Bennett has always been known as one of the most powerful 4-star characters in Genshin Impact. He’s so overpowered to the point that HoYoverse can’t powercreep him, since whoever powercreeps Bennett in Genshin Impact needs to be as strong as a 5-star character.
In version 5.5, a contender to triumph over Bennett appears, and her name is Iansan. Iansan offers plenty of ATK and DMG buff, and she has the potential to outshine Bennett. However, to outperform him, Iansan must be paired with a Natlan unit, making her more restricted compared to the Mondstadt Adventurer. In normal teams, Iansan is not better than Bennett, considering her lack of Nightsoul point restorations.
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Not Understanding Her Nightsoul Point Mechanics
For Iansan to maximize her ATK buff, she needs to maintain more than 42 Nightsoul points at all times. Luckily, she has a lot of ways to get Nightsoul points in battle, even when she’s off-field.
First, use Iansan’s Skill, which will grant 54 Nightsoul points. Then, use her Elemental Burst to get an extra 15 points and activate her buff. While this buff is active, Iansan will restore Nightsoul points according to how much your active character moves.
Next, if your active character consumes or restores Nightsoul points, she gets four extra Nightsoul points (once every 2.8s), allowing Iansan to maintain a full Nightsoul bar at all times.
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Thinking She’s a Healer
Although Iansan is a 4-star character, she’s still an amazing buffer who fits into many teams. Her kit is full of ATK and DMG buffs that will make any DPS shine during combat. However, some players might be tricked by her Kinetic Energy passive Talent and think she can operate as a healer in Genshin Impact.
The passive talent grants her the ability to heal the active character by 60% of her ATK. While the healing amount is acceptable, Iansan’s passive talent suffers from two big limitations. It has around three seconds of cooldown for each healing trigger, which is not ideal for fully healing the team, and the active character must be able to continuously regenerate Iansan’s Nightsoul points. It’s very clunky and unreliable, and it’s better to have an actual healer in the team to help if a healer is needed.
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Building Her With The Wrong Stats
As a support that buffs and heals her team based on her ATK, players might think that building Iansan with maximum ATK is ideal. However, there’s another stat that is as important as ATK% for Iansan in Genshin Impact.
Iansan can only buff the active character if she casts her Elemental Burst. For that, she needs to be able to cast her Elemental Burst on every rotation, or else she’ll have an underwhelming performance during combat. Iansan can only do that if she has enough Energy Recharge, which puts a higher priority on placing an Energy Recharge main stat on her sands instead of ATK. This is especially notable since she has a maximum amount of ATK buff to grant, making a full ATK build unnecessary once the threshold is fulfilled.
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Not Going For Her Constellations
Iansan is a good buffer in Genshin Impact because of the ATK% buff on her Elemental Burst. That ATK% buff alone puts her in a comparison with some of the best 4-star supports in the game. However, Iansan can be much more valuable for her team if you unlock her Constellations. Luckily, she’s a 4-star unit, which makes opening her Constellations manageable.
It’s particularly important to unlock Iansan’s second and sixth Constellations, as both passives provide additional buffs for her team. An extra 30% ATK and 25% DMG are definitely advantageous. Furthermore, Iansan benefits from her Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City artifact set, which grants an additional 40% DMG, establishing her as a top-tier support character in Genshin Impact.
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Using The Wrong Build
Iansan’s main role in her team is to buff the main DPS and make them shine in battle. For that, it’s important to build her with artifacts and weapons that will further improve that role. You can build Iansan with artifact sets that buff the team’s ATK, like Noblesse Oblige. However, she’s still a Natlan character and can unlock the full potential of the Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City set, which gives Iansan an insane 40% DMG buff for her team.
Moreover, using weapons like the Favonius Lance in Genshin Impact is viable for Iansan because of the extra Energy Recharge and the extra Energy Particles she provides for her team. However, if she’s supporting a character that doesn’t use energy for their Elemental Burst, like Mavuika, it’s better to build Iansan with another Polearm.
RPG
Action
Adventure
Gacha
Open-World
- Released
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September 28, 2020
- ESRB
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T for Teen – Fantasy Violence, Alcohol Reference
