Genshin Impact Lan Yan Build

Catalyst

Anemo Chenyu Vale 6/1 Hirundo Lazuli Taishan Mansion

A rattan weaver from Chenyu Vale. Clear-minded and well-tempered, she is as lively as a mountain spring.

Best Lan Yan Builds

SHIELD & BUFF SUPPORT Build

Weapons

Starcaller's Watch

Elemental Mastery

Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers

HP%

Energy Recharge

ATK%

Energy Recharge

HP%

Artifacts

Viridescent Venerer

Substats Priority

1Energy Recharge

2ATK%

3Elemental Mastery

4CRIT Rate

Talents Priority

1ESkill

2QBurst

3NANormal Attack

Recommended Primary Stats

Sands

ATK% / Energy Recharge

Goblet

ATK%

Circlet

ATK% / CRIT Rate

Lan Yan's shield can undergo Elemental Absorption, meaning that her shield can absorb PHEC (Pyro/Hydro/Electro/Cryo) and become more resistant to the element it has absorbed.
Lan Yan has to make contact with an enemy upon skill cast for the absorption to take place.

Lan Yan supports her team through shields and grouping.
Regarding weapon choices:

Hakushin Ring: This weapon excels when Lan Yan is in an Electro-based team.

Lan Yan can also contribute some of her damage to the team as a driver through her EM scalings. Though it does sacrifice some of her shield strength.

Most Used Build from the Community

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Weapons

Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers

HP%

Sacrificial Fragments

Elemental Mastery

Skyward Atlas

ATK%

The Widsith

CRIT DMG

Eye of Perception

ATK%

Artifacts

Viridescent Venerer

Gladiator's Finale

Viridescent Venerer

Shimenawa's Reminiscence

Viridescent Venerer

Desert Pavilion Chronicle

Viridescent Venerer

Gladiator's Finale

Unfinished Reverie

Best Lan Yan Teams

Lan Yan Skills

Black Pheasant Strides on Water

Normal Attack
Wields her Feathermoon Rings to perform up to 4 attacks, dealing Anemo DMG.

Charged Attack
Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to throw out a Feathermoon Ring, dealing Anemo DMG.

Plunging Attack
Gathers the power of Anemo and plunges towards the ground from mid-air, damaging all opponents in her path. Deals AoE Anemo DMG upon impact with the ground.

Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance

"The clouds cut the lunar light, like shadows silver gracing one's sight."

Summoning forth the Swallow-Wisp Shield, a secret art passed down across generations, Lan Yan dashes forward and, upon making contact with her target, will leap back into the air.
The Swallow-Wisp Shield's DMG absorption scales based on her ATK, and has a 250% absorption efficiency against Anemo DMG.
While in mid-air due to the effects of her Elemental Skill: Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance, pressing her Elemental Skill again or pressing Normal Attack will cause Lan Yan to hurl her Feathermoon Rings at an opponent, and they will spin between nearby opponents twice upon hit, dealing Anemo DMG.
Holding the Skill will cause it to behave differently.

Hold
Enter Aiming Mode to adjust the dash direction.

Lustrous Moonrise

Strictly speaking, with only Lan Yan herself present, it cannot properly be called an "array." However, if her Rattan Figures are brought into the picture, she can sort of fulfill the requirements... Probably.

Passive Talent

Four Sealing Divination Charms

Ascension Phase 1

When the dash from the Elemental Skill Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance hits a target, if it interacts with Hydro/Pyro/Cryo/Electro, the Swallow-Wisp Shield will undergo Elemental Absorption, with the converted shield absorbing DMG from the corresponding element with 250% efficiency.
Additionally, if this use of Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance causes the Swallow-Wisp Shield to undergo Elemental Absorption, the Feathermoon Rings that Lan Yan throws at her foes additionally deal Elemental DMG equal to 50% of the original in the corresponding Elemental Type. This DMG is considered Elemental Skill DMG.

Skyfeather Evil-Subduing Charm

Ascension Phase 4

The Elemental Skill Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance and the Elemental Burst Lustrous Moonrise deal increased DMG equal to 309% and 774% of Lan Yan's Elemental Mastery respectively.

Thought and Intent, Like Silken Scent

Passive

When Lan Yan is in the party, your characters will not startle Crystalflies and certain other animals when getting near them.
Check the "Other" sub-category of the "Living Beings / Wildlife" section in the Archive for creatures this skill works on.

Constellations

"As One Might Stride Betwixt the Clouds"

Constellation Lv. 1

After triggering the Elemental Absorption from the Ascension Talent "Four Sealing Divination Charms," this instance of Lan Yan's Elemental Skill Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance will produce another Feathermoon Ring when they are thrown at opponents.
You must first unlock the Ascension Talent "Four Sealing Divination Charms."

"Dance Vestments Billow Like Rainbow Jade"

Constellation Lv. 2

While the Swallow-Wisp Shield is active, when your active party member's Normal Attacks deal DMG, 40% of the Shield's DMG absorption will be restored, up to its original maximum absorption. This effect can occur once every 2s.

"On White Wings Pierce Through Cloud and Fog"

Constellation Lv. 3

Increases the Level of Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.

"With Drakefalcon's Blood-Pearls Adorned"

Constellation Lv. 4

After Lan Yan uses her Elemental Burst Lustrous Moonrise, the Elemental Mastery of all nearby party members increases by 60 for 12s.

"Having Met You, My Heart is Gladdened"

Constellation Lv. 5

Increases the Level of Lustrous Moonrise by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.

"Let Us Away on Sylphic Wing, the Silvered Ornaments to Ring"

Constellation Lv. 6

Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance gains 1 additional charge.

Outfits

Argent Chimes

Default

Lan Yan's outfit. The Lans of Chenyu Vale traditionally wear silver, and every piece that Lan Yan carries is a gift from her family. As she rambles through the mountains adorned from head to toe, they jingle merrily away like the joyful songs of spring swallows.