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The following tables display the gauge unit application of character abilities.

For Cryo, Dendro, Electro, Hydro, Pyro which can apply auras:

• 1U: Applies 1U; When applying an aura, creates a 0.8U aura which decays in 9.5 seconds
• 1.5U: Applies 1.5U; When applying an aura, creates a 1.2U aura which decays in 10.75 seconds
• 2U: Applies 2U; When applying an aura, creates a 1.6U aura which decays in 12 seconds
• 4U: Applies 4U; When applying an aura, creates a 3.2U aura which decays in 17 seconds

Note that when under the effects of Elemental Infusions, all Sword, Claymore, and Polearm characters' Normal Attack, Charged Attack and Plunging Attack landing apply 1U of the infused element, and mid-air collision while plunging applies 0U.

Pyro

Character	Ability	Gauge Units
Amber	Normal Attack (Fully-Charged Aimed Shot)	2U (w/ Dropoff)
	Elemental Skill	2U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	Constellation 1 (Extra Arrow)	1U
Arlecchino	Normal Attack (Converted Attacks)	1U
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	Constellation 2	1U
Bennett	Elemental Skill (Press)	2U
	Elemental Skill (Hold)	1U
	Elemental Burst (DMG)	2U
	Elemental Burst (Pyro to Self)	1U, 2.1s
	Constellation 4	1U
Chevreuse	Elemental Skill (Activation)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Surging Blade)	0U
	Elemental Burst (Explosive Grenade DMG)	2U
	Elemental Burst (Secondary Explosive Shell DMG)	1U
	Constellation 2	1U
Dehya	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
Diluc	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	2U
Gaming	Elemental Skill (Charmed Cloudstrider)	1U
	Elemental Burst (DMG)	1U
	Elemental Burst (Pyro to Self)	1U, 0.2s
Hu Tao	Elemental Skill (Converted Attacks)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Blood Blossom)	1U
	Elemental Burst	2U
Klee	Normal Attack (Normal/Charged/Plunging)	1U
	Normal Attack (Plunging Collision)	0U
	Elemental Skill (Bomb Explosion)	2U
	Elemental Skill (Cluster Mines and Bomb Bounces)	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	Constellation 4	2U
Lyney	Normal Attack (Fully-Charged Aimed Shot)	1U (w/ Dropoff)
	Normal Attack (Prop Arrow)	1U (w/ Dropoff)
	Normal Attack (Pyrotechnic Strike)	1U
	Normal Attack (Spiritbreath Thorn)	0U
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	Constellation 6	1U
Mavuika	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	Constellation 6	0U
Thoma	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Skill (Pyro to Self)	1U, 1s
	Elemental Burst (Activation)	2U
	Elemental Burst (Fiery Collapse)	1U
Traveler (Pyro)	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	Constellation 6 (Flame Wave)	1U
Xiangling	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	Constellation 2	1U
Xinyan	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Skill (Pyro to Self)	1U, 1s
	Elemental Burst	1U
Yanfei	Normal Attack (Normal/Charged/Plunging)	1U
	Normal Attack (Plunging Collision)	0U
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	2U
	4th Ascension Passive	1U
Yoimiya	Normal Attack (Fully-Charged Aimed Shot)	1U (w/ Dropoff)
	Normal Attack (Kindling Arrow)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Activation Damageless Hit)	0U
	Elemental Skill (Converted Attacks)	1U
	Elemental Burst (Activation)	2U
	Elemental Burst (Aurous Blaze)	1U

Hydro

Character	Ability	Gauge Units
Barbara	Normal Attack (Normal/Charged/Plunging)	1U
	Normal Attack (Plunging Collision)	0U
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Skill (Wet to Self)	1U, 0.3s
Candace	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	Constellation 6	1U
Furina	Normal Attack (Arkhe)	0U
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	Constellation 6 (Converted Attacks)	1U
Kamisato Ayato	Elemental Skill (Water Illusion)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Converted Attacks)	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	Constellation 6	1U
Mualani	Normal Attack (Normal/Charged/Plunging)	1U
	Normal Attack (Plunging Collision)	0U
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
Mona	Normal Attack (Normal/Charged/Plunging)	1U
	Normal Attack (Plunging Collision)	0U
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst (Activation)	1U
	Elemental Burst (Bubble Explosion)	2U
	Alternate Sprint	1U
Neuvillette	Normal Attack (Normal/Charged/Plunging)	1U
	Normal Attack (Plunging Collision)	0U
	Elemental Skill (Activation)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Spiritbreath Thorn)	0U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	Constellation 6	1U
Nilou	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
Sangonomiya Kokomi	Normal Attack (Normal/Charged/Plunging)	1U
	Normal Attack (Plunging Collision)	0U
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Skill (Wet to Self)	1U, 0.2s
	Elemental Burst	2U
	Constellation 1	1U
Sigewinne	Normal Attack (Fully-Charged Aimed Shot)	1U (w/ Dropoff)
	Normal Attack (Mini-Stration Bubble)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Bolstering Bubblebalm)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Surging Blade)	0U
	Elemental Burst	1U
Tartaglia	Normal Attack (Fully-Charged Aimed Shot)	1U (w/ Dropoff)
	Normal Attack (Riptide Flash)	1U
	Normal Attack (Riptide Burst)	2U
	Elemental Skill (Activation)	2U
	Elemental Skill (Converted Attacks)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Riptide Slash)	1U
	Elemental Burst	2U
Traveler (Hydro)	Elemental Skill (Torrent Surge)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Dewdrop)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Spiritbreath Thorn)	0U
	Elemental Burst	1U
Xingqiu	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst (Sword Rain)	1U
	Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst (Wet to Self)	1U, 0.5s
Yelan	Normal Attack (Fully-Charged Aimed Shot)	1U (w/ Dropoff)
	Normal Attack (Breakthrough Barb)	1U
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst (Activation)	2U
	Elemental Burst (Coordinated Attack)	1U
	Constellation 2	1U
	Constellation 6 (Converted Attacks)	1U

Electro

Character	Ability	Gauge Units
Beidou	Elemental Skill	2U
	Elemental Skill (Electro to Self)	1U, 2s
	Elemental Burst (Activation)	4U
	Elemental Burst (Discharge)	1U
	Constellation 4	1U
Clorinde	Elemental Skill (Swift Hunt and Impale the Night)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Surging Blade)	0U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	Constellation 1 (Coordinated Attack)	1U
	Constellation 6 (Glimbright Shade)	1U
Cyno	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst (Converted Attacks)	1U
	1st Ascension Passive (Duststalker Bolt)	1U
	Constellation 6 (Extra Duststalker Bolt)	1U
Dori	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst (Connector DMG)	1U
	Elemental Burst (Electro to Self)	1U
	Constellation 2 (Jinni Toop)	1U
Fischl	Normal Attack (Fully-Charged Aimed Shot)	1U (w/ Dropoff)
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	2U
	1st Ascension Passive	1U
	4th Ascension Passive	1U
	Constellation 4	2U
Keqing	Elemental Skill (Lightning Stiletto)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Thunderclap Slash)	2U
	Elemental Skill (Slashing)	2U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	Constellation 1	1U
Kujou Sara	Normal Attack (Fully-Charged Aimed Shot)	1U (w/ Dropoff)
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	Constellation 2	1U
Kuki Shinobu	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	Constellation 4 (Thundergrass Mark)	1U
Lisa	Normal Attack (Normal/Charged/Plunging)	1U
	Normal Attack (Plunging Collision)	0U
	Elemental Skill (Press)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Hold)	2U
	Elemental Burst (Activation)	0U
	Elemental Burst (Discharge)	1U
Ororon	Normal Attack (Fully-Charged Aimed Shot)	1U (w/ Dropoff)
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	1st Ascension Passive	1U
Raiden Shogun	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst (Activation)	2U
	Elemental Burst (Converted Attacks)	1U
Razor	Elemental Skill	2U
	Elemental Burst (Activation)	2U
	Elemental Burst (Soul Companion Attacks)	1U
	Elemental Burst (Electro to Self)	1U, 2.1s
	Constellation 6	1U
Sethos	Normal Attack (Fully-Charged Aimed Shot)	1U (w/ Dropoff)
	Normal Attack (Shadowpiercing Shot)	2U
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst (Converted Attacks)	1U
Traveler (Electro)	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
Yae Miko	Normal Attack (Normal/Charged/Plunging)	1U
	Normal Attack (Plunging Collision)	0U
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U

Cryo

Character	Ability	Gauge Units
Aloy	Normal Attack (Fully-Charged Aimed Shot)	1U (w/ Dropoff)
	Elemental Skill (Freeze Bomb)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Chillwater Bomblet)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Converted Attacks)	1U
	Elemental Burst	2U
Charlotte	Normal Attack (Normal/Charged/Plunging)	1U
	Normal Attack (Plunging Collision)	0U
	Normal Attack (Spiritbreath Thorn)	0U
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst (Activation)	2U
	Elemental Burst (Kamera DMG)	1U
	Constellation 6 (Coordinated Attack)	1U
Chongyun	Elemental Skill	2U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	4th Ascension Passive	1U
Citlali	Normal Attack (Normal/Charged/Plunging)	1U
	Normal Attack (Plunging Collision)	0U
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst (Activation)	2U
	Elemental Burst (Spiritvessel Skull)	1U
	Constellation 4 (Obsidian Spiritvessel Skull)	1U
Diona	Normal Attack (Fully-Charged Aimed Shot)	1U (w/ Dropoff)
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Skill (Frozen to Self)	2U, 0.1s
	Elemental Burst	1U
Eula	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	2U
Freminet	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
Ganyu	Normal Attack (Fully-Charged Aimed Shot)	1U (w/ Dropoff)
	Normal Attack (Frostflake Bloom)	1U
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
Kaeya	Elemental Skill (Normal)	2U
	Elemental Skill (Against Water)	4U
	Elemental Burst	1U
Kamisato Ayaka	Elemental Skill	2U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	Alternate Sprint	1U
Layla	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Skill (Frozen to Self)	1U, 0.1s
	Elemental Burst	1U
Mika	Elemental Skill	1U
Qiqi	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	2U
Rosaria	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
Shenhe	Elemental Skill (Press)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Hold)	2U
	Elemental Burst	1U
Wriothesley	Normal Attack (Normal/Charged/Plunging)	1U
	Normal Attack (Plunging Collision)	0U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	Constellation 6 (Icicle)	1U

Dendro

Character	Ability	Gauge Units
Alhaitham	Elemental Skill (Projection Attacks)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Converted Attacks)	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
Baizhu	Normal Attack (Normal/Charged/Plunging)	1U
	Normal Attack (Plunging Collision)	0U
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	Constellation 2	1U
Collei	Normal Attack (Fully-Charged Aimed Shot)	1U (w/ Dropoff)
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	1st Ascension Passive	1U
	Constellation 6	1U
Emilie	Elemental Skill (Activation and Lumidouce Case)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Spiritbreath Thorn)	0U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	1st Ascension Passive	1U
	Constellation 6 (Converted Attacks)	1U
Kaveh	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst (Activation)	2U
	Elemental Burst (Converted Attacks)	1U
	Constellation 6	1U
Kinich	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	Constellation 6	1U
Kirara	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Skill (Dendro to Self)	1U, 0.1s
	Elemental Burst (Activation)	2U
	Elemental Burst (Cat Grass Cardamom)	1U
	Constellation 4	1U
Nahida	Normal Attack (Normal/Charged/Plunging)	1U
	Normal Attack (Plunging Collision)	0U
	Elemental Skill (Activation)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Tri-Karma Purification)	1.5U
	Constellation 6	1U
Tighnari	Normal Attack (Fully-Charged Aimed Shot)	1U (w/ Dropoff)
	Normal Attack (Clusterbloom Arrow)	1U (w/ Dropoff)
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
Traveler (Dendro)	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst (Normal)	1U
	Elemental Burst (Pyro Transformation Explosion)	2U
Yaoyao	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	Constellation 6	1U

Anemo

Character	Ability	Gauge Units
Chasca	Normal Attack (Fully-Charged Aimed Shot)	1U (w/ Dropoff)
	Elemental Skill (All DMG)	1U
	Elemental Burst (All DMG)	1U
	Constellation 2 (AoE DMG)	1U
	Constellation 4 (AoE DMG)	1U
Faruzan	Normal Attack (Fully-Charged Aimed Shot)	1U (w/ Dropoff)
	Elemental Skill (Normal)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Pressurized Collapse Against Ally Objects)	2U
	Elemental Burst	1U
Jean	Elemental Skill	2U
	Elemental Burst	2U
	Elemental Burst (Anemo to Self)	1U, 0.1s
Kaedehara Kazuha	Elemental Skill (Press)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Hold)	2U
	Elemental Skill (Midare Ranzan)	1U
	Elemental Burst (Activation)	2U
	Elemental Burst (Anemo DoT)	1U
	Elemental Burst (Absorbed Element DoT)	1U
	1st Ascension Passive (Midare Ranzan Absorbed Element)	1U
Lynette	Elemental Skill (Enigmatic Thrust)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Surging Blade)	0U
	Elemental Burst (Anemo)	1U
	Elemental Burst (Absorbed Element)	1U
Sayu	Elemental Skill (Anemo)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Absorbed Element)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Absorbed Cryo While Rolling, Against Water)	2U
	Elemental Burst	1U
Shikanoin Heizou	Normal Attack (Normal/Charged/Plunging)	1U
	Normal Attack (Plunging Collision)	0U
	Elemental Skill	2U
	Elemental Burst (Anemo)	1U
	Elemental Burst (Windmuster Iris)	1U
Sucrose	Normal Attack (Normal/Charged/Plunging)	1U
	Normal Attack (Plunging Collision)	0U
	Elemental Skill (Normal)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Against Ally Objects)	2U
	Elemental Burst (Anemo)	1U
	Elemental Burst (Absorbed Element)	1U
Traveler (Anemo)	Elemental Skill (Anemo)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Absorbed Element)	1U
	Elemental Burst (Anemo)	1U
	Elemental Burst (Absorbed Element)	2U
	1st Ascension Passive	1U
Venti	Normal Attack (Fully-Charged Aimed Shot)	1U (w/ Dropoff)
	Elemental Skill	2U
	Elemental Burst (Anemo)	1U
	Elemental Burst (Absorbed Element)	1U
	Constellation 1 (Extra Arrows)	1U
Wanderer	Normal Attack (Normal/Charged/Plunging)	1U
	Normal Attack (Plunging Collision)	0U
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	4th Ascension Passive	1U
	Constellation 6	1U
Xianyun	Normal Attack (Normal/Charged/Plunging)	1U
	Normal Attack (Plunging Collision)	0U
	Elemental Skill (Skyladder)	0U
	Elemental Skill (Driftcloud Wave)	1U
	Elemental Burst (Activation)	1U
	Elemental Burst (Starwicker)	1U
Xiao	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst (Converted Attacks)	1U

Geo

Character	Ability	Gauge Units
Albedo	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
Arataki Itto	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst (Converted Attacks)	1U
Chiori	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	2U
	Constellation 2	1U
	Constellation 4	1U
Gorou	Normal Attack (Fully-Charged Aimed Shot)	1U (w/ Dropoff)
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
Kachina	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
	Constellation 6	1U
Navia	Elemental Skill (Rosula Shardshot)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Surging Blade)	0U
	Elemental Burst (Skill DMG)	2U
	Elemental Burst (Cannonfire Support DMG)	1U
	1st Ascension Passive (Converted Attacks)	1U
Ningguang	Normal Attack (Normal/Charged/Plunging)	1U
	Normal Attack (Plunging Collision)	0U
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
Noelle	Elemental Skill	2U
	Elemental Burst (Activation)	1U
	Elemental Burst (Converted Attacks)	1U
	Constellation 4	2U
Traveler (Geo)	Elemental Skill	2U
	Elemental Burst	2U
	4th Ascension Passive	1U
	Constellation 2	2U
Xilonen	Normal Attack (Blade Roller)	1U
	Elemental Skill	1U
	Elemental Burst	1U
Yun Jin	Elemental Skill (Press)	2U
	Elemental Skill (Charge Level 1)	2U
	Elemental Skill (Charge Level 2)	4U
	Elemental Burst	2U
Zhongli	Elemental Skill (Summon DMG)	2U
	Elemental Skill (Hold DMG)	1U
	Elemental Skill (Resonance DMG)	1U
	Elemental Burst	4U