Xinyan Guide and Best Builds for Genshin Impact

Strengths

• Able to provide shielding while also acting as a DPS.
• Xinyan's C2 guarantees the ability to CRIT on their Elemental Burst while also making easy shields.

Weaknesses

• Split scaling forcing you to choose building her with either ATK or DEF.
• Weaker shields than most other Characters.
• High Energy Recharge requirements in many situations.
• Elemental Skill requires you to be fighting 2-3 enemies to fully create her shield.

Xinyan can be built either as an on-field Physical DPS or instead built as a shield support.

Listed below are some recommendations for Xinyan's Energy Recharge requirements. The majority of the time she is paired with Bennett and therefore often follows the "Double Pyro" row when building ER.

Xinyan tends to have different requirements if she is on-field or played as a support. As a support she should ideally be using Sacrificial Greatsword meaning she can use her Elemental Skill twice in a rotation, this gives her more Energy even if she is off-field more.

Xinyan's Elemental Skill Sweeping Fervor deals Pyro DMG to nearby opponents and hits different levels depending on the amount of opponents hit:

As shown in the table, at Ascension 1 with the passive "The Show Goes On, Even Without An Audience...", the required number of enemies is decreased. At level 3: Rave, the shield will also occasionally deal Pyro DMG in an AoE around Xinyan.

Xinyan's Elemental Burst is very unique in the fact it deals both Physical DMG and also Pyro DMG. This does however come with the downside of scaling off of different things.

As a support, Xinyan's shield created by her Elemental Skill is incredibly useful for cleansing. This is because the shield always grants a Pyro status when switching a character in which is what enables the cleansing.

Xinyan has a range of great team compositions including those that support her offensive build and those that instead cater to her defensive shield build.

As a Claymore character, Xinyan has higher Plunging Attack scaling than most of the characters in the game. This makes her a good candidate for Plunging teams with Xianyun. Alongside great DMG buffs from Furina and Bennett as well as Elemental Infusion from C6 Bennett she can deal powerful Plunge Attacks.

This team focuses on Xinyan's Physical build, allowing her to deal damage through the Superconduct reaction using Cryo and Electro characters.

Fischl and Raiden Shogun are the ideal Electro characters for this providing great off-field Electro DMG and also lowering Energy Requirements. Rosaria is the best option for off-field Cryo application as well as Physical RES Shred at C6. Kaeya is an alternate option if you do not have Rosaria or she is being used in another team.

Being a Pyro character, Xinyan is able to provide additional energy for other Pyro characters. Lyney greatly benefits from having exclusively Pyro characters in his team while the increased interruption RES can help with Charged Attacks. With Hu Tao on the other hand Xinyan provides Pyro Resonance as well as defensive support instead of Healing as Hu Tao deals increased DMG below 50% HP.

When supporting non-Pyro teams, Xinyan is still able to provide some utility on top of shielding. Chasca simply wants characters of different elements to provide bullets for elemental reactions. At the same time, because of Xinyan's ability to self-apply Pyro, Kaedehara Kazuha can absorb the Pyro for elemental reactions such as in Mualani teams.