Genshin Impact’s Yelan makes a huge splash in any team and is a truly fantastic five-star unit. She uses a bow and the hydro element to deal plenty of damage to enemies and allows you to pop off multiple elemental reactions simply by rolling the dice. Our Yelan build below goes over her best weapons, artifacts, and team comps.
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What’s the best Genshin Impact Yelan build?
Yelan is a limited five-star character who uses a bow, and the hydro element.
| Rarity | ★★★★★ |
| Element | Hydro |
| Weapon | Bow |
| Best weapon | HP, energy recharge, crit rate, crit damage |
| Substitute weapons | Elegy for the End, Favonius Warbow |
| Best artifact set | Emblem of Severed Fate |
| Artifact substitutes | Noblesse Oblige, Heart of Depth |
| Main stats | Sands: HP Goblet: Hydro damage bonus Circlet: Crit damage/rate |
| Sub-stats | HP, energy recharge, crit rate, crit damage |
Genshin Impact’s Yelan excels in a sub-DPS role, equipped with the Aqua Simulacra bow and a set of Emblem of Severed Fate artifacts – though she can also be a main DPS as well.
She’s a hydro bow user whose talents help fill in the downtime between main DPS attacks, and her elemental burst directly increases an active character’s personal damage. She’s also excellent at applying hydro so you can pop off tons of reactions in a team with her.
Yelan is best used for her hydro application, as her play style is similar to Xingqiu, but a little better as she is a five-star unit. If you use these two together, then you’ve got the strongest hydro duo in the game.
Hit Yelan’s elemental skill, and hold it as you run past enemies, marking them with hydro. This then explodes, but keeps the wet status on any targets, meaning you can pop off plenty of reactions with other characters.
What are the best Yelan weapons?
Regardless of whether you want to use her as a DPS or sub-DPS, Yelan’s best weapon is the Aqua Simulacra. It’s a five-star bow that is centered around her kit, and both its crit damage base stat and skill are great assets to her. The Elegy for the End bow is another great, five-star choice for her in both roles, due to its energy recharge stat and the elemental mastery boost in its skill.
If you’re looking for more affordable options, they differ depending on what role you want to build her for. Mouun’s Moon is the best four-star bow for main DPS Yelan, whereas Favonius Warbow is the best four-star bow for sub-DPS Yelan.
| Aqua Simulacra | Stat: Crit damage Skill: Increases HP by 16%. When there are opponents nearby, Yelan’s damage increases by 20%. This takes effect whether she is on-field or not |
Weapon banner |
| Elegy for the End | Stat: Energy recharge Skill: Increases Yelan’s elemental mastery by 60. When her elemental skills or bursts hit opponents, she gains a Sigil of Remembrance. This can trigger once every 0.2 seconds, even when Yelan isn’t on field. When Yelan has four Sigils, they will all be consumed, and nearby party members gain the Millennial Movement: Farewell Song for 12 seconds. This increases elemental mastery by 100, and attack by 20% |
Weapon banner |
| Mouun’s Moon | Stat: Attack Skill: For every point of the entire party’s combined maximum energy capacity, Yelan’s elemental burst damage increases by 0.12%. A maximum of 40% extra elemental burst damage is available this way. We recommend this bow at R5 |
Weapon banner |
| Favonius Warbow | Stat: Energy recharge Skill: Crit hits have a 40% chance to generate a small number of elemental particles, which regenerate six energy for Yelan. Can only occur once every 12 seconds. We recommend this bow at R5 |
All banners |
| Sacrificial Bow | Stat: Energy recharge Skill: After damaging an opponent with an elemental skill, the skill has a 40% chance to end its own cooldown so Yelan can use it again immediately. This can only occur once every 30 seconds. We recommend this bow at R5 |
All banners |
| The Stringless | Stat: Elemental mastery Skill: Increases Yelan’s elemental skill and burst damage by 24%. We recommend this bow at R5 |
All banners |
What are the best Yelan artifacts?
Regardless of which role you want to put her in, the best Genshin Impact Yelan artifact set is easily Emblem of Severed Fate, due to its energy recharge and elemental burst damage boosts. However, you can mix two pieces of Noblesse Oblige with two pieces of Emblem of Severed Fate for a flat increase to both stats instead.
Yelan does scale on HP, though, so any HP-scaling options are viable if the artifact archons haven’t given you useful drops on her best set – especially if you have a hydro-boosting two-piece as well. We recommend getting Yelan’s energy recharge to about 140% or above but don’t forget to pick HP and crit-boosting pieces, too.
| Emblem of Severed Fate | Two pieces: Increases energy recharge Four pieces: Increases elemental burst damage by 25% of energy recharge. You can obtain a maximum of 75% bonus damage this way |
Momiji-Dyed Court domain |
| Noblesse Oblige | Two pieces: Increases elemental burst damage Four pieces: Using an elemental burst increases all party members’ attack by 20% for 12 seconds. This effect cannot stack |
Clear Pool and Mountain Cavern domain |
| Heart of Depth | Two pieces: Increases hydro damage Four pieces: Increases normal attack and charged attack damage by 30% for 15 seconds after you use an elemental skill |
Peak of Vindagnyr domain |
| Tenacity of the Millelith | Two pieces: Increases maximum HP | Ridge Watch domain |
| Vourukasha’s Glow | Two pieces: Increases maximum HP | Molten Iron Fortress domain |
Artifact stat recommendations
Main stats:
- Sands: HP or energy recharge
- Goblet: Hydro damage bonus
- Circlet: Crit rate, or crit damage
Sub-stats:
- Energy recharge
- HP%
- Crit rate/crit damage
What are the best Yelan team comps?
Genshin Impact’s Yelan is a very versatile character and can slot into an insane amount of team comps thanks to her application. She excels in electro-charged, vaporize, and hyperbloom teams, but doesn’t hold back when it comes to overload, burgeon, or a mono-hydro team, either.
To get the most out of Yelan and maximize her HP, make sure to use up to four different elemental types in your party to activate her ascension passive.
| Vape |  Yelan |
 Furina |
 Hu Tao |
 Zhongli |
| Hyperbloom | Yelan |
 Kuki Shinobu |
 Nahida |
 Alhaitham |
| Bloom | Yelan |
 Nilou |
Nahida |
 Kaveh |
| Vape | Yelan |
 Diluc |
 Xianyun |
 Bennett |
| Freeze/melt | Yelan |
 Wriothesley |
Bennett |
 Kazuha |
What are Yelan’s abilities?
Here are each of Yelan’s skills, including her combat abilities and her ascension passives that unlock as you level her up.
Active skills
| Normal attack | Normal: Yelan releases four consecutive shots with her bow, dashing backward during the last two hits Charged: Flowing water accumulates around Yelan’s arrow as you aim, turning the damage done into hydro instead of physical Plunging: Yelan fires a shower of arrows mid-air, before falling to the ground and inflicting AoE damage |
| Elemental skill | Yelan enters an invisible print state, using a lifeline that follows her across the field. Any enemies nearby get marked with this, and take hydro damage when Yelan exits the sprint as the lifeline explodes. Damage dealt by her skill is a percentage of Yelan’s maximum HP |
| Elemental burst | Using Yelan’s elemental burst deals hydro damage in an AoE, and creates an Exquisite Throw – shaped like a die. This follows you on the field until its duration ends and unleashes coordinated attacks either once a second when you use a normal attack, or when Yelan’s lifeline (from her elemental skill) explodes. Damage from the Exquisite Throw is based on Yelan’s maximum HP |
Passive skills
| Lengthy Consideration | Gain 25% more rewards if Yelan sets out on a Liyue Expedition for 20 hours |
| Turn Control | If your party has one/two/three/four elemental types, Yelan’s maximum HP increases by 6%/12%/18%/30% |
| Adapt with Ease | When an Exquisite Throw is in play, Yelan (or another active character) deals 1% more damage. This increases by a further 3.5% damage every second. Damage can increase by a maximum of 50% |
What are Yelan’s constellations?
Here are all of Yelan’s constellations. Of course, to get a constellation, you’ll have to roll the dice and pull more than one copy of this lovely lady, so good luck!
| C1 | For each opponent marked by your Lifeline, Yelan restores seven energy. You can restore a maximum of 21 energy for Yelan per Lingering Lifeline |
| C2 | Lingering Lifeline gains one additional charge |
| C3 | Increases the level of Lingering Lifeline by three. Max upgrade level is 15 |
| C4 | Increases the damage of Exquisite Throw’s coordinated attack by 30% |
| C5 | Increases the level of Depth-Clarion Dice by three. Max upgrade level is 15 |
| C6 | After you use Yelan’s elemental burst, she enters the mastermind state. In this state, all of her normal attacks become Breakthrough Barbs and deal 130% extra damage |
What are Yelan’s ascension materials?
Here’s what you need to ascend Yelan all the way up to level 80:
| 20➔40 | 20k mora One varunada lazurite sliver Three starconches Three runic fang |
| 40➔50 | 40k mora Three varunada lazurite fragments Ten starconches 15 recruit’s insignia Two runic fang |
| 50➔60 | 60k mora Six varunada lazurite fragments 20 starconches 12 sergeant’s insignia Four runic fang |
| 60➔70 | 80k mora Three varunada lazurite chunks 30 starconches 18 sergeant’s insignia Eight runic fang |
| 70➔80 | 100k mora Six varunada lazurite chunks 45 starconches 12 lieutenant’s insignia 12 runic fang |
| 80➔90 | 120k mora Six varunada lazurite gemstones 60 starconches 24 lieutenant’s insignia 20 runic fang |
Here’s where to find all of the items you need to ascend Yelan:
- Varunada lazurite – these hydro gems drop from weekly and normal bosses, especially the hydro hypostasis, Rhodeia of Loch, and Solitary Sulani
- Starconches – these shells appear on Liyue’s beaches, and around the Guyun Stone Forest island
- Runic fangs – this boss drop comes from the ruin serpent in the Chasm
- Recruit, sergeant, and lieutenant insignia -these items drop from Fatui enemies in the overworld all across Teyvat
What are Yelan’s talent materials?
To get Yelan’s talents up to level ten, you need the following items.
| 1➔2 | 12.5k mora Six recruit’s insignia Three teachings of prosperity |
| 2➔3 | 17.5k mora Three sergeant’s insignia Two guides to prosperity |
| 3➔4 | 25k mora Four sergeant’s insignia Four guides to prosperity |
| 4➔5 | 30k mora Six sergeant’s insignia Six guides to prosperity |
| 5➔6 | 37.5k mora Nine sergeant’s insignia Nine guides to prosperity |
| 6➔7 | 120k mora Four lieutenant’s insignia Four philosophies of prosperity One gilded scale |
| 7➔8 | 260k mora Six lieutenant’s insignia Six philosophies of prosperity One gilded scale |
| 8➔9 | 450k mora Nine Lieutenant’s insignia 12 philosophies of prosperity Two gilded scales |
| 9➔10 | 700k mora 12 Lieutenant’s insignia 16 philosophies of prosperity Two gilded scales One crown of insight |
To find all these boss drops and talent books, head to these locations:
- Recruit, sergeant, and lieutenant insignia -these items drop from Fatui enemies in the overworld all across Teyvat
- Prosperity talent books – farm these in the Taishan Mansion domain in Liyue on Mondays, Thursdays, and Sundays
- Gilded Scales – you can get these as a reward for the Azhdaha weekly boss in Liyue. If you don’t get the right drop, you can transform them at an alchemy station
Talent priority
- Elemental skill > elemental burst > normal attack
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