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Jing Yuan

EruditionLightning5★
The Divine Foresight

“A truly masterful chess player has no brilliant moves. People clamor excitedly over displays of extreme cunning, forgetting to worry about the overall dangers of the situation.”

Species
Xianzhou Native
Path story
The Hunt
World
Xianzhou Alliance
Signature Light Cone
Before Dawn
Debut Banner
Swirl of Heavenly Spear
Release Date
2023-05-17
Version
1.0

Faction

  • The Xianzhou Luofu
  • Xianzhou Alliance
  • Cloud Knights
  • Arbiter-Generals
  • Six Charioteers
  • High-Cloud Quintet

Relatives

  • Unnamed parents
EN Alejandro Saab
CN Sun Ye (孙晔)
JP Ono Daisuke (小野大輔)
KR Ryu Seung-gon (류승곤)
  • The Dozing General

Stats Base

Lv. 80
  • HP Base
  • ATK Base
  • DEF Base
  • SPD
  • Taunt

Ascension Materials

20304050607080
Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Excellent AoE damage combined with decent single-target damage
  • Very versatile, usable in every mode
  • Very good at breaking because each of the Lightning-Lord's hits counts as a separate damage instance
  • Indirectly buffed by HoYo every other patch through new Relics or new characters (such as Sunday)

Cons

  • If Jing Yuan is hit by crowd control, the Lightning-Lord loses its turn, which is a massive damage loss
  • Without Sunday his performance drops sharply, and no other amplifier currently replaces him

Best Jing Yuan Build Guide

Main DPS Build - Lightning DMG

Stat Targets

  • CRIT Rate 70% or higher
  • CRIT DMG 140% or higher (out of combat)
  • ATK 2500 or higher
  • SPD 135 or Base SPD

This build maximizes every source of damage Jing Yuan has. The Wondrous BananAmusement Park raises his follow-up attack DMG and amplifies the CRIT DMG he gains.

Recommended stats for Jing Yuan

Jing Yuan wants the basic DPS stats: ATK, CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG. As always, a 1:2 ratio between CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG is optimal. For ATK, 2500 or more out of combat is already enough.

Jing Yuan at 135 SPD

The 135 SPD breakpoint is great for Jing Yuan because he gets 2 turns in the first cycle. Higher SPD is stronger, but prioritize landing exactly on the speed breakpoints.

If you run turn advancing characters like Sunday, Sparkle or Bronya, make sure their SPD is exactly 1 point below Jing Yuan so they can advance him as early as possible.

Jing Yuan at base SPD

Jing Yuan can also play at base SPD if you run a Sunday centered team.
In that case, use Sparkle or Bronya with at least 160 SPD to pull Jing Yuan to the front of the turn order.

That said, we do not recommend pairing him with Sunday this way, because it is nearly impossible to build enough stacks for the Lightning-Lord if Sunday keeps advancing its summon speed.

Jing Yuan Skill, Trace and Eidolon Upgrade Priority

Skill Priority

chém tách thần hình Prana Extirpated thân ta toả sáng Lightbringer mây tím chiếu rọi Rifting Zenith khoảnh khắc ngắn ngủi Glistening Light

Trace Priority

chiếu tướng War Marshal phá trận Battalia Crush vấn vương Savant Providence

Eidolon Priority

lôi kích phá núi Slash, Seas Split mở thiên trận Swing, Skies Squashed uy linh phá địch thù Sweep, Souls Slain

Jing Yuan Skills

Basic ATK

Glistening Light

[Single Target]
Energy Generated20
Toughness Break Single Target: 10

Jing Yuan deals Lightning DMG equal to 140% of his ATK to one designated enemy.

Lv. 10

Upgrade Materials

Lv. 1 to Lv. 10

Rifting Zenith

[AoE]
Energy Generated30
Toughness Break Single Target: 20 / Blast: 10

Deals Lightning DMG equal to 125% of Jing Yuan’s ATK to all enemies and increases Lightning-Lord’s Hits Per Action by 2 for the next turn.

Lv. 15

Upgrade Materials

Lv. 1 to Lv. 15

Lightbringer

[AoE]
Energy Generated5
Toughness Break Single Target: 30 / Blast: 15

Deals Lightning DMG equal to 240% of Jing Yuan’s ATK to all enemies and increases Lightning-Lord’s Hits Per Action by 3 for the next turn.

Lv. 15

Upgrade Materials

Lv. 1 to Lv. 15

Prana Extirpated

[Bounce]
Energy Generated5

Summons “Lightning-Lord” at the start of the battle. “Lightning-Lord” has 60 base SPD and 3 base Hits Per Action. When the Lightning-Lord takes action, its hits are considered as Follow-Up ATKs, with each hit dealing Lightning DMG equal to 83% of Jing Yuan’s ATK to a random single enemy, and enemies adjacent to it also receive Lightning DMG equal to 25% of the DMG dealt to the primary target enemy.
The Lightning-Lord’s Hits Per Action can reach a max of 10. Every time “Lightning-Lord’s” Hits Per Action increases by 1, its SPD increases by 10. After the “Lightning-Lord’s” action ends, its SPD and Hits Per Action return to their base values.
When Jing Yuan is knocked down, the “Lightning-Lord” will disappear.
When Jing Yuan is affected by Crowd Control debuff, the “Lightning-Lord” is unable to take action.

Lv. 15

Upgrade Materials

Lv. 1 to Lv. 15

Spiritus Invocation

Energy Generated20

After the Technique is used, the Lightning-Lord’s Hits Per Action in the first turn increases by 3 at the start of the next battle.

Jing Yuan Traces

Total Trace Bonuses
  • ATK% +28%
  • CRIT Rate +12%
  • DEF% +12.5%

Jing Yuan Eidolons

Slash, Seas Split
Eidolon 1

When Lightning-Lord attacks, the DMG multiplier on enemies adjacent to the target enemy increases by an extra amount equal to 25% of the DMG multiplier against the primary target enemy.

Swing, Skies Squashed
Eidolon 2

After Lightning-Lord takes action, DMG dealt by Jing Yuan’s Basic ATK, Skill, and Ultimate increases by 20%, lasting for 2 turn(s).

Strike, Suns Subdued
Eidolon 3

Ultimate Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 10.

Spin, Stars Sieged
Eidolon 4

For each hit performed by the Lightning-Lord when it takes action, Jing Yuan regenerates 2 Energy.

Stride, Spoils Seized
Eidolon 5

Skill Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
Talent Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.

Sweep, Souls Slain
Eidolon 6

Each hit performed by the Lightning-Lord when it takes action will make the target enemy Vulnerable.
While Vulnerable, enemies receive 12% more DMG until the end of the Lightning-Lord’s current turn, stacking up to 3 time(s).