Genshin Impact: Go with the Wind! achievement guide
Last Updated on: 17th February 2023, 03:37 pm
Go with the Wind! is a Genshin Impact achievement requiring you to rapidly produce several elemental swirl reactions.
This one can be a bit confusing to think about at first, as you need to cause swirl elemental reactions with all of Cryo, Hydro, Pyro and Electro within 2s of each other. That means needing access to 5 different elements, making it very difficult for players to achieve without setup or a fifth character, such as those available in quest-based trial scenarios.
Fortunately, there is a way around that issue that allows you to get Go with the Wind! fairly quickly, and uses only early game-free characters, though it can be a little awkward to pull off at first.
How to get the Go with the Wind! achievement in Genshin Impact
As the achievement requires Cryo, Hydro, Pyro and Electro swirls, you’ll need a team that matches these requirements. You can use Kaeya, Barbara, Xiangling and Lisa for this particular method, meaning it should be available to everyone who has done enough of the mandatory early game content to have all of these free characters already.
Note that this achievement can be made easier with different characters – those with pets, such as Xiangling and Fischl, can trigger elemental swirls while not actively in use, which may make this easier to achieve. As long as the elements match up with the requirements, you can experiment with replacing any of the characters for this achievement.
The achievement can probably be completed in a number of different locations, but one of the easiest will be using the Anemo Hypostasis world boss. Other Anemo-infused enemies do exist, however, the hypostasis is always infused with Anemo when vulnerable to damage, making the swirl reactions particularly easy to achieve.
It is also quite unlikely that most players will kill the Hypostasis accidentally while trying to get the Go with the Wind achievement, while Genshin Impact’s Anemo slimes and Spectres may not be so lucky when hit with multiple elemental reactions.
Once at the Anemo Hypostasis, you’ll need to approach the world boss for it to begin attacking. It is only vulnerable during and after certain attacks, making it impossible to trigger Swirl reactions otherwise.
The moment the Hypostasis is vulnerable, it will gain a small Anemo icon below its health bar, to indicate it is currently Anemo-infused. These windows are when you must get your elemental swirl reactions in to complete the Go with the Wind! achievement in Genshin Impact.
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While the achievement itself is somewhat unreliable to trigger due to the nature of Elemental reactions in the game, the most likely method to get progress on the achievement I found was to open with Xianglings elemental skill, as Guoba will repeatedly hit the Hypostasis throughout, keeping the swirl reactions going during any accidental downtime.
After that, you want to quickly rotate through your characters, using their elemental skills as fast as you can. As Kaeyas elemental skill animates very quickly, it is a good idea to use him last to avoid missing out on a hit before the vulnerability period ends. The damage you deal with these reactions does not matter up until you kill the boss with them, so you can take as many attempts as you need at this until you get the correct timing for Go with the Wind! to unlock. You can even make more than progress towards maxing this elemental specialist achievement per fight due to how durable the world bosses are compared to unbuilt character damage.
