Lan Yan Guide and Best Builds for Genshin Impact
Lan Yan is an upcomming 4-Star Anemo shielder in Genshin Impact who converts her shield into Hydro, Pyro, Cryo or Electro depending on what reactions are taking place. Read on to learn more about Lan Yan's kit, Lan Yan's Build and also her Ascension and Talent Materials.
Lan Yan Build Guide, Best Artifacts, Weapons and Talent Priority
Lan Yan is still in beta, with potential changes to come which would impact her build. It is important to understand things can change drastically. If you want to build Lan Yan, start by spending resin to farm her Talent materials and Ascension materials before relics and team compositions and then focus on building Lan Yan.
| BiS Weapon | Memory of Dust |
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Lan Yan's biggest asset is her shielding potential, allowing her to provide shields stronger than even the Geo Archon himself. This build focuses on her potential as a supportive character. Lan Yan's best weapons in a support build can be seen above with all weapons increasing her shielding aside from Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers which instead buffs your team. Because Lan Yan already has such powerful shields, Thrilling Tales remains a great weapon as it is for many Catalyst characters.
Viridescent Venerer is her best artifact set for the RES Shred increase which further amplifies her value as a support. In this build, focus on ATK % as it increases her shield strength as well as adding some damage while Elemental Mastery is a nice stat to focus on afterwards due to the Ascension Passive: Skyfeather Evil-Subduing Charm.
Lan Yan Best Team Comps
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Lan Yan's Ascensions, Talents, and Constellations
Lan Yan Ascension Passives and Materials
| Ascension Passive | Explanation |
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| Four Sealing Divination Charms |
When the dash from the Elemental Skill Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance hits a target, if it interacts with Hydro/Pyro/Cryo/Electro, the Swallow-Wisp Shield will undergo Elemental Conversion, with the converted shield absorbing DMG from the corresponding element with 250% efficiency. Additionally, if this use of Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance causes the Swallow-Wisp Shield to undergo Elemental Conversion, the Feathermoon Rings Lan Yan throws at her foes additionally deal Elemental DMG equal to 50% of the original in the corresponding Elemental Type. This DMG is considered Elemental Skill DMG. |
| Skyfeather Evil-Subduing Charm | The Elemental Skill Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance and the Elemental Burst Lustrous Moonrise deal increased DMG equal to 309% and 774% of Lan Yan's Elemental Mastery respectively. |
| Thought and Intent, Like Silken Scent |
When Lan Yan is in the party, your characters will not startle Crystalflies and certain other animals when getting near them. Check the "Other" sub-category of the "Living Beings / Wildlife" section in the Archive for creatures this skill works on. |
Lan Yan's Ascension Materials
Lan Yan gains ATK % as she levels giving her a total of 24% ATK % at level 90.
The total Ascension Material costs to upgrade all of Lan Yan's Ascensions are listed below. All of Lan Yan's Ascension Materials can already be farmed in Genshin Impact making it easy to get Lan Yan to level 90 instantly.
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| Mora | 420,000 Mora |
| Boss Material | 46x Gold-Inscribed Secret Source Core |
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| Local Specialty | 168x Clearwater Jade |
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Lan Yan's Talents
| Type | Talent Name | Brief Explanation |
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| Normal | Normal Attack: Black Pheasant Strides on Water |
Normal Attack Wields her Feathermoon Rings to perform up to 4 attacks, dealing Anemo DMG. Charged Attack Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to throw out a Feathermoon Ring, dealing Anemo DMG. Plunging Attack Gathers the power of Anemo and plunges towards the ground from mid-air, damaging all opponents in her path. Deals AoE Anemo DMG upon impact with the ground. |
| Elemental Skill | Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance |
Summoning forth the Swallow-Wisp Shield, a secret art passed down across generations, Lan Yan dashes forward and, upon making contact with her target, will leap back into the air. The Swallow-Wisp Shield's DMG absorption scales based on her ATK, and has a 250% absorption efficiency against Anemo DMG. While in mid-air due to the effects of her Elemental Skill, pressing her Elemental Skill again or pressing Normal Attack will cause Lan Yan to hurl her Feathermoon Rings at an opponent, and they will spin between nearby opponents twice upon hit, dealing Anemo DMG. Holding the Skill will cause it to behave differently. Hold Enter Aiming Mode to adjust the dash direction. |
| Elemental Burst | Lustrous Moonrise |
Lan Yan creates a Feathermoon Swallow Array, pulling in nearby opponents and objects and dealing multiple instances of AoE Anemo DMG. |
Lan Yan's Talent Materials
The total material costs to upgrade a single one of of Lan Yan's Talents is listed below. The weekly boss material for Lan Yan's Talents cannot be farmed until the release of 5.3 which will take time due to being a weekly boss material.
| Source | Quantity |
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| Mora | 1,625,500 Mora |
| Special Material | 1x Crown of Insight |
| Boss Material | 6x New Weekly Boss Material |
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Lan Yan's Constellations
| # | Name | Explanation |
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| C1 | "As One Might Stride Betwixt the Clouds" |
After triggering the Elemental Conversion from the Passive Talent "Four Sealing Divination Charms," this instance of Lan Yan's Elemental Skill Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance will produce another Feathermoon Ring when they are thrown at opponents. |
| C2 | "Dance Vestments Billow Like Rainbow Jade" | While the Swallow-Wisp Shield is active, when your active party member's Normal Attacks deal DMG, 40% of the Shield's DMG absorption will be restored, up to its original maximum absorption. This effect can occur once every 2s. |
| C3 | "On White Wings Pierce Through Cloud and Fog" | Increases the Level of Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance by 3. |
| C4 | "With Drakefalcon's Blood-Pearls Adorned" |
After Lan Yan uses her Elemental Burst Lustrous Moonrise, the Elemental Mastery of all nearby party members increases by 60 for 12s. |
| C5 | "Having Met You, My Heart is Gladdened" | Increases the Level of Lustrous Moonrise by 3. |
| C6 | "Let Us Away on Slyphic Wing, the Silvered Ornaments to Ring" |
Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance gains 1 additional charge. |
Changelog
- 10 Dec. 2024: Beta Update.
- 08 Dec. 2024: Preliminary build info added.
- 02 Dec. 2024: Beta Updates.
- 20 Nov. 2024: Page added.
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