Yanfei Guide and Best Builds for Genshin Impact

Strengths

• Ranged attacks which provide synergy with the Overload reaction as Yanfei can attack enemies after being knocked back.
• Does not require Constellations to deal good damage while C4 instead turns Yanfei into a shielder.
• Great Pyro application due to being an on-field catalyst character.

Weaknesses

• While fun to play, damage output will be noticeably lower than the many other powerful Pyro DPS.
• Primarily uses Charged Attacks which consumes a lot of stamina leaving Yanfei vulnerable.

Yanfei has 2 main builds, the first being a Pyro DPS and the second being a Shield Support with her 4th Constellation Supreme Amnesty.

When playing Yanfei as an on-field DPS, she generally wants around 120-130% Energy Recharge. This is because Yanfei normally bursts every other rotation so that artifacts can focus on CRIT instead.

If you did want Yanfei to burst every rotation, or when played as a Shield Support, you instead need to build 200-240% depending on your team composition. When building Yanfei as a shielder, it is better to build around 240%. This provides flexibility and does not take away from other stats that Yanfei needs to build because she only needs HP.

Yanfei's Normal Attacks, Skills and Bursts help to generate Scarlet Seals up to a maximum of 3 seals (or 4 at C6). These seals decrease Stamina consumption and are consumed with Charged Attack to deal increased DMG as well as a wider AoE to defeat enemies.

Both Signed Edict and Done Deal generate the maximum number of Scarlet Seals. This means that you want to use a Charged Attack between activations of your Skill and Burst to ensure you do not waste Seals. An example would be:

• Normal Attack
• Done Deal
• Normal Attack (If C6)
• Charged Attack
• Normal Attack
• Signed Edict
• Charged Attack

From there you can continue to build up Seals and Deal Charged Attacks. Depending on how fast you can apply Hydro, you may only want to do 2/3 Normal Attacks so that you Charge more often to deal bigger Vaporize damage hits.

Yanfei has some great team compositions, generally either involving Vaporize or Overload.

Yanfei wants a consistent amount of Hydro application to be able to keep up with her for elemental reactions. This means that 2 Hydro characters is ideal. Furina is often Yanfei's best support due to the powerful DMG buffs Furina provides on top of some elemental application. Xianyun teams work a little differently however, as the aim is to vape on Plunging attacks instead.

In Overload teams, Chevreuse is an incredibly useful teammate with her ability to buff both Pyro as well as Electro. Fischl and Yae Miko are great supports with Fischl having a focus on single-target and Yae multi-target damage.

Yanfei's best teams as a shielder tend to be in teams which benefit from the Pyro Resonance she provides while also providing minimal Pyro application allowing her to be a fairly neutral shielder. Characters who tend to benefit most are Hu Tao, Lyney and Yoimiya.

Chasca is another DPS who can benefit from Yanfei in a more unique manner. This is because Yanfei's interruption resistance is handy for Chasca while in the air but she additionally adds another Pyro bullet for Chasca to create more reactions with.