Xiangli Yao
Main DPS
Source: Prydwen.gg (updated Patch 3.2, profile updated June 2026)
Build
Echo
Echo
Nightmare: Thundering Mephis | Void Thunder (5pc) [BiS]
- 4-cost main stat: CRIT DMG > CRIT Rate
- 3-cost: Electro DMG × 1 + ATK% or Electro DMG × 1
- 1-cost: ATK% × 2
Weapons
Weapons
- BiS: Moongazer's Sigil (R1) — Iuno's sig; CRIT Rate + ATK + Liberation DMG Bonus + Liberation DEF Ignore (100%)
- #2 (own sig): Verity's Handle (R1) — ATK + CRIT Rate 24.3% + DMG Bonus (98.7%)
- #3: Blazing Justice (R1) — ATK + CRIT DMG + DEF Ignore (92.0%)
- #4–#6: Solsworn Ciphers / Tragicomedy / Pulsation Bracer (R1) — all ~89.4%, stat-sticks
- Permanent: Abyss Surges (R1) — ATK + ER (82.7%)
- F2P 4-star (Battle Pass): Aether Strike (R5) — ATK + CRIT DMG + Liberation DMG (81.4%)
- F2P no-gacha: Legend of Drunken Hero (R5) — pure ATK (69.0%, replace ASAP)
Stats
Stats (Level 90, S0)
- ATK: 1800–2300+
- ER: 120%+ (Lynae + Shorekeeper team)
- CRIT Rate: 60–80%+
- CRIT DMG: 215–280%+
- Electro DMG Bonus: 40–70%+
Forte
Forte priority
Res. Liberation > Forte Circuit > Intro Skill > Res. Skill > Basic Attack
- Intro, Skill, and Basic can be kept low to save resources at negligible damage loss
Substats
Substats
Energy Regen (until satisfied) > CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG > ATK% > Liberation DMG% > ATK
Teams
Teams
- Best Hypercarry: Xiangli Yao + Lynae + Yinlin + Mornye (only best with Lynae) / Shorekeeper / Verina
- Expert Quickswap: Xiangli Yao + Changli + Shorekeeper / Verina (very difficult, not for casuals)
- Budget: Xiangli Yao + Jianxin + Shorekeeper / Verina (Energy issues possible)
- Budget Expert: Xiangli Yao + Yangyang + Shorekeeper / Verina (benefits from swap-cancels)
Rotation
Rotation
1. Intro → Skill: Deduction (instantly cancel with Ultimate) → Ultimate (Cogitation Model) → Skill: Divergence → Mid-Air Attack: Revamp → Forte: Law of Reigns → Basic: Pivot-Impale P1 → P2 → P3 → Forte: Law of Reigns → Skill: Divergence → Mid-Air Attack: Revamp → Forte: Law of Reigns → Outro 2. Goal: consume all 3 Hypercube charges via 3x Law of Reigns as quickly as possible 3. Echo: swap-cancel after final Law of Reigns (most convenient window)
Sequence priority
Sequences
- S1: Law of Reigns launches 6 extra Convolution Matrices (8% each) — High value
- S2: Skill/Liberation use grants +30% CRIT DMG for 8s — Very high value
- S3: Liberation increases Skill DMG (Decipher/Deduction/Divergence/Law of Reigns) by 63% for 24s — Very high value
- S4: Liberation grants +25% Liberation DMG Bonus for all team for 30s — Very high value (team-wide)
- S5: +222% Outro multiplier + +100% Liberation multiplier — Very high value
- S6: +76% Law of Reigns DMG multiplier with enhanced Hypercubes — Extremely high value
Notes
Notes
- Forgiving 24s Ultimate window with interruption resistance during Intuition state.
- Press Resonance Skill at least once before Ultimate to trigger Void Thunder 5pc set bonus.
- Two Deduction uses pre-Ultimate maximizes Void Thunder stacks to ×2 (optimal setup).
- Ultimate timestop is slightly longer than normal — exploitable in quickswap for extra attack windows.
- Was obtainable for free at patch 1.2 release.
Skill
Normal Attack
Description
Basic Attack
Perform up to 5 consecutive attacks, dealing Electro DMG.
Heavy Attack
Perform a charged attack at the cost of STA, dealing Electro DMG.
Mid-air Attack
Perform a Plunging Attack from mid-air at the cost of STA, dealing Electro DMG.
Dodge Counter
Use Basic Attack after a successful Dodge to attack the target, dealing Electro DMG.
Resonance Skill
Description
Attack the target, dealing Electro DMG.
Resonance Liberation
Description
Attack the target, dealing Electro DMG. Enter Intuition. When in Intuition: -Obtain 3 Hypercube(s). Each time Resonance Skill Law of Reigns is cast, consume 1 Hypercube(s). Intuition ends once all Hypercubes are consumed. -Basic Attack and Heavy Attack are replaced with Basic Attack Pivot - Impale, which performs up to 3 consecutive attacks, dealing Electro DMG. -Resonance Skill Deduction is replaced with Resonance Skill Divergence, which deals Electro DMG. -Dodge Counter is replaced with Dodge Counter Unfathomed, considered as Resonance Liberation DMG.
Forte Circuit
Description
Resonance Skill - Decipher
When Capacity reaches 100, Resonance Skill Deduction is replaced by Resonance Skill Decipher. Consume 100 Capacity to cast Resonance Skill Decipher, dealing Electro DMG, considered as Resonance Liberation DMG.
Resonance Skill - Law of Reigns
When Performance Capacity reaches 5 in Intuition state, Resonance Skill Divergence is replaced by Resonance Skill Law of Reigns. Consume 5 Performance Capacity to cast Resonance Skill Law of Reigns, dealing Electro DMG, considered as Resonance Liberation DMG.
Mid-air Attack - Revamp
Shortly after casting Resonance Skill Decipher or Resonance Skill Divergence, use Basic Attack to perform Mid-air Attack Revamp at the cost of STA, dealing Electro DMG, considered as Resonance Liberation DMG.
Capacity
Xiangli Yao can hold up to 100 Capacity. Every Normal Attack Probe on hit grants Capacity. Every Resonance Skill Deduction on hit grants Capacity.
Performance Capacity
Xiangli Yao can hold up to 5 Performance Capacity. When in Intuition triggered by Resonance Liberation: Obtain 1 Performance Capacity when Stage 1 of Basic Attack Pivot - Impale hits a target. Obtain 2 Performance Capacity when Stage 2 or 3 of Basic Attack Pivot - Impale hits a target. Obtain 2 Performance Capacity for every Resonance Skill Divergence on hit. Obtain 3 Performance Capacity for every Mid-air Attack Revamp on hit. Obtain 2 Performance Capacity for every Dodge Counter Unfathomed on hit.
Intro Skill
Description
Attack the target, dealing Electro DMG.
Outro Skill
Description
Xiangli Yao will call down a laser beam upon the first target the incoming Resonator's Basic Attack hits, dealing Electro DMG equal to 237.63% of Xiangli Yao's ATK to an area. This effect lasts for 8s and can be triggered once every 2s, up to 3 times.
Inherent Skill
Description
Gain 5% Electro DMG Bonus after casting Resonance Skill for 8s, stackable for up to 4 times.
Description
When in Intuition triggered by Resonance Liberation, Xiangli Yao's resistance to interruption is enhanced.
Description
Has a chance to produce special dishes when cooking.
Tune Break
Description
When the target's Off-Tune Level is full, the Resonator may cast Tune Break on the target.
Motion value
Probe Normal Attack
| Damage type | Scaling | Kind | MV Lv 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic Attack | ATK | Damage | 33.11% |
| Basic Attack | ATK | Damage | 33.11% |
| Basic Attack | ATK | Damage | 99.61% |
| Basic Attack | ATK | Damage | 39.76% |
| Basic Attack | ATK | Damage | 39.76% |
| Basic Attack | ATK | Damage | 39.76% |
| Basic Attack | ATK | Damage | 53.05% |
| Basic Attack | ATK | Damage | 53.05% |
| Basic Attack | ATK | Damage | 26.53% |
| Basic Attack | ATK | Damage | 198.81% |
| Heavy Attack | ATK | Damage | 82.81% |
| Heavy Attack | ATK | Damage | 82.81% |
| Basic Attack | ATK | Damage | 123.27% |
| Basic Attack | ATK | Damage | 238.58% |
| Heavy Attack | ATK | Damage | 0% |
Deduction Resonance Skill
| Damage type | Scaling | Kind | MV Lv 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resonance Skill | ATK | Damage | 198.81% |
Cogitation Model Resonance Liberation
| Damage type | Scaling | Kind | MV Lv 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resonance Liberation | ATK | Damage | 1,466.06% |
| Basic Attack | ATK | Damage | 119.67% |
| Basic Attack | ATK | Damage | 60.92% |
| Basic Attack | ATK | Damage | 60.92% |
| Basic Attack | ATK | Damage | 60.92% |
| Basic Attack | ATK | Damage | 60.92% |
| Basic Attack | ATK | Damage | 133.25% |
| Basic Attack | ATK | Damage | 133.25% |
| Resonance Skill | ATK | Damage | 49.59% |
| Resonance Skill | ATK | Damage | 49.59% |
| Resonance Skill | ATK | Damage | 49.59% |
| Resonance Skill | ATK | Damage | 173.55% |
| Resonance Skill | ATK | Damage | 173.55% |
| Resonance Liberation | ATK | Damage | 38.83% |
| Resonance Liberation | ATK | Damage | 310.58% |
| Resonance Liberation | ATK | Damage | 2,932.11% |
Principle Intro Skill
| Damage type | Scaling | Kind | MV Lv 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intro Skill | ATK | Damage | 99.41% |
Forever Seeking Forte Circuit
| Damage type | Scaling | Kind | MV Lv 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resonance Liberation | ATK | Damage | 21.87% |
| Resonance Liberation | ATK | Damage | 21.87% |
| Resonance Liberation | ATK | Damage | 65.61% |
| Resonance Liberation | ATK | Damage | 397.82% |
| Resonance Liberation | ATK | Damage | 95.73% |
| Resonance Liberation | ATK | Damage | 255.28% |
| Resonance Liberation | ATK | Damage | 168.48% |
| Resonance Liberation | ATK | Damage | 449.28% |
| Resonance Liberation | ATK | Damage | 51.06% |
| Resonance Liberation | ATK | Damage | 89.86% |
Sequence
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S1,Prodigy of Protégés
Resonance Skill Law of Reigns additionally launches 6 Convolution Matrices at enemies, each dealing Resonance Liberation DMG equal to 8% of the skill's DMG Multiplier.
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S2,Traces of Predecessors
Casting Resonance Skill or Resonance Liberation Cogitation Model increases Crit. DMG by 30% for 8s.
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S3,Ruins of Ancient
Casting Resonance Liberation Cogitation Model increases the DMG of the following Resonance Skill moves by 63% for 24s: Decipher, Deduction, Divergence, and Law of Reigns. This effect can be triggered up to 5 times.
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S4,Vessel of Rebirth
Casting Resonance Liberation Cogitation Model grants a 25% DMG Bonus to all team members' Resonance Liberation for 30s.
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S5,End of Stars
The DMG Multiplier of Outro Skill Chain Rule is increased by 222%. The DMG Multiplier of Resonance Liberation Cogitation Model is increased by 100%.
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S6,Solace of the Ordinary
The Hypercubes obtained from Resonance Liberation Cogitation Model are enhanced, increasing the DMG Multiplier of Resonance Skill Law of Reigns by 76%.