The high-ceiling explosive child vs. the reliable legal expert
Pick Klee if…
Pick Yanfei if…
Klee has a higher theoretical damage ceiling and unique utility like DEF shred and high stagger. Yanfei is much easier to play, offers better range, and provides valuable defensive utility at C4, making her often more practical.
Klee
Yanfei
With Klee
Bennett provides Klee with a vital ATK buff and serves as a battery to help her maintain uptime on her Elemental Burst. His Pyro resonance and healing create a safe environment for Klee to perform her stamina-intensive charged attack combos. This pairing is the core of Klee's most effective Mono-Pyro teams.
With Yanfei
Yanfei relies on Bennett for his massive ATK buff and Pyro resonance to boost her charged attack damage. Bennett also provides the energy needed to keep Yanfei's burst active, which is crucial for her 'Brilliance' buff that increases charged attack damage. His healing provides much-needed sustain for Yanfei, who can be quite fragile on-field.
With Klee
Xingqiu's Hydro application is often too slow to keep up with Klee's rapid and chaotic Pyro application, leading to inconsistent Vaporize procs. While he provides damage reduction and interruption resistance, Klee often ends up being the one applying the aura for Xingqiu to vaporize instead. He is a viable partner, but requires careful rotation management to be effective.
With Yanfei
Xingqiu is the definitive partner for Yanfei, providing the consistent off-field Hydro application necessary for her to vaporize almost every charged attack. His Raincutter swords also offer interruption resistance, which is critical for Yanfei to complete her normal attack strings and build seals without being staggered. This duo forms the basis of Yanfei's highest-damage compositions.
Weapon
The Widsith
Artifacts
Marechaussee Hunter
Sands
ATK %
Goblet
Pyro DMG
Circlet
CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG
Substats
Energy Recharge to ~140 > CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG > ATK % > Elemental Mastery (Only in Reaction Teams)
Weapon
Surf's Up
Artifacts
Crimson Witch of Flames
Sands
Elemental Mastery / ATK %
Goblet
Pyro DMG
Circlet
CRIT Rate / DMG
Substats
CRIT Rate/DMG > ATK% > ER%

