In thisGenshin Impact elements guide, we provide you with details on the elements, let you know which ones react together to form powerful attacks, and touch on the status effects brought on by elements resonating with one another. For example, some effects increase damage output, while others provide you with a shield, upping your defense.
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What are Genshin Impact Elements?
All playable characters can use one of the elements. These unique powers come from the Archons themselves, who bestow their gifts and elemental powers on other beings. Elements are crucial to success in Genshin Impact – learning how to use them could be what saves you, young traveler.
How Many Genshin Impact Elements Are There?
There are seven Genshin Impact elements. Pyro, hydro, dendro, electro, anemo, cryo, and geo. Each one – except for anemo and geo – has its own status effect. For the most part, these don’t cause much harm, but that doesn’t mean that they aren’t worth inflicting.
| Element Name | Status Effect |
| Pyro | The pyro status – it doesn’t have much of an effect on its own. However, most sources of the pyro status also cause the fire status, which inflicts burn damage on enemies over time. |
| Hydro | The wet status – this has no effect on enemies or players. However, it does make you vulnerable to nearby enemies that use the electro element, though it also makes your foes susceptible to electro effects too. |
| Anemo | One of two elements not to have a status effect. |
| Electro | The electro status – this halts attacks and character movement for a short time. |
| Dendro | The dendro status – this doesn’t have any particular effects, rather it’s just the application of the dendro element. |
| Cryo | The cryo status – being hit with cryo slows down both your movement and attack speed. |
| Geo | One of two elements not to have a status effect. |
What are Genshin Impact’s Elemental Reactions?
Elemental reactions are effects that occur when two different elements collide. All seven elements can be part of a combo to unleash hell on opponents, with some causing more damage than others. Given how powerful these reactions are, it’s worth giving it some thought when choosing your travel companions.
Pyro Elemental Reactions
| Elemental Combination | Attack Name | Description |
| Pyro and Hydro | Vaporise | Should pyro be the trigger of this reaction, the attack will cause 1.5 times more pyro damage. |
| Pyro and Dendro | Burning | This attack deals damage over time, the AoE increases should the area have the dendro effect. Grass, for example, spreads flame. |
| Pyro and Electro | Overloaded | There’s an explosion that causes both a heavy attack and AoE fire damage. |
| Pyro and Cryo | Melt | As long as the pyro element triggers the reaction, there will be a two times increase to pyro damage from the attack. |
Hydro Elemental Reactions
| Elemental Combination | Attack Name | Description |
| Hydro and Pyro | Vaporise | Should hydro be the trigger of this reaction, the attack will cause two times more hydro damage. |
| Hydro and Electro | Electro-charged | A bolt of lightning jumps between enemies suffering from the wet status, causing damage. Moreover, the move deals electro damage over a period of time, too. |
| Hydro and Cryo | Frozen | The opponent becomes frozen in place, leaving them vulnerable to physical damage should you shatter them. |
Anemo Elemental Reactions
| Elemental Combination | Attack Name | Description |
| All Anemo Reactions | Swirl | After infusing with an element, it spreads the effect, causing elemental damage. This varies depending on which element Anemo combines with. |
Electro Elemental Reactions
| Elemental Combination | Attack Name | Description |
| Electro and Pyro | Overloaded | There’s an explosion that causes both heavy attack and AoE fire damage. |
| Electro and Hydro | Electro-charged | A bolt of lightning jumps between enemies suffering from the wet status, causing damage. Moreover, the move deals electro damage over a period of time, too. |
| Electro and Cryo | Superconduct | This move reduces the opponent’s physical resistance. It also deals AoE cryo damage. |
