Genshin Impact Nahida Team Guide: Dendro Reaction Combinations

Blooming Potential: A Nahida Team Guide to Mastering Dendro Reactions

So, you’ve welcomed the Dendro Archon, Nahida, the Lord of Dendro, to your party. Congratulations! With her arrival, the entire elemental combat system of Teyvat seems to bend to her will. Her unparalleled ability to apply Dendro from off-field and buff your team's Elemental Mastery makes her not just a powerful character, but the absolute cornerstone of most top-tier Dendro team compositions.

But simply having Nahida isn't enough. To truly unlock her world-changing potential, you need to understand the symphony of elemental interactions she conducts. This guide is your deep dive into the best Nahida team compositions, focusing on the powerful Dendro reactions that will let you conquer the Spiral Abyss and dominate every domain.

Understanding Nahida's Role and the Core Dendro Reactions

Before we jump into specific teams, let's establish two things: what Nahida does, and what the reactions she enables actually do.

Nahida is primarily an off-field Dendro applicator and an Elemental Mastery buffer. Her Skill, "All Schemes to Know," marks enemies and connects them. Whenever a marked enemy takes a Dendro-related reaction, all connected enemies take Dendro damage based on Nahida's own Attack and Elemental Mastery. This is her primary source of damage and her incredible Dendro application. Her Burst, "Illusory Heart," creates a massive shrine that buffs the active character inside it based on the elemental types of your party members.

Now, let's meet the core Dendro reactions she enables:

1. Quicken (Dendro + Electro): This is the foundation. Applying Quicken to an enemy doesn't deal immediate damage. Instead, it creates a state on the enemy called "Quicken." For a short duration, any subsequent Electro or Dendro attack will trigger an enhanced reaction.

   • Aggravate (Electro on a Quicken-ed enemy): Adds a flat damage bonus to your Electro attack, scaling directly with the triggering character's Level and Elemental Mastery. This is a massive boost for Electro damage dealers.
   • Spread (Dendro on a Quicken-ed enemy): Adds a flat damage bonus to your Dendro attack, scaling the same way. This makes Nahida's own on-field attacks devastating.

2. Bloom (Dendro + Hydro): Creates a Dendro Core on the ground. After a short time, these cores explode, dealing AoE Dendro damage to nearby enemies (and your active character!). This reaction is just the beginning.

   • Hyperbloom (Electro on a Dendro Core): Transforms the Dendro Core into a homing missile that seeks out enemies. The damage is based on the Electro character's Level and Elemental Mastery, making it a perfect fit for an Electro driver built full EM.
   • Burgeon (Pyro on a Dendro Core): Causes the Dendro Core to instantly explode in a larger AoE. The damage is based on the Pyro character's Level and Elemental Mastery.

With this foundation, let's explore the best Nahida team archetypes.

Archetype 1: The Quicken & Aggravate/Spread Team

This team focuses on raw, direct damage from your Electro and Dendro units. It's straightforward, powerful, and showcases the sheer amplifying power of the Aggravate and Spread reactions.

The Core: Nahida + Electro Main DPS + Flex Electro + Flex Support

• Nahida's Build: Here, Nahida can be built with a focus on Dendro Damage and Critical stats. While Elemental Mastery is still vital (as it boosts her personal damage and her buff), you're not relying on transformative reaction damage. A weapon like "A Thousand Floating Dreams" or "The Widsith" works perfectly. Her role is to keep her Skill active on all enemies, ensuring the Quicken aura is always up.

• Sample Team Composition: The Ultimate Aggravate Team

  • Nahida: Off-field Dendro, buffer, sub-DPS.
  • Yae Miko / Keqing / Cyno: Your main Electro DPS. Yae's totems and Keqing's rapid attacks are perfect for triggering constant Aggravates.
  • Fischl / Beidou: A second Electro character for battery and additional off-field damage. Fischl is the premier choice as her A4 passive triggers extra Electro attacks whenever an Aggravate is triggered, creating a devastating damage loop.
  • Zhongli / Kuki Shinobu: A shielder or healer for survivability. Zhongli's universal resistance shred is invaluable. Kuki provides healing, consistent Electro for Quicken, and can even be built with EM to enhance the team's Aggravate damage.

How to Play: Apply Nahida's Skill. Use your support's skills (e.g., Zhongli's shield). Switch to your Electro DPS (e.g., Yae Miko) and unleash their Elemental Skill and Burst. Watch as every Electro hit triggers a bright green Aggravate damage number, melting enemy health bars. This is one of the most effective Nahida team compositions for single-target and multi-target scenarios.

Archetype 2: The Hyperbloom Team

If the Aggravate team is a precision strike, the Hyperbloom team is an automated, homing missile battery. It's currently one of the most accessible and powerful team archetypes in the entire game, and Nahida is its brain.

The Core: Nahida + Hydro Applicator + Electro Trigger + Flex

• Nahida's Build: In a Hyperbloom team, Nahida's personal damage is still important, but the bulk of your damage will come from the Hyperblooms themselves. She can still use a DPS build, but ensuring she has enough EM to buff the team (via her Burst) is key.

• Sample Team Composition: The Automated Missile Launcher

  • Nahida: Constant, unparalleled Dendro application to ensure Blooms are always being created.
  • Xingqiu / Yelan / Kokomi: Your Hydro applicator. Xingqiu and Yelan provide massive single-target Hydro application, creating a huge number of Dendro Cores. Kokomi offers healing and good AoE Hydro application.
  • Kuki Shinobu / Raiden Shogun (EM Build): This is the most important character for Hyperbloom damage. You need an Electro character who can reliably hit the Dendro Cores. Kuki Shinobu's rotating Electro ring is perfect for this, and she also provides crucial healing. Raiden Shogun's Skill has a wide, persistent AoE that also perfectly triggers the cores. The key here is to build this character with full Elemental Mastery (1000 EM is the goal), as their level and EM determine the Hyperbloom damage.
  • Flex Spot (Another Hydro/Dendro/Anemo): This spot can be another Hydro for more cores (creating a "Double Hydro Hyperbloom" team), a second Dendro for resonance, or an Anemo character like Kazuha to group enemies and the cores together for maximum efficiency.

How to Play: Apply Nahida's Skill. Use your Hydro characters' abilities to create a garden of Dendro Cores. Switch to your full-EM Kuki or Raiden and use their Skill. Just stand there and watch as a swarm of green missiles relentlessly hunt down every enemy on the field. This team has incredible damage output with relatively low investment on the main trigger, making it a fantastic free-to-play friendly Nahida team.

Archetype 3: The Burgeon Team

Burgeon is Hyperbloom's more volatile cousin. It trades the homing precision for larger, AoE explosions. The main challenge is avoiding accidentally triggering Burning (Dendro + Pyro), which can consume your Dendro aura and disrupt the reaction cycle.

The Core: Nahida + Hydro Applicator + Pyro Trigger

• Nahida's Build: Similar to Hyperbloom, her application is key. Survivability becomes more important here, as Burgeon damage hurts your own team.

• Sample Team Composition: The Explosive Garden

  • Nahida: The source of all Dendro.
  • Xingqiu / Yelan / Ayato: Strong Hydro application is needed to keep up with Nahida and prevent Burning.
  • Thoma / Bennett: Thoma is the premier Burgeon trigger. His Burst applies Pyro in slow, coordinated attacks with your active character, giving you control to deliberately trigger the Burgeon explosions without causing Burning. Building him with full EM and ensuring he has enough Energy Recharge is crucial. Bennett can work but is harder to control.
  • Kokomi / Zhongli: A strong healer or shielder is almost mandatory here to counteract the self-damage from both Blooms and Burgeons.

How to Play: The rotation is more delicate. Apply Nahida's Skill. Use your Hydro character to create Cores. Use Thoma's Burst and then quickly switch to a character who can Normal Attack to trigger his Pyro waves, which will then explode the cores. This team requires more precise execution but offers satisfying, screen-wide Dendro explosions.

Advanced Synergy: Nahida's Best Teammates and Rotations

To build the perfect team, consider these key partners for Nahida:

• For Quicken: Fischl is unmatched due to her Aggravate synergy. Yae Miko offers fantastic off-field damage.
• For Hyperbloom: Kuki Shinobu is the perfect package—healing and consistent Electro application. Raiden Shogun is a premium alternative.
• For Hydro: Xingqiu and Yelan are the gold standard for single-target core generation. Kokomi provides comfort and AoE.
• Flex Supports: Zhongli provides unshakable defense and resistance shred. Kazuha/Sucrose can group enemies and provide crowd control and elemental damage buffs.

A general, powerful rotation for most teams looks like this:

1. Nahida: Use her Skill (Hold to aim if needed) to mark all enemies. Then use her Burst.
2. Support: Use your shield, heal, or crowd control ability (e.g., Zhongli's Shield, Kazuha's Swirl).
3. Elemental Enabler: Use your Hydro/Electro applicator's skill and burst (e.g., Xingqiu's Burst and Skill, Fischl's Skill).
4. Driver/On-field DPS: Switch to your main damage dealer or driver (this could be your Electro DPS in Aggravate, or even Nahida herself in a "Quickbloom" team—a mix of Quicken and Hyperbloom) and attack until the setup needs to be reapplied.

Conclusion: Unleashing the Archon's Power

Nahida's versatility is her greatest strength. Whether you prefer the direct, amplified strikes of an Aggravate team, the automated chaos of a Hyperbloom comp, or the explosive power of Burgeon, she seamlessly enables it all. The key is to understand the reaction you want to focus on and build your team's characters and stats around triggering it consistently and powerfully.

Don't be afraid to experiment. Try Nahida as an on-field driver with a full EM build, triggering reactions herself. Mix Hyperbloom and Quicken by using an Electro character like Kuki who can both trigger cores and maintain the Quicken aura. The world of Dendro reactions is deep and rewarding, and with Nahida on your side, you hold the key to its greatest secrets. Now go forth, and let your wisdom bloom on the battlefield