Role: On-Field Pyro DPS / Charged Attack Carry
Best For: Players who want an accessible ranged Pyro DPS with straightforward Charged Attack gameplay and strong reaction-based team options.
1. Recommended Artifacts
4-Piece Crimson Witch of Flames — Recommended for Yanfei in Vaporize teams because it increases her Pyro damage and improves the damage of her elemental reactions.
Alternative: 4-Piece Wanderer’s Troupe is a strong option that increases Elemental Mastery and Charged Attack damage.
2. Recommended Weapons
Premium: Tome of the Eternal Flow
Alternatives: The Widsith, Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds, Solar Pearl
F2P: Flowing Purity
Yanfei benefits strongly from CRIT, ATK, and Elemental Mastery in reaction teams. The Widsith is particularly useful if available, while Flowing Purity provides an accessible craftable option.
3. Recommended Teams
Vaporize: Yanfei + Xingqiu + Bennett + Kazuha
Double Hydro: Yanfei + Xingqiu + Yelan + Bennett
Overloaded: Yanfei + Fischl + Chevreuse + Bennett
Yanfei works naturally with off-field characters because she spends most of her time attacking on-field. Hydro teammates allow her Charged Attacks to trigger Vaporize, while Overloaded teams take advantage of her ranged Pyro attacks.
Bennett is especially useful for providing healing and an ATK buff while also activating Pyro Resonance.
4. Main Stats / Substats
Sands: ATK% / Elemental Mastery
Goblet: Pyro DMG Bonus
Circlet: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG
Priority: CRIT → ATK% / Elemental Mastery → Energy Recharge
ATK% is a reliable general choice, while Elemental Mastery becomes more valuable when Yanfei consistently triggers Vaporize or other reactions.
5. Playstyle
Yanfei’s Normal Attacks generate Scarlet Seals, which strengthen her Charged Attacks and reduce their Stamina cost. Build Scarlet Seals with Normal Attacks before consuming them with a Charged Attack.
Her Elemental Skill and Burst can also help generate or maximize Scarlet Seals, allowing Yanfei to use powerful Charged Attacks more frequently during her field time.
6. F2P
Yanfei is a practical F2P DPS because she is a 4-star character and has useful accessible weapon options such as Flowing Purity.
She can also form effective teams with 4-star supports such as Xingqiu, Bennett, Fischl, and Chevreuse, making it possible to build a functional team without relying heavily on limited 5-star characters.
*StoryBillion Tip: Avoid repeatedly using Charged Attacks without building Scarlet Seals first. Yanfei’s Normal Attacks generate the seals that reduce Charged Attack Stamina cost and improve its damage, so alternating between Normal and Charged Attacks is an important part of playing her efficiently.*
