Nangong Yu
A specialized Ether Stunner: he builds Daze to stun while converting Anomaly Proficiency into Impact and feeding it straight to the team's Anomaly DPS.
Tier S · Stun · Ether. BiS: Neon Fantasies. A specialized Ether Stunner: he builds Daze to stun while converting Anomaly Proficiency into Impact and feeding it straight to the team's Anomaly DPS.
Best W-Engines
Recommended Drive Discs
4: Anomaly Proficiency (or ATK%) · 5: Ether DMG · 6: Impact (or Anomaly Mastery)
Priority: Anomaly Proficiency > Impact > Energy Regen > ATK%; prioritize Anomaly scaling first.
Skill priority: Core Skill > Basic Attack (Downbeat/Daze) > Special/EX > Assist > Chain > Dodge.
Worth pulling if you run an Ether Anomaly team (especially with Aria/
Vivian) — he's the first stunner designed specifically to enable Anomaly DPS, stunning and feeding very smoothly. Outside Anomaly teams his value drops sharply since his stats lean toward Anomaly rather than pure Impact; don't prioritize him for generic teams.
Unlike an Attacker: Nangong Yu does NOT run Crit — she stacks Anomaly Proficiency + Anomaly Mastery (her Core converts Anomaly Mastery above 100 into Impact at a 0.8 ratio, so AM buffs anomalies AND feeds her stun power). No settled public stat table yet (she's a fresh 2.7/3.0 agent) — target QUALITATIVELY per prydwen/game8: Disc 4 Anomaly Proficiency · Disc 5 Ether DMG (or ATK%) · Disc 6 Anomaly Mastery. Substat priority: Anomaly Proficiency > ATK% > PEN > flat ATK. Her kit already grants AP +100 and AM +36; signature Neon Fantasies adds +30% AM and Anomaly Proficiency. Push AM as high as possible for more Impact/stun — do not chase Crit.
1) OPENER: enter with full Dance Points (if M1), fire EX Special + charged attack (Perfect Charge) to apply Mark/Vibrato and switch on the +30% team-wide DMG buff for 20s. 2) Charged hits also shred RES (M1) and extend stun +3s — time them right before the stun window. 3) SWAP to the Anomaly DPS (Aria/Vivian/Miyabi…) to trigger Disorder/Abloom; thanks to her Additional Ability, buildup is faster (+20%, +40% on Chain) and Polarity Disorder can fire twice per stun window. 4) When the Daze bar is near full, use Nangong's Chain/Ultimate to seal the stun → the whole team dumps burst into the window. 5) Repeat: rotate back to Nangong to reapply Marks + buff, keeping -15% RES and +30% DMG live.
Charged attacks lower enemy RES by 15% for 40s — near-permanent uptime; entering the field also refills her Dance Points instantly. Her BEST mindscape: -15% RES is a whole-team multiplier on the Anomaly DPS's damage, far more valuable than her own hits. Because she is hard-locked to her signature Neon Fantasies, the pull order is signature engine >>> M1 > M2 (per prydwen).
Each Mark (Vibrato) stack adds 15% Polarity Disorder damage, plus a +20% Stun multiplier (harder hits into stunned foes). A solid stun+disorder step for Ether Anomaly teams, but still ranks BELOW M1 and below the signature. Only aim for it once you already own M1 + her weapon.
All skills (Basic/Dodge/Assist/Special/Chain) +2 levels. A minor flat bump with no gameplay change — a stepping stone to M4, low value.
Anomaly Proficiency +40, and Perfect Charge boosts Anomaly Buildup rate by 35% on hit. A meaningful step for her Anomaly-feeding role: faster buildup lets the DPS pop Disorder/Abloom sooner, but the gain is moderate and sits behind the key breakpoints.
All skills +2 levels again. Still just flat numbers, a bridge to M6 — low value.
Her attacks deal +50% Daze; and while the enemy is NOT stunned, every time any member triggers an Abloom / Disorder / applies an Anomaly it stacks Vibrato: Modified, which auto-detonates Polarity Disorder at max stacks (40% + 8% per stack of original dmg). Very strong — turns the whole team into a disorder engine even outside the stun window, but whale-tier; most players stop at M1 (or M2).
- The FIRST stunner purpose-built to enable Anomaly DPS: she stuns AND feeds anomaly (+20% buildup, +40% Chain) and lets Polarity Disorder fire twice per stun window — a fit no other stunner offers.
- Strong team buffs: charged attacks grant +30% team-wide DMG for 20s, plus -15% RES (M1) — multiplying the DPS's output, not just her own.
- Anomaly Mastery → Impact conversion (0.8 of the amount past 100): she builds anomaly stats while STILL stunning hard, no trade-off between stun and feed — one stat covers both roles.
- Flexible within Ether-Anomaly / Angels of Delusion frames: from Aria/Sunna (same faction) up to the premium Miyabi + Yuzuha comp with a higher damage ceiling.
- Hard-locked to her signature Neon Fantasies: it's the ONLY Stun engine granting Anomaly Mastery — without it her buildup loop desyncs and she drops off noticeably; substitutes only cover the pure-stun role.
- Value drops HARD outside Anomaly teams: her stats lean Anomaly rather than pure Impact, so in a traditional Attacker/Crit comp she underperforms a normal stunner — don't slot her blindly.
- Layered rotation (Perfect Charge timing, Mark management, quick-swaps to feed Disorder twice per window) demands clean execution; sloppy play loses the +30% / -15% RES buffs and desyncs anomaly timing.
Good in Shiyu Defense: acts as the stun-window opener for Anomaly/hybrid DPS in single-target burst teams — Miyabi + Nangong + Yuzuha, or the Angels of Delusion (Aria/Sunna) comp, dump heavy damage into the stun window. A top-tier stunner for the Ether-Anomaly frame. (Confidence MEDIUM: new agent, limited public clears.)
Shines in Deadly Assault: multi-target, high-HP Disorder teams exploit her Additional Ability (Polarity Disorder twice per window) + M6 (auto-disorder outside the stun window) to pile anomaly damage broadly — high scores with Ether-Anomaly / Angels of Delusion teams. (Confidence MEDIUM, inferred mostly from kit.)
Basic Attack2
Basic Attack: Shooting Star Step
Press to activate: Perform up to three attacks forward, dealing Ether DMG.
Basic Attack: Adorable Explosive Impact
Hold to launch a charged attack, dealing Ether DMG. Release the button at the right moment to trigger precise charging, increasing the Daze dealt by the skill by 20%. Nangong Yu can perform up to three hits. The second and third hits each must consume 50 Downbeats. After using a Chain Attack, Ultimate, or EX Special Attack, if enough Downbeats are available, hold to skip the first hit and directly perform the second and third hits, which always trigger precise charging. When Nangong Yu is the active character, Chain Attacks, Ultimates, and EX Special Attacks do not interrupt the combo count of Basic Attack: Adorable Explosive Impact. While charging the first hit, Anti-Interrupt Level increases and DMG taken decreases by 60%. While charging the second and third hits, the character is Invulnerable. During the dash phase of the first hit, enemy attacks can be Blocked. On a successful Block, the attack is treated as a precise charging attack. Character is invulnerable during all attacks.
Dodge3
Dodge: Natural Dancer
Press to activate: A quick dash dodge. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Dash Attack: Spinning Meteor
Press during a dodge to activate: Deliver a quick attack forward, dealing Ether DMG.
Dodge Counter: Asteroid Waltz
Press during a Perfect Dodge to activate: Launch a series of attacks on the target, dealing Ether DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Assist3
Quick Assist: Emergency Save
When the active character is launched, press to activate: Launches a series of attacks on the target, dealing Ether DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Defensive Assist: Perfected Choreography
When the on-field character is about to be attacked, press to activate: Parries the enemy's attack, dealing massive Daze. This skill excels at parrying enemy attacks and reduces the consumption of Assist Points when the character is under intense attacks. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Assist Follow-Up: Improvised Performance
Press after a Defensive Assist to activate: Launches a series of attacks on the target, dealing massive Ether DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Special Attack2
Special Attack: The Weight of Love
Press to activate: Delivers a morning star attack, dealing Ether DMG.
EX Special Attack: The Unbearable Weight of Love
With enough Energy, press to activate: Delivers a morning star attack, dealing Ether DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Chain Attack2
Chain Attack: Comet Gravity
When a Chain Attack is triggered, select the character to activate: Launch a series of attacks forward, dealing massive Ether DMG. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Ultimate: Meteor Shower
When Decibel Rating is at Maximum, press to activate: Launch multiple attacks forward, dealing massive Ether DMG. Upon activating this skill, Nangong Yu activates Ether Veil: Delusion Reprise. While Ether Veil: Delusion Reprise is active, all squad members gain an additional 50 ATK for 30s. If Nangong Yu activates Ether Veil: Delusion Reprise again, the current Ether Veil: Delusion Reprise will first deactivate. Character is invulnerable while using this skill.
Core Skill2
Core Passive: Prodigious Idol
Nangong Yu's Anomaly Proficiency increases by 60. When Nangong Yu's initial Anomaly Mastery exceeds 110, each point of initial Anomaly Mastery above that increases her Impact by 1.When an enemy is Stunned, each time any character triggers Abloom DMG, Disorder DMG, or inflicts an Attribute Anomaly on the enemy, the enemy gains 1 stacks of Vibrato.A single enemy can have up to 4 stacks of Vibrato.If Vibrato reaches the maximum stacks and the enemy is afflicted with an Ether, Electric, Fire, Physical, or Ice Anomaly, or if the enemy has Vibrato and recovers from being Stunned, all Vibrato stacks will be cleared.When Vibrato is cleared, if the enemy is suffering an aforementioned Attribute Anomaly, Nangong Yu triggers an instance of Abloom DMG on the target, dealing an additional instance of Attribute Anomaly DMG equal to 720%/360%/900%/63%/90% of the original Attribute Anomaly DMG.Each stack of Vibrato on the enemy increases this Abloom DMG ratio by an additional 25%. During the same Stun period, once Vibrato has been cleared, the enemy cannot gain Vibrato again. When Nangong Yu's Basic Attack: Adorable Explosive Impact or EX Special Attack: The Unbearable Weight of Love hits an enemy, her Anomaly Buildup Rate increases by 17%, and her Daze dealt increases by 11%, and all squad members' DMG dealt increases by 13% for 30s. Repeated triggers reset the duration.While in combat, Nangong Yu restores 3.8 Downbeats/s. When any squad member inflicts an Attribute Anomaly on an enemy, Nangong Yu restores an additional 12 Downbeats. This effect can trigger once every 6s.Nangong Yu can hold up to 100 Downbeats, and starts with 30 Downbeats upon entering the battlefield.*Stats shown are at Base level.
Additional Ability: Angel Captain
When another character in your squad is an Anomaly character or shares the same Faction: Any squad member's attack against a Stunned enemy has 30% increased Anomaly Buildup. Chain Attacks against a Stunned enemy have an additional 30% increased Anomaly Buildup.When any squad member Stuns an enemy, Nangong Yu gains 2 stacks of Dance Prowess, up to a maximum of 2 stacks, lasting 15s, repeated triggers reset the duration. With Dance Prowess, when a heavy attack from Nangong Yu's EX Special Attack: The Unbearable Weight of Love, Basic Attack: Adorable Explosive Impact, or Quick Assist: Emergency Save hits an enemy that is both Stunned and affected by an Attribute Anomaly, 1 stack of Dance Prowess is consumed to trigger the special Disorder effect Polarity Disorder against all enemies who meet the conditions. This deals DMG equal to 25% of the original Disorder DMG, and triggers the previous squad member's Quick Assist. Polarity Disorder does not clear the target's Attribute Anomaly. If the skill fails to trigger Polarity Disorder, Dance Prowess will not be consumed. When Nangong Yu has Dance Prowess, the next time she switches to the field, she will immediately perform the first charged hit of Basic Attack: Adorable Explosive Impact, which will always trigger precise charging. When any squad member Stuns an enemy, Nangong Yu's next EX Special Attack will not consume Energy. This effect lasts 15s and can trigger once every 15s. When Nangong Yu and Aria are in the same squad, if Aria's Basic Attack: Perfect Pitch heavy attack hits an enemy that is both Stunned and affected by an Attribute Anomaly, and Nangong Yu fully participates in the attack, 1 stack of Dance Prowess will also be consumed to trigger Polarity Disorder on all enemies who meet the conditions. When the third hit of Nangong Yu's Basic Attack: Adorable Explosive Impact or Ultimate: Meteor Shower hits an enemy, the enemy suffers Misstep. Under this effect, Stun DMG Multiplier increases by 30% and when an enemy becomes Stunned, their Stun duration increases by 3s. Before recovering from Stun, Misstep can only trigger once on the same target. The increased Stun duration cannot stack with similar effects. When an enemy with Misstep recovers from Stun, the Misstep effect ends.
What is the best W-Engine for Nangong Yu?
Nangong Yu performs best with Neon Fantasies. See alternatives and required stats in the Gear section above.
Is Nangong Yu worth pulling?
Worth pulling if you run an Ether Anomaly team (especially with Aria/Vivian) — he's the first stunner designed specifically to enable Anomaly DPS, stunning and feeding very smoothly. Outside Anomaly teams his value drops sharply since his stats lean toward Anomaly rather than pure Impact; don't prioritize him for generic teams.
What is the best team for Nangong Yu?
Nangong Yu works best in the Ether Anomaly-Stun team. Full members and rotation are in the Teams section.


