Stat (also known as an attribute) in Genshin Impact represents a value with different effects. When Genshin Impact players open their character's details, they will find three different groups of stats; Base Stats, Advanced Stats, and Elemental Types.
Each of these attributes can be increased with different kinds of equipment. Some characters' skills also enhance these values, so it's important to understand who does what. To better understand the effect of each stat, gamers can read on.
Base Stats In Genshin Impact
Base Stats consist of:
- HP
- Attack
- Defense
- Elemental Mastery
- Stamina
HP
Health Points (HP) is the stat that measures the character’s durability. The more HP a character has, the harder it is for them to fall. DPS in games is generally “squishy”, which means they have low HP and would be defeated more easily.
Attack
Obviously, most damage in Genshin Impact scales with ATK. So far, all Normal Attacks scale with this stat, but some Elemental Skills and Bursts don’t. When it comes to this attribute, the most important thing to know is the difference between “Base ATK” and “Total ATK”.
- Base ATK: The sum of a character’s Base ATK stat and their weapon’s primary stat.
- Total ATK: The total of all bonuses gained from various sources. Bonus that comes in percentage (%) will scale off Base ATK. So the higher the weapon’s primary stat is, the higher bonus ATK a unit will get.
Defense
Defense represents a character’s endurance when taking hits. The more defense a unit has, the less damage they will take in battle. But in Genshin Impact, this stat is rarely used to tank. Instead, stacking this attribute is done solely because the character’s ability scales with DEF.
Elemental Mastery
Elemental Mastery or EM in Genshin Impact is the most crucial stat for Elemental Reactions. The higher EM a character has, the better their Elemental Reactions’ damage will be. For Crystallize, this stat will further strengthen the generated Elemental Shards (though it’s mostly not recommended focusing on EM for Crystallized Reaction).
Stamina
Among the other Base Stats, Stamina is the only attribute that does not scale with the character itself. To get more of this stat, players have to offer Oculus to Mondstadt and Liyue’s Statue of the Seven. At max, Travelers can have 240 Stamina.
This stat is consumed when players:
- Dash
- Sprint
- Swim
- Climb
- Glide
- Use Charged-Attack (Except Bow user’s aimed-shot)
Advanced Stats In Genshin Impact
Meanwhile, Advanced Stats include:
- Critical Rate
- Critical Damage
- Healing Bonus
- Incoming Healing Bonus
- Energy Recharge
- Cooldown Reduction
- Shield Strength
Critical Rate
Critical Rate is the chance a critical hit will occur. This stat starts at 5% for every character except Sangonomiya Kokomi, who begins with -100% Critical Rate instead.
The “golden ratio” for Critical Rate and Damage is 1:2, so if a character has 150% Critical Damage, then ideally, they should have 75% Crit Rate. Although, of course, if someone has, for example, 250% Critical Damage, then the Crit Rate shouldn’t exceed 100%. Players can go above 100% Critical Rate, but it won’t be beneficial at all.
Critical Damage
Meanwhile, Critical Damage is the increased value of a critical hit. Each character starts with 50% Crit Damage, so their Critical Hit Damage is increased by 1.5 times. For example, if a Non-Crit Hit deals 1000 damage, then the Critical Hit is boosted to 1500.
Healing Bonus
Healing Bonus is an important stat for healers. When a unit heals someone (including themselves), the total value will be increased based on this attribute.
Incoming Healing Bonus
Incoming Healing Bonus may seem weird considering Healing Bonus stat exists, but it’s actually important to learn the difference.
The Hydro Resonance grants a 30% Incoming Healing Bonus. This basically means the entire party will have 30% higher healing, but since this stat is not the same as Healing Bonus, characters that scale from Healing Bonus will not benefit from it.
For example, Sangonomiya Kokomi’s second passive (A4) won’t scale with Incoming Healing Bonus, as it has the following effect:
- When Elemental Burst is active, the DMG Bonus Kokomi gains will receive a further increase based on 15% of her Healing Bonus.
Energy Recharge
Higher Energy Recharge (ER) means players can recharge their Elemental Burst faster. This stat starts at 100%, so 150% ER equals 1.5 times more Energy Regeneration. This stat is highly crucial for units that rely on their Elemental Burst. With the release of Emblem of Severed Fate in Genshin Impact, stacking this stat can also further boost a character’s offensive performance.
Cooldown Reduction
Cooldown is how long a certain skill will be unavailable after casting. For this attribute, there aren’t many sources for global reduction, but the most notable ones would be Anemo Resonance (5% Reduction), C2 Chongyun’s Elemental Skill (15%), and Sacrificial weapons (Cooldown reset)
Shield Strength
Shield Strength is likely the most misunderstood stat because of the Retracing Bolide set. This artifact grants 35% Shield Strength, which has led many people to believe it’s the perfect equipment for Genshin Impact shielders like Zhongli. Unfortunately, it’s not that simple.
Shield Strength stat is only applied to that particular character. So if Zhongli has the +35% bonus but Hu Tao does not, then when Zhongli is swapped out, the shield Hu Tao has will not be strengthened. Therefore, if players want to benefit from Retracing Bolide artifacts, they should use it on their main DPS instead of the shield support.
This actually makes Retracing Bolide a decent set for many characters, but unfortunately, most DPS have their own best-in-slot items, so this artifact is often forgotten. Nevertheless, if players own Zhongli and have gotten a decent drop of this Genshin Impact item, then it’s definitely worth trying out.
Elemental Type
The last category for Genshin Impact attributes is the Elemental Type. For this one, it’s actually divided into each Element (Pyro, Electro, Cryo, Hydro, Anemo, Geo, Dendro, and Physical). But since they function the same, the explanation will be shortened to “Elemental Damage Bonus” and “Elemental Resistance”.
Elemental Damage Bonus
Elemental Damage Bonus is an offensive attribute that increases the character’s damage of the corresponding Element. For example, if Raiden Shogun in Genshin Impact has Electro Damage Bonus, then she will deal higher Electro Damage.
Elemental Resistance
On the other hand, Resistance is a defensive stat that can reduce incoming damage to a certain character. The most notable source for this stat is the Protective Canopy buff. By having four different Elements in the team, it will trigger the following effect:
- All Elemental RES +15%
- Physical RES +15%
Genshin Impact is now available on Mobile, PC, PS4, and PS5. A Switch version is in development.