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When it comes to four-star characters, the developers ofGenshin Impactusually restrain their play style so that they’re good in some specific situations only. Although, this is not entirely the case with Yaoyao because her skill set is unique and it can drastically change the effectiveness of your team.
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Yaoyaois a four-star Polearm-wielding character with a Dendro vision. She has grown up with the Adepti of Liyue, and she has also taken some powers from them. She can gain an unsurpassed Adeptal Legacy state using the Elemental Burst, which is a big part of her damage output.
Yaoyao Has Amazing Dendro Application
The most important part about Yaoyao’s kit thatevery user needs to remember is that she has an amazing Dendro application. Seven elements exist in the world of Teyvat, andeach character can use one of these elements based on their vision, apart from the Traveler.
Different elements can come together to trigger a certain reaction with each other. TheDendro reactions were releasedto the game in the Version 3.0 update along with the element itself, and they can be quite tricky to understand. But the Dendro application from Yaoyao can be great to trigger these reactions.
Yaoyao’s Elemental Skill releases Yuegui on the field. This mini-rabbit constantlythrows explosive radishes at the enemies that explode and apply Dendro in a small area. If you use her along with a crowd-controller like Venti or Sucrose that can group enemies, you’re able to easily apply Dendro to all of them.
Although, you’re able to’t infuse Yaoyao’s normal, charged, or plunging attacks with Dendro.She mostly functions as an off-field Dendro applicator unless you use her Elemental Burst.
Her Constellations Change A Lot
Every character in Genshin Impact comes along with six constellations apart from some exceptions like Aloy.These constellations can be unlocked when you get a copy of the character after getting the first one. The third and fifth constellations for each character are the same, and they increase the level of their Elemental Skill and Burst.
There are a couple of ways to get copies of characters in Genshin Impact, and it’s even more accessible when the character in question is a four-star:
Yaoyao’s constellations are great since they change a lot for her. The first constellation unlocks a new play style for her, the second one solves her Energy problems, and herfourth constellation gives her free Elemental Mastery that can make the reactions better. Overall, it’s worth it to try and get the first four of her constellations if you’re able to.
Her Play Style Is Flexible
It is quite surprising just how flexible Yaoyao can be if you’re using the right artifacts and weapons on her. Here are all the different play styles you may have while you’re using Yaoyao in your party:
While you only need the first constellation for using her as a Dendro buffer, there area few other requirements when it comes to placing her in a reaction-based team. Firstly, it’s recommended to have the Gilded Dreams artifact set along withDragon’s Baneweapon to maximize your Elemental Mastery.
Other than that, here are the requirements for different reaction-based teams for her:
Requirements
Quicken, Aggravate, and Spread
This is one of the best reactions in Genshin Impact, butyou need to have an Electro character that can apply constant Electro off-field without normal attackslikeRaiden ShogunorFischl. This is because you won’t be using your basic attacks withYaoyao.
Bloom
Making a Bloom team with Yaoyao can be quite tricky if you don’t haveNilou. This is because the Dendro Cores take a long time to explode and deal damage,but they automatically explode if the maximum number of Cores exceeds six.
Hyperbloom
If you don’t have Nilou,it’s better to use Yaoyao in a Hyperbloom team if you’re going to fight a boss enemy. This team requires at least one Electro, Dendro, and Hydro character unless the enemy has one of the elements. Moreover, the Electro character needs to have AoE damage likeYae MikoorKuki Shinobu.
You can also try to make a team for Burning or Burgeon, but these aren’t the best reactions in the game.Burning can deal constant Pyro damage but it’s not that much, and Burgeon leads to your character taking a lot of damage as well.
Don’t Waste Your Elemental Burst
Yaoyao has a special Elemental Burst that can easily be wasted if you don’t pay attention to it. While her Elemental Skill can work even when you’re not on the field,the Elemental Burst requires you to stay on the field for a long time. When you trigger the Burst, three Yuegui will spawn on the fieldthat will deal damage and heal characters based on your Elemental Burst scaling.
After unlocking the Starscatter passive, Yaoyao willthrow radishes at opponents while running, sprinting, or jumping during the Elemental Burst as well. These radishes can also deal damage to the enemies and heal all the nearby party members.
The problem is that all three Yuegui will go away if you switch to another character during this time.Her Burst lasts for five seconds, and you need to pay attention to its timing. During these five seconds, you can’t switch to any other character if you don’t want to lose any value. This is why you might not even use Yaoyao’s Burst as often.
Although, you can use it as much as you want if you’re using her as a reaction carry. This means thatcharacters with other elements will be the off-field damage while Yaoyao constantly applies a ton of Dendro with her Burst.
Her Healing Is Not The Best
Yuegui issupposed to give your active character regular healing since it can trigger healing every second. Although, this ability’s healing is not the best because of the low scaling. For example, Yaoyao’s skill heals your active character for 3.26 percent of Max HP with an extra 392 at talent level 11.
On the other hand, other characters that also heal the active characterlike Kuki Shinobu or Bennett have much higher scaling (up to 12 percent of max HP). While her Elemental Burst makes up for this healing, you don’t generally want to use that ability for healing purposes.
It’s a ton of DPS waste if your healer has to be on the field when they’re healing the other members.Although, this can work if you’re using her as a reaction carry.
Essentially, if you want a character specifically for healing your characters and the Dendro element isn’t required, there are better options.
