Genshin Impact Best Hydro Teams: The Strongest Party For Version 5.7

With the official announcement of the rerun banner for Mualani, it is high time we go over the best Hydro teams that players can use to prepare for the upcoming Genshin Impact 5.8 Spiral Abyss that caters to the Hydro element.

This Build Guide covers the best Hydro teams currently in Genshin Impact and provides an analysis of each team’s strengths, the optimal teammates for each Hydro Main DPS characters, allowing players to have a better understanding of how to form the best Hydro teams!

General Introduction

Hydro, alongside Electro, is one of the most reactive Elements among the 7 elements in Genshin Impact, with various important Elemental Reactions that help boost Hydro damage output as well as various Elemental reactions that persist through different enemies, allowing you to deal constant damage to enemies. A lot of the Hydro DPS characters are focused on dealing damage proportional to Max HP and the Hydro resonance effect also boosts the team’s Max HP.

Generally, the best Hydro teams in Genshin Impact are divided into different teams: Electro-Charged Hydro Team, Reverse Vaporize Teams, Bloom & Hyperbloom Teams and Hydro Specialist Teams.

While Freeze elemental reaction is one the more important elemental reaction for Hydro with Cryo, the elemental reaction is generally more beneficial for Cryo characters than Hydro ones, with no Hydro Main DPS takes full advantage of the reaction, so we won’t go over the different Freeze teams in this article. Players can check out the Cryo article for all the best Freeze teams in the game.

 

Best Electro-charged Hydro Teams

The Electro-charged Hydro team make use of different Hydro on field DPS and different Electro supports that boost the damage of Electro related reactions to help boost the damage of Electro-charge Reaction and deal constant damage to enemies.

The Electro-charged team is beneficial for both Hydro and Electro DPS characters, with various team comps utilizing different alternating Hydro and Electro DPS as Main and Sub DPS alongside Hydro and Electro Damage Buffers for the maximum damage output. Due to how the reaction works, it's best to bring only Electro and Hydro characters alongside generic support characters from the Anemo element in these kinds of teams.

Furina Off Field Lunar-Charged Team

Furina	Ineffa	Ororon	Ifa
Main DPS/ Support	Sub DPS/ Electro Enabler	Support	Support/ Sustain

The Furina off field Lunar-Charged team doesn’t actually have a Main on field DPS character, as the main focus of the team is mainly on using various off field effects from both Furina and Ineffa to trigger the Lunar-Charge elemental reaction, dealing strong damage to enemies on field. The team’s damage is massively buffed with Ororon’s and Ifa’s Electro-charged buffing skill kits, allowing the team to become semi-automatic in its approach while still dishing out high damage numbers.

Tartaglia Electro-Charged Dual Core Team

Tartaglia	Raiden Shogun	Ororon	Ifa
Main DPS/ Support	Sub DPS/ Electro Enabler	Support	Support/ Sustain

The Tartaglia Electro-charged Dual Core team focuses on switching between Tartaglia and Raiden Shogun as the main on field DPS, taking advantage of Tartaglia’s long lasting Hydro application marks from his Bow Mode together with Raiden Shogun’s strong off field and on field Electro application ability. Ororon and Ifa are chosen as supports and sustain again thanks to their strong Electro-charge buffing skill kit, helping to boost the damage output further.

F2P Electro-Charged Team

Xingqiu	Fischl	Ororon	Ifa
Main DPS/ Support	Sub DPS/ Electro Enabler	Support	Support/ Sustain

The F2P Electro-Charged team functions similarly to the Tartaglia Electro-charged team by making use of Fischl fast Normal attacks to trigger Xingqiu’s Elemental Burst effect, allowing the team to trigger constant Electro-charge Reactions while under the buffs of both Ororon and Ifa.

 

Best Reversed Vaporize Teams

The Reverse Vaporize team takes advantage of the incredibly strong Hydro damage boost when triggering the Vaporize effect, allowing Hydro main DPS to deal massive amounts of damage to enemies inflicted with the Pyro Marks.

Due to how the Vaporize Elemental Reaction work and its instant trigger, it is highly recommended for Reverse Vaporize team to have 1 to 2 Hydro characters including the Main Hydro DPS, 1 to 2 Pyro characters - 1 Pyro enabler and 1 Support character of the Pyro element to trigger the Pyro reaction or 1 General Support character depending on the team comp. If the team’s Main Hydro DPS scales off Max HP, it's better to have 2 Hydro characters to trigger the Hydro Resonance effect.

Mualani Reverse Vaporize Team

Mualani	Xiangling	Xilonen	Furina
Main DPS	Pyro Enabler	Support/ Sustain	Support

The Mualani Reverse Vaporize Team focuses on allowing Mualani to deal massive amounts of Hydro damage by inflicting the enemies with Xiangling’s Pyro marks using her Pyronado with Mualani’s extreme mobility, then instantly hitting the enemies with Mualani’s strong Elemental Skill and Elemental burst after being buffed with Xilonen and Furina’s powerful buffs.

Please note that for this team, due to how the timing for Reverse Vaporize to trigger is really short, it is important to pay attention to Furina’s Familiar’s attacks so that they don’t remove the Pyro marks on the enemies before Mualani attacks to maximize Mualani’s damage instances.

Tartaglia Reverse Vaporize Team

Tartaglia	Xiangling	Nahida	Bennett
Main DPS	Pyro Enabler	Dendro Enabler/ Support	Support/Sustain

The Tartaglia Reverse Vaporize is created on the basis of Tartaglia’s strong Hydro infused normal attacks as well as his powerful Elemental Burst in both forms, allowing him to take advantage of the Pyro marks on the enemies to deal big instances of Hydro damage through the Vaporize reaction. The team utilize Xiangling and Nahida to help trigger the Burning Reaction on the enemies first, inflicting the Pyro marks on multiple enemies and prolonging them with the Burning Reaction, helping Tartaglia to deal big Hydro damage while being buffed with Bennett’s extremely strong Attack buff.

Ayato Reverse Vaporize Team

Ayato	Yoimiya	Yun Jin	Zhongli
Main DPS/ Hydro Enabler	Pyro Enabler/ Sub DPS	Normal Attacks Support	Support/Sustain

The Ayato Reverse Vaporize team focuses on alternating between Ayato and Yoimiya as the main on field DPS to take advantage of both their normal attack centric skill kits and their long lasting Hydro Marks and Pyro Marks application abilities.

Ayato’s normal attack based skill kit and AoE Hydro Elemental Burst that can apply the Hydro marks to large groups of enemies create the perfect opportunity for Yoimiya to trigger Vaporize with her normal attacks while Yoimiya’s long lasting Pyro marking Elemental Burst will also help Ayato trigger Reverse Vaporize with his normal attacks. This team have Yunjin and Zhongli as the supports, with Yun Jin boosting both Normal attack damage and speed while Zhongli help to protect the team and reduce the enemies’ resistances to both elements.

This team counts on 2 different danage rotation:

• If Ayato Elemental Burst is up: Ayato uses his Elemental Burst --> Zhongli and Yunjin buffs --> Yoimiya takes the field to deal damage, filling her Elemental Burst Gauge
• If Yoimiya Elemental Burst is up: Yoimiya uses her Elemental Burst --> Zhongli and Yunjin buffs --> Ayato takes the field to deal damage, filling his Elemental Burst Gauge

Its a double rotation team comp rather than just switching the characters on to the field whenever Yunjin can easily achieve this 220% ER requirements on different ER% artifacts and Favonius Lance, which is her prefered weapon most of the time, in addition to the Geo energy that can be generated from Zhongli and his off field pillars as well

F2P Reverse Vaporize Team

Dahlia	Xiangling	Xingqiu	Bennett
Main DPS/ Hydro Enabler	Pyro Enabler/ Sub DPS	Support	Support/Sustain

The F2P Reverse Vaporize team is takes advantage of Dahlia’s high damage modifier on his Elemental Burst to deal massive instance of Hydro damage to enemies inflicted with the Pyro mark from Xiangling off field Pyronado while being buffed and supplemented with both Xingqiu and Bennett’s buffs.

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Best Bloom & Hyperbloom Teams

The bloom and hyperbloom teams are strong Hydro teams that take advantage of the strong Bloom reaction to deal massive amounts of Dendro damage to enemies. Players can supplement the damage even further by adding an Electro character with high Elemental Mastery to trigger Hyperbloom, quickening the damage process of the team.

Please keep in mind that due to how the Bloom Elemental Reaction deals Dendro damage to both the enemy and the team, it is extremely crucial for you to bring strong Sustain options in the team. For Bloom teams, bringing 2 Hydro and 2 Dendro characters are recommended, while the Hyperbloom team should contain the main Hydro DPS, 2 Dendro characters and 1 Electro off field character.

Nilou Instant Bloom Team

Nilou	Nahida	Yelan	Baizhu
Main DPS	Dendro Enabler/ Support	Hydro Enabler/ Support	Support/Sustain

Nilou Instant Bloom is Nilou main and best team, with the team taking full advantage of Nilous special talent to create instantly triggering Blooming Seeds, allowing you to create multiple Blooming Seeds on the field and detonating them at the same time. The team consists of Nahida to easily apply the Dendro mark on all enemies, helping Nilou to apply her unique mark on enemies and triggering the Blooming reaction, instantly detonating the blooming seeds to deal damage. The team’s sustain should be Baizhu to help create a strong shield while Yelan helps supplement Nilou’s Hydro application against enemies from afar.

Ayato Hyperbloom Team

Ayato	Nahida	Kazuha	Shinobu
Main DPS	Dendro Enabler/ Support	Support	Electro Enabler/ Sustain

The Ayato Hyperbloom Team takes advantage of Ayato’s large Hydro application range with his Elemental Burst to help create Blooming Seeds against enemies applied with Nahida’s Dendro mark. The Blooming seed damage will be boosted further with the help of Kazuha and Shinobu’s Elemental Mastery buffing skill kits, helping to both prolong the Blooming reactions and allowing Shinobu to trigger the Hyperbloom reaction to deal instant damage to enemies.

Furina Auto Hyperbloom Team

Furina	Nahida	Raiden Shogun	Baizhu
Main DPS/ Sub DPS	Dendro Enabler/ Support	Electro Enabler/ Sub DPS	Sustain

Furina Auto Hyperbloom team is formed on by alternating between Raiden Shogun and Furina as the main on field character while using both her and Raiden Shogun’s off field abilities, allowing them to attack enemies inflicted with Nahida’s Dendro Mark to instantly trigger the Hyperbloom elemental reaction without having to attack the enemies. The sustain for the team will be Baizhu to help trigger the Dendro Resonance, helping to boost Elemental Mastery to boost the Hyperbloom damage further.

F2P Hyperbloom Team

Xingqiu	Yao Yao	Shinobu	Kirara
Main DPS/ Sub DPS	Dendro Enabler/ Support	Electro Enabler/ Sub DPS	Sustain

The F2P Hyperbloom team focuses on enabling Xingqiu Elemental Burst to apply the Hydro mark on enemies so that the Blooming reaction can be triggered with the help of Yao Yao or Kirara, allowing Shinobu’s off field Electro effects to trigger Hyperbloom and deal damage to enemies on field thanks to Shinobu’s high Elemental Mastery build

Best Hydro Specialized Teams

The Hydro Specialized Teams prefer teams that don't rely on any elemental reactions and mainly focus on boosting the damage output of the single Hydro DPS character to the maximum to deal with powerful enemies instantly.

The specialized teams for Hydro mainly focuses on buffing the damage output of a single Hydro DPS by either reducing the enemies Hydro resistances massively or boosting the damage of the Main DPS to a ridiculous degree for them to be the hypercarry.

Mualani Hypercarry Team

Mualani	Furina	Yelan	Escoffier
Main DPS	Support	Support	Support

This team is formed on the basis of making Mualani the main Hydro DPS against bosses with Hydro weaknesses by focusing entirely on dealing massive amounts of Hydro damage against the boss and enemies with each Mualani Normal Attacks, Elemental Skills and Elemental Burst. Furina takes on the role of off field Hydro damage and buffers alongside Yelan to help supplement Mualani’s normal attacks with her own Hydro attacks. Escoffier is slotted in the team to help trigger the Freeze elemental reaction to keep enemies in place and massively reduce enemies’ Hydro Resistances with her talent.

Neuvilette Hypercarry Team

Neuvilette	Furina	Citlali	Escoffier
Main DPS	Support	Support/ Sustain	Support/Sustain

The Neuvilette Hypercarry team is perhaps the best Hydro team in the game simply due to how strong the damage output of Neuvilette is compared to other main Hydro Damage DPS options. This team focuses on allowing Neuvilette to take full advantage of Furina strong buffs and both Citlali and Escoffier’s immense Hydro Resistance reduction effects when Frozen is triggered, allowing both of them to reduce the enemies’ Hydro Resistance by a massive 75% to help Neuvilette deal extremely high Hydro Charge Attack damage against the enemies.

Conclusion

With the return of Mualani during Genshin Impact 5.8 Update Patch and the introduction of some of the most powerful Hydro characters in the future in the form of Columbina, we hope that this article have been able to provide players with insights on the best Hydro teams currently in the game for you to invest in and save your resources for the future.