why i don't play Keqing? well, i don't have her

The cool part about Keqing's burst as well is that it actually has a lag between the last few hits and when she actually rematerializes. That means you can recast her skill before the final hit and continue to streamline electro energy almost perpetually depending on your EM. Super fun

With the introduction of the new Dendro element Keqing has gotten a huge buff since now she can be used as a driver for Fishels assentation 4 passive because of her high electro application and aggravate not having as much ICD as the other reactions. I think you should make a video discussing how Keqing and other electro characters benefit from this.

I really want Keqing, she sounds so fun to play with! I'm not great at games like this, I don't fully understand the mechanics or elemental reactions so I would never even notice her weaknesses. I don't choose my parties based on their compatibility, I just pick based on who I like the most. So I think I'd love her, I really hope I'll pull her one day! update: lost my 50/50 for zhongli and got her instead :') i guess i was still lucky a little because even though i lost, she was the standard banner 5* that i wanted the most and she's fun to play with, she just keeps dying because she came home instead of a certain archon💀)

I’m a Keqing main myself, and I tend to use her burst to avoid taking damage

I think if and when they release Keqing's signature weapon, the one she's holding on her Gacha card, and that one has something like "After dealing electro damage with your elemental skill, your charged attacks consume no stamina over the next 7 seconds" and has either a CR or CD substat it could literally fix her completely, something extremely niche to make her extremely good, something like what the cinnabar spindle is for albedo.

I use Keqing in the outworld. I dont have venti so her elem skill makes traversing and climbing a lil bit easier, and more precise as compared to albedo's elevator

Dendro did the exact thing you were talking about with spread and aggravate, which has actually made Keqing viable now

I feel really sad for Keqing. She's super fun. Electro in general has high dmg multipliers, but for some reason, Keqing doesn't. She should have dmg multipliers that match the likes of Beidou at least (in overall dmg, not necessarily one hit like the counter since it's a skill based mechanic). On Beidou's note - awesome character. I'm still gutted that she's intentionally nerfed from having Raiden Shogun as her driver.

Jesus this video got picked up quickly O_o

Vars: "Why no one play Keqing?" 3.0 Keqing: "Sorry, what did you just said?"

Dendro: Hehe boi, I'm gonna ruin this man's whole damn career

Just saying, if electro reactions had the unique aspect of not having internal cooldowns, it would make the smaller numbers better because you can have more reactions.

Im a Keqing main and i wholeheartedly agree with you, her damage output could be waayy more bigger than it is right now if mihoyo buffed electro and its reactions and made one of her constellations remove her stamina intake when using charged attack at her electro mode

As a Keqing main, I'm glad I watched this vid. I was always a bit confused on why Keqing was considered one of the worst 5 stars (other than Electro being total ass and there being some truly way more op DPSs) but this vid helped show me. Especially the point on how multiple chain attacks are so much worse for reactions than a big singular burst attack. I hope someday they actually buff her alongside some other characters that could use it. But I have strong doubts they're gonna buff such old characters at this point. And besides, I'm still gonna use her, cause damn she's still the most fun character in the game to me.

From what little rumours of the beta before release that I heard, Keqing was the last of the characters released for the beta. Back then, EM used to buffed elemental attacks by 1.2x dmg on top of reactions and superconduct reduced defense instead of phys resistance. This made Keqing a beast that even xiao, the most popular beta character at that point can't even hold a candle to her. Apparently, she broke the game and mihoyo was forced to nerf EM and superconduct. At that point, there's little to no time to rework Keqing and rather than working on her and delaying the game, mihoyo decided to keep it on schedule and made Keqing a standard *5. It's a rumour but with how weird her kit is compared to how the battle calculations work and her constellation on top of that, I can see the possibility of the rumours. But at the end of the day, I love her.

Underrated channel alert O-O! The fact you crop all the little icons out shows how much effort you put into these, nice job man. I enjoy your commentary! :D

i love keqing, she’s just so flashy and fluid, makes me feel like the female protagonist in an anime. but i just wish mihoyo would give her a buff, even if it’s unconventional to do so in a gacha game. i feel like they should make her do more electro damage when she applies electro from casting her elemental skill since it’s only for 5 seconds, or something just to make her actually feel like a 5-star damage wise.

Well this aged like milk

"Keqing damage is Kinda Underwhelming" Proceed to 2 tapped 4 Mitachurls with Keqing in less then 5 seconds

I'm a Keqing Main. I just love how she is fast paced and low-energy cost and long I-frames. It just fits my play style so bad that I can't remove her from my team. Currently my main team is Keqing-Raiden-Mona-Noelle. I can spam any of these girl's burst like there's no tomorrow and still get their burst ready before the cooldown ends.

One minor thing you did miss is that her E has minor traversal benefits. I used her a lot before I got Venti to help gain some extra height for tricky jumps or climbs.

now with hyperbloom and quicken reactions getting popular keqing is gaining her popularity back

vars you should make a video about why EVERYONE plays keqing , dendro changed everything:> , i'd also like to see a why everyone plays kokomi vid aswell

I fell in love with her when Genshin was first released and I was looking up videos of all the current characters. She stood out to me the most. 1. She's electric element 2. She does a teleport blink 3. auto animations are **chef's kiss** 4. Her burst is my favorite type of combat ability (characters who are so fast they blink and slash everywhere) she's basically a ninja 5. Her design is cute asf

As a Keqing simp with no Keqing, I'm sad. Her gameplay was the most aesthetically pleasing and cool looking one back when they released and actually, it still is. If Dendro reactions can give a nice buff to Electro, it can make Keqing better. And I want it to happen 😢

I use Keqing with Chongyun and Xingqiu. Practically perma-freeze, enemies stay in place when using her charge attack and she can use Blizzard strayer. Would recommend!!

Dendro save her, was a long wait, but finally dendro come to save electro outside of overvape

Keqing was my first 5 star and that's why I still use her after almost a year. And at c0 she is good... until you get to floor 11 and 12. Even with Kazuha, Raiden and Bennet in her team she just doesn't get to the double geo vape c0 Hu Tao I have in my first team. She does a lot of damage but not enough and for a shorter amount of time. I like everything about her but I had to overinvest into her by giving her a battle pass weapon. lvl up to 90 and geting her talents to 9-6-9 and still she underperforms.

Honestly the teleport with her E is so unique I just wished it helped more with her fighting style. Paralyzing a Ruin Guard by teleporting up to his face is so satisfying. And is it just me or does her burst have more reach than other characters with AOE damage?

Keqing was my first 5 star and was my main for most of the early game. She has a special place in my heart ☺

6:30 look at how vars predicted aggravate kekw

Electro has a lot of identity issues, it wants to be offensive but lacks the reaction dmg, has negative suportive effects like knockback plus its ressonance is supportive but selfish. And the big issue is that buffing their reactions is very troublesome cause most Electro characters have high base multipliers to compensate for the lack of good reactions, so changing them could overtune it. Dendro's potential reaction is the only saving grace for Electro as an element.

As a Keqing main, I think you hit the nail on the head. She is, at the moment, an amazing unit on paper that has a lot of flaws, and as you said, unfortunately, the bad currently outweigh the good. Despite this, I've dedicated a ton of time and tons of resources to her, having triple crowned her as well as giving her Mistsplitter Reforged, her BiS. While her damage isn't nearly as high as my Ganyu's, with high investment, Keqing is still usable in Abyss 12, and I've achieved 9 stars on floor 12 numerous times myself with her by my side. Still hoping they give her a well deserved buff in the future!

im a keqing main and personally i love playing with her shes so fun to use. i dont understand a lot of the technical side of genshin but using her with support characters that boost her element really makes combat fast paced and easy. i was so excited when i got diluc but i find he is really slow and not being able to 'teleport' across the map like you can with keqing is just tricky. i dont know where id be without her

Please do a video "what happened to keqing" (after aggrevate/spread/hyperbloom)💕

I got her losing my 50/50 on the Klee banner, but i wasn't sad at all. Now shes fully built and my favorite character.

Honestly, people do use her a lot in the overworld since she's fun and most like her... They just don't play her in competitive places like Abyss and you don't see her so much due to her being the permanent 5*.

My only wish is that this content was longer, with a few more examples. I love this content and deeper dives into the thought and process of games and game designs. Thanks for making this series, and I look forward to your videos every time.

I got Keqing one year ago, right after her first appearence in the game. I was happy because I loved her character in the story. I've been using her time to time while exploring the world and I still love her. She's the most precious to me along with Klee and Albedo. Even though I'm a meta player, I think that Keqing is okay and not every character has to be a great DPS. I'm sure that there are a lot of people like me.

Honestly, when I first got Keqing as my very first 5 star (Even though I really wanted a Diluc and I was jealous that everyone else got a Diluc when the game came out), she really does a lot to carry me throughout Liyue to Inazuma. Until, I kind of replaced her with Raiden Shogun. She still holds a lot in my good memories of Genshin character performances. She becomes even more of an asset to my team when after doing her burst, you can actually control her before her burst ends and do additional damage, whether it is to pop another e skill or just spam her auto attacks.

At first I wasn’t much interested in Keqing. However, after meeting her in the story and then when I finally got her early this year, I replaced whoever was my main(I believe to be Lumine)for her, and began to build her. She has not left since. Absolutely love her not just for play style but in general.

Keqing is easily one of the most fun characters and EASILY one of the best overworld DPS. But that is the issue; overworld. She is god-tier for exploration and camp clearing, but is barely worth anything in abyss. Its why she was universally seen as S tier during the first month, when abyss was pathetically easy and most play time was exploration.

hooked on this series!

It's a bit of a shame that she's lacking a true damage-enhancing elemental reaction. Overloaded is still a janky reaction for melee characters to consistently utilize, and electrocharged works well in very big groups, but is a little too unimpactful with fewer enemies. They designed her skills to be very tactile and mobile, she feels really good to control and is probably the best character in the game in terms of combat mobility options with her stiletto, her final hit in her melee combo, her charged attack pushing her backwards, and her burst s, all of which can be chained seamlessly. I completely understand why she has die-hard fans, and she's perfectly usable in all content, but her kit is a victim of circumstance in that she has to compete with characters that can do 20x the damage she can because of the elemental reaction system and how crits work.

I LOVE HOW SOMEONE FINALLY SAYS KEQING NAME CORRECTLY +1 SUB

We won!! Thank you Sumeru

“why no one plays keqing” me who uses keqing for there main party: “uhhhh yes”

Woah. These Liyue character name pronunciations are kinda on point 👌

keqing in my opinion is one of the best, she’s fun to play, beautiful aesthetic and burst, easy to build as physical or electro dps, easy exploration with her teleporting and she works with craftable weapons as well, it’s just my opinion

Soooo... you gonna do a follow-up post 3.0 with dendro breathing new life into Keqing?

Let's go Vars!! I see you with the FE Three Houses OST my guy!

She carried me from AR 35 to AR45(she was also my first five star) so I built her out of respect

Keqing is one of my stand-out party members in the overworld. She's amazingly fast, especially with a speed-boosting sword, she recharges quickly, and her cooldown times are pretty low. Near water or in the rain, she's devastating due to electrocharge, and in combination with either of Xiangling's elemental attacks, I can get her ultimate to fire and produce the overloads I need to take down most of the bosses almost effortlessly. I don't spend a lot of time in the Spiral Abyss yet because I'm still trying to get all of my characters, talents, weapons, and artifacts leveled up, so I have just been enjoying her genuine utility. Thanks to her lightning stilettos, she's even good at helping me reach enemies that suddenly hover out of reach.

Honestly Keqing was my first 5*, and since I first got her I've been struggling to figure out what to do with her; while also struggling to figure out why I couldn't get into her playstyle or fit her into my teams the way I wanted. This video really helped me figure out what it was that's been bothering me and it's definitely the team composition aspect. It's just hard to fit her in on a team, because her biggest benefit is her Electro application but her damage just doesn't always match up to what I need it to be. And while she is a low-investment character overall; to get a full set of artifacts upgraded while trying to also build characters I actually want to use more leaves her unfortunately underwhelming in the damage department (which is on me as well for how I invest my artifacts and mora but, i upgrade my characters based on their consistent usefulness and Keqing just hasn't given me the results I'm looking for even after having her since July..)

6:22 congrats, you just predicted quicken! Aka the one thing Keqing needed to be good

First time since Vars started "why no one plays" series I can proudly say "wtf, I play this character!"

I LOVE Keqing, she's one of the most fun characters to play, even if she can't compare to others. Her speed and skills bring so much more.... like, actual gameplay into a fight compared to a burst swapping build. Burst swapping can get super boring, if i'm honest. Also units like Xiao, for example. I find him so boring, unfortunately! :,( I'm never bored with Keqing. Also top tier world exploration lol, I can always use her e skill to get to hard to reach places!

The final hit of the burst being physical damage would be a huge buff i think. With cryo and the dashes you could trigger Superconduct and the final blow will be physical with the -40% physical resistance. It would make Keqing an Eula-ish electro-sword user and would enhance an basic attack playstyle.

She's one of my favorites too. Lots of quick overloaded reactions with bennett on the team too.

I'm surprised by this, tbh. I'm relatively new to GI, and Keqing was the first (and currently only) 5-star character I've gotten. I find that she *excels* at dps. Especially in Inazuma, where there's so much shoreline and enemies clustered near water sources; her ult *demolishes* in water.

I was thinking the exact same thing! Take away the useless C2 that gives her energy particles for an already very low burst cost and replace it with giving her 0 energy cost on her charged attacks for a certain duration after using her Burst. (Or heck even her Elemental Skill if we want to make her even more viable!) That simple change would go a long way in helping her feel more like a 5* DPS.

Keqing was my first 5 star (got her on roll 17) and she was such a huge help with exploration - I could just blink/warp to the floating geoculus/anemoculus and totally bypass the task of figuring out how to climb up high enough to jump toward the object! I did however switch her out for other electro characters like Fischl once I started to get the hang of the battle system. That being said, I still switch in Keqing for those overworld warps and will always be grateful for her help in my exploration!

Time to update this vid with Dendro

keqing main, she was my first 5* and I committed to her. Being able to run her with a physical build was great the first 8 months i was playing until I was able to really start figuring out elemental reactions with other character. I... I have her at c5; I've gotten super lucky because I only mangaged to pull her once on her banner. And I have the max mistsplitter and triple crowned... With c6 Beidou, who she is able to drive with her quick attacks and beidou's electro shred coupled with anemo VV 4pc set is so good ESPECIALLY because electro charged is insane. And her teleport during her combo? It's enough I-frames to get by with after enough time playing her to learn the timing. Overworld with her teleport cannot be stressed enough; ESPECIALLY the first year, with no venti or kazuha to help with vertical wall scaling. AND SHE NEVER STOPS CALLING YOU OUT FOR BEING LAZY AND KEEPS YOU ON TASK LOLOLOLOL

It feels frustrating to have electro done dirty like that, given that it fields a lot of characters I personally like. Vars, would you maybe be interested in making a video where you talk about all electro characters and the problems they share, providing solutions on how they could be fixed or made more viable? Or one where you give ideas on how to make all elements more balanced in relation to each other? Don't know, either could be pretty interesting to hear from you.

I got her n my 1st pull and she’s been on my team ever since as a I just love how much electro her skill gives

I got her soon as my first 5 star, I still love and use her on my team. Her skill are great do explore and to quickly get to the long range enemies, also I just think she is fun to play with.

Love playing Keqing as she's my best speed damage dealer. Got a Primordial Jade cutter which helps her out. My biggest disappointment with her is that her overworld passive is the exploration timer buff. seems like a 5* character shouldn't have that one. Something regarding crafting boosts or experience boosts would be so much more on brand.

I also quite like Keqing, but I'm surprised that in your discussion of her charged attacks you didn't mention that unlike other sword users, her charged attack makes her *backstep* so that even if the enemy is stationary, you still have to dash to avoid getting out of range of your own strikes.

The reaction you described stating at 6:30 almost perfectly describes the Electro×Dendro reaction... I think it'll definitely be a Keqing buff

i started out playing like a couple of weeks ago and i went to make a wish and i rolled Keqhing, i'll make her my main, rerolling it all and focus on her, great video, thank you for sharing :)

as an ex keqing main i agree that she feels relatively very underwhelming even compared to some 4 stars . she's not bad but the fact my yanfei can do twice more dmg than her with almost similar stats . edit : also yeah even if yanfei is pyro , i can tell even beidou as a 4* electro does more than her sadly

I'm a Keqing main from day one and I agree with everything said. I just wish Mihoyo would love her as much as we do. #fixkeqing

This series is actually quite interesting bc I don't read their skills and stats, your explanation of their skills and stats are really digestable and easy to understand without the number crunching getting in the way! I also was not expecting Brave Frontier to even have a mention that it sort of gave me whiplash. That game is so niche that barely anyone knows the game at all. Even less so now that the game has shut down as of April 2022 :')))

i'm a keqing main almost since i started playing, and i love her, but i agree 100%. i really wish mihoyo would add an elemental reaction that buffed electro more. hopefully once dendro comes out! she deserves more ngl

what this game made me believe is that keqing actually loves the low damage output: she is a combo character, looks to be cool, not deal high damage and in that aspect, no one even comes close to her throne she has an option for almost every single enemy in the game as long as electro works againts -poke the enemy from far away with pin and charge attack -destroy geo shields with plunge attack by aim the pin the air , dash to it and glide -push enemies to your pin with your combo and end it with a charge attack near your pin explosion i dont use her to see "big number go brrr" i have ayaka and mona for that... i love keqing cause it just makes me think while fighting a tought enemy "how should i dance on his funeral ?" the 2 closest characters that comes close to her gameplay is xiao and eula the problem however, xiao is a pogostick and nothing else and eula is a nuke so yeah, she has the throne of having the most complicated skill expression kit in the entire game and by a landslide

I just discovered your channel and I love how insightful you went in this video, detailing all her strengths and weaknesses throughly. I look forward to more of this series. May I suggest you do Thoma next? A lot of people seem to misunderstand his kit.

Tbh, though, Keqing is one of those characters where you can get a *nice* Crit Rate/Crit DMG ratio and I just love that for her.

Keqing in 3.0 be like I'm a giga chad now💘🐸

I can never comprehend these mechanics well enough to actually apply them right, but I personally like Keqing because, well, she can *teleport*. What more do you want? If you aim her skill in the air, you can do plunging attacks. If you aim it away from an enemy, it could help you dodge what might be a devastating blow. She can get you into areas faster than climbing or running. Also, as someone who prefers prolonged damage over outright one shots, Keqing is really fun to do damage with.

I'd love to see more of these videos, especially for more Older Characters like Qiqi, Diluc and Jean. A Lisa or Qiqi video can be very good choices for it

for the last benefit, she can cancel or remain the burst time. That means that she can i-Frame for a long time or u can choose to cancel it with her skill, giving more dps.

So far, solid agree on what would help her game play. Having her attacks not cost stamina would be a godsend! The only suggestion I can think of would probably benefit electro more than just specifically her, but maybe have electro reactions also passively increase the amount of elemental recharge you can get? *shrugs* Not sure how much that would help. I’m just thinking “hey! Electro should totally be major battery chargers, make it easier to burst!”

I only started playing a few months ago and Keqing was my first 5* as well. (My only other one being Tartaglia that I just got). I think you stated it really well in that she feels incredibly fluid and cool to play, but is held back by a series of compounding issues. I am in the camp that would like to see the Electro resonance and reactions get buffed to suit a role. If it wants to stay in the vein of a utility focus, that's fine but the behavior of the effects should suit that intent. The resonance could be a more general battery effect and the reactions should probably have less glaring anti-synergy or inconsistencies. I think Raiden, Sara, and even Electro Traveler are units that demonstrate how Electro can be used as an aggressive semi-support element and I hope that we see some positive changes which reflect that mentality in the future.

I love Keqing. She was my first 5 star, and I got her within my first ever pulls in the game ever. I just started playing the game for a mere 24 hours and I did a single pull, and I got her. She now has Jade Cutter. :]

I got her recently, and I like her playstyle, it's a fun unit to use, and for someone who uses just two characters (Venti, and now Keqing), it is fun

U should update this to why keqing has become a high rate dps

Honestly, she's not as bad as people say she is. I use her for overload which is actually extremely effective.

Keqing is my first 5 star and she's my second dps it's just she doesn't have dmg multiplayer like any electro but if you build her right she's pretty strong I use her at abbys all the time man I hitted 50k with keqing she's very fun to play ofcourse all characters are fun to play with. But mostly all of my 5 star characters are support.

I still adore her up to this day since she's my first 5* and literally carried me till the end game content

Gotta love the fire emblem soundtrack

You elaborately explained every detail and information. From utility, sustainability, effectiveness in team fight, benefits and drawbacks, and so on. Because some players could put less time and effort on reading such complex details in-game and would complain without even knowing how the mechanics work. You deserve a sub! 👍

Points I like to highlights: - 5* > 4* in gacha isn't necessarly true. I have seen countless 4* stomping 5* in FGO for instance. And it's true as well in Genshin Impact: 4* Bennett is argually the most broken character in the game even compared to 5* support like Kazuha. 4* Barbara is better than 5* Qiqi because her kit is just better. The only thing 5* are guaranteed to have over 4* is more raw stats but that's all. - Triggering electro reactions on weaker hits doesn't matter electro charge is DoT style effect and doesn't amplify the trigger hit. Moreover amp reactions on a single big hit aren't the be all and all of the game. Ayaka strongest burst in the game and her Burst mod is quite similar to Keqing's Burst with a lot of multiple small hits than a sighly more powerful final hit. What Keqing lacks in that departement is just raw number. Her burst has weak damage and act more as a support tool for herself than anything else. - Buffing electro and turning it into an amp reaction based element like what the community want isn't a good idea. It would overbuff electro characters that are already scaled accordingly. If Keqing wasn't held back by stamina consumption issue, she would be at least on vape Diluc level.

I'm AR 33. Keqing is my first 5 star but due to my limited resources and her peculiar playstyle I couldn't find a way to justify playing her over Beidou. After taking some time to do some research and put "good"(for my AR) artifacts on her, I fell in love with her playstyle. I've always enjoyed characters that are fast af for no reason. It just sucks seeing her so low on ratings all the time

Goddamn your League of Legends Channel Titles are well organized

She was my first 5 star unit that I got. My friends told me that she is bad, but i really love her, because of her fluidity. I love that i can do small trix like 4 aa then a charged attack . I hope she will get more attention in the future. :)

This is so funny to me because i stopped playing league and moved to playing genshin more, and now Vars started making genshin content, there's nowhere for me to run from him

shes great for that one commission at the Narukami Shrine where you have to get the fortune slips off the roof or something lol

the amount of Oculi cheese i got with her blink is amazing. also on the point about the final attack in her ultimate not being able to consistently have reactions. i noticed that there is a period before the last slash attack where you get control back, if you switch to a caster before that you can pretty consistently get a reaction on that last attack. i usually use Barbara with her cause the lingering water effect can help her tank through hits and cause more elemental reaction, though they may not do much when going through the abyss. Not there yet cause i dont have a 2nd working team rip.