With help from our Genshin Impact Chongyun guide, you’ll soon master this four-star, claymore-wielding cryo exorcist. Featuring his skills, ascension materials, constellations, best artifacts, best weapons, and more, this Genshin Chongyun build is sure to help you make the most of his unique and powerful kit.
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Let’s take a look at everything you need to know about Genshin Impact’s Chongyun.
What’s the best Genshin Impact Chongyun build?
| Best weapon | Wolf’s Gravestone |
| Alternative weapons | Sacrificial Greatsword |
| Best artifact set | Noblesse Oblige |
| Alternative artifact set | Emblem of Severed Fate |
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Chongyun’s best weapon is Wolf’s Gravestone, but Sacrificial greatsword is a great alternative. His best artifact set is Noblesse Oblige built with plenty of attack%, cryo damage bonus, and crit.
How do I use Chongyun?
Chongyun is best suited for a sub-DPS role, and his normal attacks can be converted into cryo damage. We recommend using him in a party with pyro characters to help trigger melt or electro characters for superconduct.
With the right artifacts and weapons equipped, Chongyun’s energy recharge potential is huge, meaning you can have his skill and burst active almost all the time.
What are the best weapons for Chongyun?
Our preferred claymore for Chongyun is Wolf’s Gravestone thanks to its personal and team-wide attack buffs, but as it’s a five-star weapon, it can be hard to acquire. It’s also sought after by other, more powerful characters like Genshin Impact’s Diluc, so you might need to consider an alternative.
If you’re looking for something in the meantime, we recommend aiming for the Sacrificial Greatsword to maximize his skill uptime even more.
| Weapon | Effect | How to obtain |
| Wolf’s Gravestone | Bonus stat: attack Skill: Increases attack by 20%. On hit, attacks against opponents with less than 30% HP increase all party members’ attack by 40% for 12 seconds. Can only occur once every 30 seconds | Gacha |
| Sacrificial Greatsword | Bonus stat: energy recharge Skill: After you deal damage to an opponent with an elemental skill, the skill has a 40% chance to end its own cooldown. Can only occur once every 30 seconds | Gacha |
| Luxurious Sea Lord | Bonus stat: attack Skill: Increases elemental burst damage by 12%. When Chongyun’s elemental burst hits opponents, there is a 100% chance of summoning a huge onrush of tuna that deals 100% of Chongyun’s attack as AoE damage. This effect can occur once every 15 seconds | Moonlight Merriment event |
| Debate Club | Bonus stat: attack Skill: After using Chongyun’s elemental skill, normal attack, or charged attack, generate a small AoE around the enemy that makes Chongyun’s attacks deal 60% additional damage. Effect lasts 15 seconds. Damage can only occur once every three seconds | Gacha |
What are the best artifacts for Chongyun?
Noblesse Oblige is Chongyun’s best artifact set thanks to its handy elemental burst buff and team-wide attack buff. However beware, only use a four-piece set of Noblesse Oblige for Chongyun if no other character has the set equipped, as the effect doesn’t stack.
Emblem of Severed Fate is a great choice for Chongyun’s personal damage as it buffs his burst based on his energy recharge, which can get pretty high. This four-piece set is pretty contested amongst main DPS units, so prioritize giving these artifacts to your other characters first.
You can use a two-piece set of Blizzard Strayer with practically any artifact set that gives an attack% bonus if you’re looking for a cheaper way to build Chongyun.
If you’re running Chongyun in a burnmelt team alongside Genshin Impact’s Emilie, a four-piece set of Unfinished Reverie is beneficial. It buffs his personal attack damage and he can easily trigger its four-piece passive to nuke opponents with melt in burn-based teams.
| Artifact set | Effect | How to obtain |
| Noblesse Oblige | Two equipped: elemental burst damage +20% Four equipped: increases all party members’ attack by 20% for 12 seconds after using an elemental burst. This effect cannot stack | Clear Pool and Mountain Cavern domain in Minlin, Mt. Aozang, or from the Noblesse Oblige Artifact Strongbox |
| Emblem of Severed Fate | Two equipped: energy recharge +20% Four equipped: increases elemental burst damage by 25% of energy recharge. A maximum of 75% bonus damage can be obtained in this way | Momiji-Dyed Court domain in Yashiori Island, Inazuma |
| Blizzard Strayer | Two equipped: cryo damage +15% Four equipped: increases Chongyun’s crit rate by 20% when he attacks an enemy affected by cryo. His crit rate increases by an additional 20% if the enemy is frozen | Peak of Vindagnyr domain on Dragonspine, in Mondstadt |
| Unfinished Reverie | Two equipped: attack +18% Four equipped: after leaving combat for three seconds, damage dealt increased by 50%. In combat, if no burning opponents are nearby for more than six seconds, this damage bonus will decrease by 10% per second until it reaches 0%. When a burning opponent exists, it will increase by 10% instead until it reaches 50%. This effect still triggers if Chongyun is off-field | Faded Theater domain in Petrichor, Fontaine |
| Brave Heart | Two equipped: attack +18% Four equipped: increases damage by 30% against enemies with more than 50% HP | Various domains, bosses, and chests |
| Resolution of the Sojourner | Two equipped: attack +18% Four equipped: increases charged attack crit rate by 30% | Various domains, bosses, and chests |
Artifact stat recommendations
Main stats:
- Sands – attack%, elemental mastery, or energy recharge
- Goblet – cryo damage bonus
- Circlet – crit rate or crit damage (try to maintain a 1:2 ratio)
Sub-stats:
- Crit rate/crit damage
- Attack%
- Energy recharge
What are the best Chongyun team comps?
Melt and freeze teams are where Chongyun really shines so we recommend pairing him with either another cryo character for increased cryo resonance, or a team with two pyro units for pyro resonance. These teams can both use his best friend Genshin Impact Xingqiu too!
Here are some examples of strong Chongyun team comps:
| Chongyun | Bennett | Xingqiu | Xiangling |
| Chongyun | Bennett |  Emilie | Xiangling |
| Chongyun | Shenhe | Xingqiu | Kazuha |
What are Chongyun’s abilities?
Chongyun’s role as a sub-DPS relies on his high cryo damage output potential and his AoE effects. Use his skill with hydro characters to freeze opponents and hit them for huge cryo damage with your normal attacks.
Active skills:
| Skill | Effect |
| Normal attack: Demonbane | Normal: Performs up to four strikes Charged: Consumes stamina to deal AoE damage to nearby enemies, ending with a powerful slash Plunging: Deals AoE damage upon impact with the ground |
| Elemental skill: Spirit Blade: Chonghua’s Layered Frost | Deals AoE cryo damage, and leaves behind a Frost Field that converts all normal and charged attacks for sword, claymore, and polearm wielders to cryo damage |
| Elemental burst: Spirit Blade: Cloud-parting Star | Summons three spirit blades that explode on impact with the ground, dealing AoE cryo damage and launching enemies |
Passive skills:
| Skill | Effect |
| Steady Breathing | The Frost Field created by Chonghun’s Layered Frost also increases sword, claymore, or polearm-wielding characters’ normal attack speed by 8% |
| Rimechaser Blade | When the Frost Field expires, it summons a spirit blade that strikes nearby enemies with AoE cryo damage, reducing their cryo resistance by 10% for eight seconds |
| Gallant Journey | Liyue expeditions take 25% less time |
What are Chongyun’s constellations?
Leveling up constellations improves your character’s performance in battle, but you need to pull more than one copy of the character to unlock them. Here are all of Chongyun’s constellations.
| Constellation | Effect |
| C1: Ice Unleashed | The last attack performed in a normal attack combo releases three ice blades, each dealing 50% of Chongyun’s attack as cryo damage |
| C2: Atmospheric Revolution | Elemental skills and elemental bursts used within the Frost Field have their cooldown time decreased by 15% |
| C3: Cloudburst | Increases the level of Spirit Blade: Cloud-parting Star by three |
| C4: Frozen Skies | Chongyun regenerates one energy every time he hits an enemy with the cold or frozen status effect. Can only occur once every two seconds |
| C5: The True Path | Increases the level of Spirit Blade: Chongyun’s Layered Frost by three |
| C6: Rally of Four Blades | Spirit Blade: Cloud-parting Star deals 15% more damage to enemies with a lower percentage of max HP than Chongyun. Also summons an additional spirit blade |
What are Chongyun’s ascension materials?
Here are all the materials you need to fully ascend Chongyun:
| Level | Mora | Ascension materials |
| 20+ | 20k | One shivada jade sliver, three cor lapis, three damaged masks |
| 40+ | 40k | Three shivada jade fragments, two hoarfrost cores, ten cor lapis, 15 damaged masks |
| 50+ | 60k | Six shivada jade fragments, four hoarfrost cores, 20 cor lapis, 12 stained masks |
| 60+ | 80k | Three shivada jade chunks, eight hoarfrost cores, 30 cor lapis, 18 stained masks |
| 70+ | 100k | Six shivada jade chunks, 12 hoarfrost cores, 45 cor lapis, 12 ominous masks |
| 80+ | 120k | Six shivada jade gemstones, 20 hoarfrost cores, 60 cor lapis, 24 ominous masks |
Here’s where to find all of Chongyun’s ascension materials:
- Shivada jade – drops from normal and weekly bosses
- Cor lapis – sold in Liyue and Sumeru, and found all over Liyue
- Hoarfrost cores – drops from the Cryo Regisvine normal boss in Mondstadt
- Damaged masks / stained masks / ominous masks – drops from hilichurl enemies
What are Chongyun’s talent materials?
Here are all the talent materials you need to ascend one of Chongyun’s talents to level ten:
| Level | Mora | Materials |
| Two | 12.5k | Six damaged masks, three teachings of diligence |
| Three | 17.5k | Three stained masks, two guides to diligence |
| Four | 25k | Four stained masks, four guides to diligence |
| Five | 30k | Six stained masks, six guides to diligence |
| Six | 37.5k | Nine stained masks, nine guides to diligence |
| Seven | 120k | Four ominous masks, four philosophies of diligence, one Dvalin’s sigh |
| Eight | 260k | Six ominous masks, six philosophies of diligence, one Dvalin’s sigh |
| Nine | 450k | Nine ominous masks, 12 philosophies of diligence, two Dvalin’s sighs |
| Ten | 700k | 12 ominous masks, 16 philosophies of diligence, two Dvalin’s sighs, one crown of insight |
Here’s where to get each of Chongyun’s talent materials:
- Damaged masks / stained masks / ominous masks – drops from hilichurl enemies
- Diligence books – rewards from the Taishan Mansion domains on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Sundays
- Dvalin’s sighs – drops from the Stormterror Dvalin weekly boss in Mondstadt
Talent level priority
When leveling up Chongyun’s talents, we recommend prioritizing the following:
- Elemental burst > Elemental skill
You can ignore his normal attack unless you’re going all in on Chongyun as a main DPS.
That’s everything for Genshin Impact Chongyun. If you fancy giving a different Hoyoverse title a go, check out our Honkai Star Rail tier list and Zenless Zone Zero codes. We also have build guides like this one for Honkai Star Rail’s Jade, Honkai Star Rail’s Guinaifen, Zenless Zone Zero’s Zhu Yuan, and Zenless Zone Zero’s Nekomata.
