Where Winds Meet: Qingzhou Xiajing Raid Mechanics and Team Guide

To clear the Qingzhou Xiajing raid in Where Winds Meet, your group must assign defined tank and support roles, separate targeted area-of-effect hazards, deplete the boss's Qi bar during channel states, and properly identify stack versus isolation markers. Failing to resolve positioning markers or channel interrupts results in rapid raid-wide wipes in both 5-player and 10-player modes.

Team Compositions for 5-Player and 10-Player Modes

Qingzhou Xiajing requires balanced group setups rather than all-damage rosters. The fight introduces secondary targets and high incoming damage waves that demand dedicated tanking and sustain.

• 5-Player Bracket: Run one primary tank, one dedicated healer/support using umbrella or musical fan arts, and three damage dealers.
• 10-Player Bracket: Scale the roster to two durable tanks, two dedicated healers, and six damage dealers split evenly between ranged and melee combat styles.

Tanks must position the boss facing away from the group to keep frontal sweeps and cleaves off other players. In the 10-player difficulty, the off-tank must pick up secondary add spawns immediately to prevent incoming damage from overwhelming healers. Supports should alternate group shielding and healing cooldowns to ensure damage mitigation remains active across sustained area-of-effect phases.

Phase Triggers and Arena Mechanics

The encounter transitions based on boss health thresholds. The arena floor drops environmental hazards that deal compounding damage if overlapping pools detonate simultaneously.

When hazard markers drop at 75%, disperse outward rather than clustering. Overlapping zones bypass standard shields and eliminate dodge routes for surrounding allies.

Resolving Stack Markers and Isolation Tethers

The boss applies overhead indicators to one or two players that dictate whether the team must collapse together or spread apart.

1. Shared Damage Stack Marker: An intense glowing indicator initiates a three-second countdown. The off-tank and nearby melee players must collapse directly onto the marked target to split the incoming devastation blast. If the target takes the blast alone, the damage is lethal.
2. Isolation Tether / Circle: A spreading tether or expanding personal ring indicates a targeted strike meant for that player alone. The marked player must use movement arts or directional dodges to retreat toward the arena edge. Bringing an isolation marker into the group will wipe surrounding party members.

Breaking Qi to Create Vulnerability Windows

The Qingzhou Xiajing boss maintains a heavy posture and Qi barrier. Direct attacks against an unbroken gauge yield reduced damage and increase the risk of counterattacks.

Coordinate heavy poise-breaking martial skills throughout the fight, especially when the boss begins channeling its 50% ultimate pulse. Shattering the Qi gauge places the boss into a groggy state that lasts several seconds. Hold your party's high-cost offensive arts, execute combos, and burst buffs specifically for these vulnerable windows to accelerate the fight and limit the number of hazard cycles.

Managing the Sub-25% Enrage Phase

Once the boss drops below 25% health, attack speed accelerates and hazard fields persist longer on the floor.

• Preserve Stamina: Avoid draining your entire endurance bar on offensive dashes. Keep enough stamina in reserve to perform double-dodges through consecutive unblockable sweeps.
• Stagger Support Cooldowns: Do not deploy both healers' primary burst recoveries at the same time. Alternate defensive fields to absorb back-to-back pulse damage.
• Control Secondary Adds: Ensure the off-tank or designated ranged damage dealers drag secondary spawns away from the primary boss to stop them from sharing buffs.
• Maintain Execution Discipline: Focus on resolving active ground mechanics over completing greedy attack combos, as sustained survivor damage is required to close out the final 25%.