Iansan is one of the oldest Genshin Impact characters revealed, first appearing in the Teyvat Chapter Storyline Preview: Travail trailer when the game launched. Players expected her to have a major role in Natlan’s Archon Quest, but despite being the only known Natlan character for years, her role in the storyline was limited.
Now, Iansan is finally playable, joining Ningguang as one of the only 4-star characters from the Travail trailer. As a bodybuilding coach from the Collective of Plenty tribe, she is a powerful 4-star Electro support, offering ATK buffs, healing, and a 40% DMG Bonus with the Scroll artifact set. This guide covers Iansan’s kit, talents, passives, and the materials needed for her ascension and talent upgrades.
Genshin Impact: Iansan’s combat and passive talents
Normal Attack: Weighted Spike
Iansan’s normal attacks are pretty straightforward. She performs three consecutive normal attacks using her polearm. Similarly, her charged and plunge attacks are basic, like those of most other polearm characters. However, if she is in the Nightsoul state, her charged attack becomes special, allowing her to move faster and deal damage to targets in her path.
Elemental Skill: Thunderbolt Rush
Iansan dashes forward, dealing Electro DMG to enemies in her path and gaining 54 Nightsoul points. After using this skill, her next Normal Attack within 5 seconds triggers a Swift Stormflight stomp without consuming Stamina.
While in the Nightsoul’s Blessing state, Iansan’s Nightsoul points gradually drain. This state boosts her Movement Speed, and holding sprint activates Thunderbolt Rush, giving her a temporary speed boost. In this mode, she can leap off terrain or consume extra Nightsoul points to move across water or liquid Phlogiston without taking damage. The effect ends when she runs out of Nightsoul points or uses the skill again.
Elemental Burst: The Three Principles of Power
Iansan stomps the ground, dealing AoE Electro DMG before summoning her Kinetic Energy Scale. This grants her 15 Nightsoul points and activates Nightsoul’s Blessing. The Nightsoul’s Blessing state remains active as long as the Scale is on the field.
The Kinetic Energy Scale follows the active character and boosts their ATK based on Iansan’s stats. If she has less than 42 Nightsoul points, the bonus is based on both her Nightsoul points and ATK. If she has at least 42 Nightsoul points, the Scale enters Ardent Support! mode, providing a stronger ATK buff based on her ATK alone. Additionally, the Scale tracks the active character’s movement, restoring Nightsoul points to Iansan based on the distance traveled. The Scale disappears when Nightsoul’s Blessing ends or if combat stops for over a second.
First Ascension Passive: Enhanced Resistance Training
When Swift Stormflight hits an opponent, Iansan gains the Precise Movement effect for 15 seconds. This increases her ATK by 20% and enhances her Nightsoul point regeneration.
While Precise Movement is active, every time Iansan gains Nightsoul points from her Kinetic Energy Scale (from her Elemental Burst), she gets 1 extra Nightsoul point. Additionally, if the active character consumes or restores Nightsoul points, the next time Iansan restores Nightsoul points through the Scale, she gains 4 extra Nightsoul points instead. This special effect can trigger once every 2.8 seconds. Precise Movement ends when Iansan exits her Nightsoul’s Blessing state.
Fourth Ascension Passive: Kinetic Energy Gradient Test
When a nearby party member triggers a Nightsoul Burst, Iansan gains the Warming Up effect for 10 seconds.
While this effect is active, whenever Iansan restores at least 1 Nightsoul point, she will heal the current active character for 60% of her ATK. This healing effect can be triggered once every 2.8 seconds.
Night Realm’s Gift Passive: Hard Work and Drive
When Iansan runs out of Nightsoul points while on the field, she will use Phlogiston to maintain her Nightsoul’s Blessing instead. If she is in an area with Phlogiston Mechanics in Natlan, she can activate Nightsoul Transmission: Iansan under certain conditions.
When the active character is sprinting, using movement abilities, or airborne at a certain height, switching to Iansan will activate Nightsoul’s Blessing and restore 25 Nightsoul points. This effect can be triggered once every 10 seconds. Additionally, in areas with Phlogiston Mechanics, Iansan takes reduced fall damage when leaping off terrain.
Utility Passive: Caloric Balancing Plan
While in an area with Phlogiston Mechanics within Natlan, regain 10 Phlogiston when Phlogiston levels drop below 50%. This can occur once every 10s.
Genshin Impact: Iansan Ascension Materials
To level up Iansan in Genshin Impact, you will need to collect Dracolite, a regional specialty found in Natlan’s Atocpan region, and Ensnaring Gaze, which is obtained from defeating the Tenebrous Papilla boss in Natlan.
Below is a list of all the materials required for Varesa’s ascension:
- 168 x Dracolite
- 46 x Ensnaring Gaz
- 36 x Saurian-Crowned Warrior’s Golden Whistle, 30 x Warrior’s Metal Whistle, and 18 x Sentry’s Wooden Whistle (dropped by saurian warriors in Natlan)
- 6 x Vajrada Amethyst Gemstone, 9 x Vajrada Amethyst Chunk, 9 x Vajrada Amethyst Fragment, and 1 x Vajrada Amethyst Sliver
- 419 x Hero’s Wit (245 if you are only levelling up to level 80)
- 1,673,400 Mora (988,600 if you are only levelling up to level 80)
Genshin Impact: Iansan Talent Materials
In Iansan’s case, her Elemental Burst should be your top priority, as the ATK bonus she provides to her teammates comes from this ability. After leveling up her Elemental Burst, you can upgrade her Elemental Skill as desired. Lastly, it is not recommended to level up her normal attack at all. However, if you are an Iansan fan, feel free to do as you please.
Below is a list of all the materials required to level up one of Iansan’s combat talents in Genshin Impact:
| Level 2 | 3 x Teachings of Contention, 6 x Sentry’s Metal Whistle, 12500 Mora |
| Level 3 | 2 x Guide to Contention, 3 x Warrior’s Metal Whistle, 17500 Mora |
| Level 4 | 4 x Guide to Contention, 4 x Warrior’s Metal Whistle, 25000 Mora |
| Level 5 | 6 x Guide to Contention, 6 x Warrior’s Metal Whistle, 30000 Mora |
| Level 6 | 9 x Guide to Contention, 9 x Warrior’s Metal Whistle, 37500 Mora |
| Level 7 | 4 x Philosophies of Contention, 4 x Saurian-Crowned Warrior’s Golden Whistle, 1 x Denial and Judgement, 120000 Mora |
| Level 8 | 6 x Philosophies of Contention, 6 x Saurian-Crowned Warrior’s Golden Whistle, 1 x Denial and Judgement, 260000 Mora |
| Level 9 | 12 x Philosophies of Contention, 9 x Saurian-Crowned Warrior’s Golden Whistle, 2 x Denial and Judgement, 450000 Mora |
| Level 10 | 16 x Philosophies of Contention, 12 x Saurian-Crowned Warrior’s Golden Whistle, 2 x Denial and Judgement, 1 x Crown of Insight 700000 Mora |
In total, you will need the following amount of materials to max one talent:
- 3 x Teachings of Contention, 21 x Guide to Contention, and 38 x Philosophers of Contention(Available in Natlan’s character talent domain on Monday, Thursday, and Sunday)
- 6 x Sentry’s Metal Whistle, 22 x Warrior’s Metal Whistle, and 31 x Saurian-Crowned Warrior’s Golden Whistle (Dropped by saurian warriors in Natlan)
- 6 x Denial and Judgement (Reward from weekly boss The Knave Challenge)
- 1652000 Mora