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[Blast]Deals Physical DMG equal to 126% of Yao Guang’s ATK to one designated enemy and Physical DMG equal to 42% of Yao Guang’s ATK to targets adjacent to it. The Energy regenerated from Basic ATK increases to 30.
“I am General Yao Guang, Seer Strategist aboard the Xianzhou Yuque. Like everyone else, you may simply call me Madam Yao. It’s true, I could have divined the finer details of this encounter, but where’s the fun in that? Being here in person has turned up some rather pleasant surprises.”
Yao Guang is the first character on the Elation Path, and her job is buffing the whole team. She raises your team's All-Type RES PEN, makes enemies take more DMG, and her Ultimate gives Aha 1 extra turn on the spot. The more Elation characters you field, the stronger she gets, which makes her a key piece for Elation teams going forward.
Well worth pulling if you plan to build more Elation characters like Silver Wolf LV.999, Sparxie or Evanescia. If you have no Elation characters yet, she still pairs well with DPS units that spend a lot of Skill Points, like Archer.
Build Yao Guang around SPD first, then CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG. More SPD means more Elation for her, and her Zone shares that Elation with the whole team.
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Boots must be SPD. Either CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG on the Body works, as long as you hit the targets below. Skip Physical DMG Boost on the Planar Sphere, because Elation DMG is not affected by regular DMG Boosts. The Link Rope is Energy Regeneration Rate because her Ultimate costs a full 180 Energy.
Stack SPD before anything else, as much as you can get. After that, add CRIT so her Elation Skill crits consistently.
Her Skill raises how much Elation the Zone shares with allies, and her Ultimate raises the All-Type RES PEN buff, so max both of these first. Her Talent boosts the Great Boon damage, and her Elation Skill boosts her damage during Aha's turn. Basic ATK goes last since it is mostly there to give back Skill Points.
Poised and Sated gives 60% CRIT DMG and recovers 1 Skill Point for the team every time she uses her Elation Skill. Amaze-In Grace turns her SPD into Elation once she reaches 120 SPD. Felicity Ensemble makes her Certified Banger last 1 more turn. All three matter, so unlock them all early.
E1 raises the fixed Punchline counted in the Aha extra turn from her Ultimate from 20 to 40, and lets the whole team's Elation DMG ignore 20% of enemy DEF. E2 gives the whole team 12% SPD while the Zone is up, plus extra Elation, which makes SPD breakpoints easier to reach. E4 is useful but not worth pulling for on its own. E6 gives the whole team's Elation DMG a 25% Merrymake boost, a very rare kind of DMG increase, and doubles her Elation Skill multiplier, which turns Yao Guang into a strong Sub-DPS.
Yao Guang is at her best next to other Elation characters, since her buffs raise Elation DMG. Silver Wolf LV.999 and Sparxie get a lot out of her buffs, and they get a free Elation Skill every time Yao Guang uses her Ultimate. Pearl is the best sustain here thanks to her buffs and effects tied to Elation, plus her action advance.
Any character who deals Elation DMG can take the main DPS slot, and Evanescia is a good example: she generates extra Punchline and triggers her own Elation Skill. The Trailblazer (Elation) is the free option for Elation teams, no pulling needed. Huohuo heals, cleanses debuffs and gives the whole team Energy.
Without Elation characters, Yao Guang is still a good support for DPS units that spend Skill Points. Archer fits best because he spends Skill Points to deal damage, and any attack that consumes Skill Points triggers Great Boon 1 extra time. Dan Heng • Permansor Terrae shields the team and raises allies' ATK.
Gets a lot out of her buffs and the Aha extra turn from her Ultimate. You control when Yao Guang uses her Ultimate, which helps Silver Wolf LV.999 keep her own Ultimate up more often.
Gets an extra Elation Skill every time Yao Guang uses her Ultimate, and takes full advantage of her Elation share, All-Type RES PEN and the extra DMG enemies take.
Generates extra Punchline and triggers her own Elation Skill, so Yao Guang's buffs pay off very well.
He deals Elation DMG. With Yao Guang on the team, his Elation team passive turns on, and he can play as the main DPS or as a Sub-DPS.
The best sustain for Elation teams, thanks to her buffs tied to Elation and her action advance.
The free option for Elation teams, able to fill the Sub-DPS or support slot.
The best non-Elation DPS for her because he spends a lot of Skill Points, while Yao Guang gives Skill Points back and triggers an extra Great Boon on attacks that consume them.
Adds All-Type RES PEN and extra damage, and can take the support slot in both Elation and non-Elation teams.
Heals, cleanses debuffs and gives the whole team Energy.
Aha has its own turn on the action order. On Aha's turn, every Elation character on the team uses their Elation Skill one after another, without spending any resources. The amount of Punchline the team has built up (it is shared) decides how hard this turn hits. After that, the Punchline is passed on to each character and they enter the Certified Banger state. Elation DMG ignores regular DMG Boosts and scales with the Elation stat instead, which is why Yao Guang's Elation buff is so valuable.
Her Skill deploys a Zone that lasts 3 turns, and while it is up, the whole team gains Elation based on Yao Guang's Elation. After she uses her Basic ATK or Skill, she gains 3 Punchline. If you use her Technique on the map, she triggers her Skill automatically at the start of battle without spending a Skill Point, so the Zone is up from the very start.
Her Ultimate costs 180 Energy. In return she gains 5 Punchline, Aha immediately gets 1 extra turn that counts a fixed 20 Punchline and does not consume the Punchline you have stored, and the whole team gets All-Type RES PEN for 3 turns. Don't fire it off right away, wait until your teammates have their buffs up. Her Basic ATK always restores 30 Energy, so it is a fairly steady way to charge her Ultimate.
While Yao Guang holds Certified Banger, every time an ally attacks, it triggers Great Boon, dealing 1 extra instance of Elation DMG to a random target hit by that attack. If the attack consumes Skill Points, Great Boon triggers 1 more time. If the attacker's Elation is lower than Yao Guang's, this hit uses her Elation instead. Her Elation Skill makes all enemies take 16% more DMG for 3 turns, and thanks to Poised and Sated, each use also recovers 1 Skill Point for the team.
Deals Physical DMG equal to 126% of Yao Guang’s ATK to one designated enemy and Physical DMG equal to 42% of Yao Guang’s ATK to targets adjacent to it. The Energy regenerated from Basic ATK increases to 30.
Deploys a Zone for 3 turn(s). This duration decreases by 1 at the start of this unit’s every turn. While the Zone is active, increases all allies’ Elation by an amount equal to 25.0% of Yao Guang’s Elation. After Yao Guang uses Basic ATK or Skill, gains 3 Punchline.
Gains 5 Punchline. Aha immediately gains 1 extra turn where a fixed amount of 20 Punchline is taken into account. This turn does not consume Punchline, and increases all allies’ All-Type RES PEN by 25.0% for 3 turn(s).
While Yao Guang holds “Certified Banger”:
After an ally target uses an attack, triggers the “Great Boon” effect, dealing 1 additional instance of 25.0% Elation DMG of the corresponding Type to 1 random hit target. If this attack consumes Skill Points, then additionally triggers “Great Boon” 1 time.
When triggering the “Great Boon” effect, if the attacker’s Elation is lower than that of Yao Guang, then this instance of Elation DMG will take Yao Guang’s Elation into calculation.
Triggering the “Great Boon” effect is not considered as using 1 instance of attack.
After using Technique, automatically triggers Skill 1 time at the start of the next battle without consuming any Skill Points. When Yao Guang is in the team, breaking destructible objects immediately grants Fortune Pouch, up to 8 within every Earth Week.
Inflicts “Woe’s Whisper” on all enemies, lasting for 3 turn(s). Enemy targets under the “Woe’s Whisper” state take 16.0% increased DMG. Deals 125% Physical Elation DMG to all enemies. Then, deals 5 instance(s) of 25% Physical Elation DMG to one random enemy.
In Aha’s extra turn triggered by Ultimate, the fixed amount of Punchline taken into account increases to 40. When dealing Elation DMG, all ally targets ignore 20% of the target’s DEF.
While the Zone is active, increases all ally targets’ SPD by 12%, and additionally increases Elation by 16%.
Skill Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 10.
Elation Skill Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
In Aha’s extra turn triggered by Yao Guang’s Ultimate, the DMG dealt by all ally characters’ Elation Skill becomes 150% of the original DMG.
Ultimate Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
Talent Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
Elation Skill Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
All ally targets’ Elation DMG merrymakes by 25%. Increases the DMG multiplier of Yao Guang’s Elation Skill by 100% of its original multiplier.
Yao Guang is a support character who can trigger extra “Aha Moments.” Yao Guang can make the attacks of the entire team carry Elation DMG, and she also has many ways to gain Humor points, while her Skill raises the team’s Elation level.