Yaoyao Best Builds and Teams | Genshin Impact

Yaoyao is an A-Tier Dendro Support in Genshin Impact. Check out her best builds, weapons, artifacts, teams, and talent priority in our guide!

Yaoyao's Character Guides
Build Guide	Character Lore	Specialty Dish

Yaoyao Tier and Info

Yaoyao's Character Information

Yaoyao
Rating
Rarity	★★★★
Element	Dendro
Weapon	Polearm
Voice Actors	EN Voice Actor: Kelsey Jaffer JP Voice Actor: Kadowaki Mai

Tier List Rankings

Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Support	Exploration
N/A	N/A

Character Tier List

Yaoyao's Stats

	HP	Attack	Defense	Ascension Stat
Lvl 20	2,647	46	162	HP 0%
Lvl 80	11,438	198	699	HP 24%

Yaoyao Strengths and Weaknesses

Yaoyao's Strengths
• Elemental Skill deals off-field Dendro damage while healing the active character. • C1 provides a Dendro DMG Buff. • Dendro Resistance from her Elemental Burst helps a lot in reducing self-inflicted Dendro Core damage. • Passive talent lets you sneak up on some wildlife.
Yaoyao's Weaknesses
• High energy cost for her Elemental Burst. • Elemental Skill does not heal off-field characters. • Swapping out of Yaoyao's Elemental Burst state will end it early and remove the summoned Yuguei's. • Damage and Healing split scales with ATK and HP respectively.

Yaoyao Build

Yaoyao Support Build 1

Best Weapon	Favonius Lance
Replacement Weapons	1. Staff of Homa 2. Dragon's Bane 3. Kitain Cross Spear (F2P Option) 4. Moonpiercer (F2P Option)
Best Artifacts	Deepwood Memories x4
Artifact Main Stats	Sands: Energy Recharge
	Goblet: HP%
	Circlet: CRIT Rate or Healing Bonus
Artifact Substats	Energy Recharge, CRIT Rate / DMG, Elemental Mastery, HP%
Recommended Energy Recharge	±200% Total Energy Recharge

Yaoyao with Deepwood Memories is generally her best build, especially when paired with other Dendro characters. Having Yaoyao use the Deepwood Memories gives your other Dendro character more damage-dealing Artifact options.

Feel free to use a CRIT Circlet to help the Favonious Lance trigger its passive more consistently.

Yaoyao Support Build 2

Best Weapon	Favonius Lance
Replacement Weapons	1. Black Tassel (F2P Option) 2. Staff of Homa 3. Dragon's Bane
Best Artifacts	Tenacity of the Millelith x4
Artifact Main Stats	Sands: Energy Recharge
	Goblet: HP%
	Circlet: CRIT Rate or Healing Bonus
Artifact Substats	Energy Recharge, HP%, CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG
Recommended Energy Recharge	±200% Total Energy Recharge

Yaoyao can use the Tenacity of the Millelith if another party member needs to use Deepwood Memories set.

This set can also be used in Aggravate team comps where providing more ATK% to the Electro Main DPS is far more valuable than increasing Yaoyao's damage.

Yaoyao Bloom Support

Best Weapon	Dragon's Bane
Replacement Weapons	1. Favonius Lance 2. Staff of the Scarlet Sands 3. Kitain Cross Spear (F2P Option)
Best Artifacts	Deepwood Memories x4
Artifact Main Stats	Sands: Energy Recharge or Elemental Mastery
	Goblet: Elemental Mastery
	Circlet: Elemental Mastery
Artifact Substats	Elemental Mastery, Energy Recharge, CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG
Recommended Energy Recharge	±220% Total Energy Recharge

Yaoyao has the potential to create a lot of Dendro cores during her Elemental Burst when against multiple enemies. This build is tailored more for a Nilou team where she acts as a second Dendro character to trigger blooms.

Yaoyao Talent Priority

	Support
1st	Elemental Skill
2nd	Elemental Burst
3rd	Normal Attack

Yaoyao's Elemental Skill and Burst should be the main priority as her healing will increase when both talents are leveled up. Yaoyao's Normal Attacks aren't really needed unless you plan to use her Normal Attacks while on-field.

Yaoyao Best Artifacts

Yaoyao Artifact Rankings

	Artifact	Artifact Bonuses
Best	Deepwood	2-PC: Dendro DMG Bonus +15% 4-PC: After Elemental Skills or Bursts hit opponents, the targets' Dendro RES will be decreased by 30% for 8s. This effect can be triggered even if the equipping character is not on the field.
2nd	Tenacity	2-PC: HP +20% 4-PC: When an Elemental Skill hits an opponent, the ATK of all nearby party members is increased by 20% and their Shield Strength is increased by 30% for 3s. This effect can be triggered once every 0.5s. This effect can still be triggered even when the character who is using this artifact set is not on the field.
3rd	Instructor	2-PC: Increases Elemental Mastery by 80. 4-PC: Upon triggering an Elemental Reaction, increases all party members' Elemental Mastery by 120 for 8s.

As a Dendro Support, Yaoyao can use artifact sets such as Deepwood Memories to decrease enemy Dendro RES or Tenacity of the Millelith to provide ATK buffs.

List of Artifacts and Set Bonuses

Yaoyao Best Weapons

Yaoyao Weapon Rankings

	Weapon	Weapon Information
1st	Favonius Lance	Bonus Stat: Energy Recharge 6.7% Skill Effect: CRIT Hits have a 60% chance to generate a small amount of Elemental Particles, which will regenerate 6 Energy for the character. Can only occur once every 12s.
2nd	Staff of Homa	Bonus Stat: CRIT DMG 14.4% Skill Effect: HP increased by 20%. Additionally, provides an ATK Bonus based on 0.8% of the wielder’s Max HP. When the wielder's HP is less than 50%, this ATK Bonus is increased by an additional 1% of Max HP.
3rd	Dragon's Bane	Bonus Stat: Elemental Mastery 48 Skill Effect: Increases DMG against enemies affected by Hydro or Pyro by 20%.

Weapons with High Energy Recharge or Elemental Mastery

Yaoyao' will benefit a lot from weapons that either have Energy Recharge for consistent Elemental Burst usage or Elemental Mastery for better elemental reaction damage!

Best Free-to-Play Weapons for Yaoyao

Weapon	Weapon Information
Kitain Cross Spear	Bonus Stat: Elemental Mastery 24 Skill Effect: Increases Elemental Skill DMG by 6%. After Elemental Skill hits an opponent, the character loses 3 Energy but regenerates 3 Energy every 2s for the next 6s. This effect can occur once every 10s. Can be triggered even when the character is not on the field.
Black Tassel	Bonus Stat: HP 10.2% Skill Effect: Increases DMG against slimes by 40%.

Kitain Cross Spear and Black Tassel are the best F2P options

Kitain Cross Spear will be Yaoyao's best F2P weapon if you favor overall damage over healing. Black Tassel, on the other hand, helps Yaoyao heal more thanks to its high HP stat.

All Recommended Weapons for Yaoyao

Recommended Weapons	How to Get
Favonius Lance	Gacha
Staff of Homa	Gacha
Dragon's Bane	Gacha
Staff of the Scarlet Sands	Gacha
Kitain Cross Spear	Crafted
Moonpiercer	Crafted
Black Tassel	Gacha

List of Polearms

Yaoyao Best Teams

Yaoyao Spread Team

Support	Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Sub-DPS
Yaoyao	Alhaitham	Fischl	Beidou
Yaoyao	Nahida	Fischl	Yae Miko
Yaoyao	Tighnari	Fischl	Yae Miko

Spread Teams focus on creating Quicken reactions followed by Dendro DMG. Dendro DPS characters like Alhaitham, Nahida, and Tighnari will benefit from increased Dendro DMG and healing from Yaoyao.

Yaoyao Aggravate Team

Support	Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Sub-DPS
Yaoyao	Cyno	Nahida	Kazuha
Yaoyao	Yae Miko	Fischl	Kazuha
Yaoyao	Keqing	Fischl	Nahida

Aggravate Teams focus on creating Quicken reactions followed by Electro application to increase overall Electro DMG. Electro characters like Cyno, Keqing, and Fischl will benefit from increased Electro DMG from Aggravate and healing from Yaoyao.

Yaoyao Bountiful Cores Team

On-Field	Sub-DPS	Sub-DPS	Support
Yaoyao	Nilou	Nahida	Candace
Nahida	Nilou	Xingqiu	Yaoyao

This Yaoyao team focuses on creating Bountiful Cores with Nilou on the team. A healer like Yaoyao and the damage reduction from Xingqiu are important as the Bountiful Cores can also damage your active character!

Candace enables Yaoyao to be viable in Nilou Bloom teams as Candace can infuse Yaoyao's polearm with Hydro, letting her constantly apply Hydro while Yaoyao's Elemental burst is active.

Yaoyao Hyperbloom Team

Support	Support	Main DPS	Sub-DPS
Yaoyao	Raiden	Ayato	Nahida
Yaoyao	Shinobu	Yelan	Xingqiu

This Yaoyao team focuses on the Hyperbloom reaction. Along with Yaoyao, you must have at least one Hydro and one Electro character to create Dendro Cores and the Hyperbloom reaction respectively.

Raiden and Shinobu are perfect Hyperbloom triggers as they can periodically deal AoE Electro damage while off-field to hit Dendro Cores.

Yaoyao Burgeon Team

Support	Support	Main DPS	Sub-DPS
Yaoyao	Thoma	Yelan	Nahida
Yaoyao	Thoma	Ayato	Traveler (Dendro)

This Yaoyao team focuses on the Burgeon reaction. Along with Yaoyao, you must have at least one Hydro and one Pyro character to create Dendro Cores and the Burgeon reaction respectively.

Yaoyao is an essential member of the Burgeon team as the reaction can also damage your active character.

Yaoyao Ascension and Talent Materials

Yaoyao Ascension Materials

Lv.20→Lv.40	Jueyun Chili ×3 Slime Condensate ×3 Mora ×20,000 Nagadus Emerald Sliver ×1
Lv.40→Lv.50	Jueyun Chili ×10 Slime Condensate ×15 Mora ×40,000 Nagadus Emerald Fragment ×3 Quelled Creeper ×2
Lv.50→Lv.60	Jueyun Chili ×20 Slime Secretions ×12 Mora ×60,000 Nagadus Emerald Fragment ×6 Quelled Creeper ×4
Lv.60→Lv.70	Jueyun Chili ×30 Slime Secretions ×18 Mora ×80,000 Nagadus Emerald Chunk ×3 Quelled Creeper ×8
Lv.70→Lv.80	Jueyun Chili ×45 Slime Concentrate ×12 Mora ×100,000 Nagadus Emerald Chunk ×6 Quelled Creeper ×12
Lv.80→Lv.90	Jueyun Chili ×60 Slime Concentrate ×24 Mora ×120,000 Nagadus Emerald Gemstone ×6 Quelled Creeper ×20

Jueyun Chili Farming Locations

Jueyun Chili Locations and Farming Routes

Yaoyao Talent Level-Up Materials

Daily Domain Drops	Enemy Drops	Weekly Boss Drops
Thu/Fri/Sun Teachings of Diligence	Slimes Slime Condensate	Scaramouche Boss Challenge Reward Daka's Bell
Guide to Diligence	Slime Secretions
Philosophies of Diligence	Slime Concentrate

Talent Materials per Level

Yaoyao Best Constellations

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Constellation and Effects

	Yaoyao's Constellations
C1	Adeptus' Tutelage When White Jade Radishes explode, active characters within their AoE will gain 15% Dendro DMG Bonus for 8s and have 15 Stamina restored to them. This form of Stamina Restoration can only be triggered every 5s.
C2	Innocent While affected by the Adeptal Legacy state caused by Moonjade Descent, if White Jade Radish explosions damage opponents, 3 Energy will be restored to Yaoyao. This form of Energy regeneration can occur once every 0.8s.
C3	Loyal and Kind Increases the Level of Raphanus Sky Cluster by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C4	Winsome After using Raphanus Sky Cluster or Moonjade Descent, Yaoyao's Elemental Mastery will be increased based on 0.3% of her Max HP for 8s. The maximum Elemental Mastery she can gain this way is 120.
C5	Compassionate Increases the Level of Moonjade Descent by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15
C6	Beneficent For every 2 White Jade Radishes Yuegui: Throwing Mode throws out, the next throw will also release a Mega Radish that will have a larger AoE than the standard White Jade Radish and have the following effects upon exploding: · Deals AoE Dendro DMG based on 75% of Yaoyao's ATK. · Restores HP for the active character based on 7.5% of Yaoyao's Max HP.

Recommended Constellations

	Rating	Constellation Effect / Merits
C2	★★★	• Restore 3 Energy by having White Jade Radishes hit enemies during Yaoyao's Elemental Burst. • Decreases required Energy Recharge for Yaoyao.
C4	★★☆	• Gives bonus Elemental Mastery to Yaoyao after using Skill or Burst.
C6	★★★	• Yuegui can now throw Mega Radishes that can heal a lot more HP and deal more DMG to enemies. • Improved Dendro application.

C2 is Better Energy Restoration

Yaoyao's energy cost for her Elemental Burst requires a whopping 80 Energy. Unlocking her first two constellations will allow you to build her with less Energy Recharge stats.

C6 For Mega Radishes

After unlocking the final constellation, Yaoyao will be able to summon Mega Radishes that can provide more healing and damage compared to the regular White Jade Radish.

The Mega Radish will also provide more AoE, making it easier to apply Dendro to enemies.

How to Use Yaoyao

Yaoyao's Elemental Skill: Raphanus Sky Cluster

Yaoyao's Elemental Skill summons Yuegui, a device that throws White Jade Radishes that heals party members and deals damage to enemies. The White Jade Radish's healing will scale based on Yaoyao's max HP.

The target of Yuegui will depend on certain conditions while in combat.

Target	Conditions
Player	• If your on-field character is below 70% HP.
Enemy	• If your on-field character is above 70% HP and If there are nearby enemies.
Random	• If your on-field character is above 70% HP and if there are no enemies around.

Yaoyao's Elemental Burst: Moonjade Descent

Yaoyao's Elemental Burst when activated, deals Dendro DMG to opponents and unleashes an Adeptal Legacy State.

What is Adeptal Legacy?

Adeptal Legacy gives multiple effects to Yaoyao and her White Jade Radishes:

Adeptal Legacy Effects
1	White Jade Radishes can now heal off-field characters.
2	Summons up to 3 more Yuegui devices.
3	White Jade Radish is now considered as Elemental Burst DMG.
4	Boosts Yaoyao's Movement SPD and Dendro Resistance.

Keep in mind that swapping to a different character while Yaoyao is using her Elemental Burst will end the Adeptal Legacy State and also remove all 3 summoned Yugeui's.

Yaoyao's Passive Talents

Starscatter

When Yaoyao is on her Adeptal Legacy state, she will constantly throw White Jade Radishes at nearby opponents when she is sprinting, jumping, or running.

In Other's Shoes

When White Jade Radishes explode, characters within the Radish's AoE will regain HP based on a percentage of Yaoyao’s Max HP.

Tailing on Tiptoes

Just like Sayu, Yaoyao in the party can allow you to approach creatures such as Crystalflies without having to startle them.

Yaoyao Talents (Skills)

Normal Attack: Toss 'N' Turn Spear

Talent Description
Performs up to 4 consecutive spear strikes. Charge Attack Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to lunge forward, dealing damage to enemies along the way.

Raphanus Sky Cluster

Talent Description

Calls upon "Yuegui: Throwing Mode," a special device created by a certain adeptus to help Yaoyao solve her problems. This skill will be used differently in Holding Mode. Hold Attack: Enters Aiming Mode to adjust the throw direction. Yuegui: Throwing Mode Throws out White Jade Radishes that will explode upon contact, dealing Dendro DMG and healing characters within a certain AoE based on Yaoyao's Max HP. If a radish fails to hit anyone, the radish will remain where it is and explode upon contact, or once it expires. Yuegui: Throwing Mode will choose its targets. • If all nearby characters have more than 70% HP, it will throw the radish at a nearby enemy. • If nearby characters have 70% or less HP, it will throw at the lowest HP. Otherwise, it will throw at random. Max of 2 instances can exist.

Moonjade Descent

Talent Description

At the enjoinment of a certain adeptus, Yuegui's full potential can be unleashed in an emergency, dealing Dendro DMG to nearby opponents and entering an (in some sense) unsurpassed Adeptal Legacy state. Adeptal Legacy • White Jade Radishes generated will heal and deal DMG according to this skill. Explosions will heal all nearby party members and deals Dendro DMG to nearby opponents. • Summons "Yuegui: Jumping Mode" at intervals until the limit of three has been reached. • Yaoyao's Movement SPD is increased by 15%. • Yaoyao's Dendro RES will be increased. The Adeptal Legacy state will end once Yaoyao is off field, and all remaining Yuegui: Jumping Mode will be cleared once this state ends.

Starscatter

Talent Description
While affected by the Adeptal Legacy state caused by Moonjade Descent, Yaoyao will constantly throw White Jade Radishes at nearby opponents when she is sprinting, jumping, or running. She can throw 1 White Jade Radish this way once every 0.6s

In Others' Shoes

Talent Description
When White Jade Radishes explode, active characters within their AoE will regain HP every 1s based on 0.8% of Yaoyao's Max HP. This effect lasts 5s

Tailing on Tiptoes

Talent Description
When Yaoyao is in the party, your characters will not startle Crystalflies and certain other animals when getting near them. Check the "Other" sub-category of the "Living Beings / Wildlife" section in the Archive for creatures this skill works on.

How to Get Yaoyao

Pull from Any Active Banner

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Epitome Invocation	The Heron's Court
The Transcendent One Returns	Wanderlust Invocation

Yaoyao is available at a normal rate on all Standard Wish Banners except Beginner's Wish. This means you can get her from Wanderlust Invocation, Epitome Invocation, and the current Character Event Wishes.

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