Pyro

Best Pyro Characters in Genshin Impact 2026

The amplification element — Pyro turns other elements' auras into damage multipliers.

How Pyro Works

Pyro is the strongest offensive element because it drives both amplifying reactions: Vaporize (with Hydro) and Melt (with Cryo). Those two reactions multiply your damage rather than adding to it, which is why nearly every top-tier carry team includes a Pyro unit. Pyro also enables Overload (with Electro) and Burning (with Dendro), and Pyro triggers Burgeon when it detonates a Dendro Core.

16 Pyro characters · 6 S-tier

Pyro Reactions

Reaction
With
What it does
Vaporize
Hydro
Pyro onto Hydro = 1.5x damage. Hydro onto Pyro = 2x damage. The strongest amplifying reaction for most carries.
Melt
Cryo
Pyro onto Cryo = 2x damage. Cryo onto Pyro = 1.5x. The highest per-hit multiplier available.
Overload
Electro
AoE Pyro explosion that cannot crit. Knocks back small enemies, which is useful in some teams and annoying in others.
Burning
Dendro
Applies a persistent Pyro aura that deals damage over time. The foundation of Burning teams.
Burgeon
Dendro Core
Pyro detonates a Bloom core for AoE Dendro damage that also damages your own active character.

Best Pyro Teams

Vaporize (Hu Tao / Arlecchino)

Carry + Xingqiu or Yelan + Zhongli + flex

The most consistent high-damage archetype in the game. Hydro aura guarantees every big hit is multiplied.

National / International

Xiangling + Bennett + Xingqiu + driver (Raiden, Childe, or Sucrose)

Xiangling's Pyronado Vaporizes every hit while Bennett batteries her — the engine behind most speedrun teams.

Melt (Mavuika / Ganyu / Arlecchino)

Pyro carry + Citlali or Rosaria + Bennett + flex

Uses the 2x Melt multiplier for the single largest hit numbers in the game.

Overload (Chevreuse)

Pyro/Electro carry + Chevreuse + Fischl + Bennett

Chevreuse shreds Pyro and Electro RES and buffs ATK, which turns Overload into a real archetype.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which Pyro reaction is strongest?

Vaporize and Melt are the strongest for damage because they multiply instead of adding. Overload is a transformative reaction — it cannot crit and its damage depends on level and Elemental Mastery rather than your carry's stats.

Why is Xiangling in so many teams?

Her burst (Pyronado) applies Pyro off-field with no ICD issues for aura purposes, and it snapshots buffs. Combined with Bennett's energy and ATK buff, she converts one team slot into sustained AoE Pyro damage.

Do I need a Pyro character on every team?

Not every team, but most high-damage teams use one. Freeze and Dendro reaction teams are the main archetypes that can function without Pyro.

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