rail

• Level 1- Pentapathic Transference: Allies deal 40% increased DMG to enemy targets afflicted with Ashen Roast. Whenever inflicting Ashen Roast on an enemy target via triggering the Talent’s effect, additionally increases the number of “Ashen Roast” stacks applied this time by 1.
• Level 2- From Savor Comes Suffer: When an enemy target is afflicted with Ashen Roast, increases the multiplier for the Fire DoT dealt by Ashen Roast to this target by 300%.
• Level 3- Flavored Euphony Reigns Supreme: Skill Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 10.
• Level 4- Leisure In, Luster Out: When the Zone exists, reduces enemy target’s ATK by 15%.
• Level 5- Duel In Dawn, Dash In Dusk: Ultimate Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Talent Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
• Level 6- Nonamorphic Pyrobind: When an enemy target gets defeated, their accumulated “Ashen Roast” stacks will transfer to the enemy with the lowest number of “Ashen Roast” stacks on the battlefield. The maximum stack limit of Ashen Roast increases to 9, and each “Ashen Roast” stack reduces the target’s All-Type RES by 3%.

Jiaoqiu pros and cons

Here are the pros and cons of Jiaoqiu in Honkai Star Rail:

Pros	Cons
Exceptional debuffs	Does not function well outside Acheron team
Ult-heavy DPS units receive massive boost	SPD is very low
Debuffs carry over to subsequent waves

Jiaoqiu trailer

On August 16, 2024, HoYoverse released an official trailer for Jiaoqiu on their YouTube channel. If you did not catch it yet you can do so from the link provided below:

If you are looking to know more about Honkai Star Rail characters, check out our guides on Boothill and Fu Xuan. For more on the game in general, check out our guides on banners, codes, and the Version 2.3 update.