Chongyun

Chongyun

★★★★
Cryo
Claymore
Off-Field
DPS
Support
Builds Update5.5
Teams Update5.5
Chongyun is best suited to be used as a Burst Sub DPS due to his high Burst multipliers and/or a support character that enables Cryo infusion for melee characters.,

Best Artifacts

(2) Energy Recharge +20%
(4) Increases Elemental Burst DMG by 25% of Energy Recharge. A maximum of 75% bonus DMG can be obtained in this way.
Best set for Chongyun's personal Burst damage.
(2) Elemental Burst DMG +20%
(4) Using an Elemental Burst increases all party members' ATK by 20% for 12s. This effect cannot stack.
Buffs Chongyun's Burst and provides 20% ATK buff for the team.
(2) Cryo DMG Bonus +15%
(4) When a character attacks an opponent affected by Cryo, their CRIT Rate is increased by 20%. If the opponent is Frozen, CRIT Rate is increased by an additional 20%.
(2) ATK +18%.
(4) If the wielder of this artifact set uses a Sword, Claymore or Polearm, increases their Normal Attack DMG by 35%.
Generic Cryo DPS build.

Best Stats

Sands
ATK%
Goblet
Cryo DMG Bonus
Circlet
CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG
Substats
CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / ATK% / Energy Recharge / Elemental Mastery
If using a melt team, try to get more EM for higher Melt DMG.

Best Weapons

Base ATK608
ATK+49.6%
SourceEvent Wish
Wolfish Tracker
Increases ATK by 20~40%. On hit, attacks against opponents with less than 30% HP increase all party members' ATK by 40~80% for 12s. Can only occur once every 30s.
WGS has a lot of ATK and is universally great for ATK-scaling characters. Also provides an ATK buff for the team when attacking low HP enemies with it.
Base ATK510
CRIT Rate+27.6%
SourceBattle Pass
Wavesplitter
Every 4s a character is on the field, they will deal 6~10% more DMG and take 3~2% more DMG. This effect has a maximum of 5 stacks and will not be reset if the character leaves the field, but will be reduced by 1 stack when the character takes DMG.
Probably better than WGS at R5 and fully-stacked passive, especially if you have an ATK buffer in the team already.
Base ATK674
Energy Recharge+36.8%
SourceWish
Sky-ripping Dragon Spine
Increases all DMG by 8~16%. After using an Elemental Burst, a vacuum blade that does 80~160% of ATK as DMG to opponents along its path will be created when Normal or Charged Attacks hit. Lasts for 20s or 8 vacuum blades.
Good option for Burst-focused Chongyun. ER stat helps with both Burst uptime and Burst DMG if using 4pc Emblem.
Base ATK454
ATK+55.1%
SourceEvent
Oceanic Victory
Increases Elemental Burst DMG by 12~24%. When Elemental Burst hits opponents, there is a 100% chance of summoning a huge onrush of tuna that deals 100~200% ATK as AoE DMG. This effect can occur once every 15s.
A great F2P choice to further increase Chongyun's Burst DMG.
Base ATK510
ATK+41.3%
SourceEvent Wish
Watatsumi Wavewalker
For every point of the entire party's combined maximum Energy capacity, the Elemental Burst DMG of the character equipping this weapon is increased by 0.12~0.24%. A maximum of 40~80% increased Elemental Burst DMG can be achieved this way.
Provides Burst DMG based on the team's total Energy capacity.
Base ATK510
ATK+41.3%
SourceEvent Wish
Lithic Axiom: Unity
For every character in the party who hails from Liyue, the character who equips this weapon gains 7~11% ATK increase and 3~7% CRIT Rate increase. This effect stacks up to 4 times.
Good option if using Chongyun with other Liyue characters for more ATK and CRIT Rate.
Base ATK565
Energy Recharge+30.6%
SourceWish
Composed
After dealing damage to an opponent with an Elemental Skill, the skill has a 40~80% chance to end its own CD. Can only occur once every 30~16s.
A decent 4-star alternative. Double skill cast fills up Chongyun's energy for faster Burst uptime too.
Base ATK510
CRIT DMG+55.1%
SourcePaimon's Bargains
Press the Advantage
After defeating an opponent, ATK is increased by 12~24% for 30s. This effect has a maximum of 3 stacks, and the duration of each stack is independent of the others.
Good F2P alternative with CRIT DMG stat, although passive is inconsistent and is useless against boss fights.
Base ATK565
ATK+27.6%
SourceForging
Crush
On hit, Normal or Charged Attacks have a 50% chance to deal an additional 240~480% ATK DMG to opponents within a small AoE. Can only occur once every 15s.
F2P craftable alternative if left with no other choice.