Genshin Impact Best Cryo Teams: The Strongest Party For Version 5.7

With the release of Skirk during Genshin Impact version 5.7 and the resurgence of the Cryo element as a whole with the help of various powerful Cryo and Hydro enablers in the form of Escoffier, Citlali, Dahlia and more, it might prove beneficial for players to know the different types of Cryo teams currently available in Genshin Impact and see what are the best teams to build are.

In this guide, we will go over all the most important and best Cryo-centric team comps and show players what makes these teams so strong. Additionally, we will also advise players on the best teams for different Cryo DPS characters, allowing players to have a better understanding of which characters to run together with the best Cryo characters. Lets' go!

General Introduction

Cryo is one of the 7 elements in Genshin Impact and is one of the two most offensively powerful elements in the game alongside Pyro. The Cryo element in general focuses on enabling different Cryo Elemental reactions in order to boost the damage output of the Cryo main DPS character, boosting their Crit Rate and Crit Damage in order to deal massive amounts of damage to enemies.

Unlike Pyro whose main focus is on boosting the Attack of the entire team and the DPS, Cryo is generally considered a very selfish element in that the teams are mainly focused on enabling the Critical damage output of a single on-field Cryo DPS character, while other characters in the team are either supporting them with powerful buffs or enabling elemental reactions with off field skill effects.

In the current Genshin Impact Meta, there are generally 2 different types of best teams for Cryo Centric characters and Cryo elemental reactions: Freeze Team and Reverse Melt Team. Each of these teams have their own quirks and characters that specialize in enabling the different teams for the main DPS, so players should consider carefully which team to invest in based on the main Cryo DPS that you want to use.

 

Best Freeze Teams

The different Freeze teams in Genshin Impact mainly focuses on a mix between Cryo and Hydro characters to help initiate the Freeze and Frozen Elemental Reactions, allowing the team to crowd control the enemies on the field while also boosting the team’s overall damage output with the help of the different Cryo Artifact sets and weapons that boost the character’s damage when the enemies are frozen like the Blizzard Strayer artifact set.

Some of the best Freeze centric teams in Genshin Impact for the different DPS characters are:

Skirk Hypercarry Team

Skirk	Shenhe	Furina	Escoffier
Main DPS	Cryo Support	Hydro Enabler	Cryo/Hydro Buffer/Sustain

The Skirk Hypercarry team is currently one of the game’s most powerful Cryo centric team comp and works on the basis of fully enabling Skirk’s powerful skill kit by having all members in the team to be Cryo and Hydro characters. This team massively boost the damage output of the main DPS Skirk by buffing her with both Furina’s and Shenhe’s powerful attack buffing abilities while reducing the enemies Cryo resistance massively with the help of Escoffier’s Talent.

Wriothesley Normal Attack Freeze Team

Wriothesley	Furina	Yelan	Citlali
Main DPS	Hydro Enabler	Sub DPS	Cryo/Hydro Buffer/Sustain

Works on a similar principle to the Skirk hypercarry team, the special Wriothesley team focuses on allowing the duke to take full advantage of his on field time to deal constant Cryo infused normal attacks on the enemies, freezing them in place with help of Hydro off field enablers like Xingqiu and Yelan and deal massive amounts of Cryo and Hydro damage while attacking the enemies. A good Cryo sustain and buffer like Citlali is highly recommended for the last slot as she will provide a shield for the team, increasing Wriothesley’s survivability while also increasing his interruption resistance.

Kamisato Freeze Team

Kamisato Ayaka	Yelan	Kamisato Ayato	Citlali
Main DPS	Hydro Enabler	Sub DPS	Cryo/Hydro Buffer/Sustain

A Kamisato Ayaka centric team that uses both the Kamisato siblings - Kamisato Ayaka and Kamisato Ayato, this team focuses on alternating between the two’s powerful normal attack builds with the help of 2 different Hydro and Cryo buffers/ enablers to deal the maximum amount of Cryo and Hydro damage to enemies, keeping them frozen in place by alternating. Thanks to Kamisato Ayaka and Kamisato Ayato’s normal attack based skills and abilities, they can supplement each other’s damage output with the help of good normal attack buffs or enablers like Yelan.

Ganyu Charge Attack Freeze Team

Ganyu	Furina	Shenhe	Escoffier
Main DPS	Hydro Enabler/ Damage Support	Cryo Buffer	Cryo/Hydro Buffer/Sustain

This freeze team is a special team that focuses on buffing Ganyu as much as possible with powerful Cryo and Attack buffers like Furina, Shenhe and Escoffier to help allow Ganyu to focus fire down the enemies with her powerful Cryo infused Charge Attacks. Furina serves as the off field Hydro enabler in this comp, allowing her familiars to freeze the enemies in place with the help of Ganyu’s large AoE Elemental Burst and Shenhe’s additional Elemental Burst, creating a good window for Ganyu to charge up her attacks and attack the enemies from afar.

F2P Freeze Team

Charlotte	Xingqiu	Rosaria	Layla
Main DPS	Hydro Enabler	Cryo Buffer	Cryo/Hydro Buffer/Sustain

For a F2P Cryo centric Freeze team, the main DPS can alternate between Xingqiu or Charlotte, with either of them setting up their elemental burst, allowing you to deal constant Cryo and Hydro against the enemies with Normal Attacks and freezing the enemies. For buffers, Rosaria is a good damage buffer, granting both an off field Cryo application while boosting the team’s critical rate. For Sustain, Layla is a good choice for her good shielding ability while also providing the team with additional Cryo damage when she is off field.

 

Best Reverse Melt Teams

The reverse Melt team in Genshin Impact prefers to the way a Cryo centric team would take advantage of the high damage modifiers of the Cryo + Pyro Elemental Reaction to deal massive amounts of Cryo damage in a single instance. Due to this, the order of applying the Pyro and Cryo mark is extremely important in this team, so players should preferably bring a good Pyro off-field enabler to boost the power of the Cryo on field DPS damage.

Additionally, due to how the Melt reaction works, it is more beneficial for players to bring 2 Pyro characters for the Pyro Resonance effect rather than the Cryo Resonance, helping to boost the uptime of the Pyro mark for easier Reverse Melt triggers.

Ayaka Reverse Melt Team

Kamisato Ayaka	Mavuika	Kaedehara Kazuha	Bennett (C5)
Main DPS	Pyro Enabler	Support	Damage Buffer

Unlike the Kamisato Freeze team which focuses on allowing Ayaka to keep the enemies frozen as long as possible with her normal attacks, the Reverse Melt team for Ayaka instead focus on allowing Ayaka to deal as much Cryo Normal Attack damage as possible by initiating as many Melt Reactions as possible within a rotation with the help of powerful Pyro enabler and strong buffers like Bennett and Kazuha.

Important note: For this team, players need to not have activated Bennett’s 6th Constellation as it will override Ayaka’s Cryo infusion on normal attacks. If you have a C6 Bennett, it is better to change into a different damage buffer for Ayaka in this team.

Ganyu Reverse Melt Team

Ganyu	Mavuika	Nahida	Bennett
Main DPS	Pyro Enabler	Support	Damage Buffer

Function similarly to the Ayaka Reverse Melt team, the Ganyu Reverse Melt team focuses on applying the Pyro mark on the enemy so that Ganyu can use her Charge Attack to deal massive instances of Cryo damage to the enemy while the Pyro Mark is on them while she is under different types of powerful buffs. Generic Pyro enabler like Mavuika or Yoimiya is generally good to bring in this team to apply the Pyro mark. Nahida and other Dendro characters are good in this team as well thanks to the Burning elemental reaction helping to prolong the enemies’ Pyro mark, allowing Ganyu more time to charge up her arrows. Finally, Bennett’s buffs and Pyro element helps activate the Pyro Resonance, allowing Ganyu to gain massive amounts of attacks and be able to deal extremely good damage.

F2P Reverse Melt Team

Charlotte	Xiangling	Thoma	Bennett
Main DPS	Pyro Enabler	Support	Damage Buffer

The F2P Reverse Melt team focuses on constantly dealing Pyro damage on enemies and help the team alternate between Melt and Reverse Melt elemental reactions, boosting both the different Cryo and Pyro damage instances. This team can be done with Charlotte’s constant Cryo normal attacks with the help of both Thoma and Xiangling’s off field abilities that activates when the main DPS attacks. Additionally, the entire team can be buffed with the help of Bennett’s powerful buffing ability, helping to boost the damage output of the team significantly.

Conclusion

With the resurgence of the Cryo element thanks to all of the brand new Cryo DPS and supports in the form of Skirk and Escoffier, players who want to invest in a Cryo team is in for a good time with all the best Cryo teams and supports being on banner and rerun soon.

We hope that with this guide, players have been able to see all the current best Cyro teams in Genshin Impact and are able to plan their pulls accordingly to build the best teams ever.