Summary
- Endless team combinations in Genshin Impact allow for unique meme builds based on specific themes or gimmicks, like the Avatar: The Last Airbender.
- Building a team around the Avatar theme requires using characters with multiple elements to mimic wielding four elements simultaneously.
- While fun and entertaining, the Avatar-themed team composition is not considered meta due to its inefficiency in high-difficulty content.
Given how many characters there are in Genshin Impact by now, there are almost limitless combinations that players can use for team compositions. Even so, no two team compositions in Genshin Impact are ever alike.
With the right team compositions in Genshin Impact, players can make builds that are pure meme material, often sacrificing certain strengths to make teams built around a specific gimmick or spectacle. Such is the case for this particular meme build inspired by Netflix’s adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Genshin Impact’s Avatar: The Last Airbender Build Explained
In Avatar: The Last Airbender, the Avatar is the sole character who is capable of mastering all four of the universe’s natural Elements: Air, Earth, Fire, and Water. Each of these four Elements has a counterpart in Genshin Impact, except there are a total of seven Elements in Genshin Impact. While it’s not quite possible for players to simultaneously wield all seven Elements in Genshin Impact at once, players can still build a team that can wield four Elements, like the Avatar.
This build only relies on the natural abilities of each member of the team, so it’s not necessary to invest in any particular Artifacts, character constellation upgrades, or weapons in Genshin Impact. These buildcrafting tools will naturally make this build more effective in higher-level activities, but this build isn’t exactly designed for endgame content anyway, so players may want to save their resources. Otherwise, players who want to try this build for themselves only need to have access to a specific set of characters in Genshin Impact.
Team Composition
- Wanderer
- Beidou
- Thoma
- Xingqiu
The one compromise that makes this team composition work is that none of the currently available Geo characters in Genshin Impact would fulfill the role of an Earth-bender in this situation. However, by using Beidou, players can still create a ‘master of four Elements’ team composition by substituting Electro for Geo.
With the 5-Star character Wanderer as the main character of this team composition, using the other character’s Elemental Skills will allow Wanderer to simultaneously wield four separate Elemental damage types. This is possible because Wanderer already deals Anemo damage, and the other characters’ Elemental Skills each provide additional Elementals to other party members’ attacks that won’t conflict by overriding any existing Elements.
Why The Avatar: The Last Airbender Build Isn’t Meta in Genshin Impact
This build is quite a spectacle to behold for fans of Avatar: The Last Airbender, but it’s ultimately more of a meme than a viable build because of how off-meta it is. So while this team composition won’t hold up in Genshin Impact’s Spiral Abyss, it’s still a fun build that serves as a testament to the crazy team compositions that are possible in Genshin Impact.
The primary weakness of this build is that casting every party member’s Elemental Skills will only give players a brief moment to wield four separate Elements.
Not to mention, activating multiple Elemental Skills will require a lot of energy, so the long buildup to pull off this gimmick only results in a short window of opportunity. Additionally, players won’t have much control over which Elemental reactions will be occurring while all of these Elemental Skills are active, so things can get chaotic. Another fundamental weakness of this build is that it lacks a proper healer. Compared to other healer characters in Genshin Impact, Xingqiu alone generally isn’t capable of providing sustainable healing to a full team.
While there are ways to account for the shortcomings of this build, these will generally require players to make compromises that will undermine the appeal of this build being able to wield four Elements in the first place. Consequently, this build is best regarded as a meme for Genshin Impact instead of a sustainable build for high-difficulty content.
Genshin Impact
- Released
- September 28, 2020
WHERE TO PLAY
Step into Teyvat, a vast world teeming with life and flowing with elemental energy.
You and your sibling arrived here from another world. Separated by an unknown god, stripped of your powers, and cast into a deep slumber, you now awake to a world very different from when you first arrived.
Thus begins your journey across Teyvat to seek answers from The Seven — the gods of each element. Along the way, prepare to explore every inch of this wondrous world, join forces with a diverse range of characters, and unravel the countless mysteries that Teyvat holds...
MASSIVE OPEN WORLD
Climb any mountain, swim across any river, and glide over the world below, taking in the jaw-dropping scenery each step of the way. And if you stop to investigate a wandering Seelie or strange mechanism, who knows what you might discover?
ELEMENTAL COMBAT SYSTEM
Harness the seven elements to unleash elemental reactions. Anemo, Electro, Hydro, Pyro, Cryo, Dendro, and Geo interact in all sorts of ways, and Vision wielders have the power to turn this to their advantage.
Will you vaporize Hydro with Pyro, electro-charge it with Electro, or freeze it with Cryo? Your mastery of the elements will give you the upper hand in battle and exploration.
BEAUTIFUL VISUALS
Feast your eyes on the world around you, with a stunning art style, real-time rendering, and finely tuned character animations delivering you a truly immersive visual experience. Lighting and weather all change naturally over time, bringing every detail of this world to life.
SOOTHING SOUNDTRACK
Let the beautiful sounds of Teyvat draw you in as you explore the expansive world around you. Performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the soundtrack changes seamlessly with the time and gameplay to match the mood.
BUILD YOUR DREAM TEAM
Team up with a diverse cast of characters in Teyvat, each with their own unique personalities, stories, and abilities. Discover your favorite party combinations and level up your characters to help you conquer even the most daunting of enemies and domains.
JOURNEY WITH FRIENDS
Team up with friends across various platforms to trigger more elemental action, tackle tricky boss fights, and conquer challenging domains together to reap rich rewards.
As you stand atop the peaks of Jueyun Karst and take in the rolling clouds and vast terrain stretching out before you, you may wish to stay in Teyvat a little longer... But until you are reunited with your lost sibling, how can you rest? Go forth, Traveler, and begin your adventure!
- ESRB
- Teen / Alcohol Reference, Fantasy Violence, In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items), Users Interact
- Developer(s)
- HoYoverse (Formerly miHoYo)
- Publisher(s)
- HoYoverse (Formerly miHoYo)
- Engine
- Unity
- Multiplayer
- Online Co-Op
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC, iOS, Android
- Genre(s)
- RPG, Action, Adventure, Gacha, Open-World
- Metascore
- 86
- Platforms That Support Crossplay
- Mobile, PC, PS4 & PS5
