Chongyun is a melee character in Genshin Impact that uses Claymore and Cryo elemental abilities to deal damage to his enemies.
Learn more about Chongyun’s stats, talents, pros and cons, progression materials, and our rating of this character on this page.
| BASIC INFO AND RANKING | |
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| Tier Ranking B-Tier DPS |
Rarity 4 Stars |
| Element Cryo |
Weapon Claymore |
| Pros |
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| – Can convert your melee attacks into Cryo damage. – Fast skill cooldown |
| Cons |
| – Relies on elemental damage. |
Table of Contents
Chongyun Stats
Chongyun gains an increase on his ATK percentage stats for every ascension upgrade.
| level | hp | atk | def | atk % |
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| 20 | 3054 | 62 | 180 | 0% |
| 40 | 5063 | 103 | 299 | 6% |
| 50 | 6475 | 131 | 382 | 12% |
| 60 | 7725 | 157 | 456 | 12% |
| 70 | 8974 | 182 | 530 | 18% |
| 80 | 10223 | 208 | 603 | 24% |
| 90 | 10984 | 223 | 648 | 24% |
Chongyun Skills
Chongyon’s abilities let him easily switch between focusing on physical or elemental damage. He can prime enemies for cryo-based elemental reactions and he can buff the attack speed of melee based characters. He may not seem as strong as the other characters at first glance but he can be very powerful when he’s paired with the right elements.
Perform up to 4 consecutive strikes.
Charge Attack
Drains Stamina over time to perform continuous swirling attacks against all nearby opponents. At the end of the sequence, perform a more powerful slash.
Plunge Attack
Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.
His attack can perform up to 4 consecutive strikes of his Claymore to deal physical damage. Because of it weapon type, it’s easy for him to break ores with his attack. It’s also useful for destroying Geo elemental formations and enemy shields.
When you hold the attack button, Chongyun’s stamina will be drained over time to perform a continuous spinning attack against all nearby enemies and at the end of the sequence, he will finish with a powerful slashing attack. It’s also possible to do the final slash without performing the continuous spin or draining stamina if you hold and release the attack button just before Chonyun begins his charged attack.
His elemental skill strikes the ground with his Claymore causing a Cryo explosion in a circular area in front of him that deals Cryo damage. After a short delay, the cold air created by the cryo explosion will coalesce into a chunk of frost field within which all damage done through normal and charged attacks by Sword, Claymore, and Polearm wielding characters will be converted to Cryo damage.
This may seem like a simple skill at first but its strength lies in its ability to give any melee-based character a way to easily activate Cryo-based elemental reactions.
Chongyun summons three giant spirit blades in mid-air that fall to the ground one by one after a short delay exploding as they hit the ground. When the spirit blades explode, they will deal with Cryo damage and launch enemies within the area.
This elemental burst has a low energy cost and cooldown time. Depending on how you build Chongyun, it’s possible for his elemental bursts to completely recharge before the cooldown is over.
| Passive Talents |
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| 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%. |
| 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. |
| Gallant Journey When dispatched on an expedition in Liyue, time consumed is reduced by 25%. |
Chongyun Talent Materials
These are all the required materials to max out Chongyun’s talents. The Diligence books are available every Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday in Taishan Mansion located near Jueyun Karst of Liyue.
Chongyun Ascension Materials
These are the total materials needed to reach the max Ascension level for Chongyun. They can be acquired Cryo Regisvine, Hilichurls, and Cor Lapis can be farm in the Liyue region.
Chongyun Constellations
New constellation’s passive abilities can be unlocked for Chongyun each time you obtain a character’s specific item called Stella Fortuna and these upgrades can permanently enhance his in various ways.
| Effects |
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| 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. |
| 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%. |
| Cloudburst Increases the level of Spirit Blade: Cloud-Parting Star by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15. |
| Frozen Skies Chongyun regenerates 1 Energy every time he hits an opponent affected by Cryo. This effect can only occur once every 2s. |
| The True Path Increases the level of Spirit Blade: Chonghua’s Layered Frost by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15. |
| 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. |
