What is Double Swirl & How Does It Work? (Genshin Impact)

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Double swirl refers to simultaneously or consecutively triggering a swirl reaction with two elements. This lets you gain swirl-related effects for two elements at once – most notably the 4pc. Viridescent Venerer (VV) set. This effectively reduces the elemental resistance of opponents for two elements.

Another notable benefit of double swirl is Kazuha’s passive – it gives an elemental damage bonus.

So by performing a double swirl, Kazuha can effectively give a damage bonus to two elements at once.

These buffs are visible on a character’s stat page, so we’ll use it as a reference for whether a double swirl setup is effective or not.

There are three main setups for double swirl:

  • Single-target
  • AOE
  • Electro-charged and freeze
 

How To Double Swirl in Single-Target

Single-target has the hardest double swirl setups.

Since most two elements can’t co-exist in a single enemy (except for electro-charged and freeze), double swirls can only be done in quick succession.

There isn’t a universal setup that works everywhere. It’s different for each team and character.

But they all share the same idea: apply one element to the opponent and swirl that element – then apply the second element and swirl that.

To better demonstrate, here’s the double swirl setup for a very popular meta team: the International team.

 

International Team Setup

 
International team / Genshin Impact
International team
 

This team is composed of Bennett, Tartaglia, Xiangling, and Kazuha/Sucrose.

International’s setups take advantage of Bennett’s Pyro self-application and Xiangling’s Guoba.

There are two ways to go about it, and it largely depends on which Anemo unit you use: Kazuha or Sucrose.

 
With Kazuha

Kazuha can trigger element-infused swirls with the elemental aura he’s affected by.

For instance, if Kazuha is affected by Cryo, then casting his skill will create a Cryo-infused swirl unless there’s a higher priority element nearby.

For reference, Kazuha’s swirl infusion priority is Pyro > Hydro > Electro > Cryo.

If there are multiple elements present, he swirls the one with a higher priority.

This also effectively lets him use the self-Pyro application of Bennett’s burst to swirl Pyro. It’s a very important mechanic in his double swirl setups.

 
Tartaglia casting his skill to apply Hydro / Genshin Impact
Tartaglia casting his skill to apply Hydro
 

Step 1: Cast Tartaglia’s skill to apply Hydro on the opponent.

 
Bennett casting his burst – the active character is then affected by Pyro / Genshin Impact
Bennett casting his burst – the active character is then affected by Pyro
 

Step 2: Cast Bennett’s burst to self-apply Pyro on your character – Tartaglia’s Hydro aura will stay on the opponent.

 
Kazuha casting his burst which swirls Hydro and then Pyro / Genshin Impact
Kazuha casting his burst which swirls Hydro and then Pyro
 

Step 3: Cast Kazuha’s burst to double swirl Hydro and Pyro. He gains the Hydro infusion from Tartaglia and the Pyro infusion from Bennett’s burst.

 
Kazuha gaining both Hydro and Pyro damage bonuses / Genshin Impact
Kazuha gaining both Hydro and Pyro damage bonuses
 

Step 4: Done!

 
With Sucrose

Sucrose’s setups make use of Guoba’s self-infusing mechanic.

When Guoba attacks an opponent, he momentarily applies Pyro to himself. By casting Sucrose’s at this exact moment, she can effectively double swirl with Guoba.

It does take some practice, but it’s very useful.

 
Tartaglia casting his skill / Genshin Impact
Tartaglia casting his skill
 

Step 1: Cast Tartaglia’s skill to apply Hydro.

 
Bennett casting his burst / Genshin Impact
Bennett casting his burst
 

Step 2: Cast Bennett’s burst.

 
Xiangling summoning Guoba / Genshin Impact
Xiangling summoning Guoba
 

Step 3: Cast Xiangling’s skill (Guoba).

 
Sucrose swirling Hydro with her normal attack / Genshin Impact
Sucrose swirling Hydro with her normal attack
 

Step 4: Switch to Sucrose and perform one normal attack to trigger a Hydro-infused swirl reaction.

 
Sucrose swirling Pyro / Genshin Impact
Sucrose swirling Pyro
 

5. Cast Sucrose’s skill to swirl Pyro.

 

How To Double Swirl in AOE

AOE is a much easier double swirl setup than single-target.

There’s no need to know about more complicated game mechanics – just follow the following steps:

 
Two different opponents affected by Pyro and Cryo / Genshin Impact
Two different opponents affected by Pyro and Cryo
 

Step 1: Apply two different elements to separate opponents.

 
Kazuha’s skill triggers a swirl reaction with both opponents / Genshin Impact
Kazuha’s skill triggers a swirl reaction with both opponents
 

Step 2: Trigger a swirl reaction with both elements at once.

 
Kazuha gaining both Pyro and Cryo damage bonuses from double swirl / Genshin Impact
Kazuha gaining both Pyro and Cryo damage bonuses from double swirl
 

Step 3: Done!

 

How To Double Swirl Electro-Charged and Freeze

Teams that use electro-charged and freeze reactions have the easiest double swirl setups.

This is because they use reactions where two elements can co-exist on an opponent. Hydro and Electro co-exist in electro-charged, while Hydro and Cryo co-exist in freeze

So simply triggering a swirl with an opponent affected by electro-charged or freeze will swirl both elements. There’s no complicated setup.

It works for both single-target and AOE situations. This is also why taser teams are very easy to play – just performing normal attacks with Sucrose is enough to trigger double swirl.

You won’t feel like you’re doing double swirls, but it’s definitely there.

Here’s a better demonstration with Kazuha.

 
Kazuha’s skill triggers swirl with an opponent affected by electro-charged / Genshin Impact
Kazuha’s skill triggers swirl with an opponent affected by electro-charged
 

Step 1: Trigger a swirl reaction with an opponent affected by Electro and Hydro.

 
Kazuha gaining both Electro and Hydro damage bonuses / Genshin Impact
Kazuha gaining both Electro and Hydro damage bonuses
 

Step 2: Done!

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Maeri is an avid gacha player currently in the clutches of Genshin Impact. She mainly focuses on character analyses, underlying game mechanics, and occasionally reading game code. She also yearns for the day that Dainsleif is finally playable.