Genshin Impact’s Yun Jin is a four-star geo polearm wielder from Liyue. She’s well known across the land for her beautiful singing voice, elegant dance moves, and wonderful opera performances. Luckily, she’s equally as graceful on the battlefield, rallying her allies with useful buffs. So let’s dive into the best Genshin Yun Jin build, including her top artifacts, weapons, and more.
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Here’s everything you need to know about the Liyue songstress Genshin Impact’s Yun Jin.
What’s the best Genshin Impact Yun Jin build?
| Best weapon | Engulfing Lightning (five-star) |
| Weapon substitutes | Favonius Lance (four-star) |
| Best artifact set | Husk of Opulent Dreams |
| Artifact set substitutes | Two Husk of Opulent Dreams Two Emblem of Severed Fate |
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Yun Jin’s best weapon is Engulfing Lightning for its energy recharge stat. Her most reliable artifact set is Husk of Opulent Dreams which buffs her defense and geo damage output. As the bulk of her energy recharge comes from her weapon, Yun Jin’s most important stat is defense. Plus a bit of crit rate here and there never hurt anyone.
How should I use Yun Jin?
Yun Jin is a unique geo support character who wields a polearm and excels at buffing her allies. In fact, the attack buff from her elemental burst is so strong that she can even rival Genshin’s Bennett in some situations. She’s pretty easy to build and works well in both geo and non-geo teams, though her passive is best utilized in multi-element team comps.
Yun Jin is a pretty good off-field support for her team, so the best way to use her is to use her skill and build energy for her burst to buff the other attackers on her team. In our opinion, you shouldn’t bother with her normal attack.
What are the best weapons for Yun Jin?
It’s a pretty contested weapon, but if you’ve got one lying around, Yun Jin can make great use of Engulfing Lightning thanks to its energy recharge bonus stat. As far as stat sticks go, its passive is pretty decent too, increasing her energy recharge further when you use her burst. Perfect for a burst support!
Favonius Lance is also a strong option, providing additional energy recharge through both its base stat and passive. This weapon does require some crit rate (generally around 45%) in order to trigger its passive, but you should still prioritize defense and energy recharge over crit when choosing her artifacts. Finally, there’s Prototype Starglitter, a great choice for boosting Yun Jin’s energy recharge if you’ve got spare billets and materials.
| Weapon | Effect | How to obtain |
| Engulfing Lightning | Bonus stat: energy recharge Skill: attack increased by 28% of energy recharge over the base 100%. You can gain a maximum bonus of 80% attack. Gain 30% energy recharge for 12 seconds after using an elemental burst |
Event gacha |
| Favonius Lance | Bonus stat: energy recharge Skill: critical hits have a 60% chance to generate a small number of elemental particles. This regenerates six energy for Yun Jin. It can only occur once every 12 seconds |
Gacha |
| Prototype Starglitter | Bonus stat: energy recharge Skill: after using an elemental skill, increases normal and charged attack damage by 8% for 12 seconds. Max two stacks |
Forge via blacksmith |
What are the best Yun Jin artifacts?
The best Yun Jin artifact set in terms of reliability is easily Husk of Opulent Dreams, offering a big boost to her defense and geo damage. Gaining and maintaining stacks is also pretty easy with Yun Jin’s playstyle, as she requires very little field time.
Alternatively, you can combine two Husk of Opulent Dreams with two Emblem of Severed Fate if you need to balance your energy recharge and defense sub-stats. We’ve also suggested a slightly cheaper option below for newer builders.
| Artifact set | Effect | How to obtain |
| Husk of Opulent Dreams | Two equipped: defense +30% Four equipped: Yun Jin obtains the curiosity effect in the following conditions: when she is on the field, Yun Jin gains one stack after hitting an opponent with a geo attack, triggering a maximum of once every 0.3 seconds. When off the field, she gains one stack every three seconds. Curiosity can stack up to four times, each providing 6% defense and a 6% geo damage bonus. When six seconds pass without gaining a curiosity stack, one stack expires |
Slumbering Court domain in Fort Hiraumi, on Seirai Island, Inazuma |
| Emblem of Severed Fate | Two equipped: energy recharge +20% Four equipped: Increases elemental burst damage by 25% of energy recharge. You can obtain a maximum of 75% bonus damage in this way |
Momiji-Dyed Court domain on Yashiori Island in Inazuma |
| Defender’s Will | Two equipped: defense +30% Four equipped: Increases Yun Jin’s elemental resistance by 30% for each element present among the characters in your party |
Chests, boss drops, world exploration |
Artifact stat recommendations
Main stats:
- Sands: defense% or energy recharge
- Goblet: defense%
- Circlet: defense%
Sub-stats:
- Energy recharge
- Defence%
- Crit rate
- Defense
What are the best Yun Jin’s team comps?
As a geo support unit, Yun Jin can work in either a mono geo team or a rainbow team, depending on the resonances you’re after. Her passive skill Breaking Conventions provides a larger attack bonus based on how many different elements are in your team, and her shielding benefits from geo resonance.
As all of her buffs focus on her teammates’ normal attacks, she excels in teams surrounding normal attackers. Some good options include Genshin Impact’s Yoimiya, Genshin Impact’s Ayato, and Genshin Impact’s Hu Tao.
Here’s an example of a strong Yun Jin team comp that makes the most of geo resonance and Breaking Conventions:
| First character slot | Second character slot | Third character slot | Fourth character slot |
 Yun Jin |
 Zhongli |
 Xingqiu |
 Yoimiya |
What are Yun Jin’s abilities?
Active skills:
| Skill | Effect |
| Normal attack: Cloud-Grazing Strike | Normal: Perform up to five spear strikes Charged: Consume a small amount of stamina before lunging forward to damage enemies Plunging: Plunge from mid-air to deal AoE damage |
| Elemental skill: Opening Flourish | Tap to deal geo damage, hold to take the Opening Flourish stance and form a shield. Damage absorption is based on Yun Jin’s max HP and the shield has 150% effectiveness against elemental and physical damage. When the skill is released, Yun Jin deals geo damage |
| Elemental burst: Cliffbreaker’s Banner | Deals AoE geo damage and grants nearby allies a Flying Cloud Flag Formation. This formation means that normal attack damage is dealt to enemies and bonus damage is based on Yun Jin’s defense |
Passive skills:
| Skill | Effect |
| True to Oneself | If you use Opening Flourish at the precise moment you’re attacked, Yun Jin releases the move’s level two charged form |
| Breaking Conventions | Increases Flying Cloud Flag Formation’s attack bonus by 2.5% of Yun Jin’s defense for a mono-element team, 4% for two elements, 7.5% for three elements, and 11.5% for four elements |
| Light Nourishment | When you perfectly cook food with adventure-related effects, you have a 12% chance to obtain double the product |
Talent level priority
To get the most out of Yun Jin, we recommend leveling up her talents in this order:
- Elemental burst > Elemental skill > Normal attack
What are Yun Jin’s constellations?
Leveling up Yun Jin’s constellations improves her performance in battle. Here’s every bonus you receive.
| Constellation | Effect |
| C1: Thespian Gallop | Decreases Opening Flourish’s cooldown by 18% |
| C2: Myriad Mise-En-Scene | Increases nearby party members’ normal attack by 15% for 12 seconds after you use Cliffbreaker’s Banner |
| C3: Seafaring General | Increases the level of Cliffbreaker’s Banner by three |
| C4: Flower and a Fighter | When Yun Jin triggers the crystallize reaction, her defense is increased by 20% for 12 seconds |
| C5: Famed Throughout the Land | Increases the level of Opening Flourish by three |
| C6: Decorous Harmony | Increases the normal attack speed of characters under the effect of Flying Cloud Flag Formation by 12% |
What are Yun Jin’s ascension materials?
You need a lot of glaze lilies in order to ascend Yun Jin, so make sure you keep an eye out for them!
| Required level | Mora | Materials |
| 20 | 20k | One prithiva topaz sliver, three glaze lilies, and three damaged masks |
| 40 | 40k | Three prithiva topaz fragments, two riftborn regalia, ten glaze lilies, and 15 damaged masks |
| 50 | 60k | Six prithiva topaz fragments, four riftborn regalia, 20 glaze lilies, and 12 stained masks |
| 60 | 80k | Three prithiva topaz chunks, eight riftborn regalia, 30 glaze lilies, and 18 stained masks |
| 70 | 100k | Six prithiva topaz chunks, 12 riftborn regalia, 45 glaze lilies, and 12 ominous masks |
| 80 | 120k | Six topaz gemstones, 20 riftborn regalia, 60 glaze lilies, and 24 ominous masks |
What are Yun Jin’s talent materials?
Sorry La Signora fans, leveling up Yun Jin’s talents to ten means you’ll have to fight her over and over again.
| Talent level | Mora | Materials |
| Two | 12.5k | Six damaged mask, three teachings of diligence |
| Three | 17.5k | Three damaged mask, two guide to diligence |
| Four | 25k | Four damaged mask, four guide to diligence |
| Five | 30k | Six stained mask, six guide to diligence |
| Six | 37.5k | Nine stained mask, nine guide to diligence |
| Seven | 120k | Four ominous mask, four philosophies of diligence, one ashen heart |
| Eight | 260k | Six ominous mask, six philosophies of diligence, one ashen heart |
| Nine | 450k | Nine ominous mask, 12 philosophies of diligence, two ashen heart |
| Ten | 700k | 12 ominous mask, 16 philosophies of diligence, two ashen heart, one crown of insight |
That’s everything you need to know about Genshin Impact’s Yun Jin. We’ve also got all the guides you need for Hoyoverse’s other hit game. Check out our Honkai Star Rail tier list and Honkai Star Rail codes guide to get started, then hop over to our build guides for Honkai Star Rail’s Sparkle, Honkai Star Rail’s Sam, and Honkai Star Rail’s Black Swan.