Energy Recharge: How It Works and How To Optimize (Genshin Impact)

[@westonsm]

Let me know if you guys found this video helpful, and if you would like to see any other guides like this in the comments. Trying something different this week while grinding for Ganyu :)

[@mango3824]

Yass, I’m sure these types of videos are very helpful for new players

[@Vesperon]

very helpful, i subbed

[@pheterlinh1740]

plz d o elemental mastery next

[@baileydombroskie3046]

This was very helpful. To be honest i knew energy recharge was a good thing to help recharge the energy needed for the elemental bursts but i didnt know how, why, or how much it really helped. J play somewat casually as a f2p mobile player. Still not no expert by any means.

[@olivertaw]

Do an ELEMENTAL REACTION guide

[@YovanGabut]

westonsm: plan your energy wisely to maximize burst uptime me: RANDOM BULLSHIT GO!

[@anoe1519]

Amen

[@requiem4ameme929]

💀☠☠💀

[@GimOA]

exactly our playstyle

[@SlashoftheGreatnessOfficial]

amen

[@foxglove7992]

Basically

[@TheProcrastinatorGuy]

Another strategy worth noting is using the character's skill then ultimate ability right afterwards. The character will get the elemental particles while they are in animation for the ultimate, so that the character will have some energy charged up for next ultimate.

[@robertcampbellii9787]

So, if I use Oz and then cast Fischl’s ult, I’ll be able to get more energy then if I just cast Oz by himself?

[@TheProcrastinatorGuy]

@@robertcampbellii9787 No, it is the same particles. It is just more efficient because it takes a couple of seconds for the particles to reach the character. Rather than waiting to get the particles by normal attacking, using the ultimate takes a couple of seconds to use from the animation. This technique is if you have ultimate charged, and plan to use both skill and ultimate. So it is better than using ultimate then skill because of what I said before. But for Fischl's case, you wouldn't want to do this. You would want to seperate Fischl's skill and ultimate when Oz leaves the field so that you can get more Oz time on field.

[@robertcampbellii9787]

Oh okay. Makes sense

[@caoz9375]

​@@robertcampbellii9787 A better example would be Xinqiu instead of Fischl, because Oz generates energy everytime he is on the field, and you usually use your ultimate to increase the time Oz is on the field. On the other hand, Xingqiu's E is a two-hit skill that generates particles when they damage an enemy and then goes into cooldown; since particles have a travel time, even if you use your elemental skill first, the particles will not reach Xingqiu immediately. So, if you use your Elemental Skill, and immediately use your Elemental Burst, what happens is: you generate particles with your ES, you spend the energy you already had by casting your EB, and after you have spent that energy and you are at 0, the particles generated from the ES would have reached Xingqiu, saving time and allowing you to swap to your DPS faster. If you do it the other way around, you have to leave Xingqiu out in the field and wait for the particles to reach him, before swapping him out.

[@Riiiiiingo]

@@caoz9375 but with C4 Xinqiu's E is empowered by Q, if you press E first dont you lose on 50% dmg?

[@SilentVinyl]

Those energy recharge substat weapons give a whole lot of energy

[@zeyy84]

Namely, the Favonious Sword

[@BooskeyRt]

@@zeyy84 It depends on the character's CD. Like Jean would like a Fav Sword over a Sacrificial bc resetting the 6 sec CD wouldn't do much, but Xingqiu would like a Sacrificial over Fav bc his 20 sec CD is so long.

[@kyra1974]

"It is important to note these particles are only generated when your character's elemental skill comes into contact with an enemy" As an Amber main, l know this very well.

[@rathinasabapathy3796]

That's why I use Favonius warbow on her , cuz of the passive which makes her er better

[@nikk-named]

As a noelle main, I laugh but mostly cry

[@pawshmel]

AMBER MAIN

[@avatargrimes]

The video mentions diminishing returns with the Energy Recharge stat, and I can back this up after running Xingqui with 240% energy recharge for a while and transitioning him to 200% ER. There is very little difference. I did extensive calculations and found that at base 100% ER, every 1% ER translates to 1 less energy to charge an 80 energy elemental burst. But at 200% ER, every 1% additional ER translates to only 0.25 less energy needed to charge an 80 energy elemental burst. This diminishing returns occurs much quicker on bursts needing lower energy. With this in mind, depending on the energy needed to charge your characters elemental burst, there's really no need to go above 200% energy recharge.

[@westonsm]

Great info, thanks for sharing!

[@LargeBanana]

Xinqiu*

[@zeromailss]

Yep, this is why popular build for Xinqiu is Sacrificial sword for double E skill and ER substat, then if you don't have good ER sub stat you use ER sand to aim for 200% ER. With 200% ER double E skill from sac sword almost fill up his energy, gaining about 60+ energy iirc so you can do your ult off cooldown most of the time

[@wooshbait6023]

@@LargeBanana But.. Isn't his official name Xingqiu in the English language?...

[@GGJiaJia]

@@wooshbait6023 Sorry to necro a thread, but yes it is indeed Xing Qiu. This is coming from a Mandarin Chinese speaker.

[@ingang8817]

When you're a master in math but you play Genshin Impact...

[@Riskytrousers]

Almost like a Masterclass on energy regen, great stuff! Please put out more content like this!

[@westonsm]

Thanks for the support!

[@jack91522]

Very well explained. I've always been confused with this. A beginner series would be great. Building support characters takes a lot of experience.

[@J.Argueta]

As someone new to the game, this is very helpful; the “basics” approach is helpful vs deep-dive approach

[@dawnshue]

Super thorough and informative video! I understand the energy recharge stat so much better now. Thank you so much for making this content :)

[@westonsm]

Thanks for the support!

[@noxious89123]

I've been playing for over a year and I didn't even know what energy recharge was, or how the different coloured particles worked X)

[@martelyggdrasil3655]

That was pretty helpful and it helped me clear the last two the timed combat (that I discovered at least) against the big earth guy and the two knives guys since those two require a large amount of burst given the low timer.

[@chaoticnote]

Definitely doesn't hurt to have more videos like this.

[@halfbee7886]

It is like watching a course or a lecture, but for video game plus the fun. So professional and scholarly and still entertaining.

[@RubyInferno]

Speaking of diminishing returns it is a good idea to keep in mind that in a lot of instances, specially challenging ones there is a mechanic that drains energy of your character(s). Like that God forsaken floor 11 in the abyss (now changed) & that "superfluous" energy recharge rate shines like a diamond in that scenario! Great video my man. ^__^

[@bruhmoment3731]

this is one of those videos you have to re-watch every once in a while. so much useful information

[@KEN-nh7om]

Really clear and practical points about how ER works. Appreciate it!

[@bruhmoment3731]

i've watched this video like 3-4 times, every time i watch it i learn something new

[@mark79c]

Even after three years, this video helped me a lot understand the game. Thank you

[@victor440]

Pros with 200% ER Xiangling after using their burst and skill: gets their burst fully recharged before CD ends. Me with 180% ER Xiangling after using my burst and skill: only at half charged when CD ends. Also me: *visible confusion*

[@mikevopelak7779]

Thanks for this video! I didn't realize how much I didn't understand, especially how important it is to switch characters

[@Randale-Joe]

Excellent video, answered _all_ my questions about that topic

[@Laure__Line]

This video is very helpful. It is difficult to understand the more advanced advice when you haven’t mastered the basics yet.

[@fadil_mirai6334]

Bennett is a very difficult suport when you didn't understand this mechanic. Now i understand, i would like to try to learn. Thanks

[@fabmango]

really hope you make more videos like this! gotta understand the basics ☺️

[@notfunny6606]

I know that you need energy to recharge your burst from those "best build guide" videos but never knew what they meant by Fischl being a battery. I always wondered why my Xingqiu got so much energy back when my other characters don't. I have always just been spamming the skill button when I get the chance. I now know now to wait a second. Thank you for this wonderful and helpful explanation!

[@Jonas_Fox]

This really helps me as a new player. Now I'd love to see an in-depth energy guide for every main carry. No pressure! lol

[@mrkisukes]

I call characters with high energy recharge "batteries."

[@druidobianco9734]

Aren’t “batteries” the characters that generate a lot of particles/orbs? If i understand correctly energy recharge affects only how much ebergy a particle will give to that character, but the battery should be good for generatibg energy for off-firld chars, am i correct?

[@RoboMuskVsLizardZuckerberg]

Gorou with 3 geo and a pyro buff boy: I see this is an absolute win

[@Harieth.]

Thank you so much you actually don’t understand how useful that was for me. My friend always said to use chongyun as a battery for ayaka and I never knew why till now!

[@3.6-57]

This is a great video! Thank you so much for the info :D

[@westonsm]

Thanks for the support!

[@Dartheomus]

I'm 3 weeks into the game and this was invaluable. Thank you!

[@megaboy3296]

I like these types of videos. I wonder if you've Mona to build her as support in another video

[@westonsm]

I don’t have Mona :/ she’s my most wanted character but haven’t gotten lucky yet. I’ll definitely post some videos once I can pull her

[@megaboy3296]

@@westonsm Thank you very much I hope you'll get her very soon

[@westonsm]

Thank you! Me too hah

[@Celykhanyne]

this video is so nicely organized ! Very easy to understand ~ thank you !

[@westonsm]

Glad it was helpful and thanks for the support!

[@vinceenrique3616]

Love this video very informative it answered my questions about the game. Thanks you.

[@thefrickenchicken1417]

Thank you! This is the exact information I was looking for!

[@spencermccarty2680]

Holy shit this is the kind of informational content I’ve been looking for! \

[@thienviet3429]

I was asking what it is and I didn’t understand what it means since 1.0, but thanks to you I get it now.

[@justlooken6460]

Better Late than never. Thanks a lot. I am doing it all wrong. This game has deep secrets and people like you and channels like yours make it much more fun. Subbed and belled. JL

[@westonsm]

Thanks for the support JL!

[@Gavanceify]

Wow. Great explanation, super helpful bro. Thank you!

[@formicthearchdruid6763]

i couldnt find this information.. ty.. you are the best.. :D

[@Literallychae]

Don’t you love it when you get a new artifact and put it on and then the recharge is 45 seconds and not 10

[@vladimirponomarev7011]

Really good video, thank you!

[@xoxocamilla]

Super helpful! Thank you

[@RockTurboman]

Great video! You are very good at explaining. :)

[@westonsm]

Thanks for the support!

[@brandintucker4895]

This was extremely helpful, thank you!

[@vegaskatus]

Thanks for the helpful video! I wasted way too much time trying to spam my elemental skills trying to get more energy today XD

[@MrHav1k]

Excellent!

[@zawardo111]

Nice

[@UhKnee]

This was really helpful, Thanks!

[@andreas49er]

thx for this dude

[@lordpickle8424]

Ah, good stuff, didn't know about that slime trick. At 37 I'm an older style player who really only understands to just hack away at something until it dies and never put much effort into understand certain mechanics of the game. I know enough but also not enough to really maximize things. My main account has Klee, my second account has Diluc. I noticed the other day that Diluc builds his 'q' really fast. Having learned from my main account I now max everything out on him right away at each ascension so he might be overpowered. Started messing around after that and found that switching characters and doing their 'e' creates orbs and particles a lot faster than just hacking away. Then I realized that I was probably wasting everything by rarely using his 'q' and also not switching to uncharged characters as the energy comes my way. Now I know for sure to switch, it might not be as much energy with matching elements but any bit helps.

[@acapellaseto]

i wanna try a team where i use 4 supports running all sacrificial weapons and prioritizing energy recharge and just spamming elemental skill and elemental burst back to back

[@westonsm]

In theory it could work well assuming you have the right characters! I’d like to see it :)

[@haiiro1757]

Ive done this with chongyun, xinqiu and xinyan. I've used all energy recharge weapons, skyward pride on chong, sac sword on xinqiu, and favonius on xinyan. It's so fun to use it like there burst is always ready when it is off cooldown. I had c5 chongyun so I can utilize his cd reduction on his c2

[@zeromailss]

If you have Venti then it is pretty easy and viable build as he give so much energy from his E there is a team com that basically do nothing but E spell then burst on rotation without any normal atk in between tho the most popular one is just Venti+Jean and some support element to break shield

[@uzshanka1676]

Thanks for the guide. Can you make elemental mastery guide too?

[@adorableandray]

My brain literally hurts propa pain :D But I still dream of mastering this aspect.

[@sarvagyagupta1373]

This is just what I needed

[@mistrjt9213]

Answered all my questions. Thank you! New player here

[@superbleach8065]

This video helped me out a lot

[@joshu06]

Great video, thank you!

[@-yukino219]

---- this week Im gonna try sth different as all my resources have been going farming for ganyu. Same dude, same ^_^

[@westonsm]

Good luck pulling Ganyu!

[@TwistedFate123]

The element generating the particle also matters. Ie Pyro chars off field will generate more energy from particles generated by pyro char on field.

[@westonsm]

That’s correct. I showed some testing on this in the team comps section.

[@tacticallemon7518]

The main reason i’m here is because i’ve noticed my bursts building a lot faster after building battery bennet despite using him a lot less I was wondering if ER of off-field characters effected on-field characters

[@Cloud-df3hy]

All the stuff you said "don't memorise" was why I clicked the video lol

[@rn_t_8116]

Bro made a whole chapter on energy recharge

[@Kellexyz]

3:56 isn't it the bow that gave you the additional 3 partical?

[@J_just_J_yes]

West. *The energy particle generation from elemental skill is static/always the same* , only modified if different version is casted i have noticed that while Venti generate 3 particle per E most of the time, sometimes it is 2. BUT IT IS STILL 3. the 3rd particle just happen to have same animation position. i test it by also looking at the Q recharge bar at 3:39 Jean seems to generate 2 particle only at FIRST GLANCE. Look at the right side particle closely, there's actually another one trailing just ever so slightly behind it, that's why it is slightly bigger than the left you can test this by pumping some ER stat for Jean/anyone and emptying the Q bar, then use E Keep repeating until you found the sad looking 2 particle only, and test the energy gained on the bar it is a painful process but it can be done Well it is quite annoying how the visual can be deceiving, but at least i know it's just visually and doesn't affect gameplay

[@happyhappy685]

Thank you, I understand it now

[@CarlonchoArt]

so, theoricaly if you take a certain character elemeburst energy cost and you divide it by his/her elemburst cooldown time, you get a number for how much energy you have to aquire per second so you can use his elemburst again as soon as it came off cd. then you need to take into consideration how much energy your team is capable of produce with all their abilities is this cooldown time, who is collecting the energy particles (matching or not matching element), and you can get an aproximation of how much energy your team or your main dps is gathering per second. then if your energy requirement is higher than the energy your team abilities produce and collect, you factor +%energy recharge bonus to match those numbers and you get and "optimized" +%energy recharge for a certain character in a certain team comp? is that right?

[@formicthearchdruid6763]

This answared so many quastions i had.. about buffs and all..

[@sparkpaws]

honestly first 3 mins is what i needed go that like lol, time to play my normal playstyle lol

[@gloss174]

this was really helpful! if possible please make an elementary master one ty

[@TerryWong12345]

informative and useful af

[@steven310250]

My artifacts and weapons help me spam my Q skills every single time for my Ganyu.

[@lunaa55]

I gave diluc the favonius greatsword and now I'm spamming his fire bird every 5 seconds lmao

[@sammycrazyyt]

omg so helpfull thanksss

[@Marthyboy88]

For me, who's been saving primos since Klee to have enough to get C1 Xiao, knowing how to balance who gets the orbs is crazy important for spiral abyss. I have 1 main DPS (klee) for 1 party, and then have to use Elemental bursts and reactions on the 2nd party to even have a chance. I've gotten floor 9 and 10 to 9*, but can only get 6* on 11 and 12. Also, for people looking to get Xiao, it's important to know that his E generates a ton of particles normally, but ZERO particles while in his burst form. This is crucial info, as you may want to consider holding his E's for after his burst, as well as running him with Sucrose/Jean so that he can have other means of energy regen after bursting if you happened to use his E during the burst.

[@westonsm]

Good advice, thanks for sharing!

[@yahikonightray5398]

Nice vid again... Has a good structure to it, vid clips for test, clear, concise, timestamps and simple not wordy... would recommend to our FB Genshin page..

[@westonsm]

Thanks, Yahiko!

[@galvaboy1114]

I USED TO THINK ENERGY RECGARGE WAS RECHARGE FOR YOUR STAMINA FOR A LONG TIME

[@jugemujugemugokonosurikire7231]

“Er can be too high “ 👀 me looking at my support ayaya with over 200 er and dps kazuha

[@-Temple-]

As a new player this is extremely useful, I already knew matching elements helped but could only speculate whether or not recharge mattered on supports.(Does the same apply to EM? The burst effects that last after you switch applies the switched character's EM or the character who the burst belongs to?)

[@Lilyium]

It's also worth noting that there's a soft energy recharge cap for each character depending on their energy generation. e.g Venti's is around 190% any more is overkill but around this mark is perfect if you want his burst available after cool down It would be nice if there's more data on this since it gets confusing building new support characters sometimes. But I guess trail and error and getting a 'feel' of the characters mechanics works too since all play styles are different. Thanks for this useful guide!

[@westonsm]

Yep good point! I thought about how one would figure out how much energy recharge they would really need for a given character. Like you said, data on other people’s builds would probably be the most useful.

[@mathosh1690]

Awesome ! Ty :D

[@mjdibella]

I have read guides that remind players to ‘pick up’ particles. It looks to me like the are automatically picked up by whoever is active. Am I missing something? What about the large jewel things that occasionally drop? They are colored to match certain elements. Do they have to be run over by the matching elemental character to be useful?

[@ashkelly1565]

question: has anyone here got a good idea of a viable hydro battery thats f2p friendly, i think whe all know why i need it lol

[@Bazilisk_AU]

Now of only it wouldn’t take the game 6~8 seconds for the character to actually switch out after I’ve hit the input ~_~

[@Lucy-og1ex]

I cannot understand if ER stat affects the efficiency of skill for another chars. I mean, for example, if I will put er sands on my off field chiori, will my onfield noelle recharge her burst faster? Is there any reason to increase er for chiori

[@MrWhat-mx2yv]

will particles/orbs regenerate energy for the entire party or just the on field character?

[@MitternachtssternXIII]

my kaeya has 260% e r and he is a real beast with keqing his ult is always up xD

[@westonsm]

That’s a lot of ER 😅

[@xxsallykittyxx5654]

Me, who has a scholar/exile build on my mona: 📝✍👁👄👁 interesting

[@tomasgrimm3086]

Is it possible to lose energy? specially in some domains and in the SA it happened to me that my Bennet and other characters have their burst already charged but before I rotate to use them, they´re again unusable and have to charge a bit more to be used.

[@Thaumatolgist]

I’m still unclear. If Jean is my battery do I want to make her the on field character every 6 seconds and then immediately off so the main DPS gets the particles?

[@mukombradon]

Yep you do

[@andreaspardede8697]

how to determine the minimum limit of energy recharge if we looking from energy cost of each characters? ex: keqing has 40 energy cost how much energy recharge she needs at least to get the ult "Q" back before the cool down, or like jean has 80 energy cost of course she need higher energy recharge than keqing, but how to determine the minimum limit? Ty (sorry my english bad i hope you understand)

[@sasuxsakuxfan]

not sure if this was mentioned in the video but I remember hearing you say Noelle doesn't generate energy in another video. How can I find this out with other characters? It seems like everyone gets 100.0 energy recharge as level 1/base but maybe I'm making things more complicated

[@TheNewKimito500454]

In planning my team for eula, I was undecided on going Bennett sup or diona sup. But seeing how much energy you regen with element resonance, I'm thinking diona will be the way to go with eulas high energy cost + cooldown

[@eyes6689]

previously i thought energy recharge made it so you didn't loose as much energy from sprinting/climbing

[@latiel2207]

Correct me if I'm wrong. So if I spam Rosaria's Elemental skill, some of the particle will be given to, example, Amber. Then if I equipped Amber with ER bonuses, those particles will give more energy?

[@stratosdedousis2653]

does energy recharge scale with damage dealt too? I mean, if I hit a 10k normal attack with Ayakas E will I get the same particles with a 20k crit?

[@leotom36]

Does the amount of ER i have on a character I use as a battery directy increase the energy other characters are going to recieve? So if I have a diona with 200% and one with 150% ER getting particles, will my diona with 200% ER give more energy to my team when recieving them?

[@Shibanu_]

Can you make a video for the optimal way to build the Klee and Fischl Combo? Like is 4 piece crimson witch and 4 piece thunder fury worth it since do a alot of overload damage or is gladiator 2 piece on klee better. Is one overload boost enough? etc

[@westonsm]

I like the 4 pc sets on both of them. Assuming your running fischl support, they’re both only doing elemental damage and it’s hard to control which one is proc’ing the reaction. So if the one character is proc’ing the reaction but doesn’t have a 4pc set, the set on the other character doesn’t matter. I’ll put that idea in the queue but hopefully that helps for now!

[@Shibanu_]

@@westonsm cool would love that for a video since it would be interesting to know how much of a difference it can make. Yes i am running fischl support dps and also a qiqi and sucrose. Should i swap qiqi with c1 bennet?

[@westonsm]

If your using Qiqi for a melt comp with Klee she would be valuable. If you aren’t really then Bennet is probably a better choice for hiss attack boost + pyro resonance attack boost.