Genshin Impact: Best Yelan Build

Genshin Impact’s Yelan is a fiery woman who has a vast network of intel and isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty with catching criminals. The Liyue five-star is a Hydro bow-user with both DPS and support capabilities that make slotting her into your team a breeze. Before you are going to be seeing massive amounts of damage from Yelan, you will need to start getting the right weapons and artifacts for her build.

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Genshin Impact Yelan DPS Build

Yelan is designed to be a DPS, and while bow users aren’t always thought of as heavy damage dealers, Yelan can easily trigger vaporize and electro-charged reactions when fighting opponents. Here are the best weapons and artifacts for Yelan.

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Yelan Build: Paid

Yelan’s signature weapon is called Aqua Simulacra and will run on the weapon banner alongside her.

• Aqua Simulacra: This bow gives a 16 percent boost to health, and damage done to close-by enemies increases by 20 percent. This attack boost works whether Yelan is currently on or off the field.

A substitute five-star weapon can be Skyward Harp, which gives Yelan a 20 percent boost in crit damage right off the bat.

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Yelan Build: Free-to-Play

It can be hard to dish out the money both for Yelan and her signature weapon. Luckily there are some free-to-play options. Here are some four-star weapons that you can use with Yelan.

• The Stringless: Both elemental skill and elemental burst damage receive a 24 percent boost.
• Sacrificial Bow: Yelan’s CD has a 40 percent chance of resetting after she uses her elemental skill. This can occur every 30 seconds.

Keep in mind that while there is always a difference in damage when using four and five-star weapons, you can still clear the Spiral Abyss when you equip Yelan with a good four-star bow.

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Yelan Artifacts

Luckily, artifacts are free in Genshin Impact. You just need to do a bit of farming to get them. Here are two artifact sets that you can use with Yelan.

• Heart of Depth: This set gives users a 15 percent boost to all Hydro damage and will increase their burst damage by 25 percent.
• Emblem of Severed Fate: This set gives users a 20 percent bonus to their energy recharge. After Yelan uses her elemental skill, she will also receive a 30 percent boost to her normal and charged attack damage for 30 seconds.

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How to Play Yelan as a Support Character in Genshin Impact

Yelan can be played as a Support character by using her elemental burst to perform Hydro damage. Luckily, her signature bow, Aqua Simulacra, and the Heart of the Depth artifact set can be a great combo for both DPS and support Yelan. Yelan can help characters like Raiden Shogun trigger elemental reactions when off the field, which makes her a versatile five-star, much like Ganyu.

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