Why NO ONE Plays: Yoimiya | Genshin Impact 

They fixed Yoimiya's issue by turning her into hydro with homing attacks. They also changed her name to Yelan.

This hurts my soul seeing this video is going to happen but I still completely understand why. Even with some of her issues I still enjoy her playstyle

One thing that also stigmatized Yoimiya was her debut banner. Raiden did most of the damage, but it was Sayu that added insult to Yoimiya's injury as people rolled on her banner exclusively for Sayu then whinned non-stop for a week when they got Yoimiya, blaming her for their "F Pitty" when they were well aware of the risks but rolled anyways. (and yes, I'm somewhat seething cause I wanted Yoimiya but didn't get her) Edit: C0 Yoimiya acquired couple days ago, however I might end up tacking C1 Yoimiya on the hitlist. (heard some people saying they put Yoimiya there as waiting room for Sumeru, so I guess we'll see)

I'm hoping she gets buffed in the long run. Yunjin has been a big upgrade to her and can output twice the damage... I'm also excited for Ayato vape (fingers crossed...). I feel Mihoyo regrets making powerhouses like Ganyu Xiao and Hutao. Perhaps devs don't wish players have one character to carry them throughout all content, but instead, make it more like overwatch where you need to mix and match combos of characters to clear content?

A good buff for yoimiya would be having itto's passive. The passive im talking abt is when itto dashes or moves during his AA animation, he could still continue the combo. (edit) wtf this comment blew up and vars even hearted holy shit

Yoimiya’s kit is supposed to be a novel kind-a hybrid unit; she has a window of DPS with her skill, but come the time when her Burst is able to be triggered she should be swapped out to provide Support/Sub-DPS instead with her passives and Aurous Blaze. But the passive damage of the Aurous Blaze is not as strong as other Sub-DPS and as you’ve mentioned, the lacking AoE of Aurous Blaze makes ZERO sense, and the bonus attack buff to the team her passive provides is too little and nonsensically long to maximise. Furthermore the absolutely inane inclusion of a Charge Level 2 in her kit, that otherwise has ZERO mention in any other place, be it Passives or Constellation, is stupid-not to mention how WEAK THE SCALING IS????? The way I see it, they possibly feared that such new type of unit had to be so carefully balanced so as to not break then game,,,, but ended up going in the COMPLETE opposite direction. The comparisons people have made of Yoimiya’s Skill to Hu Tao becomes even more egregious when you take a closer look and notice that Hu Tao gets increased resistance to interruption alongside her insanely high HP Scaling Attack Bonus; Yoimiya’s Niwabi Fire Dance has NEITHER of that. And I’m not saying this as a Yoimiya disliker-I AM a Yoimiya Haver and an accidental C1 Yoimiya at that! Playing her makes you genuinely wonder if they actually even PLAYTESTED this character that actually has a SUPER unique kit that indicates she’s supposed to be of an entirely new role of a unit who can swap from DPS to Support/Sub-DPS. All in all, I am just disappointed in Hoyoverse and more disappointed at how they’re never actually going to revise or buff a character’s kit and, perhaps even worse, release a future character who has a kit that is ACTUALLY what Yoimiya was supposed to be but never will.

At first, I regretted having Yoimiya since the lukewarm reception of people got to me but now, I "main" her. I think she's one of the best visually designed characters in the game. I also adore her personality. I have been using her a lot in Spiral Abyss since I got her. She has found her niche in bosses especially those that cannot stay still. One of the things I like most about her is that she's very comfortable to use. As long as you have a shielder and know her effective range (very easy to do compared to other DPS mechanics), you'll be sure to output consistent and quite high damage. She's a great driver for Beidou's burst which kinda solves her AOE problem. Yun Jin is also a great support for her so you can put Bennet in your other Abyss team. So yeah, my point is you need invested supports and sub-DPSes for her but once you have them set, she'll provide very comfortable playstyle. People also tend to dismiss her burst. While I agree that it's lackluster, her burst is literally a Noblesse Oblige buff for her sub-DPS teammates and she's a great driver for those off-field sub-DPS teammates. I agree that she has many flaws and that they seem to be intentionally done by Hoyoverse (Mihoyo back then). Hoyoverse will probably never change the kit of a released character again so they're releasing new enemies and characters to fix these flaws that they themselves created which is very unfortunate

Thoma is one of my favourite characters but I think he might deserve a "Why no one plays"

I wish Mihoyo just focused one update on simply fixing characters, adding or changing kits, for better or for worse, would want to make people build more characters instead of using the same 1-2 parties daily. I know people won’t agree with me because of the content drought we often experience, and wanting to build more characters would pile upon the resin problem, but if you ask me, it’s a step in the right direction.

your point about the game devs making conscious decisions that nerf the characters that end up just intentionally hurting their entire kit's cohesiveness is just really disheartening because it's damn true. they're SO afraid of making another broken character like ganyu and hu tao that they end up making stupid arbitrary restrictions, and for what?? it also feels like an extra slap in the face that ITTO can continue his normal attack patterns after being interrupted but YOIMIYA couldn't. what made them decide to give itto this ability but not yoimiya, when arguably yoimiya needs this more because of how vulnerable bow characters are and how shit their aiming system is?? itto doesn't even NEED it. it really pisses me off too.

I love how she has to be so clunky with her kit but at the same time is one of the best *personalities* in the characters we've seen in Genshin

I think a fun buff to Yoimiya would be to add Kindling Arrows to her normal attacks during her elemental skill. They could seek out random mobs around the main target. It would give her some semblance of an aoe and would add a fun fireworks show feel to her play.

5:10 There are already catalyst users with heat-seeking properties, though? I saw a comparison between Yoimiya’s and Yanfei’s auto attacks against a jumping slime. Yoimiya’s shots completely missed but Yanfei’s fireballs turned to hit it. This is also true with Ningguang whose gems persistently track the enemy. They home in and will change their trajectory to hit even if the target teleports after cast (Thundering Manifestation) or dashes (Geovishap hatchlings). Catalysts do have targeting issues sometimes but bow autos are much worse in that regard.

She was also kinda the first limited five star to be an objective side grade to existing characters. You would think being single target ONLY and having no nuke would make her damage greater than Hu Tao when fighting one enemy. Well MHY certainly thought otherwise.

POV: Your watching this video as an yoimiya main.

Yoimiya’s gameplay is such a tragedy, there was something to be had with her kit. When I read her abilities, I was so hyped, because I thought this was a character that could ebb and flow between being a main DPS and a Sub DPS. Her skill gives her the ability to be a main dps, and after her skill you pop her ult. Said ult will bolsters the party’s damage enough to make up for the fact Yoimiya isn’t there and it also applies Pyro like Xiangling, it also came with a atk boosting effect, so the damage parade could continue on. But in reality, the ult doesn’t last nearly long enough for her to be a good sub dps, and as said in the video, MHY janky auto attack targeting system combined with Yoimiya’s backwards movements while attacking , fucks with her main dps side of things. Let’s not forget Yoimiya’s charged attack like MHY did, they could’ve been freaking cool, but for some reason it’s disabled when you use her skill, when it should’ve been also been buffed alongside her autos instead. All of these things is what makes me respect amber mains as a fellow main of a jank ass pyro archer waifu. Yoimiya is my first 10/10/10 character, and the character I’ve invested the most resources into aside from Ganyu. I hope that one patch, MHY will just have a patch that is dedicated to do gameplay updates/revisions of several jank characters.

Imma try to predict some of your points 1. The aim system of the Auto Attacks of bows is shit. The aim system in general is shit. 2. She's pyro meaning she competes with Hu Tao for single target and Xiangling for AoE which I'm pretty sure Yoimiya loses to both since they had to balance her damage cause she's range and that's an "advantage"; it's not btw. 3. Her gameplay is pretty counter-intuitive; she's a ranged unit which should be her advantage but 1.) Enemies have teleports and dashes that pretty much nullifies her range and 2.) You can't control which enemy you'll target because aim bot sucks so you have to get closer to your priority target anyway

Yoimiya is honestly the perfect character for me because I love using auto attack oriented charcsters and I like how users but the usually aren’t built to be a DPS. So Yoimiya skill making her Autos Pyro infused is just perfect for me I love her so much

9:27 I love how rational Vars’ analysis videos are. When he said would you rather have Bennett or Xinagling I laughed. I find it funny how Mihoyo made Xiangling, Bennett and Xingqui so OP, they are referenced in every conversation. What if someone just doesn’t like using them? I for one don’t like Xingqui and Bennett at all, no offense to those who love using them, just, what if, someone doesn’t like them?

I like to pair up Yoimiya with Raiden, they're a beast together! By doing this, you can do some area damage since it causes overload damage to enemies in the area. Making her a bit less single targeted.

I like her auto attack playstyle and the fact that she can infuse her auto's with Pyro

as a yoimiya main, her not being able to trigger her own burst is kind of a non issue since 1) if youre using 4pc shimenawa, it encourages you to use her burst at the end of her rotation anyway, and 2) it can still be triggered by off-field supports like xingqiu, beidou, fischl etc, so there really is no damage loss there. her lack of AoE is definitely annoying, but in most cases she can quickly finish off small fries one by one, and its not an issue against bosses, which have been dominating the abyss for several months now. her auto targeting is kind of a double edged sword imo. on one hand, it makes targeting trivial. all you have to do is mash the attack button and enemies will fall like flies. no chasing after enemies and running out of stamina like hu tao. but on the other hand, she definitely misses many of her shots, especially against those annoying slimes. homing arrows might not make a lot of sense but simply increasing the travel speed of her arrows after theyre shot would at least somewhat mitigate this issue. regardless, genshin desperately needs a manual lock on system for all weapon types (xiao's E would also benefit from this) like almost every other action rpg has

It would be cool if yoimiya's elemental skill had a runaan's hurricane effect on it

I like how i have watched several episodes of why no one plays. Yet i immediately felt personally attacked when you make one for my main😂

This'll be good.

The answer is simple: a lot of people were waiting for Raiden so they skipped Yoimiya. But I know a lot of people who have her and all of them (myself included) main her or at least have her built and pick her very often

4:50 Actually, her burst deals AOE Pyro damage, and the projectile will follow the target even if it moves, weather or not it will hit depends on the enemy. The burst will hit a big hilichurl that charges, but it won't hit a slime that does its big leap on top of you. EDIT: you have a perfect demonstration at 9:00, and 11:28

I’m only missing 5 characters right now, and Yoimiya is honestly still one of my best quick damage dealers… I rarely have problems with her missing her targets as I know how far away I can be. The only thing about her that has bothered me is that she moves backwards quite a bit while shooting and gets caught in hydro abyss mage bubbles sometimes…

I keep telling people that yoimiya isn't much of a good character in terms of meta but people say otherwise eventhou they don't have her. As a yoimiya main since release, I can confirm that she has more cons than pros and fixing some of those cons would really help, this would make her a good character rather than just a forgettable one.

​I am absolutely pulling on her rerun, since I missed her originally and she's prolly my fav character

I love yoimiya and this vid makes me wish even more that the devs addressed her issues during beta or in a patch

Hi, I'm the op of the Reddit post you shouted out at the start and I appreciate the mention ^-^ glad yoimiya mains was helpful too, they certainly helped me a lot when I was writing the post. I just want to add that I think a few of my one points aren't as valid now as they were. Most notably, I criticized yoimiyas lack of options for different team compositions, but I think the opposite is true now. Between fischl teams, mono pyro, vape, and yunjin / geo, she has plenty of good options now. But she's still usually a weaker DPS choice for those supports anyway, as other DPS would get more value or have better synergies. In fact, even Yunjin, who looks like she was designed to work with Yoimiya, still isn't great for her, as yunjin buff isn't benefited by Yoimiya's Fire Dance multiplier. I'd also like to add that Yoimiya has benefitted from a sort of "reverse power creep." Over time, abyss has leaned more and more towards boss type enemies, which are usually single target only, thus removing her biggest caveat. However, even given that, she's still a worse single target dps choice than Raiden or Hu Tao.

Reading the title of this video made my heart drop not going to lie, but I'll be interested in listening to what issues you spotlight, and what we can do to better her standing in the future!!

I think its mainly her lack of AOE, the fact that she was sandwiched between ayaka and raiden who were both very hyped and popular characters and also the fact that she's pyro, meaning that there are a lot of other options if youre not interested in her as an individual.

As a Yoimiya Main, this made me laugh since i was also ranting about her small issues and her mildly infuriating design but just giving her the Right Party & investing in her as a DPS she can 36 Stars Abyss. Most of her True potential is locked behind her Vulnerability and her Burst. I don't have Zhongli so i don't the luxury of just facing tanking every single hits but I'll still play her to the very end because im a simp

As a Yoimiya main i recommend you ALWAYS use xiangling to actually get use of her burst. with xiangling you can keep triggering the explosion while still being on yoimiya to keep using auto attacks.

This is the exact problem I have with Yae Miko. On paper she deals a ton of damage and has great animations, sound design and everything but Hoyoverse just HAD to make playing her as miserable of an experiance as possible. Both of her passives add nothing to her gameplay and the first one is literally only needed at all because of a bad design decision regarding her elemental burst. Her normal and charged attack were intentionally made shit (both damage and clunkyness wise) despite all the effort which was put into their animations, etc just to deter players from using them and her burst is intentionally frustrating to land because adding a stun or interrupt on the first hit so the other 3 can actually hit the enemy would have been too much work apparently. Oh yeah her Elemental skill is one of the most unpolished abilities in the game. Not only is the initial dash slow and unsatisfying to use but it also gets stuck on every last pebble and the lightnings almost never target the enemies you want to hit. Honestly at this point I feel like she deserves not only a buff/rework but also an entry into this playlist.

During the Hyakunin Ikki event, she was the hardest to play for me... One of her main problems for me was her getting interrupted which was super annoying, also if you accidentally press her E and switch to another charecter ...you have to wait a whole 13 seconds ( i think ) to get her E back Just an opinion from a non yoimiya player

I main yoimiya. I finally crowned her auto. She's so good! I cat wait for ayato to come out cuz he would be such an amazing sub dps/ hydro applicator and atk speed buffer for her!

Was waiting to watch this. Great informational video! Even with all the things wrong with her I still main her. She is my only character I have tripled crowned. She is just overall fun for me!

I am surprised you forgot to mention how characters like Itto can keep his auto combo even after a short dash while Yoimiya cannot, It's one of those things where the developer can easily implement but for some reason they decide not too.

A character who uses fireworks has so much potential!! Idk why they couldn't have done more for her. She doesn't need to be strong. She just deserves a kit fitting her story and design.

She has been my main DPS since I got her, and recently I'm running her in a turret team (Yoimiya, Bennet, Albedo, Zhongli) and it's the best team I've played so far. Rotations are flawless and she scales immensely with buffs and protection. Just got my R5 Rust this week and she hits like a truck!

You know, if they made her skill deal slight AoE with the basic attack and the ult being able to do a bigger AoE with less damage but marks multiple targets, I think she could have been better

As a yoimiya main She's trash when it comes to multiple enemies and her burst has sm issues I cannot even explain her normal atta ks don't hit sometimes but SHES CUTE AND I LOVE HER she can do amazing consistent dmg but her ICD ruins it a bit but she's still so fun to play

Why no one plays: A lot of people don't have her. She was over shadowed by Raiden and Ayaka (who has been a fan favorite since the CBT). Yoimiya's DPS potential is high and she has plenty of supports that work well with her (Kazuha, Bennett,Yun Jin, Ayato, Fischl, etc). She has been getting plenty of play especially with this new normal attack and boss abyss era. Very versatile in regards to artifact sets/ combinations and weapon choices as well. Internal cool down "issues", lackluster burst and single-target damage aside, she's great. Watch IWTL dps showdowns to see her work. I love using her in abyss and in the overworld to farm, because her prowess as a ranged dps is valuable.

I thought every Yoimiya havers, including me plays her. DPS have to deal big damage on normal attack, and big damage she does.

It does seem like Yoimiya is getting a lot more usage now that Yelan and Yun Jin have been released. This 2.7 abyss cycle actually had her usage rate pretty high up. Overall, she's been benefitting from the way the game has been developing. A lot of the issues mentioned here still exist. But it seems like her high damage output potential due to recent team synergies make her downsides less noticeable.

As a triple crowned Yoimiya main, I really enjoyed watching this video. It was very well made and covered a lot of issues that Yoimiya players (including myself) have been feeling for a long time. It's simultaneously frustrating and hope inducing that a lot of the issues w/ Yoimiya's kit are ones that could easly be fixed in a single beta w/ some developer TLC and gameplay mechanic refining. Maybe I'm snorting some serious Kokopium here, but I'm hoping that by spotlighting what fixes she needs and how relatively EASY it would be to implement them into her current kit, Hoyoverse will call her back into beta and rework her a little bit before her next rerun. (That, or maybe a new artifact set that gives AOE like Ningguang's C1) I also really liked that you highlighted ways to work around certain issues, and good teammates she can work with, that help her standing. I was expecting this video to be one of straight criticism, which wouldn't be completely unwarranted, but you also highlighted areas where she shines and areas where she has a lot of potential to shine given certain changes. I can tell that you genuinely are frustrated with Hoyoverse's decisionmaking regarding this character and want to make her better, and as a main who has been echoing the same complaints said in this video on surveys for months, it's refreshing to see a content creator acknowledge her issues w/o dismissing her power level as a unit entirely and/or make fun of her playerbase for continuing to play her. Anyways, sorry for the essay, I just have a lot of thoughts on this topic. Thank you so much for an amazing video Vars!

Every character has their own situations they excel at. All depends on the enemy like the current Spiral Abyss where I prefer Yoimiya over Hu Tao. I main both btw. Rust is they key for Yoimiya if u don't have TP. She is versatile in terms of team comps. You can use overload, double pyro double geo, mono pyro, vaporize. I luv her and she is really really strong. I have C0 R5 Rust.

I can't wait to pull for Yoimiya

Adding AoE to her normal attacks with her skill active and reducing the internal cooldown on her burst would massively improve her damage without breaking the game. I enjoy the creativity that comes with building around her kit, but it would be nice if they fixed her up. One of my favorite characters.

I remember my friend yearning for Yoimiya and her bubbly personality but when she got her, she was so frustrated with Yoimiya’s playstyle that she completely benched her after a month or so

I'm a Yoimiya main. She definitely has her flaws but she's an absolutely amazing character (both playstyle and just her as a character). I didn't play w her when I first got her though because I didn't have Zhongli. But as soon as I got him and raised him, I was able to put then together.

conversely, about the single target thing, she has the potential to shred enemies so fast, that she’s onto another in a couple of seconds. idk

Straight up Yoimiya Main here for help with 6:00 (Even though I have Ganyu and Hu Tao) I have level 10 normal attack and level 10 skill with the burst being level 5. Since I got the 2 leveled up at the same time to level 10 I can't say with certainty if JUST level 10 basic is enough to out damage level 8 across the board but I will say I barely touch her ultimate which honestly is totally fine and doesn't matter all that much. She's the one unit I can seem to rely on for quick super easy numbers by herself (through normal basic attack) WITHOUT supports and using the 4* rank5 RUST bow usually getting 11k - 13k on average with all hits and a lot more with the last hit (18k - 20k iirc) I use her over Ganyu a majority of the time just due to the fact that I don't have to charge up the attack 24/7 which for me with my ADHD brain is very helpful. Anyway, I wish more people are willing to give her an honest try but yeah, this video does help me to see why people don't. Good luck to anyone who tries for her in the upcoming 2.8!!

A triple crowned yoimiya main here: I love my girl but I can say that I wasn't expecting this episode her lack of aoe weird burst working and no synergy with xingqiu (even thought i personally use her with kokomi) maked it obvious that yoimiya will be in this series. As much as i love her she deserves a buff not dmg wise (her dmg should be increaed on burst not with normal attacks) couse my yoimiya hits 40k on normal atack but for me mihoyo should give her: aoe,fix how she works with xingqiu,made her burst deal more dmg (for a 5 its just not enough) Sorry for my bad english i hope that was at least readable and i didnt trigger some british people here

As a Yoimiya main, I've been looking forward to this one!

Here I am, 1 year later after making of this video, consistently doing 36* in 4.0 abyss without a shield and dendro in team. 1: Kazu, Benny, Yoi, Xq 2: Sucrose, Koko, Ayaya, Shenhe And, pain and suffering due to no dendro teams and fully dodging the whole sumeru new characters arc. Ty for putting light on Yoi still

I'm a Yoimia main and agree with everything you said. I'm still having fun, however with my favorite set up of Thoma (C6), Jean (C2), Fischl (C6) with Yoimia. I know it's constellation heavy, but it's just all around fun to play

I’ve always been surprised by Yoimiya’s design, as unlike Klee who does AOE with her attacks or Hu Tao who’s able to spread dmg quickly with her charge attacks and blood blossom, Yoimiya only has her burst for AOE, and it’s still not even that large. I had been thinking for a while to get her, and I still plan to, but it does still suck how she has little to no AOE, especially being someone associated with an explosion. I feel like one of the reasons she has problems is because compared to other characters she either doesn’t have enough range for a ranged character, or doesn’t have enough AOE. It’s really upsetting too, because for some characters you can tell they were designed in a way that works, like Hu Tao taking dmg with her skill and healing it with her burst. It works. But Yoimiya, forces you to either stay in and make most of her team off field dmg supports like Beidou, Fischl, or Xingqiu, which isn’t bad, but it removes options. Not saying Hu Tao or other characters don’t have similar problems as some have very strict best teams, like Hu Tao’s being Walnut. I kind of hate how it’s becoming a trend now too, where if a character has problems in their kit, they just force the kit to work with artifacts, especially because some characters would do better if they had a fixed kit AND good artifacts. Blizzard Strayer is a great example of a good artifact set, as cryo characters can focus more on crit dmg, than crit rate because of the massive boost in crit rate all the resonances and artifacts combined give. Its sad to look at how some characters are just being glossed over in favor of others.

From the new event I can see why, against multiple enemies it gets difficult to play her but she is really great against single target enemies so I will give her credit for that

thanks for this video!! after using her trial version in hyakunin ikki i was so tempted to pull for her eventual rerun using my kazuha funds but hearing about all her current design flaws, i'm no longer swayed 😅

I love your video on one of my favorite characters! Keep up the good work. Also, I love your league content!

Yoimiya feels like a character that just exists. She's not on the level of Tao to many, but my no means is she weak and is serviceable. She just exists in the meta

Another Yoimiya main here, I’m glad you’re going over this stuff regardless. Even though I enjoy using her she’s definitely got some issues I hope Mihoyo/hoyoverse will one day fix. I also think it’s important that people know what they’re getting into if they decide to pull for her so that they can get the most value and enjoyment out of the game.

man, when i picked up genshin , i spammed the middle mouse button to lock onto targets like i used to in dark souls series.

I love this series and you make so many good points. I knew exactly why this video was coming. Still makes me sad. Also top tier music choice 😎

When I click normal attack constantly I get wrist pains Sorry Yoimiya, my wrist pains are reserved for rhythm games!

Curious question vars. How would you design dendro and its reactions? I imagine it being like grass type in pokemon where each reaction applies a different status effect. But that would probably be horrible mechanics. This could make for an interesting video

I really love your soothing voice and well scripted videos, it won't be long till you reach 100k subs

I am pretty sure she would have been way more popular if she wasn't squashed between one of the most wanted characters back then. I got her because I liked her charecter alot and i just played around with her but not in heavy stuff because of the lack of AOE dmg. But I did recently start ACTUALLY testing her out and she can go nuts in the abyss with the right team set up. Specially the more recent abyss rotations

Taking advantage of normal attacks instead of charged shots is a good and new concept for bow users. It’s just that in practice it is not that applicable. As Vars said before, a massive nuke is more powerful than a death of a thousand cuts. Therefore Yomiya who shoots many times with her elemental skill is still overshadowed by one shot characters like Ganyu and Hu Tao

I use her alot, I got her by accident trying to get sayu and I regretted it at first but she quickly out dpsed my diluc and works amazing with alot of characters when they have downtime, she is overall really really good imo

You were right on a lot of points, but funnily enough, you missed others just like Yoimiya does. 3:20 All characters have consistent damage with bursts/peaks that are either reactions or their abilities. Yanfei's DMG peaks are on her Charged Attacks, much like Hu Tao's. Diluc's peaks are on his Skill procs and initial burst cast, with his NAs Vaping every now and then. We don't talk about Klee's peaks and neither will Xinyan who barely has any. And I won't mention Xiangling because all of her damage is a consistent peak in comparison to everyone else. 4:16 Thing is... Bow users barely use their weapons, lol. A good portion simply uses their skill and burst. As you mentioned, Yoimiya exemplifies the issue because she's the only one that relies on NAs. The worst part is, because she's prone to stagger a lot, and moves backwards when attacking, you oftentimes need to dash towards the enemies, but if you dash before completing her whole ATK sequence, you'll mess up her ICD and with that her DMG straight up tanks. 6:56 ATK SPD doesn't matter because of ICD. All melee and ranged users don't have this issue because CAs have no ICD, but Bows take longer to do that, and Yoimiya's are really bad. 7:08 And like, yeah her Burst sucks, but it's still DMG nonetheless + 20% ATK to your team. You won't always be on Yoimiya so it kinda acts as a way to close her rotation and start again. It is less bad in Burgeon teams although they don't take as much advantage of the ATK bonus. It also helps to Swirl both Pyro and Hydro with Kazuha so... it ain't as bad as we all thought, but it's still not that good. Also, that Eula clip it's... just don't. You're painting it as if her Burst will always do 5M DMG and everyone will think that she's broken which... No xD. There were a lot of things involved in order to boost her Burst, and that can be applied to Yoimiya as well in order to force big PP damage onto her Burst. There's no real reason to compare the both as they fulfil different roles and have different properties. Not every 5-star Burst needs to be a Nuke, stop it. 10:12 You talk about characters who attempt to do a bit of everything but often fail because they lack focus and with that, they cannot fulfil a proper role. If you see that Yoimiya is an exclusive single-target DPS, regardless if she's a firework maker or not, why would one try for AoE onto her? Xingqiu/Yelan/Fischl are also single-target, Itto has barely any AoE, Hu Tao/Eula despite having some AoE excel the most at single-target. 10:52 It's all a matter of personal preferences tbh. Yoimiya is exclusively single-target, but she's easy to play all things considered, and her output is still quite high in comparison to others. Some would rather play her over Hu Tao/Diluc/Yanfei because they like her gameplay more, and that's valid. 11:40 You can watch Zajef77 for a way better explanation but basically: If you remove her ICD, then it would mean all her attacks would trigger reactions, right? But because you're applying Pyro way too fast, you won't have enough Hydro/Electro to Vape/Overload and instead end up with your supports causing the reactions. That's elemental gauge for ya.

1:38 Actually, when I saw her quest I thought that if her ultimate could attract the enemies to the one that got hit n have a bigger area effect, it would fit her fireworks theme/story.

This video instantly got my attention since Yoimiya just so happens to be one of my best characters. And yup, the problems mentioned here check out - no arguments from me. Also, I never use her burst cause there's no reason for me to, with her at C0. That and the scaling is.... meh That said though, she remains one of my favorite characters despite having some random and quite nonsensical flaws, such as her burst *requiring* other party members to hit an enemy for it to go off.

It hurts me as a yoimiya main and a fan of kana ueda's but it's still interesting to see what's got in stall for vars detailed analysis and explanation on genshin characters. Still love yoimiya no matter what's in this video.

Ayato seems to be the same case with Yoimiya, being able to swap from sub dps when on-field with E, then support when off-field with Q

Yoimiya is my favourite DPS character, Xiao and Childe are close 2nd and 3rd. Unfortunately long cd on skill, ult reliance on both, and getting one shot mid attack makes them worse.

A tip for anyone wanting to build/boost their Yoimiya's damage: MELT YOIMIYA Requirements: Yoimiya, C6 Diona Team: Yoimiya, Diona, Rosaria, Bennett Basically, exploit Diona's C6 that boosts your EM by 200. Use Diona and Roasaria to apply Cryo, Benny burst to boost damage, and just stack ER on all three supports. Crit Rate on Rosaria, HP on Bennett and Diona. For artifacts, I'd recommend EoSF on Rosaria, Noblesse on Diona/Bennett, and either 4pc SR or 2pc Atk% and 2pc CWoF. Spam all support bursts before switching to Yoi and using her E. My personal record for a single hit with this comp is ~130k, but I've seen higher (I am using R5 Rust).

I don't have Yoimiya, though I did play her in one of the events. She seems to be very good at single target damage, but her real problems is the lack of strong AOE (unlike melee fighters) and that her normal attacks have ICD that prevents frequent melt/vapes. In contrast Hu Tao's charge attacks have an ICD of 0.5 seconds and Diluc doesn't have ICD for his skill.

I have been a yoimiya main since her release and honestly I've never been too bothered with all of what you said. She is one of my best units damage wise and I really enjoy her playstyle. Lately I've been doing what I like to call the yoimiya-mona switch team. Basically my c2 mona is built like a dps so she swaps in when yoimiya does her burst and then mona does her burst and they switch (with a little help from xingqiu). It's honestly very fun.

the title broke my heart seeing as how im a triple crowned yoimiya main but i 100% understand the complaints people have. great video

It's so sad to watch such enjoyable, unique and good-looking characters being ruined like that... Yoimiya is only one within the many... I just can't stand it.

The more characters, weapons, even artifacts that get released, the more I realize Hoyoverse's Genshin Impact team are like Digital Extremes - they throw $#!% at the wall and see what sticks. They have the vaguest sense of what they want to make, but they have no idea how to make it. Uber powerful characters are just as accidental as deeply flawed characters, and it's only on occasion they manage to stumble into genius. Redhorn Stonethresher basically shores up weaknesses in Xinyan and Noelle while being made for Itto. But likewise, it's like they intentionally sabotage their profit margins. Everlasting Moonglow might have been *decent* if it increased charged attacks as well as normals...

i love yoimiya, i triple crowned her just few weeks after her release. she got many issues.. shame that it is very unlikely for her to get buffed. i dont think hoyoverse gonna buff someone other than zhongli

I have her paired with Shogun and it is scary how good she can be when you give her slight aoe. The only problem with overcharge is no longer an issue because she can use range and she now does AOE damage with most hits.

lol now i know how the other mains on "why no one plays" feels. :(

I absolutely adore yoimiya She was the first character I spent money on but I can definitely see her issues

I absolutely love her design and personality, and she does good damage when your hits connect, however the constant missing is super inconsistent and I think her burst is mediocre at best (also inconsistent with connecting with enemies) it would be incredible if her burst was like childe’s riptide

Yoimiya is one of the DPS I have more fun playing with and I LOVE HER TIL THE DEEPEST OF MY HEART but I agree: she needs a shield, it would be perfect if she has the same passive as Itto (not reseting her combo because, holy crap, the last arrow hurts A TON), if she doesn't have an internal cooldown that would be great and YES, HER BURST IS BASICALLY USELESS FOR REAL :") I always forgot she has a burst, BUUUUUUT... Her kit is so straight-foward and her AA being infused with pyro is so convenient you just take her and go, it's really nice once you get used ;-;

And here is my friend doing 20k+ per shot with Yoimiya.

Honestly, as a Yoimiya haver, she’s amazing. She’s a strong character and I’ve always been able to get 36 stars in Spiral Abyss with her.

I love your series so much! I know it's mainly based on 5stars but id love to see a video on fischl if you have the timee

For the autolock on ranged attacks. This was implemented with Wanderer, his wind slashes literally chase down the target. It's hard to notice unless you are fighting a fast moving enemy like the wolflord

She suffers a lot of limitation in game mechanic. I pulled her C1 with Thundering Pulse, but she is easily benched. Lore wise she can make hundred metres diameters of fire work, but has 0 AoE damage for gameplay.

Yoimiya is one of my main dps and I love her so much she’s so fun to use and a great character

What a great taste in units your editor has. Yoimiya is best grill, I love my girl so much since she was leaked

As someone who is studying game design, this stuff hurts my soul Like, how the heck did Yoimiya make it all the way through development, quality assurance testing, Closed Beta testing, and release, apparently without _anyone_ realizing how deeply flawed her kit was?? It boggles my mind.