Genshin Impact Xinyan Character and Build Guide

Genshin Impact Xinyan Character et Build Breakdown

Below is the full list of Xinyan's attacks and abilities, his passive talents, constellations, and finally all of his ascension and talent requirements. Building recommendations, to include both suggested weapons and artifact sets, are the focus of this guide following the constellations of Xinyan. If you'd like to see a full list of stats like damage count, percentages, and more, check out Honey Hunter World, which has been used as the source for this guide. You can guide other characters as well by following the link here to our full Genshin Impact character list.

Xinyan attacks and skills

• Melee Attack: Dance on Fire
  • Normal Attack: Make up to 4 consecutive strikes.
  • Charged Attack: Drains stamina over time to perform continuous rotating attacks against all nearby opponents.
    At the end of the sequence, perform a stronger slash.
  • Plunging Attack: Dives from the air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the way and dealing area damage on impact.
• Elemental Skill: Sweeping Fervor
  • Xinyan wields his instrument, inflicting Pyro damage to nearby opponents, forming a shield made of his audience's passion.
  • Shield DMG absorption is based on Xinyan's defense and the number of opponents hit.
    • Hitting 0-1 opponents grants Shield Level 1: Ad Lib.
    • Hitting 2 opponents grants Shield Level 2: Introduction.
    • Hitting 3 or more opponents grants Shield Level 3: Rave, which will also deal intermittent Pyro damage5 to nearby opponents.
  • The shield has the following special properties:
    • When released, he infuses Xinyan with Pyro.
    • It has 250% DMG absorption efficiency against Pyro damage.
    • Spawns 4 elemental particles when it hits at least 1 target.
• Elemental Skill: Riff Revolution
  • Scratching quickly, Xinyan throws nearby opponents and deals physical damage to them, causing the crowd to rise. The sheer intensity of the atmosphere will cause explosions that deal Pyro damage to nearby opponents.

Xinyan passive talents

• "The show continues, even without an audience ..."
  • Decreases the number of opponents Sweeping Fervor must hit to trigger each shield level.
    • Level 2 Shield: The introduction requirement reduced to 1 opponent hit.
    • Level 3 Shield: Rave requirement reduced to 2 or more opponents hit
• "… Now it's rock'n'roll!"
  • Characters protected by Sweeping Fervor deal 15% more Physical damage.
• A rad recipe
  • When perfect cooking is done on a defense-boosting dish, Xinyan has a 12% chance of double the product.

Constellations of Xinyan

• Fatal acceleration
  • On scoring a critical hit, increases the attack speed of Xinyan's normal and charged attacks by 12% for 5s. Can only occur once every 5s.
• Impromptu opening
  • Riff Revolution Physical damage has its critical rate increased by 100% and will form a shield at shield level 3: Rave when cast.
• Double stop
  • Increases Sweeping Fervor level by 3. The maximum upgrade level is 15.
• Rhythm of forest fires
  • Sweeping Fervor damage decreases opponent's physical resistance by 15% for 12s.
• Screamin ’for an Encore
  • Increases the level of Riff Revolution by 3. The maximum upgrade level is 15.
• Rockin 'in a flaming world
  • Decreases stamina consumption of Xinyan's charged attacks by 30%. Additionally, Xinyan's charged attacks gain an attack bonus equal to 50% of his defense.

Xinyan build suggestions

Don't be fooled by all the flames: Xinyan is primarily a physical damage dealer in Genshin Impact. While Defense looks like a solid stat while cycling through its skills and passives, you'll want to focus on Attack Percent, followed by Crit Rate, and then Critical Damage once you've unlocked its second constellation (the defense is good as a fourth stat, but it shouldn't be prioritized).

Since Xinyan is a relatively straightforward Genshin Impact character, the builds for her are fairly straightforward. If you want to build it as damage / support from the Pyro you can, but for weapons you will need either the Prototype Archaic (a fairly easy to obtain 4 star claymore made by the blacksmith), or the tombstone of the wolf (a 5 star monster that can only be obtained through gacha draws) regardless of which route you take.

• Archaic Prototype: On hit, normal or charged attacks have a 50% chance to deal 240% more attack damage to opponents in a small area. Can only occur once every 15 seconds. Secondary: Attack.
• Wolf's Tombstone: Increases Attack by 20%. On hit, attacks against opponents with less than 30% HP increase the attack of all party members by 40% for 12s. Can only occur once every 30 seconds. Secondary: Attack.

If you want to take a look at Xinyan's physical damage, there are two sets of artifacts to choose from in Genshin Impact. Gladiator's Finale is a solid set for Xinyan if you get the four-piece bonus, but pairing him two-piece with Bloodstained Chivalry will increase all of his physical damage, not just his normal attack. If you want to lean towards a more Pyro-centric build, you'll need either the Noblesse Oblige artifact set if you plan to improve your team's overall attack damage, or the Crimson Witch of Flames if you want to configure more powerful elemental combos.

• Gladiator's Finals (Elite Bosses and Weekly After World Level 2)
  • (2) Attack + 18%.
  • (4) If the wearer of this artifact set uses a sword, claymore, or pole weapon, increase their normal attack damage by 35%.
• Bloodstained Chivalry (Clear Pool and Mountain Cavern)
  • (2) physical DMG + 25%
• Noblesse Oblige (clear pool and mountain cave)
  • (2) Elemental explosion damage + 20%.
  • (4) Using an elemental explosion increases the attack of all party members by 20% for 12s. This effect cannot stack.
• Crimson Witch of Flames (Zhou's Hidden Palace Blueprint)
  • (2) Pyro damage bonus +15%
  • (4) Increases overloaded and searing DMG by 40%. Increases steam and DMG melting by 15%. Using an elemental skill increases the 2 piece set bonus by 50% of its starting value for 10s. Max 3 batteries.

Xinyan Character Ascension Materials

• 20 level
  • 1x Agnidus Agate Ribbon, 3x Violet Grass, 3x Treasurer Badges, 20000 Mora
• 40 level
  • 3x Agate Fragment Agnidus, 2x Seed of Eternal Fire, 10x Violet Grass, 15x Treasurer's Badge, 40000 Mora
• 50 level
  • 6x Agnidus Agate Fragment, 4x Everflame Seed, 20x Violet Grass, 12x Silver Raven Insignia, 60000 Mora
• 60 level
  • 3x Piece of Agnidus Agate, 8x Everflame Seed, 30x Violetgrass, 18x Silver Raven Insignia, 80000 Mora
• 70 level
  • 6x Piece of Agnidus Agate, 12x Everflame Seed, 45x Violet Grass, 12x Golden Raven Insignia, 100000 Mora
• 80 level
  • 6x Agnidus Agate Gemstones, 20x Eternal Seed, 60x Violet Grass, 24x Golden Raven Insignia, 120000 Mora

Xinyan Talent Upgrade Materials

• 2 level
  • 3x Golden Teachings, 6x Treasurer's Insignia, 12500 Mora
• 3 level
  • 2x Gold Guide, 3x Silver Raven Badges, 17500 Mora
• 4 level
  • 4x Gold Guide, 4x Silver Raven Badges, 25000 Mora
• 5 level
  • 6x Guide to Gold, 6x Silver Raven Insignia, 30000 Mora
• 6 level
  • 9x gold guide, 9x silver raven badges, 35000 Mora
• 7 level
  • 4x Gold Philosophies, 4x Golden Raven Badges, 1x Monoceros Caeli Defense, 120000 Mora
• 8 level
  • 6x Philosophies of Gold, 6x Golden Raven Badge, 1x Caoc Monoceros Defense, 260000 Mora
• 9 level
  • 12x Philosophies of Gold, 9x Golden Raven Badge, 2x Caoc Monoceros Defense, 450000 Mora
• 10 level
  • 16x Philosophies of Gold, 12x Golden Raven Insignia, 2x Defense of Monoceros Caeli, 1x Crown of Insight, 700000 Mora