Genshin Impact 2.5 Yae Miko: Abilities, Constellations and Gameplay Revealed

Published: Feb 18, 2022, 8:01 pm Updated: Apr 01, 2022, 2:27 pm

Genshin Impact 2.5 will mark the debut of the highly anticipated new 5-star Electro character, Yae Miko.

Yae Miko is a Catalyst with a great DMG potential that will escalate by accumulating more Elemental Mastery. Recent data mining has revealed her abilities and constellations, and they look fantastic already!

Here's everything we know so far about Yae Miko's Abilities and Constellations in Genshin Impact 2.5.

Yae Miko Official Release Date

Yae Miko will arrive in the first banner of the Genshin Impact 2.5 update on February 16, 202, at 11:00 am server time (Chinese Standard Time).

Elemental Skill

Yae Miko's Spiritfox Sin-Eater summon Kitsune Spirits that deal AoE Electro DMG.

Attacks	Descriptions
Normal Attack	Summons forth Kitsune Spirits, initiating a combination of 3 attacks that produce Electro DMG
Plunged Attack	Plunges towards the ground, damaging all opponents in her path with Thunderous Might, dealing AoE DMG upon impact.
Charged Attack	Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to Deal AoE Electro DMG a short casting time.

Elemental attack, Yakan Evocation, Shesshou Sakura

Yae Miko moves Swiftly, leaving behind a Sesshou Sakura. These beacons will produce Electro DMG.

A maximum of three Sesshou Sakura can exist simultaneously.
Duration: 14 Seconds
Cooldown: 4 Seconds


Pressed Ability	Yae Miko will move Swiftly leaving behind a Sesshou Sakura
Sesshou Sakura	Will periodically strike one opponent with lighting producing Electro DMG. When there are other Shesshou Sakura nearby, their level increase thus boosting their DMG.
Conditions	A maximum of 3 Sesshou Sakura can exist simultaneously. The initial highest level each Sakura can reach is 3.

Elemental Burst - Great Secret Art

Yae Miko summons a sky Lighting bolt that produces AoE Electro DMG. Every Sesshou Sakura will become an additional Lighting Bolt.

Cooldown: 22 seconds
Energy Cost: 90 Particles

Elemental Burst
Yae Miko summons the Sky Kitsune, in the form of Lighting that Plummets down, dealing Electro DMG.
When Yae Miko uses this skill, unseal nearby Sesshou Sakura, transforming them into Sky Kitsune Thunderbolts. Each Sesshou Sakura Destroyed this way will create one descending thunderbolt.

Passive Talents

Yae Miko Talents are focused on increasing the viability of her Elemental Skill.

Meditations of a Wild Kitsune

When Yae Miko crafts Talent Materials, She has a 25% chance to create an extra talent material from the same region but a random type.
The rarity of this material will be the same as the material consumed crafting.

The Shrine's Sacred Shade (Lv. 40)

Party members can decrease the CD of Yae Miko's Yakan Evocation.
- By Hitting Opponents with an Elemental Skill reduced 1s.
- By Hitting Opponents with an Elemental Burst reduced 1s.

Enlightened Blessing (Lv. 60)

Every Point of Elemental Mastery Yae Miko Possesses will increase Sesshou Sakura DMG by 0.12%

Yae Miko Signature Dish

During her character teaser, we can see Yae Miko eating Fried Tofu. The scene is an easter egg for Yae Miko's Special Dish the: Fukuuchi Udon.

The Udon Noodles have a piece of Fried Tofu with a Kitsune Stamp on top. The dish will revive characters, restore 15% of Max HP, and heal 550 HP.

The Ingredients to cook one meal of Fukuuchi Udon are:

3 Flour
1 Sea Grass
1 Fisch

Yae Miko Constellations

Yae Miko's constellations are focused on boosting her abilities, with only C4 benefits her teammates, indicating that Yae Miko is meant to be the main DPS.

Constellation Number
C1 - Chronicles of the Kitsune Cohort	Each time Great Secret Art activate a Sky Thunderbolt Yae Miko will restore 8 Elemental Energy for herself.
C2 - Hanagasa Manuscript	Yakan Evocation: Sesshou Sakura's CD is decreased by 20% and its AoE attack is increased by 100%
C3 - The Seven Glamours	Increases the level of Yakan Evocation: Sesshou Sakura by 3. Max upgrade level is 15.
C4 - Sakura Channeling	When Seeshou Sakura hit opponents, the Electro DMG bonus of all nearby party members in increased by 20% for 5s.
C5 - Divine Attainment:	Increases the level of Great Secret Art by three. Maximum upgraded level is 15.
C6 - Forbidden Art: Daisesshou	Sesshou Sakura start at Lv. 2 when created. Max Lv. increased to 4, and their attacks will ignore 60% of the opponents DEF.