An Analysis about the comparisons between Yelan vs Xingqiu
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00:00 Premise
00:33 Where They Differ
01:03 Xingqiu’s Superior Application
02:17 Quickbloom is not a clear-cut thing
03:14 Yelan Is Better Offensively
05:10 Yelan Has Elegy
05:47 Xingqiu’s Defensive Utility
07:12 Yelan’s Constellation 1 and 2
08:31 Closing Thoughts
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I did some changes to the audio compared to past videos, lmk what you think!
edit: as several people pointed out, characters can't snapshot yelan's buff, so what I say about xl's snapshotting her buff is incorrect, I forgot about that. Still not a big change because at best xl uses her burst when yelan's buff is still low!
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please, Fischl as sub-dps compared with other sub-dps in term of personal damage
To me, Xingqiu will always be better (not biased). I don't have a single shielder built and while I can dodge pretty well, I still mess up sometimes. When that happens, Xingqiu has my back 🫂
My Yelan is too cracked, so I never use Xingqiu anymore. Got lucky with her rolls and hit c2 with her weapon. Never run into ER issues because I have a good emblem set and the C1, so her damage by itself is significant. Never need both at once too, because I prefer to use 2 different types of teams and they are too similar. I'm happy about this, because I never liked his design and his long cd skill.
What if the duo hydro archons are actually Xingqiu and Yelan 😂
I enjoy this. Poverty investment TC give 0 knowledge for 1st week player like me.
I hope you also do this kind of video with childe vs ayato
there is no competition or leaderboard in genshin, so they say xingqiu is better than yelan, but if there was yelan would have dethrone xingqiu long time ago
Yelan will always be in my exploration team she's just too good.. XQ for abyss
I agree with most of the points made here but I think you heavily underrated Xingqiu's defensive utility in this video. In chambers like the current 12-1 and 12-2 where enemies can oneshot you with their attacks, any bit of defense goes a long way, not to mention the insane interruption resistance his rain swords provide.
unfortunately such an argument is impossible without xingqiu fans who will accuse everyone of being simps just because others don't praise xingqiu in every situation.
I can't be the same guy pointing out other players' skill issues while overvaluing res interuption.
this is where zajef is gonna mald so hard
I mean they work nearly the same
Its good to have 2 xingqiu anyway
I rarely use either because the teams I enjoy just … don't want or need them haha
I have both characters at C6 and I still play Xingqiu over Yelan in some teams because his defensive utility is just so good. For example in Alhaitham Hyperbloom dmg is never the issue so I rather don’t get knocked around then having Yelans burst damage. Still they’re best when they’re both in the same team.
While this is all true with regards to here and now, we have to look at the future with fontaine. Especially with the hydro archon, who has a good chance of powercreeping current hydro units (becos archons are always broken), and as such, might remove a slot in the "natural" double hydro pair . We can also predict that there will be at least one 4* char that has a c6 with "60% increased hydro crit dmg". This will make ideas like pulling for yelan in order to "play double hydro" a silly idea.
So the smart thing to do, primo-wise, is to continue investing in XQ which is semi-free while waiting for fontaine's roster of chars to be released before making a final decision on Yelan. Because primos actually cost something financially for a lot of people, and Yelan, is a premium char.
Yelan's also S tier overworld exploration.
The advantage 5 stars have over 4 stars will always be verticsl investment. If you like them, you can amp their damage up by a lot
I'm also sucker for cons that give extra skill charges. More particles, more application, more fun!
Theyre closer than Kazuha/Sucrose in terms of practicability.
But imo, Yelan edge as she's superior in otherworld and many other situation.
If 2 units are comparable in combat events, then just compare them in other events in this game to see who is more valuable for new account and Yelan wins handily there.
Issue with the busted og 4* has always been that they're not great in any outside abyss and other similar game mode which was what Hoyo clearly was going for initially. Overworld unit (Amber) and Combat unit (Xiangling)
Yelan: more damage, less hydro app, great for exploration, more attack range
Xingqiu: slightly less dmg, more hydro app, additional healing, enhanced interruption resistance
Use both in a vape team to go brrr
I use them together.
Good video!
In conclusion, Xingqiu is the better unit. He's already perfect at C0 and getting constellations is more of a quality-of-life upgrade. It doesn't fix anything he is lacking. This is the first time I do not agree with this guy's analysis.
Xq > Yelan. Yelan only better dmg wise. Rest other xingqiu clowns on her.
Yelan is better account value because it's an exploration game and she is a taxi. Xingqiu tends to be a bit better in combat. But Yelan can shoot down robot weak points and chase the Thunderbird around, so in some situations definitely better. A serious meta-orientated Genshin account should have both units
1 hydro application = 1 hyperbloom = 30k dmg and xingqiu has like twice as much hydro app and some of it is aoe (the orbital rain swords (icd=2.25 s) + dmg reduction = (20% base) + (up to 9% from talent levels) + (up to 24% as a portion of bonus Hydro DMG), leading to a max of 53% damage reduction, that makes you more than twice as thanky, so you acctually can't get one shotted and with the consecrated beasts in the abyss that is very valuable. then there is his resistence to interuption and hydro shred, the healing, better particle generation etc.
The point is Xingqiu is just straight up better and yes I have yelan, double crowned both of them, but when I can only use one of them I always use xingqiu even though my yelan is better build and deals more dmg.
And you definitely can clear abyss with xingqiu as your only defensive utility.
The only thing Yelan gives you is more dmg. WOW! I still die thought!
Xingqiu is the best unit in the game and after dendro it isn't even close anymore cuz benett got nothing from it. Yelan looses against Xingqiu in my opinion but she is still top 5, so yeah pull Yelan she is great, but play her together with xingqiu.
the correct answer is using them both together :surely: