Yelan and Xianyun may be some of the strongest supports in Genshin Impact, but they’re also useful for another great reason: exploration. Genshin Impact has a huge open world to explore, and as a result, you’ll want to pull some characters who can help cut through some of the tediousness of exploring Teyvat. If you have to pick between Xianyun and Yelan on a team, you might as well pick the fastest character to aid you in exploration.
Who is Faster Between Xianyun and Yelan in Genshin Impact?
Both Xianyun and Yelan have Elemental Skills that aid your exploration efforts. Yelan’s Elemental Skill, Lingering Lifeline, allows her to sprint even faster as she applies Hydro damage to enemies she runs through. Meanwhile, Xianyun’s Elemental Skill, White Clouds at Dawn, causes her to skip forward rapidly three times.
On the surface, Yelan seems to be much faster overall in Genshin Impact compared to Xianyun. Her sprint is brisk and takes her a similar distance compared to Xianyun, and also lasts much longer. Additionally, Yelan’s Elemental Skill is actually on a slightly lower cooldown, with nine seconds compared to 11 seconds. However, Xianyun has some advantages to her movement skills as well. Xianyun’s Elemental Skill can also go vertically, which helps you scale cliffs. Yelan is unable to do this. Xianyun also has an exploration passive that makes gliding 15% faster.
Both Xianyun and Yelan will effectively have a similar benefit to your Genshin Impact account when it comes to overworld exploration. What is recommended, however, is using both at once. Xianyun and Yelan will allow you to use movement skills to quickly explore certain areas without expending much stamina. Xianyun and Yelan are also complementary, as Xianyun and Yelan can be used on some strong teams together, such as a Diluc or Gaming hypercarry team.
Regardless, you should use whichever character you feel is best for your team, as both Xianyun and Yelan have similar results when it comes to exploring Genshin Impact’s overworld the fastest.
