Genshin Impact: Pro Tips To Deal More Damage

Summary

• Trigger Elemental Reactions for higher DMG output - scale off Elemental Mastery stat for potent effects.
• Build a team with diverse roles and Elemental Resonance - match elements for stat boosts.
• Learn character rotations, scale with correct stats, fix CRIT ratio, and prioritize Energy Recharge.

One of the core mechanics that makes Genshin Impact what it is is its exciting combat, which includes forming a team of four characters and utilizing their different kits as well as triggering various Elemental Reactions. However, these are only the basics when it comes to the game’s combat system.

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As you progress throughout the game and increase your Adventure Rank and World Level, the content that you’ll need to face will also become increasingly more difficult, not to mention the challenging endgame content such as the Spiral Abyss and new Imaginarium Theater. In order to not be overwhelmed by these challenges, here are some tips for you to try out in order to conquer the world of Teyvat.

7 Utilize The Right Elemental Reactions

Characters in Genshin Impact are divided into seven distinct elements: Pyro, Cryo, Hydro, Electro, Dendro, Anemo, and Geo, and mixing different elements will trigger Elemental Reactions, which varying effects that can help you in battle:

Element A

Element B

Elemental Reaction

Effect

Pyro

Hydro

Vaporize

Increases the DMG of the attack that triggered it.

Pyro

Cryo

Melt

Increases the DMG of the attack that triggered it.

Pyro

Electro

Overloaded

Triggers an explosion that can break certain Geo shields, and stagger enemies.

Hydro

Cryo

Frozen

Freezes enemies and prevents them from moving or attacking.

Hydro

Electro

Electro-Charged

Deals Damage over Time to enemies and spreads to enemies that are affected by Hydro.

Electro

Cryo

Superconduct

Deals AoE Cryo DMG and lowers enemies’ Physical RES.

Dendro

Pyro

Burning

Deals Damage over Time to enemies.

Dendro

Hydro

Bloom

Generates a Dendro Core that detonates after a few seconds. Dendro Cores can interact with other elements to trigger further reactions.

Dendro Core

Pyro

Burgeon

Immediately detonates all affected Dendro Cores, dealing more DMG and having a wider explosion radius.

Dendro Core

Electro

Hyperbloom

Turns affected Dendro Cores into Sprawling Shots that immediately attack a target enemy.

Dendro

Electro

Quicken

Applies the Catalyze status to enemies. While enemies are Catalyzed, you can use other elements to increase their DMG.

Catalyze

Electro

Aggravate

Increases the DMG of the attack that triggered it.

Catalyze

Dendro

Spread

Increases the DMG of the attack that triggered it.

Anemo

Pyro, Cryo, Electro, Hydro

Swirl

Deals AoE DMG and spreads the Swirled element to nearby enemies. When the element is spread, deals additional DMG of that element.

Geo

Pyro, Cryo, Electro, Hydro

Crystallize

Generates a Crystallize Shard that creates a shield when you pick it up.

When fighting challenging enemies, make sure to trigger Elemental Reactions to give you the upper hand in battle and significantly increase your DMG output. Elemental Reactions scale off of the Elemental Mastery stat, so the more EM you have, the more potent your reactions will be.

6 Build A Team That Works Well Together

Aside from possessing different elements that can trigger Elemental Reactions, your characters also have unique kits that determine the role that they play in your team. Characters can either be the main DMG dealer, off-field DMG dealer, element applicator, DMG buffer, or defensive options.

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Know which characters perform which roles and pair them together to create an effective team. For example, if you want to build a team that’s centered around the Vaporize reaction, you’ll need a Hydro character (Xingqiu) to consistently apply Hydro, a Pyro character (Xiangling) to deal high Vaporize DMG, a support (Sucrose) that can increase your characters’ DMG, and a defensive option (Bennett) that can heal or shield your characters from danger.

5 Make Use Of Elemental Resonance

When you have at least two characters of the same element in your team, you can trigger an Elemental Resonance. These are a set of effects that increase your entire team’s stats and will not go away no matter what:

• Pyro - Increases ATK by 25 percent.
• Hydro - Increases Max HP by 25 percent.
• Electro - Triggering Superconduct, Overloaded, Electro-Charged, Quicken, Aggravate, or Hyperbloom have a one hundred percent chance to generate an Electro Elemental Particle (CD: 5 seconds).
• Cryo - Increases CRIT Rate against enemies that are Frozen or affected by Cryo by 15 percent.
• Anemo - Decreases Stamina Consumption by 15 percent. Increases Movement SPD by ten percent. Shortens Skill CD by five percent.
• Geo - Increases shield strength by 15 percent. Additionally, characters protected by a shield will have the following special characteristics: DMG dealt increased by 15 percent, and dealing DMG to enemies will decrease their Geo RES by 20 percent for 15 seconds.
• Dendro - Elemental Mastery increased by 50. Triggering Dendro reactions further increases Elemental Mastery by 50 for six seconds.

Make use of Elemental Resonance to effortlessly gain a cheap stat boost, which in turn will increase your character’s DMG. When building your team, it’s recommended to get a character that matches the element of your DMG dealer so they can obtain Elemental Resonance of their element.

4 Learn The Proper Rotations For Your Team

While your gameplay is completely up to you, knowing the order of when to use your characters’ skills and buffs can help you deal more DMG and defeat enemies faster. This can be more effective compared to throwing random skills whenever they’re available, and can also sometimes mess with your Elemental Reactions and skill cooldowns.

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For example, in a team composed of Hu Tao, Zhongli, Xingqiu, and Yelan, the rotation goes like this:

• Hold Zhongli's shield to protect your team from DMG and shred Elemental RES.
• Use Xingqiu's Skill and Burst, followed by Yelan's Skill and Burst so they can apply Hydro while Hu Tao is on the field.
• Use Hu Tao's Skill to increase her ATK based on her HP and spam her Charged Attacks. You can use her Burst after using her Skill.

3 Know Which Stats Your Characters Scale With

Most characters in general will deal DMG based on their ATK stat, so the higher their ATK, the higher the DMG output. However, there are unique cases where characters can scale with other stats, such as HP, DEF, EM, and ER.

Aside from increasing your stats, make sure to increase your characters' necessary Talent levels as well.

It’s important to read your characters’ skill descriptions to know which stats they want, and which ones are useless. Characters like Alhaitham and Neuvillette scale with EM and HP respectively, so they would much rather want buffs from Nahida or Hydro Resonance instead of the ATK buff from Bennett or Noblesse Oblige.

2 Fix Your CRIT Ratio

Characters in Genshin Impact can deal Critical Hits, which deal an increased amount of DMG. The probability of an attack to CRIT depends on your CRIT Rate, while the amount of DMG it deals will depend on your CRIT DMG.

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A mistake that you shouldn’t make when building your characters is stacking too much CRIT DMG and forgetting about CRIT Rate. Having high CRIT Rate allows you to deal CRIT Hits much more often, leading to steady and consistent DMG, as such, it’s important to have at least a 60 to 70 percent CRIT Rate before building into CRIT DMG.

Use the 1:2 ratio when determining your CRIT stats. This means your CRIT DMG should be at least double the amount of your CRIT Rate or more. For example, 70:140.

1 Make Sure You Have Enough Energy Recharge

Each character has an Elemental Burst that can aid you greatly in battle, with some providing high DMG, healing, or buffs. To use an Elemental Burst, your characters need to have enough Energy, which you can gain through collecting Energy Particles.

The amount of Energy that your characters gain from Energy Particles may vary, and that depends on their Energy Recharge stat.

When building your characters, look out for Energy Recharge in your artifacts as well, as some character’s Elemental Burst have Burst cost, as not having your Bursts ready when you need them can put you at a disadvantage. With enough Energy, you’re able to comfortably use your Elemental Bursts every time you need them, which allows you to deal more DMG and defeat enemies faster.

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