Imagine pulling Yelan expecting an alternative XQ for separate teams but then learning to use them together in the same team to support each other for a Broken Duo Core
Exactly, it was never meant to be who's better than who. Both of them help each complement each other's weakness and they can battery each other. Me playing "yelan teams" if they exist using xingqui feels good while playing "xingqui teams" using yelan just feels so bad (I think only exception is rational yelan). But putting them both together just feels so much better, it's literally one of the best cores in the game.
I was really scraping the bottom of the UA-cam barrel for Yelan content, and when I saw the Ask Zajef Yelan was an hour long I think I audibly moaned a little bit.
I really appreciate your stance on "must pull" units. A lot of other content creators mean well and say similar things but you are very clinical in your approach to say that no unit is a must pull. IMO there's too much passively condoning/normalizing gambling culture in this game's community so seeing you actively push back against that whenever you can is really cool
True. This stance is why I always look forward to his videos because it drives me insane how much people encourage this gacha culture by pressuring people to go for units they don’t want
dont think anything is "must pull" since genshin is game that makes its chars based on diffrent playstyles so one that shieet for one might be great for another.
@@nightmarerex2035 welp am i the weird one who thinks that there is no must pull ? bruh the hardest content in the game is early game when healing is sparse because you dont have that much food or the food gadget, and everything is hard because you are underlevelled and under geared, if you can go through that then you can go through pretty much everything, only other problem you will ever face is abyss floor 12 and personally abyss 12 is overrated like 36 star is amazing and all but its never a necessity like ever, its only a how much artifact you grinded test if anything, i have like boatload of 5star with some weapons and i still cant 36 start partly because 2 teams cant clear it fast enough and another being i am too lazy to try it more than once. i always 33 star it and that pretty good personally
One thing that doesn't get mentioned often enough regarding yelan is that her throws from her burst doesn't miss. Yeah if you are too far away from your enemies it does, but as long as you are in range, once it's out it will trace the enemy like a heat seeking missile. It can even trace it when the enemy teleported away. Which is worth mentioning because not even xingqiu's rainsword could do that.
Well the game has a really bad auto targetting where it might focus on another target instead of what you want. so maybe more of a positive and a negative, not really her fault just the games fault
@bird9412 but xingqiu provides interruption resistance + damage reduction which is also important for yoimiya since you don't wanna dodge with her to avoid ruining her vape
@@jehezz But you want to dodge anyway to avoid damage if you are not bringing a healer or shielder so the interrupt resist from xingqiu really doesn't do too much
We need AOE XQ Like Xiangling, but even bigger AOE. Like a Ganyu sized burst where every enemy gets hit every second (maybe by a literal wave) with no ICD
Zaj: miHoYo wouldn't dare hide a good unit's rerun away... Meanwhile Kazuha: get's a rerun once every 13 months and it's always one patch prior to a new region...
I love xingqiu's defensive support - he's a pseudo healer AND shielder just by having his abilities active, and that resistance to interruption is so noticeable.
Honestly, Zajef's knowledge of the game alone makes for a really good video/stream, but the editing on top just makes it top high-quality content, the use of emotes and visuals that highlight the theme makes it quite enjoyable. Ty ZaChef and editor for cooking this amazing content. ^^
Early candidate for best unit in this game all time... like when we look back 20 years from now on what the best unit in Genshin was she may very well wind up being the best one.
Given that the current meta makes Xingqiu basically a god in this game, any unit that is comparable to him already tells you that the unit in question is pretty good.
@@shmarfle47 As expected of a 6* Lmao XQ just built different I’m curious how the Hydro Archon will compare with XQ, along with the abundance of Hydro units we now have
@@mike81356 well the thing is if shes not the best hydro unit people will get pissy and they'll no choice to buff her and make her the best plus, hoyoverse is a giant money grab and ARCHONS are a giant cash grab and releasing someone better than xingqiu and yelan while being an archon will be the highest selling banner without a doubt
I think he’s overhyped a bit. Especially when people like Zajef mention how he’s a “much” better unit based on stuff like damage reduction and healing. Take those two away and you’re left with hydro application. He’s great but Yelan is better
Personally i don't care if Xingqiu or Yelan is better, i just always use them together. wetther it is Hu Tao team or some hypebloom stuff and so on. They buff each other, they fulfill each other's ER needs, etc. etc.
Yelan's Barbed shot is very fun in open world. You Barb shot, tag the enemies with your skill to refresh, Barb shot again. If you have Sac Bow or C1 you can repeat this rotation a second time. Does pretty decent damage if you do 2-piece Heart, 2-piece Millileth or something similar. This isn't super useful in abyss, but it's really fun to do in the open world and will kill most weaker groups of enemies. Yelan is one of the best open world characters.
Now I feel really good about pulling that Elegy on Hu Tao's last rerun back in 2021 lol. Finally I"ll have someone who can use it and not have it feel like I giant waste. Sweet!
Yeah, I was glad to get an Elegy with my Homa, because I planned to pull Venti. But then in Yelan we got an amazing, versatile holder for it. And then we got dendro reactions, for which EM is extremely valuable. So Elegy ended up being two or three times as useful as I knew at the time.
11:26 I love how in the "Everyone else" category it started on being in alphabetic order, but after Barbara it occured to the editor that it required too much time and started filling it it randomly lmao
I love how zajef manages to keep a complete straight face and elaborate on the joke questions as if they were legit. I legit needed to process it for a few seconds before realizing it was a joke.
But isn't too high investment for it too be really good? Since Homa and c1 Hu tao is a big increase on the team demage and is it better than another vape team like national?
Just wanted to say thanks for all the amazing educational content. Started playing in 3.0 and your guides & videos have been a life saver when it comes to learning the game!
Btw, on that Burgeon team with Nahida, Bennett, Xingqiu and Yelan If you use Kazuha to infuse pyro and onfield Yelan, she'll be able to create seeds because Kazuha Swirl weakens the Burning aura enabling each Hydro aura hit to both vape and bloom This is the team I run with Candace on AoE and needs a bit of getting used to because the self damage from burning and burgeon can one shot you
I don't like using Kazuha for burning... Not because I don't like him or anything it's that I aaaalways die when swirling. Any way to avoid/diminish this?
At 18:58 you mentioned "Why not just use a hyperbloom team instead of trying to 'fix' Nilou team's single target issues", it's usually because the abyss decides to be cringe and have two AoE chambers and then suddenly one single target chamber. Personally, I don't want to do an entire abyss floor to get to that single target chamber with a weak in AoE team.
I got Yelan C2 when she came out, and I had started playing Genshin shortly before her debut. So for me, I actually almost never used Xingqiu until somewhat recently. I think Yelan C1 is my favorite constellation I’ve ever gotten for any character - it makes zipping around the overworld much more convenient, not to mention generating extra particles. And her C2 adds more hydro application and damage. I love it.
Watched your Yelan review 3 hrs before banner reset and now I won her at early pity. Your insights on her will really help me a lot on building her and I'd say your video was my lucky charm!
Her BB is pretty nice in the overworld. If you aim it at under any tower or platform, it'll hit/knock over any enemy on it. Oh and using it for any bow aiming challenge is EZ mode.
The most important thing about Yelan is thay her arrows follow the enemies even when they fly. I used Zhongli Yelan Xingqiu and Fischl for a long time with Yelan (c0 with Favonius) as a main dps and I destroyed all the bosses of the previous abyss including the geo wolf
Got Yelan, Aqua, and two Homa’s last night. Already prepared all the mats to take her to 90, 8/8/8 her talents, level Aqua and one of the Homa’s to 90, and had a very good artifact set ready for her. I already knew she was both good and that I enjoyed playing her, but I wasn’t prepared for how satisfying the Xingqiu/Yelan combo is to play. All those projectiles flying out, with both the sound effects and the resulting damage, brings a smile to my face. And yes, I do have Elegy and some alternative pieces if she needs more energy or if I just want her to be more supportive. I went in with 340 wishes, and when I went to soft pity, lost the 50/50 to Jean, then went to soft pity again for Yelan, and THEN went to high pity for the first Homa, I was expecting I’d have to dip into my starglitter to get to Aqua. But then fortune smiled upon me, and I got the 2nd Homa at 32 pity, and then Aqua showed up at a mere 9 pity. Honestly, rather than a 2nd Homa, I would have preferred either of the standard banner bows, Amos or Harp. Obviously, Homa is very powerful and versatile, so it’s future proof if we get another strong polearm DPS in the future, but as of right now I don’t have a use for the extra one. All in all, I was left with exactly 80 wishes worth of primogems, and 64 wishes worth of starglitter. Enough to potentially guarantee C1, but I’ll try to restrain myself. I’m hoping, most likely fruitlessly, that in three weeks 3.5 drops and it turns out MHY actually did buff and rework Dehya into a good unit off the beta. She doesn’t even need to be meta or game changing, I just want her to be good.
There's one thing I have to say: I'm a newbie f2p, and when everyone thinks Xingqiu is free to have by Paimon's Bargain Starglitter section, that means I'm a beggar (27 Starglitters).
Thank you for the great information! I appreciate the effort you put into explaining the mechanics of the game. Then when I repeat what you say to my friends who don't watch your videos, I look real smart. Heh. Seriously tho, thanks for sharing!!
Ever since i got her i haven't been able to bench her in the overworld regardless of what teams I'm using, her kit is just sooo good for it, i just can't stress this enough. You have her spammable CA that is instant and very handy in some situations, her E just ZOOOMS all over the place and has enough dmg to make most fights really quick(sometimes outright killing the enemies), and her Q will obviously be more than enough to kill even the beefiest enemies you find in seconds. I've been counting the months, weeks and now days to her rerun so i can get her C1 and just ZOOOOM nonstop with Sac bow all over Teyvat
I don't get why people keep asking Zajef if should they roll for constellations or weapons, he will literally always says you shouldn't go without exception. It's the same answer on every video and I haven't even watched this yet.
I've been wondering about the acronyms in the energy calculation. Thanks for explaining. Having the editor put in a note in future videos would help newcomers
Someday we will get another XQ/Yelan so we can use it in another team, but then the best option will be to use them all together and have triple Hydro. Can't wait
Love the videos you're prob my fav genshin creator now. I never knew the fav base attack was different depending on which weapon and the weapons with lower had higher sub stat. Thanks for that.
just ask yourself if you need a second xq. maybe you want to run a vape team first half and a hyperbloom team second half in the abyss. or maybe you need the damage of a xq-yelan core to clear the abyss. if not then just skip her imo
Personally I found that i can incorporate 2 of yelan's e in my rotation smoothly. Making it so when i play her solo hydro I don't find I have energy problems
@@redace4821 she's quite the mess, requires a lot a lot of help to do that kind of damage yea she can deal a good hit on her burst, but i think Dehya can dish out similar dps in her current state (which are both shit lol)
@@shazaki1134 Emblem is her BiS (best-in-slot). According to KQM, all other options are at least 5% worse compared to emblem. It's easier to farm too since a lot of characters want emblem.
@@shazaki1134 Forgot to say that if you C6 Yelan then 2pc 2pc might be better tho you might wanna research more about that before farming. Also here's my stats I say it's smooth enough IMO to play while benefiting from decent damage. I downgraded from 150ER to 142ER for better CRIT ratio. 30k HP, 62/271, 142ER
@@usmanya5110 Minor correction. I've since retooled the artifact of my Yelan. She currenly have 142.7% ER which is enough in my case. I can easily 12 battle abyss (without retrying) and I use her a lot. I mostly use her for: 1. Rational. 140% is enough. Use skill / burst / skill and by the time Raiden's burst is done Yelan will have her burst ready. Bennett has 250ER and Xianglin around 220% ER which is a bit overkill but I value smoothness and I can easily 12 battle abyss even at the cost of XL and Bennett's personal damage. 2. In double hydro vaporize Hu Tao, Yelan at 140% is obviously very good. 3. In hyperbloom Nahida I mostly pair Yelan with Nahida as the on-fielder, DMC (Dendro Traveler) with fav sword and full EM Kuki. I have no issues with my 140% ER Yelan. Note that I never feed the white particles to any specific characters my DMC picks it up. Sometimes I swap DMC for Venti if I needed CC. So yeah C1R1 Yelan at 140/150ER is fine. But. When playing rational you have to manage her ER a little bit and do proper rotations because if your Raiden is C3R1 and you use her burst sometimes she can wipeout the enemies in her initial slash alone which means your Yelan's burst won't get filled for the next chamber. In the next chamber you'd have to sacrifice some DPS window in order to fill up her burst but once you have everyone's burst at ready then enemies will die anyway. It's up to you how you gonna balance it. Hope this helps.
xingqui makes it so teams can exist, bennet just makes most teams do more dmg. i personally dont use bennet at all except when running raiden overvape for a bit, but i use xq or yelan all the time. i also primarily use hp scaling queens or reaction focused team that dont care for a raw atk buff.
Zajef, because her fkin animation lasts forever and like you said when she's off field she only catches 2 energy particles instead of 3. There's a trick i use, i open my adventure book mid fight, it allows the character to immediately catch the energy particles.
I have her on two accounts one with her weapon and the other with out. She def doesn't need her weapon to be amazing. Aqua is good on other characters though so it is nice to have
I think XQ and Xelan are pretty compared; one thing that good players tend to forget about Yelan is the mobility and survivability (she does not have damage reduction but she is a tank), if you are not good at learning mob's patters or bad at avoiding AoE her E is a lifesaver and get you closer to enemies faster or away from harm. In addition, if you screw up XQ's E the CD is so long that you basically are going to need to restart (if you care about damage you try to be at the minimun required energy recharge, so you really need to hit that E or is not going to be enough for your next burst). Yelan normally runs on Fav and the CD of her E is pretty short, that makes her a lot more forgiving to errors. Just my two cents...
I hope this covers Yelan as a hyperbloom driver since I’m a non-nahida owning dumb dumb Edit: welp, I guess all that I can do now is fuck around and find out lmao
@@dire213 main thing is that she’s going to be primarily on-field, so I think that’s going to impact her weapon selection, sands, ER priority, etc. I’m only 20 min in so I’m still crossing my fingers. It’d be DMC/Yaoyao, XQ, Yelan, Raiden/Kuki.
@@undeniablySomeGuy this is something I plan on doing when Yaoyao’s burst is up. Q > N1J > N1J > N1J, you get it lol. Alternatively N1D if I need to dodge.
Imagine pulling Yelan expecting an alternative XQ for separate teams but then learning to use them together in the same team to support each other for a Broken Duo Core
Lol, I'm still going to do that though. It let's me play raiden national and Hu Tao/Yoimiya in Abyss
Exactly, it was never meant to be who's better than who. Both of them help each complement each other's weakness and they can battery each other. Me playing "yelan teams" if they exist using xingqui feels good while playing "xingqui teams" using yelan just feels so bad (I think only exception is rational yelan). But putting them both together just feels so much better, it's literally one of the best cores in the game.
I got her for freeze, and the. Realized that they together are even broken
Xingqiu is the real harem protagonist of this game.
not even the girl that could "replace him" escaped from being on one of his teams.
Hu Tao double Hydro 🤝 Nahida Hyperbloom
I was really scraping the bottom of the UA-cam barrel for Yelan content, and when I saw the Ask Zajef Yelan was an hour long I think I audibly moaned a little bit.
Honestly same I’m trying to get all the info I can about her to assess whether or not I really need her
I actually came buckets.
HUH
@@safe4547 WTF
digital footprint
I really appreciate your stance on "must pull" units. A lot of other content creators mean well and say similar things but you are very clinical in your approach to say that no unit is a must pull. IMO there's too much passively condoning/normalizing gambling culture in this game's community so seeing you actively push back against that whenever you can is really cool
True. This stance is why I always look forward to his videos because it drives me insane how much people encourage this gacha culture by pressuring people to go for units they don’t want
Zajeff really is TC archon. I always enjoy his explanation on things related with the game
@@yuwenze7029 Don't forget the laugh!!!!!!! The laugh!!!!
dont think anything is "must pull" since genshin is game that makes its chars based on diffrent playstyles so one that shieet for one might be great for another.
@@nightmarerex2035 welp am i the weird one who thinks that there is no must pull ? bruh the hardest content in the game is early game when healing is sparse because you dont have that much food or the food gadget, and everything is hard because you are underlevelled and under geared, if you can go through that then you can go through pretty much everything, only other problem you will ever face is abyss floor 12 and personally abyss 12 is overrated like 36 star is amazing and all but its never a necessity like ever, its only a how much artifact you grinded test if anything, i have like boatload of 5star with some weapons and i still cant 36 start partly because 2 teams cant clear it fast enough and another being i am too lazy to try it more than once. i always 33 star it and that pretty good personally
Xingqiu's defensive utility is what dehya wanted to become...
He literally do 70% of her kit with 10% of his 💀
@@aaykat6078 MA POOR GIRL 😭😭😭😭😭
Xq E does more than dehya rotation real
@@velgard. this but unironically
@@velgard. you aint wrong tho
One thing that doesn't get mentioned often enough regarding yelan is that her throws from her burst doesn't miss. Yeah if you are too far away from your enemies it does, but as long as you are in range, once it's out it will trace the enemy like a heat seeking missile. It can even trace it when the enemy teleported away. Which is worth mentioning because not even xingqiu's rainsword could do that.
Well the game has a really bad auto targetting where it might focus on another target instead of what you want. so maybe more of a positive and a negative, not really her fault just the games fault
@bird9412 but xingqiu provides interruption resistance + damage reduction which is also important for yoimiya since you don't wanna dodge with her to avoid ruining her vape
@bird9412 Layla or even Zhongli doesn't give as much buff as anemo character like Kazuha or Sucrose (since you no longer need shielder with XQ)
@@jehezz But you want to dodge anyway to avoid damage if you are not bringing a healer or shielder so the interrupt resist from xingqiu really doesn't do too much
I think we need a 3rd Xingqiu
I'd also take a fourth XQ. Imagine running two double hydro hyperbloom teams in abyss. Fontaine plz.
Fuck it lets just have 8 Xingqius and run 2 tetra hydro hyperbloom teams lmao
3rd xq is probably baizhu so.. maybe triple xingqiu bloom
We need AOE XQ
Like Xiangling, but even bigger AOE. Like a Ganyu sized burst where every enemy gets hit every second (maybe by a literal wave) with no ICD
@@lucasfranke5161 only hydro archon can be that busted
Zaj: miHoYo wouldn't dare hide a good unit's rerun away...
Meanwhile Kazuha: get's a rerun once every 13 months and it's always one patch prior to a new region...
Fr, even though he got his first rerun before Yoimiya she got another rerun just 3 patches after and Kazuha's still nowhere to be seen.
Yuup still don't have him - lost 50/50 on both his banners tho 😅
He was a bridge to Inazuma, so you can't really say always
Fontaine Kazuha rerun will be on 4.x then 😭
TECHNICALY he didn't take longer then some others BUT people where kind of thirsty lol🤣🤣 kazha being a pick me girl is funny 2 me hahahah
Almost an entire hour of Ze Chef. What a blessed day
Can’t wait for the 1 minute Dehya Pre-Analysis Short of Ze Chef just screaming “No, God Please, No! Nooooo!” ThoseWhoKnow Aware
@@mike81356
"B-b-but she got buffed!
She has HP scaling now!
Surely, she must be strong now right?"
>Clueless
@@allenzale342 now she does 28 more damage
28%?
No, just 28
@@eldreyte
Yeah!
It's not like they kneecapped her multipliers to fit the HP scaling.
Right?
Right...?
Surely Dehya will be good right? Surely they won't make a featured 5* garbage right?
Right?
I love xingqiu's defensive support - he's a pseudo healer AND shielder just by having his abilities active, and that resistance to interruption is so noticeable.
Honestly, Zajef's knowledge of the game alone makes for a really good video/stream, but the editing on top just makes it top high-quality content, the use of emotes and visuals that highlight the theme makes it quite enjoyable.
Ty ZaChef and editor for cooking this amazing content. ^^
Imagine how good Hydro archon must be to compete with yelan and xingqiu ...
You edited your comment and didn't even bother changing XINQUE is infuriating
@@actpianocover6329 sorry , my bad ... English is not my first language and i wasn't focus on correction of names / edit was for dots at the end ...
We already have the hydro archon XINQIU.
I don't think it's going to compete and if they want her to then she's probably going to buff HP since that type of character doesn't exist yet.
Early candidate for best unit in this game all time... like when we look back 20 years from now on what the best unit in Genshin was she may very well wind up being the best one.
Given that the current meta makes Xingqiu basically a god in this game, any unit that is comparable to him already tells you that the unit in question is pretty good.
The TC/research done on Yelan back then just further emphasized my appreciation towards how GIGACHAD Xingqiu is KEKL
The lad is a one man army. Xingqiu c6 brings more value than a number of five stars at c0
@@shmarfle47 As expected of a 6* Lmao XQ just built different
I’m curious how the Hydro Archon will compare with XQ, along with the abundance of Hydro units we now have
To me hes the best character in the whole game, better than Bennett and literally any 5*
@@mike81356 well the thing is if shes not the best hydro unit people will get pissy and they'll no choice to buff her and make her the best plus, hoyoverse is a giant money grab and ARCHONS are a giant cash grab and releasing someone better than xingqiu and yelan while being an archon will be the highest selling banner without a doubt
@@fluxfy7177 Almost as if venti is the best anemo unit in the game
its been two years, not only people underestimate Xingqiu's kit, they also still cant type Xingqiu's name right..
Nobody underestimates Xingqiu's kit though? He is always considered good vs in the days of like 1.0, 1.1.
@@Kenxiee9 welp.. i forgot to specify the damage reduction and interrupt res up part..
@@nawu2024 Got you bro. Agree on that 😀
@@Kenxiee9 this 12 -2-1 specifically made me realise how good it is. The enemies have fucking rabies.
I think he’s overhyped a bit. Especially when people like Zajef mention how he’s a “much” better unit based on stuff like damage reduction and healing. Take those two away and you’re left with hydro application. He’s great but Yelan is better
no sugarcoats = pure and honest reviews
respected as always
Personally i don't care if Xingqiu or Yelan is better, i just always use them together. wetther it is Hu Tao team or some hypebloom stuff and so on. They buff each other, they fulfill each other's ER needs, etc. etc.
Yelan xingqiu combo is fun but super weak for abyss compared to bennet xiangling combo.
Wetting hu tao
Yelan's Barbed shot is very fun in open world. You Barb shot, tag the enemies with your skill to refresh, Barb shot again. If you have Sac Bow or C1 you can repeat this rotation a second time. Does pretty decent damage if you do 2-piece Heart, 2-piece Millileth or something similar. This isn't super useful in abyss, but it's really fun to do in the open world and will kill most weaker groups of enemies. Yelan is one of the best open world characters.
Now I feel really good about pulling that Elegy on Hu Tao's last rerun back in 2021 lol. Finally I"ll have someone who can use it and not have it feel like I giant waste. Sweet!
I also got Elegy instead of Homa during that banner and it's never left Yelan since I pulled her. I even got Aqua but I still use Elegy on her.
Yeah, I was glad to get an Elegy with my Homa, because I planned to pull Venti. But then in Yelan we got an amazing, versatile holder for it. And then we got dendro reactions, for which EM is extremely valuable. So Elegy ended up being two or three times as useful as I knew at the time.
11:26 I love how in the "Everyone else" category it started on being in alphabetic order, but after Barbara it occured to the editor that it required too much time and started filling it it randomly lmao
This video was more a comparison between Yelan & Xingqiu than ask about Yelan. Your videos are great when you are unbiased.
I love how zajef manages to keep a complete straight face and elaborate on the joke questions as if they were legit. I legit needed to process it for a few seconds before realizing it was a joke.
I have to say, Xingqiu and Yelan double Hydro on Hu Tao is one of the best thing in the game.
Therefore I still need another Xingqiu for my other abyss side lmao
And they added a little razzle dazzle when they changed hydro reso to +25% HP
But isn't too high investment for it too be really good? Since Homa and c1 Hu tao is a big increase on the team demage and is it better than another vape team like national?
@@raulm.3524 you also want high constellation on vape 4 stars so it evens out
and one of the most boring ones as well
Just wanted to say thanks for all the amazing educational content. Started playing in 3.0 and your guides & videos have been a life saver when it comes to learning the game!
Btw, on that Burgeon team with Nahida, Bennett, Xingqiu and Yelan
If you use Kazuha to infuse pyro and onfield Yelan, she'll be able to create seeds because Kazuha Swirl weakens the Burning aura enabling each Hydro aura hit to both vape and bloom
This is the team I run with Candace on AoE and needs a bit of getting used to because the self damage from burning and burgeon can one shot you
u got vids for that comp?
That sounds way too dank man... I love it!! Appreciate the creative team.
I don't like using Kazuha for burning... Not because I don't like him or anything it's that I aaaalways die when swirling. Any way to avoid/diminish this?
@@MrAndresversalles It's pretty simple, you E, plunge, then dash away from the enemies.
@@Felixr2 Will try (definitely not against Pyro Mages). Thank you!
Yelan's bizzare adventures: xingqui is irreplaceable!
One thing for everyone who planned this, do not pull Yelan for dehya synergy because they won't have one at all.
Well Dehya dosen't even have synergy within her own kit so.. xD
She doesn't have synergy with any unit lol
she has the synergy with other characters as an NPC
well shes not realsed yet but seems most only pulling for her butt and boobs.
She has me acting up which is probably the only reaction she's causing anytime soon.
Honestly i cant wait for the ask zajef deyha. I CANT WAIT!!!!!
editors once again did an amazing job! so enjoyable to watch even tho i watched it live Gladge
Watched this AZ live but I'm here again because the editor makes this so enjoyable to watch. Thank you dear editor your work is not unnoticed!
At 18:58 you mentioned "Why not just use a hyperbloom team instead of trying to 'fix' Nilou team's single target issues", it's usually because the abyss decides to be cringe and have two AoE chambers and then suddenly one single target chamber. Personally, I don't want to do an entire abyss floor to get to that single target chamber with a weak in AoE team.
As someone that plays hyperbloom in every abyss, hyperbloom is probably the best single target team that still does amazingly in aoe I've played.
Biased takes, as always. Hyperbloom performance in AoE aren't better than Nilou Bloom performance in ST.
I have never benched yelan for exploration and farming ores, so she's definitely one of the best to move around the world combo it with Sayu
top ten reasons to pull on yelan banner
1: water boi
2:water boi c1
3: water boi c2
4:water boi c3
5:water boi c4
6:water boic5
7:water boi c6
8: yelan
9: baidou
10: yelan c2
I thought we were not gonna get our zajeff voicelines but thanks mr zachef to not disappoint us
That unexpected inclusion of "Everything at the end of time" at "I forgor" brought back some scary memories
I consider this vid as "Is he MUST-PULL? | Ask Zachef Xingqiu edition"
People: its the end of the world!!
Zajef: we have yao yao
I got Yelan C2 when she came out, and I had started playing Genshin shortly before her debut. So for me, I actually almost never used Xingqiu until somewhat recently. I think Yelan C1 is my favorite constellation I’ve ever gotten for any character - it makes zipping around the overworld much more convenient, not to mention generating extra particles. And her C2 adds more hydro application and damage. I love it.
even outside of that, it makes her rotations ( event the ones that can already use 2 e's ) drastically more flexible and fun
Do you have aqua with her
@@raulm.3524so far I’ve been running her with elegy. I don’t have aqua but I’m thinking about pulling for aqua this banner.
I got C1 kazuha by accident and i love it too , I can clear many domains faster with it .
Watched your Yelan review 3 hrs before banner reset and now I won her at early pity. Your insights on her will really help me a lot on building her and I'd say your video was my lucky charm!
i'd rather have overcapped er with fav than doing nothing for seconds. i like smoother rotations than "better damage".
Her BB is pretty nice in the overworld. If you aim it at under any tower or platform, it'll hit/knock over any enemy on it.
Oh and using it for any bow aiming challenge is EZ mode.
Pull all units voiced by Cristina Vee (Xingqiu and Bennett)
Isn't that Killua's VA?
@@Kaiji... yes
Cristina has an insane vocal range.
44:30 LMFAO, that's the banner where I got elegy, way before Yelan came out, and I was barely starting the game
The most important thing about Yelan is thay her arrows follow the enemies even when they fly. I used Zhongli Yelan Xingqiu and Fischl for a long time with Yelan (c0 with Favonius) as a main dps and I destroyed all the bosses of the previous abyss including the geo wolf
I need a Yelan of every element.. so that I can kill slimes/specters of any element
Got Yelan, Aqua, and two Homa’s last night. Already prepared all the mats to take her to 90, 8/8/8 her talents, level Aqua and one of the Homa’s to 90, and had a very good artifact set ready for her. I already knew she was both good and that I enjoyed playing her, but I wasn’t prepared for how satisfying the Xingqiu/Yelan combo is to play. All those projectiles flying out, with both the sound effects and the resulting damage, brings a smile to my face. And yes, I do have Elegy and some alternative pieces if she needs more energy or if I just want her to be more supportive.
I went in with 340 wishes, and when I went to soft pity, lost the 50/50 to Jean, then went to soft pity again for Yelan, and THEN went to high pity for the first Homa, I was expecting I’d have to dip into my starglitter to get to Aqua. But then fortune smiled upon me, and I got the 2nd Homa at 32 pity, and then Aqua showed up at a mere 9 pity. Honestly, rather than a 2nd Homa, I would have preferred either of the standard banner bows, Amos or Harp. Obviously, Homa is very powerful and versatile, so it’s future proof if we get another strong polearm DPS in the future, but as of right now I don’t have a use for the extra one.
All in all, I was left with exactly 80 wishes worth of primogems, and 64 wishes worth of starglitter. Enough to potentially guarantee C1, but I’ll try to restrain myself. I’m hoping, most likely fruitlessly, that in three weeks 3.5 drops and it turns out MHY actually did buff and rework Dehya into a good unit off the beta. She doesn’t even need to be meta or game changing, I just want her to be good.
I got her because she's HP-based. Farming artifacts was _so_ much easier.
There's one thing I have to say: I'm a newbie f2p, and when everyone thinks Xingqiu is free to have by Paimon's Bargain Starglitter section, that means I'm a beggar (27 Starglitters).
There are only 4 true "must-have" units: Traveler, Amber, Kaeya, Lisa 😏
Glad that this is getting its well-deserved recognition. 100k views in 2 days!
C0 Yelan has been fantastic for my account! Getting her C1 soon for open world zoomin!
Thank you for the great information! I appreciate the effort you put into explaining the mechanics of the game. Then when I repeat what you say to my friends who don't watch your videos, I look real smart. Heh. Seriously tho, thanks for sharing!!
i just realized i whatched a 1 hour long video wtf
Holy shit the editor really did the Arthur flashbang sound effect.
Ever since i got her i haven't been able to bench her in the overworld regardless of what teams I'm using, her kit is just sooo good for it, i just can't stress this enough.
You have her spammable CA that is instant and very handy in some situations, her E just ZOOOMS all over the place and has enough dmg to make most fights really quick(sometimes outright killing the enemies), and her Q will obviously be more than enough to kill even the beefiest enemies you find in seconds.
I've been counting the months, weeks and now days to her rerun so i can get her C1 and just ZOOOOM nonstop with Sac bow all over Teyvat
I love the outro so much
let's win the yelan 50/50 everyone
Prayer circle here 🙏🙏🙏
Prayge 🙏
Prayge
Everyone comment here (the unit you get) if you beat or lose your 50:50 tomorrow!
Prayge
Lets be honest. We all know the true reason for this lopsided comparison of a c6 vs a c0 is because Zajef likes Xingqiu's shorts.
Ask Zajeff Xingqiu edition
Bro can you chill? I haven't finished the last video yet, you are a content machine!
be a beast and use both xinq and yelan
Thanks for the ask XQ edition, truly insane char
I don't get why people keep asking Zajef if should they roll for constellations or weapons, he will literally always says you shouldn't go without exception. It's the same answer on every video and I haven't even watched this yet.
Zajeff's long videos just makes my day
Ok. Got it. I must spend money on her, the baby can eat next week.
Another awesome Xingqiu video, good job!!
The most broken thing about Yelan is her E for exploration purposes, love her for that ✌️
I've been wondering about the acronyms in the energy calculation. Thanks for explaining. Having the editor put in a note in future videos would help newcomers
Someday we will get another XQ/Yelan so we can use it in another team, but then the best option will be to use them all together and have triple Hydro. Can't wait
Hydro Archon (hopium)
@@redace4821 hopium 🥲
Love the videos you're prob my fav genshin creator now. I never knew the fav base attack was different depending on which weapon and the weapons with lower had higher sub stat. Thanks for that.
11:26 "Those who know" 🗿
that xingqiu intro was smooth asf
Almost 300 wishes saved up so far. Hopefully, I get Yelan and Homa later 🥺
May we all get what we pull for. But also, spend responsibly 💟
i love these types of vids you got my sub
just ask yourself if you need a second xq. maybe you want to run a vape team first half and a hyperbloom team second half in the abyss. or maybe you need the damage of a xq-yelan core to clear the abyss. if not then just skip her imo
Amazing content cant wait for yelan ask zajeff after xingqiu one
Truly one of the most videos of all time
Yelan just standing there for 1hr listening Zajef talking about her lol
I'm confused if this is a yelan ask Zajef edition or Xingqiu ask Zajef edition. I just hear Xingqiu like 80% of the time than yelan
Personally I found that i can incorporate 2 of yelan's e in my rotation smoothly. Making it so when i play her solo hydro I don't find I have energy problems
11:26 grouping Aloy together with everyone else... very brave move Editor-san, very brave move...
Aloy Burst is at least capable of dealing quite an amount of dmg.
She's not a mess of character like Dehya currently.
@@redace4821 she's quite the mess, requires a lot a lot of help to do that kind of damage
yea she can deal a good hit on her burst, but i think Dehya can dish out similar dps in her current state (which are both shit lol)
Can you make an ask Zajef for the weaker characters in this game?
I’d like to know why they’re bad.
Just ask a HuTao main xD They'll go through their spreadsheet of reasons for each character who isn't HuTao
@@KategariYami lmaoooo
@@KategariYami then you hit them with hyperbloom randomized rotation calcs
@@rudy2538 That's a nice jab.
Now go for the uppercut with randomised Nilou Bloom calcs
next prerelease will probably be that ThoseWhoKnow
50:35 Agreed, last week it was just shy of -40c where I live and I walk to work every day, -15c being severe is wild
I ignored his advice and pulled for C1R1 Yelan 150ER is very smooth to play totally worth it.
in that case, is 4emblem better or 2 hp 2 hydro better?
@@shazaki1134 Emblem is her BiS (best-in-slot). According to KQM, all other options are at least 5% worse compared to emblem. It's easier to farm too since a lot of characters want emblem.
@@shazaki1134 Forgot to say that if you C6 Yelan then 2pc 2pc might be better tho you might wanna research more about that before farming.
Also here's my stats I say it's smooth enough IMO to play while benefiting from decent damage. I downgraded from 150ER to 142ER for better CRIT ratio.
30k HP, 62/271, 142ER
how do you make it work? like is it with multiple Fav users or with Xingqiu?
@@usmanya5110 Minor correction. I've since retooled the artifact of my Yelan. She currenly have 142.7% ER which is enough in my case. I can easily 12 battle abyss (without retrying) and I use her a lot. I mostly use her for:
1. Rational. 140% is enough. Use skill / burst / skill and by the time Raiden's burst is done Yelan will have her burst ready. Bennett has 250ER and Xianglin around 220% ER which is a bit overkill but I value smoothness and I can easily 12 battle abyss even at the cost of XL and Bennett's personal damage.
2. In double hydro vaporize Hu Tao, Yelan at 140% is obviously very good.
3. In hyperbloom Nahida I mostly pair Yelan with Nahida as the on-fielder, DMC (Dendro Traveler) with fav sword and full EM Kuki. I have no issues with my 140% ER Yelan. Note that I never feed the white particles to any specific characters my DMC picks it up. Sometimes I swap DMC for Venti if I needed CC.
So yeah C1R1 Yelan at 140/150ER is fine.
But.
When playing rational you have to manage her ER a little bit and do proper rotations because if your Raiden is C3R1 and you use her burst sometimes she can wipeout the enemies in her initial slash alone which means your Yelan's burst won't get filled for the next chamber. In the next chamber you'd have to sacrifice some DPS window in order to fill up her burst but once you have everyone's burst at ready then enemies will die anyway.
It's up to you how you gonna balance it.
Hope this helps.
i rewatched this and that gorou bathwater is crazy, i didnt notice it the first time cuz i was just listening to it while doing something
This video reminded me that it's Feb. 7 already (my time) and quickly opened up Genshin only to find out I have to wait 7 more hours for Yelan 💀
was hoping for this video. Even though I have everything ready for her, still like hearing your thoughts to help with my research
xingqui makes it so teams can exist, bennet just makes most teams do more dmg. i personally dont use bennet at all except when running raiden overvape for a bit, but i use xq or yelan all the time. i also primarily use hp scaling queens or reaction focused team that dont care for a raw atk buff.
Hu Tao actually can use and like the Atk buff, it just Bennett happen to heal as well that's why you wouldn't want to use Hu Tao with Bennett.
Zajef, because her fkin animation lasts forever and like you said when she's off field she only catches 2 energy particles instead of 3. There's a trick i use, i open my adventure book mid fight, it allows the character to immediately catch the energy particles.
gotta love the josuke reference mr zajef o7
Just started this video and died from laughing. This earns a like. Well played.
I have her on two accounts one with her weapon and the other with out. She def doesn't need her weapon to be amazing. Aqua is good on other characters though so it is nice to have
12:26 Is he a MUST-PULL? | Ask Yelan Zajef Edition
I think XQ and Xelan are pretty compared; one thing that good players tend to forget about Yelan is the mobility and survivability (she does not have damage reduction but she is a tank), if you are not good at learning mob's patters or bad at avoiding AoE her E is a lifesaver and get you closer to enemies faster or away from harm. In addition, if you screw up XQ's E the CD is so long that you basically are going to need to restart (if you care about damage you try to be at the minimun required energy recharge, so you really need to hit that E or is not going to be enough for your next burst). Yelan normally runs on Fav and the CD of her E is pretty short, that makes her a lot more forgiving to errors. Just my two cents...
didn't know that even jojo poses are transferable
Neat thing about Xingqiu and Bennett is that they're both voiced by the same person in English XD
LMAO I was doing the exact same face at 27:40 when I saw Shimenawa's fading in
In conclusion need a 3rd xinqiu
hydro archon 🌝
Can’t believe Zajef answered that last question 100% serious.
So happy to hear you choose Yelan and Ayato as your 2 Hydro characters if you had to. Both incredible characters
thank you very much Zajef. This was a very helpful video.
I hope this covers Yelan as a hyperbloom driver since I’m a non-nahida owning dumb dumb
Edit: welp, I guess all that I can do now is fuck around and find out lmao
double hydro hyperbloom is incredibly strong even before nahida was released
@@dire213 main thing is that she’s going to be primarily on-field, so I think that’s going to impact her weapon selection, sands, ER priority, etc. I’m only 20 min in so I’m still crossing my fingers.
It’d be DMC/Yaoyao, XQ, Yelan, Raiden/Kuki.
as a hyperbloom driver, you dont really want to onfield yelan. you probably want to onfield your yaoyao
@@undeniablySomeGuy this is something I plan on doing when Yaoyao’s burst is up. Q > N1J > N1J > N1J, you get it lol. Alternatively N1D if I need to dodge.
Ya don’t need Nahida just driver YaoYao with Yelan and an electro character and boom.
2:35 Shenhe crying in the corner of the Hoyo jail lmao