Yelan Full Character Guide, Build, & Teams

Yelan is a Hydro support and sub DPS who deals a considerable amount of Hydro Damage. Updated for version Luna VI.

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Should I pull for Yelan?
Base Stats
Talent Overview
Talent Priority
Constellations
Combos
Weapons
Energy Recharge Requirement
Artifacts
Teambuilding
- Notable Teammates
  - Pyro
  - Hydro
  - Electro
  - Dendro
  - Cryo
  - Anemo
  - Geo
- Example Teams

Should I pull for Yelan?

Pros	Cons
Great Hydro application Decent supportive capability Pretty decent sub DPS potential Good particle generation Very flexible teammate options Nice exploration ability Hydro is a great element	Can run into energy issues Modern units (Furina, Columbina) have decent Hydro application and match her sub DPS while offering much better support Requires the on-field unit to use normal attacks Poor in AOE scenarios

Base Stats

Non-crit stats that are not 0 are rounded to the nearest integer. Any stat not listed can be assumed to be 0.

	80/90	90/90
HP	13434	14450
ATK	227	244
DEF	509	548
CRIT Rate	24.2	24.2
CRIT DMG	50.0	50.0

As an HP-scaler, Chiori should be leveled to 90/90

Talent Overview

Normal Attack

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

Charged Attack
Perform 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.

Yelan’s normal attack, while it does have some interesting mechanics with the breakthrough state, is not particularly useful in most combat situations. It is generally not used before C6.

Elemental Skill

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.

Yelan’s elemental skill has a decent potential for nuking and showcasing. However, it is not a major source of her damage and is generally only used for energy generation.

Elemental Burst

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.

Yelan’s elemental burst is the primary source of her damage. It summons an “Exquisite Throw” (which will be referred to here as a “dice”) that will follow the active character. Whenever the active character uses a normal attack, the dice will also use a coordinated attack that deals Hydro damage.

Multipliers

	Lvl 1	Lvl 6	Lvl 9	Lvl 10
Exquisite Throw DMG% (Max HP)	4.87% x 3	6.82% x 3	8.28% x 3	8.77% x 3

Ascension 1 Passive

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

A nice passive that gives free stats.

Ascension 4 Passive

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.

This passive gives a linearly increasing DMG% Bonus to the active character. In most rotations, you will be able to hit the 50% damage bonus after 14 seconds while Yelan’s burst cooldown is 18 seconds.

Talent Priority

Q >> E >> NA

Constellations

Descriptions are condensed. Good constellations are given a ⭐.

C1⭐	Extra skill cast	This constellation greatly decreases her energy requirements and allows her to run more offensive artifacts or weapon choices.
C2⭐	Yelan’s dice will fire an extra coordinated attack once every 1.8 seconds	This constellation greatly increases Yelan’s sub DPS potential and makes her the best Hydro applicator in terms of rate in the game.
C3	Increase Q by 3 levels	Not exactly a super good constellation
C4	For every opponent hit by her E, all party members’ Max HP increases by 10% up to 40%	While it seems like a good stat buffer, it is relatively underwhelming since you don’t run around with Yelan’s skill much; it is also pretty bad in single-target scenarios
C5	Increase E by 3 levels	Not exactly a super good constellation.
C6⭐	After using her elemental burst, Yelan will be able to fire 5 Breakthrough Barbs that deal over 50% more damage than normal	For an older character, Yelan’s C6 is extremely powerful and turns her into an extremely potent main DPS

Combos

EQ	Yelan’s general combo
QE	A combo to use when funneling Yelan’s particles into a teammate
EEQ	A good combo to use with Sacrificial Bow
EQ N5	A standard combo for C6 Yelan

Weapons

Energy Recharge Requirement

	Favonius	Other
Solo Hydro, 1 skill	~230	Too high
Solo Hydro, 2 skill	~160	~200
Double Hydro, 1 skill	~180	~220
Double Hydro, 2 skill	~120	~155

Artifacts

Artifact Sets

Main Stats

Sands	Goblet	Circlet
HP%/ER%	Hydro DMG% > HP%	CRIT Rate/DMG > HP%

While either an HP goblet or circlet can be competitive with a Hydro DMG% goblet or CRIT circlet, try not to use both an HP goblet and HP circlet.

Stat Priority

ER% (until requirement) > CRIT > HP% > ER%

Teambuilding

Yelan is an extremely flexible unit that can accommodate many different teambuilding archetypes and teammates.

Notable Teammates

Pyro

Yelan’s extremely good Hydro application can enable Pyro units to consistently trigger Vaporize, which is a huge damage boost.

Hydro

Hydro teammates can reduce Yelan (and the teammate’s) ER requirements by a lot, give even better Hydro application, and enable Hydro resonance. They can also provide a lot of buffs or improvements to gameplay.

Electro

Yelan can synergize decently with Electro teammates in Electro-charged, Lunar-charged, or Taser team compositions

Dendro

Yelan’s great Hydro application means that she can play with Dendro teammates in Bloom-based team compositions

Cryo

Yelan can synergize well with Cryo teammates in Freeze-based team compositions

Anemo

Anemo units can take advantage of Viridescent Venerer to trigger Swirl and reduce enemies’ RES%.

Geo

Yelan can be a great option in lots of Geo teams that want to trigger Crystallized or Lunar-Crystallized reactions.

Favonius Warbow	Generally, this is the weapon you want to run on a C0 Yelan. It provides her with a lot of ER and white particles to make her energy needs manageable.
Aqua Simulacra	Yelan’s signature weapon. It gives her tons of CRIT DMG, some HP%, and a nice amount of DMG% Bonus, though it doesn’t help with her energy.
Elegy for the End	While it doesn’t directly give as many stats to Yelan as other weapons, Elegy for the End is a great option in teams where the main DPS scales off of EM and/or ATK.
Hunter’s Path	Hunter’s Path provides a massive amount of CRIT Rate. If you decide to use a charged attack, the weapon will also give you some DMG% Bonus.
Golden Frostbound Oath	88 CV statstick
Slingshot	This 3-star weapon actually provides 62.4 CV, which puts it on par with most 5-star weapons in terms of stats.

Emblem of Severed Fate	As a sub DPS whose damage is practically all concentrated in her burst, Yelan’s best artifact set for her damage is Emblem since it gives a huge buff to burst damage (50% if you have 200% ER). It also gives her 20% ER to help with energy.
Nymph’s Dream	Nymph’s Dream is a decent option and a substitute (albeit noticeably worse) for Emblem of Severed Fate. While the ATK% it gives is useless, it gives a nice amount of DMG% Bonus. Still, it is worse than Emblem and much less resin-efficient.
2pc/2pc sets	Since the 4pc bonus from Nymph’s Dream is equal to its 2pc bonus (for Yelan at least), 2pc/2pc sets perform similarly to it.
Noblesse Oblige	Noblesse Oblige is a good option for Yelan for a more support-focused build. While the burst damage buff is only 20% compared to Emblem’s minimum of 30%, this allows the active character to gain 20% ATK. This is generally the most used set in Skirk teams.

Hu Tao	Hu Tao is a great Pyro DPS who can Vaporize every hit and likes to use normal attacks, meaning Yelan can consistently provide sub DPS and Hydro application.
Arlecchino	Arlecchino is a great Pyro DPS who uses essentially only normal attacks, which means that her combos perfectly use Yelan’s method of sub DPS and support. She also has decent Vaporize potential.
Yoimiya	Yoimiya is a Pyro DPS whose combo is only normal attacks, which means she fully uses Yelan’s sub DPS and Hydro application to trigger Vaporize on all her important hits.
Diluc	Diluc is a decent Pyro DPS who uses a good number of normal attacks in his non-plunge teams, and he has decent synergy with Vaporize teams, meaning he works quite well with Yelan.
Durin	Durin has great sub DPS, especially with Vaporize, and can be played on-field with normal attacks to drive Yelan’s Hydro application.

Furina	Furina is one of Yelan’s best teammates. She provides great Hydro application (in addition to Yelan’s) and a great DMG% Bonus.
Columbina	In Lunar Reaction-based teams, Columbina is a great teammate for Yelan. They reduce each other’s ER requirements by a lot and can have permanent Hydro uptime.
Xingqiu	Xingqiu has great Hydro application, allowing almost permanent Hydro uptime against almost any enemy. Furthermore he has great particle generation to reduce Yelan’s ER requirements.

Clorinde	Clorinde is a great Electro DPS who uses a lot of normal attacks in her combos. Since she uses a lot of normal attacks, she synergizes quite well with Yelan to enable her sub DPS. Furthermore, she takes good advantage of Yelan’s supportive abilities.
Ineffa	Ineffa is a great Electro character who enables Lunar-charged. If the on-field character uses normal attacks a lot, Yelan’s Hydro application is good enough to keep the Lunar-charged aura on enemies.
Fischl	Fischl is an overall great character who synergizes well with almost anyone. If Hexerei resonance is active, she can also give characters some EM.
Flins	Flins uses a decent number of normal attacks in his combos. However, it is generally better to use Aino, as the opportunity cost is much lower.
Kuki Shinobu	Kuki Shinobu is a good Electro teammate in Hyperbloom. She also provides decent sustain.

Lauma	Lauma is the undisputed best Bloom-based Dendro support. She has good application, especially when played as an on-field driver, and she also shreds Hydro RES% to increase Yelan’s sub DPS
Nahida	Nahida is a great Dendro support with great application. She can increase the EM of all teammates and can also be played as an on-field driver.
Dendro Traveler	Dendro Traveler has a decent amount of off-field Dendro application, which Yelan can take advantage of
Al Haitham	Al Haitham and Yelan have decent synergy in Quickbloom teams, especially since Al Haitham can take advantage of Yelan’s A4. Furthermore, Yelan’s Hydro application being ever-so-slightly slower than Xingqiu’s means that Al Haitham will trigger Quicken more often.

Escoffier	Since Escoffier provides 55% Hydro RES Shred, she is excellent for Yelan’s sub DPS. Furthermore, Yelan fits Escoffier Hydro/Cryo-only passive, meaning they are great teammates.
Skirk	Skirk is a Cryo DPS who only wants Hydro/Cryo characters. Additionally, Yelan’s supportive DMG% Bonus is quite useful for Skirk’s damage.
Citlali	Citlali provides Hydro RES% Shred and can use Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City to give the whole team DMG% Bonus
Kamisato Ayaka	Kamisato Ayaka can use Yelan quite well, as her best teams use Escoffier. Furthermore, she takes good advantage of Yelan’s DMG% Bonus.

Kaedehara Kazuha	Kazuha is a great VV enabler who has great crowd control. Additionally, he gives the whole team DMG% Bonus, which Yelan can take great advantage of.
Sucrose	Sucrose is also a great VV enabler to trigger swirl. While she doesn’t give much DMG% Bonus, she is a great on-field driver and can enable Hexerei resonance.
Wanderer	Wanderer is an Anemo DPS who uses lots of normal attacks, so he can enable lots of Yelan’s sub DPS.
Lynette	Lynette at C6 is an Anemo DPS who uses lots of normal attacks, so she can enable lots of Yelan’s sub DPS.

Xilonen	Xilonen is a great Geo support who has universal RES% Shred and can equip Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City to give the whole team a DMG% Bonus, which Yelan can take perfect advantage of
Navia	Navia is a Geo DPS who wants to trigger Crystallize, and Yelan applies lots of Hydro. Furthermore, Navia uses a good number of normal attacks in her combo to enable Yelan’s Hydro application.

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