Best Yena Build, Arcana & Guide for 2026
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Yena
Fighter
Introduction to Yena
▼Yena is a Fighter in Arena of Valor who can play the Top Lane or Jungle. Yena fights with two weapon forms, twin blades and a moon blade, each with its own set of skills.
Her ultimate, Full Moon, either merges the twin blades into the moon blade or splits it apart again, and every switch changes all three of her skills. In twin-blade form, Yena gains movement speed and each hit on an enemy hero adds a lunar mark; at five stacks the target is silenced and slowed. The moon blade attacks more slowly but hits harder, with charged strikes, rapid slashes and knock-ups. While casting skills, she is also immune to effects and takes reduced damage.
Her difficulty is very high and her health is low, so it takes a lot of practice to switch forms at the right moment without getting caught; in return, her damage and crowd control are decent. To get to know Yena, start with the item build, Arcana, Enchantments, summoner spells, combos, skill usage and phase-by-phase guide gathered below.
Yena Item Build
Yena Item Build Notes
Omni Arms
instead of
Voidsteel Blade
if you land a lot of basic attacks.
Sonic Boots
and
Mail of Pain
instead of
Medallion of Troy
.
Curse of Death
instead of
Fenrir's Tooth
early to counter it.Yena Enchantments
Chaos Abyss
Tower of Radiance
Yena Arcana
Yena Battle Spells
Top Lane
Flicker
Jungle
Punish
Yena Skill Order
Yena Gameplay Guide
How to Combo Yena
Basic Combo
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Basic
Yena
combo:
- In dual-blade form, use Skill 1
Crescent Strike
to dash and hit the target; once Skill 1
Crescent Strike
has refreshed, dash again.
- Immediately activate Skill 2
Spinning Sickle
to block the enemy’s path.
- Every time you cast a skill in dual-blade form, weave in basic attacks to deal extra damage and trigger the passive
Lunar Phase
to silence the enemy. - Then quickly use Skill 3
Full Moon
to switch to greatsword form.
- Use Skill 2
Spinning Sickle
to deal damage and control the target — try to cast it so it hits both the enemy hero and the spinning dual blades you threw earlier, to reduce the cooldown when you pick the blades back up.
- Finally, use Skill 1
Crescent Strike
to burst damage, then use Skill 3
Full Moon
to switch back to dual-blade form.
How to Use Yena's Skills Effectively
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Yena
gains bonus movement speed in dual-blade form, so take advantage of that to chase, flee, or move across the map.
- While in dual-blade form, attack the target as many times as possible to quickly stack Moon Slash points, dealing damage, slowing, and silencing the enemy while granting yourself a shield once you reach 5 points.
- In greatsword form,
Yena
loses attack speed but gains crowd-control immunity plus damage immunity, so use this form when you need to dodge the enemy’s important skills or dive into fights.
Dual-blade form:
- Use the terrain-crossing dash to close in and attack the enemy or escape a dangerous situation.
- Try to land the dash on a target so you can dash again once more.
Greatsword form:
- Damage increases the longer you charge it, and especially, charging for 1.5 seconds or more grants the skill a knock-up effect, so time your charge sensibly.
- Time it precisely so you can activate this skill a second time.
- While casting, you can combine it with
Flicker
to change the skill’s direction and surprise the enemy.
- Use this skill when you need to switch between greatsword and dual-blade forms.
- At the moment of switching,
Yena
deals a fairly large amount of damage to nearby targets, so take advantage of that to attack the enemy or clear minions fast.
- Keep landing basic attacks after switching to dual-blade form to take advantage of the bonus attack speed for 5 seconds.
- When you need to burst damage with skills, switch to greatsword form since
Yena
gains a big physical attack boost.
How to Play Yena in the Early Game
Entering the match, if you’re jungling, start from the red buff first since
Yena
doesn’t cost energy to use skills.
Take advantage of the mobility from Skill 1
Crescent Strike
to dash across jungle camps and use the attack speed from dual-blade form to speed up your jungle clear as much as possible.
If you’re laning, focus on farming minions since
Yena
isn’t really strong before level 4, so avoid trading skills too much with the enemy.
Note: land Skill 1
Crescent Strike
on a target to dash again, and throw Skill 2
Spinning Sickle
while a minion wave is standing still so it can deal continuous damage to them.
How to Play Yena in the Mid Game
The mid game is when
Yena
is at their strongest, with continuous skill combos dealing massive damage, so the best strategy for this stage is to gank continuously to maximize that advantage.
When dueling or picking off a lone enemy, use dual-blade form to take advantage of fast, strong damage from the bonus attack speed.
In fights or against enemies with a lot of crowd control, switch to greatsword form to gain crowd-control and damage immunity, helping you outplay the enemy more easily.
How to Play Yena in the Late Game
By the late game, take advantage of openings to split push towers or hunt down enemy heroes who are alone, but don’t forget to quickly return to your team when a full team fight is about to break out.
You can use bushes to charge Skill 1
Crescent Strike
in dual-blade form, or charge it combined with
Flicker
to deal massive damage and knock up multiple targets at once, creating a huge advantage for opening fights.
Then, thanks to the crowd-control and damage immunity of greatsword form, dive in to close on the enemy carry and combo them down to secure the final victory for your team.
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