Keqing

Ensemble Dark Horse
Full Name	Keqing
Alias	Driving Thunder Lady Yuheng
Origin	Genshin Impact
Powers/Skills	High Intelligence Leadership Skills Authority Skilled Swordswomen Unarmed Combat Proficiency Skilled Martial Artist Skilled Combatant Tactical Analysis Evading Mastery With Vision: Electrokenesis Superhuman Stregth Superhuman Agility Superhuman Durability Superhuman Reflection Elemental Sight Abyssal Corruption Resistence Disease Immunity
Family	Keqing's Grandfather (decreased)
Allies	Zhongli Traveler Paimon Nigguan Uncle Tian Ganyu Baizhu
Enemies	Adeptus (self-prolaim; one-side; formerly) Treasure Hoarders Osial Fatui Beisht
Goals	Improve the conditions of Liyue's workers
Why Do People Love The Character?	Her unique design and peronality She is Easy to used and perfrom good for standard Five Star
Type of Ensemble Dark Horse	Fans Favourite Standard 5 Star Character

Keqing (刻晴) is a playable Standard Banner 5 Stars Electro Sword Character. She's a member of Liyue Qixing, believe that people should choose their own path with their own powers and abilities without rely on gods.

She is voiced by Xie Ying in Chinese, Kayli Mills in English, Lee Bo-hee in Korean, and Eri Kitamura in Japanese.

What make her an Ensemble Dark Horse character?

• While being 5 stars. She is not as important to Liyue Archon Quests to the like of Shenhe, Zhongli, or Childe. She doesn't has her owned Story Quest yet, and is not the focus in any Lantern Rite events so far, thus she can't be Main Light Horse.
• Fans like her unique cat like hairstyle, calling her Fake Cat Girl. The first one in the Genshin in fact.
• Despite minor screentimes, she's one of the popular character to be ship with Traveler, mostly Aether but can also be Lumine as well.
• She's also being popular ship with Ganyu due to them being cowekers with different personality and their opinions on gods.
• Despite low Banner Sale due to being more of a filler banner, along with come out before Xiao, she's still popular among fanbase with currently having her Subreddit dedicate to her call r/KeqingMains with over 70 thousands subscriber.
• She's so popular, One of Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail guiding website has a name after her call KQM.
• Although Inazuma Patchs introduce Raiden Shogun which is Powercreep to her, they also introduce Mistsplitter Reforged which is Ayaka Signature Weaon, that not only fit her asthetic but it Passive is also work on her as well.
• With the introduce of Dendro in Sumeru, Keqing usage increase thank to the Quicken reaction, working well with Fischl who doing more damage if another character activate reaction, which is easy to maintain for dendro. Being popular using with Dendro Traveler, then later Nahida, Yaoyao, Baizhu, and Kiara.
• Due to different plastyle from Cyno and Raiden Shogun, all three of them coexist in Sumeru meta without directly compete with eachothers due to Raiden perfer using her already exist Bennett and Xiangling core team, and Cyno is hypercarry with long time on field.
• The Indroduction of Furina, Keqing now has and alternative to Kazuha. Furina allowing Keqing and Cyno to her when pairing Baizhu or Yaoyao. Although, her along with other 2 Electro DPS would be eventually Powercreep by Clorinde.
• Regardless of the Meta. Their are some players still tried to use her to clear Spiral Abyss. One notable example being F2PKeqing.

Trivia

• Keqing's Korean VA, Lee Bo-hee also voices Noelle in the same game who is an ensemble dark horse. 
• Keqing's Chinese VA, Xie Ying also voices the Main Light Horse, Skirk in the same game.

External Links

• Keqing on Genshin Impact Wiki
• Keqing on Heroes Wiki