Why NO ONE Plays: Yanqing | Honkai: Star Rail

[@super_dude00]

Imagine the hotel service boy with a mop and some luggage hits harder than your ultimate big sword attack

[@hikari9262]

And a very ugly ultimate animation at that.

[@NitroNitro95]

@@hikari9262 misha or yanqing?

[@Saberdud]

@@NitroNitro95 misha

[@timo7641]

Briefcases Nuke is OP

[@khadizaanwarjolly5779]

@@hikari9262 bro is a hater ong

[@ALegendarySol]

The reason I'm so happy Misha exists is because I finally have a proper ice damage dealer I can take without worrying about conditions being met. He just works.

[@ABC-yj6cy]

I have E6 Herta built already. Should I get and build misha?

[@tamajimaishida8533]

If anything you should use them both they have great synergy together. But u also don't need him ​@@ABC-yj6cy

[@Graspiloot]

@@ABC-yj6cy Herta is fantastic for Pure Fiction, but pretty bad for MOC. Misha doesn't seem that much better though (although he has some good synergy with Yanqing). Better wait for Jingliu rerun I'd say >.>

[@SillyPlatinumX3]

​@@ABC-yj6cyDepends, Herta is very good for Pure fiction but im not 100% sure for much else. Misha , in my opinion, is pretty good tbh and i find his freeze potential nice. Who to build depends on what content you're struggling with

[@Kyong008]

@@ABC-yj6cy Misha is much more better everywhere else except PF, bcs Herta is the best Ice DPS for PF

[@thelaw_00]

Yanqing also kinda became the punching bag and meme of HSR where he's being beaten left and right by Blade, Dan Heng, Jingliu, Trailblazer and Kafka

[@vault29a]

and Sushang!

[@jasonkeith2832]

He is a combat prodigy, but every major fight we see him in is against every remaining member of the elite group his mentor was previously a part of. Maybe a return to the Luofu in a later chapter will give him the respect he completely lost.

[@toofu5044]

deserved, I despise that little brat

[@vault29a]

@@jasonkeith2832 i doubt that. there are several more xiuanjou ships there.

[@jasonkeith2832]

@@vault29a True. Also, if we get a proper Sushang mission on her home ship we would have him show up as the prodigy she thinks of him... and then watch as he yet again gets floored, this time by her combat savant mother.

[@AsDerouxWoofWolf]

Yanqing was already- effectively- a meme when he was deigned as the punching bag during the Xianzhou Luofu storyline as well. He was bested by Blade and Dan Heng IL, got scolded by Kafka and Jing Yuan, defeated in terms of sword prowess by Jingliu, then later have to be beaten up by the Trailblazer should one accept Kafka's request. Funnily enough, as a boss, he is weak to Wind (Blade), Lightning (Kafka and Jing Yuan), and Imaginary (Dan Heng IL) elements. And furthering this is the special achievement players can get if Sushang, Luocha, or Jing Yuan dealt the final blow on him. I kinda feel bad for him, especially since I'm already looking forward to a levelled up Misha whose damage isn't hindered by, well, whatever talent Yanqing has.

[@runa_7022]

isnt he a child 😭😭😭 no shit he was beaten by hundred+ year old adults 😭😭😭😭

[@ortah2616]

I'll say this here and now, Yanqing never should've been a boss fight in the main story, we shoulda fought Blade alongside Yanqing

[@arisaliakerwood3999]

Well there's also another achievement with killing blow Wind Dan Heng which isn't his weakness .. but yeah

[@AsDerouxWoofWolf]

@@arisaliakerwood3999 What do you mean? Boss Yanqing is weak to Wind, Lightning, and Imaginary.

[@aidengisi769]

Personally i got the achievement for dealing the final blow on yanqing WITH Yanqing. Maybe thats not super known as an existing one? I mean makes sense. Most ppl dont use him i guess lol

[@kurtri8649]

Honestly with how Yanqing got shafted in meta parallels with how he gets constantly beat up in the story. He's brought up as this untouchable talented prodigy his whole life by everyone around him only to get his worldview shattered when Jingliu nearly kills him and his self esteem is further destroyed by Blade and Dan Heng because there is just no way for a kid to beat warriors who are hundreds of years older than him, just like how he has the potential to be this amazing dps with the self crit buffs he gives to himself but since he is a standard unit he can never be better than limited 5* such as Seele or Jingliu so he has all these disadvantages. Anyways alt 5* form Yanqing will be true in the future (coping)

[@Kalanin399]

It doesn't help that in story, every character Yanqing fought and got beat up by is effectively a former master/protegee/famouse warrior in their own right. Jingliu is his master's master. Blade and Dan Heng (or at least his former self) are both former friends and comrades. Even Trailblazer (Caelus specifically) reportedly went toe to toe with Blade and came out of that, so it just makes it even more understandable Yanqing just wasn't pit against simple members. No he was basically thrown to the wolves. His kit being unfortunately reliant on shields and even freezes to some extent just kinda hurts him more as if you want full value from him, you want other ice units to utilize to trigger freezes and hopefully boost his damage further, making him effectively regulated to a Mono-ice or ice heavy team. And even in that set up of say Gepard, Raun Mei, Pela, Yanqing, Jingliu still is better in that kind of team. So he's overshadowed even then. Fitting for a kid who isn't yet ready for the real difficulties of the world.

[@nnsh8562]

An alt 5* would be good if we get like his SU form like the boss his burst is like the big damage and his skill is enchancement like blades it takes a lot of turns then his basics can trigger his follow up atks same kit just more efficient and damage

[@BlankedOutSlate]

Would be dope for him to gain an alt 5* where he summons swords as extra units like he does as a boss fight ngl, they already have the mechanics to do that with the Aetherium Wars event when you used enemies as your allies, so it definitely could be a possibility, although I'm just coping

[@Kalanin399]

@@BlankedOutSlate Honestly would be kind of cool if he had that, his alt 5* could have been something like using his skill/ultimate summons a sword attached to allies or himself. If they attack, he gets a follow up hit with that sword. If they get take damage, the sword breaks (keeping in line with his need to not get hit). Maybe even making it so he deals more damage the more swords are out. I imagine with Misha out and having a variable number of hits with ult, an alt 5* would have similar properties at this point.

[@llthk138]

He is still a prodigy and stronger than pretty much everyone in the loufu. Hes just unlucky running into the only few people who can absolute wipe the floor with him like the high cloud quintet or a walking nuke with a ton of plot armour.

[@vaninhhuu3215]

There is another problem: His follow-up attack from the passive. While the damage itself is not high, it not very bad to deal extra more damage and toughness damage. And techically at the moment he's the only Hunt character to have a hard cc onto the enemy beside breaking toughness (freezing from his follow-up attack). The problem is that it's very random without a guarantee. Dr.Ratio can have a 100% chance by his ultimate or the number of debuff of the enemy, Qing Que can spam her skill or using her ultimate to active her empowerd attack, but Yanqing at best only has around 60% chance to trigger the following-up attack, and only 65% base chance of freezing. Well, while his following-up attack isn't the most important, having a way to 100% trigger it (and also 100% base chance of freezing) can improve Yanqing a lot, because he can have a way to protect himself and his team (freezing the enemy or dealing enough attack to break toughness), thus allowing him to have easier time to fight back without losting his passive. Back to the "pairing with March 7th", another big problem is that March's shield also increases the chance of getting hit (above 30% HP), and against some powerful attack (and some anoying debuff as well), giving shield to Yanqing can actuallly hurt him more than not giving the shield.

[@hiimapop7755]

I seriously don't understand why they made it random with those multipliers. It just doesn't justify the low fixed chance of activating.

[@bluerubberducky3028]

There’s an additional small problem with him not activating his Follow up every time, his follow up attacks give 5 energy so not only do you lose out on that damage you also lose out on energy for doing Ults more

[@mildanvongrius5530]

You make it sounded like he seriously required Hit Rate, Effect Rate and Crit DMG.

[@altri2254]

​@@mildanvongrius5530what is the diff between hit rate & effect rate?🤔

[@bluerubberducky3028]

@@altri2254 there isn’t any because Hit Rate isn’t a thing, I think they’re either talking about Yanqing’s chance of activating his FUA or his Aggro but his FUA is on a Fixed chance and Aggro is already lowered while in Soulsteel so I’m not sure

[@colorlessguard]

oh i knew this was coming imminently when i saw you post your 50/50 loss to him 😭😂

[@VincoDesantis]

Mad copium moments

[@nuggiesss6193]

I use him cause I like his design. He isn’t that bad to be honest. Use him with a shielder and he’s fine. Ofc other characters do more damage than him, but if you need him to clear content he won’t have that many problems, it sounds worse than it is

[@BoothillJackson-2024]

I ABSOLUTELY hate losing my 50/50 to that dumb f#$k 😡😡😠

[@johannajans9255]

As someone with both ice standard 5 stars built, I enjoy using them a lot. In fact, I have e3 Yanqing and I adore him as a character, but I do know he has gameplay issues. Gepard on the other hand, he's consistently on my teams. I really need another preservation 5 star tbh.

[@husbandosupremamcy5867]

Aventurine enters the chat

[@PanDoot]

Lucky for u 2 preservation units are coming after sparkle

[@TheTotallyRealJokerPersona5]

As somebody who has E6 Yanqing, you can have my dupes

[@tangman9890]

@@husbandosupremamcy5867 and makes Yanqing dope as F. Kinda easy to build. Just all into CD lol

[@Apt23-v8u]

Fire Trailblazer anyone?

[@BestgirlJordanfish]

I feel like Yanqing has potential with the right design. Like if we created a preservation / harmony character that created a shield that protects from INSTANCES of hits instead of damaged prevention, and lowers their chance of being hit (like thematically a shroud or shadow obscuring them). We also could use just a simple preservation character that places a shield that *doesn’t* increase their chance of being targeted. Preservation in HSR still has a lot of design space to explore that I think can make him hit just right. I can also see a future of mono-ice that focuses on freezing and nuking frozen foes. Lastly, one advantage speed buff can have over action forward is the way it can interact with light cone or relics. Like, glimmoth boost requiring a threshold of speed means he hits HARD against a single target if the stars align. But yeah jingliu makes things harder to compare *edit, one more idea for design space inspired by swarm disaster buff, if we get new characters, relics, or light cones that only trigger if HP is full, or enemies that “crit” against characters who are currently missing HP, suddenly Jingliu is less overwhelmingly dominant.

[@Misari2401]

Jingliu deals lower damage but on area

[@imtiazzmurshed3965]

The fact that you have to come up with so many specific scenarios to even give him a sliver of hope shows how beyond hopeless he is. Another thing is if they do release some kinda relic set/light cone with conditions like hp needs to be full or no proc, it makes every single other unit look bad instead of making Yanqing look good too. Even with that given condition Yanqing would still need full shield uptime just like gepard, not only that,that shield would need to provide cleanse too incase he's affected by status conditions like bleed,burn,wind shear etc or else you need to use another characters skill to again stop him from taking damage besides the shield itself. And with how the meta moves hoyo would rather make exclusive pair up characters for exclusive 5 stars only. We just got the black swan kafka combo and even though both of them can work individually pretty well but we can definitely see what the devs had in mind while making black swans kit. Sadly i have 0.001% hope that Yanqing will ever receive that kind treatment.

[@woojinbloo44]

But then again, Hoyo isn't known to do retrobuffing or fixing a kit after a unit was released. I've played Genshin and HSR since their releases and the only unit they fixed was Zhongli after a massive backlash and boycott from Chinese and global fans alike.

[@nchtblut]

imagine a preservation character that "hunt characters" once lose their shield and when receiving an attack that damage is transferred to another character with a shield or directly to the preservation character.

[@BestgirlJordanfish]

@@imtiazzmurshed3965 oh I absolutely do not fully disagree, I’m just delighted seeing how other characters I’ve used before got soft buffs by setting the right scenarios (pure fiction, for example, or sushang in certain scenarios where it’s focused on instances of hitting a target). I do wish hoyo would slow down their release of new characters and be more willing to give tiny tweaks on some older characters. Hell, they could even provide focus banners for them and a new skin if they wanted to give a promo. A lot of wishing

[@YakiBaki]

This is the meaning of "Perfect kit executed wrong".

[@stellecanfixme]

The "why no one plays" are always the characters I use. 😂 Though I have been phasing him out of my team as I get new units so I can see where you're coming from.

[@Mega34765]

I started playing just before 2.0 dropped and was one of those players that got Yanqing through my first pull and to be honest... despite all his faults, I still really enjoy playing with him because of his buff centred playstyle. For me, it adds more of a strategic element to building around him and ensuring I can keep that buff for as long as possible. Like an endurance challenge. Because when Yanqing reqlly gets going and you keep getting your additionals and your ults, it just feels really satisfying. Though I will say, I am surprised Preservation Stelle (or MC I'm just used to using the female name because that was what I went with) was never brought up once. Sure she doesn't have the ability to freeze like March but she can taunt which in my opinion is very good for a unit who relies on tanking. Especially if you already have a good lc for her like Gepard's. If you bring a healer with her, you can actually make a somewhat decent Gepard substitute considering she's a completely free unit. Obviously Gepard is still leagues better but that combo worked pretty well for me for a while to be honest.

[@SuperShesh2]

It's because even if a Taunt is good, it doesn't affect the plethora of aoe attacks half of enemies have. Most bosses the attack you are concerned about isn't a large single person attack, it's the massive party wide attack that nearly kills people. Taunt really only affects mini bosses for their gimmicks.

[@sorashizen5130]

Bringing TB means more sp consuming to ensure yanqing don't get hit though, but having sparkle on the team may fix that

[@Mega34765]

@@sorashizen5130 I posted this before Sparkle dropped but I can confirm after pulling her that she really does help. Even without the skill point increase, the crit buffs alone go crazy

[@darkstarpig]

this is the comment i was looking for. he does get alot of shit xc but if you play him right, he does some serious damage and his freeze is crazy

[@erichans8523]

As a yanqing user, i think the problem is that follow-up attack not always trigger only sometimes but i very happy to have him for me to clear many event game.

[@alliu6562]

I do still enjoy using Yanqing, and he performs pretty well for me. Honestly, the biggest buff to him lately is probably Misha and Ruan Mei, but it’s conditional on Yanqing having E1 and the enemy being freeze-able lol That said, against ice-weak enemies, a mono ice team of Yanqing, Misha, Ruan Mei, and Gepard can be very strong. I’ve been using that team and it’s pretty fun. Enemies just don’t get to move, as long as they’re weak to ice.

[@sorashizen5130]

Isn't Misha destruction though? Is it practical running 2 DPS at once?

[@ohCran]

@@sorashizen5130they can use Yanqing as their main DPS, while Misha as a sub-DPS.

[@thebadshave503]

@@sorashizen5130 Despite how popular hypercarries are, there's nothing wrong with dual-DPS set-ups. Honestly I prefer them just because I find the cycle of buffing one person over and over boring.

[@kurostyx9124]

@@sorashizen5130 misha feeds on spent Skill points to increase his ult dmg

[@ethos728]

@@thebadshave503ngl I have to disagree, i'm pretty sure with how effective defense reduction is in hsr pela just has a better spot on that team than misha, I don't know how much dmg misha gets but I used to think running a main and sub dps was okay until I saw the difference units like pela and silver wolf make for your hypercarry and it's just not worth it. Even double harmony tends to be better than running a sub-dps currently. Ofc that's for more success with end-game content and I'm not saying it can't work but it is just better to have a def reduction unit or second harmony.

[@rebeccacourtney5286]

Since Yanqing needs Gepard I guess it's good both are on Standard Banner. Imagine if we had to wait for a Gepard banner for Yanqing. All we need is a Harmony/Preservation unit that can give a shield while making said target less likely to be attacked and he is golden

[@flying-ship]

Yea but the flip side of the coin is, you could be waiting for Gepard forever (or at leadt until 300th pull to get one from selector). Imagine your first 5* is Yanqing and having to wait 6+ months before you could play him with any amount of reliability

[@rebeccacourtney5286]

@@flying-ship As someone whose first 5-star was Yanqing and only recently got Gepard, I understand where you are coming from

[@gwagner1380]

​@@rebeccacourtney5286 If leaks are correct Adventurine will be Yan and many other units best friend as he comes to do what most preservation units do but better, like waaaaaaaay better.

[@kylone1]

Cleansing debuffs wouldn't hurt.

[@Misari2401]

​@@rebeccacourtney5286he was my second standar with his lightcone without gepard he was good but in the 300 pulls selector i pick gepard and my god he destroys everything

[@Yue_yunn]

He was my second 5* (first was clara con standard) when I lost my 50/50 in Luocha's banner, and honestly I was quite happy with him! I don't pull for just anyone because I am f2p and don't have a lot of time to do the,, uh,, many many events and endless content. So I still use him! I love him very dearly and he'll always have the biggest place in my heart. I also know, however, I can't use him forever. Eventually I'll have to find a Main DPS that I like enough to fill his spot, because despite pouring all my love into building him, he will inevitably fall behind the meta to a point where he won't be sustainable anymore. So yeah, you're right! I can recognise he has his faults, despite maining him myself, so honestly you only spoke the truth in the video, even if it hurts

[@ZeromusNightmare122]

I think you hit the nail on the head when you said that if Yanqing was in genshin he'd be fine. HSR just doesn't work for this type of unit, especially when big ticket content is either AoE damage from you or against you. It's worse when we really don't have anything like a substitute effect or full damage absorption. honestly the only thing that'd fix him imo is a set that works to increase dodge chance. Allowing him to just fully dodge hits occasionally would be great for his buff's ability to remain.

[@franciscoarone2125]

I agree in every way, I love him because it was the firt unit that i pulled, but theres too many downsides, plus theres a bug where he doesn't even get the crit dmg boost with the ult. Cool video! Love this series pls keep it going :)

[@chaitea_cozy3485]

As a Yanqing main, I'll never stop using him

[@Thunder12o994]

a respectable lad

[@NestroSento]

🤡🤡🤡

[@unknow871]

🤝

[@ysabelle_nds]

finally found my people 😌🤝

[@reimaeda1073]

I keep him on the main party because he’s the reason I wanted to play Star Rail in the first place. It’s like how I keep certain characters on my Genshin team because I have an attachment to them

[@amenperson]

2 months later, we now have Aventurine, a character who does everything for Yanqing. Big consistent shields, CRIT DMG buff on ult (technically), synergy with follow up attacks. Will Yanqing finally find a home? Definitely won’t be better than Ratio + Aventurine, but maybe he’ll finally work.

[@UltimatePollo3495]

He definitely not the worst 5 star in game now

[@danielferrieri7434]

I have something to say: Yanqing should've been a Erudition Unit. Edit: I think I caused a war between two people in this reply section.

[@hallow3233]

what do you mean by this? like his entire kit just copy pasted into a different path or smth else?

[@liecolm2429]

​@@hallow3233nah back then, the best follow up attack buffs were mainly on erudition BUT with the release of topaz and dr ratio who primarily focus on their follow up attacks, those lightcones could help him but there's basically gated

[@CarterVanek-uv3ow]

I mean ya it makes sense cause that's His boss fight.......cause kafka detonates Her DoTs, argenti just hits VERY HARD in aoe, Gepard puts up a Sheild.....and bronya advances people forward...........so yanquing got his ENTIRE kit reworked

[@ryohei7897]

We already got an ice erudition and that's herta. And there is absolutely no way I'm passing up the kuru kuru machine.

[@santabakure6264]

That’s a pretty weird statement ngl

[@lillyie]

5:23 "lack of an event banner in star rail" patch 2.7: pick a standard 5 star of your choice for free

[@ogsololeveler]

yall leave my child alone, he's trying 😭

[@scrps13]

a character who can give a shield to a single ally but with buffs and without an aggro bonus would be perfect for yanqing and arlan right now. could also be a full team shield but with one ally getting a significantly larger shield so the whole team can be decently sustained while one character gets some extra protection.

[@isaac-p6126]

yeah, nah whoever that would be, id juse Jingliu with them.

[@scrps13]

@@isaac-p6126 why would you do that? jingliu drains the whole team's health so you want to use her with a healer not a shielder

[@NaTive219]

Prob the best shielder for yanqing is adventurine who will be coming out soon

[@Pric3ta8]

Aventurine might save yanqing, only time can tell

[@nerdymcheaven]

My thought as well.

[@yagoosidol6338]

yes, but as he said, what's stopping you from just using aventurine on other chars?

[@whenyou.]

Everytime you say "No one plays _____" It's destined to be someone i play

[@rittai__]

Yanqing has been my favourite character since I saw him for the first time, i'm angry at mihoyo for not making him as good as he could've been >:( I'm in need of limited 5* Yanqing alongside other Yanqing mains, in story he's amazing, kind, his design is amazing, i love my boy, and yanqing mains community loves him too small reminder - play whoever you want, it's just a game, meta is not everything, and having fun is important!! Also probably not many people know about Abundance Yanqing theory, there are small hints that he may be related to the Abundance (Abundance looking symbols on his outfiit, unknown past, being blonde while being blonde is rare on the loufu (if im correct) and so on) so we yanqing mains still have a hope for him getting a limited 5* version!

[@CarterVanek-uv3ow]

And the sad part is that he's worse then jinglui in EVERY possible way........u would at least EXPECT yanquings ULT to at least deal more then jingluis Skill..........but NOPE for some reason that is not the case even........ Also yanquint was also just one of the more interesting chars cause hes a cocky little kid that tries HIS ABSOLUTE HARDEST......but just get shit on OVER AND OVEr and it would of been nice to see yanquings story GO WITH THAT.......but he's a loufo char and loufo chars all got there chance wasted by just the loufo problems

[@rittai__]

@@CarterVanek-uv3ow we can only hope something changes in the future :c

[@janusan89]

To be fair, I used him quite a lot, but mostly when I had like 2 5 stars and nothing else. He did more damage than my Clara for a while and I would carry him in my SU where Ice was required + Path of Remembrance, so he didn't disappoint me back then. But now that I have more 5 stars that do more damage (Just recently got Black Swan, so I'm building her) I understand why he's ignored: he's more like a 4 star than a 5 star, his kit works but hard to keep consistent, and his damage is good but "there is better" (Never had a Jingliu, and I heard he's basically a better Jingliu). Frankly I don't hate him, he's "okay". I still occasionally use him when I need an Ice dps. Otherwise, I finally got better.

[@rittai__]

Play whoever you want!! It's your choice who you play!! I play Yanqing and I try to make the best Yanqing possible because that's how I wanna play, you can not use him much, and that's your choice!

[@lilyofthevalleymeow]

oh hey rittai I didn't expect you here

[@duburaburi681]

Yanqing, my 2nd 5 stars, first one being bailu, I used him a lot in the early game, so I have a not so negative view on him. It became obvious how weak he was compared to other characters when time passed. Also I never got gepard until recently. Carried my early tho, respect to him for that LOL

[@sui183]

my glorious king yanking

[@crimson_rainbow]

REAL 🔥🔥‼️‼️💯💯

[@sara-ts2mn]

Real, I picked him at the 300 standard now he’s E3, 10/10 talents and bis lc

[@-Insert-Name_Here-]

HSR completely violated our child; Bro lost to his mentor’s mentor, got 2v1’ed against his mentor’s mentor’s friends, the main character, a Women who’s one of the most wanted people in their verse and a girl with the “I won’t let my friends down” plot armour, AT BETWEEN 8-14 YEARS OLD!!!!!!!! People may hate him, but he’s got the most potential in the verse, (which will probably be wasted)

[@tempawakapawpa]

Real, I pulled Seele lightcone S2 and maxxed it JUST for him, 10/10 his talents and currently grind for his relics as I type this

[@naushadalihashmi856]

Nah I'd lose -fraudqing

[@maouliamediaofficial]

2:53 *Aventurine just casually playing with some coins*

[@denangel2327]

I'm a Yanqing main just because I love his design and I never actually read his talent, so I was always wondering why his damage was so inconsistent, turns out I just didn't read 💀But anyways I've been maining Yanqing since 1.1 and he has been carrying me through everything pretty well, but I did notice a lot of these problems you mentioned in the video. My team has Yanqing and Gepard as well as Luocha and Bronya, sp has always been a problem and lately his lack of aoe has been a problem especially for pure fiction, so much so I started building Herta and started to fix my IL Dan Heng. But yk I love Yanqing the moment I saw his design and followed his story so I don't think I'll be dropping him soon, I'll just build my Gepard until he can support Yanqing well enough that I can brute force through content lol

[@paulyvii]

I used to be a Yanqing main too but even with good attack, good crit ratio, a mfkin Bronya and Ruan Mei on the team, his damage is still bad

[@pppoopoocheck639]

Im a yanqing main too expect I dont got Gepard I got Trailblazer fire, Ruan Mei, Tingyun and Yanqing for my team

[@sorivios728]

I'm very new to the game so I know my knowledge is lacking when I make this suggestion cause I plan on doing this but why not run March with him? She can shield him have Natasha heal him and just run another OP damage dealer?

[@pppoopoocheck639]

Because marchs shield makes it so you're more likely to be attacked which is exactly what you dont want to do with yanqing plus having to use her shield and his skill every turn is -2 skill points which sucks to try n maintain @@sorivios728

[@miomiomeows]

​@@sorivios728Vars went over this very briefly in the video, but essentially there just aren't enough skill points generated by a theoretical team comp to support both Yanqing's skill (which he needs to use at least every other turn) and March's shielding. Gepard shields with his ultimate, so he's not competing for the SP like March would be.

[@unekku8145]

A little tip for who plays Yanqing. If you have 100% energy in your turn, and do a basic attack then ult before the turn ends, your soulsteel link buff will still be active, so thats a way you can afford to save some skill points without losing your buff.

[@TokkanRAM]

"I think it's safe to assume that day 1 players have at least 1 copy of Diluc, Jean, Mona, Qiqi and Keqing." Me, the day 6 player without Jean. (I have Tighnari though.) Meanwhile in Star Rail, as a day 1 player and not even a year later, I only lack Bailu.

[@kr555wizard]

Same Day 1 player, still no diluc at all, so yeah bad assumption on their end.

[@緑-x6z]

Were you just superlucky on the "Standard Banner" in HSR or did you lose that many 50/50s? I'm just curious, because I've only lost one 50/50 in GI (I've eight exclusive 5*), but so far lost all my 50/50s in HSR. 😟

[@TokkanRAM]

@@緑-x6z I've only got eidolons (E2 Yanqing, E1 Bronya), Clara and Himeko from losing 50/50 Most times I've lost 50/50 in HSR, I've gotten the guaranteed character very early after that (sometimes within the next 10 pull like pulling Topaz immediately after Clara). First Yanqing was from beginner, first Bronya was my very first 5-star from standard, also that got Bronya LC, Gepard and his LC from standard. Welt was my 300 pick.

[@Marc-rw3dd]

only 5 star i don't have is welt. picked gepard from the selector

[@happy-0atmeal]

I'm a F2P Genshin player since 2.1, I have pulled 8 Jeans but have yet to pull a single copy of Mona, Keqing, and Dehya. Much better spread in HSR, again as a F2P, I'm only missing Himeko.

[@BlackspadeArt]

I use Yanqing a lot since I don't have other ice dps options rn but I've never looked up his skills before. This helped me a lot since I have Gepard as well but not yet built. Thank you so much for the infos!!

[@milk3782]

I just hope he gets an ater version like Dan Heng did. If alters are actually something they will do and not just a one time thing for DH, he's a very good contender to get one

[@iHeartNaru]

the thing abt il dan heng tho is that his alternate form plays a major part in the story + his kit (and his il form itself) is considerably different from his 4 star form which is what warrants his il form to be its own playable character.. i dont see why yanqing would ever gain some sort of alternate form story wise so i doubt they'd ever release another form of him as a playable character (especially without changing his kit considerably compared to his current kit) if anything hoyoverse should just give him a buff by altering the conditions of his talent instead

[@anyaaa2801]

You forgot Dan was a 4 star so it was fine for him to get a 5 star glow up.

[@iHeartNaru]

@anyaaa2801 yeah that too😭 highly doubt they'd ever create a playable alternate version like that for a character thats already a 5 star like yanqing

[@kairos-049]

I don’t quite see your reasoning in saying he’s a good contender. Yanqing is barely plot relevant since his only role in the trailblaze quest is to be a nuisance who gets swiftly curb stomped. Characters like March 7th or Sampo who are plot relevant, have a lot of unanswered questions surrounding them, and are 4* units with room for major power upgrades are much better candidates.

[@squirepengu]

early on yanqing helped me clear a bunch of difficult content. i got him around the same time i got jing yuan and i didn't have any good single target characters. can attest that not getting gepard and gradually getting other, stronger units (like I got blade, topaz... and then everyone got dr. ratio, etc) immediately makes him pale in comparison. its even to the point where even if i finally got gepard, im already thinking about how he'd mesh with my other units instead of him. poor guy.

[@marsopa9580]

I started playing this game for him exclusively and i didnt get him for the first 2 months, after spending all my cristals in the standard banner to get that guarenteed 5 star of your choosing i never looked back... He might be weak, but he has my heart, and that's all i care for 😊 Love u boy

[@isaac-p6126]

Thats cute, yo have fun he is pretty much the worst dps but he can still carry you through any content, so knock yourself out 🤗

[@marsopa9580]

I'm trying uwu, I have him 32/210 crit rate, and a the talent at level 10 😊 And I just got Gepard yesterday so I cannot be happier, my boy is finally at his full potential with Bronya and Gepard by his side❤

[@nightmarenick9295]

Should've also mention that his eidolons doesn't even fix him a lot, first eidolon literally forces you to hope on that bonus-attack or Gepard E(death to SP)/March 7 ult

[@SohanSmol]

Day1 Yanqing main here! You also forgot to mention how his turn 1 basically deals no damage at all. They could make his technique like Ruan Mei's where it lets you start the fight with your buff on, but no. Yanqing deals almost no damage during the first turn of the fight. When you wanna clear things as fast as possible, the first turn may as well be one of the most important turns. I main him just because I love the concept of shooting flying swords and sword skating. I literally didn't pull Jing Liu during her banner cause the moment I had her, I would just be knowingly nerfing myself whenever I used Yanqing instead of her. Its rough out there for us sword lovers...

[@SpicyFox-0]

Aventurine: Allow me to introduce myself 😂

[@DennysArrow]

The even sadder thing is that HSR just released misha a high dps destruction 4star, which is more consistent and higher dps.

[@aboredprophet8128]

Yanqing in story: Super talented protege, a young master of the sword, respected and praised. Yanqing in gameplay: fuck i stubbed my toe and dropped 80% of my DPS on the floor

[@zombiefunyeah9251]

One thing i dont like about yanqing is his passive because when ever yanqing get hit or losing his hp (except some character like jingliu that need consuming your ally hp) he will lose his passive immediately it mean he lose his passive buff. Yanqing is a type of character that need together with character that applying shield like gepard, march and fire mc.

[@LycanMOON]

Yanqing was my first 5 star,and first character I fully built It’s sad seeing him rot on my bench while I have with with my two imaginary dps.really hope he gets better supports so I have a reason to play him again

[@TheCynder12]

This moment when Gepard was my first 5* star from the beginner banner and I got Yanqing just a few weeks later. His signature weapon also dropped pretty fast, so it was like a fate, perfect conditions to make him great. Even though it was almost a year since the release of the game, I still use him in my mono cryo team (him + Gepard + Pela/March/Silver Wolf) and he is more than capable efficiently clearing the content even though his build still needs some improvement. It makes me sad seeing him so low in the tier list because he is one of my favourite characters, who is bullied hard both in the game and in the community. I will stick with him probably forever, in the same way I did with my Keqing in Genshin who also was my first 5* characters. Still love them both even though they are not meta characters

[@dannyrehben4861]

I didnt play genshin since 3.5 or so, but wasnt keqing one of the top dps with the introduction of Dendro? Though i also loved playing her before that point, so i understand the feeling. There is a reason people always recommend pulling for your favorite character first, as that way you will have the most fun usually

[@ButtersGettingHard]

​@dannyrehben4861 people played physical keqing until dendro dropped, then she was like A tier. She got power crept by Cyno but I still prefer Keqing for quicken/aggravate teams (keqing, Nahida, Zhongli, C6 Lisa is a team I had a lot of fun farming domains with)

[@hwangseungmin6413]

Been here since Day 1. Yanqing was my third 5-star, right after Gepard and Welt. I honestly still use him to this day. Helps that I got Gepard before him! Haha

[@imaduddinfitri5998]

yanqing’s only problem is that preservation units are scarce as of now. he’s not the only one bound by the rule of depending on a specific unit. blade prefers abundance units over preservation as he can get more stacks for his talent and build up his hp lost for ult faster that way. yes he can use fu xuan but its not very ideal. when preservation becomes more accesable and shielding becomes a common team achetype in star rail thats when i can see yanqing pop off. i cant wait to pull for adventurine so that my yanqing can finally fight in moc again.

[@isaac-p6126]

Thats really not his ONLY problem. He just lacks damage for a hypercarry. Jingliu does everything better then him, yes single target damage too, at least thats my test result.

[@imaduddinfitri5998]

im aware jingliu does more damage and im aware yanqing would need more cycles to clear moc all im saying is that i cant wait to actually play him more comfortably after adventurine drops(even if he’s serviceable at best). i guess saying he would “pop off” is a bit overkill but hey i love him what can u say.

[@LouisCader]

As an early Yanqing and Gepard haver, the problem after having both of these characters for Yanqing lies in his absurd Ultimate cost and Stat deficiency and overflow. you need only 20% max crit rate for Yanqing to hit 100 with his ult, the problem is in his downtime,

[@Arteksoff]

Yanqing might need jing yuan/kafka treatment: release a relic set that synergizes with him. Maybe something that gives a character dmg boost if they don't get hit/lose hp ?

[@ayngrand3212]

As was already said in the video, there's nothing stopping you from just using that on a better character. Other chars have something going for them. Jing Yuan has high multipliers that scale very well with outside buffs. Kafka was individually a strong character but had to carry a bunch of 4*s until now. Yanqing is still underwhelming, even in ideal scenarios.

[@nekoluxuria7721]

Fire trail Lazer DPS?

[@7111mohamed]

I was not expecting that Yu-Gi-Oh reference with the Blue Eyes comparisons. Though a technicality, Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon saw more competitive play that all other Blue Eyes fusions (even the retains) because of several factors that arent because of the card itself, but the circumstances of the format of the time. Which might be the case for Yanqing in the future (copium).

[@elio610]

I have been playing Genshin impact since the first month and I have AT LEAST 20 five star characters… but somehow I’ve never gotten a qiqi in my life. She’s the only five star that eludes me to this day

[@Hsusie]

Me, but Keqing. Who was the only standard 5* I actually wanted

[@XTRAJOSS98]

​​@imventithebardI can atest to that, I got diluc late... After I already good five stars dps... When I really want him at early days and the game give me mona twice...and a Qiqi before I got him... also most of F* star I won 50-50 and earlier pity.. I pulled on whim without preparing for them. While character I really want and prefarmed.. Avoiding me... And making me lose ... Or appear at late pity XD

[@bkteer]

With the advent of aventurine which is able to not only start the battle with shields applied, but also provide a consistent source of shields, I feel Yanqing just might have found an actual band-Aid that would allow him to perform.

[@uyeah1234]

Will be an amazing duo, especially since Yanqing has follow up attacks. Which stacks adventurines passive. Sp might a problem though as Yangqing is very skill point hungry and adventurine needs to skill for his shield. Wheras Gepard can be entirely sp positive while sheilding.

[@Flamelance_Accendo]

I love the Diamond Ice Starforce Music. Very fitting..

[@epicskrub730]

Wasn't expecting this many people to know mmsf ♥️

[@insectcollection]

yanqing was so good early game because he was a good dps with a semi-decent build, i dont use him anymore but i might once aventurine comes out 😓

[@badguy3602]

As i heard, March's shield also increase enemy agro on shielded character

[@Houndfluff]

x3 aggro, iroinically leaves him with less aggro than most units anyways since he halves his own mid buff

[@UTU]

He was my first 5star character on my first account and I loved him dearly But once I switched to a more lucky account I never looked back Just pulled him from standard a few days ago, if I build him it will be purely for nostalgia later on

[@RufyPK]

When I started playing I found Welt in the welcome Banner I said "Who's this stupid guy with the cane I want the one skating on swords" I didn't know how lucky I was

[@onixhastaser1297]

Yanqing was good at moc for the first month of honkai starail as players only had level 60 characters at the time, so the chance to freeze was highly valued.

[@alishegamer8490]

People had already said this, but Yanqing being underwelming actually makes him an amazingly designed character. In the story he fought 4 remaining members of high cloud quintet and loses every fight, but has a promicing future, but as of now he's strong, but unexperienced. I think there will be units in the future that will bring out his power/potential as a unit, and/or a new limited version of him years from now.

[@rittai__]

He actually haven't exeprienced such loss before that, he's extremely talented but unexperienced and only a child I love my boy, I hope it will like you say :c

[@twigz3214]

I don't think it's possible to make a unit that buffs him that doesn't buff someone else better unless the character can literally only buff Ice hunt type characters and their buffs don't work on anyone else. I could see him getting an alt, but I think that would kinda suck since he's already a 5 star and should have just not been as bad to begin with.

[@meowtchaa]

I love Yanqing and have been trying to get him since the game started. Can't wait until I do so I can use him regardless of what people say!!

[@emred4653]

his buffs both requiring to not be hit but also having turn limits is so terrible

[@mechchococh.4313]

Basically: Lore Yanqing is stronger than 99% of the universe, but he keeps rushing into that 1%

[@NoOne-rx7uz]

He needs freeze to become relevant outside SU. Even then, there are going to be better options until we get content specifically catered to Hunt. Would love to see a support put into the game that can apply Dissociation outside SU.

[@windminion]

This. What he really needs and wants is perma-freeze. That's probably his real intended use. He even has a passive That deals extra DMG to frozen enemies and his E1 is also dealing extra DMG to frozen enemies. If he get a Nihility unit that freezes and lowers freeze resistance, then Yanqing might yet shine someday.

[@Immortal306]

You mentioned Diluc as a character who fell. I would say he recently got a resurgence himself thanks to Xianyun enabling him to play plunge again. As for Yanqing, I think you weren't harsh enough; I have him at E2 or 3 (can't remember if I have him at E3, or just rolled 3 copies) while I also have Gepard, and see absolutely no reason to use him. Really wish I had gotten Clara or Himeko instead (or Bronya, ended up using guaranteed at 300 on her).

[@amjedamjed9967]

Solution: Aventurine. And fire mc taunt 🗿

[@Sinclaire-]

I was part of the small crowd of people who got Yanqing as their first5* and he was really good for what he was back then. Sure after I got Seele and he got benched, but for the brief time he was my main dps through the first 3/4's of belobog he did a great job. I hope to see him get a resurgence soon

[@nekoluxuria7721]

I think my biggest highlight with yanqing was someone showing off his single targey damage and then me asking the conditions and immediately doing the very same with with an underbuilt seele.

[@jmoak14]

yanqing has objectively higher single target damage to seele tho. she demolishes him in terms of flexibility and ability to clear adds

[@juice6479]

so what you’re saying is that choosing gepard as my free five star (as a yanqing enjoyer) was actually a big brain move

[@LeftyPencil]

Even if the party wipes, and Geppie is still alive and hasn't triggered his passive revive, just auto. He'll win.... Careful some bosses go berserk if you take a long time and one shot you, but that doesn't happen in Echo of War

[@scarfbit7354]

"deluc got power crept." yeah until we got Xianyun who gives him xiao jumps to maximize his high plunge attack damage.

[@noneofjobussines]

Trailblazer : “whose stronger? Him or you?” yanking : “if blade and dan heng worked together and used his dragon form that he hasnt used since the high cloud quintet era, he might cause me some trouble Trailblazer:“but would you lose?” Yanking :”🗣️nah id win🔥”

[@Argenta_Rosa]

I was on board until you made the genshin connection. I find that genshin's combat homogenizes gameplay to a large extent. If 2 characters fill the same niche in genshin, there is almost no reason to play one over the other. You may say that characters have different playstyles, but in practice, almost all characters of the same niche play similarly. Every pyro dps other than lyney plays the same, same with most electro dps, sae with cryo dps. The only differences between the characters in genshin are minute. On the other hand, the restrictive turn based nature of Star Rail's combat makes each character stand out more. Almost every sustain character plays differently and has different reasons to be played (except Natasha). Every dps has unique mechanics that insentivise playing one over the other. To be honest, the only reason people don't play yanqing is because of jingliu, but that's only because jingliu is overtuned as a dps. It often feels like whenever you talk about Star Rail, you are just complaining about it being a turn based game and not acknowledging the benefits that turn based games have over action games.

[@Argenta_Rosa]

​@imventithebard I do get those points, however vars specifically compares hsr to genshin in terms of character value. In star rail, I truly believe that every character is valuable and every character has something that makes them unique. The difference between each character and how each of them has a niche is something that literally cannot be done properly in genshin. In genshin most dps units are practically identical while in hsr, each dps has a ton of gameplay differences. While genshin dps characters try to be different, they don't feel different. Even yanqing, who does have a ton of flaws, does have something that makes him valuable. He is one of the easiest dps characters to build. As long as your able to keep him protected, he literally fixes his own crit stats in his base kit. Of course that niche isn't useful in the late game, but it is an advantage he has and ensures that he will remain unique amongst dps characters in hsr, which cannot be said of most genshin dps characters

[@boltdragon31]

Imagine while you're training, everyone constantly praises you and tells you how amazing you are, people older than you look up to you like a saint, and people see you as a complete prodigy in your craft. then some trash loving wierdo with a baseball bat comes along, invites his friends, his enemies, and several other unrelated people all come by and proceed to slap you into the dirt like you're worthless. Like, the poor kid wasn't even all that arrogant or self-centered. he just got his ass handed to him, taken away, and handed back to him again multiple times. I hope he gets an Imbibitor Lunae style glow up. he deserves one.

[@aidilaniq101]

apperently aventurine is the best pair yanqing

[@viviblue7277]

I think you were a tad harsh. Some of his numbers have advantages over the limited 5 stars, and his eidolons are actually slightly above the curve even including featured 5 stars. I think you actually undersold both how SP hungry he is and his peaks. Running him in the incredibly hard to assemble hyperdrag comp with Gepard (Yanqing, Sparkle, Bronya, and Gepard) he can achieve heights only contested by E2 Imbibitor Lunae hyperdrag. Of course his version of hyperdrag wants you to invest in truly ridiculous speed stats for his supports making his use tricky. You are right in saying his comps are way too premium requiring 3 specific standard banner 5 stars is madness.

[@TheJasperMage]

yanqing was my first 5* so I have him fairly well invested, and he is an early game god. His also really good in SU rememberence runs.

[@FallenPhoenix-ml5mn]

I mean march alone is better for remembrence runs than he is and she is a free 4 star.

[@TheJasperMage]

@@FallenPhoenix-ml5mn I honestly have a much better time running him and Pela.

[@FallenPhoenix-ml5mn]

@@TheJasperMage Pela is good but Yanqing doesn't come close. Assuming you have a EHR March built she can freeze and entire group 100% garunteed and keep them frozen the entire fight. Especially with her much better brealing thanks to her AOE and counters. Yangqings single target focuse makes him the worst ice unit for remembrence runs, even herta does better. In terms of pure freezing ability its. 1) march 2) Jing Liu 3) Herta 4) Pela 5) misha 6) Gepard 7) Yanqing.

[@TheJasperMage]

@@FallenPhoenix-ml5mn I am aware of what march does. and I have played her rememberence a few times. but i have a fully invested Yanqing and he never fails clearing with rememberence. And on my alt account I use the same technique and it also works every time.

[@TheJasperMage]

@@FallenPhoenix-ml5mn i've also been testing Micha instead of Yanqing.... and Yanqing still performs better. IDK why.

[@highcreep3347]

Adventurine to the rescue

[@danielw.2456]

Personally, if they gave Yanqing these changes i'm about to lay out, he'd actually be viable. 1. When Yanqing enters Soulsync, he gains a small sheild scaling off of crit damage. The sheild can not re-set unless Yanqing is knocked out of Soulsync state, so re-using skill to maintain Soulsync will not refresh the sheild, but this sheild lasts forever as long as Yanqing maintains Soulsync. The sheild would also be pretty weak scaling wise. Like 100% crit would make a sheild that blocks 10% of damage for Yanqing. 2. When Yanqing is in Soulsync he has a new permanent buff called Unseen that lasts as long as he is in Soulsync state. Basically, it works like the opposite of Taunt in that Yanqing becomes literally untargetable for enemies. Meaning the ONLY way for enemies to hit Yanqing is with side blast damage or with a full party aoe attack. (Even bounce attacks will never hit Yanqing when Unseen is online). Which is why Yanqing has that tiny sheild, to help mitigate any damage stray damage that slips by uneseen. 3. Yanqing gets a significant damage boost based on the size of the sheild on him. Making him have amazing synergy with sheilders. 4. Yanqing's follow-up will trigger on another target if the primary target it would have triggered on dies. (Basically just giving him the quality of life that Dr. Ratio has). That is all. With these changes, Yanqing would be awesome.

[@rinisannoyed3991]

at first glance seeing the multiple paragraphs I was like... mihoyo would never... but these are honestly such simple changes 😭😭 I dont think giving him a self generating shield would work tho due to the disparity between paths, but giving him a buff based on the amt of shield he was would be plenty imo since he already needs to be played w a shielder.

[@danielw.2456]

@@rinisannoyed3991 Yeah, i could see how there could be issues with him self generating sheilds. That's why i made it so weak. The idea is that it will help him with getting nicked by a side blast hit or even help stop a simple DoT from just de-activating his Soulsync.

[@rinisannoyed3991]

@@danielw.2456 Yeahhh I see the vision fs, maybe instead he could generate a "shield" which just prevents one attack from landing instead

[@danielw.2456]

@@rinisannoyed3991 Sure, that could work too. That probably makes more sense from a certain perspective. But i could also see how overpowered that could be via intentionally not using skill with Yanqing to de-activate Soulsync & then re-activating it right before the boss does an aoe party attack to nullify the damage for Yanqing. & the the logistics of how this one hit damage blocker interacts with normal sheilds (aka, those applied by allies) is also important to consider as the same logic applies if this damage blocker also stops normal sheilds from taking damage then the user can just not use Soulsync after the damage nullifying sheild is popped, get it back the next turn via using skill, & then have a meaty sheild while also being able to just say no to one instance of damage. Add the Unseen passive i added to this mix & Yanqing effectively can just cheat the game in a way that is not healthy imo. With Soulsync activation generating a small sheild not only does it synegizes with his updated kit i brainstormed better (as he gets damage boosts from sheilds), but it's also easier to balance as if it's too strong you can just make the scaling smaller. & if it's used when Yanqing already has a sheild on him from a teammate it's just gonna add a little baby sheild on top of the main sheild so it's nothing too crazy in that sense. This "tiny sheild" idea is moreso just to give him some solo prescence so if he is fighting without a sheilder he isn't crippled bc of it. Like how Kafka can still function fine on her own without a DoT team.

[@rinisannoyed3991]

@@danielw.2456 this implies that there would be a situation where you can just choose not to activate it. in order to "not activate" his passive, you have to basic attack. thats an insane loss of dps, so there would be no incentive to not activate even with a buff upon activation. youd have to waste an entire turn for a slight buff. wouldnt be an issue

[@AlexFromElsik]

I remember my little boy Yanqing, on the release of HSr I pulled him on my first 10 pull. I instantly fell in love with him and he has been my main ever since. I have stopped playing hsr for 7 months and then came back and have had so much fun playing him after I came back. Unfortunately, all things do come to an end, and I've recently been completly smitten with Jingliu's gameplay, and decided I am going to become her main on her next rerun. It will be the first time I'm switching my main in any of the gacha games I've played, and while I will become a main of a different ice character, Yaqing will always have a special place in my heart as my first hsr main

[@Kalx-Kobalt]

I got yanqing in the first 2 days that I had played hsr. He has been my boy ever since then. While I have yet to reach the end of xhanzou or even start penacony story he is one my favorite units that i have ever gotten so far. Personally imo HSR's standard units are > newer units in design/personality while in genshin, standard units are < newer units in design/personality but that doesn't mean they're bad designs, every character in genshin and hsr have awesome and unique designs/personalties

[@Oujiii]

Aventurine is just around the corner. His unique kit of providing shield to his teammates with a follow-up attack that can proc faster if your team also deals/takes damage faster will be Yanqing's indirect major buff. When I used him during the story quest, I really enjoyed his gameplay and his unlimited shields. Definitely a must pull for all Yanqing mains out there. Although a downside to Aventurine's kit is he lacks team sustain unlike Fu Xuan, but who needs sustain if the shield never runs out right?

[@inky5748]

I just lost my 50/50 to him😭

[@eugenschmassmann1429]

I got yanqing early on when I started playing the game when jingyuan was the featured banner. I wasn't really pulling on any limited banners back then because I really wanted gepard, got yanqing earlier than gepard and he did carry me through the early game but now he really does get overshadowed by the other units especially being a hunt character where most content lately has bosses having summons or where we need to clear mobs of enemies in a short amount of time. I do hope he gets to shine in the future but I highly doubt it since he is the punching bag now xD

[@monochromematrix464]

5:37 Hi, just wanted to say I'm a day one player without a Qiqi, I got the other 4 though, oh and Tighnari.

[@BeefyWaffles]

Day 1 player with at least C3 in everyone💀 the power of losing 50/50

[@kr555wizard]

Day 1 player with no diluc, but C4 mona, who is benched.

[@indiomie]

eyyy my kin! i have just about every standard character too and a c6 keqing but for the life of me, I haven't gotten a single Qiqi. and i need her to complete my "Little Minis" team!

[@twigz3214]

I've been playing since 1.2 and have no Jean but have C3/C4 of the others that were standard since 1.0 and C2 Tighnari.

[@cryophoenix6114]

Started in 2.5 and got c0 qiqi, c2 keqing, c0 mona, c0 dehya, and c3 Diluc 💀. 3 of those Dilucs were on standard basically back to back along with 2 wgs copies. Only lost the 50/50 to Diluc once

[@NaTive219]

After playing adventurine in the main story, I think it’s safe to say that adventurine is a must have for yanqing mains because he can maintain his shields more quickly than Gepard with his skill rather than having to wait for his ultimate, plus his follow up attack does damage to all enemies so it’s like he’s like a sub dps for aoe dmg

[@Himitsuni]

Now there is Aventurine isnt him now manageable ?

[@gageoutkast4030]

Was gonna comment this I think he might be decent now?

[@gageoutkast4030]

Only if you have aventurine however lol

[@-kyori-8913]

5:30 "There hasn't been enough time for players to aquire all standard 5 stars" *Me with every single one of them (and E2 in some) except for Yanqing after 7 months of playing but no Qiqi after 3 years of Genshin*

[@HeavyMetalJesus02]

Aventurine is going to be a game changer for Yanqing. Couple him with Sparkle, and tingyun, and that would make a pretty solid team.

[@donew1thita11]

That’s the team I was thinking after losing the 50/50 to him

[@doublem3585]

Or in alternative, we can pull on Jingliu, considering she in the same banner of aventurine

[@HeavyMetalJesus02]

@doublem3585 if you're lucky, or willing to whale that's a good strategy. If you already have Yanqing and have a good chance at Aventurine that's what I would choose to do, but I already have Jingliu, and am rolling on Aventurine, and sans Sparkle as well.

[@doublem3585]

@@HeavyMetalJesus02 yeah, i have yanquing and i have the guaranteed for the next 5 stars, so i will consider it

[@animeweeblet207]

Damn I used to and still do use my well built Yanqing. He is my only reliable ice damage dealer so far (I have a E3 misha but haven’t built him yet). Plus Yanqing was my first 5 star

[@dashfire109gaming5]

So I got yanxing when I failed 50/50 on jingliu. Immediately put money and got her after. I have not once looked at him since

[@dinocharlie1]

another thing about Seele powercreeping him, she's one of the best two elements for weakness break because (unless it changed this region) every regular enemy is weak to 2 regular elements and then either quantum or imaginary, so a 50/50 shot on every enemy

[@demi-yeethus5440]

Stand proud Yanqing, you are strong.

[@YuaHaruna]

As a newbie player he is my main and idc if he is a punching bag! i always cheer for the underdogs >

[@NforRoNin]

There's no way this dude made this video cz he lost 50/50

[@leonardocarvalho7306]

That's the Yanqing experience for ya

[@airtempest8945]

Funny thing about the Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon comparison is that even Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon has a niche for being the best target to summon off of decks that use Unrivaled Fists of the Tenyi (Since it has the most Atk of all the non-effect extra deck monsters, which Unrivaled Fists summons on its floating effect).

[@nata4344]

Inb4 Aventurine comes out and YanKing becomes top tier.

[@serikazero128]

His dmg numbers are low and he is single target. He is comparable or slightly better than selee. But you know that we have now ratio which does a lot of single target dmg and ice boy can't compete with that even with permanent uptime on his passive. Since perma passive was competing with Seele

[@twigz3214]

I mean even when his passive has permanent uptime his damage is worse than Ratio's and Ratio has better synergy with Adventurine. Ratio was also given out for free so everyone has him.

[@yourlocalyanfei]

I think the one thing that could’ve save Yanqing was if he had some kind of invisibility ability in his Eidolons or traces. Maybe after using his skill and/or killing an enemy he becomes “invisibile” to enemy attacks, allowing him to not be attacked and targeted by them. Whether this would apply to AoE and Blast attacks depends on how broken he would be if he could dodge those too with this hypothetical invisibility.

[@cnardeynekli7621]

Another great video to learn about why a great character isn't played

[@NielsGx]

great in what sense ? gameplay ?? lol no story ? well xianzhou luofu storyline is garbage..

[@iri0022]

@@NielsGx he means the video is great way to explain why he's not being used not yanqing being great

[@NavidSharifipour]

Nobody: Me: opens yt and sees this video Also me: closes app to yanqing wallpaper

[@alpaga4820]

What's funny is that Jingliu doing everything Yanqing does but beter is really lore-accurate 😂

[@cito9491]

I still remember the days with early MoC clears in 1.0 were getting dominated by Seele and Yanqing. Don't worry my brother, you live on in memory as YanKING the 1.0 "other side" destroyer, and maybe with the development of his character/story, we may see his alt form come out and dominate. o7