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Choosing a free Genshin Impact character from the Fleeting Colors In Flight event can be a tough decision. From the eight available 4-star units that hail from Liyue, players can only pick one to join their Genshin Impact party.

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However, if players already have the character, then they can unlock their constellation instead. This is also a hard choice, though, as some units have a really powerful effect that’s too good to miss. For Travelers who are in a dilemma of which character they should choose from the Fleeting Colors In Flight event in Genshin Impact, this article will list each of their strengths, weaknesses, and constellation effects.

Yun Jin

Positives:

• Amazing option for characters that rely on their Normal attacks to deal damage.
• She’s one-half of the Geo Resonance.
• Easy to build. Players can use 4-Noblesse Oblige if 4-Husk of Opulent Dreams is hard to get.

Negatives:

• Yun Jin needs enough Energy Recharge% stats to be able to keep her buff constant.
• Other than buffing the team’s Normal attacks, Yun Jin doesn’t have any other use.

Constellations overviews:

Constellation	Constellation Effect	Importance
C1	Yun Jin decreases her Elemental Skill’s cooldown by 18%	Low
C2	Yun Jin further buffs her team’s Normal attacks by 15% during her Elemental Burst	Priority
C4	Yun Jin gets a 20% DEF buff when she triggers Crystallized	High
C6	Yun Jin buffs her team’s Normal attack speed by 12% when they’re under the effect of her Elemental Burst	Priority

Xingqiu

Positives:

• Xingqiu can inflict an outstanding amount of damage while off-field.
• His Elemental Skill deals massive damage and can also protect him and his team.
• Xingqiu has one of the best Hydro applications in Genshin Impact.
• He can be paired with any DPS and effectively support them.
• Xingqiu is easy to build.

Negatives:

• There’s only one Xingqiu in Genshin Impact.

Constellations overviews:

Constellation	Constellation Effect	Importance
C1	Xingqiu has his Rain Swords increased by 1	High
C2	Xingqiu reduces enemies’ Hydro resistance by 15% when hit by his Elemental Burst	High
C4	Xingqiu has his Elemental Skill damage increased by 50% during his Elemental Burst	Medium
C6	The third sword rain attack of Xingqiu’s Elemental Burst is greatly enhanced. On hit, the third sword rain attack also regenerates 3 Energy for Xingqiu	High

Xiangling

Positives:

• Xiangling is a Pyro unit. Pyro reactions trigger the highest damage in Genshin Impact.
• She can inflict decent damage while off-field.
• Her Elemental Burst creates chaos around her.

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Negatives:

• Xiangling’s Elemental Burst has a high energy requirement. To cast it constantly, players have to build her with enough Energy Recharge%.
• Doesn’t provide defensive support.

Constellations overviews:

Constellation	Constellation Effect	Importance
C1	Xiangling can reduce enemies’ Pyro resistance by 15%	Medium
C2	Xiangling has a Pyro damaging attack at the end of her Normal attack sequence	Low
C4	Xiangling increases her Elemental Burst duration by 40%	Priority
C6	Xiangling increases her Pyro damage by 15% when using Pyronado	High

Chongyun

Positives:

• Can deal decent damage with his Elemental Burst.
• His Elemental Skill contains several useful utilities.
• He can take the role of Sub-DPS effectively.
• When Chongyun has 4-Noblesse Oblige, he can buff his entire team’s damage.
• He’s easy to build.

Negatives:

• Some characters like Keqing or Razor can be deactivated by Chongyun’s Skill.
• When choosing his team, players should pick each character carefully.
• Many characters surpass Chongyun damage-wise.

Constellations overviews:

Constellation	Constellation Effect	Importance
C1	Chongyun hits enemies with a Cryo attack at the end of his Normal attack sequence	Low
C2	Chongyun’s Elemental Skill reduces his team’s Bursts and Skills’ cooldowns by15%	Priority
C4	Chongyun regenerates energy when he hits opponents affected by Cryo	Low
C6	Chongyun adds one more sword to his Burst	Priority

Beidou

Positives:

• Beidou can deal decent damage with her Burst while she’s off-field.
• Her Elemental Skill can block incoming damage.
• Beidou’s ability to continuously apply Electro to enemies makes her a reliable choice to pair with Cryo Physical DPS.

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Negatives:

• Electro units have little use in the current meta.
• Beidou can easily be outshone by other Electro units like Raiden Shogun or Fischl.

Constellations overviews:

Constellation	Constellation Effect	Importance
C1	Beidou creates a shield when she uses her Burst	Priority
C2	Beidou’s Burst is boosted to deal more damage	High
C4	Beidou has her Normal attacks buffed	Low
C6	Beidou reduces enemies’ Electro resistance by 15%	High

Ningguang

Positives:

• Able to deal great damage without specific characters in the team.
• Can break all kinds of shields in Genshin Impact (albeit slower).
• She can be a main DPS, Sub-DPS, or even plain support, providing lots of shields and energy particles.
• As a Geo character, players need one more Geo character in her team to activate the Geo Resonance, this is currently the strongest Resonance in Genshin Impact.

Negatives:

• Ningguang’s Charged attack is clunky and time-consuming to work.
• She’s highly reliant on Geo Resonance, which is easy to activate since she’s one-half of the requirements.

Constellations overviews:

Constellation	Constellation Effect	Importance
C1	Ningguang inflicts AoE damage with her Normal attacks	Priority
C2	Ningguang can use her Elemental Skill once more time after it gets destroyed either by her or her enemies	High
C4	Ningguang adds to her supportive abilities by buffing her team’s Elemental resistance	Low
C6	Ningguang gains seven Star Jades when she uses her Burst	Priority

Xinyan

Positives:

• Xinyan buffs her team’s Physical attacks.
• Her Elemental Burst can deal ok damage while she’s providing other utilities for her team.
• Can be a decent Main DPS.

Negatives:

• Besides a small Physical attack buff, Xinyan offers nothing.
• Her shield is weak and can be broken easily.
• Doesn’t have a good Pyro application.

Constellations overviews:

Constellation	Constellation Effect	Importance
C1	Xinyan increases her charge attack speed when she scores Critical hits	Medium
C2	Xinyan has 100% Critical rate on her Burst	Medium
C4	Xinyan further increases her Physical buff for her and for her team	High
C6	Xinyan charged attack gets additional damage based on 50% of her Defense	Low for support, Priority for DPS

Yanfei

Positives:

• Yanfei is a Pyro Catalyst user. She can fully take advantage of her vision since she can deal Pyro damage 100% of the time.
• Has a much smoother attack sequence compared to Ningguang.

Negatives:

• Yanfei heavily relies on her Charged attacks, yet she consumes stamina when casting them, putting her at a disadvantage.
• Badly needs a Battery to maintain her Elemental Burst uptime.

Constellations overviews:

Constellation	Constellation Effect	Importance
C1	When Yanfei uses her Charged Attack, each existing Scarlet Seal reduces the stamina cost of her Charged Attack by 10% and increases resistance against interruption during its release.	Priority
C2	Increases Yanfei's Charged Attack CRIT Rate by 20% against enemies below 50% HP	Medium
C4	After casting Elemental Burst, creates a shield that absorbs up to 45% of Yanfei's Max HP for 15s.	High
C6	Increases the maximum number of Scarlet Seals by 1.	Priority

Genshin Impact is now available on Mobile, PC, PS4, and PS5. A Switch version is in development.

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