Genshin Impact: Lyney Talent Guide

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After being teased since the beginning of our journey, Genshin Impact Version 4.0 introduces us to Fontaine. Lyney and Lynette take their place as the first 5-Star and 4-Star Fontaine characters, respectively. Lyney is a Pyro Bow character and seemingly combines Amber and Yoimiya into one.

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Lyney does most of his damage through his Normal and Charged Attacks. His Charged Attack deploys his Grin-Malkin Hat and affects its Pyrotechnic Strike damage. However, the Grin-Malkin Hat’s DMG scales off of Lyney’s Normal Attack DMG. To increase the effects of either the Grin-Malkin Hat’s or Pyrotechnic Strike’s DMG, you need to level up the Normal Attack Talent. Prioritize his Normal Attack Talent, with the Elemental Skill Talent coming in second. You can wait on enhancing Lyney’s Elemental Burst.

Lyney can perform up to 4 consecutive attacks. However, he relies on his Charged Attack to summon the Grin-Malkin Hat. His Charged Attack has 2 levels. At Level 1, Lyney fires a Pyro-infused arrow. At Level 2, he fires a Prop Arrow and summons a Grin-Malkin Hat. The Prop Arrow deals Pyro DMG and spawns the Grin-Malkin Hat wherever it hits.

If Lyney fires a Prop Arrow and he has more than 60% HP, he consumes a portion of his HP to generate one Prop Surplus stack. Lyney can have a maximum of 5 Prop Surplus stacks and can only drop 60% of his Max HP through gaining Prop Surplus stacks. These stacks later come into play when using Lyney’s Skill.

The Grin-Malkin Hat is considered under Lyney’s Normal Attack Talent, so its damage will scale off of that Talent. The Grin-Malkin Hat will taunt