Summary
The Traveler character inGenshin Impacthas arguably always been worth using, but now even more so with the ability to align them with new Elements that change the character’s kit. Specifically, the new Hydro Elemental Resonance for the Traveler inGenshin Impactis quite powerful, but some of the older Elemental Resonances can also be worth investing in.
While the Traveler’s character level is universal, none of the talent upgrades are shared between their different Elemental Resonances. Consequently, players should understand the strengths and weaknesses of each Elemental Resonance before investing in any upgrade materials and using the Traveler main character.
The Strengths and Weaknesses of the Traveler’s Elemental Resonances
Anemo Elemental Resonance:While the Anemo Traveler features a talent that can heal them, this source of healing isn’t reliable enough to replace a dedicatedhealing character inGenshin Impact. Also, the best way to use Anemo Swirl reactions is with a high Elemental Mastery stat, which makes the Anemo Traveler’s scaling with HP seem unfitting.
Dendro Elemental Resonance:While Pyro reacting with Dendro is one of the strongestDendro Elemental reactions inGenshin Impact, this reaction comes with a downside for the Dendro Traveler. Specifically, Pyro reactions can end the Traveler’s Elemental Burst ability. This will provide an immediate instance of damage, but it will cancel the ability’s buffs and AoE damage early. While players can avoid this by being mindful of their characters who use Pyro abilities, enemies that use Pyro attacks aren’t so easy to avoid.
Electro Elemental Resonance:The Electro Traveler is one of thebest battery support characters inGenshin Impact, because of the energy regeneration that they provide to themselves and other characters, which scales with the Traveler’s own energy regeneration stat. The main downside of the Electro Traveler, though, is that their Elemental Skill has a slightly longer cooldown than the other Elemental Resonance Traveler builds. While this longer cooldown is seemingly only a minute difference, it ends up resulting in a significantly lower DPS compared to the other Elemental Resonances for the Traveler, hence why this character is better used as a support instead of a primary DPS role.
Geo Elemental Resonance:What makes Geo Traveler so strong is their short ability cooldowns that can lead to them having multiple Geo Constructs on the field at a time. This will provide ample opportunities for Geo Elemental reactions and generating energy for players usingGeo team compositions inGenshin Impact. However, Geo Elemental Reactions are one of the weakest Elemental reactions inGenshin Impactagainst Elemental shields. Another flaw of this build is that it suffers from power creeping at higher levels since none of the Geo Traveler’s abilities or talents naturally scale with the character’s stats.
Hydro Elemental Resonance:Ever since it was introduced, the Hydro Traveler has arguably become the highest DPS build for the Traveler inGenshin Impact. What makes this build especially strong is that it has access to the HP-consuming damage buff that is normally exclusive to the5-Star Fontaine Characters. Additionally, this build can also provide healing and shielding, resulting in an all-in-one support, DPS, and healing build.
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…
