Summary
- Team compositions in Genshin Impact require attention to elemental reactions.
- The top-ranked team in the DPR Cup competition used Hu Tao as the main DPS.
- Xilonen is a key character, making Geo more viable in Genshin Impact.
An interesting Genshin Impact competition had players assemble a team of certain characters to see who could beat an enemy the fastest. Genshin Impact allows players to use up to four different playable characters in their party, and with the character count slowly reaching 100, players can make countless different combinations.
One of the main things players need to pay attention to when assembling a team composition is elemental reactions, which can be triggered by combining different elements. While combining some elements can result in powerful damage multipliers or on-field effects, others don't have great synergy.
A new post by a Reddit user named tracer4b has revealed the results of an interesting team competition in the Chinese player base called the DPR Cup. The competition required players to create a team composition and fight Potapo's Solidarity boss, an enemy that has over 9.2 million health points. One of the rules in the competition was that players were only allowed to use older DPS characters in Genshin Impact, as the more recent roster additions like Neuvillette, Arlecchino, Chasca, Clorinde, and a couple of others were banned. Other characters like Kazuha, Yelan, and Furina were allowed, but only in Genshin Impact's support role. The highest-ranked team composition features Hu Tao as the main DPS, with a supporting cast that includes Ayaka, Xianyun, and Xilonen. The team managed to beat the boss in 13 seconds, dealing an average of 712k damage per second.
Genshin Impact DPS Competition Results Revealed
Surprisingly, the second-fastest team composition actually features a four-star in the main DPS role. Genshin Impact's Bennett has once again proven why he is widely considered the best four-star character in the game. He has the same three supports, just like the third-place team, which features one of the oldest five-star characters in the game and a member of the Standard Banner, Mondstadt's Darknight hero Diluc.
The fourth-fastest team has the famous Inazuma DPS, Genshin Impact's Ayaka, as the main DPS unit. For a long time, Ayaka has been considered one of, if not the best elemental DPS unit in the game. However, with the meta heavily shifting with the release of Dendro, Ayaka, along with many other Cryo users, has been pushed down in the Genshin Impact meta.
One thing that all of the top 8 teams have in common is that they use the recently released Geo user Xilonen. According to a couple of players, this character has single-handedly managed to make Geo much more viable, as her kit is much more flexible compared to other characters that use this element. Fans hope that Genshin Impact could release a Cryo character that would follow a similar design pattern and make the Cryo element increase in popularity.
Genshin Impact
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 81 /100 Critics Rec: 87%
- Released
- September 28, 2020
- ESRB
- Teen / Alcohol Reference, Fantasy Violence, In-Game Purchases (Includes Random Items), Users Interact
- Developer(s)
- HoYoverse (Formerly miHoYo)
- Publisher(s)
- HoYoverse (Formerly miHoYo)
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!
- Engine
- Unity
- Multiplayer
- Online Co-Op
- Cross-Platform Play
- All platforms
- Cross Save
- All platforms
- PC Release Date
- September 28, 2020
- Xbox Series X|S Release Date
- November 20, 2024
- PS5 Release Date
- April 28, 2021
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC, iOS, Android
- Genre(s)
- RPG, Action, Adventure, Gacha, Open-World
- X|S Optimized
- yes
- OpenCritic Rating
- Strong
