Azhdaha is a weekly boss in Genshin Impact that drops unique materials for upgrading many characters' Talents. They have two of four elemental forms they take during the fight that can deal continuous damage to characters without a shield. Using the right team composition, this fight can be done easily both solo or in co-op.
How to unlock Azhdaha in Genshin Impact
The weekly boss Azhdaha is first encountered duringZhongli’sAct II Story Quest. This can be found by going toQuestsand navigating toStory Quests. The subsequent menu showsHangout Eventsand Story Quests that require the player to useStory Keysto unlock. These keys are earned by doing the daily commissions. A total ofeight commissionsmust be completed to earn a single Story Key.
Fighting Azhdaha — phases, forms, best teams, and drop rewards
Azhdaha will take two of four different forms during the fight when reaching different HP thresholds. These forms can be seen when looking at the entrance to the Trounce Domain and are fixed for the entire week until the Domains are reset. These areFire, Electro, Hydro,andCryoforms, each with different ways of dealing their respective elemental damage.
Best Characters For Fighting Azhdaha
Players can negate the damage over time effects of Azhdaha’s elemental attacks by shielding themselves. The best characters that have access to shields areZhongli, Diona,andBeidouand the best team composition revolves around usingtwo Geocharacters to increase damage output while shielded. Two Pyro characters can be used as well for extra damage and two Cryo characters can be used to increase the team’s critical hit rate.
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Azhdaha’s Dangerous Attacks
While in theElectroform, Azhdaha will burrow underground with only their tail exposed. During this time, lightning will strike in various areas marked on the floor. Navigating to the clear open space will have players avoid this damage. In theHydroform, Azhdaha will havelarge bubblescircling around that deal Hydro damage to players caught in them. In theirPyroform, Azhdaha will have meteors rain down in areas marked on the floor to deal Pyro damage over time. Finally, in theirCyroform, Azhdaha will have Cryo spikes coming from underground as they burrow underground like in their Electro form.
Azhdaha Drops
Upon defeat, Azhdaha will reward players with three unique items that can be used to upgrade specific characters' Talents. These are theDragon Lord’s Crown,Gilded Scale, andBloodjade Branch. Azhdaha shares the same loot pool as other Trounce Domain bosses apart from this and is able to reward players with theBerseker,Instructor,Exile,Gladiator, andWanderer’s TroupeArtifact sets,weapon Billets,Dream Solvent, andVarunada Lazurite,Vajrada Amethyst, andPrithiva Topazgemstones.
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