Genshin Impact – Iansan build and materials guide

Bulk up and steel your body with the best Genshin Impact Iansan build. The renowned fitness coach from Natlan is a 4-Star character who deals Electro DMG and wields a polearm, but she’s taking on more of a supporting role in any case, staying true to her occupation.

Iansan’s Elemental Skill, Thunderbolt Rush, makes her charge forward, dealing Electro DMG to enemies in her path and regenerating Nightsoul Points, and enter the Nightsoul’s Blessing state. Using a Normal Attack within five seconds of this enables Iansan to make an enhanced Charged Attack without stamina cost.

During Nightsoul’s Blessing, Iansan can execute Charged Attacks dealing Electro DMG in their area of effect, has increased movement speed, and can enter Rushing Thunderbolt mode when sprinting. This provides another boost to movement speed and allows Iansan to leap over terrain or move over liquid surfaces.

Her Elemental Burst, The Three Principles of Power, deals Electro DMG in an area of effect and restores Nightsoul Points, putting her into the Nightsoul’s Blessing state. She also pulls out her Kinetic Energy Scale, which follows around the active character and boosts their ATK depending on Iansan’s Nightsoul Points:

• If Iansan has less than 42 Nightsoul Points, the ATK buff is based on her Nightsoul Points and her ATK.
• If Iansan has at least 42 Nightsoul Points, the ATK buff is bolstered and based on her ATK alone.

While the Kinetic Energy Scale is active, the distance your active character moves is recorded, restoring Nightsoul Points to Iansan accordingly.

It’s worth noting that Iansan’s Passive Skills allow her to heal party members based on her ATK when they use a Nightsoul Burst and that her enhanced Charged Attack provides her with a buff (called Precise Movement) to ATK as well as a bonus to Nightsoul Points regeneration, so it’s a vital part of her kit.

Iansan’s Constellations, which can be unlocked by pulling duplicates of her, have the following effects:

Best Iansan weapons – Genshin Impact

Iansan’s most crucial stat is ATK, since this maximizes her usefulness for the team. Calamity Queller is therefore her best option, as it promises the highest possible ATK gains via effects and sub stats. Vortex Vanquisher is another option, but only when a shielder is present on the team to allow Iansan to make full use of its effects.

Best weapons for Iansan in Genshin Impact:

• Calamity Queller (5-Star)
• Engulfing Lightning (5-Star)
• Skyward Spine (5-Star)
• Tamayuratei no Ohanashi (4-Star)
• Missive Windspear (4-Star)
• Favonius Lance (4-Star)

Best Iansan artifacts – Genshin Impact

Aside from the all-important ATK, Iansan requires a healthy amount of Energy Recharge, as you might already have been able to guess from some of her weapon options. Energy is vital to have her Elemental Burst up and running as often as possible, maximizing her support effect. You can fill any empty slots with Elemental Mastery to enhance reaction damage as well as CRIT DMG or CRIT Rate to squeeze a little more damage out of Iansan’s Charged Attacks.

Best Artifact Sets for Iansan in Genshin Impact:

• Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City (4) – +6 Elemental Energy for the wearer when a party member activates a Nightsoul Burst; +12% Elemental DMG for all party members for 15 seconds when the wearer triggers an elemental reaction; increases by an additional 28% if the wearer is currently in the Nightsoul’s Blessing state, lasting 20 seconds.
• Noblesse Oblige (4) – +20% Elemental Burst DMG, +20% ATK for all party members for 12 seconds when the wearer activates an Elemental Burst.

Best stats for Iansan in Genshin Impact:

• Flower: HP (main stat), ATK %, Energy Recharge, ATK, Elemental Mastery
• Plume: ATK (main stat), ATK %, Energy Recharge, Elemental Mastery, CRIT DMG or CRIT Rate
• Sands: Energy Recharge (main stat), ATK %, ATK, Elemental Mastery, CRIT DMG or CRIT Rate
• Goblet: ATK % (main stat), Energy Recharge, ATK, Elemental Mastery, CRIT DMG or CRIT Rate
• Circlet: ATK % (main stat), Energy Recharge, ATK, Elemental Mastery, CRIT DMG or CRIT Rate

Best Iansan teams – Genshin Impact

Iansan provides useful boosts to any character requiring ATK, though she naturally shines the most in Natlan-based team compositions due to the Nightsoul synergy.

• Varesa (Main DPS), Furina (Sub DPS), Xianyun (Support), Iansan (Support)

Varesa is the headliner of this team with Xianyun being her most crucial Support, as she’s able to substantially increase the Plunging Attack DMG dealt by the Main DPS. She contributes some Swirl reactions as well, allowing her to reduce the Elemental RES of enemies. Furina provides off-field Hydro application and enhances the entire team’s damage output through her Elemental Burst. Iansan comes in clutch with immense ATK buffs and shares the burden of healing the team with Xianyun. You’ll want to have Iansan take action right before Varesa in your rotation, ensuring that the Main DPS can take advantage of all the buffs provided by the Support.

Iansan ascension materials – Genshin Impact

You’ll want to quickly raise Iansan’s level when you pull her, which means that you’ll need to farm her ascension materials. You’ll also require some material to upgrade her talents.

Here’s what you need to get Iansan to level 90:

• Vajrada Amethyst Sliver x1
• Vajrada Amethyst Fragment x9
• Vajrada Amethyst Chunk x9
• Vajrada Amethyst Gemstone x6
• Sentry’s Wooden Whistle x18
• Warrior’s Metal Whistle x30
• Saurian-Crownded Warrior’s Golden Whistle x36
• Dracolite x168
• Ensnaring Gaze x46
• Mora x2,092,530

Farming Vajrada Amethyst is pretty straightforward, as you can get it from any Electro-affiliated boss. The Tenebrous Papilla in Natlan does drop these gems in addition to the Ensnaring Gaze you need, making it a high-priority target for farming. Whistles are dropped by the warriors wandering all around Natlan, so they’ll be easy to come by. Dracolite can be found in Natlan’s volcanic Atocpan area. Mora can easily be farmed in Golden Ley Line Blossoms.

Here’s what you need to upgrade all of Iansan’s talents to their maximum level:

• Sentry’s Wooden Whistle x18
• Warrior’s Metal Whistle x66
• Saurian-Crownded Warrior’s Golden Whistle x93
• Teachings of Contention x9
• Guide to Contention x63
• Philosophies of Contention x114
• Denial and Judgment x18
• Crown of Insight x3
• Mora x4,957,500

For the materials already mentioned, please check above. Books of Contention are available from the Blazing Ruins domain in Natlan on Monday, Thursday, and Sunday. Denial and Judgment is a boss material from fighting The Knave. Crowns of Insight are available through time-limited events as well as regional reward tracks such as Inazuma’s Thunder Sakura, Sumeru’s Tree of Dreams, Fontaine’s Fountain of Lucine, and Natlan’s Tablet of Tona.