Lan Yan Profile, Talents and Constellations
Lan Yan is a 4-Star Anemo Shielder in Genshin Impact who converts her Shield into Hydro, Pyro, Cryo or Electro depending on what reactions are taking place. This guide will focus on Lan Yan's best builds, artifacts, weapons and best team compositions.
Introduction — Lan Yan
Lan Yan is a 4-star Anemo Catalyst Character in Genshin Impact. Our Lan Yan guide and best builds cover everything you need to know about Lan Yan's best builds, including skills, artifacts, team compositions and more. To learn more about Lan Yan, use the tabs above to switch to our build information for Lan Yan or their team compositions.
Lan Yan's Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
Has one of the strongest Shields in the game, able to heal itself at Constellation 2.- Has access to Viridescent Venerer for buffing.
- Can use a variety of good buffing weapons like Angelos' Heptades, Starcaller's Watch and Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers.
Weaknesses
Short Shield duration has poor uptime in long rotations.- Can sometimes be difficult to Swirl the right Element for your Main DPS to gain the benefits of VV.
- Has very little buffing in her kit, resulting in her not being the best unit for any DPS's team.
- Newer units like Nicole and Ineffa provide strong shields alongside great offensive utility, leaving little reason to use Lan Yan instead.
Ascension Stat & Materials for Lan Yan
Lan Yan gains ATK % each time she ascends, totaling 24% at level 90. The total Ascension material costs are listed below:
| Source | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Mora | 420,000 Mora |
| Boss Material | 46x Gold-Inscribed Secret Source Core |
| Ascension Material | |
| Local Specialty | 168x Clearwater Jade |
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Talent Materials for Lan Yan
Listed below are all the materials required to raise a single talent of Lan Yan's to level 10. Please check our Lan Yan build guide for recommendations on talent priorities.
| Source | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Mora | 1,625,500 Mora |
| Special Material | 1x Crown of Insight |
| Boss Material | 6x Eroded Sunfire |
| Domain Material |
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| Enhancement Material |
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Lan Yan's Talents
Normal Attack
Wields her Feathermoon Rings to perform up to 4 attacks, dealing Anemo DMG.
Charged Attack
Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to throw out a Feathermoon Ring, dealing Anemo DMG.
Plunging Attack
Gathers the power of Anemo and plunges towards the ground from mid-air, damaging all opponents in her path. Deals AoE Anemo DMG upon impact with the ground.
Summoning forth the Swallow-Wisp Shield, a secret art passed down across generations, Lan Yan dashes forward and, upon making contact with her target, will leap back into the air.
The Swallow-Wisp Shield's DMG absorption scales based on her ATK, and has a 250% absorption efficiency against Anemo DMG.
While in mid-air due to the effects of her Elemental Skill: Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance, pressing her Elemental Skill again or pressing Normal Attack will cause Lan Yan to hurl her Feathermoon Rings at an opponent, and they will spin between nearby opponents twice upon hit, dealing Anemo DMG.
Holding the Skill will cause it to behave differently.
Hold
Enter Aiming Mode to adjust the dash direction.
"The clouds cut the lunar light, like shadows silver gracing one's sight."
Lan Yan creates a Feathermoon Swallow Array, pulling in nearby opponents and objects and dealing multiple instances of AoE Anemo DMG.
Strictly speaking, with only Lan Yan herself present, it cannot properly be called an "array." However, if her Rattan Figures are brought into the picture, she can sort of fulfill the requirements... Probably.
Lan Yan's Ascension Passive Talents
When the dash from the Elemental Skill Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance hits a target, if it interacts with Hydro/Pyro/Cryo/Electro, the Swallow-Wisp Shield will undergo Elemental Absorption, with the converted shield absorbing DMG from the corresponding element with 250% efficiency.
Additionally, if this use of Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance causes the Swallow-Wisp Shield to undergo Elemental Absorption, the Feathermoon Rings that Lan Yan throws at her foes additionally deal Elemental DMG equal to 50% of the original in the corresponding Elemental Type. This DMG is considered Elemental Skill DMG.
The Elemental Skill Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance and the Elemental Burst Lustrous Moonrise deal increased DMG equal to 309% and 774% of Lan Yan's Elemental Mastery respectively.
When Lan Yan 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.
Lan Yan's Constellations
After triggering the Elemental Absorption from the Passive Talent "Four Sealing Divination Charms," this instance of Lan Yan's Elemental Skill Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance will produce another Feathermoon Ring when they are thrown at opponents.
You must first unlock the Passive Talent "Four Sealing Divination Charms."
While the Swallow-Wisp Shield is active, when your active party member's Normal Attacks deal DMG, 40% of the Shield's DMG absorption will be restored, up to its original maximum absorption. This effect can occur once every 2s.
Increases the Level of Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
After Lan Yan uses her Elemental Burst Lustrous Moonrise, the Elemental Mastery of all nearby party members increases by 60 for 12s.
Increases the Level of Lustrous Moonrise by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance gains 1 additional charge.
Build Guide for Lan Yan
To learn all about Lan Yan's best weapons, artifacts and builds, check our dedicated Lan Yan build guide below:
Changelog
- 10 May 2026: Updated for 6.6.
- 27 Sep. 2025: Updated for 6.0.
- 05 Jul. 2025: Reviewed for 5.7.
- 16 Jan. 2025: Misc Updates + Tags.
- 29 Dec. 2024: Full guide.
- 10 Dec. 2024: Beta Update.
- 08 Dec. 2024: Preliminary build info added.
- 02 Dec. 2024: Beta Updates.
- 20 Nov. 2024: Page added.