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Learn how to put together the best possible Yun Jin build in Genshin Impact
Want to learn how to create the best build for Yun Jin in Genshin Impact?Geo Polearm wielder Yun Jin made herGenshin Impactdebut in January 2022, the first 4-star addition of the new year. With the Geo meta currently riding high inGenshin Impact tier lists, Yun Jin is definitely one to watch, especially since her rarity makes her an easy pull. While she’s not the 4-star Geo DPS alternative that many were perhaps hoping for, she makes for a valuable addition to a team thanks to her ability to juggle shield and support duties.
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Best Genshin Impact Yun Jin build for shield/support
Best weapon: Deathmatch
Alternative:Staff of Homa
Because Yun Jin isn’t primarily a damage dealer in this build, I haven’t recommended equipping her with a 5-star weapon. However, if you do decide to equip her with a rarer piece, theStaff of Homais a great alternative choice for her. Its main advantage is the 20% minimum boost it provides to Yun Jin’s HP, a very desirable aid for a support character who can sometimes find herself in vulnerable positions. Furthermore, the Staff of Homa provides an ATK Bonus based on 0.8% of the wielder’s HP, increasing to 1% if her health drops below half.
Best artifacts: Husk of Opulent Dreams
Set bonuses:
Alternative:Archaic Petra/Noblesse Oblige split set
If you’re unable to equip four pieces from the Husk of Opulent Dreams, a good alternative is to give Yun Jin two pieces each from the Archaic Petra and Noblesse Oblige sets. At the cost of leaving her without further DEF boosts, this combo does a lot for her elemental attacks. Archaic Petra provides a 15% increase to all outgoing Geo DMG, while Noblesse Oblige adds 20% DMG to Yun Jin’s Elemental Burst attacks — which, as we’ll go into below, should be treated as her primary talent.
When choosing stat priorities for Yun Jin’s artifacts, focus on the following stats and substats for maximum effectiveness:
Talent priority: Cliffbreaker’s Banner (Elemental Burst)
Secondary:Opening Flourish (Elemental Skill)
Both of Yun Jin’s elemental talents are a pivotal part of this build, and it’s worth neglecting improving her normal attack in order to focus on them. Her Elemental BurstCliffbreaker’s Bannerprovides key support buffs that benefit the entire party individually, raising their attack damage based on her DEF. Meanwhile, her Elemental SkillOpening Flourishis responsible for setting up powerful shields. We did say at the top of this guide that Yun Jin would be called upon to multi-task, after all!
Here’s a full list of Yun Jin’s talents and what they do:
Party composition
5-star alternative:Hu Tao replacing Yanfei as main DPS
This team composition ideally requires a Pyro main DPS, but there’s a lot of wiggle room within that as to who exactly you choose for this role. I’ve gone withYanfeibecause she’s the best 4-star Pyro character suited to the DPS role, but if you have a 5-star Pyro DPS candidate — like the recently re-runHu Tao, for example — this is a perfect opportunity to deploy them. If you don’t have either of these, 5-starYoimiyaor even (in a pinch) 4-starXianglingmake perfectly good substitutes; the important thing is just to have a Pyro character filling the DPS role.
Like Yun Jin,Bennettis a support character capable of double specialising, which makes them extremely complementary teammates. Bennett provides both attack and healing buffs that work well alongside Yun Jin’s attack and shield buffs, and he’ll also trigger a Pyroresonancewith your DPS main for a 25% increase to the team’s attack.
How to level up Yun Jin in Genshin Impact
Ascension Materials
To fully ascend Yun Jin you need the following materials:
Talents
To fully level up any one of Yun Jin’s talents, you’ll need the following materials; to fully level up all three, you’ll need to collect all of these a total of three times over. However, we can recommend skipping her normal attack skill and focusing instead on her two elemental talents, so in all likelihood you’ll only really want to do this twice for Yun Jin.
Constellations
Yun Jin’s Constellations are extremely useful for this shield/support build, particularly since many of the higher levels increase the effectiveness of her Elemental Burst. Luckily, once her event exclusivity ends and she joins the standard wish pool, odds are good that you’ll pull Yun Jin from the gacha fairly regularly, so working your way to Constellation 6 is a very achievable prospect. Below is a full list of Yun Jin’s Constellations and what they do:
How to get Yun Jin in Genshin Impact
As a 4-star character, Yun Jin is part of thestandard wish pool, meaning she can potentially be pulled from the gacha any time you wish on the Wanderlust Invocation banner, or on any Character or Weapon Event Wishbanner. She’s also sometimes featured on a 5-star character’s event banner with a boosted drop rate.
That’s everything you need to build Yun Jin as the ideal shield/support character in Genshin Impact! As we mentioned at the top of the page, Geo characters are huge in the meta at the moment, so why not check out our guides to thebest Gorou buildand thebest Noelle buildfor more information on how this powerful element can be put to use?
