Genshin Impact Hydro Traveler – Skills, Talents, and Rating

Once you arrive in Fontaine, you can interact with any Statue of The Seven using the Traveler to receive the Hydro blessing, allowing them to resonate with this Element. While their overall kit is underwhelming — I rate it 3/5 — compared to the well-received Dendro Traveler, the Hydro Traveler is still fun to play.

In particular, the Hydro Traveler Elemental Skill's hold version acts like a Hydro-infused bullet seed, which you might enjoy shooting at enemies. With that said, the only time I recommend using the Hydro Traveler is when you absolutely need a Pneuma-aligned character in your team.

Hydro Traveler – Skills, Constellations, & More in Genshin Impact

Hydro Traveler Skills

Auto Attack: Foreign Stream

• Normal Attack: Performs up to five rapid strikes.
• Charged Attack: Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to unleash two rapid sword strikes.
• Plunging Attack: Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE Damage upon impact.

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Elemental Skill: Aquacrest Saber

• Unleashes a torrent that can cleanse the world.
• Press
  • Sends a Torrent Surge forward that will deal Hydro DMG to opponents it comes into contact with.
• Hold
  • Enter Aiming Mode and constantly fire off Dewdrops in the direction in which you are aiming, dealing Hydro Damage to opponents they hit.
  • When the skill ends, it will send a Torrent Surge forward that will deal Hydro Damage to opponents it comes into contact with.
  • Suffusion: When using the Hold configuration of this skill, if the Traveler's HP is higher than 50%, the DMG dealt by Dewdrops will increase based on the Traveler's Max HP, and the Traveler will lose a fixed amount of HP every second.
• Arkhe: Pneuma
  • At certain intervals, after using Torrent Surge, this skill will unleash a Spiritbreath Thorn that pierces opponents, dealing Pneuma-aligned Hydro Damage.

Elemental Burst: Rising Waters

• Unleashes a slow-moving floating bubble that deals continuous Hydro DMG to nearby opponents.
• Cooldown: 20 seconds

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Hydro Traveler Passives

• Passive one (Spotless Waters): After the Dewdrop fired by the Hold Mode of the Aquacrest Saber hits an opponent, a Sourcewater Droplet will be generated near to the Traveler. If the Traveler picks it up, they will restore 7% HP. Only one Droplet can be created this way every second, and each use of Aquacrest Saber can create four Droplets at most.
• Passive two (Clear Waters): If HP has been consumed via Suffusion while using the Hold Mode Aquacrest Saber, the Torrent Surge at the skill's end will deal Bonus Damage equal to 45% of the total HP the Traveler has consumed in this skill use via Suffusion. The maximum Damage Bonus that can be gained this way is 5,000.

Hydro Traveler Constellations

• C1 (Swelling Lake): Picking up a Sourcewater Droplet will restore two Energy to the Traveler. Requires the Passive Talent "Spotless Waters."
• C2 (Trickling Purity): The Movement Speed of Rising Waters' bubble will be decreased by 30%, and its duration increased by three seconds.
• C3 (Turbulent Ripples): Increases the Level of Aquacrest Saber by three. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
• C4 (Pouring Descent):
  • When using Aquacrest Saber, an Aquacrest Aegis that can absorb 10% of the Traveler's Max HP in Damage will be created and will absorb Hydro Damage with 250% effectiveness. It will persist until the Traveler finishes using the skill.
  • Once every two seconds, after a Dewdrop hits an opponent, if the Traveler is being protected by Aquacrest Aegis, the Damage Absorption of the Aegis will be restored to 10% of the Traveler's Max HP. If the Traveler is not presently being protected by an Aegis, one will be redeployed.
• C5 (Churning Whirlpool): Increases the Level of Rising Waters by three. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
• C6 (Tides of Justice): When the Traveler picks up a Sourcewater Droplet, they will restore HP to a nearby party member with the lowest remaining HP percentage based on 6% of said member's Max HP.

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