by Taoqi is a 4-star character from Wuthering Waves who is quite peculiar since as an individual unit the truth is that he is a tremendous character no matter how you look at it since he withstands a lot of damage, generates shields and damage reductions, does good damage while standing. in the field and can even heal itself. In terms of the « meta » of the game, she would be something else.
It’s a similar case to Noelle from Genshin Impact for those who know that game… she needs to take the Main DPS role to make the most of her capabilities, but she doesn’t do as much damage as most of the Main DPS in the game, so In general, it is not highly recommended, even taking into account that given its gameplay, we could even consider doing without a Healer .
Of course, she has an important disadvantage compared to Noelle and it is the fact that although she can heal herself, she cannot heal her companions in any way, which complicates a bit the issue of not carrying a Healer in said team and we will have to be a little careful with our teammates. In any case, it is also true that she is the typical character with whom you can solve bosses with relative ease (although it will take a while).
TAOQI SKILLS
BASIC ATK: HIDDEN EDGE
- Basic ATK : Combo of 4 consecutive melee attacks.
- Charged ATK : Taoqi consumes stamina and enters Firmrock Defense mode while holding Charged ATK.
- Firmrock Defense : -35% Damage Received. If you are attacked, it will perform an attack called “Strategic Parry” that is considered Basic ATK damage and that scales its damage based on the Defense statistic , otherwise you will perform it after 3 seconds while maintaining Charged ATK.
- Air ATK : If you press the attack button in the air, you will perform a descending attack that will hit enemies. The bad thing is that in his case, despite using a Greatsword, this attack has very little range. Of course, be careful because it does a lot of damage with this attack and it is very worth using.
- Evasive Counterattack : You must perform a Basic ATK after a perfect dodge to attack with a powerful counterattack.
RESONANCE SKILL: FORTIFIED DEFENSE
We will cause damage to enemies that are close to Taoqi and we will generate 3 “Firmrock Shields” that will levitate around us, in addition, Taoqi will heal a good amount of HP herself. If we are attacked when casting this Resonance Skill, we will automatically cast “Strategic Parry”. Both the damage and healing of this skill scale based on Taoqi Defense.
These shields are maintained even when rotating another character and when they receive damage, this damage will be reduced ( it is a percentage damage reduction, not absolute ).
FORTE CIRCUIT: POWER CHANGE
The Taoqi Forte Circuit bar is called “Gauge Resolution” and it has 3 separate bars. You will obtain 1 of these bars each time you consume a Firmrock Shield. These shields are consumed one for each hit the character receives on the field, when Taoqi uses his fourth hit of the Basic ATK combo or when the Firmrock Shields are going to disappear due to a time limit.
We can consume these bars after using Taoqi’s Intro Skill or after doing a “Charged ATK: Strategic Parry” if we use Basic ATKs. A combo of up to 3 basic hits can be performed (which of course will cause more damage than regular attacks and again scale based on Defense), each hit of the combo will consume a “Caliber Resolution” bar and generate a generic shield (this does absorb absolute damage) , but only if it manages to hit an enemy; This attack is known as the “Time Counterattack.”
RESONANCE RELEASE: IMMOVABLE
Powerful attack with which we will hit forward with a good range that bases its damage on Taoqi Def.
INTRO SKILL: DEFENSIVE FORMATION
Taoqi will enter the battlefield making an attack.
FINAL SKILL: THOUSAND WEIGHT
The character you switch to having completely filled the Final Skill/Intro Skill circle will receive a + 38% Resonance Skill Damage buff for 14s. It can only be transferred to one character, if it is rotated again the effect is lost.
INHERENT SKILLS: PASSIVE
- Firm Protection : Increases the character’s Defense on the field by 15% while they have an active Taoqi shield.
- Relentlessness : Taoqi regains 25 Stamina upon successfully activating Charged ATK: Strategic Parry.
WAVE BANDS
- BO1 – Essence of Tranquility : Increases the power of the Taoqi shield by 40% (the shield that is represented in the HP bar that absorbs absolute damage).
- BO2 – Silent Force : +20% CRIT Prob to Resonance Release.
- BO3 – Attentive Observer : Increases the duration of Firmrock Shields (the ones that levitate around that reduce percentage damage) by 30s.
- BO4 – Heavy Lifting Work : We restore 25% of maximum HP and increase our Defense by 50% for 5s after successfully activating Charged ATK Strategic Stop. This may occur only once every 15s.
- BO5 – Benevolent Guardian : Increases the damage of the Forte Circuit attack combo by 50% and we will restore 20 Resonance Energy when using it.
- BO6 – Defender of Peace : +40% Basic and Charged ATK Damage while you have Firmrock Shield active.
HOW TO PLAY TAOQI
As I mentioned a little in the intro, the most common thing would be to carry it as Main DPS on a team ideally without a Healer because otherwise it is quite likely that your damage will be scarce. While on the field, you must use the Skill and Resonance Release at BS and when you have the Forte’s 3 Circuit bars full is when I would recommend using his “Charged ATK Parry ” (better to use it to make a parry to save yourself waiting 3 seconds) .
Another tip I can give you is that when the boss is still/stunned/you anticipate that he is not going to move for a while, take the opportunity to do several Aerial ATKs in a row (jump, basic, jump basic, very fast) because you will do a lot of damage by doing this. When rotating (if you have the Intro/End circle full) the ideal would be to switch to the Support/Sub DPS that does the most damage with its Resonance Skill ( Sanhua would be a good example) since we will enhance this type of damage with Taoqi’s Final Skill .
