Why Xinyan is Genshin's Most Neglected Character (Gameplay & Character Design Analysis)



In this video, I investigate Xinyan, who is a character that is given pretty much no spotlight within Genshin Impact. I look into reasons why the player base may not be interested in using Xinyan, but also why she deserves more appreciation.

Intro: 0:00
miHoYo’s Neglect: 0:27
Gameplay Turn-offs: 2:20
Physical Damage: 4:16
Xinyan’s Upsides: 5:12
Visual Design: 6:35
Personality/Lore: 7:09
Solution & The Future: 7:51
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27 thoughts on “Why Xinyan is Genshin's Most Neglected Character (Gameplay & Character Design Analysis)”

  1. Imma be straight, she's just not a strong enough character. I personally care about strength. If you like Xinyan because of her personality and other non-gameplay related reasons then I sure do respect that and you're free to do whatever you want. I personally raised her and tried many builds but I just don't see a point honestly (gameplay wise).

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  2. The problem I’m having with Xinyan right now is trying to find out where she could fit on my team. At first I hated Xinyan when she first came out because she kept coming home when all I wanted was Razor (didn’t get him; fuck). But after a while my hatred died down and I came to love her. But when I was looking at teams I couldn’t exactly put her anywhere because someone already took that spot… I’m not exactly interested in Spiral Abuse so I can make my team however I want. But another problem comes up; I’m a low spender and I’m already working on quite a few characters. So unfortunately I’ve been neglecting my poor Xinyan. Maybe when I’m a whale I’ll put more focus on her…

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  3. Every character can deal good damage if they're built correctly, it's because materials are scarce in genshin that ppl don't know of her true potential. Her ult has a 100% crit rate physical damage hit so if you build critical dmg and physical dmg % you can do massive amounts of damage and this is why I prefer her as a physical dmg character over razor because his ult feels kinda lacking since it's electro dmg and you can't really build both elec and phys.

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  4. Well i need to tell something.
    For y'all who wants to maximize Eula dmg, you better pull her and get her to C4. You dont know what i mean? Ok…
    -Superconduct will reduce enemy phy.resist by 50%
    -xinyan C4, when her elemental skill hit enemy, that enemy phy.resist will be reduce by 15% for 12 seconds which mean you have plenty of time to slap enemy with Eula(or whatever phy. Dmg dealer) + her E cd is only 18 seconds and you can just wait for 6 second until her E to come back
    =50%+15%=65%
    Which is good, so pull her

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  5. what i dont like with xinyan:
    shes a pyro and people like that because of vaporize, but shes a physical dealer
    her shield has this intermittent aoe pyro application which kinda fucks up superconduct
    among the other shielders her shield is very weak which kinda sucks because her shield also provides phyiscal buff
    im sorry but i really hate her eng voice

    what i like:
    her burst,
    its fucking awesome
    its guaranteed crit so you can stack crit dmg if shes a sub

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  6. Xinyan has been on my team ever since I got her, she was one of the first characters I got(I started playing around the launch of 1.3 only). She's carried me through Dragonspine and she's my main in one of my abyss teams. Aside from that I absolutely love her design and story. It's sad that she's so neglected and abandoned :c

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