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Top Genshin Impact Characters to Play with Yelan

Yelan is a Hydro Sub- or Main-DPS character. She was released in May 2022 in a banner called Discerner of Enigmas. Yelan is one of the best sub-DPS characters in Genshin Impact. But if you want to know what other characters work with Yelan read the list of the top Genshin Impact Characters to play with Yelan below.

Also, you can check more information about Yelan in the guides that we have already written about him via the links below.

Yelan Build and Best Team Comp

How to Build Yelan Team?

Further, we feature two groups of characters that are the best matches for Yelan. Pay attention that what you see below is not Yelan Genshin Impact team! It is just a list of characters that you can pair her with due to some bonuses or elemental reactions. To see the full build with the best Genshin Impact Yelan teams click on the link above in blue boxes.

Below you can see the best premium 5-star options for Yelan and 4-star matches. After that, we give a short explanation of why these characters are good to play with Yelan.

5 Star Characters

Hu Tao – Yelan is one of the best characters to buff Hu Tao’s damage in Vaporize comp, making her ever stronger.
Yoimiya – same as Hu Tao, her damage is amplified by Vaporization, making her a great Main DPS option.
Raiden Shogun – with the Hydro unit in a team, this comp can deal a large amount of damage in multi-target fights.
Kaedehara Kazuha – CC and Swirl, allowing you to group enemies, spread elemental reactions and increase damage against them.
Zhongli – is one of the best supports in the game. He provides strong shields and resistances shred for the whole team.

4 Star Characters

Xingqiu – great Sub-DPS with healing and damage reduction, and off-field damage with Hydro attachment for Vaporize reaction.
Fischl – great off-field Electro damage and energy particle generator.
Xiangling – great damage from Elemental Burst and continuous Pyro attachment for triggering Vaporize reaction.
Bennett – a very universal unit, providing damage buffs and healing.
Diona – good shields and healing. It will also activate Cryo resonance for Freeze teams.

To sum up, Yelan is a great main or sub DPS with strong Hydro damage that can be boosted by any other reaction or boost vaporize reactions due to an off-field hydro applicator.