Lan Yan Best Teams and Team Compositions

Being able to use Viridescent Venerer is a large part of Lan Yan's value, so she can work well with DPS of these Elements that appreciate Shielding. A few notable examples are Neuvillette Lyney and Clorinde.

If using Lan Yan with an Electro DPS, a Dendro support can be used to make a Quicken team. Nahida will usually work best for her Elemental Mastery buff and damage, but she can make triggering Swirl difficult.

If using a Quicken team, Fischl is great to include. Her fast off-field Electro application will make it much easier for Lan Yan to trigger Swirl. Fischl will also deal good damage of her own thanks to her good synergy with Aggravate.

Lan Yan has surprisingly good multipliers on her Elemental Skill at Constellation 1, and most of it is Anemo, so it can be buffed greatly by Faruzan. This can make Lan Yan decent on Anemo DPS teams, such as Wanderer and Venti.

Although Varka is Anemo, most of his damage is Pyro Hydro Electro or Cryo, so Viridescent Venerer is of good use for him. Lan Yan can be a decent option for the Anemo slot on Varka's team if you want a Shield but don't have Nicole.

Lan Yan's Shield scales off her Attack, and will snapshot her Attack on cast, so using her with Attack buffers can make her Shield much stronger, while they'll also provide good support to your DPS. However, if using Nicole, she already provides a strong Shield with better uptime, leaving little reason to use Lan Yan.