Yoimiya Guide Genshin Impact : Build, Weapons and Artifacts

Yoimiya is a 5-star Pyro archer. The heroine is played as the main DPS, but can also boost your team at the end of her chain. She is a fast character and especially effective in single-target. We've compiled our tips and tricks in this complete guide to Yoimiya from Genshin Impact to help you give her the best build. You'll know which artifacts and weapons to equip, how to play her and in which teams.

How to get Yoimiya in Genshin Impact ?

Being a 5-star character, you can only unlock Yoimiya in Genshin Impact when she is featured in a Character Event Wish.

Yoimiya's banner

Yoimiya was released on August 10, 2021. It has not yet been given a rerun, but this should happen in future updates of the RPG.

Yoimiya Constellations

You can perfectly play Yoimiya without worrying about her constellations, she will already do great damage. But if you still want to improve the character, a little advice, try to get her C1 Agate Ryuukin. The Aurous Blaze summoned by Yoimiya's elemental rampage lasts 4 seconds longer. As a bonus, if an affected enemy is defeated, Yoimiya's ATK is increased by 20% for 20 seconds.

His C2 A Procession of Bonfires, meanwhile, grants a 25% Pyro damage bonus for 6 seconds when Yoimiya's Pyro damage triggers a critical hit.

How to play Yoimiya in Genshin Impact ?

Yoimiya is mainly intended to be played as a main DPS. Although she fights with a bow, her gameplay is quite simple. You don't need to aim to hit and can easily hit flying or distant enemies. You'll do more damage by focusing on her normal attacks rather than her charged attacks.

But before attacking with Yoimiya, always cast his elemental skill Niwabi Fire-Dance. This infuses the Pyro element into his arrows for 10 seconds. You will then generate more damage with normal attacks in addition to applying the Pyro element.

While the skill is active, thanks to the Tricks of the Trouble-Maker passive, Yoimiya's normal attacks increase his Pyro damage bonus by 2%. The effect lasts for 3 seconds and can be accumulated up to 10 times.

Once the Pyro enchantment is complete, cast Yoimiya's elemental rampage: Ryuukin Saxifrage. The fighter fires a firework that causes area Pyro damage. It marks an enemy with a Aurous Blaze for 10 seconds. From then on, all the attacks and skills of your team members (except Yoimiya) generate an explosion when they hit a marked enemy. If the enemy is defeated before the end of the effect, the mark is transferred for the remaining time.

The passive Summer Night's Dawn then increases the ATK of your entire team (except Yoimiya) by 10% for 15 seconds. Each accumulated Tricks of the Trouble-Maker increases the ATK bonus by 1%.

For optimal rotation, start by casting Yoimiya's elemental attack, chain normal attacks together, then cast the elemental rampage. Then switch to another character to take advantage of the bonus, perform elemental reactions, etc.

What is the best equipment for Yoimiya?

The bulk of Yoimiya's DPS is based on his normal attacks and Pyro damage. For an optimal build, boost his ATK, his damage and critical strike rate as well as his Pyro damage. Also boost his normal attacks with the effects of his equipment. We've listed the best artifacts and weapons to equip on Yoimiya in this guide at Genshin Impact.

The best artefacts for Yoimiya

The 4-piece Shimenawa's Reminiscence set is one of the best artifact choices for Yoimiya. With 4 pieces of equipment, you increase his ATK by 18%. And with 4, when you cast an elemental skill, if Yoimiya has at least 15 energy points, they are sacrificed. His normal, charged and plunging attack damage is boosted by 50% for 10 seconds.

While Yoimiya will do more damage, she will also take longer to cast her elemental rampage. For a more flexible build, the trick is to use 2 pieces of Shimenawa's Reminiscence or another set that increases ATK and 2 pieces of equipment from the Crimson Witch of Flames set to get a 15% Pyro damage bonus.

The 4-piece set Echoes of an Offering is also available. It increases the ATK by 18% and when a normal attack hits an enemy, it has a 36% chance to have its damage boosted to 70% of the ATK. If the effect does not trigger, it has an additional 20% chance each time.

As these equipment sets are equivalent in terms of DPS, prefer those with the best stats:

Main statistics:

• Hourglass: ATK%;
• Cut: Pyro damage bonus;
• Crown: critical rate or critical damage.

Secondary statistics:

• ATK% ;
• ATK;
• Critical rate ;
• Critical damage ;
• Elemental Mastery;
• Energy recharge.

The best weapons for Yoimiya

On the weapons side, you have several options:

• Thundering Pulse (5★): this is the best weapon to equip on Yoimiya in Genshin Impact. It gives him a lot of attack and critical damage, while improving the damage of normal attacks ;
• Amos' Bow (5★): The bow increases its ATK damage from normal and charged attacks by 12%. After casting a normal or charged attack, damage is increased by 8% every 0.1 seconds (up to 5 times) ;

• Rust (4★): The bow increases the ATK and damage of Yoimiya's normal attacks by 40%, but the damage of targeted shots will be lowered by 10%. Once refined to level 5, the weapon is one of the best choices for Yoimiya. You will almost never use his charged attacks anyway;
• The Viridescent Hunt (4★): the battle pass bow increases critical rate. Normal attacks have a 50% chance to generate a cyclone attracting enemies ;
• Hamayumi (4★): you can make it at the blacksmith's. It increases the ATK. Its passive boosts the damage of normal attacks by 16% and 12% for charged attacks. When the elemental energy reaches 100%, the effect increases by 100%.

Yoimiya's ascension materials

To raise Yoimiya to level 90 in Genshin Impact (which will increase his critical rate), collect the following resources:

• 1 Sliver, 8 Fragments, 8 Chunks and 6 Gemstones of Agnidus Agate as well as 46 Smoldering Pearls to be looted from thePyro Hypostasis;
• 18 Divining Scrolls, 30 Sealed Scrolls and 36 Forbidden Curse Scrolls to be collected from Shamans Hilichurl;
• 168 Naku Weed: you will find them on the islands of Inazuma. Locate them directly with the interactive map of Teyvat.

Which team should Yoimiya play in?

Yoimiya is played as the main DPS. To boost his DPS, several characters are recommended:

• Amplify the damage of Yoimiya's normal attacks: Yun Jin (Geo) or Ayato (Hydro), which will perform Vaporize reactions;
• Protect Yoimiya with a shield : Zhongli or Diona ;
• Healing and boosting the archer: BennettHe will activate the Pyro Resonance as a bonus;
• Performing elementary reactions : Raiden or Fischl in order to do Overloaded, Xingqiu for Vaporize and Ganyu for Melting ;
• Gather enemies: an anemo character such as Kazuha, Venti or Sucrose.

We recommend the following teams:

• Zhongli or Xingqiu / Yun Jin / Bennett / Yoimiya ;
• Ayato / Yun Jin / Zhongli or Bennett / Yoimiya ;
• Raiden or Fischl / Kazuha / Bennett / Yoimiya ;
• Ganyu / Kazuha, Venti or Sucrose / Diona / Yoimiya

How old and how tall is Yoimiya in Genshin Impact ?

Yoimiya is said to be 16 years old and approximately 1.58m tall. A fireworks enthusiast, she is known as the Queen of the Summer Festival.

That's it for this guide to Yoimiya from Genshin Impact. In summary, we can say that she is a really fun character to play. She can do a lot of damage in the abyss, especially in single-target. By following our tips and tricks, you'll have a good build that will definitely make sparks fly. However, she will have more difficulty handling a large number of enemies.