Before anything else, let’s set expectations correctly.
Chixia is a C-tier character in Version 3.2. The game has accumulated a roster of powerful limited 5-stars, and she’s a free 4-star Fusion DPS who was handed to players at the start of their journey. Comparing her to Carlotta, Encore, or Changli is going to make her look bad every single time. That comparison isn’t what this guide is about.
What this guide is about: Chixia as the character many new players have, understand partially, and want to get more out of. Her kit has a genuine damage loop that rewards understanding how DAKA DAKA works, and she can carry early and mid-game content with the right build. For players without a strong Fusion DPS yet, she’s a respectable placeholder. For players who simply like her character and playstyle, this guide gives you everything you need to make her hit as hard as she possibly can.
Who Chixia Is
She’s a young Patroller in Jinzhou — energetic, passionate, and the kind of person who genuinely wants to be someone’s hero. She fuses her enthusiasm directly into her combat style: the bullets that blast from her fingertips carry real personality. There’s a charm to her character that carries into the gameplay, where her kit is literally called DAKA DAKA (her Forte Circuit ability) and her Heavy Attack variant is named Boom Boom. She takes a jar of her family’s special hot sauce everywhere. The character design is, admittedly, extremely likable.
In combat she’s a 4-star Fusion Pistol Main DPS. She’s free from the start of the game, attacks from range, and specializes in sustained single-target Fusion damage — with her Resonance Liberation being the main tool when she needs AoE coverage.
Her limitation is real: she loses ground to 5-star Fusion DPS characters in almost every measurable way. Her kit has an annoying fragility where enemy interruptions during her DAKA DAKA channel waste the damage she built toward. But within her level of investment and in content appropriate to a budget roster, she delivers.
How Her Kit Works — Thermobaric Bullets and DAKA DAKA
Everything in Chixia’s kit feeds into one resource: Thermobaric Bullets, tracked in her Forte Circuit gauge up to 60.
She generates bullets through:
- Basic Attacks — each hit restores some bullets
- Resonance Skill — the primary bullet generator, faster than Basic Attacks
When she has at least 30 bullets, holding Resonance Skill activates DAKA DAKA! — a channeled barrage of enhanced shots that deal Fusion damage continuously for several seconds. During DAKA DAKA, she fires Thermobaric Bullets that rapidly drain the gauge. The longer she channels without being interrupted, the more total damage she delivers.
After DAKA DAKA finishes spending at least 30 bullets, she can trigger Forte Skill: Boom Boom — a heavy burst of Fusion damage that closes out the combo and generates energy. This two-part sequence (DAKA DAKA → Boom Boom) is the core of her rotation and where the bulk of her personal damage lives.
Two things to keep in mind:
- She cannot use Boom Boom without first spending at least 30 bullets in DAKA DAKA. Managing bullet count before entering the sequence matters.
- Interruptions during DAKA DAKA cancel the channel, losing unspent bullets and the Boom Boom follow-up. This is her biggest practical weakness — enemies that attack mid-channel shut down her rotation.
Her Resonance Liberation is a large AoE Fusion burst. It’s separate from the DAKA DAKA system and fires whenever available, adding significant damage on its own. Energy Regen investment specifically helps keep Liberation cycling, since she has somewhat limited energy generation on her own.
Best Weapons
Static Mist — Best in Slot
The only 5-star Pistol in the game. CRIT Rate substat, high base ATK, Energy Regen, and a passive that boosts ATK for the next character after Chixia’s Outro. Every stat it provides is directly useful: CRIT Rate helps balance her ratio, ATK boosts her personal damage, and Energy Regen keeps Liberation available. Not a character-specific weapon, but a clean fit on her nonetheless.
Undying Flame — Best 4-Star
The community’s consistent recommendation for Chixia’s 4-star slot. ATK as both base stat and substat, plus a 20% Resonance Skill DMG Bonus for 15 seconds after Intro Skill use. Since DAKA DAKA counts as Resonance Skill damage, this buff lands directly on her most important ability window. Enter via Intro Skill every rotation and the buff is essentially guaranteed.
Novaburst — Solid Alternative
Same base and substat values as Undying Flame, with a stacking ATK% buff on dodges. Less consistent in practice since it requires frequent dodging to maintain stacks, but serviceable when dodging is naturally part of surviving enemy attacks.
Static Mist (F2P Route)
Worth noting: Static Mist is the only 5-star Pistol and obtainable from the standard weapon banner. Players who lose limited weapon banner 50/50s may end up with it. It’s genuinely her best option and freely available without spending specifically on her.
Cadenza / Rectifier — Support Build Options
If running Chixia in a Sub-DPS role where Liberation frequency matters more than personal damage, weapons with Energy Regen substats (Cadenza, Variation) help keep Liberation available. Less common since she’s primarily a Main DPS, but relevant in specific team configurations.
Pistols#26 (Craftable F2P)
The craftable fallback. Less damage than the options above, but zero barrier to obtaining it. A reasonable starting weapon while farming for Undying Flame or better.
Best Echo Sets
Molten Rift (5-Piece) — Best in Slot
The definitive set for Chixia as a Main DPS. The 5-piece provides 10% Fusion DMG Bonus unconditionally and 30% Fusion DMG Bonus for 15 seconds after using Resonance Skill — and DAKA DAKA is technically a Resonance Skill hold, meaning the buff activates right as she enters her most damaging phase. This is the set to build and stay on.
Main Echo: Nightmare: Inferno Rider — the best option if you have access to the Nightmare variant from Rinascita. Its passive provides both Fusion DMG and Basic Attack DMG Bonus passively without needing to use the echo skill first (unlike the standard version). If you only have standard Inferno Rider, use it before starting your combo to capture the 12% Fusion + Basic Attack DMG buff — just remember the animation needs to reach the third slash for the buff to trigger.
Standard Inferno Rider note: time the echo skill carefully. The third slash hit is when the buff applies. Many players switch cancel too early and miss the buff window entirely.
Molten Rift (3-Piece) + Lingering Tunes (2-Piece) — Budget Alternative
If 5-piece Molten Rift isn’t available with good substats, a 2-piece Lingering Tunes can supplement ATK% until better pieces are farmed. The tradeoff is losing the extended Fusion DMG Bonus stack from the full 5-piece, which is meaningful but not catastrophic in the short term.
Moonlit Clouds (5-Piece) — Sub-DPS Build
Only worth considering if Chixia is being run specifically for her Liberation AoE contribution rather than as the primary damage dealer. The ATK buff for the incoming character and Energy Regen for consistent Liberation uptime make sense in specific compositions. Not recommended as the primary build.
Stat Priority
Echo cost distribution: 4-3-3-1-1
Main Stats:
- 4-Cost: CRIT Rate (prioritize this; her CRIT Rate needs help from echo main stats)
- 3-Cost: Fusion DMG Bonus × 2
- 1-Cost: ATK% × 2
Substats — in order:
- CRIT Rate — hardest to stack from substats alone; the echo main stat helps but ER and CRIT Rate both compete
- CRIT DMG — balance toward 1:2 ratio with CRIT Rate
- ATK%
- Resonance Liberation DMG Bonus — her Liberation is a significant damage contribution worth boosting
- Energy Regen — 30–50% above base is comfortable for keeping Liberation reasonably available
- Basic Attack DMG Bonus — minor contribution since Basic Attacks are not her main source
One practical note: Chixia has enough difficulty maintaining her rotation against mobile enemies that some Energy Regen investment specifically helps make Liberation reliable when DAKA DAKA gets interrupted and she loses some Forte contribution. Having Liberation available more often partially compensates for interrupted channels.
Skill Priority
The majority of Chixia’s damage comes from her Forte Circuit (DAKA DAKA and Boom Boom) and Resonance Liberation. That’s where resources go first.
Forte Circuit → Resonance Liberation → Normal Attack = Resonance Skill → Intro Skill
Forte Circuit governs DAKA DAKA and Boom Boom multipliers — both the sustained channel damage and the burst finisher. Liberation next for her AoE damage contribution. Normal Attack and Resonance Skill are roughly equal after that, both contributing to bullet generation and some direct damage. Intro Skill is genuinely last — it contributes minor damage and the Undying Flame buff trigger, but the raw Intro damage multiplier investment isn’t worth prioritizing early.
Team Compositions
Changli + Chixia + Shorekeeper — Premium Fusion Duo
The highest-ceiling team for Chixia. Changli’s Outro provides 20% Fusion DMG Bonus and 25% Resonance Liberation DMG Bonus — hitting both of Chixia’s primary damage types. They trade field time effectively since Changli’s rotation is also aggressive and fast-paced. Shorekeeper covers CRIT buffs, healing, and team-wide amplification. This is Chixia at her best, and notably she contributes enough in this setup to justify the slot.
Chixia + Lupa + Brant/Encore (Mono Fusion)
An interesting composition where Lupa acts as the dedicated Fusion Sub-DPS supporting multiple Fusion DPS characters. Lupa’s Flaming Clawprint set contribution and off-field damage add meaningful Fusion pressure while Chixia carries the main damage window. Brant provides sustain if available; Encore adds another Fusion burst window. Genuinely fun mono-element team that works especially well in Fusion-buffed Tower of Adversity rotations.
Chixia + Spectro Rover + Baizhi — F2P Early Team
The most accessible team composition for players relying on Chixia as a starting character. Spectro Rover provides a Time Stop Outro that slows enemies for 3 seconds around the active character — giving Chixia a free-hit window to channel DAKA DAKA without interruption risk. That Time Stop interaction is genuinely valuable for her specifically because her damage vulnerability during the channel is her biggest practical problem. Baizhi covers healing.
Chixia + Rover (Spectro) + Verina
Upgrade from the budget version above. Verina’s healing, ATK buffs, and 15% DMG Deepen Outro replace Baizhi, improving overall team performance while keeping the Time Stop utility from Spectro Rover.
Rotation
Chixia’s rotation is focused on one thing: getting into DAKA DAKA with enough bullets and appropriate buffs active, then finishing with Boom Boom before cycling back.
Standard Main DPS Rotation:
- Enter via Intro Skill — triggers Undying Flame’s 20% Resonance Skill DMG boost if using that weapon
- Inferno Rider Echo Skill — let it run to the third slash for the Fusion + Basic Attack DMG buff, then transition directly into the Forte sequence. The timing window is roughly when the echo cooldown gauge reads 16–18 seconds
- Resonance Skill — enters Execution Mode, starts DAKA DAKA channel building, generates bullets
- DAKA DAKA! (Hold Resonance Skill) — channel the full bullet barrage, spending at least 30 bullets
- Forte Skill: Boom Boom — fires immediately after DAKA DAKA consumes enough bullets. This is the damage spike that follows the channel
- Resonance Liberation — use when available for AoE Fusion burst
- Resume Basic Attacks and Resonance Skill — refill bullet gauge toward the next DAKA DAKA
- Repeat
Against mobile/aggressive enemies: the key adjustment is using the Time Stop from Spectro Rover’s Outro to create a safe DAKA DAKA window. Entering the field when Time Stop is active means the enemy can’t attack for 3 seconds — that’s often enough to complete a DAKA DAKA channel without interruption.
Resonance Chain
Chixia is on all banners, so duplicates accumulate through normal play:
- C1: When S1, DAKA DAKA hits always critically hit. A huge and genuinely impactful upgrade that effectively removes the need for CRIT Rate investment during DAKA DAKA specifically. This frees echo main stat priority from CRIT Rate to CRIT DMG, significantly increasing her damage ceiling.
- C2: Enhanced Resonance Skill generates more bullets. Faster DAKA DAKA access each rotation.
- C3: Liberation DMG multiplier increases. Meaningful boost to her AoE contribution.
- C4: Damage boost when enemies are affected by various conditions. Minor situational improvement.
- C5 and C6: Further Liberation and personal damage improvements.
S1 is by far the most impactful node — the guaranteed CRIT on DAKA DAKA changes how you build her entirely. If you have S1 Chixia, shift your echo 4-cost main stat from CRIT Rate to CRIT DMG and let the DAKA DAKA hits carry the critical damage contribution.
Ascension Materials
To fully level Chixia:
- LF, MF, HF, FF Whisperin Cores — from Predator and Warrior enemies, various shops, and Forgery Challenges
- Impure/Extracted/Refined Phlogiston — from the Forgery Challenge in Dim Forest
- Rage Tacet Core — dropped by the Inferno Rider boss (making Crownless an echo farming side effect of ascending her)
- Belle Poppy — field-gathered around Port City of Guixu; purchasable at Shifang Pharmacy
- Shell Credits — standard currency
Level to 90 for ATK stat improvement, then prioritize Forte Circuit immediately.
The Honest Assessment
Chixia is a C-tier character in 3.2, and that’s the truthful placement for a free 4-star in a game that keeps releasing increasingly powerful limited units. She’s not competing with Carlotta’s Glacio burst or Encore’s Cosmos Rave ceiling. If you have those characters, Chixia retires from that team.
But for players in the early-to-mid game, players who are building their first Fusion DPS, or players who simply enjoy her character: she’s a functional and reasonably fun Main DPS who rewards learning her rotation and building her correctly. The DAKA DAKA loop has genuine satisfaction when it fires cleanly, the Boom Boom finisher hits harder than you’d expect from a 4-star, and her ranged playstyle is genuinely beginner-friendly for players still learning to navigate aggressive combat.
Build her if she’s what you have. Enjoy the hot sauce energy. Move to a 5-star Fusion DPS when one becomes available.
Other C-Tier Characters Worth Knowing
Rounding out the C-tier alongside Chixia:
- Aalto — Aero Sub-DPS with Mist Portal mechanics
- Lumi — Glacio support with shield capabilities
- Taoqi — Havoc support with Resonance Skill DMG buff Outro
- Yangyang — Aero utility and energy funnel
- Youhu — Glacio support with team buff capabilities
- Yuanwu — Electro Sub-DPS for Jinhsi teams
Chixia is the character the game gives you when it says “here, start here.” She fires enthusiastically, she channels hot sauce energy into every shot, and she’ll absolutely carry you through the parts of the game where you’re still figuring everything out. Build her with Molten Rift, give her Undying Flame, try to get Time Stop coverage from Spectro Rover for safe DAKA DAKA channels, and she’ll do her job with the kind of cheerful commitment that makes you root for her even after she’s been sidelined by a flashier limited pull.
