Which Element Is The STRONGEST In Genshin Impact? (2024) 

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Hydro being the best is no surprise

Biggest issue for phys and geo is honestly just elemental shields. Too many enemies just have elemental barriers that make it difficult for those teams to reliably deal with, especially when taking into account enemies that completely negate damage if their shield is up.

The idea that Pyro characters will "cannibalize" eachother seems like a 4D chess calculated plan. The Nation of Pyro is the Nation of War and I feel like the Pyro Archon's gameplay will not avert that but only strengthen it, rewarding damage above all and forcing all Pyro characters to sacrifice others, or as Dainsleif said: "The victors shall burn bright, while the losers must turn to ash"

I still find it baffling that despite soil being one of the things plants need in order to grow, dendro doesn't react with geo. But somehow electro got a reaction.

One element to rule them all, Hydro. For Geo I'd argue that since it is the element of shields, and it needs offensive uses, then it would make sense if it was especially effective against all shields. Boom, Geo affirms itself to be a true element, not a "mark" on its characters. That's the straight and coherent solution.

the only downside of hydro is the existence of hydro immune enemies that are everywhere now

Geo definitely needs a buff if not a rework and Physical... I don't even know if anything can be done with it since it doesn't interact with the elements.

you know what i really want? An EM scaling pyro healer with good application. So you can go burgeon with a pyro onfield healer. THAT would be fun

Ironically now physical and geo also use hydro, or more specifically the hydro archon. Eula's best team now is Raiden/Furina/C6 Mika and Noelle is Furina/Yelan/Kazuha with Petra or Furina/Albedo/C6 Gorou with Marechaussee.

I haven't played Genshin since the year it came out but watching your channel has given me a pretty interesting look into how the game has changed over the years as if i never left

Physical should be able to deal with every elemental shield and resistance from enemies, just a little weaker than the elements that react with them. So you trade some efficacy (say hydro against a fire shield) but you can use it against everything. Kinda like normal pokémon.

This is a well thought and explained video, you take into the consideration about element capabilities in terms of raw damage as well as its elements reactions like how hydro is pretty much used in most of the other element combos such as bloom, hyperbloom, freeze, melt, superconfuct, swirl, electro-charged. Hydro really is the strongest element by far and will remain so, unironically without water we wouldn't live, so they thought of adding this idea to the game, as water being as important in reactions as it is for humans irl hahah.

Physical is HARD CARRIED by Eula alone and she's still stupidly strong now especially with Furina's release. Problem is Elemental shields in abyss ruining her viability most of the time. Wish they did something about this, it's such a simple fix. Having a character that doesn't care about elemental resistances, immunities, and even about physical resistances is so nice

Dendro could have been a way to buff Geo by giving it a reaction like it did with Electro. Moreover it would have been logical, since plants grow on earth. And it could also have a reaction with Anemo, some kind of sandstorm that deals damage over time in an area and blinds foes inside it.

I'm surprised how few was said about nev basically powercreeping 99% of the cast. He can: 1. Sustain himself 100% and being hypercarry means you don't need healing in his team 2. His single target damage is greater than Tao's while having aoe close to nahida's ult (spin). It's a bit less than c2 nahida hyperbloom if he is at c0 3. He is flexible as he can play with vape, hyper or hyperbloom

Hydro is the most universal element holding the most reactions in the game. That's what makes it my favorite element. Unlike pyro which almost every of its existences is about dmg, hydro is very well-balanced. That means hydro characters can be used as great supports like kokomi, yelan, nilou, furina etc and hypercarries like ayato, childe and neuvilette. Hydro is perfect in everything, from reactions, applications, healing, supports to dmg

Most accurate ranking so far imo. Pyro and cryo really need some saving grace. Not making cryo react with dendro was a big mistake. Overload could also use a bit of revisiting. Hydro on the other hand will just continue to dominate.

15:20 Are you maybe saying that the power of water is its ability to take any shape?

Hydro though makes me remember that famous Bruce Lee quote... "Be formless, shapeless like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes to cup. If you put water into a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend."

What to help Physical, give it some special effects reactions related to each element. Something like GEO, you can get increased shield break. Anemo extra true damage from vacuum hits or something.

i think the way genshin is heading, we will be inteoduced with a celestial/abyss alignment, that will be a powerup to characters to give us more verity. sort of like a mix of an extra talent/constellation and psneuma/ousma. it will probably be introduced while/after sheznaya. and i think that is the only chance to balance out the hydro meta without giving players the feeling of loosing something.

Hydro is the best for me. Great content as always!

I always wondered ever since Nilou came out if there could be a geo character that can turn crystals into mini-explosions that deal dmg based of the wielder's defense & level. It might help geo's reaction; but its just an idea.

**LEAK ALERT** just a note on lyney VV shred won't be his best option in 4.3 Chevruese will change that **SERIOUSLY A LEAK ALERT** Chevruese will offer 40% atk and 40% Pyro and electro resistance shred under 2 conditions Limiting your party to electro and Pyro characters(same restriction condition that nilou has) And triggering overload reaction With C6 she will grant a maximum of 60% Pyro dmg bonus It's kazover lol

I mean, it was the base for electrocute, vape and freeze in versions 1.x and 2.x, then it became the base for dendro cores reactions in versions 3.x, and now we're in the region of hydro where we get the strongest hypercarry in the game as a hydro character. It has always been the best element but it's just getting better.

Like how I've watched enough Vars vids that I basically knew the list order. The hyperbloom trio of elements really shine both as part of that trio and apart. Though I didn't even consider phys an element initially

My 3 fave elememts to use are dendro, hydr and anemo, so im not surprised

Unrelated to the video, but I crave to know how Fontaine has affected Tartaglia. You released a video on him right before Furina and Neuvillette! Much has changed! I need answers!! Not to be rude, of course. I love your videos, and enjoy whatever you produce. I'm just engaging in a bit of... drama.

they should change superconduct from reducing phys resistance to a defense reduction. (freeing up phys comps from needing cryo + electro) then make a supportive artifact set to apply a reduction of phys resistance. geo is on another level of doom, even harder to fix and probably needs a rework. but idk im too tired to even dream about it.

Since Navia's kit will be geo, I hope there will be interactions with the elemental shards geo drops. Like obtaining a geo shard grants Navia stacks that significantly boosts the power of her attacks while using up the stacks. That way, we aren't changing how the elemental reactions work, we're just adding kit specific interactions to those reactions.

was lowkey thinking about this video just a few days ago, wondering if a new version had come out

I can't help but keep paying attention to the 3 houses battle music in the background

I can't wait to see what Natlan has in store for the Pyro element... If every region has completely shaken the meta- i am so excited to see what Hoyoverse cooks up! 😩🙏

geo start to have their use outside of mono geo once again after the release of non-atk scaling dmg dealers, as a form of archaic petra users they often used in tandem with viridescent venerer users to maximize the elemental buff without worrying about buffers that simply don't exist for them for example neuvillette doesn't have dedicated charged attack buffer, and no dedicated hydro buffer (furina is universal) so he often paired with kazuha/venti (or jean with furina) and zhongli with archaic petra to maximize his dmg output while also provide him his much needed interruption resistance

I remember some time ago, Light and Dark Elements were theorized. If they ever become real, I look forwatd to how they react to other Elements. Since majority of Elements react "realistically" (fire burns grass, water conducts electricty, being doused in water while in sub-zero tempature is a bad time, etc) I hope Light and Dark reactions will be abnormal and totally insane, especially Light and Dark together.

always been a believer in hydro supremacy since I got xingqiu in 1.3 or something from lantern rite

Can I just give you some props for your extremely palatable voice?? You’re on of the very few Genshin RU-vidrs who doesn’t SHOUT. Really appreciate it

This video just gave me an idea as to how Cryo could be uplifted without a direct reaction with Dendro being invented, A unit which directly buffs using Cryo Reactions in tandem with other reactions. For example,a common trick used in Melt teams is that they're also partially burning teams as the reaction can assist in consistent pyro application. Freeze teams also use Dendro in a unique way via Fridge Comps. Using Freeze(And also superconduct,though not purposefully) as a method of assisting with triggering hyperbloom consistently as Freeze's primary application in most cases is actually Hydro rather than Cryo.(Seen with swirling enemies effected by freeze which then results in swirling hydro.) A unit that directly buffs using Cryo in a supportive manner with it's reactions or other elements's reactions in indirect support of it would be very fun and interesting.

I have to agree almost completely, as much as I love Anemo I currently have no copum against hydro, the only thing I'd argue is Anemo being second

Geo and physical suffer from many enemies having shields or higher resistance to them rather than just lack of proper support, I would argue Anemo and Dendro are tied since they got many similarities both exceptionally powerful against shield or harder enemies yet most players optimize them through support similar to the archons meta builds.

I feel like a simple fix for physical would be for characters that revolve around it to ingore or debuff enemy defense when attacking, sorta like how hydro is hp-based and dendro is em-based

I hope when Abyssal/Quantum and Light/Imaginary gets introduced it interacts with each element differently and is just inherently the best 2 elements as they should be given they are 'Of another world'

the kinda sad thing is that you can imagine a universe where physical *could* interact with the elements, but we'll probably never see that universe. you see a hint of it with the concept of needing a claymore user to break rocks, and it's not hard to see where you could go from there if you think of it as, "fist/weapon + element". like maybe physical could be good against geo, cryo and shields, maybe it could be weak to hydro, maybe pyro could buff it if you want to get super anime. you could build lore around it too--maybe physical is associated more with human willpower than with power granted by the gods, in which case it could be related to khaenri'ah. there's a lot you could do there that i don't think hoyo would ever consider doing.

Overall, I have to mostly agree on you ranking and I appreciate the nuance you put in the middle low ranking elements (which I found lacking in your Ganyu video). However, I still can't grasp why Electro is so good apart from Hyperbloom (basically Kuki and Raiden). I can't get good results with a quicken team.

I would put cryo over pyro because of the adsed utility it brings, but overall yes, this is what I would rank every element as well

A new shield/crystalize related artifact set could help geo a bit I think. Geo is a pretty comfy element, with essentially every character being able to provide shield support through crystalize, so maybe an artifact set similiar to hue's clam could bring some life into these comps. Basically a spiky shield dynamic, in which bonus revenge dmg is dealt depending on how many hits the shield takes/etc. Definitely not the only remake geo needs, but the aspect of every geo character being a potential shielder is a pretty interesting one imo. Also with furina's release i desperately hope we get a geo healer. I've been using her with itto for the memes, and it's unironically pretty enjoyable. Still you sacrifice gorou's 3d geo member bonus, bcs you need a healer.

Yeah, theses rankings are about what I expected them to be. Though I do find it interesting that with the exception of geo, the lowest ranking elements are all ones that haven't had there archons made playable yet. That means there's still hope for their meta to receive development. As for geo...well, good luck Navia, cause a lot of people are gonna have some unrealistic expectations for you to live up to. Physical archon when Hoyoverse?

Some fun buffs for Physical, Cryo and Geo would be: - dealing Physical or Geo to Shielded targets builds up the Shatter status (like posture damage, scaling off the damage dealt instead of the reactions caused), after reaching a certain threshold it will proc Shatter and instantly break the shield, Shatter will greatly decrease the targets resistances. - The regular Shatter of Frozen or Petrified targets will also greatly decrease the targets resistances. - Electro and Cryo should reduce the enemy Defense percentually for each application (like a Corrosion effect that builds up the more it is procced). Thsi way both Phys and Geo solve the issue of elemental shields, Superconduct becomes a way more useful reactions in general, Shatter will have a more meaningful effect (even though I wish applying Geo to a Geo afflicted character would Petrify said character, idk how it would be useful for synergy with other elements)

The only downside of Hydro is ending up getting Frozen thanks to it XD

From the title: Hydro, it's Hydro, DEFINITELTY Hydro.

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Your videos butter My biscuits thank you

Hey Vars do you think you can do a video about the most worth c6 character in the game?

I would "fix" physical dmg dealers by making them stun most of the enemies when they reach certain amount of dmg, actions, combos or whatever. Mostly how fighting games have a stun mechanic depending on how many hits you land consecutively on the foe, how many strong hits you land, or if you break their guard. That could be interesting. Also Honkai Impact has a mechanic called Impair (or so I remember) that kind of staggers the enemies or something like that.

Idk if anyone else thought of it but i had an interesting idea to maybe make geo better while letting them maintain their crystalize shield gimmick. That being the element that was crystalized and used for the shield give unique buffs depending on the element. So maybe a hydro shield would also give temporary bonus hp, Pyro shield could buff elemental reaction damage or something, a plain geo shield would give a physical attack buff. Or infuses basic attacks with the element crystalized. Idk i just wanna see geo actually just be up there with the rest of the elements.

day 10 of asking vars for his cryo element analysis (There's hope considering this video guys!) I understand that this video like most other content talking about the strength of the elements in the game is subjective and as you said numerous times, the placement of most elements could be argued based on circumstance and content being tackled. I just found the order being very similar to my own and the order that a group of my friends came up with as a very interesting coincidence. The idea that a content creator I respect views the game and its mechanics in a similar way was a surprisingly nice thing to find out today. Thanks for the enjoyable video as always vars, enjoy your day.

water, being a liquid, can freely mold into and take many different shapes. its kind of neat that that is the reason why its good

I just realised how fast a whole year gone. It felt like just yesterday when dendro released

Literally the only 2 things hydro as a roster is missing is a grouper and shielder. It crazy how well cover hydro is as an element while others like pyro has half their roster as on field field dps with basically no offield support outside of XL. Like even cyro despite having the biggest roster doesnt have a lot of options to have multiple units that cover similar things because its stuck sharing space in physical jail.

Personally . in terms of spiral abyss S tier - Anemo - Grouping and res shred will always be almost mandatory for anything that's not Dendro and still can be used in dendro, A tier - Dendro, Hydro, Electro - Hyper Bloom is busted, Electro charged is mega underrated because people dont understand its weird mechanics, it's the reason hyper bloom is better then burgeon Electro charged + anemo is still really strong. B tier - Pyro , Cyro - strong reaction but can be annoying to manage C tier - Geo literally doesn't interact with the other teammate in a game where its comat is about interacting teammates

I think that to make physical actually something good you need to make it somehow interact with the elements, not like reactions but like passives, like if you have 3 pyro units in the team it'll give you a heating up passive, every X seconds you get one stack which buffs some of the stats but if you hold it for too long you'll overheat and be forced to switch a hero

Give geo erosion and overgrown reactions with anemo hydro and dendro !! idk what theyll do but just do it!!

vars still doing every video possible but not the "why no one plays dori" that he promised

Easily hydro. An element that's present in all of the games "best" reactions and has a good resonance.

well, they made themselves pretty clear that physical is not an element, so it won't get any benefit in foreseeable future.. but they can surely make some adjustments like phys buffers or atk-spd enhancers to keep their existing character look strong (tho Eula is already too strong by her own). As for Geo.. I want to see how Navia saves geo or just make it another gimmick but honestly speaking, I see geo as a defensive element which need not to react with others to make it viable cuz that's not what geo characters supposed to be doing to begin with.

i wonder if vars is going to make a video on the weapons

Geo really needs a improvement with added reactions with the others. Maybe a rework where in addition to the crystalize, a new effect that adds a element over the enemy for a longer period of time, allowing for a enemy to be affected by more than one element at a time, like double swirl does. Like for example could have Soften (Hydro +Geo), Magma (Pyro+Geo), Dust (Anemo+Geo), Glacial (Cryo+Geo) Growth (Dendro+Geo) Grounded (Electro+Geo), each allowing for additional reactions to affect the enemy. This way now you can have a Geo included in various teams, and not just mono Geo

I believe they should also fix hydro swirl, cause that doesnt deal dmg to surrounding enemies for some reason, only applying the element instead (the game considers hydro swirl as applying "wet" as you can see in-game, and thus also dealing no swirl dmg in the process)

I was waiting for this video glad it is here now. The only thing I would change is electro and anemo. Anemo is still a rlly good element tho it is not as much needed as before. But thats just my opinion. ❤

thats why i have 2 c6 hydro char going for the 3rd next rerun(neuvillete) i know since dendro came hydro has been always the best element and might be that way untill we get abyss or light element

I would like to see a dedicated pyro healer (I know Bennett heals but he's there for the buff). Also based on leaks Chevruse, no spoilers but she's gonna be a special support

I think i might do anemo dendro hydro. As i believe furina shares something in common with what was mentioned with bennet. Being his core benefit is not related to his element.

I've not tried backbone but I did order a gamesir x3 pro. I loved the concept but the one big thing I didn't like was changing characters. It also had to keep the settings screen up to use with genshin. Please give us controller support genshin.

You asked if mobile players hate the controls. I just switched to playing on ps5, so IDK if I still count, but I played on mobile for around to years with perfect attendance without any problems with the controls. I think they work perfectly fine and don't obscure the screen that badly.

Fire emblem engage music slaps

You forgot the best element in the game: Dodging.

I also don’t quite understand y many people don’t like using pyro with dendro with the same EM bergoen does the same amount of damage as hyperbloom I do understand that u need a healer with the team but so do u in nilou bloom and I don’t see anyone complaining about that

A CC power unit sounds pretty cool.

The power of water is its ability to take any shape...

Electro got invited to the 3.0 Dendro party. …Geo: what party?

Hey I wanted to get some tips on which characters I should pull for so I want to get Kazuha definitely thinking of getting Neuvilete and Kokomi, maybe Nilou and I have: Cyno(which I am disappointed of and he was my first 5 star), Raiden, Yelan, Yoimiya, Writhesly(I forgot how it is written), Zhongli, Furina, Jean(who I am building because of Furina), Diluc, Tighnari and ofc Nahida. I do kinda regret getting Yoimiya and Writheosly 1. I accidentally got the thundering pulse and that's why I got Yoimiya 2. I got Wriothsley because I didn't really have any cryo characters built. Any help would be appriciated

I bought a backbone earlier in the year and returned it. Havent checked recently but as of four months ago there was no controller support for genshin and unless you want people spying on your usage stay away from the freewear that maps touch to controller. Dendro really is a double edged sword. While it drives many of the top teams. That has come at the cost of every none denrdo team. Regardles if how you look at. It really has powercrept the game. I for one am looking forward to dendro shields and heavily dendro and dendro reaction resistant enemies so hoyo can bring down the overall hp pool of enemies. The fact that you can still brute force yourself through the chicken chamber with a dendro teams speaks words

Vars, please, I _just_ ordered a Backbone, like, a day or two ago.

I would’ve loved it if geo and physical had reactions with each other to make both of them more relevant. It would solve Physical not existing and Geo being too consolidated to function. Give it something like giving enemies a Geo Aura, with physical attacks making a “Smash” reaction. Or maybe Physical attacks can have their own reaction that only reacts to itself-consistent physical charged attacks will give a “Bleed” debuff that simply does a little bit of damage over time. This status effect can also be a catalyst to a vastness of reactions based off of Physical Damage, with Geo being its strongest reaction. Something like the following: *Crumble* - Bleed + Geo. Sends out a Geo Resonance (similar to Zhongli’s Pillar) that can also trigger onto other enemies and nearby Geo Constructs as a chain reaction. Enemies hit by this resonance take damage and receive -50% Def & Geo Resistance for 8 seconds. Triggering this effect on another bleeding enemy will create another Resonance source. *Scorching* - Bleed + Pyro. Basically greatly increases Bleed Damage. *Bogged* - Bleed + Hydro. Reduces Enemy Healing Effectiveness -50%, and its DoT sustained from the enemy will heal the active party member by a % of the amount of damage dealt. *Static-Induced* - Bleed + Electro. Creates a field around the enemy that inflicts a % of damage from its DoT and Electro Aura onto any other enemies inside the field for every tick of DoT induced. *Frostbitten* - Physical + Cryo. Reduces enemy movement speed and attack speed by 50%. Attacking a frostbitten enemy grants a 6 second buff that can inflict a Cryo aura onto an enemy that is attacked by via normal attacks.

Hydro really flexible element can pair with any elements

I think they should add more elemental reactions imagine geo and pyro making lava damage or something

The only way to further improve Hydro is a melee catalyst user based on Bruce Lee.

I fully agree with the list, especially the pyro part being xiangling and bennett the element. in fact, if xiangling was electro i think she could be just as good if not better. It's definitely the most basic element in the game, buff damage consistently. it will never be bad but.... dendro's crazy reactions have frankly broadened the scope (which is a good thing). Of course, hydro is the best element and anyone arguing that is living the past. it enables everything, and genshin is about enabling. All good points here and I think this list is pretty objective vs the cryo/pyro placement being a bit debatable, but pyro has bennet and xiangling as its power core which are 4* which is why I definitely agree with cryo being worse. also fun note, klee might be the best pyro carry for speedrunning now which I think is really cool that the first unique 5* pyro is now the fastest. electro vs pyro is still an interesting topic. I personally agree electro is better because I find most their damage is frontloaded or safe. most the best taser teams are even more safe than chain freeze, due to them often using beidou and xinqiu for an 85% damage decrease +minor healing. and aggravate teams having their dps condensed into the first few seconds makes it not only a good low level strategy (due to a lot of the damage being focused on levels rather than artifacts). it also has a really high ceiling with good artifacts mainly crit stats to just burst everything. also on geo. NAVIA LEAK SPOILERS . . . her damage being based on crystalized means that she has a chance to fix some of geos problems, but unless she can break elemental shields effectively, i doubt it.

i guess the only thing i can think of for eula is the cryo hydro freeze that then has a shatter reaction from claymore which when its eula is a decent damage number i suppose

I don't know, I wouldn't cross the other elements off by the end of Genshin lol. We have at least 2 more zones with Natlan and Shneznaya coming and I'd be very surprised if the meta wasn't shaken up even once during that time.

5:48 as bad as the state of geo element is, the characters can still do this job. Since around 3.0 I have geo for my 2nd team in abyss and they never fail me

With Vars' "hydro will mold to anything Genshin needs" it's interesting because water takes the shape of his containers, I think that's what he meant but still very cool

it would be really nice, if forward vape would start, to get some attention now, with furinas release and hydros synergie with burn and burgeon. in the past there wasnt really any good hydro forward vape option because childe, ayato, yelan, xingqiu etc.. cannot vape most of their dmg. well, furina actually does vape most of her dmg, thanks to her 2 hit icd instead of the normal 3 hit icd. but to make forward vape effective with furina, you need a few more things. in short: you need hydro, pyro and dendro. every element in this composition has 2 to 3 roles: dendro -> (prevent hydro aura from taking over. is aura for bloom and burning), pyro -> (apply burning aura and trigger burgeon), hydro -> (forward vape and trigger bloom). a concrete team example for this would be the trio: nahida, furina and xiangling whats nice about this team composition, is that its a very reliable and flexible. the team ensures that, with every hydro application from furina, you will get either a forward vape or a dendro seed. with xiangling its a 20 second rotation, although you can reduce it to up to 15 seconds with any other fast pyro applicator, like hu tao for example. you also swap out nahida for alhaitham. i really like the example from above because it allows you to play as the fourth unit, alot of different onfielders. i would recommend a healer, that can weaken the burning aura a little. for example kokomi, would remove the burning aura (2U - 2*1U = 0U burning left) and thus steal the vapes from furina, so shes not good. charlotte is much better, because she only weakens the burning aura (2U - 0.5 * 1 = 1.5U burning left). what this means for furina, is that she will still forward vape but ALSO trigger bloom because 1.5U - 2 * 1U = -0.5U burning left. the -0.5U burning aura doesnt exist obviously. its the remainging hydro gauge, that will now react with the underlying dendro aura, to create a seed. aura tax doesnt really matter here btw. one more thing, why i think charlotte is so great in this team(or any other consistent cryo applicator): what can happen quite frequently is, that cryo and dendro coexist and xiangling forward melts and triggers burning and burgeon at the same time.

I think the only way Physical and Geo can become more relevant is if they make a bunch of common and elite enemies with a non-elemental sheild that acts like second HP bar which only takes Physical (or Geo) dmg, and the enemies themselves are immune to elemental reaction damage (including dmg boosts like Vaporise, meaning that your Hu Tao will hit as if theres no Hydro on the enemy) but have negative resistance to Physical (or Geo) damage so your Freminet can hit harder. Another way to make it more important is to add a set different effects, somewhat similar to elemental reactions, that trigger when you hit an enemy, affected by an element, with a Physical atk. We already have Shatter, which triggers when you hit a Frozen enemy with Physical or Geo dmg, so this job has already been started. It shouldn't have to be anything too complicated, even small buffs would be enough. Like, hitting an Electro, Electro-Charged or Quicken afflicted enemy gives you elemental particles, hitting a Dendro or Hydro afflicted enemy makes them bleed and take dot equal to a percentage of the character's atk, and hitting a Pyro or Cryo afflicted enemy gives a small Physical dmg bonus. This would make room for new Physical dps characters of elements other than Electro and Cryo, that could work without necessarily needing Superconduct. Still, even if all of these "reactions" for Physical were applied for Geo too, the element wouldn't go much further than where it stands today. It is without saying that Geo needs a rework, and HoYoverse is wild for not fixing it and missing out on billions of dollars by making an entire class of characters unusable and disliked by the entire playerbase. The mono geo route they took in 2.3 was probably the most expensive mistake in the history of the company.

considering that there are many viable mono teams (being anemo, geo, hydro, pyro) and somewhat viable mono teams (cryo, electro), it seems immpossible to make a good mono dendro team just because of how the element works. would there ever be a mono dendro team?

Idk why but the music in the background reminds me of phantasy star

Still love Geo by simply working unconditionally good for being mono and still effectively do something in many scenario so I can investing full of their constellation

Theyve started to look at physical at least with shatter being highlighted with Fremine and Wiothesly (CA can proc shatter). Making Physical want hydro, cryo, and electro to get the most out of it. Unfortunately it is the highlight of too much investment for too little reward.

Technically, the Hydro archon power is measured between Furina and Neuvilette. And it shows. No reason why though ;)