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Portrait of Chongyun

★★★★CryoClaymore

Chongyun

Frozen Ardor

A young exorcist from a family of exorcists. He does everything he can to suppress his abundance of yang energy.

Region
Liyue
Released
Version 1.0
GenGuru tier
C Sub-DPS

Overview

  • Cryo infusion support
  • Burst sub-DPS

Chongyun is a Cryo claymore user whose Elemental Skill creates a frost field that gives sword, claymore and polearm users a Cryo infusion and faster Normal Attacks. When the field ends, a final blade strikes and lowers enemy Cryo resistance. His Elemental Burst drops three large spirit blades that deal heavy Cryo damage in an area.

Most players use him as a burst damage dealer or a light support. Build him for ATK, Cryo damage and crits, with enough Energy Recharge to use the burst every rotation. He can also take the field himself in a Freeze team as a cheap main damage dealer.

Weapons

Best first. Every claymore on this list links to its page.

  1. Wolf's Gravestone ★★★★★

    A 5-star with a large ATK boost, which lifts his burst damage directly.

  2. Serpent Spine ★★★★

    CRIT Rate and a growing damage bonus. Best when he spends time on the field.

  3. Favonius Greatsword ★★★★

    Energy Recharge and extra particles for the team. A good choice when he is mainly a support.

  4. Sacrificial Greatsword ★★★★

    A chance to reset his skill, giving you a second frost field and more Cryo application.

  5. Prototype Archaic ★★★★

    Craftable at the Blacksmith. ATK on the main stat is enough for a budget build.

Artifact sets

  1. Emblem of Severed Fate 4-piece

    Turns his Energy Recharge into burst damage. The best set when his burst is his main job.

  2. Noblesse Oblige 4-piece

    Raises his burst damage and gives the party an ATK buff. Pick it when no one else in the team wears it.

  3. Blizzard Strayer 4-piece

    For an on-field Freeze build, where enemies stay Frozen and his CRIT Rate goes up a lot.

Main stats and substats

Sands
ATK% or Energy Recharge
Goblet
Cryo DMG Bonus
Circlet
CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG or ATK%
Substats
CRIT Rate > CRIT DMG > ATK% > Energy Recharge

Talent priority

  1. Elemental Burst Spirit Blade: Cloud-Parting Star
  2. Elemental Skill Spirit Blade: Chonghua's Layered Frost
  3. Normal Attack Demonbane

Teams

  • Melt burst

    Xiangling keeps Pyro on enemies so Chongyun's burst blades Melt. Bennett and Kazuha add ATK and elemental damage first.

  • Budget Freeze

    Chongyun stays on the field. Xingqiu adds Hydro to keep enemies Frozen, Sucrose groups them, and Diona shields and heals.

Tips

  • When the frost field ends, a final blade lowers enemy Cryo resistance for a few seconds. Try to land his burst inside that window.
  • His frost field does not follow you. Fight inside it to keep the Cryo infusion and the attack speed.
  • Some characters keep their own infusion and ignore his. Check that your melee damage dealer can actually use the Cryo infusion before you build a team around it.

Base stats at level 90

Base HP
10984
Base ATK
223
Base DEF
648
ATK
24.0%

Talents

Normal Attack Demonbane
Normal Attack Performs up to 4 consecutive strikes. Charged Attack Drains Stamina over time to perform continuous spinning attacks against all nearby opponents. At the end of the sequence, performs a more powerful slash. Plunging Attack Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.
Elemental Skill Spirit Blade: Chonghua's Layered Frost
Chongyun strikes the ground with his greatsword, causing a Cryo explosion in a circular AoE in front of him that deals Cryo DMG. After a short delay, the cold air created by the Cryo explosion will coalesce into a Chonghua Frost Field, within which all Sword, Claymore and Polearm-wielding characters' weapons will be infused with Cryo.
Elemental Burst Spirit Blade: Cloud-Parting Star
Performing the secret hand seals, Chongyun summons 3 giant spirit blades in mid-air that fall to the earth one by one after a short delay, exploding as they hit the ground. When the spirit blades explode, they will deal AoE Cryo DMG and launch opponents.
Passive talent Steady Breathing
Sword, Claymore, or Polearm-wielding characters within the field created by Spirit Blade: Chonghua's Layered Frost have their Normal ATK SPD increased by 8%.
Passive talent Rimechaser Blade
When the field created by Spirit Blade: Chonghua's Layered Frost disappears, another spirit blade will be summoned to strike nearby opponents, dealing 100% of Chonghua's Layered Frost's Skill DMG as AoE Cryo DMG. Opponents hit by this blade will have their Cryo RES decreased by 10% for 8s.
Passive talent Gallant Journey
When dispatched on an expedition in Liyue, time consumed is reduced by 25%.

Constellations

C1 Ice Unleashed
The last attack of Chongyun's Normal Attack combo releases 3 ice blades. Each blade deals 50% of Chongyun's ATK as Cryo DMG to all opponents in its path.
C2 Atmospheric Revolution
Elemental Skills and Elemental Bursts cast within the Frost Field created by Spirit Blade: Chonghua's Layered Frost have their CD time decreased by 15%.
C3 Cloudburst
Increases the Level of Spirit Blade: Cloud-Parting Star by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C4 Frozen Skies
Chongyun regenerates 1 Energy every time he hits an opponent affected by Cryo. This effect can only occur once every 2s.
C5 The True Path
Increases the Level of Spirit Blade: Chonghua's Layered Frost by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C6 Rally of Four Blades
Spirit Blade: Cloud-Parting Star deals 15% more DMG to opponents with a lower percentage of their Max HP remaining than Chongyun. This skill will also summon 1 additional spirit blade.