Yanqing is 5 star character with Ice element in Honkai Star Rail. He’s pretty good single target damage dealer, and with recent 1.3 update he’s been talked around the community again.
Not related to his gameplay though, but related to his appearance in the story. He keep challenging hero of Xianzhou Luofu left and right, starting from Jingliu in the previous patch, then try to take on both Blade and awakened Dan Heng (Imbibitor Lunae).
Of course he’s failed and since then so many memes about him popping up in the community. If we have Tartaglia as clown in Genshin Impact with him being tricked in Liyue story, now we have Yanqing as clown in Honkai Star Rail.
Best Light Cones
Yanqing is DPS character who require usual dps stats like ATK, CRIT Rate, and CRIT DMG. So when it comes to light cones, your choice will be light cones with offensive stats as listed below:
- In the Night: Increases the wearer’s CRIT Rate by 18/21/24/27/30%. While the wearer is in battle, for every 10 SPD that exceeds 100, the DMG of the wearer’s Basic ATK and Skill is increased by 6/7/8/9/10% and the CRIT DMG of their Ultimate is increased by 12/14/16/18/20%. This effect can stack up to 6 time(s).
- Sleep Like the Dead: Increases the wearer’s CRIT DMG by 30/35/40/45/50%. When the wearer’s Basic ATK or Skill does not result in a CRIT Hit, increases their CRIT Rate by 36/42/48/54/60% for 1 turn(s). This effect can only trigger once every 3 turn(s).
- Swordplay: For each time the wearer hits the same target, DMG dealt increases by 8/10/12/14/16%, stacking up to 5 time(s). This effect will be dispelled when the wearer changes targets.
- Cruising in the Stellar Sea: Increases the wearer’s CRIT rate by 8/10/12/14/16%, and increases their CRIT rate against enemies with HP less than or equal to 50% by an extra 8/10/12/14/16%. When the wearer defeats an enemy, their ATK is increased by 20/25/30/35/40% for 2 turn(s).
- River Flows in Spring: After entering battle, increases the wearer’s SPD by 8/9/10/11/12% and DMG by 12/15/18/21/24%. When the wearer takes DMG, this effect will disappear. This effect will resume after the end of the wearer’s next turn.
- Only Silence Remains: Increases ATK of its wearer by 16/20/24/28/32%. If there are 2 or fewer enemies on the field, increases wearer’s CRIT Rate by 12/15/18/21/24%.
Relic and Planar Ornament
Yanqing is ice element user, so your first pick for relic will be 4 Hunter of Glacial Forest from Cavern of Corrosion: Path of Gelid Wind in Herta Space Station Storage Zone.
| 4 Hunter of Glacial Forest | (2) Increases Ice DMG by 10%. (4) After the wearer unleashes their Ultimate, their CRIT DMG increases by 25% for 2 turn(s). |
As alternative, you can mix 2 Glacial Forest with 2 Musketeer of Wild Wheat. Pick whichever have better stats.
| 2 Hunter of Glacial Forest + 2 Musketeer of Wild Wheat | (2) Increases Ice DMG by 10%. (2) ATK increases by 12% |
For planar ornament, you can either go for Space Sealing Station from Herta Simulated Universe World 3:
| Space Sealing Station | (2) Increases the wearer’s ATK by 12%. When the wearer’s SPD reaches 120 or higher, the wearer’s ATK increases by an extra 12%. |
or Inert Salsotto from Herta Simulated Universe World 6:
| Inert Salsotto | (2) Increases the wearer’s CRIT Rate by 8%. When the wearer’s current CRIT Rate reaches 50% or higher, the wearer’s Ultimate and follow-up attack DMG increases by 15%. |
With following stats and substats:
| Body | Feet | Planar Sphere | Link Rope |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRIT DMG | ATK% | Ice DMG | ATK% |
| Substats |
|---|
| Crit DMG > CRIT Rate > ATK% > Speed |
Team for Yanqing?
You can run Yanqing as usual hypercarry team with Bronya and Tingyun as buffer. Then you can put tank or healer in the last slot, I will use Bailu here in the last slot.
Hypercarry team with Tingyun and Bronya as buffer, healer/tank in last slot.
Best team if you have Silver Wolf in your account is running team with 3 ice element member.
Mono Ice team with SW as debuffer
