Learn how to put together the best possible Yun Jin build in Genshin Impact
Best Genshin Impact Yun Jin build for shield/support
Alternative:Staff of Homa
While Yun Jin isn’t a DPS character in this build, she is often called upon to run around the field playing her various support roles, and so a sturdy weapon is a good investment. TheDeathmatchis an excellent choice here: in the presence of two or more enemies, it increases Yun Jin’s ATK and DEF by a minimum of 16% each. With fewer than two enemies around, the effect is instead a minimum 24% increase to ATK alone. Either way, Yun Jin will be far from defenceless while providing the team with support, and will be able to acquit herself admirably with normal attacks.
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.
Set bonuses:
Alternative:Archaic Petra/Noblesse Oblige split set
Defense and elemental damage are the cornerstones of this build, so your first choice if possible should be to go all-in on theHusk of Opulent Dreamsset. Equipping just two pieces will give Yun Jin a massive 30% DEF increase, while four pieces trigger the uniqueCuriosityeffect. Curiosity stacks cumulative increases onto both Defense and Geo DMG, and can be triggered by performing Geo attacks, or accumulates passively while Yun Jin is off the field. In other words, the rewards are huge for very little effort invested during battle, and perfectly targeted towards Yun Jin’s best skills.
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:
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:
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.
Last but by no means least, placeXingqiuin the team’s sub-DPS role. His Elemental Burst can continuously affect enemies with Hydro, which makes it especially easy for your main DPS to hit them with Pyro and create the Vaporize reaction for extra damage. He’s also just generally one of the best sub-DPS characters going, and perhaps the best 4-star sub-DPS in the game right now, so rounding out your team with him if at all possible is a no-brainer.
To fully ascend Yun Jin you need the following materials:
Obtaining all of Yun Jin’s ascension materials requires a bit of travel, since many of them are exclusive to different nations around Teyvat. Masks are the easiest to find, as they’re dropped by defeated Hilichurl enemies found throughout the world. Prithiva gems are obtainable from a number of sources, but are most abundant as rewards for defeating Geo enemies; Riftborn Regalias, meanwhile, are exclusively dropped by the Lvl 30+ Golden Wolflord enemies found on Tsurumi Island in Inazuma. Glazed Lilies are native to Liyue and can be foraged from the Liyue Harbor or Quingce Village areas, or bought from the Quingce Village vendor.
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.
All masks can be obtained from defeated Hilichurls as detailed above, while all Yun Jin’s books can be picked up at the Taishan Mansion domain (Tuesday/Friday/Sunday only).AshenHearts are awarded for completing the Narukami Island: Tenshukaku trounce domain at Lvl 70+; and finally, Crowns of Insight can be obtained through limited-time events or by making offerings to the Frostbearing Tree and the Sacred Sakura.
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:
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?
