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Genshin Impacthas a very straightforward combat system.
What Is Animation Canceling?
Each input in a game is associated with a specific animation.
Why Animation Cancel?
There are a couple of advantages that you get from not being forced to see the full animations.
Dash Canceling specifically also makes it easier to avoid enemy attacks due to the dash’s immunity frames.
Burst Cancels help you recharge Energy without spending any unnecessary timewaiting for the particle to spawn.
This helps a lot in teams with energy-hungry characters such as Xiangling.
For characters like Hu Tao especially,another benefit to gain from Animation Canceling is positioning.
Lastly,the main use of Animation Cancels is toexploit ICD.
While most attacks cannot trigger reactions on every hit, there are specific ones that can do so.
you could increase the speed of these reactions even further through Animation Canceling.
How To Animation Cancel?
How To Dash Cancel?
We’re using a C1 Hu Tao to demonstrate dashing in the video.
While there is no difference in the damage numbers, a C0 Hu Tao will perform fewer attacks.
However, Dash Cancelinghas some glaring weaknesses.
How To Jump Cancel?
It’s important to avoid this if you want to use Jump Canceling effectively.
Jump Canceling can also faceproblems when fighting large enemies with weird hitboxes, such as thePerpetual Mechanical Array.
This is because you could glitch into their hitboxes and get stuck when attempting a jump.
In such cases,not using any cancels may be better.
How To Aim Cancel?
This is generally justas fast as dash canceling but it doesn’t use any stamina.
For Yoimiya, this is after her last Normal Attack in her NA Chain.
How To Swap Cancel?
Swap Cancel refers to swapping to a different character to prematurely end an animation.
To do this, simplyspam the swap button to change charactersthe moment your input goes through.
How To Burst Cancel?
Burst Canceling is similar to swap cancels in thatit doesn’t always result in a huge DPS increase.
However,Burst cancels are a good way to farm energy.
Do this by immediately casting your Elemental Burst after using your Elemental Skill.
This works because the game’s time continues forward during your Burst animation.
As such, Elemental Particles spawn and get absorbed by your active character before the animation ends.
On PC, you’ll have topress ALT and the number associated with your off-field characterto do it.
However,he can use Sourcewater Droplets to immediately cast itby using his Elemental Burst or Skill.
you oughta be near the Sourcewater Droplets for this to work.
you’re free to take this one step further and get rid of the absorbing animation altogether.
Can You Do Animation Cancels On Your Phone?
Yes, you’re free to perform all the aforementioned Animation Cancels on your phone.
However, the difficulty varies a lot, especially for Aim Cancels and Jump Cancels.
However, for characters like Hu Tao, it may be worthwhile to practice a specific tech at least.
