Genshin Impact Elements and Reactions

The seven elements of Genshin Impact – Anemo, Geo, Electro, Dendro, Hydro, Pyro and Cryo – and the elemental reactions that power every team.

Every character in Genshin Impact uses one of seven elements. Combine two different elements on an enemy and you trigger an elemental reaction – the heart of the combat system. Use the buttons to filter.

All 18ElementReaction

The seven elements7Key reactions11

The seven elements

7 entries

Anemo

Element · Wind. Swirls other elements to spread them, and pulls enemies together. Mondstadt's element.

Geo

Element · Earth. Creates shields and constructs, and Crystallizes other elements into shields. Liyue's element.

Electro

Element · Lightning. Triggers Overloaded, Electro-Charged, Superconduct and Quicken. Inazuma's element.

Dendro

Element · Nature. Triggers Bloom, Burning and Quicken – the newest of the reactions. Sumeru's element.

Hydro

Element · Water. Applies Wet and triggers Vaporize, Frozen, Electro-Charged and Bloom. Fontaine's element.

Pyro

Element · Fire. Triggers Vaporize, Melt, Overloaded and Burning. Natlan's element.

Cryo

Element · Ice. Freezes Wet enemies and triggers Melt and Superconduct. Snezhnaya's element.

Key reactions

11 entries

Vaporize

Reaction · Hydro + Pyro. Multiplies the triggering hit's damage.

Melt

Reaction · Pyro + Cryo. Multiplies the triggering hit's damage.

Frozen

Reaction · Hydro + Cryo. Freezes enemies in place.

Overloaded

Reaction · Pyro + Electro. An explosion that knocks enemies back.

Superconduct

Reaction · Cryo + Electro. Lowers enemies' Physical resistance. With Mitya in the party it becomes Stellar-Conduct (Version 7.2).

Electro-Charged

Reaction · Hydro + Electro. Deals Electro damage over time.

Swirl

Reaction · Anemo + Pyro, Hydro, Electro or Cryo. Spreads the element to nearby enemies.

Crystallize

Reaction · Geo + Pyro, Hydro, Electro or Cryo. Drops a shield you can pick up.

Bloom

Reaction · Dendro + Hydro. Creates Dendro Cores that explode.

Burning

Reaction · Dendro + Pyro. Sets enemies – and grass – on fire.

Quicken

Reaction · Dendro + Electro. Powers up later Electro and Dendro hits (Aggravate and Spread).

Section images: official Genshin Impact trailers (Genshin Impact / YouTube).

Building teams around reactions

Mix elementsTeams with two or more elements trigger reactions – that's where most damage comes from.

Apply, then triggerOne character applies an element, another triggers the reaction with a different one.

ResonanceTwo characters of the same element give the team a bonus, called Elemental Resonance.

New: Stellar-ConductVersion 7.2's Mitya turns Superconduct into Stellar-Conduct.

Reference page written by AI (Claude) and checked against the sources above. Games change with every patch – the patch this page was last checked for is shown at the top.