The Unwritten Rules of Playing Genshin Impact’s Yoimiya Explained

Genshin Impact‘s Yoimiya faced some initial disappointment at her launch as players weren’t sure if they wanted to use her. However, over time, as others pulled for her and used her to the best of her abilities, she was quick to climb the ladder. She specializes in single-target damage and can do exceptional damage in almost any team comp. Genshin Impact does a good job of ensuring its characters can be used in multiple compositions without losing value.

When it comes to using Genshin Impact‘s Yoimiya, there are some things to take note of. When she dropped, she came with her signature weapon “Thundering Pulse” — one of the best bows in-game. This may scare players out of pulling for her if they believe they need her weapon to use her, but this isn’t true. She’s a highly flexible unit who can use many bows, many artifact sets, and utilize many playstyles.

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Genshin Impact’s Yoimiya’s Kit Explained

Yoimiya’s Build

When it comes to her talents, players should prioritize her normal attack, then her skill, and then her burst. Once players are prepared to farm for Yoimiya’s build, there are a few domains for them to consider. The sub-stats remain consistent across most builds, wanting to go for the usual DPS stats like Crit DMG, Crit Rate, and ATK. However, she could benefit from EM and ER (ranging from 120-150) depending on how players want to use her. Her ideal sets are:

• General use: 2pc Crimson Witch and 2pc ATK 18% set
• Best: 4pc Shimenawa (50% buff to Normal Attacks, her main source of DPS through her skill)
• Vaporize: 4pc Crimson Witch
• Shield: 4pc Retracing Bolide can be good if she’s running with a shield like Diona or Zhongli, but it performs just a little under Shimenawa

Yoimiya’s Weapons

When it comes to selecting a weapon for Genshin Impact‘s Yoimiya, there are a good number of options for players to choose. While her signature “Thundering Pulse” is an amazing pull, it’s hard to farm enough wishes for both her and her weapon. There are other weapon choices for her, both free-to-play and gacha based:

• Thundering Pulse (Signature)
• Rust (Gacha — at R5, it can out-perform some five-stars)
• Skyward Harp (Standard Banner)
• Hamayumi (Craftable)
• Prototype Crescent (Craftable)

Yoimiya’s Team Comps

These can vary depending on how players have chosen to build her and on what’s available to players. More often than not, Yoimiya’s team comps will focus on reactions, though a Mono Pyro team isn’t off the table and can be fun. Her most popular team will be a Vaporize team consisting of herself, Genshin Impact‘s Xingqiu or Yelan, Bennett, and Kazuha, Venti, or Sucrose. These aren’t her only potential teams, though.

• Vaporize: Hydro unit, Swirl, Healer/Buffer
• Mono Pyro: Xiangling, Bennett, and an Anemo support or shield
• Overload: Beidou, Fischl, Bennett

Yoimiya’s Constellations

For those who can afford to invest further into her, players may want to consider Yoimiya’s best constellations. For someone who has saved up specially for constellations, they may be able to get to C2, a good stopping point for average players. Like this, players can get both her C1 and C2. Her first constellation isn’t anything too special, but it can grant her an additional 20% ATK during her burst. But her C2 grants her an additional 25% Pyro DMG when her Pyro hits a crit on enemies. Her C6, though expensive to hit, can be worth it in the end. It grants her an additional strike during her skill’s uptime for additional damage.

Genshin Impact

Released

September 28, 2020

Multiplayer

Online Multiplayer

Engine

Unity

ESRB

T for Teen – Fantasy Violence, Alcohol Reference

Platforms That Support Crossplay

Mobile, PC, PS4 & PS5