Elemental Infusions refer to when Normal Attacks are converted to elemental damage (usually for Claymore, Polearm, and Sword users). They are usually activated upon Elemental Skill or Elemental Burst. Some may require leveling up characters or constellations to activate as passives.
Bennett's and Chongyun's infusions will apply to the whole team. Other infusions will only apply to a single character. All catalyst and charged bow attacks are infused with the bearer's element, though some bow users like Tartaglia and Yoimiya can convert their attacks to elemental damage in different ways as well.
The field infusions can cause Elemental Reactions with infused weapons and override other infusions. When both Chongyun and Bennett's field infusions are used, it is possible for the weapon infusion to oscillate. This can be explained via Gauge Unit Theory.
Elemental Conversions work similarly to Elemental Infusions, which convert Normal Attacks to elemental damage. However, unlike Elemental Infusions, Elemental Conversions can NOT be overridden and have more detailed visual and sound effects.
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Elemental Infusions
Talents
4 Talents match the category selection:
| Character | Name | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
 Chongyun |
 Spirit Blade: Chonghua's Layered Frost |
Chongyun strikes the ground with his greatsword, causing a Cryo explosion in a circular AoE in front of him that deals Cryo DMG. After a short delay, the cold air created by the Cryo explosion will coalesce into a Chonghua Frost Field, within which all Sword, Claymore and Polearm-wielding characters' weapons will be infused with Cryo. |
Elemental Skill |
 Diluc |
 Dawn |
Releases intense flames to knock nearby opponents back, dealing Pyro DMG. The flames then converge into the weapon, summoning a Phoenix that flies forward and deals massive Pyro DMG to all opponents in its path. The Phoenix explodes upon reaching its destination, causing a large amount of AoE Pyro DMG. The searing flames that run down his blade cause it to be infused with Pyro. |
Elemental Burst |
 Kamisato Ayaka |
 Kamisato Art: Senho |
Ayaka consumes Stamina and cloaks herself in a frozen fog that moves with her. In Senho form, she moves swiftly upon water. When she reappears, the following effects occur: |
Alternate Sprint |
 Keqing |
 Thundering Penance |
After recasting Stellar Restoration while a Lightning Stiletto is present, Keqing's weapon gains an Electro Infusion for 5s. | 1st Ascension Passive |
Constellations
2 Constellations match the category selection:
| Character | Name | Description | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bennett |
 Fire Ventures with Me |
Sword, Claymore, or Polearm-wielding characters inside Fantastic Voyage's radius gain a 15% Pyro DMG Bonus and their weapons are infused with Pyro. | 6 |
 Kaedehara Kazuha |
 Crimson Momiji |
After using Chihayaburu or Kazuha Slash, Kaedehara Kazuha gains an Anemo Infusion for 5s. Additionally, each point of Elemental Mastery will increase the DMG dealt by Kaedehara Kazuha's Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attack by 0.2%. | 6 |
Elemental Conversions
These talents cannot be overridden by other infusions. 8 Talents match the category selection:
| Character | Name | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
 Aloy |
 Frozen Wilds |
Aloy throws a Freeze Bomb in the targeted direction and triggers an explosion, dealing Cryo DMG. After it explodes, the Freeze Bomb will split up into many Chillwater Bomblets that explode on contact with opponents or after a short delay, dealing Cryo DMG. When a Freeze Bomb or Chillwater Bomblet hits an opponent, the opponent's ATK is decreased and Aloy receives 1 Coil stack. Aloy can gain up to 1 Coil stack every 0.1s. Coil
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Elemental Skill |
 Hu Tao |
 Guide to Afterlife |
Hu Tao consumes a part of her HP, knocking nearby enemies back and entering the Paramita Papilio State. Paramita Papilio State:
Blood Blossom Effect: |
Elemental Skill |
Kaedehara Kazuha |
 Chihayaburu |
Unleashes a secret technique as fierce as the rushing wind that pulls objects and opponents towards Kazuha's current position before launching opponents within the AoE, dealing Anemo DMG and lifting Kazuha into the air on a rushing gust of wind. Press: Can be used in mid-air. Hold: Charges up before unleashing greater Anemo DMG over a larger AoE than Press Mode. Plunging Attack: Midare Ranzan: Within 10s of remaining airborne after casting Chihayaburu, Kazuha can unleash a powerful Plunging Attack known as Midare Ranzan. When a Plunging Attack is performed using the effects of the Elemental Skill Chihayaburu, Plunging Attack DMG is converted to Anemo DMG. On landing, Kazuha creates a small wind tunnel via a secret blade technique that pulls in nearby objects and opponents. Midare Ranzan's DMG is considered Plunging Attack DMG. |
Elemental Skill |
 Noelle |
 Sweeping Time |
Gathering the strength of stone around her weapon, Noelle strikes the opponents surrounding her within a large AoE, dealing Geo DMG. Afterwards, Noelle gains the following effects:
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Elemental Burst |
 Raiden Shogun |
 Secret Art: Musou Shinsetsu |
Gathering truths unnumbered and wishes uncounted, the Raiden Shogun unleashes the Musou no Hitotachi and deals AoE Electro DMG, using Musou Isshin in combat for a certain duration afterward. The DMG dealt by Musou no Hitotachi and Musou Isshin's attacks will be increased based on the number of Chakra Desiderata's Resolve stacks consumed when this skill is used. Musou Isshin |
Elemental Burst |
 Tartaglia |
 Foul Legacy: Raging Tide |
Unleashes a set of weaponry made of pure water, dealing Hydro DMG to surrounding opponents and entering Melee Stance. In this Stance, Tartaglia's Normal and Charged Attacks are converted to Hydro DMG that cannot be overridden by any other elemental infusion and change as follows: |
Elemental Skill |
 Xiao |
 Bane of All Evil |
Xiao dons the Yaksha Mask that set gods and demons trembling millennia ago. Yaksha's Mask:
In this state, Xiao will continuously lose HP.
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Elemental Burst |
 Yoimiya |
 Niwabi Fire-Dance |
Yoimiya waves a sparkler and causes a ring of saltpeter to surround her. Niwabi Enshou: During this time, arrows fired by Yoimiya's Normal Attack will be Blazing Arrows, and their DMG will be increased and converted to Pyro DMG. during this time, Normal Attack: Firework Flare-Up will not generate Kindling Arrows at Charge Level 2. |
Elemental Skill |
Overriding Infusions
When multiple infusion skills are used at once, infusions can be overridden by others (unless otherwise stated). The mechanism can be explained via Gauge Unit Theory.
- Diluc's Pyro infusion can override Chongyun's infusion
- Keqing's Electro infusion is overridden by Chongyun's infusion or Bennett's infusion
- Kazuha's Anemo infusion gained from his 6th Constellation can be overridden by the field infusions. The field infusion from Bennett or Chongyun will react with Kazuha's Anemo infusion and consume it, creating a Swirl reaction. After that, Kazuha's Anemo infusion will be overridden by the field infusion.
- The swirl damage scales off the Elemental Mastery of the character who created the field (Chongyun or Bennett), not Kazuha's.
When two overridable infusions of the same element are applied simultaneously upon a weapon, the infusion of the weapon will temporarily change. For example, when using Ayaka's infusion inside both Chongyun's and Bennett's infusion fields, the elemental infusion will temporarily be Cryo before switching back to Pyro. When two of Chongyun's fields overlap with Bennett's field, there will be short periods where Bennett's infusion is not applied, and the elemental infusion of the weapon will oscillate between Cryo and Pyro.[1]
Infusion Priority
The following table describes which elemental infusion will take precedence when multiple characters' infusion skills are used. Note that C followed by a number denotes Constellation number.
| Bennett (C6 field) | Chongyun field | |
|---|---|---|
| Bennett (C6) | - |  / [1]
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| Chongyun | /[1]
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| Diluc |
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| Kaedehara Kazuha (C6) |
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| Kamisato Ayaka |
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| Keqing |
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Weapon Gauge Units
The table gives the illusion that the observed infusion priorities (for the overridable infusions) are:
← ← 
However, this may be false. There may be another way of explaining how infusions are overridden via Gauge Unit Theory.
It may be that any infusion can override the other. It is just that some infusions can naturally refresh themselves quickly, whereas others may not (or require manual refreshing). The infusions that can automatically refresh themselves include those of Bennett, Chongyun, and Diluc.
- The external infusion fields provided by Chongyun or Bennett will apply an elemental aura to the character's weapon periodically.
- If the weapon is infused with say Anemo or Electro, the field will consume that element (consume the weapon's elemental gauge) and replace it with the field infusion element. For example:
- Keqing's Electro infusion will be consumed by Bennett or Chongyun's fields, replacing her attacks with Pyro or Cryo. Unless Keqing refreshes her Electro infusion (by using her skill again), her attacks will remain Pyro or Cryo within the field (and Physical outside the field).
- Likewise, Ayaka's Cryo infusion will be consumed by Bennett's field, replacing her attacks with Pyro. Unless Ayaka refreshes her Cryo infusion (by using her Alternate Sprint), her autoattacks will not be Cryo anymore.
- On the other hand, Diluc can refresh his Pyro infusion (every 0.5 seconds), so even if Chongyun's field consumes his weapon's Pyro infusion, Diluc can automatically refresh the Pyro infusion, giving the illusion that Diluc's infusion is not overridden.
- Kazuha's Constellation 6 Anemo Infusion will also be consumed by Bennett and Chongyun's fields, and the Anemo infusion will not be refreshed unless he uses his skill or burst again.
- When both Chongyun and Bennett's fields are used and superimposed, the weapon infusion will oscillate between Cryo and Pyro periodically. For example, in terms of weapon gauges, Bennett's weapon will initially be infused with Pyro, then be consumed by Chongyun's Cryo field, briefly infusing Bennett's weapon with Cryo. But then Bennett's field will re-apply Pyro and consume the infusion, infusing Bennett's weapon with Pyro again. And the cycle continues.
From in-game testing, it has been determined that:
- Bennett and Chongyun's fields apply an elemental aura to weapons every 1 second.
- When the field infusions apply the elemental aura, they can cause Elemental Reactions based on the field caster's Elemental Mastery (as is demonstrated with Bennett and Chongyun's fields Swirling with Kazuha's Constellation 6 Anemo infusion).
- The reactions caused by field and weapon infusions appear to follow the reaction modifier rules described in Gauge Unit Theory.
- The weapon aura functions similarly to character self-auras and can change immediately when the external field applies a different elemental gauge to it.
Permanent Infusions
Bow characters can infuse their arrows with their corresponding elements ("Arrow Infusions"). These infused arrows can create Elemental Reactions when interacting with the environment. For example, it has been observed that:
- Venti's Anemo infused arrows can Swirl in the rain.
- Amber's Pyro infused arrows can Vaporize in the rain (as indicated by rising smoke from the arrows).
- Electro and Hydro infused arrows can also cause reactions, but Cryo infused arrows do not appear to react.
However even with elemental reactions, the arrows will retain the infused aura on them. They are not overridden. This suggests the infused arrows may have a permanent elemental aura on them similar to some Slimes. It may be possible that the Elemental conversions for certain characters (i.e. the non-overridable infusions for Hu Tao, Noelle, Tartaglia, Xiao, etc.) also apply a similar "infinite gauge" or "permanent aura" to the weapon, like the permanent aura on slimes such as Hydro and Electro Slimes.
Comparison
Some infusions will end when the character is switched out. Others will remain for its intended duration, so one can switch to a different character and switch back to the infused character, and the infusion will remain before its expiration.
| When switching out | Characters |
|---|---|
| Infusion remains | |
| Infusion ends |
Some infusions only apply to the individual. Others apply to the whole team.
| Characters | |
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| Individual | |
| Team |
Infusions by Element
This table sorts characters' infusions by element.
| Element | Character |
|---|---|
Anemo |
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Cryo |
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Electro |
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 Geo |
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 Hydro |
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Pyro |
Enemies
Certain enemies can infuse themselves or their weapons.
Azhdaha: Can infuse itself with Hydro/Pyro/Cryo/Electro. In its last phase, it can do a dual infusion.- Primo Geovishap: Can infuse itself with Hydro/Pyro/Cryo/Electro.
- Fatui Electrohammer Vanguard: In its charged shielded state, it can infuse its hammer attacks with Electro.
- Blazing Axe Mitachurl: It can infuse its axe with Pyro.
- Crackling Axe Mitachurl: It can infuse its axe with Electro.
- Stonehide Lawachurl: It can enter an infused state when it generates its Geo shield.
- Frostarm Lawachurl: It can enter an infused state when it generates its Cryo shield.
- Thunderhelm Lawachurl: It can enter an infused state when it generates its Electro shield.
- Maguu Kenki: In its phantom stage, it can infuse its attacks with Anemo and Cryo.
- Kairagi: Dancing Thunder: Their swords can be infused with Electro.
- Kairagi: Fiery Might: Their swords can be infused with Pyro.
Enemies can also be infused with special auras from Infusion Stones or more generally Elemental Nodes, giving them buffs in battle.
Notes
- Usually with Elemental Infusions, Physical Damage will be converted to Elemental Damage, so physical damage bonuses will not apply to the elemental attacks. Instead, the corresponding elemental damage bonus will be applied.
- Tartaglia's Elemental Skill is somewhat different from other infusions as it also involves a stance change, but this still converts his attacks to Hydro damage.
- Razor's Elemental Burst is not an infusion, but adds Electro damage on top of Razor's physical damage.
- Elemental Infusions provide a way to deal consistent elemental damage, which can be useful for destroying the shields on Abyss Lectors and Abyss Heralds. For example, one can use Chongyun's infusion to deal constant Cryo damage to the Hydro Abyss Herald's shield.
- Elemental Infusions differ from Elemental Absorption in that:
- Absorption usually refers to an Anemo construct absorbing one of Cryo/Electro/Hydro/Pyro from an external elemental source. Sometimes, it is said that the Anemo construct is infused with the element.
- Infusions usually infuse the user's weapon, and it can be any element, including Anemo (as for Xiao) and Geo (as for Noelle).
- The Viridescent Venerer 4-piece set uses the word "infused" to describe Anemo coming into contact with another element to trigger the Swirl reaction. However, this is different from both Elemental Infusion and Elemental Absorption.
- Elemental Infusion causes a character's Normal Attacks to deal elemental damage.
- Elemental Absorption refers to an Anemo construct absorbing Cryo/Electro/Hydro/Pyro and then dealing additional elemental damage corresponding to the element that was absorbed.
- An element that is "infused" in a Swirl reaction is the non-Anemo element involved in the reaction.
- Infusions are sometimes referred to using the term imbuement.
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