Lan Yan is a character of Genshin Impact that from Liyue. See Lan Yan's, best build, strongest weapon, teams, tier, materials, talent, stat goals, how to use guide, & abilities.
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This article assumes that Lan Yan scales from ATK and uses information from 5.3 Livestream. This will be updated once Lan Yan is officially released.
Lan Yan Release Date
Lan Yan Releases On January 21, 2025
| Release Date | January 21, 2025 |
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Lan Yan is set to be released on January 21, 2025. She will be one of the featured 4 star character in the second phase of 5.3 update of Genshin Impact which are Arlecchino and Clorinde.
Lan Yan Tier & Review
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What Kind Of Character Is Lan Yan?
Lan Yan Is An Anemo Shielder With Sub-DPS Potential
Lan Yan is one of the first shielders that uses Anemo. Her shields is able to absorb PECH (Pyro, Electro, Cryo and Hydro) Elements and be more effective on those elements. She can also deal damage that requires a short on-field time to release Elemental Burst.
Abilities Of Lan Yan & Effect Of Elemental Skill And Burst
Elemental Skill Gives Shield & A Decent Traversal Skill
Using the Elemental Skill of Lan Yan will summons a shield and deal one hit of damage. After unlocking a passive, this shield can absorb elements and be more effective towards that element.
Hold And Aim To Change Direction Of The Jump
You can use the Elemental Skill of Lan Yan as a traversal skill since it is able to reach great heights.
Elemental Burst Is A Damage Dealing Attack
Elemental Burst of Lan Yan deals 3 hits of Anemo damage in an AoE in front of Lan Yan. It is a decent Burst for damage and since it ends quickly, using Lan Yan as a quick-swap DPS is also possible.
Lan Yan Best Build
Lan Yan Is Best Built As A Shield & Support Hybrid
| Weapon | Sacrificial Fragments |
|---|---|
| Best Artifact | Viridescent Venerer x 4 |
| Artifact Sub-Stats | Sands: ATK% or Energy Recharge Goblet: ATK% Circlet: ATK% |
| Recommended Team | |
You get the best use for Lan Yan when building her as a shielder and equipping her with Sacrificial Fragments that increases her shield up-time. Since Lan Yan seems to not have support abilities outside shields, you can also opt to us support weapons like Thrilling Tales Of Dragon Slayers to make her better at specific teams.
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Lan Yan Best Weapon
Lan Yan Works Well With Support & ATK Weapons
| Weapon | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| Best | Sacrificial Fragments | Elemental Mastery 221 (Lvl. 90) - Amazing for increasing the up-time of shields of Citlali. - Elemental Mastery sub-stat is also good for boosting damage of Lan Yan's swirls. |
| 2nd (F2P) | Thrilling Tales Of Dragon Slayers | HP 35.2% (Lvl. 90) - While the HP sub-stat does not help with but gives 48% ATK buff to another character. |
| 3rd | Memory Of Dust | ATK 49.6% (Lvl. 90) - Greatly increases the ATK of Lan Yan. - This is an amazing weapon to use when you are using Lan Yan as a Main DPS. |
| 4th (F2P) | Favonius Codex | Energy Recharge 45.9% (Lvl. 90) - Amazing weapon when using Lan Yan in energy hungry teams. - You need to invest on CRIT Rate when using this weapon. |
When using Yan Lan as a generalist support, Sacrificial Fragments is the best weapon to use. If you do not have Sacrificial Fragments, weapon that gives buffs to the teams is recommended.
All Weapon ListLan Yan Best Artifacts
Support Artifacts Are Amazing With Lan Yan
| Artifact | Recommendation Details |
|---|---|
| Viridescent Venerer | ★★★★★ - Best and most flexible set for Support Lan Yan. - Allows Lan Yan to be an amazing shredder while being a sustain. |
| Noblesse Oblige | ★★★★・ - Increases the damage of Lan Yan's Burst and also increases ATK of the team. - Decent pick if you are going to use Lan Yan to Anemo DPS teams or Non PECH teams. |
| Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City | ★★★・・ - While Lan Yan cannot fully use the artifact, you can still get 12% Elemental DMG Boost when using this. - Decent pick if you are going to use Lan Yan to Anemo DPS teams. |
| Any 2 piece ATK. | ★★・・・ - You can also use any 2 piece artifact while farming for a complete set of ATK for Lan Yan as a temporary set. |
For Lan Yan, you can use Viridescent Venerer for the powerful shred. If there are users of VV in the team or if you are using an Anemo DPS, you can also use Noblesse Oblige or Scrolls Set.
Recommended Artifact Stats
| Main: Flat HP Sub: ATK% / Elemental Mastery / CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG |
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| Main: Flat ATK Sub: ATK% / Elemental Mastery / CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG |
| Main: ATK% or Energy Recharge Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Energy Recharge / Elemental Mastery |
| Main: ATK% Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Elemental Mastery / Energy Recharge |
| Main: ATK% Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Elemental Mastery / Energy Recharge |
For Shielder and Support Hybrid, Full ATK Is Recommended
Lan Yan's shields scales from ATK so if you want to use her as a sustain, going full ATK is recommended.
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Lan Yan Best Team Comp
Lan Yan Works Well With Teams With PECH Main DPS
| Support | DPS | Support | Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lan Yan | Arlecchino | Bennett | Xilonen |
| Details | |||
| - Lan Yan is able to shred the resistance of enemies while providing powerful shields for sustainance. - Bennett is for giving ATK buff to Arlecchino and also works with Lan Yan for shield buff. - Xilonen provides DMG buff with Scroll set and further Pyro Shred. | |||
Other Team Comps For Lan Yan
Electro-Charged Swirl DPS Lan Yan
| Team | Detail | |
|---|---|---|
| Lan Yan | Furina | - In this team, Lan Yan is the on-fielder which uses Swirl to strengthen and trigger more Electro-charged damage. - Furina or any Hydro Sub-DPS will be inflicting Hydro while Ororon and Kuki Shinobu does Electro damage for Electro-charge. |
| Kuki Shinobu | Ororon | |
F2P Comp
| Team | Detail | |
|---|---|---|
| Lan Yan | Bennett | - Yan Lan is a pretty decent character to add in National Team allowing various reaction to trigger frequently. |
| Xingqiu | Xiangling | |
Who Is Lan Yan?
A Character From Liyue
Lan Yan is announced to hail from Liyue based on the official art that was released.
Might Be Featured In Lantern Rite
Lan Yan is a character from Liyue and was announced during the Lantern Rite season. It is likely that she will be the main performer in this year's Lantern Rite similar to Gaming last year.
A Weaver From Chenyu Vale
"Don't be fooled by her young age, she's been weaving rattan handicrafts for a decade at least! When I was a kid, I thought it would be funny to trample one of the baskets at home. Luckily for me, Lan Yan and her grandpa came to visit that day to check our geomantic energies. If she hadn't helped me repair that basket, I'm sure I'd have gotten a knuckle sandwich, haha!"
— Gaming
Lin Yan seams to be a skill-full weaver based on the introduction of Gaming about her. Her title is also "Master Rattan Weaver of the Chenyu Vale Artisans Association".
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