Cryo is the ice Element in Genshin Impact and is 1 out of 7 Elements in the game. Check out this guide to learn about Cryo's Strengths, Weaknesses, Cryo Elemental Reactions, and Cryo Characters in the game.

What is the Cryo Element?

Genshin's Ice Element

Cryo is the ice Element in Genshin Impact, with Snezhnaya being the designated Cryo Region and Tsaritsa as the Cryo Archon.

Cryo Status Effect

Cryo on Characters

The Cryo status on your character will slow their movement and attack speed animations. This also means that Cryo Elemental Reactions can also affect you (like being Frozen by Hydro) if the enemies have elemental attacks.

Cryo Aura

Name	Condensed Ice
Effect	Increases Stamina consumption.

Condensed Ice increases the stamina consumption of your character and comes from a Leyline Disorder or an Enemy Aura. This debuff can only be removed by using a cleanse ability or applying a different element to yourself.

Cryo Resonance

Shattering Ice

Having two Cryo characters in the party will activate the Cryo Resonance Buff called Shattering Ice, which causes Electro to last 40% less on your characters and Increases CRIT Rate against Frozen or Cryo-affected enemies by 15% for all party members.

Cryo Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths, Weaknesses, and Immunities

Cryo is very strong against Hydro Elemental Shields, Electro Elemental Shields, and Electro Elemental Armor. It's weak against Pyro Elemental shields and does no damage to Cryo Elemental Shields and Cryo Elemental Armor.

List of Cryo Reactions

Cryo can react to multiple Elements in the game. Some reactions change damage according to the order of the first element applied.

Reaction	Element Order	Reaction Effect
Melt	1. Cryo	Pyro attacks deal 2x more damage if Pyro is applied after Cryo.
	2. Pyro
Reverse Melt	1. Pyro	Cryo attacks deal 1.5x more damage if Cryo is applied after Pyro.
	2. Cryo
Frozen	Hydro Cryo	Freezes enemies. The effect will trigger from any order.
	Any order
Superconduct	Electro Cryo	Reduces the enemy's physical defense by 40%. The effect will trigger from any order.
	Any order
Swirl	1. Cryo	Anemo spreads Cryo around the target and then deals Cryo and Anemo damage.
	2. Anemo
Crystalize	1. Cryo	Drops a Cryo shard that creates a Cryo shield which absorbs damage and has bonus resistance to Cryo damage when picked up.
	2. Geo

List of Cryo Characters

Upcoming Cryo Characters

Character	Rarity	Weapon	Rating
Tsaritsa	?	?	?
Citlali	?	?	?

Current Cryo Characters

Character	Rarity	Weapon	Rating
Qiqi	5★	Sword
Ganyu	5★	Bow
Ayaka	5★	Sword
Eula	5★	Claymore
Aloy	5★	Bow
Shenhe	5★	Polearm
Wriothesley	5★	Catalyst
Kaeya	4★	Sword
Chongyun	4★	Claymore
Diona	4★	Bow
Rosaria	4★	Polearm
Layla	4★	Sword
Mika	4★	Polearm
Charlotte	4★	Catalyst
Freminet	4★	Claymore

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