Genshin Impact recently introduced us to a new and upcoming five-star character Lyney who hails from the Nation of Justice, Fontaine, the upcoming new region of Genshin Impact 4.0. Lyney and his sibling Lynette run a popular magic show in Fontaine's court for the participants where both siblings perform tricks to impress the audience. Lyney is a DPS character, a Pyro vision holder and a Bow user who has an interesting kit for a new character. So in this Lyney guide, let's look at the best builds, weapons and artifacts for him.
LYNEY COMPLETE GUIDE: Best Builds, Weapons, Artifacts, Team Comps and MORE in Genshin Impact
Like other limited five-star characters, Lyney's playstyle looks unique. His normal attack unleashes a series of four consecutive attacks with a bow. The charged attack has two charge levels – the first charge deals Pyro damage and the second charged shot fires a Prop arrow, deals increased damage and summons a "Grin-Malkin Hat". He holds the bow horizontally like Venti and not vertically like Ganyu.
"Grin-Malkin Hat" taunts nearby enemies every five seconds and its HP peels off Lyney's max HP. When destroyed, it deals pyro damage to an opponent called "Pyrotechnic Strike". When firing the Prop arrow, if Lyney is above 60% of his max HP, he consumes some to gain an excess Prop stack (max 5 stacks). 60% is also the lowest HP Lyney can drop to using her Prop arrows. The Prop Arrow also does "Arkhe: Pneuma", which causes a Spiritbreath Thorn to descend on the arrow's point of impact, damaging the Pyro.
As for Lyney's elemental skill, it uses the stacked Prop excess to deal extra damage. The amount of AoE damage depends on the number of stacked Prop excess, which, if it is five, does more damage. You get the gist. Although, in addition to dealing AoE Pyro damage, he also regains his lost HP due to stacking up Props. Grin-Malkin's hat on the field will explode due to his elemental skill, dealing AoE Pyro damage similar to a Pyrotechnic Strike.
