Ye Lan in Genshin Impact: Best Build [Guide to Units, Weapons, Artifacts]

In Genshn Impact , Ye Lan is a perceptive employee of the Civil Affairs Department. She always manages to find herself at the center of events. No one guesses how she obtains the valuable information she provides to the Department. Everyone who knows her knows her under various guises and seeks her favor and support. However, few have ever discovered the truth about this mysterious woman.

In this guide, we will analyze the abilities and skills of the 5⭐ Hydro Archer, determine the best sets of artifacts, suitable weapons, characters and squad composition, as well as the most effective use of skills to deal the best damage.

How to get Ye Lan

You can get Ye Lan by knocking out the White Rainbow temporary banner. The next banner is in update 2.7.

Strengths and Weaknesses of Ye Lan

The heroine's advantages include :

• High base crit chance. hits;
• Passively and no less effectively hangs Hydro status on enemies and deals additional damage;
• Ease of assembly;
• Without constellations and a signature bow, it fully realizes itself;
• Useful talents for the whole pack.

Disadvantages of the Hydro Archer:

• To get the maximum HP bonus from a passive talent, you have to assemble a team with characters of 4 different elements;
• Expensive 70 ult.

Ye Lan's Abilities and Passives

The normal attack isn't particularly interesting. It's standard for all archers: firing five arrows from the bow.

Charged Attack – Aims and fires an arrow with increased damage. Depending on the arrow's charge time, it can deal either Physical or Hydro damage.

Charged Attack Specialty – Breakthrough: If the heroine doesn't attack enemies for 5 seconds, she gains a special effect that reduces the time of her next fully charged attack by 80%. The arrow fired with this effect deals AoE Hydro damage. The attack's strength depends on her max HP.

Falling Attack – Fires multiple arrows that deal physical AoE damage upon landing.

Elemental Skill – begins moving quickly along with life threads. The threads mark all enemies encountered. After the E-signal expires, the threads explode, dealing Hydro damage to marked enemies based on their maximum life bar.

With a quick press , rushes forward a certain distance.

Long-pressing activates movement control. Additionally, each enemy hit by the thread grants a 34% chance to trigger Breakthrough. You can cancel the special run by pressing it again; the effect lasts for 3 seconds.

If an enemy deals damage while sprinting, Ye lan will not be knocked back, but she will take some damage.

Elemental Burst – Attacks an area with a Hydro element, then summons Exquisite Throw. This effect passively deals Hydro damage (based on Max HP) in the following situations:

• once per second, together with the attacks of the active character;
• each time the thread of life explodes, dealing damage to enemies.

Ye Lan's ultimate is similar to Xing Qiu's ultimate, but Exquisite Throw hits more powerfully and more often puts Hydro status on enemies, which makes the character more effective at creating reactions.

Passive talents are shown in the table:

Constellations Ye Lan and which one is worth knocking out

The first constellation allows you to replenish energy faster, but it is not necessary to obtain, since you can make up for the lack by picking up weapons and artifacts with recovery. If you wish, you can get the second constellation, it is already more interesting than the first and allows you to greatly disperse the damage.

Resources for leveling Ye Lan and the priority of enhancing talents

Elevation materials

To ascend to level 90, you will need to prepare the following materials:

• Lapis Lazuli Vrunada shard/fragment/piece/precious;
• star shell;
• Chevron of an officer / sergeant / private;
• Ruin Fang (farmed from Ruin Wyrm)
• Must.

Talent Materials

To upgrade talents you need:

• Teachings/directions/philosophy about "Prosperity";
• Chevron of an officer / sergeant / private;
• Gilded Scales (obtained from the weekly boss Azhdah);
• Crown of Insight;
• Must.

Talent development priority

First of all, it is recommended to download Ulta, then E-shku. Normal attacks should not be downloaded, since the heroine will practically not use them. If Ye Lan plays the main role in the squad, normal attacks need to be pumped, but then the entire potential of the squad is lost, since Ye Lan is best manifested in the support role.

Best builds for Ye Lan in Genshin Impact

Best Artifacts

Complete sets suitable for Ye lan:

The	Icon	Rarity	Set bonuses
Emblem of Severed Fate		⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	2 items - 20% bonus to energy recovery; 4 items - Increases elemental blast damage by 25% of your total energy regeneration. The maximum can be increased up to 75%. A great option with a useful HP, since the cost of Ye Lan's ult is 70 units.
Noblesse Oblige		⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	2 items – +20% Elemental Explosion damage; 4 items - Using your ultimate increases the attack power of all party members by 20% for 12 seconds. To disperse damage from the ult and a bonus to attack for all members of the squad.
Gambler		⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐	2 items - +20 elemental damage; 4 items - Defeating an enemy restores the cooldown of an elemental skill every 15 sec. Suitable for a while, while there are no more suitable artifacts. But if the stats do not match the recommended ones, it is better to collect pieces from different sets.

If the full set has not yet been collected with good stats, you can collect bonuses from 2 pieces. It will also be an excellent option for a set of necessary parameters. You can combine the given sets from both tables:

The	Icon	Rarity	Set bonuses
Heart of Depth		⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	2 items - +15 Hydro Damage Bonus
Tenacity of the Millelith		⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	2 items - + 20% to HP.

A selection of stats in artifacts

We recommend focusing primarily on artifact stats rather than set bonuses . A huge advantage of farming artifacts for Ye Lan is that she needs to maximize HP, which drops much more frequently than other stats. Let's look at the recommended stats for each artifact type to maximize archer damage:

Artifact	Main stat	Additional stats
Flower of Life	HP	CRIT DMG Crit Rate HP% Energy recharge
Plume of Death	ATK	CRIT DMG Crit Rate HP% Energy Recovery or Elemental Mastery
Sands of Eon	HP% (If Emblem is set, look for Energy Recovery)	CRIT DMG Crit Rate Elemental Mastery Energy recovery or HP%
Goblet of Eonothem	Hydro Damage Bonus	CRIT DMG Crit Rate HP% Energy recharge
Circlet of Logos	Crit. damage or crit. chance	CRIT DMG Crit Rate HP% Energy Recovery or Elemental Mastery

Best Weapons

Since Ye Lan performs best in a support role, weapons should be picked up with buffs for the team or to increase the damage from the ultimate.

Weapon	What does the character look like	Rarity	Main characteristics	Passive Bonus
Aqua Simulacra		⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	Basic Attack 44–542 Crete. damage 19.2%–88.2%	Increases HP by 16%-32%. When there are enemies nearby, the damage of the character equipped with this weapon is increased by 20% - 40%.  Ye Lan's signature weapon and therefore the best option for her. The passive works even when the character is out of the battlefield. Gives a lot of crits and health, which allows you to significantly disperse the indicators from artifacts.
Elegy for the End		⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	Basic Attack 46–608 Energy recovery 12%–55.1%	Elemental Mastery is increased by 60-120. Hitting with an E-Shake or Ult summons a Talisman of Remembrance every 0.2 sec. After 4 talismans have accumulated, they disappear, giving the character a special effect for 12 seconds. At the same time, the MS of all members of the squad increases by 100–200 units, and the attack power by 20%–40%. After activation for 20 seconds, new talismans will not appear.  A good option that solves the problem with an expensive ult. The passive is easy to activate as Ye Lan often uses skills to buff the entire squad. Put only in commands with reactions.
Polar Star		⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	Basic Attack 46–608 Crit Chance 7.2%–33.1%	+12%–24% damage from ult and E-shki. Hitting an enemy (any type of attack except a falling attack) grants the character 1 bonus level for 12 seconds. In total, you can get 4 levels that increase attack power: 10-20% 20-40% 30-60% 48-96% The duration of the levels does not depend on each other. A lot of attacks that are not useful. Levels should also be ignored, as there is no point in them. Otherwise, a good bow if you need crit chance and a little more skill damage.
Skyward Harp		⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	Basic Attack 48–674 Crit chance. hits 4.8%–22.1%	Increased crit. damage by 20%–40%. Hitting an enemy has a 60%-100% chance to deal 125% P. Def. damage in a small radius. The effect occurs no more than once every 4 sec. This cannon does not fully expand in Ye Lan's hands, as she does not need too much basic attack. However, it helps to solve problems with crit chance and crit. damage. It also deals additional damage.
The Stringless		⭐⭐⭐⭐	Basic Attack 42–510 Elemental Mastery 36–165	+24%–48% damage from E-shki and ult. With full awakening, a great 4⭐ bow that greatly accelerates skill damage.
Favonius Warbow		⭐⭐⭐⭐	Basic Attack 41–454 Energy recovery 13.3%–61.3%	Crit hit. attacks have a 60%–100% chance to spawn elemental particles. which restore 6 units. energy. Occurs every 12-6 seconds. Provides valuable recovery for Ye Lan and creates additional particles for the team. If you take Favonium, you can not look for EP in artifacts, but collect more crits.
Sacrificial Bow		⭐⭐⭐⭐	Basic Attack 44–565 Energy recovery 6.7%–30,6%	E-hit has a 60%-80% chance to restore their own cooldown every 30-16 seconds. The passive does not distribute energy to all members of the squad like Favonius, but allows you to use E-shku more often, which means more damage.
Mouun's Moon		⭐⭐⭐⭐	Basic Attack 44–565 Attack Power 6%–27.6%	Increases ultimate damage by 0.12%–0.24% per point of energy for each teammate. The maximum bonus you can get is 40%-80%. Gives solid damage, but you need to collect enough recovery and take characters with an expensive ult.
Falling dusk		⭐⭐⭐⭐	Basic Attack 44–565 Energy recovery 6.7%–30.6%	Hitting an enemy grants sequentially crushing damage bonuses for: 6%–12%; 10%–20%; 14%–28%. Occurs every 7 seconds, changing the first bonus to the second, then the second to the third. Works even when the character is in the pocket. Free bow patch 2.7. solves the problem of HP, accelerates damage.
Slingshot		⭐⭐⭐	Basic Attack 38–354 Crit chance. hits 6.8%–31.2%	Hitting a target with a Normal or Charged Shot after 0.3 seconds after being hit or shot increases their damage by 36%-60%. Otherwise, the damage is reduced by 10%. Suitable only at the start of the game, while there are no 4⭐ or 5⭐ weapons.
Recurve Bow		⭐⭐⭐	Basic Attack 38–354 HP 10.2%–46.9%	Defeating an enemy restores 8-16% health. Another good place to start.

Characters and team composition for Ye Lan in Genshin Impact

When selecting characters for a squad, it is important to take into account the bonus of the passive talent Seize the Initiative, which increases HP. Therefore, it is desirable to collect heroes with different elements.

Character	Element	Weapon	Why is it suitable
Hu Tao	Pyro	Polearm	Ye Lan is the perfect ally, giving away a lot of Hydro status and replacing Xin Qiu.
Yoimiya	Pyro	Bow	As with Hu Tao, the pair will create one of the most powerful Vapor reactions.
Fischl	Electro	Bow	The constant presence of Oz the Crow on the battlefield creates passive reactions and deals damage.
Ayaka	Cryo	One-handed sword	Will provide a freeze, preventing enemies from getting out of the whirlwind.
Zhongli	Geo	Polearm	Increase the survivability of the entire squad with the most powerful shield.
Kaeya	Cryo	One-handed sword	In close combat, it will help keep the freeze on enemies.
Diluc	Pyro	Claymore	E-shka will not give many reactions, but the infusion after the ult works well with Ye Lan's ult, allowing you to significantly increase the damage of the squad.
Venti	Anemo	Bow	Restores energy, powerful screed, increased damage due to absorption.
Yanfei	Pyro	Catalyst:	The constant reaction of Steam allows you to realize the damage potential to the maximum.
Sucrose	Anemo	Catalyst:	Budget replacement Venti. The screed isn't as strong, but gives out a lot of elemental mastery.
Bay Doe	Electro	Claymore	Create a shield, provide reactions.
Kokomi	Hydro	Catalyst:	Will flood energy, create Hydro resonance and provide healing.
Kazuha	Anemo	One-handed sword	Will provide control of the group, distribute a bonus of elemental damage.
Diona	Cryo	Bow	Creates shields, heals, distributes elemental mastery when a constellation is present. Capable of freezing.
Raiden	Electro	Polearm	Provides a reaction Charged, flood energy.
Xiangling	Pyro	Polearm	The powerful ultimate goes well with Ye Lan's abilities. In the presence of the second Pyro of the character, a resonance of +25 to attack power will appear.

Team samples

The backbone of the group	Sap-dd	Support	Hill/Shield/Support	Group features
Hu Tao	Yelan	Sucrose	Zhongli	Hu Tao will deal the main damage. Ye Lan will passively bring in an additional one and provide a reaction of Par. Sucrose will inflate the elements and increase elemental damage. Zhong Li will give some control and shields.
Hu Tao	Yelan	Raiden	Zhongli	Pyro will hit Hydro and Electro status. Hu Tao in this pack can be replaced with Dilyuk or Eimiya. Instead of Raiden, you can put Fischl.
Bay Doe	Yelan	Fischl	Bennett	Bei Dou will deal the main damage and create shields, increasing the squad's survivability. Ye Lan will constantly distribute Hydro status, allowing the damage dealer to deal more damage through reactions. Fischl will summon a raven, which will additionally hang Electro status. It will also provide resonance, in which reactions with electro will create additional particles of energy. Bennet will distribute attack power and act as a healer.
Yoimiya	Yelan	Kazuha	Bennett	Eimiya and Ye Lan go well together. Vapor Reaction, Kazuha and Bennet's buffs will greatly increase the overall damage.
Ayaka	Yelan	Venti	Diona	Venti will group the squad, generate a lot of energy and give bonuses depending on the set of artifacts. Ye lan will allow Gan Yu to freeze enemies permanently. Dione will give an additional crit chance. hit by resonance, will play the role of a battery, a shield and a healer.
Kaeya	Yelan	Xiangling	Barbara	Free version with tons of reactions and Hydro Resonance.
Yanfei	Yelan	Sucrose	Bennett	A team that plays from Para and maximizes Yan Fei's damage. Sucrose can be replaced with Kazuha, which will increase elemental damage.
Chongyun	Yelan	Xiangling	Bennett	A cheap version of the national pack, working on the principle of a revolver. There is no damage dealer here, the characters use their skills one by one, causing huge damage to enemies. The task of the heroes on the rollback is to squeeze the abilities under the gain from Bennett.
Raiden	Yelan	Xiangling	Bennett	A more expensive revolver squad with huge one-time damage and reactions. Raiden's advantage is not only in damage, but also in the energy that she will distribute to other characters.
Diluc	Yelan	Xingqiu	Zhongli	Ye Lan and Xing Qiu will flood each other with energy, allowing you to collect less recovery and use your ult on cooldown. Permanent Hydro status in such a pack is provided. Xing Qiu also cuts Hydro resistance, increasing his own damage and Ye lan's damage.
Diluc	Yelan	Fischl	Kokomi	Dilyuk will do the main damage, and the infusion after the ult will create reactions with Fischl and Ye Lan, which will keep the Electro and Hydro statuses on the enemies. Kokomi will heal even more thanks to Hydro Resonance.

How to play Yelan

The skills of the heroine are sharpened for the game as a sup-dd. Leaving the role of the backbone of the group for her is the last thing to think about. After all, she acquires the potential of a DD character only with the 6th constellation.

During the game, it is important to focus on pressing the E-shki and Ulta buttons on the rollback, followed by switching to the damage dealer, which deals the main damage. When using E-shki, it is recommended to mark the maximum number of enemies in order to deal more damage. It is also important for the generation of elemental particles in order to replenish energy in time.

During Exquisite Throw, the buff from the passive talent only reaches its maximum at the end of the duration. To give out increased damage, the ult of other characters should be used at the end of the Explosion of the elements Ye lan.

Is it worth it to knock out Ye Lan

Ye Lan became a worthy replacement for Xing Qiu, allowing him to be released to the second team. She is the perfect companion for creating reactions and, as a result, increasing overall damage.

Easy to use, suitable for beginners, especially considering that the materials for leveling are collected in Li Yue. For more experienced players, the Hydro Archer will help in composing an additional squad or forming a new and stronger one.