Genshin Impact Yelan Build

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Yanshang Teahouse

Best Yelan Builds

HIGH ENERGY REQUIREMENT (OFF-FIELD DPS) Build

Weapons

1

Elegy for the End

Energy Recharge

2

Favonius Warbow

Energy Recharge

3

Aqua Simulacra

CRIT DMG

4

Sacrificial Bow R3+

Energy Recharge

Artifacts

1

Emblem of Severed Fate

4

Choose 2

Emblem of Severed Fate

2

HP +20% set

2

Hydro DMG Bonus +15% set

2

Noblesse Oblige

2

Recommended Primary Stats

Sands

Energy Recharge / HP%

Goblet

Hydro DMG Bonus / HP%

Circlet

CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / HP%

Substats Priority

1Energy Recharge

2HP%

3CRIT Rate

4CRIT DMG

5HP

Talents Priority

QBurst>ESkill>NANormal Attack

Yelan is an off-field DPS who is able to apply Hydro via her Elemental Burst, this part of her kit acts similarly to Xingqiu's Elemental Burst. Yelan mainly scales off HP%, so don't build her with ATK%. Yelan also wants a lot of Energy Recharge to be able to maintain her Elemental Burst uptime, this can decrease depending on the number of Hydro units or energy providers in the team.
Regarding Weapon Choices:

• Hunter's Path / Polar Star / Thundering Pulse / Skyward Harp: These weapons are stronger than Slingshot, however Yelan does not utilize them optimially. If you have another character that benefits from these weapons, it's recommended to prioritize these weapons on them, since these weapons are very small upgrades over Slingshot. It is not recommended to pull these weapons for Yelan specifically.
• Elegy for the End: This weapon is to be used only in reaction based comps such as Vape Hu Tao, Yelan's personal damage is lower than other options on this list, but is more beneficial for the team's damage per rotation.
• Mouun's Moon: This weapon works best at R3+ and makes HP% Goblet potentially a stronger option instead of Hydro Bonus especially in comps with strong DMG% buffs.
• Sacrificial Bow: This ideally needs to be at refinement R3-R5 to function properly in most Yelan teams rotations without desyncing the rotation and extending her field time.
• Aqua Simulacra: Can still perform well at high Energy Recharge as long as your minimum Energy Recharge requirements are met.

• Goblet: HP% Goblet is to be used only if the Hydro DMG% option has terrible substats and HP% option has great substats, or if Yelan has strong DMG% buffs such as Emblem of Severed Fate (4) + Mouun's Moon (especially with refinements) or Raiden + Kazuha and so on.
• On top of that it's never recommended to run more than 2 HP% mainstat artifacts at a time.

• Normal Attacks: Level this up only if you want to constantly use her Breakthrough Barbs.

Most Used Build from the Community

Weapons

1

Favonius Warbow

Energy Recharge

2

Aqua Simulacra

CRIT DMG

3

Elegy for the End

Energy Recharge

4

The Stringless

Elemental Mastery

5

Sacrificial Bow

Energy Recharge

Artifacts

1

Emblem of Severed Fate

4

2

Heart of Depth

2

Tenacity of the Millelith

2

3

Emblem of Severed Fate

2

Heart of Depth

2

4

Emblem of Severed Fate

2

Tenacity of the Millelith

2

5

Heart of Depth

2

Noblesse Oblige

2

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Yelan Skills

Normal Attack: Stealthy Bowshot

Normal Attack
Performs up to 4 consecutive shots with a bow.

Charged Attack
Performs a more precise Aimed Shot with increased DMG.
While aiming, flowing water will accumulate on the arrowhead. A fully charged torrential arrow will deal Hydro DMG.

Breakthrough
Yelan will enter a "Breakthrough" state after spending 5s out of combat, which will cause her next Charged Aimed Shot to have 80% decreased charge time, and once charged, she can fire a "Breakthrough Barb" that will deal AoE Hydro DMG based on Yelan's Max HP.

Plunging Attack
Fires off a shower of arrows in mid-air before falling and striking the ground, dealing AoE DMG upon impact.

Level

1

1-Hit DMG

40.68%

2-Hit DMG

39.04%

3-Hit DMG

51.6%

4-Hit DMG

32.51% + 32.51%

Aimed Shot

43.86%

Fully-Charged Aimed Shot

124%

Breakthrough Barb DMG

11.58% Max HP

Plunge DMG

56.83%

Low/High Plunge DMG

113.63% / 141.93%

Lingering Lifeline

Not until she begins to tug on the strings do evildoers, crooks, and scheming villains alike know that there is no escape.

Fires off a Lifeline that allows her to move rapidly, entangling and marking opponents along its path.
When this rapid movement ends, the Lifeline will explode, dealing Hydro DMG to the marked opponents based on Yelan's Max HP.

Tap
Moves a certain distance forward swiftly.

Hold
Engages in continuous, swift movement, during which Yelan's resistance to interruption is increased.
During this time, Yelan can control this rapid movement and end it by using this Skill again.

Additionally, each opponent marked by the Lifeline when it explodes grants Yelan a 34% chance to reset her Breakthrough state.

Level

1

Skill DMG

22.61% Max HP

Max Duration (Hold)

3s

CD

10s

Depth-Clarion Dice

"A gambling addiction is going to do you no good. I mean, let me just do the math for you as the dealer. What do you think your odds of beating me are, when I have seven dice and you, only one?"

Deals AoE Hydro DMG and creates an "Exquisite Throw," which aids her in battle.

Exquisite Throw
Follows the character around and will initiate a coordinated attack under the following circumstances, dealing Hydro DMG based on Yelan's Max HP:
·Can occur once every second when your active character uses a Normal Attack.
·Will occur each time Yelan's Lifeline explodes and hits opponents.

Level

1

Skill DMG

7.31% Max HP

Exquisite Throw DMG

4.87% Max HP ×3

Duration

15s

CD

18s

Energy Cost

70

Passive Talent

Turn Control

Ascension Phase 1

When the party has 1/2/3/4 Elemental Types, Yelan's Max HP is increased by 6%/12%/18%/30%.

Adapt With Ease

Ascension Phase 4

So long as an Exquisite Throw is in play, your own active character deals 1% more DMG. This increases by a further 3.5% DMG every second. The maximum increase to DMG dealt is 50%.
The pre-existing effect will be dispelled if Depth-Clarion Dice is recast during its duration.

Necessary Calculation

Passive

Gains 25% more rewards when dispatched on a Liyue Expedition for 20 hours.

Constellations

Enter the Plotters

Constellation Lv. 1

Lingering Lifeline gains 1 additional charge.

Taking All Comers

Constellation Lv. 2

When Exquisite Throw conducts a coordinated attack, it will fire an additional water arrow that will deal 14% of Yelan's Max HP as Hydro DMG.
This effect can trigger once every 1.8s.

Beware the Trickster's Dice

Constellation Lv. 3

Increases the Level of Depth-Clarion Dice by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.

Bait-and-Switch

Constellation Lv. 4

Increases all party members' Max HP by 10% for 25s for every opponent marked by Lifeline when the Lifeline explodes. A maximum increase of 40% Max HP can be attained in this manner.

Dealer's Sleight

Constellation Lv. 5

Increases the Level of Lingering Lifeline by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.

Winner Takes All

Constellation Lv. 6

After using Depth-Clarion Dice, Yelan will enter the Mastermind state.
In this state, all of Yelan's Normal Attacks will be special Breakthrough Barbs. These Breakthrough Barbs will have similar abilities to normal ones and the DMG dealt will be considered Charged Attack DMG, dealing 156% of a normal Breakthrough Barb's DMG.

The Mastermind state lasts 20s and will be cleared after Yelan fires 5 arrows.

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