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Ranged DPS: Vernal Umbrella + Inkwell Fan

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Build overview

A ranged projectile build with launches, aerial follow-ups, and strong kiting. Inkwell Fan prepares Lingering Bone, while the Umbrella delivers safe sustained damage.

Best for
Ranged combat, humanoid targets, PvP, and safe group damage
Main tradeoff
Aerial animations leave you exposed, and large targets that cannot be launched lose part of the synergy.
Difficulty
Hard
Ping tolerance
Medium

Weapons

#1 · Umbrella

Vernal Umbrella

Silkbind

umbrella

Weapon skills

  1. 1. Spring Sorrow

  2. 2. Apricot Heaven

  3. 3. Unfading Flower

#2 · Fan

Inkwell Fan

Silkbind

fan

Weapon skills

  1. 1. Emerald Barrier

  2. 2. Glow & Flow

  3. 3. Moon Shatter Spring

Inner Ways

  1. Blossom Barrage

    <Vernal Umbrella|781||20601> move <Spring Sorrow|781||20601|20601113>: Gains up to 2 Charges. Hitting an enemy increases their Damage Taken from your projectile skills.

  2. Star Reacher

    Inflicting Lingering Bone or Airborne on enemies grants <Physical Attack|780||15> bonus.

  3. Morale Chant

    Attacking or healing has a chance to grant one stack of effect that increases your damage and healing dealt, stacking up to 5 times. Can only be triggered once every 2 seconds.

  4. Envigorated Warrior

    Increases all damage and healing dealt. Taking a hit briefly disables this effect and grants a debuff that continuously increases your damage taken.

Alternative: Fivefold Bleed is an offensive flex option over Invigorated Warrior when you have a reliable Bleed source and do not need the simpler universal bonus.

Mystic Skills

  • Soaring Spin

    Offensive

    Channel your Qi into a roaring thrust, then suddenly shift stance into a spiraling follow-up strike that catches enemies off-guard. Deal damage and inflict Healing Reduction.

  • Dragon's Breath

    Offensive

    Drink to enter Intoxicated. Breathe fire with Qi, dealing damage over 2 hits plus Combustion. Gain 15% Damage Reduction and Tenacity.

  • Drunken Poet

    Offensive

    Drink deeply to enter the Intoxicated state, imitating the drunken grace of the Poet Immortal. Cast repeatedly to unleash up to 5 strikes, each consuming 6 Vitality and dealing damage while inflicting Drunken Haze.

  • Guardian Palm

    Offensive

    Smite the ground, dealing AOE damage. At a height of 1 to 5 m, this skill upgrades to Guardian's Beacon, striking the ground with a palm imprint and knocks down enemies in the area.

Gear

Weapon set
Hawkwing · 4
High ceiling through Affinity; Mistwillow is easier to maintain in an unstable fight.
Armor set
Flawless Guardian · 4
Steady damage reduction; Eaglerise is a valid alternative.

Stat priority

  1. 1.Silkbind Attack
  2. 2.Physical Attack
  3. 3.Affinity Rate
  4. 4.Critical Rate
  5. 5.Agility

Rotation

  1. 1Vernal Umbrella: hold the charged light attack to build Blossom and maintain projectile pressure.
  2. 2Switch to Inkwell Fan and use Peak's Springless Silence to apply Lingering Bone and launch a valid target.
  3. 3After the launch, activate Windrider and perform the available aerial follow-up.
  4. 4Return to Umbrella for empowered projectile attacks; Guardian Palm can overlap with holding Spring Away.
  5. 5If the target cannot be launched, shorten the cycle: Fan debuff → safe Umbrella window → reposition.

Practical notes

  • Do not remain airborne before a telegraphed boss attack; the theoretical bonus is not worth losing position.
  • After Version 2.1, compare items by the new Frequent Projectile DMG Boost rather than the old separate Special and Charged Skill lines.

Current status

Version 1.7 buffed Vernal Umbrella, Inkwell Fan, and their key Inner Ways. Version 2.1 consolidated Tier 96+ Vernal Umbrella attunement bonuses around projectile damage, so reread the current wording on your gear.

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