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This is a guide to the five-star Electro character Xiangli Yao, who wields a Gauntlet. Xiangli Yao’s Basic Attack, Probe, executes up to five consecutive strikes, dealing Electro damage. His Heavy Attack conducts a more powerful charged attack that consumes stamina, dealing Electro damage. His Mid-air Attack: From mid-air, perform a plunging attack, using stamina, to deal Electro damage. Dodge Counter: Following a successful dodge, use a Basic Attack to strike the target, inflicting Electro damage. Resonance Skill: Deduction: Targets and attacks an enemy, delivering Electro damage. Resonance Liberation - Cogitation Model: Attack the target with Electro damage and enter the state of intuition. In this state: Gain 3 hypercubes. Each casting of the resonance skill Law of Reigns consumes one hypercube. Intuition ends when all hypercubes are used. Basic Attack and Heavy Attack are transformed into Basic Attack Pivot—Impale, allowing up to three consecutive strikes that deal Electro damage. Resonance Skill Deduction is replaced with Resonance Skill Divergence, which also deals Electro damage. Dodge Counter is modified to Dodge Counter Unfathomed, which is counted as Resonance Liberation damage. Forte Circuit: Forever Seeking is a complex ability system centered around capacity and performance capacity, crucial for activating specific resonance skills. Resonance Skill: Decipher: Replaces Resonance Skill Deduction when capacity reaches 100. Consumes 100 capacity to cast, dealing electro damage counted as resonance liberation damage. Resonance Skill—Law of Reigns: Replaces Resonance Skill Divergence when in intuition (triggered by Resonance Liberation) and performance capacity reaches 5. Consumes 5 performance capacity to cast, dealing electro damage considered as resonance liberation damage. Mid-air Attack - Revamp: Can be performed shortly after casting Resonance Skill Decipher or Resonance Skill Divergence. Uses Basic Attack to execute at the cost of stamina, dealing Electro damage counted as Resonance Liberation damage. Capacity: Xiangli Yao can hold a maximum of 100 capacity. Gained through hits from Normal Attack Probe and every hit from Resonance Skill Deduction. Performance Capacity: Xiangli Yao can hold up to 5 Performance Capacity. Gained through hits from various stages of Basic Attack Pivot - Impale, hits from Resonance Skill Divergence, Mid-air Attack Revamp, and Dodge Counter Unfathomed. Intro Skill: Principle: Launches an attack on the target, delivering Electro damage. Outro Skill: Chain Rule: Xiangli Yao summons a laser beam targeting the first enemy hit by the incoming Resonator's Basic Attack. The laser deals area Electro damage based on Xiangli Yao's attack power. This effect persists for a duration and can be activated multiple times at intervals, with a limit on the number of activations.
Xiangli Yao’s best weapon is obviously his signature weapon, Verity's Handle. Its effect grants Xiangli Yao an attribute damage bonus. When using Resonance Liberation, Xiangli Yao receives an additional Damage Bonus for Resonance Liberation for a set duration. This effect's duration can be extended multiple times by casting resonance skills. A five-star Gauntlet alternative to Xiangli Yao’s signature weapon is the Abyss Surges, which can be obtained from the Standard Weapon Convene. Abyss surges increase energy regeneration. When hitting a target with a Resonance Skill, it boosts the Basic Attack Damage Bonus for a set duration. Conversely, when hitting a target with Basic Attacks, it increases the Resonance Skill Damage Bonus for a set duration. A Pioneer Podcast four-star Gauntlet that can be used by Xiangli Yao is the Stonard. Its effect is that when the Resonance Skill is used, it increases Xiangli Yao's Resonance Liberation Damage Bonus for a certain duration. A free-to-play three-star gauntlet option is the Gauntlets of Night. Its effect is that when the Intro Skill is used, it boosts the user's attack power for a set period of time.
The best echo set for Xiangli Yao is Void Thunder. Its 2-Piece Set Effect increases Electro Damage. While its 5-Piece Set Effect states that upon using a Heavy Attack or Resonance Skill, furthis increases Electro Damage. This effect can stack up to a certain number of times, with each stack lasting for a set duration. Using a five-piece set of Void Thunder, the lead echo will be the Tempest Mephis. The tail swings summon lightning strikes that deal Electro damage, and the claw attack inflicts additional Electro damage. After the claw hit, the current character's Electro damage and Heavy Attack damage are increased for a set period of time. An alternative lead echo is the Thundering Mephis: Transform into Thundering Mephis to execute a rapid series of attacks consisting of multiple strikes. The initial strikes deal Electro damage, and the final strike inflicts additional Electro damage along with extra thunder damage. After the final hit, the current character's electro damage and resonance liberation damage are increased for a set duration. You could also use a two-piece combination of Lingering Tunes and Void Thunder. Lingering Tunes’ 2-piece effect is to increase attack. The lead echo in this case would be the Flautist: Transform into Flautist to continuously emit electro lasers that deal electro damage multiple times. Each successful hit grants 1 concerto energy. If you have a better five-piece set of Lingering Tunes, you can use that set. Its 5-Piece Set Effect is that while the character is on the field, their attack power increases incrementally over time, stacking up to a certain limit. Additionally, the damage of the Outro Skill is significantly boosted. The lead echo for a 5-set of Lingering Tunes is Mech Abomination: Strike enemies in front, dealing Electro damage. Summon Mech Waste to attack enemies. Mech Waste deals Electro damage on hit and explodes after a short time to deal additional Electro damage. After casting this Echo Skill, the current character's attack is increased for a set duration. Damage dealt by Mech Waste is considered Outro Skill Damage.
The best echo stats for Xiangli Yao are 4 cost of critical rate percent or critical damage, 3 cost of attack percent or electro damage, 3 cost of attack percent or electro damage, 1 cost of attack percent, and 1 cost of attack percent. An alternative echo main stats distribution is a 4 cost of critical rate percent, a 4 cost of critical damage percent, a 1 cost of attack percent, a 1 cost of attack percent, and a 1 cost of attack percent.
Xiangli Yao’s substat priority is first critical rate percent or critical damage percent, then attack percent, then attack, and lastly, liberation damage percent.
Xiangli Yao’s recommended endgame stats at level 90 are fifteen thousand H.P., two thousand one hundred attack, one thousand two hundred defense, fifty percent electro damage percent, seventy percent critical rate percent, one hundred forty percent critical damage percent, and twenty-five percent energy regeneration.
Xiangli Yao’s ability leveling priority is his Resonance Liberation, then his Forte Circuit, then his Resonance Skill, then his intro skill, and lastly his Basic Attack.
Xiangli Yao’s best team is himself, Yinlin, and Verina. An alternate team is Xiangli Yao, Changli, and Verina. A free-to-play friendly team is Xiangli Yao, Sanhua, and Baizhi.
The general combo for Xiangli Yao is using his echo, then intro skill, then using his ultimate, then his forte, then his ultimate again, then his forte again, then ultimate, forte, and lastly his outro skill.
I will go over a breakdown of Xiangli Yao’s resonance chain and my recommended stopping point. Sequence Node 1, Prodigy of Protégés, states that when the Resonance Skill Law of Reigns is activated, it additionally launches several Convolution Matrices at enemies. Each convolution matrix deals resonance liberation damage calculated as a fraction of the skill's damage multiplier. Sequence Node 2, Traces of Predecessors, states that casting the Resonance Skill or Resonance Liberation Cogitation Model increases Xiangli Yao's critical damage for a certain period of time. Sequence Node 3, Ruins of Ancient, states that casting Resonance Liberation Cogitation Model enhances the damage of specific Resonance Skill moves—Decipher, Deduction, Divergence, and Law of Reigns—for a certain duration. This effect can be triggered multiple times. Sequence Node 4, Vessel of Rebirth, says that casting Resonance Liberation Cogitation Model provides a damage boost to all team members' Resonance Liberation abilities for a set duration. Sequence Node 5, End of Stars, says that the damage multipliers for the Outro Skill Chain Rule and the Resonance Liberation Cogitation Model are significantly increased, enhancing their overall damage output. Sequence Node 6, Solace of the Ordinary, says that the hypercubes from the Resonance Liberation Cogitation Model are enhanced, significantly increasing the damage multiplier of the Resonance Skill Law of Reigns. Unfortunately for Xiangli Yao pullers, his best sequence nodes are his last ones. So I would recommend pulling for his signature weapon, Verity's Handle instead. Sequence Node 5 is a huge buff to his outro skill damage and resonance liberation. Sequence Node 6 is a huge increase to his overall damage. Therefore, free-to-play players should just stick to Sequence Node 0 Xiangli Yao, who is given for free during the Converging Paths event. Xiangli Yao has a very low pull value because you can get him for free, and his best sequence nodes are his fifth and sixth. However, being free means that everyone can build and use him.