Don't be too ready to believe people when they cross their heart and hope to die. Sweet talkers only say what you want to hear. And think twice before meeting someone else's gaze — your eyes speak volumes about what you're thinking. When it comes down to it, we're friends, and if somebody ever conned you, I'd feel like I'd been cheated, too.
Profile
| Rarity | 5 ★ |
|---|---|
| Vision | Hydro |
| Constellation | Umbrabilis Orchis |
| Weapon | Bow |
| Nation | Liyue |
| Gender | Female |
| Birthday | April 20th |
| Special Dish | Dew-Dipped Shrimp |
| How to Obtain | Event Wish - Discerner of Enigmas |
| Affiliation | Yanshang Teahouse, Ministry of Civil Affairs |
| Release Date | May 31st, 2022 |
| Voice Actress | Laura Post (English), Aya Endou (Japanese) |
Overview
Yelan is a mysterious person who claims to work for the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but comes out as a non-entity on their list. She also claims to work for the Yanshang Teahouse, but only uses it for her true job, an intelligence agent collaborating with Ningguang.
Yelan is said to be quite secretive and mysterious; while claiming to work for the Ministry of Civil Affairs, she's frequently absent from work most of the year. Despite this, Ningguang tolerates her general absence while Keqing appreciates her work, although the latter wonders as to where she gets her intelligence from. She employs psychological tactics to catch her targets and get all the information she needs from them.
Outside of work, Yelan approaches life at a calm and carefree pace. She frequently enjoys napping whenever possible, but will adjust her schedule as needed for the day's tasks. When handling particularly troublesome cases, she tries to save up her energy to complete everything in a single go.
In the presence of others, she is said to be very pleasant and polite. When alone, she's said to show a far different side of her as an extremely reliable, powerful and intelligent woman. She also has a high tolerance for spice, eating raw or dried Jueyun Chilis after deeming Xiangling's spiciest dish not enough for her. She dislikes sweets, claiming that they're too easy to get addicted to and disrupts focus.
Talents
- Normal Attack: Stealthy Bowshot
- Normal Attack: Performs up to 4 consecutive shots with a bow.
- Charged Attack: Perform a more precise Aimed Shot with increased Damage. While aiming, flowing water will accumulate on the arrowhead. A fully charged torrential arrow will deal Hydro Damage.
- Plunging Attack: Fires off a shower of arrows in mid-air before falling and striking the ground, dealing AoE Damage upon impact.
Breakthrough
Yelan will enter a Breakthrough state after spending 5 seconds out of combat, which will cause her next Charged Aimed Shot to have 80% decreased charge time, and once charged, she can fire a Breakthrough Barb that will deal AoE Hydro Damage based on Yelan's Max HP.
- Elemental Skill: Lingering Lifeline
Busted.
Gotcha.
Quietly now.
Fires off a Lifeline that allows her to move rapidly, entangling and marking enemies along its path.
When this rapid movement ends, the Lifeline will explode, dealing Hydro Damage to the marked enemies based on Yelan's Max HP.
Tap: Moves a certain distance forward swiftly.
Hold: Engages in continuous, swift movement, during which Yelan's resistance to interruption is increased. During this time, Yelan can control this rapid movement and end it by using this Skill again.
Additionally, each enemy marked by the Lifeline when it explodes grants Yelan a 34% chance to reset her Breakthrough state.
- Elemental Burst: Depth-Clarion Dice
Game's up, fun's over!
Here comes the catch.
Things are about to get dicey.
Deals AoE Hydro Damage and creates an Exquisite Throw, which aids her in battle.
Exquisite Throw
Follows the character around and will initiate a coordinated attack under the following circumstances, dealing Hydro Damage based on Yelan's Max HP:
- Can occur once every second when your active character uses a Normal Attack.
- Will occur each time Yelan's Lifeline explodes and hits enemies.
- 1st Ascension Passive: Turn Control
When the party has 1/2/3/4 Elemental Types, Yelan's Max HP is increased by 6%/12%/18%/30%.
- 4th Ascension Passive: Adapt With Ease
So long as an Exquisite Throw is in play, your own active character deals 1% more Damage. This increases by a further 3.5% Damage every second. The maximum increase to Damage dealt is 50%.
The pre-existing effect will be dispelled if Elemental Burst: Depth-Clarion Dice is recast during its duration.
- Utility Passive: Necessary Calculation
Gains 25% more rewards when dispatched on a Liyue Expedition for 20 hours.
Constellation
| Level | Name | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enter the Plotters | Elemental Skill: Lingering Lifeline gains 1 additional charge. |
| 2 | Taking All Comers | When Exquisite Throw conducts a coordinated attack, it will fire an additional water arrow that will deal 14% of Yelan's Max HP as Hydro Damage. This effect can trigger once every 1.8 seconds. |
| 3 | Beware the Trickster's Dice | Increases the Level of Elemental Burst: Depth-Clarion Dice by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15. |
| 4 | Bait-and-Switch | Increases all party members' Max HP by 10% for 25 seconds for every enemy marked by Lifeline when the Lifeline explodes. A maximum increase of 40% Max HP can be attained in this manner. |
| 5 | Dealer's Sleight | Increases the Level of Elemental Skill: Lingering Lifeline by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15. |
| 6 | Winner Takes All | After using Elemental Burst: Depth-Clarion Dice, Yelan will enter the Mastermind state. In this state, all of Yelan's Normal Attacks will be special Breakthrough Barbs. These Breakthrough Barbs will have similar abilities to normal ones and the Damage dealt will be considered Charged Attack Damage, dealing 156% of a normal Breakthrough Barb's Damage. The Mastermind state lasts 20 seconds and will be cleared after Yelan fires 5 arrows. |
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About Other Characters
This part is about what Yelan thinks about the other characters in Genshin Impact.
I got to know Ningguang a long time ago, before she was a Qixing, and we worked together for a while. Maybe I'm partly to thank for the fact that she became a Qixing so quickly. Hehe, who can say? Anyway, she was the one who recommended this job to me. It was a good choice, I'm very well-suited to it.
Ningguang is good to work with. But I have to be mindful of our identities when I'm out in public. When I meet a Qixing as an employee of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, they're "Sir" or "Lady" to me.
I like Yanfei a lot. And I'm not talking about our friendship — as a high-profile legal consultant, important intel in Liyue Harbor is constantly flowing in her direction. Whenever I help her out, I always get some invaluable leads in return. I gotta say though, sometimes I think she respects me a little too much.
Of course I remember him — the young master of the Feiyun Commerce Guild. I have dealings with his family all the time. Who knows... maybe one day, he'll be outsmarting everyone around him, too.
The elders in my clan once said that we must always show the utmost respect to the Vigilant Yaksha. Apparently, the only time that our ancestor would gain some temporary relief from his insanity was when passing by the Wangshu Inn. It must have been the comforting effect of his presence that wards off evil spirits. That said, if I ever have the honor of fighting side by side with the Conqueror of Demons, I will focus only on the mission. I cannot let myself be distracted by concerns about his status.
I don't really like people who cram their schedules full, because it doesn't leave any room for negotiation. If something happens that they didn't anticipate, it throws their plans into oblivion, impacting not just themselves but their coworkers, too. But the Yuheng is different. She works in a very methodical way. I always enjoy working with her.
Ah, the secretary... I could never work non-stop like she does, certainly not at that level of efficiency. I guess being half-adeptus must have its perks. Imagine not needing sleep to regain your energy levels...
Ah, Xiangling, the lovely little chef. Her ingredients are always top quality, easily as good as Liuli Pavilion and Xinyue Kiosk. Sometimes I go to her for dried Jueyun Chilis... She doesn't seem to understand why I eat them in the way that I do, and I don't feel like trying to explain it to her, either. It's just a family tradition.
The Fatui harbinger? He helped me out once — unwittingly. I was planning a deep-reaching investigation into the former owner of the Yanshang Teahouse, but our harbinger friend got to him first. He showed up demanding payment of his debt, and also exposed his accounting fraud, which got him thrown in jail. That made it very easy for me to take over Yanshang Teahouse myself, and it's proven to be a very useful base.
