Yunli is a Physical and Destruction character in Honkai: Star Rail. Check out this guide for Yunli's best builds, team comps, relics, light cones, and kit in this guide!

Yunli Character Guides
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Yunli's Character Overview

Yunli Basic Info and Rating

Yunli Basic Information
Yunli	Rarity	5-star
	Element	Physical
	Path	Destruction
General Rating		Endgame Rating
Overall DPS		MoC PF AS

Ratings are based on E0.

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Character Tier List

Yunli Stats

Is Yunli Worth Pulling?

Yunli is strong Follow-up DPS who can deal a lot of damage with her Counterattacks, especially when her Ultimate is activated. You must activate Yunli Ultimate before the enemy attacks to effectively dish out a Counterattack.

Pull for Yunli if you love Counterattacks or you need a Physical DPS in your roster. Yunli can work well across all endgame content, so she's worth pulling for.

Yunli's Best Builds

Follow-Up DPS

Yunli is your typical Crit-type damage dealer, so you will want to stack as many CRIT stats as you can on her. The Wind-Soaring Valorous and Inert Salsotto are her best Relic sets since they increase her Follow-up attack and Ultimate DMG.

Since Yunli's damage will come from her Counters, SPD isn't a necessary stat for her.

Recommended Stat Values

Stat	Recommended Value
CRIT Rate	90% - 100%
CRIT DMG	120% or more
ATK	3000 or more

Yunli's attacks need to have as much CRIT Rate as possible, so we recommend having it as close to 100% to guarantee critical hits on every Follow-up attack.

Yunli's Ultimate will increase her CRIT DMG and will last until the turn of your next ally or enemy, so you don't need to build that much CRIT DMG on her.

Yunli's Best Teams

Yunli F2P Team (Free to Play)

DPS	Support	Support	Healer
Yunli	March 7th (Imaginary)	Tingyun	Lynx

Lynx will be Yunli's best free-to-play Sustain since she can increase the chances of Yunli getting hit. March 7th (The Hunt) can buff Yunli's CRIT DMG while Tingyun provides energy to Yunli, which she needs.

You can replace either supports with Pela if you don't have either one available.

Yunli Hypercarry Team

DPS	Support	Support	Sustain
Yunli	Robin	Tingyun	Huohuo

A hypercarry team with Yunli requires units that can restore her energy like Tingyun and Huohuo. This is so she can unleash her Ultimate as soon as possible.

Yunli Dual DPS Team

DPS	DPS	Support	Sustain
Yunli	Topaz	Robin	Huohuo

Yunli can also work well with another DPS on the team, especially if they do Follow-up attacks. Yunli can use the Duran, Dynasty of Running Wolves relic set to increase her CRIT DMG for every Follow-up attack unleashed by the party.

Yunli's Best Relics and Ornaments

All Recommended Relics and Ornaments

Relics	Rating & Merits
The Wind-Soaring Valorous x4	★★★★★ - Best The Wind-Soaring Valorous is Yunli's best relic set since it can increase her Ultimate DMG after dishing out a Follow-up attack.
The Ashblazing Grand Duke x4	★★★★☆ - 2nd Best While Yunli can't use this relic set fully, The Ashblazing Grand Duke can provide her a damage bonus since her Follow-up attacks can hit up to three enemies.
Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters x4	★★★☆☆ - 3rd Best Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters is best used on a team with debuffers. Yunli's Taunt from her Ultimate counts as a debuff, so she herself can increase her own damage.
Ornaments	Merits
Inert Salsotto	★★★★★ - Best Inert Salsotto is currently Yunli's best Ornament since it increases both her Follow-up attack and Ultimate DMG.
Duran, Dynasty of Running Wolves	★★★★☆ - 2nd Best Duran, Dynasty of Running Wolves is best used if Yunli is on a team with Follow-up attackers. This increases her CRIT DMG by a lot as long as the party dishes out Follow-up attacks.

Relic List & Guide

Yunli's Best Light Cones

All Recommended Light Cones

Light Cone	Why We Recommend It
Dance at Sunset	★★★★★ - Best Dance at Sunset is best for Yunli since it provides her CRIT DMG and the Firedance effect, which boosts her Follow-Up Attack DMG. The aggro increase also favors Yunli's kit and allows her to do more counters.
The Unreachable Side	★★★★☆ - Great The Unreachable Side is a great Light Cone for Yunli since it increases her CRIT Rate and HP. It also provides a DMG boost whenever she gets attacked which synergizes well with her kit.
On the Fall of an Aeon	★★★★☆ - Great On the Fall of an Aeon is a great Light Cone for Yunli since it increases her ATK and provides a DMG boost whenever she inflicts Weakness Break on enemies.
Something Irreplaceable	★★★☆☆ - Good Something Irreplaceable is a good 5-Star Light Cone option for Yunli since it increases her ATK and boosts her DMG when she defeats an enemy or gets hit. The extra healing is also a nice bonus.
Under the Blue Sky	★★★☆☆ - Good Under the Blue Sky is a good 4-Star Light Cone for Yunli since it increases her ATK and boosts her CRIT Rate when she defeats an enemy.
A Secret Vow	★★★☆☆ - Good A Secret Vow is also a good Light Cone since it increases Yunli's DMG if her HP% is lower than the enemy's.
Ninja Record - Sound Hunt	★★★☆☆ - Good While the HP stat is negligible, Yunli can make use of this Light Cone's CRIT DMG buff.

Light Cone List & Guide

Yunli's Trace Priority

Combat Traces

Trace	Priority & Explanation
Basic Attack	★★☆☆☆ - Low Priority Yunli's main damage output will come from her Talent and her Ultimate, so upgrading Yunli's Basic Attack is low priority.
Skill	★★★☆☆ - Mid Priority Yunli's Skill heals her and deals some decent damage, so you can upgrade this after maxing out her Ultimate and Skill.
Ultimate	★★★★★ - Highest Priority Yunli's Ultimate is where her enhanced Follow-Up Attack and taunt come from. It also boosts her CRIT DMG, so max this out in line with her Talent.
Talent	★★★★★ - Highest Priority Yunli's Bread and Butter. Leveling this up will increase the damage of Yunli's Follow-Up Attacks.

Bonus Abilities

Trace	Priority & Explanation
Fiery Wheel	★★★★★ - Highest Priority Gives Yunli an enhanced Follow-Up Attack after using her normal counter. Prioritize getting this ASAP.
Demon Quell	★★★★☆ - High Priority Allows Yunli to resist debuffs and reduce the damage she takes during Parry. This is great for her survivability.
True Sunder	★★★★☆ - High Priority Increases Yunli's ATK after using a counter. This increases her overall damage.

Yunli's Gameplay Guide

Skill Deals Blast Attacks

When Yunli uses her skill, her HP is restored, and she will also deal with Physical DMG to a single target and enemies adjacent to it.

Talent Triggers Counterattacks

After getting hit by enemies, Yunli will deal Physical DMG to the attacker and adjacent targets.

Ultimate Taunts Enemies and Deals Stronger Counters

Upon using her Ultimate, Yunli will gain the Parry state which will Taunt all enemies. Yunli's Counter will also get enhanced after using her Ultimate.

We recommend using her Ultimate before the strongest enemy's turn start to optimally dish out damage.

Technique Immediately Casts a Counter

Yunli's Technique makes her enter the Ward state. While it's active, enemies who attack you will instead be dealt damage and Yunli will unleash an Enhanced Counter.

Yunli's Technique allows her to inflict enemies within an area with Blind Fealty, which makes them refrain from attacking allies.

Yunli's Traces (Skills and Kit)

Active Abilities

Technique and Bonus Abilities

Trace	Scaling and Explanation
Technique	Posterior Precedence: This unit gains the Ward effect, lasting for 20 seconds. During this time, upon entering combat by either attacking enemies or receiving an attack, immediately casts 'Intuit: Cull' on a random enemy, and increases the DMG dealt by this attack by 80%. Stat Bonus: 1. ATK +4.0%
Bonus Ability	Fiery Wheel: After each use of Intuit: Slash, the next Intuit: Slash will be replaced by Intuit: Cull. Stat Bonus: 1. Max HP +4.0% 2. ATK +4.0% 3. CRIT Rate +2.7%
Bonus Ability	Demon Quell: While in the Parry state, resists Crowd Control debuffs received and reduces DMG received by 20%. Stat Bonus: 1. ATK +6.0% 2. Max HP +6.0% 3. ATK +6.0%
Bonus Ability	True Sunder: When using a Counter, increases Yunli's ATK by 30%, lasting for 1 turn. Stat Bonus: 1. CRIT Rate +4.0% 2. ATK +8.0% 3. Max HP +8.0%

Yunli's Eidolons

	Why We Recommend It
E1	★★★★☆ - Great This increases the damage of Yunli's Follow-up Attacks and allows her empowered Follow-Up Attack to have more damage instances. A great Eidolon to have.
E2	★★★★★ - Amazing This allows Yunli's Follow-Up Attacks to ignore a percentage of her target's DEF for even more damage. A big damage spike.
E4	★★★☆☆ - Good Yunli gets additional Effect RES after using her Follow-Up Attacks. It's good but not a necessity.
E6	★★★★★ - Amazing Yunli gains 20% Physical RES PEN and additional CRIT Rate on her Follow-Up Attacks. She can also do her enhanced Follow-Up Attack now even if an enemy attacks an ally. This is a massive damage spike.

All Eidolon Resonance Effects

E1	Weathered Blade Does Not Sully Increases DMG dealt by "Intuit: Slash" and "Intuit: Cull" by 20%. Increases the number of additional DMG instances for "Intuit: Cull" by 3.
E2	First Luster Breaks Dawn When dealing DMG via Counter, ignores 20% of the target's DEF.
E3	Mastlength Twirls Mountweight Ultimate Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 10.
E4	Artisan's Ironsong After launching "Intuit: Slash" or "Intuit: Cull", increases this unit's Effect RES by 50%, lasting for 1 turn(s).
E5	Blade of Old Outlasts All Skill Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Talent Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
E6	Walk in Blade, Talk in Zither While Parry is active, if an enemy actively uses their abilities, regardless of whether it attacks Yunli or not, it will trigger "Intuit: Cull" and remove the "Parry" effect. When dealing DMG via "Intuit: Slash" or "Intuit: Cull", increases CRIT Rate by 15% and Physical RES PEN by 20%.

Yunli's Ascension and Trace Materials

Total Ascension Materials

Ascension Materials	Total
Artifex's Module	15
Artifex's Cogwheel	15
Artifex's Gyreheart	15
IPC Work Permit	65
Credit	308,000

Total Trace Materials

All Trace Node Materials	Total
Borisin Teeth	15
Artifex's Module	41
Lupitoxin Sawteeth	72
Artifex's Cogwheel	56
Moon Rage Fang	139
Artifex's Gyreheart	58
Regret of Infinite Ochema	12
Tracks of Destiny	11
Credit	3,000,000

Additional Yunli Information

How to Get Yunli

Limited Banners
Earth Hurled, Ether Curled

Yunli was previously available in the Character Warp banner called Earth Hurled, Ether Curled, which ran from July 30, 2024, until August 21, 2024 (UTC-5).

Yunli Banner Schedule and Rates

Yunli Background and Voice Actors

Voice Actor	EN: Brenna Larsen JP: Shion Wakayama
Faction / Affiliation	Xianzhou Zhuming

Yunli's In-Game Lore

Faction

The Xianzhou Zhuming

Background

A sword hunter from the Xianzhou Zhuming and the "Flaming Heart" General Huaiyan's darling granddaughter. Frank and straightforward. She has learned swordplay and forging from Huaiyan since young, and thus is the second-youngest prodigy swordmaster of the Flamewheel Octet. Fueled by an intense loathing for the cursed swords that emerged fromt the Zhuming, she vowed to "hunt down and wipe out all cursed swords."

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