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Portrait of Yelan

★★★★★HydroBow

Yelan

Valley Orchid

A mysterious person who claims to work for the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but is a "non-entity" on the Ministry of Civil Affairs' list.

Region
Liyue
Released
Version 2.7
GenGuru tier
SS Sub-DPS

Overview

  • Off-field Hydro damage
  • Team damage buffer

Yelan does most of her work from the bench. Her Elemental Burst creates the Exquisite Throw, which follows your active character and fires Hydro attacks whenever they use Normal Attacks. While it is active, her passive also raises the active character's damage over time, up to a cap. Her Elemental Skill is a quick dash that marks enemies and then hits them, and it is her main way to generate Energy.

All of her damage scales with Max HP. Build her with HP, crits and enough Energy Recharge to have the burst ready each rotation. She suits teams whose main damage dealer attacks often, and she is one of the most flexible Hydro supports in the game for Vaporize, Hydro-heavy and Electro-Charged teams.

Weapons

Best first. Every bow on this list links to its page.

  1. Aqua Simulacra ★★★★★

    Her signature bow. HP, a large CRIT DMG stat and a flat damage bonus that works even while she is off the field.

  2. Elegy for the End ★★★★★

    Energy Recharge on the stat line and a buff for the whole party. A good choice when your team wants support more than her personal damage.

  3. Favonius Warbow ★★★★

    Plenty of Energy Recharge and particles on crit. Takes care of her burst uptime so you can put more crits on artifacts.

  4. Sacrificial Bow ★★★★

    Can reset her skill cooldown for a second dash, which means more damage and more particles.

  5. Recurve Bow ★★★

    A 3-star with an HP stat. Not exciting, but the HP feeds her damage directly while you wait for a better bow.

Artifact sets

  1. Emblem of Severed Fate 4-piece

    The standard choice. Energy Recharge from the 2-piece and a burst damage bonus from the 4-piece, and her burst is most of her damage.

  2. Heart of Depth + Tenacity of the Millelith 2-piece each

    Hydro DMG Bonus plus HP. A solid option if your Emblem pieces have poor substats.

  3. Tenacity of the Millelith + Vourukasha's Glow 2-piece each

    Two HP bonuses. Works well when you already have enough Energy Recharge from the weapon.

Main stats and substats

Sands
HP% or Energy Recharge
Goblet
Hydro DMG Bonus or HP%
Circlet
CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG
Substats
CRIT Rate > CRIT DMG > Energy Recharge > HP%

Talent priority

  1. Elemental Burst Depth-Clarion Dice
  2. Elemental Skill Lingering Lifeline
  3. Normal Attack Stealthy Bowshot

Teams

  • Hu Tao Vaporize

    Yelan and Xingqiu keep enemies wet so Hu Tao's Pyro Charged Attacks Vaporize. Zhongli's shield lets Hu Tao stay at low HP safely.

  • Arlecchino Vaporize

    Arlecchino attacks with fast Normal Attacks, so the Exquisite Throw fires often and keeps enemies wet for her Pyro hits to Vaporize. Bennett adds ATK and Kazuha groups enemies and boosts Pyro and Hydro damage.

  • Raiden National

    Raiden's burst restores Energy for everyone, and her rapid attacks trigger the Exquisite Throw often. Yelan's Hydro and Xiangling's Pyro react together for Vaporize.

Tips

  • The Exquisite Throw follows whoever is on the field, so swap to your main damage dealer right after using her burst.
  • Her damage buff starts small and grows each second the burst is up. Cast it early in the rotation so the buff has built up by the time your main damage dealer starts hitting.
  • Her Max HP goes up with more elemental types in the party, which is why she fits mixed-element teams especially well.
  • Holding her skill lets you steer the dash through a whole group. Marking more enemies gives more chances to reset her Breakthrough shot.

Other character guides recommend Yelan as a teammate in these teams.

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See every team comp, grouped by reaction.

Base stats at level 90

Base HP
14450
Base ATK
244
Base DEF
548
CRIT Rate
24.2%

Talents

Normal Attack Stealthy Bowshot
Normal Attack Performs up to 4 consecutive shots with a bow. Charged Attack Performs 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.
Elemental Skill Lingering Lifeline
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.
Elemental Burst Depth-Clarion Dice
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.
Passive talent Turn Control
When the party has 1/2/3/4 Elemental Types, Yelan's Max HP is increased by 6%/12%/18%/30%.
Passive talent Adapt With Ease
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.
Passive talent Necessary Calculation
Gains 25% more rewards when dispatched on a Liyue Expedition for 20 hours.

Constellations

C1 Enter the Plotters
Lingering Lifeline gains 1 additional charge.
C2 Taking All Comers
When Exquisite Throw conducts a coordinated attack, it will fire an additional water arrow that will deal 14% of Yelan's Max HP as Hydro DMG. This effect can trigger once every 1.8s.
C3 Beware the Trickster's Dice
Increases the Level of Depth-Clarion Dice by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C4 Bait-and-Switch
Increases all party members' Max HP by 10% for 25s for every opponent marked by Lifeline when the Lifeline explodes. A maximum increase of 40% Max HP can be attained in this manner.
C5 Dealer's Sleight
Increases the Level of Lingering Lifeline by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C6 Winner Takes All
After using Depth-Clarion Dice, Yelan will enter the Mastermind state. In this state, all of Yelan's Normal Attacks will be special Breakthrough Barbs. These Breakthrough Barbs will have similar abilities to normal ones and the DMG dealt will be considered Charged Attack DMG, dealing 156% of a normal Breakthrough Barb's DMG. The Mastermind state lasts 20s and will be cleared after Yelan fires 5 arrows.