@@notdog-san7933 if you ever plan to roll for her, then i wish you good luck! an advantage that 4*s have over 5*s is that their constellations are faaar more accessible, so you'll get there eventually
@@emopeterparker7 Thanks man! idk if I plan to pull for her c4 or if I even have the primos to do so lmao but if she comes with a 5* that I am also interested in (or a hu tao rerun) I'd probably do. I do have yanfei right now but she's only at c1. and I have zhongli as well. The problem is that often times the geo application fucks up my rotation or atleast that's what I observed. so having a pyro shielder is much better. I also saw a vid that thoma kinda steals reactions so yanfei is really the choice I have,
I remember fighting oceanid was a nightmare with the flying birds, kaeya and hutao struggled to hit them. Then there's yanfei, vap and easy reach. Now i clear it in less than 2 minutes
@@taymalharbali1008 She is pretty good against all enemies besides fire immune ones and rock shield bearers. Her charged AA with even my bad artifacts crits for like 15k AOE every what, 2 seconds? Don's forget about talent procs on crit with additional 8-9k damage. Against basic enemies you don't really need to use her skill or burst, just use 1-2 support skills like Fischl's bird and/or Albedo's flower and your autos will delete everything in sight.
I think the fact that she’s not a five star is one of her best attributes. It makes her way more accessible for lower level and f2p players as she is easier to get constellations on and you can get her at any pity
THIS 100% Yanfei being in the standard banners was a godsend, carried me through the entire early-mid game until I finally got Diluc and a half-decent Claymore. She's a perfect DPS for new players getting their feet under them.
Yanfei is a favorite one of mine I use her on main leviathan account to this day. Love tankfei build aswell great pyro shield and decent healing use on hu tao team and some raiden or yae miko dps teams
It is funny that despite almost every aspect of Yanfei's kit revolves around improving her CA gameplay, she gained most traction because of her 4th Constellation, the one constellation that has nothing to do with CA.
@@jadecoolness101 It's more because C4 yanfei lets yanfei be a shield support and a pyro applier for Hutao that doesn't mess with Tao's vapes like Thoma
Mained her for almost a year. She requires investment for sure but she’s so worth it. She’s incredibly strong now being C6 triple crowned. Currently running a team with Kokomi, Sucrose and Yae with Yanfei as main dps its such a fun comp
Crowning and level increase definitely matters for Kahuza skill damage output overall. Level really does not technically matter on a character since there is max stat raise per character anyways.
I am a proud Yanfei main. I love her. And if I'm being totally honest, she's actually the reason I picked up the game. I was getting accepted into law school right around her first banner, and I fell in love with her design and character. My biggest flaw with her is that she's just straight up unused in the story compared to other characters. And I hope Mihoyo will change that. UPDATE: She is now my first and (forever, out of loyalty) only triple-crowned character. I'm at C6, LVL 90, with a 70/210 CR/CD ratio and R5 LVL 90 Widsith. My Kazuha, Bennett and Xingqiu are all on support builds for her on my spiral abyss team. My burst will consistently hit 300k damage if it vapes and all buffs are on field in an optimal rotation. Life is good. She may never be as powerful as a 5 star pyro DPS, but this game is so easy that I don't need her to be.
*[Long/Edited veteran for old player]* Hi! I’m an old player and I consider myself a Yanfei expert. She was my first main, I had her at C0 for most of my time playing Genshin until two months ago that I got her to C5 while pulling for Ganyu. Having played with C0 for the longest time, and testing C5 here are some of my thoughts and experience. The biggest thing about Yanfei is that she becomes SO MUCH BETTER to play at C5 mainly because of her shield and stamina management, but also that extra +20% Crit rate make my Yanfei easily hit 25k on her own. As far as my experience goes: The reason as to why many people may be discouraged to play Yanfei is that she requires a lot of setup and help to deal big damage. My Yanfei can deal 56k with Bennet, Sucrose and Rosaria meanwhile my HuTao deals 58k with Xingqiu only. Additionally, you have to stack her 3 scarlet seals to make the most of her charged attacks since that’s her main source of damage. So instead of stacking up why not just unga bunga with another character? Regardless, I love Yanfei, everything about her makes me happy and she holds a very special place in my heart. I think she is a wonderful, fun and viable character that can deal big pp damage and she can definitely carry you through the early to mid game. I highly recommend investing in her if she is to your liking!!
I'm a yanfei main since the first day (my first 4star) and yeah her c1 make thing much better and she can use mappa mare (f2p) and many sets like shinemawa, CWOF, wanderers i dont know if bolide works but with her c4 it might actually work She might not be best pyro dps but shes great for new players Edit other than that she is so pretty, smart and her basic atk animation is really cool she like playing volleyball and still to this day (Ar57) i still use her to explore enkanomiya (event) even tho i have much better dps like ganyu, xiao itto
Yeah I agree I have been maining her since day one and trying out ninguang, I realized how freaking much less clunky she is Also her DPS Potential for a 4 star is CRAZY Like I have her with an R3 widsith, some decent to good Wanderers troupe stuff and paired her up with benny and xingqu and BOOM you have DPS with numbers over 30k and that pretty consistant Compared to 5 stars that's weak but she's a 4 star that is even on Standard and her signature weapon is a 4 star
Yanfei with Raiden’s elemental skill is such a fun playing style! These overload explosions everywhere give me chills (and hit pretty hard with the right build on Ei). I also have Ganyu and Hu Tao, but Yanfei is still my primary main
Also I find that Kazuha’s elemental skill have a tiny black hole after effect, which helps make things not explode everywhere and group stuff for the AoE of Yanfei CA, skill and overload
Yes! Makes those annoying Mirror Maidens easy peasy. Yanfei has always been one of my favorites, so after I Friendship 10'd Hu Tao, I went and mained her.
Wasn't expecting to see Yanfei in this series, and tbh I feel like "she's not a 5-star" is sort of a weak argument. I mean obviously a 4-star DPS won't get the same raw numbers as a 5-star DPS, but there's nothing "wrong" with Yanfei. Characters like Klee, Qiqi, Lisa, etc. have very clear mechanical/design shortcomings, but Yanfei really doesn't. Her kit is well-designed, effective, consistent, and fun to use (even with a catalyst). I've legit never seen anyone complain about her, lol. If anything, I got the impression she was relatively popular.
There is Hu Tao, Yoimiya even Diluc, already 3 characters that outclass her from the same element, Xiangling is simply better, off-field makes it possible to use as a pyro applicator and her burst snapshots, that makes 4 now. It is not because she isn't a 5 star, it is because she isn't a 5 star dps, less investment needed to get same dmg. That said, she isn't bad but has a lot of competition
@Salyx That is the point, you are agreeing with me now, if you can have better numbers why use Yanfei? Also this video seems to be based on spiral abyss
I think the reason why she got into this series is because her abyss play rate is quite low, despite her being perceived as an 'okay' character. So ofc she's in the series :D
Just putting it out there that not /all/ her constellations are for Yanfei’s damage. C4 grants a shield and makes her a pretty good shielder, typically used with Hu Tao
tankfei rights 8D shes also good for healing if you give her prototype amber and a healing bonus cap. perfect for hu tao tbh - pyro resonance and not TOO much healing but still healing all in one slot.
@@emopeterparker7 Its not just healing as well, Prototype Amber gives so much energy for free. (18 energy over 3 seconds) I thought Vars was going to bring it up considering how much he was hammering in the whole "not versatile" thing. Don't forget that if you already have a healer and no energy issues, you can slap on TTDS as well.
@@princiedv oh yeah, forgot about prototype ambers cool energy passive. and yeah, it's surprising that vars doesn't even bring it up. it may be niche, but it's a viable way of playing her and makes her offer something more than just being a mundane damage dealer
Honestly I love my Yanfei. I enjoy her playstyle, her damage can be quite ridiculous, and her range is great so you can stay further away from whatever you’re fighting. Makes it harder to die, and no one likes dying.
@Sabrina Jahan A lot of characters lose value if you ignore constellations. If your Yanfei is C0 I can see why someone wouldn't enjoy her but at C6 her stamina issues are non existent and the shield is a big help.
4-Star characters often need some amount of their constellations before they truly shine; even the broken ones like Bennett, Sucrose, Fischl, and Xingqiu fall into this category. That being said, I think it's a bit of a shame that there wasn't some time spent discussing her growth with her constellations. In fact, in regards to Yanfei having no support role, this actually becomes false once she reaches C4. There is a very niche use of C4+ Yanfei as a shield provider, healer, and battery. She is built focusing on ER and HP to have constant uptime on her shield, and she is equipped with Prototype Amber, which heals and provides passive energy on the use of a Burst. Again, very niche, but also viable; I've seen people, primarily in the CN community, use it.
Is funny since they prefer using c4 yanfei shielder or Tankfei for short over Thoma in Hu Tao teams since yanfei shield doesn't apply pyro like thoma's
I'll have to disagree that 4 stars become broken with constellations. At least, some of those you mentioned. While Fischl's potential is definitely locked behind constellation 6, the other ones are broken even at C0. Xingqiu becomes even more broken at C6, but he's still broken at C0. Bennett is still broken at C0, but his C1 makes him even stronger. Sucrose is a character who doesn't need constellations at all for her to work. Her constellations don't help her at all besides a little quality of life with C1 and C6 giving a small boost which is only really useful in taser teams (since if you use her in vape or melt teams, her elemental application can either screw you up, or the buff be worthless if you don't use her burst/infuse the wrong element.) If you want a 4 star that does become broken at C6, Beidou, Rosaria are examples of constellations that unblock their full potential while being average at C0. Both of them kinda need C2, C5 and C6 to unblock their true potential as either support (Rosaria physical) and dps (Beidou off field).
@@leojustice3367 I never said that they become broken with constellations. I was very deliberate with my wording. "4-star characters OFTEN [implying "not always"] need SOME [implying not necessarily all 6] amount of their constellations before they TRULY SHINE [implying that they can be "good" at C0, but not inherently "broken"]; EVEN [but obviously not exclusively] the broken ones [...]" Bennett's TRUE potential is unlocked after the HP threshold needed for his attack buff is removed. Sucrose's is unlocked after at least gaining the second use of her skill. Fischl's is partly unlocked at C1, but especially unlocked at C6, to no one's surprise. The list goes on. All of them are fine at C0, but their 'true" potential, the potential that truly makes them considered "broken" by most players, is locked behind certain constellations, compared to many 5-stars that can be considered "broken" right out of the box at C0.
She's my main not because of the damage but because she's one of the few characters in the game who doesn't ask the traveler to do something for her. In fact, she's the one helping the traveler without asking anything in return; that's why I like her and the reason she's my main (along with Itto, who is also my other main hehe)
"You cant use Yanfei as a support" Hold my Tankfei* for a minute * Tankfei : C4 shield build (ER+HP) where you can use: -Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers (for 42% atk buff) -Prototype Amber (for healing) -Noblesse Oblige (for 20% atk buff)
EXACTLY. Either there was some misinformation on Vars’ part or Tankfei got snubbed just to further push the narrative of her being the inflexible copium 4* DPS💀💀
Her shield's probably just as busted as Zhongli's lol, or a little bit weaker (which is still good). Also I like giving her a shield (Noelle or Diona because I don't have Zhongli) because she actually is great on her own dealing decent damage. Been using her with Noelle and both of them cover up each other's weaknesses. Edit: grammar and a few words
I was exactly thinking that. I mean Tankfei build is quite popular in CN players because unlike Thoma, she doesn't steal any vapes from Hu Tao and her shield is a lot stronger. So I don't know how Vars thought that Yanfei was unpopular, she's just not popular as a Main DPS.
@@mysteriousastrolabe well...you got her shield when u use burst so it takes time and is not available easily...and as her shield scales on hp...her burst damage will be useless...and also u got her shield on c4 and not available in her basic kit
Well... I like her animations when she’s using a catalyst. And despite the fact that I haven’t worked on building up her damage much I still believe she’s the right choice to hold the Skyward Atlas.
Hi, i think the "lost prayer" is the best for her , if you unlucky with artifact lottery :( On my account she's do the most damage without buff that any other char, my second best dam char (with buff) is Noëlle (not C6 actually, so long for have it... ) but with Albedo she do 11k each attack, sometimes 18k and 27k when shield explode :) So actually i have fun with one team for cleaning Inazuma Quests and daily : Rosaria, Ganyu, Noëlle and Albedo . For others area's, i use Xinyan, Thoma, Jean and Sayu ;) Have fun and test strange team for refresh your gameplay ;)
@@themidnightotaku22 i failed the 2 zhongli re-run, so :( . I hope, one day for the C6 Noëlle my second 5 stars weapon won last week, but the worst of the spear: jade spear :/ crit spear weap in the BP is 2x better :(
When I first got Yanfei, I put her into my team. All of my team was about lvl 70 - 80, while she was lvl 60. Still, she was the one to do most dmg and was the strongest out of my whole team. She’s clearly underrated in my opinion.
Underrated cz of what? U must think like that. Yes yanfei is an amazing character to clear open world mobs, domains or even bosses. She is fun to play also. She has ok damage and is also sometimes pretty good with supports but not good enough to clear the spiral abyss floor 12 in time for most of the people. No matter how much u invest in her. Even if she does clear it, there are better options out there. So why bother?
When I first got Yanfei, I decided to main her almost the instant I pulled her. At that point I did already have pyro characters which outclass her, (namely Yoimiya and Xiangling), but she is honestly a really well rounded character in terms of design and carries herself rather well. Yes there are better options but honestly more people should give her a chance.
She is my favourite character so I try to use her when possible. Great character and well designed but as the video stated, she becomes overshadowed. Currently there is never a situation where I'd prefer to use Yanfei over Hu Tao or Xiangling for efficiency sakes. Take the team Hu Tao, XIngqiu, Mona, Kazuha. Yanfei could easily step in for Hu Tao but...why? The numbers would be smaller
Yanfei is one of the most powerful 4* dps new players can have on their team until they eventually get a 5*. I do not disagree with the discussion, same as with the other videos but all I can say is she carried my account from AR35-AR55 and I can't thank her enough for that.
I'd almost agree to the first sentence. Yanfei is my main DPS early game and I got Diluc as my first 5* back at AR48 but I still used her until I got Hu Tao. And even then I still switch around Hu Tao and Yanfei depending on my mood lmao. To me, she's irreplaceable.
@@99toyotacorolla idk but I really feel like having a pyro dps/sub dps in your team just stomps most game content especially if you're just starting with the game
I found the same. I have very few 5* characters (lots of 5* weapons, but apparently pulling 5* characters is beyond me) and she pretty much carried me to AR55. To be fair, as I'm still a bit low in terms of characters, she's gonna stay there, but once I get my 5* ones up to scratch she'll probably get the boot.
Incorrect - 4stars like xiangling, beidou xq and sucrose are all easily more powerful in raw dmg, with noelle bennet and fischl possibly out damaging in some situations
I benched my Klee ever since I got C6 Yanfei because she's just soo much more fun to play to me because of her high range, auto targeting and relatively fast charged attacks The scarlet seals are also a nice system I think and way easier to use compared to Klees sparks where I never know if I have one or not because they're hard to see She has pretty low base stats and scaling as a 4 star but I still think her play style makes her viable because you can safely deal lots of damage without getting hit by enemies and her C4 shield also scales pretty well and is really nice to have
100% agree with the spark thing on klee, its so hard to see if she has it, they are kinda same even in terms of dps, but still use klee over yanfei tho since my klee is c4 and her def shred is really good
I think she's perfectly balanced for the role she fills. She'll never be competitive with 5* pyro carries, but she's the most solid and well-designed of the 4* main DPSes and that's a niche that is definitely needed. Plenty of players end up with support or maybe subDPS characters as their first few 5*s, and especially when fielding a 2nd Abyss team without a lot of resources, Yanfei is a very serviceable choice.
@@nationalgeografic7687 what about him? i for one have every other 1.0 5 star aside from him, and I want him!!! I lost my Ayato pulls to freaking Tignarai!!! I would have been fine with stopping if I got Diluc as I plan on pulling for Yelan next!! given I was getting bacck in the game when her first banner was up and I needed a strong damage dealer as didn't have kokomi yet so i was still using a blue haired water kid.
@@itsmrdante6274 Thoma can really mess up Hu Tao comps (his only viable team to my knowledge) by accidentally stealing her CA's vapes. Tankfei doesn't have that issue and shields just as well and even gives marginal healing with Prototype Amber.
I feel like Yanfei is less used in Abyss, cause her damage isn’t as high as strongest 5* and she can’t be a sub dps where mediocre damage is acceptable - she’s purely on-field dps. But in the open world and in co-op? Yeah, she has barely any proplems: high enough damage, stamina cost is alright, shield on C4, smooth animations and fairly okay targeting. She’s good, there are just too much competition for on-field dps slots (and abyss in general seems to prefer revolver teams, not hyppercarry+supports)
Literally no character is a problem in the open world, i can even use lv 20 characters in the open world w/ bit slower clear speed as only the main issue. You only need to invest in artifacts and weapons in open world even if your character is say, lv 20 they will still be viable
@@zodiacsagittarius344 clearing bosses still requires fairly decent investment. And beating one low-level mob for a minute isn’t “not being a problem”, so is dying in one hit.
She’s very strong actually, I used to main her. My charged attacks were usually around 30-50k and maximum was 93k I think she’s the strongest 4 star dps
@@maksimshumeiko6494 I have Yanfei and use her daily and have many 5 stars. She does a lot of DMG for me but I will say Beidou’s DMG is higher for sure. I just got Ning not too long ago and am trying to figure out how to build her best. I have two piece Archaic and 2pc Glad on her currently but only LVL 65. (Need those damn books lol) She isn’t as high DMG wise for me just yet. Anyway I just wanted to state that though I love me some Yanfei there are higher 4star DMG dealers
I dunno if comfortable spiral abyss clears are a good gold standard for how to measure a character's effectiveness. They rotate out the blessing, enemy types, etc. to make certain units very appealing. As of late, a lot of hydro and electro units have been very strong in abyss, and when Itto was running, geo was very strong. Enemy compositions and certain buff types, when they don't synergize well or counter certain play styles, can give some 5-stars a really rough time. With the last few cycles, 4-star teams built around Fischl or Ninguang, or a Sucrose taser comp have been able to get through those cycles without much issue or maxed investment. I think Yanfei will have her moment in the Abyss when we get pyro-weak abyss mobs and pyro-oriented cycle buffs again, and will kinda become a sleeper hit when that happens. Obviously she won't ever be as good as Hu Tao, but I think the concept of "comfort" is kinda in routine flux. Edit: again, the video said "comfortably" clearing spiral abyss, 12:30, which is what I was specifically responding to. No duh there's characters that are always going to be better than yanfei. The thing is, viable does not mean the fastest, it just means able to clear comfortably--BUT this is going to fluctuate depending on the current blessing and enemy compositions. As of late, Yanfei has been less viable cause nothing in the abyss is countered or utilizes her kit well--but if there were a series of highly-anticipated pyro carries on the banners recently and the spiral abyss catered to them, suddenly Yanfei would look a lot more viable (especially if one were a ranged attacker, missed chance really with Yoimiya). Hence, as I originally said: I don't feel spiral abyss clears are a good 'gold standard' cause the buffs make it so character performance isn't consistent. They *will* (and have) release layouts that give previous top-tier picks a very hard time (like what happened to Xiao and Klee) in the interest of selling the strategies used by the current banner.
i totally agree! i saw someone solo floor 12 first half with just yanfei in the previous cycle i believe? or the one before that. clear time was 1.5min, they got 36* too haha
Well the biggest issue she's not used that much is... surprise surprise, Xiangling exists. What if you have a team comp that is F2P friendly (mostly used 4 stars), competes against 5 star centric team comps, and works on every Abyss rotation? You have National team, where Xiangling is in there. Itto's Abyss? Use National team Shenhe/Ganyu's Abyss? Use National team This current Abyss? Yup, still use National team "I think Yanfei will have her moment in the Abyss when we get pyro-weak abyss mobs and pyro-oriented cycle buffs again" It wouldn't help her one bit because any pyro buff is a Xiangling buff.
Love how you talked about Yanfei not having any possibility to be a support when there's a Yanfei c4 support build that many people use with HuTao and is genuinely considered a better pyro support then Thoma for Hutao
Thoma isn't the best shielder so that doesn't make for that good a comparison. Yanfei's shield doesn't have 100% uptime getting her Q is a big pain as she doesn't generate that many particles and she doesn't have much max hp to begin with so its not that tanky except for maybe pyro opponents .But hey if you can work around all that then sure it's your choice. (btw if you are going to shield then ttds is the best in slot)
@@farannazar155 Raw shield output, Thoma's actually 2nd best after Zhongli (there's a video testing all conventional shielders). Thing is, he needs energy and without his burst his shield is practically as thin as paper, unlike Diona who can almost double her E shield with just holding it for example.
I like watching your videos, you have a great series going here. But i feel likes its ingenuine to make a video on a character without properly representing them. Yanfei has a constellation that can make her into a support. Her c4 gives her a 45% shield from hp. She can get her 20% buff while having one of the most competent pyro shields. Look up "tank-fei" for more details. She was quite popular in one of the spiral abyss cycles, but I can't remember which one.
@@gravelor78 "better" options only available if they are present. But you completely missed my point of misrepresentation. Good things are still present about the character, like her utility, and saying yanfei has no utility options, like all the details made it out to be in this video, is wrong.
@@James_DawgWhile it is true that Yanfei does have qualities that make for a viable shield support, she does generally require more investment to be better than some other supports. It also does require C4. As a F2P Yanfei main who is now at AR 52, I still only have her at C2. While this problem may only apply to a minority of people, it does still exist.
@@ZhiningAnomalie Right, so Yanfei still has that as an option. I got her c6 in 30 rolls, which was miraculously lucky. So whereas yeah, less people have access to it, but c4 is something even f2p can get. I think its fine to say that not many people have c4, but my point stands. Saying Yanfei has no support is ingenuine. You can say support Yanfei is hard to get, not everyone has it, or even her shield does not have the same properties as Zhongli's, and I would have no problems. To imply there is no such support options bothered me enough to write a comment about it.
@@James_Dawg She is my favourite character so I try to use her when possible. Great character and well designed but as the video stated, she becomes overshadowed. Currently there is never a situation where I'd prefer to use Yanfei over Hu Tao or Xiangling for efficiency sakes, even with C4. Take the team Hu Tao, XIngqiu, Mona, Kazuha. Yanfei could easily step in for Hu Tao but...why? The numbers would be smaller for larger investments. If Klee and Yanfei swapped star status, Yanfei would be a solid uncontested character
I've been playing Yanfei ever since her release and I really love her. She's great for fighting enemies that like to teleport all over the place since her attacks are homing. Also I enjoy doing 4-star only challenges, and I often bring Yanfei for those. If Yanfei were a 5-star, I definitely would have skipped her since I already got Hutao. But because she's a 4-star, she's actually more useful to me. In fact, I think Yanfei's release was the first time I ever 36-star abyss using only 4-star characters.
Yanfei is my go to whenever I need to fight the Thunder Manifestation. She's ranged, so it makes it easy to hit the darn thing and not get too close, and since its infused with electro she triggers overloaded reactions consistently which makes it a much easier and fast fight.
i have a triple crowned c4 yanfei snd she honestly holds herself in abyss so nicely. she easily comes close to the dps of my 8-9-8 hu tao, which is amazing cosnidering the difference in their base stats and kits. yanfei is genuinely really well designed, and i kind of miss when hyv put thought behind their characters' mechanics instead of giving them seemingly busted mechanics and then giving them one huge, counteractive caveat (see yae, thoma, etc). yanfeis just a raw damage dealer with a fun, smooth and simple kit, great voice, and some of the highest appeal out of the whole roster ❤️❤️
Allright so 2 things if I may. 1st: c4 makes gives her a shield which if built around can have around 14k (shield)* hp which is pretty decent and with that, pyro resonance, pyro application for vv set and ttds for the atk or the prototype for healing, she becomes quite useful in certain teams, also freeing your Bennet and Xiangling for the other team . And 2nd: hot take, not every character needs to be viable up to end game. There need to be stop-gap characters that players use to get to end game and later ditch in favor of stronger ones for said end game, when they get them.
Agreed on both. The second point, I have team comps set up for my 12 star abyss runs but most times I just use fun characters people would say aren't viable in the endgame but I just have fun playing
@@ghostlydude6478 i saw a comparison and it was just _slightly_ weaker than zhongli's, like they tested the shields against rock frog's stomps and yanfei's shield broke just a few seconds before zhongli's and it was pretty cool to see
@@ghostlydude6478 well technically if you only look at how much hp the shield has, yanfei's is 13% beefier, but the thing is zhongli's has 150% resistance to all elements so it ends up being 26% stonger, except if you are defending against pyro attacks where yanfei has 250% pyro resistance which jups her up to be 60% more effective. But water attacks kinda just piss on that In conclusion, it depends.
Yanfei’s scale a little lower but they cost way less stamina than Barbara’s when you factor in her scarlet seals which means you can end up using them more often
@@ingenuitypulse6254 I'm mean both my ganyu and yanfei have had the same focus and sometimes my yanfei out dps ganyu. But I'll attribute some of that to my poor aim
I actually had a random yanfei main pop into my word the other day. Their yanfei did so much damage she was a little monster. Yanfei is def underrated and people that invest into her seem to do very well
When I first played Yanfei, I put her as sub DPS to Keqing because I like her playstyle. But now Yanfei's my main just because how insane her range and CA does. It feels so good to stamp down on enemies and getting crit dmg as well. Truly best girl
This video missed the marked with misinformation regarding her support capabilities. The CN build with C4 Yanfei and Prototype Amber exists, which makes her a great shielder and healer. I would argue that she's a better support than Thoma for Hu Tao since she can heal with the aforementioned Prototype Amber, has a shield that's just as tanky as Thoma's but doesn't need to be stacked, and doesn't steal vaporize.
I was looking for this-- it seems like this build is not well known due to its niche with hu tao. Plus the fact diona is known as the better shielder/healer/battery. In the end yanfei still suffers from what other "non-used" characters do, being compared to other units that can do the job just as well or better.
The thing is yanfei c4 isn't as good as others, when you have diona, I'm pretty sure there was video out there, she did have a respectable sheild but diona sheild is ultimately better cuz it's built into her kit and you don't have to get a copy for her to have the shield (Both are 4 stars too). Diona can boost em and can trigger melt too. a problem too with yanfei sheild is it scales off hp, and yanfei as a catalyst has very low base hp, so for that you have to sacrifice all of her damage to have a good sheild, doesn't mean it's bad sheild tho, it's just that sheilders, with offensive capabilites is better, thats why zhongli is valuable cuz he can give debuff as well (ik it's kinda unfair to compare it that way cuz zhongli is a 5 star) yanfei c4 is just that a sheild, it's meant to make her less squishy, but still being the dps of ur team, its kinda sad that it's that way tho :(( cuz it would be amazing when she gives ur team extra dmg when she uses her burst and activates sheild or smthn
I used Yanfei as my dps back when she was released, because I didn't have a pyro carry. I didn't like Xiangling (too many er problems) so my only choice was Yanfei. She's honestly a very good option in early game and I think that's what 4 star dps are meants to be. You then keep them if you enjoy them or swap to a 5 star dps. My Yanfei got replaced by Diluc, Yoimiya, HuTao and... Xiangling (used her as main dps for two patches, now I'm benching her to pyro application for Kaeya. Can't stand her anymore). I don't particularly like catalysts and stamina management.
The only reason why "no one" plays yanfei is because there are 5 more pyro dps characters, and 2 of them are really op, so theres no reason for old players to build her.
Yeah, thats definitely the TLDR of it. And lets face it, the general community will play 5 star units than 4 star units wih some excemptions. Nevertheless, I use yanfei in my abyss runs and she is fun to play.
honestly she was my first non-amber pyro character and i got her before i knew about xiangling, she got me to ar55. lots of people say she’s not too viable for end-game but i don’t see myself stopping tbh (despite the xiao and childe sitting in my character archive lmao) but you’re right, had i been exposed to, say, diluc or hu tao first, probably wouldn’t have gotten so attached to her
@@DunhaCC Yanfei is all around better as a pyro unit than xiangling. Everything she does applies pyro and pair her with the right team in makes the game easier. To me the only good thing Xiangling does is her Burst. With Yanfei I have so many different ways of applying pyro for reactions that Xiangling isn't even a viable option.
I love her as a character; her personality, lore and design are awesome. I used her as a sub-DPS a lot when she was first released and she's still part of the Pyro team I use when I fight Cyro based bosses. However, once I hit World Rank 8, I found she falls a bit short in many cases, which is unfortunate.
I originally decided to build up Yanfei as a sort of DPS backup for when Childes skill was on cooldown. Now Childe is the DPS backup for when I run out of stamina or run into fire slimes :D
Great content, but you should of covered her "Tankfei" build or mention it. Its being used in several meta builds and is highly impressive esp on floor 11 and 12.
ikr it's so so weird he hammers so much she can't do more when tankfei exists, and no, it's not to say the whole video is invalidated with it, it's also con locked but it's a really worth mentioning fact
I pulled Yanfei right after I did the trial run recently and was so excited. I still think she’s super fun especially paired with beidou and xingqiu. I don’t play the game to be the strongest, I play to have fun and yanfei is very fun
"She's a 4 star character automatically putting her at huge disadvantage over all the 5 star characters". Well, she's a 4 star that can outperform a lot of 5 stars. especially considering it's easier to get her c6. She's literally my only pyro dps, and carries the abyss when needed a strong solo target or pyro. And I have Yula, Ayaka and Yae/Raiden as other elemental dps. She does not outperform them by pure numbers, but, especially with Zhongli she's really easy to use. You have a lot of damage, comfortable cancels and range to stay safe. Compare that to same squishy Klee who's a nightmare to play with because of her skills and animations. I don't think being a dedicated dps is a downside, pretty much every character is either a dps or a support. There's queit a few who are both
she carried me for a long time, i got ganyu and hutao now, but yanfei will be a character i always love, so easy to kill stuff at range, i gave a break using her at times because she makes bosses too easy 😆
and one thign I like about her is that her she can help you manage your stamnia consumption in good as long you have 4 stacks (C6) you can dodge without using too much stanmia and her CA dmg multiplier is kinda big as a 4 star and her C4 is very useful especially if u don't have Zhongli or Noelle problem with CD
Yeah I don't get people saying 4*s are automatically weaker than 5*s. The only actual difference is their base stat total and substat scaling, but the difference between 4*s and 5*s in that regard is, while not negligible, ultimately dwarfed by the value of constellations, weapons, talent stats, etc. The best 4*s are better at low constellations than several C6 5*s, so while 5*s TEND to have extremely broken C6s (starting with Ganyu; none of the 5*s before her did and only a couple since her don't) and also tend to hit high- or even top-tier potential at C0, C1 or C2, and top-tier 4*s TEND to hit top-tier potential only at C4, C5 or C6, even that isn't a rule. But even beyond that, you will usually C6 one or two 4*s per C1 5*, or get around 3 constellations for each the banner 4*s (on average) in the process of getting the banner 5* once. And when you compare C6 4*s to C1 5*s, or even sub-C6 5*s in general, you start to notice something: There are just as many top-tier 4*s as top-tier 5*s, and almost as many high-tier 4*s as high-tier 5*s. It's true that all the bad characters in the game are 4*, but all the bad characters in the game are Xinyan, Barbara and arguably Amber, Lisa and Kaeya (because it's so hard to get constellations for them and they suck at low constellations, and Kaeya and Barbara aren't even BAD so much as thoroughly outclassed by other characters).
@@elizza8770 I'm not actually sure of Yanfei's current damage potential because I don't care that much about her, but when she launched she was about on-par with Xiao... The weakest dedicated 5* DPS (contrary to popular belief at the time). Funnily enough now that Yun Jin exists he no longer holds that title (even replacing C4 Albedo on his standard team with C4 Yun she's still about a 20% increase in team damage per second despite being a 4* support, and that's being generous toward Albedo by inflating his opportunity cost), but popular opinion of him seems extremely low lately. But I digress. Apart from pure damage Yanfei also notably has the strongest non-geo shield in the game. Zhongli can only be on one team at a time and Noelle has uptime problems unless she's the main DPS (though if you run Noelle and she's C6 there is less and less reason lately not to run her as your main DPS...), so while the abyss meta for a while has been nationals on one half (which is where you'd put Zhongli if you use him) and freeze on the other half (where you don't need a shield, but even if you do you can use Diona and still have a slot open for Kazuha or Yun Jin whereas another shielder would take up Kazuha or Yun Jin's spot; Diona's spot is heavily contested now because of Shenhe, but that doesn't change the situation for other shielders really), in general if you deviate from that she's high-value simply because of her shield. There's really only one 5* known for his shield (and several 4*s by comparison), so it's not like she's really getting compared favourably to any 5*s in that regard, yet it is something she does better than literally every 5* that isn't Zhongli (even if it's by default). Also it may not make her objectively better but she lacks Hu Tao's weaknesses, and Hu Tao is actually a more direct Yanfei competitor than Klee. Comparing her to Klee is practically falling for a red herring (they're both pyro catalysts, but the same way Yoimiya is more similar to Aloy than to Amber, and Ganyu in turn is more similar to Amber than to Diona, Yanfei is more similar to Hu Tao than to Klee). HT has to be at low HP to deal optimal damage (especially due to her reliance on synergy with Homa for her reputedly high damage, which compounds her low-HP bonus), she relies on a limited 5* weapon to reach her reputed damage potential in the first place (Yanfei is nowhere near as reliant on any particular meta weapon and can make excellent use of Dodoco Tales, a f2p weapon, provided the player's account is old enough and they participated in the event; The difference between Homa and Blackcliff, Deathmatch or even PJWS on Hu Tao is pretty drastic, while Yanfei has a more gradual incline in power based on how close you are to her BIS, which is currently Kagura's Verity), has only 56% maximum uptime and an awkwardly-timed cooldown that will have trouble syncing perfectly with most rotations, meaning she'll have additional downtime in most cases (Yanfei's uptime is 75% at best, and unlike Hu Tao, her DPS is still high during her "downtime," just not AS high), she is a 5* who relies heavily on her C1 and loses about 25% DPS AND struggles with stamina management without it (Yanfei also relies on constellations, but she's a 4*, and while 4* constellations are never guaranteed like 5* cons are, _on average_ you will C6 EVERY banner 4* in about the number of rolls it takes to C1 the banner 5*, and when considering standard banner free rolls, weapon banner having 4* characters, 4*s getting reruns more often than 5*s and being on other 5*s' banners and even the potential for free 4*s, it's relatively trivial to C6 any particular 4*), her Q is both a substantial aoe damage source and kills her low-HP buff if she uses it on more than one opponent (and makes health management a pain even against one opponent), and due to operating at low HP she practically requires a shield for insurance (harshly diminishing the damage she could receive by running Kazuha or Sucrose instead of Zhongli; Yanfei's charged attack is high-commitment so a shield is also advisable on her, but as mentioned before, she actually gets a shield, and its duration is identical to her uptime, so she should be able to run Kazuha or Sucrose in the fourth slot along with Bennett and Xingqiu/another Hydro applier). When you actually work out the damage Hu Tao might still win (like I said, I'm not sure what Yan's current damage potential is really), but without a doubt Yanfei has a better-designed kit and is much cheaper to build and use.
I'm rather surprised there wasn't a single mention of "Tankfei" in this video. She can (at c4) be a competent shield bot and pyro applier (for VV shred) for characters like Hu Tao or Yoimiya. Throw a prototype amber on her and she'll add some additional mitigation and battery as well. Granted that isn't the role she was designed for but it is a role she can fill fairly well.
Well, run noelle,or zhongli if you have him, and if you have C4 yanfei, you are pretty invulnerable, i run noelle xq,yanfei,bennet,and switch noelle with sucrose if I wanna deal significantly more damage,sacrificing survivability
@@Reihjart its only really a problem against wolflord so far, and that enemy has lots of downtime on the ground. she does fine against the spectres, considering she can also use her skill against them, and iirc i could even get charged attacks to work on them as well. id say her only weakness are those flying hydro mimic birds, but even then you can just NA and skill anyway
I feel like the reason she is overshadowed so often is because of the existence of Xiangling. Since Xiangling is currently at the top of the meta at the moment, many people overlook Yanfei as they both are pyro 4 star characters with one being more popular then the other. However, from my time using her in friendship farming, I've have quite a bit of fun using her even if I would never actually main Yanfei or use her in the abyss.
@@vincent8136 wtf is your damage man, you're just commenting hate on everyone who enjoys her. the two characters play entirely different there is barely a comparison, the only real comparison is damage numbers and as long as yanfei is good enough to use (she is) then why does it matter. even if she truly was garbage just let people enjoy things???
@@danke_boi this video didn't even get in to "serious statistical analysis" it was mainly talking casually about how she's just not as good as five stars or off field/support 4 stars. People just liking a character and choosing to use them despite knowing they aren't the best character in the game isn't an echo chamber.
She straight up has the best game design of all characters. The big charge attack when you have enough seeds is so good and her E too. Plus her japanese dub is perfect. So yeah, good character I'd say.
I love yanfei and her playstyle. Besides childe, shes been my longest main and i absolutely adore her attack animations, and she feels easy to use and not as clunky as other catalyst users.
7:53 I'd actually argue Yanfei DOES fill a solid niche: hitting enemies that are constantly jumping out of reach. Like those floaty-specter bubbles that are always juuuust out of melee range, or those geo-lizards that WONT STOP SPINNING, or all those teleporting/flying bosses that you're constantly having to chase down (looking at you thunder manifestation...). While Hu Tao and Diluc can definitely hit like tanks in the right circumstances, sometimes just being able consistently hit your target with solid damage can be a characters' strongest asset for a team. Plus team her up with c2 beidou and no one in the room is safe.
Yanfei having no utility or not beeing able to use her as a support is really not true. Builidng her as a shielder using her fourth constellation is actually really viable and on the CN server the so called "Tankfei" is actually the most used build for her. Her shield is actually really durable and beeing numbers whise the second strongest shield just after zhongli but requires her to have a lot of ER to keep it up consistantly. Then using the Prototype Amber which gives her more HP which her shield scales off of and adding healing to her kit makes her really useful and underrated. I would highly advise everybody who has the ressources to try it out as its really good and pretty much a 4 star zhongli. for artifact main stats use a ER time piece and HP goblet as well as circlet. 200% ER is more or less a requirement tho which makes it a bit harder to achieve but very worth it.
@@darodjati Its true that Thomas shield is overall a bit bigger but it is not applied in one instant but is strenghened over time so technically his shield is bigger but you dont get it right away. Thats why I said the second biggest.
@@nirou3691 yes ,this is weird because i don't really trust her shield i still bring zhongli in my daily comp, zhongli,ganyu,yanfei,and xiangling ,my yanfei is c5 btw
as a mainly F2P player, yanfei really carried me in the main quests with her damage and ease of use. using her to inflict burn and deal damage to the eye of the storm for the dailies was a breeze as well. although klee deals more damage in numbers, i find her movements too sluggish compared to yanfei where i can just quickly spam fireballs or charge with her seal. she's really well designed too, unfortunately the fact of the matter is that 4 star characters will never reach the damage output of their 5 star counterparts
Yeah, also Klee has no stamina mitigation and so you get thunked for the full 50 on her charges until C1, and even then it's RNG if she pays 0 or 50. Yanfei is more like a 4-star version of Ningguang (we true believers in Ningguang can see her fifth star), with the tradeoff for the whole "actually using stamina until C6" thing being that she gets Pyro and its reactions instead of Geo.
Ok that one made me laugh "When it comes to damage it's physically impossible for a 4* to come close to a 5*" Let me introduce xiangling which beats diluc in every scenario, dps bennett, sucrose, reverse melt rosaria, beidou which is still the best dps electro unit unless we count like C2+ raiden or yae with like C6 and BiS, and Noelle that at C6 is actually pretty close to itto
Finally someone said it! And Fischl too. Vars thinks onfield=dps for some reason. In a childe team the dps is xiangling or beidou, childe is the reaction support. He does decent-ish damage but the off-field 4-stars always do significantly more.
@@winter5945 ok calm down a bit, tartag in international team Tartag xiangling bennett kazuha Does about 50% of the damage since he gets the nuke off first and has access to quadratic scaling, in single target scenario sure xiangling does significantly more but if there's more enemies tartag does a shitton of damage, thats one of the reasons why kokomi can't realy replace him, he does a lot of damage if you pilot him properly, manage cooldowns, get vapo on burst and get duble swirls with kazuha
@@xfeerman wdym? She literally deals 1000% damage every second if there's 2+ enemies, you can count how many enemies you would need in order to beat that with raiden and then you'd have to make an assumption that she can hit them all at the same time and then you have to take into account that Beidou deals 1000% every second for 15/20 seconds, with more realistic rotation it's like 15/24 and so with realistic scenario she's going to prock her burst like 12 times which adds up to 12000%, now tell me how many enemies would raiden have to hit at the same time to get the same %, then you can be like oh what about hypercarry raiden and if you have more than 10iq you'll know that you can give the same buffs to beidou and someone like kazuha is actually a good driver for her due to high attack speed, thats also ignoring her like about 600% counter every 8 seconds, she literally has the highest numbers out of any electro unless you go with single target or like 5 enemies that you can hit at once which is usually unlikely, current first half is almost perfect for beidou 12-1 4 small wolves that die from 2 counters and 2 big wolves 12-2 2 ruin guards 12-3 3 ruin sentinels, you can do the math to see if raiden gets higher %, lower base atk doesn't really matter since 2 atk buffs make difference way less significant, same for % damage especially since beidou also has electro damage from ascention and has access to serpent spine which has both %damage and crit rate
@@utsubyo LMAO! First of all no I'm not reading all that. I only read up to 12K% damage. It looks like you don't know how damage is calculated. In a nutshell, you think that 1000dmg X 12hits on an enemy with 100 def would be the same as one single hit dealing 12Kdmg.
I've used yanfei since i pulled her, even though i've never mained her. She's not that great at c0 but I have her at c4 and she's quite powerful with the shield. She may not be perfect, but she's a lot of fun.
I didn't start using my Yanfei until she was C6, but I decided to invest because I wanted decent pyro range (and amber was my only other option) and I honestly love using her I use her more than a lot of my limited 5 stars... There's something so satisfying about crushing enemies with the charge attack
I think people misunderstood the purpose of the video. It's to present why players THINK she's not worth using, even if she is really good for a 4 star DPS. More or less, he doesn't mean she *should* be a 5-star, rather she is unpopular *because* she isn't.
I feel like it's mostly a multiplier thing, not enough of it to be exact. Otherwise, she has a consistent, self-contained, and even somwhat fluent(at least for catalyst users) skill set, and generally works as a pyro main dps for newbies.
imo, I think it's a bit shortsighted for you to criticize on mihoyo's shortsighted approach to designing characters (in this particular case Yanfei). The point of designing 4 stars dps characters like razor, Yanfei, noel, fishcl, ninguang, beidou and Xinyan are to provides options and variety for casual and new player who doesn't want to dwell in the gacha. You mention a point of that a majority of the 5* dps characters are much better than Yanfei but you missed the point that not everyone will get these 5* nor does the casual and new player necessarily want to farm primogems and get them, a lot of them just want to play and finish the game with whatever resources they were given . Sure the 4* dps characters are also locked behind gacha but them being 4* makes them more likely to get than a 5*. As to my point, the reasoning why 4* dps characters exists even tho 5* dps severely outclassed them is to ensure the new player experiences aren't gated with Gacha, players who just want to enjoy the game for the story and content doesn't need to worry that they required to gacha their way to get a 5* dps character , the design philosophy of genshin is that it's an open world rpg game 1st and as gacha 2nd; making the game fulfilling without the need to Gacha. It's okay for Yanfei to be weaker than 5* dps characters, it's okay for Yanfei to be a 4* dps, all that she needs to be is an available optional dps character for new and casual players and that's totally fine.
She's also pretty decent with like, half investment. My Yanfei isn't exactly built, but she's still probably my second best damage dealer. She has some decent artifacts but I haven't farmed a set specifically for her, so she's essentially just using offpieces and artifacts I haven't recycled yet.
I started watching this purely because I just max ascended my Yanfei. I have both her and Klee and when Klee's rerun came out, my friends told me not to pull for Klee because I already had a main DPS pyro catalyst in Yanfei. From that experience, I'd say she can put up a fight when compared to her closest related five-star. However, I don't play for numbers, I enjoy her gameplay, her attack animations are cute, and I just overall like her design. In the end, once you clear the story content and most of Spiral Abyss there is no point in building the best of the best characters, hence why I tend to only raise and build characters I enjoy and will continue to enjoy.
The entire game focuses so much around characters, honestly… we should be happy about every one we have :) it adds to diversity and we have more to try out. I really enjoy that!
Yeah and what I mean is that it really doesn’t need to be about numbers all the time. YT vids usually discuss those with a heavy emphasis, although there’s so much more one could discuss. It can add to the fun tremendously if you mix and match teams and just have a good time!
@@varirinoa8509 yeah. Just another educational video for players that are clueless or want to maximize their character efficiency, it's nothing too serious to talk about it, really.
@@varirinoa8509 as much as I would love to agree with u, beside it being a gachu game, F2P players doesn't have the financial backing to level up and max out every character to comfortably swap them out and try new things. We gotta have a main team and work everyone around them. 6 months in and I'm now trying to get a proper 2nd team to do higher abyss. It's that tough.
What I learned today; Vageta was a 4* But really, my Yanfei is used in my secondary reaction team, her sustain during electro travelers' bonus lightning damage is pretty nice.
yanfei can actually be used as support tho. c4 gives shield, and it's a pretty good shield. she can hold ttds and provide pyro resonance. also, i'd argue if you have a yanfei built, there is no point in building diluc or klee just as there's no point in building yanfei if you already have klee and diluc because they honestly feel the same.
I think people should actually play yanfei more. Her pyro charged attacks are incredible. Her burst does a lot of aoe damage with bennet and she can definitely clear oceanid since her skill can attack enemies from above without having to aim. She’s my dps unit
As someone who started the game 2 months ago and only has less than half the cast and pulling yanfei early, she's been my shining star as my main dps, but I really do want the other cast to rotate her out for some different game play options.
Ngl I loved her purely by her design but when I actually started using her she became my favorite catalyst user in the game, She's on my list of characters to build because I have c6 and the small mechanic she has with her kit is kinda fun to use with how much you can stack on her.
I honestly didn’t know she was under played she’s been on one of my main teams since I got her and now I have four constellations and she’s a great unit to me
Reason to use Yanfei: 1. "Boom!" 2. Ace attorney funni 3. Super fun kit 4. Minecraft Anvil 5. Adeptus Human 6. Tankfei 7. Generally Wholesome character 8. Cheap (Free in lantern rite) 9. Interesting playstyle 10. Top Legal Expretise in Liyue 11. Usefull (Explains to you cool law facts for idle voiceline) 12. Can measure stuff 13. Popular in co-op
HI, yanfei main here. I would like 2 let you people know other uses yanfei has, if u got her to c4, she grants a shield that is actually pretty good, if im not mistaken is 45% of her hp, i want to say this is pretty amazing if u use hu tao or for example diluc, because u can equip her with thrilling tales and she becames a perfect shield, i would recommend her also with er if ur running her for shield. Nice vid btw keep up the good work
Even though I'm focusing on Yoimiya, I occasionally take a look at Yanfei. I have a few constellations, not sure how many, but I get the elemental burst shield. She's not a favourite, but for some reason I feel very comfortable with her. Her animations are smooth, and her combos oddly satisfying. She's like a comfort dps
you forgot to consider sheilder / healer Yanfei beacause she is four star many people have her C4 and prototype amber which allows her to give you half of double pyro and she can hold nobless since she is going to be ulting for the sheild anyways also buff her teammates. Her sheild is also just as strong as Thoma's sheild at full power and her sheild doesn't steal reactions like Thoma's does. Or if you already have a healer on that team you can also run R5 Thrilling Tales so that she can buff your team even more. Sheilder Yanfei has been becoming more popular amongst Chinese players because she can free up Bennett, so that you can use him on the other abyss team
she's my favorite character still to this day. Don't have many 5stars, but at this point I'm not complaining. She gets the job done and is very reliable. Yanfei+Xingqiu+bennet+Zhongli is my go to team.
I like her, I have her at C5 with prototype amber so she has her own shield, healing, and energy recharge. It may cost a bit of her damage but I like how I built her so it’s fun, and I fell in love with her whole character
she was one of my first built dps characters and I love her animations. I didn't see any mention of her support build at c4 where she can be used as a battery and a decent shield
I’ve actually seen a lot of people run her even though they have stronger 5 star dps’s built, as well as players who are new and levelling up in the game. She’s probably the most “fun” catalyst user in the game atm, due to how bouncy her animations are as well as how the stack system for her CA allows you to easily monitor and manage a rotation.
She can be used as a support with her 4th constellation that gives a shield when she casts her burat. Sometimes I use her in my team as a shielder and healer (with prototype amber). She is especially good with Hu Tao because: 1. She gives pyro resonance 2. Her healing with prototype amber doesnt overheal Hu Tao 3. She can apply pyro for Kazuha's swirl to increase Hu Tao's pyro dmg and shred enemy pyro res with Kazuha's 4 pc viridescent venerer I know it's very niche, especially since you need her 4fh constellation, but this is an idea if you wanna try it out.
I've been playing the game for, uh, almost two months now, don't have any 5 star dps chars yet, and using yanfei feels perfectly alright First, I really like her personality and design. That's probably what's most important to me when picking a character :) I keep joking with my friends about how much she annoys me to play, but honestly that only happens when she doesn't target what I want her to (starting to freeze in dragonspine and she refuses to hit the fire is such a pain!) but that's just catalyst problems. Yeah, she's cool. I like her.
I love Yanfei! I first was raising her as a temporary character for Klee but she is actually really fun to play she makes a great support and even dps. She’s definitely a better catalyst than most with her controls
I just recently started using Yanfei as my second main DPS (my other one is Razor) and she is honestly so much fun to use :) I don't like complicated mechanics and I find Yanfei fairly simple to use to get around my world. I don't do Spiral Abyss because I don't enjoy it XD Also my only 5 star character I have is Zhongli. So I kinda have to use the 4 stars I have. Anyway you made some interesting points in your video :)
YOOO BUDDY U HAVE THE EXACT SAME TEAM AS ME XXXD. Razor Main Dps, Yanfei just for fun, Chongyun (was my ult sub dps, till I found out his E ruins my Razor physical dmg, so now I use xingyun) and Zhongli hahah
Another 4 star DPS enjoyer. My main DPS is Ningguang and Razor since AR1. I picked up Yanfei when she came out. And by accident, she is my best build DPS at the moment ( i think all my luck for my genshin account when into Wanderers Troop artifact luck, haha)
I love Yanfei! And I highly recommend people who does too search for "Joe's Yanfei" and Sevy's "Tankfei" u are not prepared. ❤ I also agree with all these points...
Never thought this day would come. My sweet yanfei, you're perfect in very way, lol. I'm a yanfei main and I can't wait to watch every second of this video because I really don't know why people don't play her more.
@@ThecatThecat-hq1op yes yes so true, I started using diona because of her. but you got to play with who you liked because how else would the game be fun right.
@@sasha8578 Diona is a cat, nice choice haha. yeah, using cool characters is a large part of what makes the game fun. I actually only gave the game a 2nd chance a year and a half later because i wanted to play a specific character. Originally i didnt even try is after seeing the glider mechanics. PS: character i wanted to play was diona (because i like cats) and i got her right after i finished the archon quests rip.
@@ThecatThecat-hq1op I got a cat recently, she's like my child lol. Diona is really helpful especially when you don't zhongli (I don't have him ). Hope you enjoy playing the game as much as me because I love it 🥰🥰. Also thanks for replying and being so positive 😘.
@@sasha8578 Would use diona even if I had zongli lol, but glad you're happy width your cat though. Its been a rocky experience with the game so far, but I'm having fun with it despite thinking a lot of things could/should be better. There are a lot of things I love like the combat, and a lot of things I wish I could love like the glider. Been enjoying the new up Chasm update though.
idk, I got her when I didn't have a pyro main dps so I really appreciated her for a long while, I love using her with xingqiu and she's way better than diluc imo, I'm able to do 60k charged attacks with her and she served her role really well tbh, I even used her in the Abyss in stages where the enemies were war apart and her being a ranged main dps helped with that since I didn't have to dash around to get to enemies, I could just stay in one place and kill them all, also she has some AOE dmg which differenciates her from Hu Tao for example which is more single target focused. Also she's really good for F2Ps that don't have a wide variety of 5 stars yet, since even if u have a main dps they may not be pyro and if u need that element then she fits really well and is relatively easy to build with the wanderer's set cuz u get it from almost every boss u kill
I always say Yanfei is a 5-star in my heart. I love the range of her attacks (especially compared to Klee) and I love how smooth her animations are. When I need a pyro DPS I'm likely to go with her or Diluc depending on the enemy. She's just an all around great character imho, and a staple in my gameplay.
She's underrated, if some ppl remember earlier of 2.5 abyss and late 2.4 abyss in floor 11 chamber 3 the electro oceanid, yanfei was the closest thing I had to yoimiya and she was the reason I got 3 star on that chamber
@@RoseProseFroze yanfei was my first ever c6 character ( other then lumine) so I decided to raise her lol I play with her while fighting oceanid But other then that my team is hu Tao, zhongli, Xinqui and soon to be raiden shogun
As someone who's played since 1.5 and played Yanfei for almost the entire duration of the game, I agree. She's far better than any other DPS catalyst due to her being able to output the same or higher damage as them while also fixing the myriad of issues they may have But that means nothing when the bar is so low. Hu Tao and Xiangling effectively dominate both fields of Pyro DPS. Hu Tao destroys the rest of the Pyro cast in single-target, and Xiangling dominates in AOE content while also doing all her damage off-field. Yanfei does both, but far worse than either one. So why use her if you have any other options? Hu Tao isn't a requirement either. Yanfei can deal comparable damage to Diluc, but as you said, 5 stars simply have better scaling. Diluc will always be an easier character to play and clear Abyss with, with him perfectly synergizing with Crimson Witch and Xingqiu Her one role where she is possibly the best is as a Hu Tao support. Hu Tao has always had the weakness of requiring external Pyro application for Anemo characters to swirl off of, and Yanfei can easily provide that, a shield from C4, and a large attack buff from thrilling tales.
@@Tobikoe_ I agree with itto being stronger against single targets, but against groups of smaller enemies, I would argue Noelle is more effective. I am a geo main and my Noelle and itto are the only two characters in my account to both get more than one crown
@@jeremytherien1429 I play both characters and have them lvl 90 triple crowned. I cannot say that itto has better aoe. His charged attacks are nice, but definitely don't have as much reach as Noelle
When I first started the game, Yanfei was my first character that I built up alongside eula and ngl I still use yanfei more often than many of my limited 5*s because she's my fave character in Genshin. Her damage isn't incredible but its passable/good and her support shield build is actually really good as well
I recently got Yenfei and was so exited! i love her, and as soon as i saw this video I was so exited! I love watching how you break down characters and explain them, it helps me understand them more and play them better! I'm a Beidou main and would love to see your thoughts on her, if she's a common or uncommon and her ups and downs! :D
Can't really go as in depth in the comments as in a video but concerning Beidou: shes by far the most popular 4* main in all of Genshin considering her versatility as both damage dealer and shielder (if C1)
She's very good in outside world but abyss because of her stamina consumption. Her playstyle is very smooth unlike Ningguang, it's just that there are many 5 start pyro DPS so she's underrated. If you want to play her as dps, she needs shields to avoid interruption in her attack patterns. But she really carried me from AR 25 to 50. She's still one of my favorite because of her missile attacks, you can easily defeat flying enemies.
