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How creative can you get with your first free checklist?Create a free accountAll Interactive Maps and LocationsElemental Reactions ChartBy Cedric Pabriga, Jen Rothery, Triforce, +29 moreupdatedNov 17, 2021

This page is part of IGN's Genshin Impact Wiki guide and details everything you need to know about Elemental Reactions including the basic elements, what each reaction does, and how to do those reactions! Elemental Reactions are the center of combat in Genshin Impact and mastery of them means mastery of the combat system!

Combat in Genshin Impact revolves around the idea of Elements. Normal Attacks from anyone but Catalyst users deals non-elemental damage by default, but by utilizing each character’s innate Elemental Skills and Bursts, they can deal elemental damage, apply elemental effects, or imbue their weapons with elemental power, allowing their normal attacks to apply elemental damage as well.

Elemental reactions occur when two elements come into contact with each other. With 7 elements existing in some form on the monsters of Teyvat, there are a lot of reactions that can take place, creating a complex and oftentimes confusing combat loop. Having a good grasp of the Elemental Reactions Chart can drastically speed up fights, prevent embarrassing deaths, and best of all, cause massive damage.

Elements

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Throughout Teyvat, 6 Elements rule the roost: Pyro, Cyro, Electro, Hydro, and Anemo, and Geo representing Fire, Ice, Electric, Water, Wind, and Earth respectively. A seventh, Dendro, represents Nature, but is only found in obstacles like shields and structures made of wood, currently.

The first four can be considered primary elements, reacting with each other in various ways. Anemo and Geo, meanwhile, react with the previous four elements, making them take on a supporting role.

Different Types of Elemental Reactions

There are two kinds of elemental reactions: Transformative and Amplifying.

Transformative reactions include Overloaded, Shattered, Electro-Charged, Swirl, and Superconduct. These reactions relies heavily on the level of the character and their Elemental Mastery. Damage from these reactions cannot crit.

Meanwhile, Vaporize and Melt are Amplifying reactions. These reactions replace the damage of the attack that triggered it, and depending on the reaction will multiply it by 1.5% or 2.0%. Unlike transformative reactions, damage from these reactions can crit and character level doesn't matter that much. Elemental Mastery is still an essential to boost up damage.

How to Trigger Elemental Reactions

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In battle, it’s essential to know how the elements can work both in your favor and against you. It starts by applying an Affliction, then combining it with another element to cause a reaction. For example:

Using a Hydro-based attack or stepping in water will inflict “Wet” on the target. A Cryo attack would then cause the Freeze chain reaction, rendering them immobile for a time. In this one case, using a Geo attack on a Frozen target would react and cause Shatter, dealing considerable damage and ending the chain.

Some targets, however, could be immune to this exact reaction - a Slime naturally encased in Cryo would resist the initial Hydro attack, stopping Wet from ever applying. Instead, a Pyro attack could be used to inflict “Melt”, eventually removing their ice armor, or a Geo attack could be used to inflict Shatter similar to the end of the original reaction.

Elemental Reactions Chart

Elements can react together in a number of ways for different effects. Being inflicted with Wet could cause your own Electro attacks to trigger Electro-Charge, dealing damage to your own character over time, giving you a reason to take Pyro damage to trigger Vaporize, removing the Wet condition and regaining balance on the battlefield.

Here's the full Elemental Reactions Chart:

Elemental Reaction	Elements needed for reaction	Effect
Overloaded	Electro + Pyro	Causes a small AoE that deals Pyro DMG.
Vaporize	Hydro + Pyro	Amplifies DMG (x2)
Reverse Vaporize	Pyro + Hydro	Amplifies DMG (x1.5)
Melt	Cryo + Pyro	Amplifies DMG (x2)
Reverse Melt	Pyro + Cryo	Amplifies DMG (x1.5)
Electro-charged	Electro + Hydro	Deals electro damage over time to afflicted enemies and those around them that are Wet.
Frozen	Cryo + Hydro	Freezes the target, attacking them with a heavy attack (Claymore weapons Plunging attacks, Geo DMG, and explosions) will result to Shatter.
Shatter	Frozen + Heavy attack	This reaction is only affected by the level and the Elemental Mastery of the character that triggered the reaction while ignoring the ATK stats of the character and the DEF stats of the one being shattered. The damage from this reaction cannot crit.
Burning	Dendro + Pyro	Deals Pyro DMG over time.
Swirl	Anemo + Pyro, Electro, Hydro, or Cryo	Deals elemental DMG to the swirled element and spreads it to nearby opponents.
Crystallize	Geo + Pyro, Electro, Hydro, or Cryo	Produces an elemental shard that when picked up gives an elemental shield of the corresponding element.

Reverse Vaporize and Reverse Melt only happen when the sequence of elements applied is reversed. To do a Melt reaction, the enemy must already be afflicted by Cryo before you attack them with Pyro damage. However, if that enemy is affected by Cryo and you attack them with Pyro, it'll result in a Reverse Melt reaction which is much weaker. These "reversed" reactions are only exclusive to Melt and Vaporize.