5-Star
Physical
The Destruction
S+ Tier
Physical
The DestructionA counter-attack powerhouse from the Xianzhou Zhuming. Yunli retaliates every time an enemy strikes her, building energy rapidly and unleashing the devastating Intuit: Cull counter through her Ultimate's Parry stance. Her damage ceiling far exceeds her competition when enemies can be baited into attacking her consistently.
Yunli
Flamewheel Octet / Sword HunterBest Light Cone
Dance at Sunset
Best Relic Set
Wind-Soaring Valorous 4pc
Planar Set
Duran, Dynasty of Running Wolves
Key Mechanic
Parry Timing
Best Partner
Skills
Basic
Galespin Summersault
Deals Physical DMG equal to 100% of Yunli's ATK to a single target. Low priority in most fights since the Skill delivers the same damage pattern with added self-healing, but Basic ATK returns a Skill Point and is worth using when healing is not needed.
100%
of ATK
Skill
Bladeborne Quake
Restores HP equal to 30% of Yunli's ATK plus 200. Deals Physical DMG equal to 120% of Yunli's ATK to a single target enemy and 60% of ATK to adjacent targets. Mirrors the Talent counter damage, but this version deals full Toughness damage and provides useful self-sustain. Best used when Yunli needs healing or extra Energy rather than as a primary rotation tool.
120%
main target
Ultimate
Earthbind, Etherbreak
Consumes 120 Energy. Yunli gains Parry and Taunts all enemies, lasting until the end of the next ally's or enemy's turn. Increases the CRIT DMG of her next Counter by 100%. If an enemy attacks during Parry, launches Intuit: Cull: 220% ATK to target, 110% to adjacent, then 6 additional hits of 72% ATK to random enemies. If no attack lands during Parry, launches Intuit: Slash (same upfront damage, no extra hits) instead. All damage from this ability counts as Ultimate DMG.
220%
Cull ATK main
Talent
Flashforge
When Yunli is attacked by an enemy, she additionally regenerates 15 Energy and immediately launches a Counter on the attacker, dealing Physical DMG equal to 120% of ATK to the attacker and 60% to adjacent targets. If no target is available, Counters a random enemy. This energy regeneration (20 total per attack including the Counter itself) rapidly fuels back-to-back Ultimates without any Speed investment.
20
energy per hit
Technique
Posterior Precedence
Yunli gains the Ward effect for 20 seconds. Upon entering combat (by attacking or being attacked), immediately casts Intuit: Cull on a random enemy and increases the DMG dealt by this attack by 80%. Excellent way to open fights with massive burst before the enemy even takes a turn.
80%
DMG bonus
Build Targets
Relic Main Stats
Head
HP (fixed)
Hands
ATK (fixed)
Body
CRIT Rate
or CRIT DMG
Feet
ATK%
Speed not recommended
Planar Sphere
Physical DMG
or ATK%
Link Rope
ATK%
or Energy Regen
Stat Targets
Substat Priority
01
CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG
aim ~100%/100%
02
ATK%
scales all hits
03
Speed
low priority
04
Effect RES
prevents CC
Skill Upgrade Order
Ult
1st
Talent
2nd
Skill
3rd
Basic
Equal
Ultimate first as it is the main damage source and the gateway to Intuit: Cull. Talent second because Counters are the core of her kit. Skill and Basic ATK share roughly equal priority as they deal the same pattern of damage.
Best Light Cones
#1
Dance at Sunset
Her signature and by far the best option. Greatly increases the chance that enemies will attack Yunli, the single most important factor for consistent Counter damage, and provides 60% CRIT DMG plus up to 72% follow-up DMG bonus after using her Ultimate.
#2
The Unreachable Side
Solid alternative providing 30% CRIT Rate, 30% Max HP, and a near-permanent 40% DMG boost that activates when Yunli is attacked or consumes HP, both of which happen constantly in her gameplay loop.
#3
Brighter Than the Sun
Provides CRIT Rate, ATK%, and Energy Recharge. Requires Basic ATK usage to keep stacks active, but Yunli naturally uses Basic ATKs, and the Energy Recharge helps maintain Ultimate uptime.
#4
Something Irreplaceable
Strong 5-star option from Stellar Warp. Provides 40% ATK and up to 40% DMG increase after defeating an enemy or getting hit. The HP restoration also contributes to Yunli's self-sustain.
#5
On the Fall of an Aeon
Best free-to-play option available from Herta's Store. Stacks ATK% through attacks and provides a DMG bonus on Weakness Break. Requires some ramp-up time but reaches competitive performance at S5.
#6
Under the Blue Sky
Budget Destruction option that provides ATK% and conditional CRIT Rate after defeating enemies. Accessible from Stellar Warp and a fine placeholder at S5 until a better option is obtained.
Best Relics
Cavern Sets
1
The Wind-Soaring Valorous
Best-in-slot cavern set. The 4-piece bonus grants 6% CRIT Rate and, after each follow-up attack, boosts Ultimate DMG by 36% for 1 turn. Since Yunli's Talent Counter triggers constantly and her Ultimate is classified as both Ultimate and follow-up damage, this buff is nearly permanent, translating to close to a 36% permanent Ultimate DMG increase for her most powerful hits.
2
Poet of Mourning Collapse
Specialist set that reduces SPD by 8% but grants up to 32% CRIT Rate if SPD is under 95 before battle. Since Yunli does not invest in Speed and is often paired with action advancers like Robin or Sunday, the Speed penalty is largely irrelevant and the CRIT Rate reward is enormous.
3
The Ashblazing Grand Duke
Provides 20% follow-up DMG bonus from the 2-piece. The 4-piece stacks ATK% up to 48% through follow-up hits but is inconsistent due to how many hits each of Yunli's counters actually inflict. Reasonable alternative if Wind-Soaring pieces have poor substats.
4
⊕
2-Piece Mix (Flex)
Combine 2-piece bonuses from Champion of Streetwise Boxing (ATK%), The Wind-Soaring Valorous (ATK%), The Ashblazing Grand Duke (follow-up DMG%), or Musketeer of Wild Wheat (ATK%) based on whichever pieces have the best substats available.
Planar Ornament Sets
1
Duran, Dynasty of Running Wolves
Highest damage potential planar set. When allies use follow-up attacks, Yunli gains Merit stacks (up to 5), with each stack increasing follow-up DMG by 5%. At 5 stacks, additionally gains 25% CRIT DMG. Requires ramp-up time, but in teams with multiple follow-up attackers or a long fight, it pulls firmly ahead of Salsotto.
2
Inert Salsotto
Provides 8% CRIT Rate unconditionally and a 15% Ultimate and follow-up attack DMG increase when CRIT Rate reaches 50% or higher. Yunli clears that threshold easily, making this a consistent alternative when Duran stacks are hard to maintain.
Best Teams for Yunli
Yunli's damage entirely depends on enemies attacking her. Increased aggro from her Signature Light Cone is highly recommended; without it, pairing with characters like Lynx who can boost her taunt is advised. She does not want or need Speed investment, making her ideal for action-advance supports.
01 · Premium
Best-in-slot composition
Robin's flat ATK, CRIT DMG boosts, and team-wide action advance are all perfectly suited for Yunli. Tribbie amplifies damage to elites and bosses. Permansor Terrae shields the whole team while providing an ATK buff and is a top sustain choice for ATK-scaling teams. This is the current top-tier composition in Memory of Chaos data.
02 · Sunday Variant
Action advance and Energy
03 · Huohuo Sustain
Energy synergy with healing
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Huohuo's Ultimate restores 48 Energy to Yunli instead of the usual 24, because Huohuo calculates energy based on Yunli's total max energy (240), not the actual cost (120). This gives Yunli over a third of an Ultimate each time and ensures exceptional uptime. Huohuo's ATK buff and cleanse also enable cleaner Parry windows.
04 · Budget / F2P
Accessible characters only
Tingyun provides both ATK% bonus and direct Energy to Yunli through her Skill and Ultimate. Her Benediction also procs on Yunli's Counter and Ultimate for additional damage. Sparkle covers Skill Points. Gallagher handles healing and applies a Weakness-type-independent debuff to supplement. Fully viable for all endgame content.
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Eidolons
E
1
Weathered Blade Does Not Sully
Increases DMG dealt by Intuit: Slash and Intuit: Cull by +20%. Increases the number of additional DMG instances for Intuit: Cull by 3 (from 6 to 9 hits). Both bonuses apply to her highest-damage ability, making E1 a very strong pull value eidolon.
High Pull Value
E
2
First Luster Breaks Dawn
When dealing DMG via Counter, ignores 20% of the target's DEF. Combined with E1's raw DMG bonus, E1+E2 together represent a transformative power spike for Yunli, pushing her simulation benchmarks significantly higher at no change to her gameplay loop.
Excellent E2
E
3
Mastlength Twirls Mountweight
Ultimate level +2 (max 15) and Basic ATK level +1 (max 10). Directly increases the damage of Yunli's most important ability, Earthbind Etherbreak and its follow-up Intuit: Cull, making this a straightforward damage upgrade.
Solid Upgrade
E
4
Artisan's Ironsong
After launching Intuit: Slash or Intuit: Cull, increases this unit's Effect RES by 50% for 1 turn. Primarily a defensive eidolon, complementing Parry state's CC immunity by extending protection to non-Parry turns. Useful in content with heavy debuff enemies.
Defensive
E
5
Blade of Old Outlasts All
Skill level +2 (max 15) and Talent level +2 (max 15). Boosts both the Skill's healing/damage output and the Talent's Counter damage. Incremental improvement across two key parts of her kit, solid but not transformative on its own.
Incremental
E
6
Walk in Blade, Talk in Zither
While Parry is active, if any enemy uses their abilities (even if they don't directly attack Yunli), it will trigger Intuit: Cull and remove the Parry effect. When dealing DMG via Intuit: Slash or Intuit: Cull, increases CRIT Rate by 15% and Physical RES PEN by 20%. Eliminates the primary failure condition of mistimed Ultimates and dramatically boosts raw damage. Simulation data shows E6 representing roughly a 113% total damage increase from E0 in 1-target scenarios.
Massive Upgrade
Major Traces
Fiery Wheel
Ascension 2
After each use of Intuit: Slash, the next Intuit: Slash will be replaced by Intuit: Cull. This significantly mitigates the consequences of a mistimed Ultimate: even if Parry falls off without an enemy attacking, the following Slash becomes a Cull automatically, giving Yunli a safety net for advanced burst windows.
Demon Quell
Ascension 4
While in the Parry state, resists all Crowd Control debuffs received and reduces DMG received by 20%. Combined with Parry's taunt, Yunli becomes nearly impossible to CC or kill during the window when she needs to be hit the most. Virtually no enemy can prevent her from landing Intuit: Cull while this is active.
True Sunder
Ascension 6
When using a Counter, increases Yunli's ATK by 30% for 1 turn. Since Counters occur on both Talent triggers and Ultimate-enhanced attacks, this buff is frequently active across her rotation and stacks nicely with team-wide ATK buffs from supports like Robin and Tingyun.
+28%
ATK
+18%
HP
+6.7%
CRIT Rate
Upgrade Materials
Artifex's Module / Cogwheel / Gyreheart
Character Ascension
Borisin Teeth
Trace Material
IPC Work Permit
Trace Material
Regret of Infinite Ochema
Weekly Boss Drop
Frequently Asked Questions
Yunli does not need Dance at Sunset to clear all endgame content, but it is uniquely valuable because of its aggro modifier. Without her signature, enemies are not guaranteed to target Yunli, which dramatically hurts her Counter frequency and Energy generation. If you run Dance at Sunset, the aggro problem is largely solved. Without it, pair her with Lynx (whose Ultimate specifically boosts Yunli's taunt) or make sure you run content where enemies reliably target her. On the Fall of an Aeon at S5 is the best free alternative.
When you use Yunli's Ultimate, she enters Parry and taunts all enemies. Parry lasts until the end of the next unit's turn, meaning after ONE unit acts (ally or enemy), Parry ends. If an enemy attacks Yunli during that window, she launches Intuit: Cull, the devastating version of her counter with 6 additional hit instances. If no enemy attacks (for example if an ally acts next and no enemy follows), Parry expires and Yunli fires Intuit: Slash instead, same upfront damage but without the bonus hits. Timing your Ultimate just before an enemy's turn is the key skill in piloting her well.
No. Almost all of Yunli's damage and energy generation comes from Counter follow-up attacks, which trigger when enemies hit her, independent of her own Speed. Building Speed boots instead of ATK% boots is therefore a direct damage loss. Yunli is best paired with action-advance supports like Robin or Sunday who give her extra turns without Speed investment. She plays well at her base 94 Speed. Focus on CRIT and ATK instead.
Both are Physical counter-attackers who deal follow-up damage when hit. Yunli's damage ceiling is higher: her Intuit: Cull reaches up to 872% ATK across all enemies compared to Clara's ~640% ATK. However, Clara is significantly easier to play; she does not have the Parry failure condition. Clara's Enhanced Counter also applies to all allies, not just herself. In practice, Yunli outperforms Clara in most scenarios with good piloting, but Clara requires no mechanical skill to get consistent results. If you own both, Yunli is the stronger investment; Clara remains excellent and is not devalued by Yunli's existence.
Target approximately 100% CRIT Rate and 100% CRIT DMG as shown on the character screen. This seems CRIT DMG-light compared to other characters, but during combat, Yunli's Ultimate provides an additional 100% CRIT DMG to her next Counter, and her Ascension 6 trace gives 30% ATK on each Counter. In practice this ratio translates to roughly 100% CRIT Rate / 200% CRIT DMG during her big hits. Prioritizing CRIT Rate very heavily is correct because it ensures consistent crits on all of her damage, not just the Ultimate-enhanced Counters.
E1 and E2 are both excellent and strongly recommended if you intend to heavily invest in Yunli. E1 adds 20% DMG to her most powerful abilities and 3 extra Cull hits. E2 adds 20% DEF ignore on all Counter damage. Together they push her benchmark damage substantially. E6 essentially eliminates her main gameplay weakness (mistimed Parry) while adding 15% CRIT Rate and 20% Physical RES PEN during her biggest hits, representing roughly a 114% damage increase from E0 in single-target simulation. However, E6 costs 6 copies of a limited 5-star and is only worthwhile for players specifically aiming to maximise her individual ceiling.
