In Genshin Impact‘s newest 4.4 Update, Xianyun has been added as one of the characters on the banners and players can start pulling for her. She is an Anemo Catalyst user who heavily encourages the Plunging Damage playstyle with her buffs, as well as powerful healing capabilities.
If you have already pulled for the character, you’ll want to know how to start using her in your teams. This guide will provide you with all the information you need about her best builds, weapons, artifacts, and teams. Once you know how she works, you can start experimenting with all the team comps!
Xianyun Guide | How To Play, Best Artifact, Weapon Builds, Team Comps
Xianyun is an off-field support character who can provide healing and Plunging Attack buffs. You can also make her more useful by giving her artifact sets as well as weapons with supportive passives.
Her Burst is a team-wide heal that also increases allies’ jump height, and provides Adeptal Assistance stacks that give Plunging Attack Damage Bonuses depending on Xianyun’s ATK stats.
For her talents, your priorities will be Burst > Skill. Xianyun almost never uses her attack talents, so there is no reason for you to upgrade it.
Since Xiao is the only Anemo character in the game that uses a Plunge attack, you’ll want to have Xiao in most of Xianyun’s team comps.
Artifacts
Energy Requirements
To make sure that all of your rotations go smoothly, you’ll want to have enough Energy Recharge. Having your Burst available whenever you need it is very important since Xiao will lose his health over time when he activates his Burst.
If you are using her weapon, which is Crane’s Echoing Call, the ER requirements will be lower compared to other weapons. Having characters like Xiao or Faruzan and Faruzan C6 will also determine your energy levels.
Here are the Crane’s Echoing Call Energy Requirements. Keep in mind that this is only when Xiao uses at least 8 Plunging Attacks from his Burst duration.
- Xiao: 140–150%
- Xiao + Faruzan: 130–135%
- Xiao + Faruzan (C6): 100%
For the other weapons, go with the following Energy Recharge stats. The stats may be a little bit higher, but you can always make up for it with the ER stats from Favionius weapons, for example.
- Xiao: 200–210%
- Xiao + Faruzan: 185–195%
- Xiao + Faruzan (C6): 120–130%
Artifact Stats
Now that you know the Energy Recharge requirements, you’ll want to have Energy Recharge as sub-stats so you don’t have to sacrifice your main stats.
Your stats priority is ER% (Until Requirement) > ATK% > Flat ATK > EM > Crit. Keep in mind that her Plunging Damage buffs cap at 4500 ATK, so never go above this number.
- Sands: ATK% or Energy Recharge
- Goblet: ATK%
- Circlet: ATK%
Artifact Sets
In fact, there are no best Artifacts Sets for Xianyun. However, depending on your team comp, there are multiple options that you can use.
- 4-piece Viridescent Venerer: This set is useful if you need some elemental shreds for your team. Even for a team with Xiao, Furina, and Faruzan, you can still increase Furina’s damage thanks to the Shred.
- 4-piece Ocean-Hued Clam: The OHC set is a universal set for all characters that can heal in the game. Since Xianyun has a team-wide heal from her burst, she can deal decent damage from the set’s passive.
- 4-piece Noblesse Oblige: This is a great way to boost the damage of your DPS characters. Overall, this is a great option as long as no one else on your team is holding it.
- 4-piece Song of Days Past: The set is a worse alternative you can use compared to the Ocean-Hued Clan set. 4-piece OHC always performs better in terms of the damage and it outweighs the damage that SoDP provides.
Weapons
- Crane’s Echoing Call: This is Xianyun’s best-in-slot weapon. It gives you a lot of ATK base stat (741), a Plunging Damage boost, and lowers the energy requirement.
- Favonius Codex: If you do not have a Faruzan C6, using this weapon is also decent as it helps the energy recharge requirements.
- Oathsworn Eye: It has a good Base ATK and decent ATK% secondary stat. The weapon’s passive also helps her lower the energy requirements by 40%, which is another great alternative.
- Memory of Dust, Skyward Atlas, Cashflow Supervision: These are 5-star weapons that have high base ATK, letting her reach the ATK stat that she needs for the damage buffs.
- Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers: Its low Base ATK makes Xianyun’s Plunging Attack buff considerably worse, but its passive’s massive ATK% buff to Xiao makes up for the loss.
Team Recommendations
Xianyun is an amazing support for Xiao. She offers a strong Plunging Attack buff and can help regenerate energy for Xiao and Faruzan. A team of Xiao, Xianyun, Faruzan and a flex slot like Furina or Bennet can be great options.
Your second team option can be a Geo shred team with Xianyun, Xiao, Zhongli, and Albedo. Zhongli helps create a shield to prevent interruption and Albedo deals great off-field damage.
Your last team option is with Gaming. If you do not have Xiao, you can always use the 4-star Pyro Claymore Gaming.
He deals okay damage with his Plunge attacks and you can pair him with a Hydro application from Furina or Xingqiu for the reactions.
Keep in mind that if you use this team, you’ll need a lot more energy recharge for Xianyun. This means that you may have to sacrifice some of her ATK stats, lowering the effectiveness of her buffs.
How To Upgrade
If you’re looking forward to upgrade Xianyun, you might be interested in checking out this guide on how to reach the Solitary Suanni Boss Location for her materials! Not only that, but you can also check our guide for the All-Devouring Narwhal location!
As for her Ascension material, you will need the Clearwater Jade locations. We have a detailed guide for that which you may be interested in!
That’s how you can start using Xianyun in Genshin Impact! Overall, she is a great buffer for plunging characters like Xiao and Gaming. However, you’ll want to use her ideally in Xiao teams to benefit from the Anemo Energy particles as well as the Anemo Synergy effects.
