Genshin Impact’s Yanfei is a half-adeptus and Liyue’s premier legal adviser. Not only can she offer top-of-the-line legal advice, but she can also pack a punch on the battlefield as a surprisingly powerful four-star pyro catalyst wielder. So if you’d care to read the wavier and sign on the dotted line, we’ll take you through the best Yanfei build, featuring her skills, weapons, and more.
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Open your textbooks, let’s find out everything you need to know about Genshin Impact’s Yanfei.
What’s the best Genshin Impact Yanfei build?
| Best weapon | Vaporize: Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds Transformative: A Thousand Floating Dreams |
| Weapon substitutes | Vaporize: Cashflow Supervision Transformative: Sacrificial Fragments |
| Best artifact set | Vaporize: Crimson Witch of Flames Transformative: Gilded Dreams |
| Artifact substitutes | Shimenawa’s Reminiscence, Marechaussee Hunter (with Furina), or Wanderer’s Troupe |
| Main stats | Vaporize:
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Yanfei’s best vaporize DPS build weapon is Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds and her best transformative reaction (e.g., overloaded and burgeon) weapon is A Thousand Floating Dreams. Her vaporize build favors four pieces of Crimson Witch of Flames with a focus on attack%, pyro damage, and crit stats.Gilded Dreams is Yanfei’s best transformative artifact set, and you should go all-in on elemental mastery.
If possible, it’s worthwhile getting Yanfei to level 90, especially in an overload team. She also sees some strong quality of life benefits from her constellations in all roles, with her C4 allowing her to provide a strong shield that makes her a strong support for characters like Genshin Impact’s Hu Tao, and her C6 offering a boost to her stamina so she can use her powerful charged attacks more freely.
How should I use Yanfei?
Yanfei primarily excels in an on-field DPS role, taking the lead in either a vaporize or overload team. She’s a great option for early gameplay, and her ranged attacks have a handy reach. She also has decent reach and damage with her AoE, consistent pyro application, and plenty of F2P and resin-efficient options when it comes to weapons, artifacts, and team builds. Yanfei’s elemental skill and elemental burst require a lot of field time, but their DPS potential makes it all worth it.
However, she has a long charged attack animation which isn’t easy to cancel and doesn’t offer invincibility, leaving her vulnerable to incoming attacks. As she’s also pretty squishy in most builds, you may find yourself relying on highly sought-after shield units to negate this damage.
What are the best Yanfei weapons?
Vaporize Yanfei
The Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds is our catalyst of choice for vaporize Yanfei, as it compliments the extended on-field time necessary to make the most of her rotations. The crit rate secondary stat, which isn’t very common in catalysts, also works really well for her.
As you’ll discover as we continue through this guide, Yanfei synergizes amazingly with Genshin Impact’s Furina, but her corresponding build is extremely specific. Cashflow Supervision works wonders for Yanfei when she’s working with Furina, thanks to its HP change-based attack buffs and substantial crit rate bonus stat.
Alternatively, The Widsith is a great choice, especially at higher refinement ranks, as Yanfei is one of the few catalyst users capable of making full use of its buffs. Plus, it’s slightly easier to roll into.
| Weapon | Effect | How to obtain |
| Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds | Bonus effect: crit rate Skill: Increases movement speed by 10%. When in battle, gain an 8% elemental damage bonus every four seconds. Max four stacks. Lasts until Yanfei falls or leaves combat | Gacha |
| Cashflow Supervision | Bonus
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