Role: Dendro Support / Healer / Reaction Enabler
Best For: Players who want reliable healing and off-field Dendro application for Quicken, Hyperbloom, Burgeon, or Bloom teams.
1. Recommended Artifacts
4-Piece Deepwood Memories — A strong general option when no other teammate is using it, reducing enemy Dendro RES while Yaoyao provides healing and off-field Dendro application.
Alternative: 4-Piece Tenacity of the Millelith can provide an ATK buff to teammates, while 4-Piece Instructor is useful for increasing the team’s Elemental Mastery in reaction-focused compositions.
2. Recommended Weapons
Premium: Staff of Homa
Alternatives: Favonius Lance, Kitain Cross Spear
F2P: Black Tassel
Yaoyao does not need a premium weapon for her support role. Favonius Lance provides useful team Energy, while Black Tassel is an inexpensive option with a large HP% stat that directly improves her healing. Kitain Cross Spear can be particularly useful in Bloom teams because it provides Elemental Mastery and helps reduce her Energy requirements.
3. Recommended Teams
Aggravate: Keqing + Fischl + Yaoyao + Kazuha
Spread: Alhaitham + Yae Miko + Fischl + Yaoyao
Hyperbloom: Yaoyao + Yelan + Fischl + Sucrose
Yaoyao combines healing and Dendro application in one slot, allowing teams to use more offensive characters elsewhere. Her Skill is generally sufficient for maintaining Quicken, while Hyperbloom and Burgeon teams may benefit from pairing her with another Dendro character for more consistent application.
4. Main Stats / Substats
Sands: HP% / Energy Recharge
Goblet: HP%
Circlet: Healing Bonus / HP% / CRIT Rate with Favonius
Priority: Energy Recharge until needed → HP% → CRIT Rate with Favonius
Yaoyao’s healing scales with Max HP, making HP the main focus of a standard support build. Her Energy requirements vary significantly depending on how often her Burst is used; in many teams, she can Burst only when additional healing is needed rather than every rotation.
5. Playstyle
Use Yaoyao’s Elemental Skill to summon Yuegui, which throws White Jade Radishes that damage enemies or heal nearby characters depending on their HP. This allows Yaoyao to provide healing and Dendro application while spending very little time on-field.
Her Burst provides much stronger teamwide healing but requires Yaoyao to remain on-field briefly to take full advantage of it. It is therefore often used as an emergency healing tool rather than something that must be activated every rotation. Prioritize her Skill first, followed by her Burst.
6. F2P
Yaoyao is extremely F2P-friendly because her main value comes from healing and Dendro application rather than expensive weapons or high personal damage.
Black Tassel is a readily accessible 3-star weapon that increases her HP and healing, while Favonius Lance is an excellent option if available. F2P players should prioritize HP, sufficient Energy Recharge, and her Elemental Skill rather than investing heavily into offensive stats.
*StoryBillion Tip: Yaoyao does not need to use her Burst every rotation. In many teams, her Elemental Skill already provides enough healing and Dendro application, so you can save her Burst for situations where the entire party needs stronger healing instead of building excessive Energy Recharge just to use it constantly.
