The mysterious Teahouse owner is featured in her own Banner, Discerner of Enigmas, in which you can spend Fate on Wishes to try and get her. Whether you have her, or want to prepare for if you do Wish for her successfully, it’s good to know the best Yelan build in Genshin Impact, and what Talent and Ascension materials are needed to level up Yelan to her full potential. Be sure to check out our Genshin Impact codes page to get free Primogems that can be used towards unlocking Yelan and other characters. On this page:
Genshin Impact Yelan Talents, Banner, rarity, element, and weapon
Yelan is a 5-Star Hydro archer with high sub DPS (damage per second) and swift movement speed, who also has the potential to be used in a pure DPS role. Here’s a summary of Yelan’s abilities and stats in Genshin Impact:
Element: Hydro Rarity: 5-Star Weapon: Bow Banner: Discerner of Enigmas Best build: Sub DPS Normal Attack: Stealthy Bowshot Elemental Skill: Lingering Lifeline Elemental Burst: Depth-Clarion Dice Passive one: Adapt With Ease (active characters damage increases over time while the Dice are active) Passive two: Turn Control (causes Yelan’s Max HP to be increased based on the number of Elemental Types that are present in the party) Expedition bonus: Necessary Calculation (gains increased rewards when dispatched on a Liyue Expedition for 20 hours)
Yelan Normal Attack: Stealthy Bowshot
Yelan goes into a Breakthrough state after a short time out of combat, which causes her next charged aimed shot to have decreased charge time. Once charged, she can fire a Breakthrough Barb that will deal AOE (area of effect) Hydro damage.
Elemental Skill: Lingering Lifeline
Tapping or holding down the skill button allows Yelan to move rapidly, marking opponents along her path. When her rapid movement ends, her Lifeline will explode, dealing Hydro damage to marked targets. Yelan has a chance to reset her Breakthrough state based on the number of opponents marked.
Elemental Burst: Depth-Clarion Dice
This powerful move causes AOE Hydro damage and creates Wondrous Dice which aids Yelan or any active character in battle. The dice follows the selected character and will initiate a coordinated attack when your active character uses a Normal Attack and when Lifeline explodes and hits opponents.
Genshin Impact Yelan Talent materials
To get the most out of using Yelan, you will have to level her abilities up by using Talent materials, which vary from character-to-character. For Yelan, you’re going to need to farm a lot of Insignias and Prosperity items (if you don’t already have them) to fully upgrade her support and DPS capabilities. The table below explains the Yelan Talent materials and amount of Mora you need to improve one of her abilities. As Yelan has three Talents, you will have to spend three times the Talent materials listed below to fully upgrade all of her abilities.
Genshin Impact Yelan Ascension materials and Constellation
Just like Talents, you need to use Yelan Ascension materials to upgrade her health, attack, defence, and critical hit effectiveness. For Yelan, you’re going to need to farm a lot of Runic Fang and and Varunada Lazurite materials (if you don’t already have them) to fully upgrade her attack capabilities. Unlike Talent materials, you only need to spend the below Ascension materials once to fully raise Yelan to her highest character level. There is also Fate rewarded for reaching certain Ascension levels. You can spend Fate on Banners to Wish for characters or weapons. For now, the table below explains the Yelan Ascension materials and Mora you need to upgrade Yelan, and Fate rewards you gain from Ascension.
Yelan Constellation
By getting duplicates of Yelan from wishing on Banners, you will receive her Stella Fortuna. This material allows you to unlock Constellation levels, with each upgrade either improving an existing Talent or Passive ability. Here are all of Yelan’s Constellation level upgrades in Genshin Impact:
Enter the Plotters: Lingering Lifeline gains one additional charge. Taking All Comers: When Exquisite Throw conducts a coordinated attack, it fires an additional water arrow that deals 14% of Yelan’s Max HP as Hydro damage. It can trigger once every 1.8 seconds. Beware the Trickster’s Dice: Increases the Level of Depth-Clarion Dice by three, maximum upgrade level is 15. Bait-and-Switch: Increases all party members’ Max HP by 10% for 25 seconds for every opponent marked by Lifeline when the Lifeline explodes. Up to 40% Max HP can be attained. Dealer’s Sleight: Increases the Level of Lingering Lifeline by three, maximum upgrade level is 15. Winner Takes All: After using Depth-Clarion Dice, Yelan gains a Mastermind state, meaning all Yelan’s Normal Attacks will be Breakthrough Barbs. The damage dealt will be considered Charged Attack damage, dealing 156% of a normal Breakthrough Barb’s damage. Mastermind lasts 20 seconds and will be cleared after Yelan fires 5 arrows.
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Best Yelan build in Genshin Impact
Yelan can be a good DPS dealer when her health is boosted. However, it’s her passive damage output after using her Depth-Clarion Dice Elemental Burst, while not on the field that makes Yelan a great sub DPS character. A sub DPS character is best paired with a high DPS character, like Xaio or Ganyu, so they can increase the main attacker’s damage output even further. With Yelan, you’ll also want to have a party member who can help with her costly energy needs like fellow Hydro-user Xingqiu. If you are lucky enough to have Raiden Shogun, we strongly recommend pairing her with Yelan and using Raiden as your main DPS character. Raiden will help recharge Yelan’s energy, so she can take advantage of the Normal Attack damage boost gained after Yelan activates Depth-Clarion Dice, while Riaden’s own Elemental Burst is active. The best Yelan Artifacts in Genshin Impact for a sub DPS build help recharge her energy quickly, so you can use Depth-Clarion Dice as much as possible. Using Artifacts that raise Yelan’s Elemental Burst damage is also recommended. However, if it’s a pure DPS Yelan build you want, you should equip Artifact sets that raise Yelan’s health, which actually raises her damage while active on the field. Think of Yelan’s health as her damage output instead of her actual attack stats when building for high DPS.
Best Yelan Sub DPS build
With all this in mind, if you want to take advantage of her sub DPS capabilities, we have compiled what we think is currently the best Yelan build in Genshin Impact below:
Best Weapon: Aqua Simulacra (or Favonius Warbow if you don’t want to Wish on weapon Banners) Best Artifacts: x4 Emblem of Severed Fate for Energy recharge and Elemental Burst damage (try for at least x2 Emblem of Severed Fate for +20% Energy recharge) Best team members: A high DPS character (like Raiden Shogun, Ganyu, or Hu Tao), a character to help with Elemental recharge (like Xingqiu or Raiden Shogun), and a good support character (like Venti or Diona)
It can take a lot of time to find these Artifacts and Ascension/Talent materials to level-up Yelan, but it is worth the effort. Yelan is an excellent sub DPS character who can also fill-in as a pure DPS choice if needed. Good luck levelling up Yelan in Genshin Impact!
