Now that there’s a Hydro Hypostasis inGenshin Impact, the circle is nearly complete. Every element now has a representative in the annoying boss monster category— well, allavailableelements anyway as Dendro has yet to join the party. In any case, each new Hypostasis enemy has proven to be more challenging or quirkier than the last.
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The Hydro Hypostasis is no exception. While it’s not as nightmare-inducing as the dreaded Pyro Hypostasis, it’s still a notorious enemy for having long invulnerability periods and splash damage attacks, as is fitting for its element. That’s why looking for some help in the form of guides on how to beat a water blob pixel into submission is warranted inGenshin Impact. Take note of these.
Updated June 18, 2025, by Sid Natividad:A considerable amount of time has passed ever since Genshin Impact introduced the Hydro Hypostasis. While it’s not the hardest enemy in the game,how to defeat the Hydro Hypostasisisn’t as straightforward as it seems. As always, it’s an elaborate dance where players must learn the most important steps. Thus, in order to win, one must learn how to fight the Hydro Hypostasis.
Thankfully, there are more tips added to the list and that should answer the “how” question more thoroughly. Because as time goes by, players tend to learn more techniques and even how to stop the Hydro Hypostasis from healing. These additional tips should help anyone how to beat the Hydro Hypostasis.
Unlocking The Hydro Hypostasis
First thing’s first, players will have to progress through the game to gain access to the Hydro Hypostasis. Such is the case for anyone relatively new toGenshin Impact. There is no specific quest to unlock the Hydro Hypostasis nor is it locked behind some kind of invisible or puzzling area.
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It is, however, only accessible if players have access to Inazuma. Archon Quest Chapter 2, Act 1 is the key questline here that allows players that opportunity. It should be a fairly straightforward affair assuming the players meet the level requirements of the said quest which is always indicated.
The steps are as follows:
Learn What Each Slime Spawn Does
One of the most subtle elementals in the Hydro Hypostasis boss fight that can blindside beginners are the spawns. The Hydro Hypostasis will leave some special slimes behind and they can be difficult to see or even notice because of their size especially if playing on the phone. As such, players should familiarize themselves with what each slime does. There are two notable ones:
Try To Stay Close
There are varying strategies players can utilize when fighting the Hydro Hypostasis but those looking to dispatch it quickly enough should try to stick close. That’s because it’s slow enough for players to dodge its attacks; also, there are only a few effective bow DPS charactersinGenshin Impactand both of them are 5-star characters.
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In addition to making the boss more accessible to melee characters, sticking close to the Hydro Hypostasis also ensures less wasted time whenever it reaches its vulnerable state. Because often, it will land in an area it deems a little bit safer.
Players Can Steal Its Healing
One way to ease the difficulty when sticking close to the Hydro Hypostasis is to steal its own medicine. It was mentioned earlier that the Healing Slimes it spawns will periodically release some bubbles that will seek the boss and then heal them. Instead of popping these homing bubbles, players can actually grab them for themselves.
This will heal any character who snagged the bubble. It’s essentially free healing andin co-opwhere healers aren’t always available, players can avoid killing the Healing Slimes immediately so they can steal some of the boss’s healing.
Bring a Cryo DPS
Players who have spent a bit of time inGenshin Impact’slate-gameought to know by now that Hydro’s biggest weakness is Cryo. It literally makes any Hydro enemy freeze on their tracks. That means the Hydro Hypostasis is fair game especially for those who picked up the most recent or most powerful Cryo DPS characters in the game.
While the Hydro Hypostases doesn’t freeze, it still gets the Frozen status and doesn’t resist the Cryo element. Hence, these characters would do well against it:
Moreover,the Cryo elementcan slow down minions spawned by the Hydro Hypostasis. More on that later.
A Pyro or Electro DPS is Also Viable
What if players don’t have the top three Cryo DPS Ice Queens? Or what if they didn’t level Kaeya or didn’t get Rosaria as well? That’s alright. Because the Hydro Hypostasis is the most vulnerable HypostasesinGenshin Impact.It’s also susceptible to reactions caused by combining Hydro with Pyro or Electro.
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That very well means a Pyro or Electro DPS carry will also work well against the Hydro Hypostasis. Pyro, in particular, will trigger the Vaporize reaction with the Hydro Hypostasis while Electro will trigger Electro-Charged. Both of those are stellar DPS options. These characters will thus work well against the Hydro Hypostasis as a DPS carry:
Bring a Ranged DPS Too
As with any boss fight inGenshin Impact, bringing a bow to a sword fight is always a good and clever tactic. Ranged characters, for that matter, have the upper hand when tussling with a single enemy that moves around a lot.
Ranged characters, particularly bow usersinGenshin Impact, also have the added bonus of being mobile while also attacking. This helps a lot in avoiding enemy attacks. Ranged DPS characters that make the fight easier against the Hydro Hypostasis are:
Attack Only When the Elemental Core is Exposed
Another reason why players might want to bring their best bow or catalyst DPS especially when speedrunning is that the Hydro Hypostasis is that there’s a limited window of opportunity when attacking it. That would be when its elemental core is exposed. For the uninitiated, that would be the diamond thing at the center which appears to be the Hypostasis itself.
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The Hypostasis will constantly move around guarded and will usually only expose its core after an attack move. With any other movement, it usually keeps the core protected. Sometimes it will land far away from the player with its core exposed and this is where ranged DPS characters have a good headstart in DPS. They don’t have to get up close to deal damage to the core before the Hypostasis turtles up again.
Be Conservative With Elemental Bursts
In addition to only attacking when its elemental core is exposed, players will also need to be frugal with their characters' energy and their Elemental Bursts. A poorly-timed Elemental Burst will often result in wasted energy and a prolonged fight.
The Hydro Hypostasis' vulnerability window can often be treacherous and easily miscalculated. The duration of its exposed elemental core is a few seconds, give or take, much like most Hypostases. At times, it might even be better to not use a DPS' Elemental Burst at all lest players risk an unsatisfying ultimate attack.
Learn Its Attack Patterns
While the Hydro Hypostasis is the most vulnerable of its kind, it’s also one of the most tenacious. It has various attacks most of which deal heavy damage and might even kill the players with one or two hits if they’re unaware or inexperienced. The attacks also have a large radius of effects and might even bring back some of theplayers' elemental reactionsto them.
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Hence, one must learn to memorize its moves:
When it comes to avoiding damage, players needn’t sweat too much. They can simply make their characters jog or run without dashing as most of the time, the Hydro Hypostasis' attacks are slow unlike withits Electroor Pyro cousins.
At times, players don’t even need to evade the attacks. If they keep moving, they can just walk out of the boss' target circle. This conserves Stamina which the players can use for more urgent dodging. When in doubt, just keep moving during the fight.
Kill the Water Droplets Fast to Deny Revival
Once the Hydro Hypostasis gets to a certain HP threshold, which is more or less five percent, it will go into healing or revival mode like all of its cousins from other elements. Thankfully, the Hydro Hypostasis' healing mode is more manageable.
It will produce three Water Droplets that move slowly towards it. If they reach the boss, then the boss will heal itself. It’s up to the players to ensure that the slow droplets don’t achieve that. This is where theCryo elementcomes in most handy.
