What element is Lan Yan?

Lan Yan is a 4-star Anemo character from Liyue who uses a catalyst, released in version 5.3.

What stat does Lan Yan scale on?

Lan Yan's abilities multiply ATK. That is read from the scaling rows on the Elemental Skill and Burst, not from the ability description, so it reflects what the game actually multiplies rather than what the text mentions.

What is the best weapon for Lan Yan?

Memory of Dust is the closest fit on the data: it is a 5-star catalyst with ATK as its ascension stat, and its passive acts on ATK. Oathsworn Eye is the best 4-star alternative.

How much does it cost to level Lan Yan's talents?

Taking one talent from level 1 to 10 costs 1,652,500 Mora and 38× Philosophies of Diligence among other materials. The Materials tab lists every item per level.

What does Lan Yan C1 do?

"As One Might Stride Betwixt the Clouds": After triggering the Elemental Absorption from the Ascension 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 Ascension Talent "Four Sealing Divination Charms."

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Lan Yan

Build guide · Genshin Impact

AnemoCatalystShielder

Spring Woven From Jade

The best Lan Yan build in Genshin Impact (Version 7.0) is Memory of Dust with Desert Pavilion Chronicle, ATK% sands, ATK% goblet, ATK% circlet. Updated August 22, 2026

How this build was derivedLan Yan’s kit multiplies ATK, read from the scaling rows on the Elemental Skill and Burst rather than from the ability prose. Weapons and artifact sets below are ranked on whether their stat and their passive text act on that stat. This is a reading of the game’s own numbers, not a community tier consensus — a set that wins a niche team composition will not show up here.

Weapons

3 ranked

Memory of Dust — 5★ Catalyst | Genshin Impact

BISMemory of Dust

Highest-rated fit for this kit — ATK ascension stat.

608

Base ATK · lv 90

49.6%ATK

Angelos' Heptades — 5★ Catalyst | Genshin Impact

ALTAngelos' Heptades

Comparable option at the same rarity — ATK ascension stat.

741

Base ATK · lv 90

16.5%ATK

Oathsworn Eye — 4★ Catalyst | Genshin Impact

BUDGETOathsworn Eye

Best 4★ that fits — ATK ascension stat.

565

Base ATK · lv 90

27.6%ATK

Also works: Crane's Echoing Call, Skyward Atlas, Echoes of the Heart, Flowing Purity

Artifacts

4 sets

CoreDesert Pavilion Chronicle

2PCAnemo DMG Bonus +15%

4PCWhen Charged Attacks hit opponents, the equipping character's Normal Attack SPD will increase by 10% while Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attack DMG will increase by 40% for 15s.

Also works

Main stats

Burst · 60 energy

Sands: ATK%
Goblet: ATK%
Circlet: ATK%

Substat priority

Highest first

1Energy RechargeBest
2ATK%
3CRIT Rate
4CRIT DMG

Talent priority

Upgrade in this order

#1
Elemental Burst
Max first
#2
Elemental Skill
Then
#3
Normal Attack
Next

Teams

No composition on the site currently uses Lan Yan. The best teams page carries the ones that are written up.

Genshin Impact 4★ Anemo Catalyst Shielder

Lan Yan build summary

Updated August 22, 2026

Memory of Dust is the closest fit on the game's own numbers: Lan Yan's kit multiplies ATK, and a weapon is ranked here on whether its ascension stat and its passive act on that stat. Angelos' Heptades, Oathsworn Eye and Crane's Echoing Call come next. No playtested ranking has been imported for Lan Yan, so this is arithmetic over the kit data rather than a damage measurement.

Run Desert Pavilion Chronicle on Lan Yan, with Viridescent Venerer and A Day Carved From Rising Winds behind it. Main stats are ATK% sands, ATK% goblet, ATK% circlet. Roll substats in the order Energy Recharge > ATK% > CRIT Rate > CRIT DMG.

Talent priority is Elemental Burst > Elemental Skill > Normal Attack. The Elemental Burst costs 60 energy, which is what an Energy Recharge target has to clear.

Role: Shielder
Best weapon: Memory of Dust
Alternatives: Angelos' Heptades, Oathsworn Eye, Crane's Echoing Call
Artifact set: Desert Pavilion Chronicle
Main stats: ATK% sands, ATK% goblet, ATK% circlet
Substats priority: Energy Recharge > ATK% > CRIT Rate > CRIT DMG
Talent priority: Elemental Burst > Elemental Skill > Normal Attack
Burst energy cost: 60 energy
Key ascension material: 168× Clearwater Jade
Last updated: August 22, 2026

Combat talents

3 levellable

Normal

Black Pheasant Strides on Water

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.

Talent level

10 is the cap from materials; C3 and C5 add +3.

1-Hit DMG: 74.6%
2-Hit DMG: 36.7%+44.9%
3-Hit DMG: 48.5%+48.5%
4-Hit DMG: 116.2%
Charged Attack DMG: 68.1%×3
Charged Attack Stamina Cost: 50.0
Plunge DMG: 112.3%
Low/High Plunge DMG: 224.6%/280.6%

All 15 levels

Attribute	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
1-Hit DMG	41.4%	44.5%	47.7%	51.8%	54.9%	58.0%	62.2%	66.3%	70.4%	74.6%	78.7%	82.9%	88.1%	93.2%	98.4%
2-Hit DMG	20.4%+24.9%	21.9%+26.8%	23.5%+28.7%	25.5%+31.2%	27.0%+33.1%	28.6%+34.9%	30.6%+37.4%	32.7%+39.9%	34.7%+42.4%	36.7%+44.9%	38.8%+47.4%	40.8%+49.9%	43.4%+53.0%	45.9%+56.1%	48.5%+59.3%
3-Hit DMG	26.9%+26.9%	28.9%+28.9%	31.0%+31.0%	33.7%+33.7%	35.7%+35.7%	37.7%+37.7%	40.4%+40.4%	43.1%+43.1%	45.8%+45.8%	48.5%+48.5%	51.1%+51.1%	53.8%+53.8%	57.2%+57.2%	60.6%+60.6%	63.9%+63.9%
4-Hit DMG	64.6%	69.4%	74.2%	80.7%	85.5%	90.4%	96.8%	103.3%	109.8%	116.2%	122.7%	129.1%	137.2%	145.3%	153.3%
Charged Attack DMG	37.8%×3	40.7%×3	43.5%×3	47.3%×3	50.1%×3	53.0%×3	56.8%×3	60.5%×3	64.3%×3	68.1%×3	71.9%×3	75.7%×3	80.4%×3	85.1%×3	89.9%×3
Charged Attack Stamina Cost	50.0	50.0	50.0	50.0	50.0	50.0	50.0	50.0	50.0	50.0	50.0	50.0	50.0	50.0	50.0
Plunge DMG	56.8%	61.5%	66.1%	72.7%	77.3%	82.6%	89.9%	97.1%	104.4%	112.3%	120.3%	128.2%	136.1%	144.1%	152.0%
Low/High Plunge DMG	113.6%/141.9%	122.9%/153.5%	132.1%/165.0%	145.3%/181.5%	154.6%/193.1%	165.2%/206.3%	179.7%/224.5%	194.2%/242.6%	208.8%/260.8%	224.6%/280.6%	240.5%/300.4%	256.3%/320.2%	272.2%/340.0%	288.0%/359.8%	303.9%/379.6%

Skill

Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance

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."

Talent level

10 is the cap from materials; C3 and C5 add +3.

Feathermoon Ring DMG: 173.3%
Shield DMG Absorption: 497.7% ATK+2542
Shield Duration: 12.5s
CD: 16.0s

All 15 levels

Attribute	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Feathermoon Ring DMG	96.3%	103.5%	110.7%	120.3%	127.5%	134.8%	144.4%	154.0%	163.6%	173.3%	182.9%	192.5%	204.5%	216.6%	228.6%
Shield DMG Absorption	276.5% ATK+1156	297.2% ATK+1271	318.0% ATK+1396	345.6% ATK+1531	366.3% ATK+1676	387.1% ATK+1830	414.7% ATK+1993	442.4% ATK+2167	470.0% ATK+2350	497.7% ATK+2542	525.3% ATK+2745	553.0% ATK+2957	587.5% ATK+3178	622.1% ATK+3409	656.6% ATK+3650
Shield Duration	12.5s	12.5s	12.5s	12.5s	12.5s	12.5s	12.5s	12.5s	12.5s	12.5s	12.5s	12.5s	12.5s	12.5s	12.5s
CD	16.0s	16.0s	16.0s	16.0s	16.0s	16.0s	16.0s	16.0s	16.0s	16.0s	16.0s	16.0s	16.0s	16.0s	16.0s

Burst

Lustrous Moonrise

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.

Talent level

10 is the cap from materials; C3 and C5 add +3.

Skill DMG: 433.9%×3
CD: 15.0s
Energy Cost: 60

All 15 levels

Attribute	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Skill DMG	241.1%×3	259.1%×3	277.2%×3	301.3%×3	319.4%×3	337.5%×3	361.6%×3	385.7%×3	409.8%×3	433.9%×3	458.0%×3	482.1%×3	512.3%×3	542.4%×3	572.5%×3
CD	15.0s	15.0s	15.0s	15.0s	15.0s	15.0s	15.0s	15.0s	15.0s	15.0s	15.0s	15.0s	15.0s	15.0s	15.0s
Energy Cost	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60

Passives

3 fixed

Passive

Four Sealing Divination Charms

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.

Passive

Skyfeather Evil-Subduing Charm

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.

Passive

Thought and Intent, Like Silken Scent

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.

Full bill

Mora, summed from the tables below

Level 90 and every talent to 10

5,377,500

Mora 17 material lines

Ascension to 90

420,000

Mora 9 materials · 6 steps

All 3 talents to 10

4,957,500

Mora 3× the single-talent bill

Ascension

Level 1 → 90 in six steps

Lv 40
Vayuda Turquoise Sliver ×1
Clearwater Jade ×3
Whopperflower Nectar ×3
20,000Mora
Lv 50
Gold-Inscribed Secret Source Core ×2
Vayuda Turquoise Fragment ×3
Clearwater Jade ×10
Whopperflower Nectar ×15
40,000Mora
Lv 60
Gold-Inscribed Secret Source Core ×4
Vayuda Turquoise Fragment ×6
Shimmering Nectar ×12
Clearwater Jade ×20
60,000Mora
Lv 70
Gold-Inscribed Secret Source Core ×8
Vayuda Turquoise Chunk ×3
Shimmering Nectar ×18
Clearwater Jade ×30
80,000Mora
Lv 80
Gold-Inscribed Secret Source Core ×12
Vayuda Turquoise Chunk ×6
Energy Nectar ×12
Clearwater Jade ×45
100,000Mora
Lv 90
Vayuda Turquoise Gemstone ×6
Gold-Inscribed Secret Source Core ×20
Energy Nectar ×24
Clearwater Jade ×60
120,000Mora

Total to level 90

420,000 Mora

Vayuda Turquoise Gemstone

Gold-Inscribed Secret Source Core

Vayuda Turquoise Chunk

Energy Nectar

Vayuda Turquoise Fragment

Shimmering Nectar

Vayuda Turquoise Sliver

Clearwater Jade

Whopperflower Nectar

Talent materials

Per talent · 3 levellable

→ 2
Teachings of Diligence ×3
Whopperflower Nectar ×6
12,500Mora
→ 3
Guide to Diligence ×2
Shimmering Nectar ×3
17,500Mora
→ 4
Guide to Diligence ×4
Shimmering Nectar ×4
25,000Mora
→ 5
Guide to Diligence ×6
Shimmering Nectar ×6
30,000Mora
→ 6
Guide to Diligence ×9
Shimmering Nectar ×9
37,500Mora
→ 7
Eroded Sunfire ×1
Philosophies of Diligence ×4
Energy Nectar ×4
120,000Mora
→ 8
Eroded Sunfire ×1
Philosophies of Diligence ×6
Energy Nectar ×6
260,000Mora
→ 9
Eroded Sunfire ×2
Philosophies of Diligence ×12
Energy Nectar ×9
450,000Mora
→ 10
Crown of Insight ×1
Eroded Sunfire ×2
Philosophies of Diligence ×16
Energy Nectar ×12
700,000Mora

One talent to 10

1,652,500 Mora

Crown of Insight

Eroded Sunfire

Philosophies of Diligence

Energy Nectar

Guide to Diligence

Shimmering Nectar

Teachings of Diligence

Whopperflower Nectar

All 3 talents to 10

4,957,500 Mora

Crown of Insight

Eroded Sunfire

Philosophies of Diligence

Energy Nectar

Guide to Diligence

Shimmering Nectar

Teachings of Diligence

Whopperflower Nectar

Lan Yan’s constellation — Hirundo Lazuli

6 unlocks

C1
"As One Might Stride Betwixt the Clouds"
After triggering the Elemental Absorption from the Ascension 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 Ascension Talent "Four Sealing Divination Charms."
C2
"Dance Vestments Billow Like Rainbow Jade"
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.
C3
"On White Wings Pierce Through Cloud and Fog"
Increases the Level of Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C4
"With Drakefalcon's Blood-Pearls Adorned"
After Lan Yan uses her Elemental Burst Lustrous Moonrise, the Elemental Mastery of all nearby party members increases by 60 for 12s.
C5
"Having Met You, My Heart is Gladdened"
Increases the Level of Lustrous Moonrise by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C6
"Let Us Away on Sylphic Wing, the Silvered Ornaments to Ring"
Swallow-Wisp Pinion Dance gains 1 additional charge.

Lan Yan’s outfits

1 outfit

Default
Argent Chimes
Lan Yan's outfit. The Lans of Chenyu Vale traditionally wear silver, and every piece that Lan Yan carries is a gift from her family. As she rambles through the mountains adorned from head to toe, they jingle merrily away like the joyful songs of spring swallows.

Names, descriptions and art from the game data. Pick an outfit on the stage to see it full size.

Lan Yan FAQ

What element is Lan Yan?: Lan Yan is a 4-star Anemo character from Liyue who uses a catalyst, released in version 5.3.
What stat does Lan Yan scale on?: Lan Yan's abilities multiply ATK. That is read from the scaling rows on the Elemental Skill and Burst, not from the ability description, so it reflects what the game actually multiplies rather than what the text mentions.
What is the best weapon for Lan Yan?: Memory of Dust is the closest fit on the data: it is a 5-star catalyst with ATK as its ascension stat, and its passive acts on ATK. Oathsworn Eye is the best 4-star alternative.
Which artifact set should Lan Yan use?: Desert Pavilion Chronicle. Its 2-piece bonus is: Anemo DMG Bonus +15% Its 4-piece bonus is: When Charged Attacks hit opponents, the equipping character's Normal Attack SPD will increase by 10% while Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attack DMG will increase by 40% for 15s.
How much does it cost to level Lan Yan's talents?: Taking one talent from level 1 to 10 costs 1,652,500 Mora and 38× Philosophies of Diligence among other materials. The Materials tab lists every item per level.
What does Lan Yan C1 do?: "As One Might Stride Betwixt the Clouds": After triggering the Elemental Absorption from the Ascension 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 Ascension Talent "Four Sealing Divination Charms."

Lan Yan

Weapons

Artifacts

Main stats

Substat priority

Talent priority

Teams

Combat talents

Passives

Full bill

Ascension

Talent materials

Lan Yan’s constellation — Hirundo Lazuli

"As One Might Stride Betwixt the Clouds"

"Dance Vestments Billow Like Rainbow Jade"

"On White Wings Pierce Through Cloud and Fog"

"With Drakefalcon's Blood-Pearls Adorned"

"Having Met You, My Heart is Gladdened"

"Let Us Away on Sylphic Wing, the Silvered Ornaments to Ring"

Lan Yan’s outfits

Argent Chimes

Lan Yan FAQ