Jiyan

Quick Verdict

Jiyan is a complete, functional main DPS: at S0 his whole Qingloong Mode loop works, his best partner is a 4-star most accounts own, and his rotation is one of the game's classics. The pulling advice, however, is simple: he is not worth pulling right now. He is the oldest limited carry in the game, and his tested teams sit in the bottom half of the validated projection — the same investment goes further on a newer damage dealer. The rest of this review is for owners and returning players who want to build and play him correctly.

How Jiyan Works

Jiyan's game plan is one of the simplest among main DPS characters: build Resolve, cast his Liberation, and spend Qingloong Mode swinging the Lance.

Resolve is his Forte gauge (60 points maximum), gained when his Normal Attack or his Intro Skill hits — and it decays if he goes 15 seconds without hitting anything. With 30 or more Resolve, his next Resonance Skill deals 20% more damage, and his Liberation upgrades from Emerald Storm: Prelude into Emerald Storm: Finale, a stronger opening hit counted as Heavy Attack damage.

Qingloong Mode is where he lives. Casting the Liberation puts him in the state with increased interruption resistance, and his Basic Attack, Heavy Attack, and Dodge Counter are all replaced with Heavy Attack: Lance of Qingloong — a 3-stage chain, all counted as Heavy Attack damage. That is why his entire build and team are Heavy-typed: 8 out of every 10 points of his damage comes from these swings.

His Outro, Discipline, is a small off-field trick rather than a buff: when the next character's Heavy Attack hits, Jiyan summons Qingloong for a Coordinated Attack (up to 2 triggers). It adds a little off-field damage for a Heavy Attack teammate, but it gives no buff — Jiyan is a pure carry. His Inherent Skills are likewise selfish: +10% ATK for 15s after his Intro, and +12% Crit DMG for 8s whenever his attacks hit.

Standard tested rotation — about 12.31 seconds of field time, difficulty 0:

Intro > Echo > Liberation > Basic 1 > Skill > Basic 1, 2, 3 > Basic 1, 2, 3 > Skill > Outro

"Double Dragon" — the ceiling technique, same 12.31 seconds on paper, difficulty 3–4:

Intro > Nightmare Echo > Liberation > Basic 1 > Skill > Basic 1, then cancel with Dodge (7 times) > Skill > Outro

The Double Dragon replaces the full Lance chains with repeated Lance Stage 1 hits canceled by dodges, packing far more Stage 1 swings into the same Qingloong Mode window. In the tested data it lifts the same Mortefi structure by a solid single-digit team margin over the normal usage — real, but it triples the execution demand, and the tested normal rotation remains the difficulty-0 baseline. Learn the standard loop first; add the dodge cancels once the Lance rhythm is muscle memory.

Build Priorities

His tested solo damage profile is Heavy Attack 80.96%, Resonance Skill 9.01%, Echo 5.03%, Outro 3.06%, and Intro 1.94%. Every build decision follows from that Heavy Attack wall.

Sub-stat priority: Crit Rate > Crit DMG > ATK% > Heavy Attack DMG Bonus > Energy Regen.

Talent priority: Forte Circuit and Resonance Liberation to Lv. 10, Resonance Skill to Lv. 8, Normal Attack and Intro Skill to Lv. 6.

His best weapon is Verdant Summit, his signature Broadblade — Crit DMG, Attribute DMG Bonus, and up to 48% Heavy Attack DMG Bonus across its Intro and Liberation triggers, aimed exactly at his 81% Heavy profile. The page puts it at 100%, and as a main DPS his signature is the standing recommendation for anyone who plays him. Behind it: Thunderflare Dominion R1 at 91.37% (only its first passive works for him — the DEF-ignore half needs repeated shielding, which Jiyan never does), Ages of Harvest R1 at 90.28%, then the 4-star Autumntrace R5 at 85.03%.

His Echo set is 5-piece Sierra Gale with Feilian Beringal (or its Nightmare version) as the main Echo — 12% Aero DMG and 12% Heavy Attack DMG in the main slot. The page's comparison is calculated with specific teammates, and the context matters: the Sierra Gale rows (with Mortefi and Shorekeeper in the team) top out at 100% for double Aero Cost 3, with Aero/ATK at 99.14% and ATK/ATK at 96.46%, while the Windward Pilgrimage rows (calculated with Ciaccona and Shorekeeper) sit around 82–83%. Read that correctly: it is not "Windward is a bad set" — its 5-piece only works when the target suffers Aero Erosion, which Jiyan never applies himself, and the Mortefi structure simply buffs his personal damage harder than the Ciaccona one. The practical rule: Sierra Gale by default, Windward Pilgrimage only in a Ciaccona team — her Erosion switches its 5-piece on, and his single best tested team does exactly that.

Team Fit & Account Value

His number 1 tested team is Jiyan with Iuno and Ciaccona. Iuno is his best sub-DPS: her Outro grants 50% Heavy Attack DMG Amplification, the exact buff his 81% Heavy profile wants, and she contributes roughly a third of the team's damage herself. One honest limit, consistent with her review: Jiyan cannot shield himself, so inside her Full Moon Domain he gets the healing and stamina, not the Blessing of the Wan Light amplification. Her rotation in his team is the standard one — with the noted 140% Energy Regen breakpoint if she cancels her Skill in the second rotation. Ciaccona applies Aero Erosion, which unlocks Windward Pilgrimage for him, and adds real off-field damage of her own; her team note carries the usual warning that her fast jump-cancel rotation needs around 160% Energy Regen to sustain, so the tested teams run her normal-speed from the second rotation on.

Mortefi with Shorekeeper is the classic budget structure and still fully tested: Mortefi's Outro grants 38% Heavy Attack DMG Deepen, a perfect match for Jiyan's profile, at 4-star cost — and his two tested builds (Moonlit Clouds vs Empyrean Anthem) perform essentially the same, so use whichever is built. Shorekeeper's team notes flag one quirk across these teams: at the faster rotation speeds, her Liberation is not ready when the loop comes back to her, costing time in the third rotation. Verina is the listed alternative sustain, and the page's synergy list also includes Rebecca — her Outro's 15% All DMG Amplification plus up to 35% Heavy Attack DMG Amplification fits his profile on paper, but she has no tested Jiyan team in the current projection, so treat that as mechanics, not data.

His honest limits: he is a pure carry with no team utility — his Outro is a small coordinated hit, not a buff — his partner slot is locked to Heavy Attack buffers, his personal ceiling asks for the Double Dragon technique, and even his best tested structure sits in the bottom half of the validated projection.

Sequence Value

Jiyan is complete at S0 — the Resolve loop, Qingloong Mode, and his Outro all function without sequences. The page's sequence damage chart is S0 100% → S1 100% → S2 109% → S3 131% → S4 138% → S5 162% → S6 213%.

• S1 — Benevolence (3/5): Windqueller gains an extra charge and its Resolve cost drops by 15. Pure comfort — the chart does not move at all (100% → 100%).
• S2 — Versatility (3/5): His Intro grants 30 Resolve and 28% ATK for 15s. It smooths every rotation's opening and is the first chart movement (109%).
• S3 — Spectation (5/5): Casting his Skill, Liberation, or Intro grants 16% Crit Rate and 32% Crit DMG for 8s — a large, near-permanent buff in his rotation (131%). His best early node.
• S4 — Prudence (4/5): His Liberation grants the whole team 25% Heavy Attack DMG Bonus for 30s — his only team buff, and it helps Mortefi-free structures most.
• S5 — Resolution (4/5): His Outro gains 120% multiplier, and his attacks stack up to 45% ATK, instantly maxed after his Intro (162%).
• S6 — Fortitude (5/5): Momentum stacks (up to 2) from his Heavy, Intro, and Skill casts, each adding 120% multiplier to Emerald Storm: Finale — the 213% ceiling, for dedicated Jiyan mains.

Realistic stopping points: S0 covers everything he does. Owners who play him regularly can consider S3; there is no broader case for his sequences.

Pull Value