Ancient Sword Art

Ancient Sword Art
Char­ac­ter	Qiqi
Talent Type	Normal Attack
Category	Combat
Normal Attack Performs up to 5 rapid strikes. Charged Attack Consumes a certain amount Stamina to unleash 2 rapid sword strikes. Plunging Attack Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.
1-Hit DMG	37.8–79.9%
2-Hit DMG	38.9–82.3%
3-Hit DMG	24.2–51.1%+24.2–51.1%
4-Hit DMG	24.7–52.2%+24.7–52.2%
5-Hit DMG	63.0–133%
Charged Attack DMG	64.3–136%+64.3–136%
Charged Attack Stamina Cost	20
Plunge DMG	63.9–135.3%
Low Plunge DMG	128–271%
High Plunge DMG	160–338%
Scaling ATK

Ancient Sword Art is Qiqi's Normal Attack.

Gameplay Notes

Passive Effects

• Passive Talent 2, A Glimpse Into Arcanum: "When Qiqi hits opponents with her Normal and Charged Attacks, she has a 50% chance to apply a Fortune-Preserving Talisman to them for 6s. This effect can only occur once every 30s."

Constellation Effects

• Constellation Level 2, Frozen to the Bone: "Qiqi's Normal and Charge Attack DMG against opponents affected by Cryo is increased by 15%."

Advanced Properties

	Gauge Units	Internal Cooldown		Poise Damage	Stagger Effect			Blunt
		TagTagAttacks with the same ICD Tag and the same ICD Type will share ICD.	TypeTypeAttacks with the same ICD Tag and the same ICD Type will share ICD.		S. L.S. L.Stagger Level	H. F.H. F.Horizontal Force	V. F.V. F.Vertical Force
Normal Attack 1-Hit	1U	Normal Attack	2.5s/3 Hits	25.2	Heavy	200	0	✘
Normal Attack 2-Hit	1U			27.9	Heavy	200	0	✘
Normal Attack 3-Hit A	1U			35.1	Heavy	200	0	✘
Normal Attack 3-Hit B	1U			12.6	Light	200	0	✘
Normal Attack 4-Hit A	1U			12.6	Light	200	0	✘
Normal Attack 4-Hit B	1U			12.6	Light	200	0	✘
Normal Attack 5-Hit	1U			68.6	Air	655	800	✘
Charged Attack 1-Hit	1U			63	Light	200	0	✘
Charged Attack 2-Hit	1U			63	Air	655	800	✘
Plunging Attack Collision	0U	No ICD		25	Light	200	0	✘
Low Plunge	1U	No ICD		100	Heavy	800	0	✔
High Plunge	1U	No ICD		150	Air	0	800	✔

Preview

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Media:Ancient Sword Art Normal Preview.mp4

Normal Attack

Media:Ancient Sword Art Charged Preview.mp4

Charged Attack

Media:Ancient Sword Art Plunging Preview.mp4

Plunging Attack

Attribute Scaling

Talent Levels past 10 require Normal Attack Level Increase methods, such as Constellations and Passives.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1-Hit DMG (%)	37.75	40.83	43.9	48.29	51.36	54.87	59.7	64.53	69.36	74.63	79.9
2-Hit DMG (%)	38.87	42.04	45.2	49.72	52.88	56.5	61.47	66.44	71.42	76.84	82.26
3-Hit DMG (%)	24.17 + 24.17	26.13 + 26.13	28.1 + 28.1	30.91 + 30.91	32.88 + 32.88	35.13 + 35.13	38.22 + 38.22	41.31 + 41.31	44.4 + 44.4	47.77 + 47.77	51.14 + 51.14
4-Hit DMG (%)	24.68 + 24.68	26.69 + 26.69	28.7 + 28.7	31.57 + 31.57	33.58 + 33.58	35.88 + 35.88	39.03 + 39.03	42.19 + 42.19	45.35 + 45.35	48.79 + 48.79	52.23 + 52.23
5-Hit DMG (%)	63.04	68.17	73.3	80.63	85.76	91.63	99.69	107.75	115.81	124.61	133.41
Charged Attack
Charged Attack DMG (%)	64.33 + 64.33	69.56 + 69.56	74.8 + 74.8	82.28 + 82.28	87.52 + 87.52	93.5 + 93.5	101.73 + 101.73	109.96 + 109.96	118.18 + 118.18	127.16 + 127.16	136.14 + 136.14
Charged Attack Stamina Cost	20
Plunging Attack
Plunge DMG (%)	63.93	69.14	74.34	81.77	86.98	92.92	101.1	109.28	117.46	126.38	135.3
Low Plunge DMG (%)	127.84	138.24	148.65	163.51	173.92	185.81	202.16	218.51	234.86	252.7	270.54
High Plunge DMG (%)	159.68	172.67	185.67	204.24	217.23	232.09	252.51	272.93	293.36	315.64	337.92

Talent Leveling

Talent Level	Required Ascension	Mora [Subtotal]	Enhancement Materials [Subtotal]	Character Talent Materials [Subtotal]
1 → 2	2✦	12,500 [12,500]	6 [6]	3 [3]
2 → 3	3✦	17,500 [30,000]	3 [3]	2 [2]
3 → 4		25,000 [55,000]	4 [7]	4 [6]
4 → 5	4✦	30,000 [85,000]	6 [13]	6 [12]
5 → 6		37,500 [122,500]	9 [22]	9 [21]
6 → 7	5✦	120,000 [242,500]	4 [4]	4 [4]	1 [1]
7 → 8		260,000 [502,500]	6 [10]	6 [10]	1 [2]
8 → 9	6✦	450,000 [952,500]	9 [19]	12 [22]	2 [4]
9 → 10		700,000 [1,652,500]	12 [31]	16 [38]	2 [6]	1 [1]

Total Cost (1 → 10 for one talent)

1,652,500 Mora

6 Divining Scroll

22 Sealed Scroll

31 Forbidden Curse Scroll

3 Teachings of Prosperity

21 Guide to Prosperity

38 Philosophies of Prosperity

6 Tail of Boreas

1 Crown of Insight

Trivia

• The Chinese name for this talent is Ancient Yunlai Swordsmanship (Chinese: 云来古剑法 Yúnlái Gǔ Jiànfǎ), which is a reference to Keqing's Normal Attack, Yunlai Swordsmanship (Chinese: 云来剑法 Yúnlái Jiànfǎ).
  • This parallel was kept in the Japanese, Korean, French, German, and Vietnamese localizations.

Other Languages

Language	Official Name	Literal Meaning
English	Ancient Sword Art	—
Chinese (Simplified)	云来古剑法 Yúnlái Gǔ Jiànfǎ	Yunlai Ancient Swordsmanship
Chinese (Traditional)	雲來古劍法 Yúnlái Gǔ Jiànfǎ
Japanese	雲来古剣法 Unrai Ko Kenpou‍[!][!]Assumed reading	Yunlai Ancient Swordsmanship‍[※][※]Sino-Japanese reading of Chinese name
Korean	운래운래雲来의 고대고대古代 검법검법劍法 Unrae-ui Godae Geombeop	Yunlai's Ancient Swordsmanship
Spanish	Técnica de espada antigua	Ancient Sword Technique
French	Escrime ancienne des nuages	Ancient Fencing of the Clouds
Russian	Облачный меч Oblachnyy mech	Cloudy Sword
Thai	Ancient Sword Art	—
Vietnamese	Vân Lai Cổ Kiếm PhápVân Lai Cổ Kiếm Pháp云来古剑法	Yunlai Ancient Swordsmanship‍[※][※]Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese name
German	Alte Schwertkunst aus den Wolken	Ancient Sword-Art from the Clouds
Indonesian	Ancient Sword Art	—
Portuguese	Arte da Espada Antiga	Art of the Ancient Sword
Turkish	Kadim Kılıç Sanatı	Ancient Sword Art
Italian	Antica arte della spada	Ancient Sword Art

Change History

Released in Version 1.0

[Edit History]

Version 1.2

• December 31, 2020 — Fixes an issue in Korean where the Charged Attack DMG values are not displayed as expected (the actual effect of the attack in-game works as intended).

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Version 1.0

• Ancient Sword Art was released.