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Understanding enemy behaviors, weaknesses, and attack patterns significantly enhances your ability to conquer Teyvat's challenges in Genshin Impact. Equip yourself with this knowledge, and adapt your strategies according to the enemies you face.

Here's an Enemies Guide for Genshin Impact, detailing various types of enemies, their characteristics, and strategies to defeat them:

Common Enemies

Hilichurls

Varieties: Basic melee, archers, shamans (with elemental shields), berserkers, and mitachurls (large, with shields or weapons). Weakness: Generally weak to all elements but especially vulnerable when their elemental shields are broken.

Pyro for Cryo shields, Cryo for Pyro shields, Hydro for Pyro, etc.

Strategy: Use elemental reactions to strip shields quickly. Melee hilichurls are straightforward; archers can be dodged or countered with your own ranged attacks. Shamans recharge if not interrupted.

Slimes

Types: Anemo, Cryo, Dendro, Electro, Geo, Hydro, Pyro. Same Element: They're immune to their own element but vulnerable to others, especially the opposing element in some cases (e.g., Pyro slimes are weak to Hydro). Strategy: Use the opposite element or physical attacks if no elemental advantage is available. Watch for their jumping or explosion attacks.

Treasure Hoarders

Varieties: Various classes like scouts, pugilists, and alchemists with different attack patterns. Weakness: No specific elemental weaknesses, but they can be stunned or frozen to interrupt their attacks. Strategy: Keep moving to avoid their ranged attacks or traps. Use area-of-effect (AoE) attacks to handle groups.

Elite Enemies

Fatui Agents

Types: Cicin Mages, Skirmishers (with different elemental armaments). Shields: Cicin Mages have elemental shields; Skirmishers use elemental armor. Cicin Mages: Use Cryo on Electro shields and vice versa. Watch for teleporting. Skirmishers: Break their shields with claymores or the corresponding element, then attack aggressively.

Abyss Order

Varieties: Abyss Mages (with elemental shields), Heralds, Lectors. Shields: Use the element that's weak to their shield's element for quick depletion. Mages: Interrupt their spellcasting with attacks. Use appropriate elements to break shields. Heralds/Lectors: Focus on shield-breaking first. They have powerful attacks and can heal or buff themselves or others.

Ruin Machines

Types: Ruin Guards, Ruin Hunters, Ruin Graders. Weakness: Their core when exposed or eyes during certain attacks. Ruin Guards: Dodge missiles, aim for the core or their eye when stunned. Ruin Hunters: Attack after they perform their dive bomb when their core is exposed. Ruin Graders: Stay mobile, use ranged characters to hit their eye or core from a distance.

Boss Enemies

Weekly Bosses (Resin Required)

•Andrius, Wolf of the North: Use Cryo or Pyro to deal with his Cryo phases. Dodge his leap attacks.

•Dvalin, Stormterror: Use ranged attacks when he's airborne. During ground phase, aim for the crystals on his back.

•Childe (Tartaglia): Watch for his elemental forms. Use shields or healing when he's in Hydro form, and break his melee stance with ranged or burst damage.

•Azhdaha: Elemental phase changes require you to utilize the opposite element for advantages. Stay close to avoid his tail and stomp attacks.

World Bosses (No Resin Required)

•Primo Geovishap: Attack during elemental absorption phase for bonus damage. Dodge his area attacks.

•Hypostases: Each has a revive mechanic; save elemental bursts for when they're vulnerable after using their ultimate attack.

General Tips

•Elemental Reaction: Always leverage elemental reactions for extra damage or crowd control.

•Environmental Use: Use the environment to your advantage, like luring enemies near water for electro-charge or freezing.

•Character Switching: Quick switch characters to apply different elements or to use their skills off cooldown.

•Healing and Shielding: Keep a healer or shielder in your team for tougher fights to maintain survivability.

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