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The Best Xinyan Build Guide

Genshin Impact: The Best Xinyan Build Guide

Xinyan is a four-star Pyro Claymore user in Genshin Impact who can act as both Phy DPS and Burst DPS. Her elemental skill is Sweeping Fervor is one of the best shield abilities in the entire game. As it not only blocks attacks but also deals continuos Pyro damage. Xinyan cannot act as good support as Xingqiu or Bennet. But she can be a great damage dealer. In this Genshin Impact guide, we will share the Best Xinyan Physical DPS and Burst DPS Build.

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Xinyan Physical DPS and Burst DPS Build

Alike the four-star Electro user, Razor, Xinyan is used as Physical DPS. Players can even go with Burst DPS builds, thanks to her Elemental Abilities. The Burst DPS build works completely fine. And with the right weapons and artifacts, players can get deal huge damage.

Best Claymore Weapons for Xinyan

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Here are the recommended Claymore weapons for Best Xinyan build.

Physical DPS

  • Wolf’s Gravestone – Five Star Claymore with ATK% as secondary stat bonus.
    • Obtained via Gacha.
    • Weapon Ability – Increases ATK by 20%. On a hit, attacks against opponents with less than 30% HP increase all party members’ ATK by 40% for 12s. Can only occur once every 30s.
  • Prototype Archaic – Four Star Claymore with ATK% as secondary stat bonus.
    • Obtained via Crafting.
    • Weapon Ability – On a hit, Normal or Charged Attacks have a 50% chance to deal an additional 240% ATK DMG to opponents within a small AoE. Can only occur once every 15s.

Burst DPS

  • Skyward Pride – Five Star Claymore with Energy Recharge% as secondary stat bonus.
    • Obtained via Gacha.
    • Weapon Ability – Increases all DMG by 8%. After using an Elemental Burst, Normal or Charged Attack, on hit, creates a vacuum blade that does 80% of ATK as DMG to opponents along its path. Lasts for the 20s or 8 vacuum blades.
  • Favonius Greatsword  – Four Star Claymore with Energy Recharge% as secondary stat bonus.
    • Obtained via Gacha.
    • Weapon Ability – CRIT hits have a 60% chance to generate a small number of Elemental Particles, which will regenerate 6 Energy for the character. Can only occur once every 12s.
  • Prototype Archaic – Four Star Claymore with ATK% as secondary stat bonus.
    • Obtained via Crafting.
    • Weapon Ability – On a hit, Normal or Charged Attacks have a 50% chance to deal an additional 240% ATK DMG to opponents within a small AoE. Can only occur once every 15s.

Best Artifacts for Xinyan

Here are the recommended artifacts for Best Xinyan build.

Physical DPS

For Xinyan Physical DPS build, players should go for four pieces of the Gladiator’s Finale set. Also, make sure you have CRIT Rate% stat for the Circlet.

If you don’t have a complete Gladiator’s Finale artifact set, then you should use two pieces of artifact from the Bloodstained Chivalry set and two pieces from the Gladiator’s Finale set.

Gladiators Finale Artifact Set Bonus

2-Piece: ATK +18%.

4-Piece: If the wielder of this artifact set uses a Sword, Claymore or Polearm, increases their Normal Attack DMG by 35%.

Gladiator’s Finale Artifact Set

  1. Gladiator’s Triumphus – It increases the below-mentioned stats.
    • HP
    • ATK
    • DEF
    • Healing Bonus
    • CRIT Rate
    • CRIT DMG
    • Elemental Mastery(not in percentage)
  2. Gladiator’s Intoxication – It increases the below-mentioned stats.
    • HP
    • ATK
    • DEF
    • Physical DMG Bonus
    • Elemental DMG Bonus
    • Elemental Mastery(not in percentage)
    • CRIT Rate
    • CRIT DMG
  3. Gladiator’s Longing – It increases the below-mentioned stats.
    • HP
    • ATK
    • DEF
    • Energy Recharge
    • Elemental Mastery
  4. Gladiator’s Destiny
    • Comes with an ATK bonus(always).
  5. Gladiator’s Nostalgia
    • Comes with an HP bonus(always).

Bloodstained Chivalry Artifact Set Bonus

2-Piece Bonus – Physical DMG +25%

4-Piece Bonus – After defeating an opponent, increases Charged Attack DMG by 50%, and reduces its Stamina cost to 0 for 10s. Also triggers with wild animals such as boars, squirrels and frogs.

Burst DPS

For Xinyan Burst DPS build, we recommend players to use two pieces of the Bloodstained Chivalry Artifact Set and two pieces of Noblesse Oblige set.

Noblesse Oblige Artifact Set Bonus

2-Piece: Elemental Burst DMG +20%.

4-Piece: Using an Elemental Burst increases all party members’ ATK by 20% for 12s. This effect cannot stack.

Genshin Impact 1.5 Artifacts

Genshin Impact is a free to play gacha-based role-playing game currently available on PC, PS4, Android, and iOS.

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Hritwik Raj
Hritwik is a guides writer who has been writing about video games for almost a decade. He is a Computer Science graduate who has always been into gaming. Most of the time, you will find him covering News and Guides for various publications. And when he is not working, you will find him fighting with his friends about how good of a gamer he is. His favorite games include Fallout 76, Borderlands 2, Call of Duty, Apex Legends, Destiny 2, Souls series, Genshin Impact, and The Last of Us.