Iansan Guide and Best Builds

Iansan Guide and Best Builds for Genshin Impact

Iansan is a 4-Star Electro character in Genshin Impact who buffs and heals. Read our Iansan guide to learn more about Iansan's kit, Iansan's best Builds and also her Ascension and Talent Materials.

Last updated on Feb 13, 2025 at 09:00 by Shikhu
Electro Element
Polearm Weapon
Rarity
Katrina Salisbury EN Voice Actor
Ohashi Ayaka JP Voice Actor
1.

Iansan Build Guide, Best Artifacts, Weapons and Talent Priority

While Iansan is still in the early beta weeks, more information will be added/adjusted over time as theorycrafting is completed or character kits are adjusted.

BiS Weapon Unknown
Alternative Weapons
  1. Calamity Queller
  2. Engulfing Lightning
  3. Favonius Lance
  4. Tamayuratei no Ohanashi
  5. Wavebreaker's Fin
Best Artifacts
  1. Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City
Main Stats
  • Sand Stats: ATK % / Energy Recharge
  • Goblet Stats: ATK %
  • Circlet Stats: CRIT Rate / DMG / ATK %
Substat Priority
  • Energy Recharge
  • ATK %
  • CRIT Rate / DMG
Talent Priority
  • Elemental Burst
  • Elemental Skill
  • Normal Attack

Again, any preliminary information should be taken with a grain of salt as players learn more about Iansan's gameplay and as she is updated during the beta.

2.

Iansan's Best Team Compositions

Iansan is a very flexible buffer and also scroll holder for many team compositions. Currently comparable to Bennett with different restrictions instead of the circle. The current list of team compositions simply states a few examples while more calculations and understandings of Iansan's kit will come with time.

Main DPS Sub DPS Support Support
Varesa Furina Iansan Xianyun
Clorinde Mavuika Iansan Chevreuse
Main DPS Sub DPS Sub DPS Support
Kinich Mavuika Emilie Iansan
3.

Iansan's Ascensions, Talents, and Constellations

Iansan Ascensions Iansan Talents Iansan Constellations
3.1.

Iansan Ascension Passives and Materials

Ascension Passive Explanation
Enhanced Resistance Training

After Swift Stormflight hits opponents, Iansan will gain the Precise Movement effect for 15s.

During this time, her ATK is increased by 20%, and whenever she regains Nightsoul points through the Kinetic Energy Scale in her Elemental Burst, The Three Principles of Power, she will gain 1 extra Nightsoul point. Additionally, when your current active party member consumes or restores Nightsoul points, the extra Nightsoul points she gains the next time she restores Nightsoul points via the Scale will be increased to 4. This effect can occur once every 2.8s.

"Precise Movement" will expire when Iansan's Nightsoul's Blessing state does.

Kinetic Energy Gradient Test

When a nearby party member triggers a Nightsoul Burst, Iansan will obtain the Warming Up effect for 10s.

During this time, when Iansan restores at least 1 Nightsoul point, she will also heal your current active character for 60% of her ATK. This effect can be triggered once every 2.8s.

Night Realm's Gift: Hard Work and Drive

After Nightsoul points have been fully depleted and Iansan is on the field, she will switch to using Phlogiston to maintain her Nightsoul's Blessing.

While in an area with Phlogiston Mechanics within Natlan, Nightsoul Transmission: Iansan can be used. When the current active character is sprinting or in movement modes caused by certain Talents, or at a certain height in the air, switching to Iansan will trigger the following: Iansan enters the Nightsoul's Blessing state and obtains 25 Nightsoul points. Nightsoul Transmission can be triggered once every 10s by your own party.

Caloric Balancing Plan

While in an area with Phlogiston Mechanics within Natlan, regain 10 Phlogiston when Phlogiston levels drop below 50%. This can occur once every 10s.

3.2.

Iansan's Ascension Materials

Iansan gains ATK % as she levels giving her a total of 24.0% ATK % at level 90.

The total Ascension Material costs to upgrade all of Iansan's Ascensions are listed below.

Source Quantity
Mora 420,000 Mora
Boss Material 46x Ensnaring Gaze
Ascension Material
Local Specialty 168x New Local Specialty
Enhancement Material
  • 18x Sentry's Wooden Whistle
  • 30x Warrior's Metal Whistle
  • 36x Saurian-Crowned Warrior's Golden Whistle
3.3.

Iansan's Talents

Type Talent Name Brief Explanation
Normal Normal Attack: By the Horns

Normal Attack

Performs up to 3 consecutive spear strikes.

Charged Attack

Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to lunge forward, dealing damage to opponents along the way.

Plunging Attack

Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.

Nightsoul State: Swift Stormflight

While in the Nightsoul's Blessing state: Iansan's Charged Attack will be transformed into the formidable Swift Stormflight, consuming a certain amount of Stamina to stomp fiercely down, dealing Nightsoul-aligned AoE Electro DMG.

Elemental Skill Thunderbolt Rush

Iansan charges forward a certain distance, dealing Nightsoul-aligned Electro DMG to all opponents in her path. After this is done, using a Normal Attack will trigger 1 Swift Stormflight stomp that will not consume Stamina. After this Skill is used, Iansan will regain Nightsoul points up to her maximum and enter the Nightsoul's Blessing state.

Nightsoul's Blessing: Iansan

Continuously consumes Nightsoul points. If she runs out, or uses this Skill again, her Nightsoul's Blessing state will end. It has the following properties:

  • Increases Iansan's Movement SPD and jumping power.
  • Holding sprint will switch Iansan to Thunderbolt Rush mode, greatly increasing her Movement SPD and jumping power temporarily. In this mode, Iansan can make flying leaps using terrain, or consume additional Nightsoul points to move on water or liquid Phlogiston while being immune to DMG from the latter.
Elemental Burst The Three Principles of Power

Iansan's stomping foot shatters the very earth with "Power," dealing Nightsoul-aligned AoE Electro DMG. She then whips out her "Limited-Edition Kinetic Energy Scale (For Workouts)." When this Skill is used, Iansan will gain 15 Nightsoul points and enter the Nightsoul's Blessing state. When the Kinetic Energy Scale leaves the field, Iansan's Nightsoul's Blessing state will end.

Kinetic Energy Scale

The Kinetic Energy Scale will follow the character around, boosting the ATK of your current active party member in different ways based on Iansan's Nightsoul points.

  • If Iansan has less than 42 Nightsoul points, the ATK bonus will be based on her Nightsoul points and ATK.
  • If Iansan has at least 42 Nightsoul points, the ATK bonus will be based on her ATK.

Additionally, the Scale will log the distance your current active character (excluding Iansan) has moved so long as it is active, restoring Nightsoul points to Iansan every second based on the distance moved in the previous second. The Scale will disappear once her Nightsoul's Blessing state ends. It will disappear 1s after you cease being in a state of combat. While it is active, Iansan's Nightsoul's Blessing state will not end even if she is not on the field.

3.4.

Iansan's Talent Materials

The total material costs to upgrade a single one of Iansan's Talents is listed below.

Source Quantity
Mora 1,625,500 Mora
Special Material 1x Crown of Insight
Boss Material 6x Denial and Judgment
Domain Material
  • 3x Teachings of Contention
  • 21x Guide to Contention
  • 38x Philosophies of Contention
Enhancement Material
  • 6x Sentry's Wooden Whistle
  • 22x Warrior's Metal Whistle
  • 31x Saurian-Crowned Warrior's Golden Whistle
3.5.

Iansan's Constellations

# Name Explanation
C1 Starting's Never Easy

When Iansan is in combat and is in the Nightsoul's Blessing state, she will restore 15 Elemental Energy for every 6 Nightsoul points she consumes. This effect can trigger once every 18s.

C2 Laziness is the Enemy!

When using the Elemental Burst The Three Principles of Power, Iansan will also gain the Precise Movement effect from her Passive Talent "Enhanced Resistance Training" for 15s. Additionally, if Iansan is off-field while Precise Movement is active, she will also increase your current active character's ATK by 30%. You must first unlock the Passive Talent "Enhanced Resistance Training" to access the above effect.

C3 Scientific Diet Planning Increases the Level of Thunderbolt Rush by 3.
C4 Slow and Steady Wins the Race

When the Kinetic Energy Scale is present, Iansan will gain 2 stacks of Surging Force after your current active character (excluding herself) uses their Elemental Burst. This lasts until the Scale leaves the field, and Surging Force can be gained once per Scale summoning. Whenever Iansan restores Nightsoul points via the Scale, she will consume 1 Surging Force stack and restore 4 additional Nightsoul points. Additionally, if her Nightsoul restoration overflows, Iansan will gain 50% of the overflow the next time she restores Nightsoul points via the Scale.

C5 We Can Push it Further! Increases the Level of The Three Principles of Power by 3.
C6 Teachings of the Collective of Plenty

The Kinetic Energy Scale's duration is increased by 3s. Additionally, when Iansan triggers Nightsoul point restoration, if there is any overflow, she will gain the Extreme Force effect, which increases the DMG dealt by your current active character by 25% for 3s.

3.6.

Changelog

  • 13 Feb. 2025: Initial Page release.
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