Genshin Impact elements include Pyro, Geo, Dendro, Anemo, Hydro, Cryo, and Electro. Those elements will react and create different effects. But which element combo is the best in Genshin Impact? Check out this Genshin Impact elemental mastery guide here with Gurugamer.com.

Genshin Impact Elements Guide

There are seven elements in Genshin Impact now, including Pyro (Fire), Geo (Earth), Dendro (Nature), Anemo (Wind), Hydro (Water), Cryo (Ice), and Electro (Lightning). These elements will make your character more powerful. Here are the effects of these elements:

  • Pyro (Fire): burns to cause damage to the enemy in a certain period of time, about 3 damage per second.
Pyro
Pyro has a burning effect to cause damage to the enemies.
  • Geo (Earth) and Anemo (Wind): these elements haven't got any effects now.
Geo
Geo is the element of Earth, which appears as gold crystals.
  • Hydro (Water): creates a humid environment to activate other elements.
Hydro
You can use a water effect with the Hydro element.
  • Cryo (Ice): reduces the speed of movement of the enemy.
Cryo
Cryo is the ice element to freeze the targets and attack them.
  • Electro (Lightning): creates an electronic environment to activate other elements.
Electro
Electro is very cool and powerful that helps activate other elements.
  • Dendro (Nature): this Genshin Impact nature element only appears in Boss, not in characters.
Anemo
Anemo element has the effect of strong winds.

Knowing these elements by heart will help you use them and combine them correctly to make expected effects and reactions.

Dendro
Dendro is a new element

Genshin Impact Elemental Reactions

These elements can be combined to create further reactions and increase the effects of the elements. There are 9 elemental reactions in Genshin Impact now. Check them out below:

  • Vaporize: when you combine two elements Hydro and Pyro, you will have a reaction of evaporation. This reaction will cause more damage to the enemy than normal. The damage will be increased twice if Hydro plays the activation role, and 1.5 times if Pyro plays that role.
Elemental Reactions
The chart of Elemental Reactions in Genshin Impact
  • Melt: Pyro and Cryo element can be combined to make this reaction and increase the damage by 2 times if Pyro is the activating element and 1.5 times if Cryo activates this reaction.
  • Burn: Combine Pryo and Dendro to make this reaction. This combination increases the damage of the fire over time.
Pyro Element
The Pyro element can be combined with the Dendro element to cause the burning effect.
  • Electro-Charged: It happens when you combine Electro and Hydro. It increases the length of time and the scale of lighting damage.
  • Frozen: Combine Cryo and Hydro to make this reaction and freeze the enemy. Then, the damage will double when you break the ice.
  • Overloaded: It works when combining Pyro and Electro. It causes damage on a large scale.
Overloaded
The Overloaded effect is produced when combining Electro and Pyro elements.
  • Superconduct: Combine Cryo and Electro to make this reaction and decrease the defense by 50% and increase the scale of ice damage.
  • Swirl: It occurs when you combine Anemo with Pyro/Hydro/Electro/Cryo. This reaction spreads the effects of the secondary elements.
Swirl
You can create the Swirl reaction when combining Anemo with Pyro/Hydro/Electro/ or Cryo.
  • Crystalize: It happens when players combine Geo with other elements like Pyro/Hydro/Electro/Cryo. Then, players can create crystals with elemental effects on the battlefield to pick up and create an elemental shield covering their characters.
Crystalize
This Crystal is the result when combining Geo and Pyro/Hydro/Electro/ or Cryo.

Those are nine existing element combinations in Genshin Impact now. It's best to learn them by heart to use them flexibly on the map to win every battle. You should also refer to Genshin Impact elemental reaction tier list to know which combos form the most powerful attack when dealing with bosses in the game.

Genshin Impact Elemental Resonance

In addition to elemental reactions, you should also master elemental resonance. It means you combine the elements of members of the team. It causes passive effects. Then, you will know how to promote the power of your squad with elemental resonance. Here are all elemental resonance effects in Genshin Impact now:

  • Fervent Flames (Pyro and Pyro): Decrease the frozen duration by 40% and increase the attack effect for the whole team by 25%.
Fervent Flames
If there are two characters with Pyro element in a team, you get Fervent Flames
  • Enduring Rock (Geo and Geo): Decrease the chance of getting beaten by the enemy by creating a shield. Besides, it increases attack damage by 15%.
  • Soothing Waters (Hydro and Hydro): Decrease the burning duration by 40% and increase the healing effect by 30%.
  • Impetuous Winds (Anemo and Anemo): Increase the speed of movement by 10%, decrease the cooldown duration by 5%, and decrease the HP loss by 15%.
Impetuous Winds
Combining two Anemo elements, you get Impetuous Winds
  • High Voltage (Electro and Electro): Decrease the Hydro effect on your team by 40%. Besides, it ensures the production of Electro Elemental Particle with Overloaded, Superconduct, and Electro-Charged effects. Then, the cooldown duration also decreases by 5s.
  • Shattering Ice (Cryo and Cryo): Decrease the duration of the Electro-Charged effect by 40%. Besides, increase the damage to the frozen enemy by 15%.
Protective Canopy
You get Protective Canopy if there is no duplicated element in the team.
  • Protective Canopy (No duplicated elements): Decrease all opponent elemental effects by 15%.

In short, you can choose the element to combine and resonate based on your strategy and preference.

Genshin Impact Gameplay

In the game Genshin Impact, you will fight against demons and bosses, complete side missions, and maps. This role-playing game allows players to control changeable characters. It means you can switch among many in-game characters and use different elements to conquer the maps. In addition, you will combine many actions like running, jumping, gliding, dodging, and attacking. The game also lets players use weapons to fight and take down the target to complete missions, gather EXP points, and level up.

In Genshin Impact You Fight Against Bosses
In Genshin Impact, You Fight Against Bosses, Complete Missions, And Level Up

Those are things you need to know about Genshin Impact elements as well as the best elemental combinations. Master these elements in Genshin Impact, you will soon level up in this game. To update the latest Genshin Impact game news as well as more tips, tricks, and guide for gamers, let's visit our website.

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