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** "Pikeli" - What a Zhongli specced as a "Physical damage Main DPS" is called, and is often the recipeint of the Crescent Pike, a craftable 4★ polearm with a Physical DMG Bonus substat.
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* "Circle Impact" - Many characters have skills that create circular effects persisting after they leave the field. Teams consisted of these characters and involving the stacking of their circular effects are referred as such.

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* "Circle Impact" - Many characters have skills that create circular effects persisting after they leave the field. field, whose buffs only work as long as the active character is within the circle. Teams consisted consisting of these characters and involving the stacking of their circular effects are referred as such.
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** "Hu Jin-Tao" - Like the Li Keqiang nickname from above, this is also another Punny nickname due to the similarities with former Chinese President, Hu Jintao.
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** "Li Keqiang" - A {{Pun}} to the fact that Keqing's name is very similar to the former Chinese Premier, Li Keqiang. It became a lot less funnier and far more awkward once news broke out that he passed away on late October 2023.
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** [[JustForPun "Kaeyaking"]] - A nickname for Kaeya's ability to make ice bridges across water.

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** [[JustForPun [[PunnyName "Kaeyaking"]] - A nickname for Kaeya's ability to make ice bridges across water.
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** [[WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}} "The Other Mother",]] as her cross-shaped irises make them look like sewed-on buttons, and also ties to her parental role as 'Daddy' above.
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** "Atelier Sucrose" - A common nickname given to Sucrose by fans of the ''VideoGame/{{Atelier}}'' series, who note that, given that she's a cute {{Moe}} alchemist who always seeks to improve herself, she would feel right at home in an ''Atelier'' game.

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** "Atelier Sucrose" - A common nickname given to Sucrose by fans of the ''VideoGame/{{Atelier}}'' series, ''VideoGame/AtelierSeries'', who note that, given that she's a cute {{Moe}} alchemist who always seeks to improve herself, she would feel right at home in an ''Atelier'' game.
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** "Mr. Worldwide" - Tartaglia hails from Snezhnaya, uses talent books from Mondstadt, and is first encountered in Liyue, so it didn't take long for players to give him the nickname of rapper Pitbull. This was made more apparent when it was revealed that he'd get his second rerun in 2.2 alongside an event in Inazuma that stars him (and Xinyan), bringing this nickname back to the forefront.

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** "Mr. Worldwide" - Tartaglia hails from Snezhnaya, uses talent books from Mondstadt, and is first encountered in Liyue, so it didn't take long for players to give him the nickname of rapper Pitbull. This was made more apparent when it was revealed that he'd get his second rerun in 2.2 alongside an event in Inazuma that stars him (and Xinyan), bringing this nickname back to the forefront. On top of that, the Fontaine Archon Quest has him play an important role ''again'' [[spoiler:when he gets [[MiscarriageOfJustice falsely convicted for serial murder]] and sentenced to Fontaine's Meropide Prison]].
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** "Haitham" - A simple nickname that removes the "Al" prefix from his name. "Haitham" is also pushed as the "correct" nickname for the character due to it translating to a proper Arabic name, as opposed to "Al," which is an Arabic prefix that translates to "The" in English.

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** "Haitham" - A simple nickname that removes the "Al" prefix from his name. "Haitham" is also pushed as the "correct" nickname name/nickname for the character due to it translating to a proper Arabic name, as opposed to "Al," which character, because in Arabic, "Al-" is an Arabic prefix actually a grammatical particle that just translates to "The" in English."the" (i.e. [[SpellMyNameWithAThe "the Haitham"]]).
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** "Daddy" - For her attractive {{Bifauxnen}} looks and for the fact that [[spoiler:she is the "Father" of the House of the Hearth.]]
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** "[[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Blastoise]]" - Alternately, many people liken Neuvillette's charged attack to Hydro Pump, since it's a continuous blast of water. Similarly, they compare Neuvillette himself to Blastoise, a well-known user of the move.


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* '''Traveler (Hydro)''':
** "[[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Squirtle]]" - Fans noticed ''very'' quickly after Neuvillette's release that his kit was more or less a ''vastly'' superior version of the Traveler's [[LowTierLetdown Hydro kit]]. When people started comparing Neuvillette to Blastoise, they similarly started comparing Hydro Traveler to Blastoise's base form, Squirtle.
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** "Book of the Prison" - world quest chain "Unfinished Comedy", which takes place in the Fortress of Meropide.
** "Book of the Research Institute" - world quest chain "Fontaine Research Institute Chronicles".
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* '''Neuvillette''':
** "[[Anime/DragonBallZ Kamehameha!]]/[[VideoGame/EldenRing Comet Azur]]" - The nickname for Neuvillette's primary attack which is literally him finger blasting a blue torrent beam of Hydro, which led to ''obvious'' comparisons to other similar beam attacks in other mediums.
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* "Doughnut" - The Everlasting Moonglow, Kokomi's signature weapon, is often disdainfully called this due to its doughnut-like design and its odd combination of substat and passive that make it only useful on Kokomi.

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* "Doughnut" - The Everlasting Moonglow, Kokomi's signature weapon, is often disdainfully called this due to its doughnut-like design and its odd combination of substat and passive that make it only useful on Kokomi.design.
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** "Doritos" - These enemies have a triangular body reminiscent of Doritos potato chips.

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** "Doritos" - These enemies have a triangular body reminiscent of Doritos potato Dorito's corn chips.

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* "Kokomi's Doughnut" - The Everlasting Moonglow is often called this due to the fact that its design looks strangely like a doughnut and it is a weapon exclusive for Kokomi.

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* "Kokomi's Doughnut" "Doughnut" - The Everlasting Moonglow Moonglow, Kokomi's signature weapon, is often disdainfully called this due to the fact that its doughnut-like design looks strangely like a doughnut and its odd combination of substat and passive that make it is a weapon exclusive only useful on Kokomi.
* "Green Doughnut" - Nickname
for Kokomi.Jadefall's Splendor, Baizhu's signature weapon. It also has a doughnut-like design, and its passive makes it only useful on Baizhu.



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** "Doritos" - These enemies have a triangular body reminiscent of Doritos potato chips.



* "Yu-Peng Chad", "Archon of Music" - Yu-Peng Chen, the lead composer of Genshin's soundtracks, has been frequently praised by the fandom for continuously and consistently producing top quality, melodious and unforgettable music that enhances players' experience of the game.

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* "Yu-Peng Chad", "Archon of Music" - Yu-Peng Chen, the lead composer of Genshin's soundtracks, soundtracks up till September 2023, has been frequently praised by the fandom for continuously and consistently producing top quality, melodious and unforgettable music that enhances players' experience of the game.

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*** “The Perfected Lord that Goes Boing Boing Boom“ or "蹦蹦炸弹真君"- the CN fandom's nickname for Klee as her CN voiceline for "Boing, boing boom" fits the 4 character structure of the full names of the Adepti (specifically the Zhenjun like Cloud Retainer and Moon Carver).

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*** ** “The Perfected Lord that Goes Boing Boing Boom“ or "蹦蹦炸弹真君"- the CN fandom's nickname for Klee as her CN voiceline for "Boing, boing boom" fits the 4 character structure of the full names of the Adepti (specifically the Zhenjun like Cloud Retainer and Moon Carver). Carver).
** "The Adorable Arsonist" - because she's cute and her bombs set anything flammable on fire.


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** "Sexy Sparkler" - Because of her attractiveness and connection to fireworks.

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** "Soup" - A team involving a Hydro, Pyro, Electro and Anemo character. The Hydro character provides the water, the Pyro character boils it, the Electro character provides further ingredients (a reference to Fischls bird Oz) and the Anemo character stirs the pot.

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** "Soup" - A team involving a Hydro, Pyro, Electro and Anemo character. The Hydro character provides the water, the Pyro character boils it, the Electro character provides further ingredients (a reference to Fischls bird Oz) Oz, a popular character of said element) and the Anemo character stirs the pot.pot. A noteworthy example of such a team is the "Sukokomon" team, consisting of Sucrose, Kokomi, Fischl and Xiangling, the latter two of which have animal familiars, hence contributing to the ''Pokemon'' part of the team name. This team is also notorious for its rather complex rotation, that includes performing a frame-perfect reaction.



** "Fridge" - A hyperbloom team that is similar to Salad, but instead of tossing a salad with Anemo, the enemies are frozen with a Cryo character.
%%** "Soup Reaction/Playstyle" - A new nickname for a potential team comp with the introduction of Dendro. Because Dendro is the element of plants (And fungi!), a lot of fans immediately made nicknames on a potential team comp having a Dendro character work with a Pyro and Hydro character. Said team comp is called the Soup Playstyle which is in reference to one's action in making vegetable soup (I.e. to cook vegetables in boiling water).

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** "Fridge" "(Hyper)Fridge" - A hyperbloom (hyper)bloom team that is similar to Salad, but instead of tossing a salad with Anemo, the enemies are frozen with a Cryo character.character.
** "Curry" - This is a Dendro team that combines both the Hyperbloom and Burgeon reaction, so Dendro and Hydro with Electro and Pyro. Named after curry because it's like soup, but with more vegetable added.

%%** "Soup Reaction/Playstyle" - A new nickname for a potential team comp with the introduction of Dendro. Because Dendro is the element of plants (And fungi!), a lot of fans immediately made nicknames on a potential team comp having a Dendro character work with a Pyro and Hydro character. Said team comp is called the Soup Playstyle which is in reference to one's action in making vegetable soup (I.e. to cook vegetables in boiling water).

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** "Soup Reaction/Playstyle" - A new nickname for a potential team comp with the introduction of Dendro. Because Dendro is the element of plants (And fungi!), a lot of fans immediately made nicknames on a potential team comp having a Dendro character work with a Pyro and Hydro character. Said team comp is called the Soup Playstyle which is in reference to one's action in making vegetable soup (I.e. to cook vegetables in boiling water).
** "Salad Playstyle" - It consists of making a team based on all Dendro reactions: One character for Dendro, Electro, Pyro and Hydro.

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* There are a lot of potential team comps that follow a food-themed naming scheme:
** "Soup" - A team involving a Hydro, Pyro, Electro and Anemo character. The Hydro character provides the water, the Pyro character boils it, the Electro character provides further ingredients (a reference to Fischls bird Oz) and the Anemo character stirs the pot.
** "Salad" - A new nickname for a potential team comp with the introduction of Dendro. Because Dendro is the element of plants (And fungi!), a lot of fans immediately made nicknames on a potential team comp having a Dendro character work with Hydro, Electro and Anemo characters. It is named after salad because the anemo character is tossing the Dendro reactions, or "vegetables", all together.
** "Fridge" - A hyperbloom team that is similar to Salad, but instead of tossing a salad with Anemo, the enemies are frozen with a Cryo character.
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"Soup Reaction/Playstyle" - A new nickname for a potential team comp with the introduction of Dendro. Because Dendro is the element of plants (And fungi!), a lot of fans immediately made nicknames on a potential team comp having a Dendro character work with a Pyro and Hydro character. Said team comp is called the Soup Playstyle which is in reference to one's action in making vegetable soup (I.e. to cook vegetables in boiling water).
** %%** "Salad Playstyle" - It consists of making a team based on all Dendro reactions: One character for Dendro, Electro, Pyro and Hydro.

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** "Manga/{{Made in Abyss}}" - Due to the fact that it is a giant hole that leads deeper into an eldritch location, with dangerous enemies, a unique ecosystem and house a lost civilisation populated by its accursed denizens. Many fans have compared The Chasm with The Abyss from the Made in Abyss manga.

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** "Manga/{{Made in Abyss}}" - Due to the fact that it is a giant hole that leads deeper into an eldritch location, with dangerous enemies, a unique ecosystem and house a lost civilisation populated by its accursed denizens. Many fans have compared The Chasm with The Abyss from the Made in Abyss manga. [[https://old.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Memepact/comments/16an57m/author_of_made_in_abyss_akihito_tsukushi_is/ It goes double when Made in Abyss' author, Akihito Tsukushi recently came out to be a fan of Genshin.]]
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* "[[VideoGame/{{Cuphead}} Cuphead Finger Guns]]/Pew Pew Pew Strat" - The Hydro Traveller's unique...fighting style has led some players to compare it to the finger guns from Cuphead due to its...obvious similarities.

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* "[[VideoGame/{{Cuphead}} Cuphead Finger Guns]]/Pew Pew Pew Strat" - The Hydro Traveller's unique... fighting style has led some players to compare it to the finger guns from Cuphead due to its...its... obvious similarities.
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* "[[VideoGame/Cuphead Cuphead Finger Guns]]/Pew Pew Pew Strat" - The Hydro Traveller's unique...fighting style has led some players to compare it to the finger guns from Cuphead due to its...obvious similarities.

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* "[[VideoGame/Cuphead "[[VideoGame/{{Cuphead}} Cuphead Finger Guns]]/Pew Pew Pew Strat" - The Hydro Traveller's unique...fighting style has led some players to compare it to the finger guns from Cuphead due to its...obvious similarities.
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* "[[VideoGame/Cuphead Cuphead Finger Guns]]/Pew Pew Pew Strat" - The Hydro Traveller's unique...fighting style has led some players to compare it to the finger guns from Cuphead due to its...obvious similarities.
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* '''Lyney''':
** "Rizzney" - Lyney’s flirtatious behaviour towards the Traveler has made many fans joke that he’s trying to ‘rizz up’ the Traveler.

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* "Book of the Sea" - nickname in the Chinese community for the three major Version 4.0 world quest chains that unlock new areas ("Ancient Colors", "Ann of the Narzissenkreuz" and "Aqueous Tidemarks"), referencing Version 3.0's infamous Aranyaka quest chain (which is simply "Book of the Forest" in the Chinese text).

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* "Book of the Sea" [relevant topic]" - nickname in the Chinese community for each version's major world quest chain(s) which guide exploration and unlock subregions of that version's new area, referencing Version 3.0's infamously long Aranyaka quest chain (which translates to, and is rendered in the Chinese text as, "Book of the Forest"):
** "Book of the Desert" - world quest chains "Golden Slumber" and "Dirge of Bilqis".
** "Book of the Goddess of Flowers" - world quest chain "Khvarena of Good and Evil".
** "Book of the Sea" -
three major Version 4.0 world quest chains that unlock new areas Fontaine subregions ("Ancient Colors", "Ann of the Narzissenkreuz" and "Aqueous Tidemarks"), referencing Version 3.0's infamous Aranyaka quest chain (which is simply "Book of the Forest" in the Chinese text).Tidemarks").
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** Christina Costello, Collei's English VA often nicknamed her "Nugget".

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** "Nugget" - Christina Costello, Collei's English VA often nicknamed her "Nugget".this owing to Collei's sweet and adorable personality.
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* "Paimon Border[=/=]Barrier" - What players refer to as the boundary that prevents you from accessing out-of-bounds area, with its namesake derived from how Paimon will appear and tell you to explore it later, and forces you to turn around.
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* "Book of the Sea" - nickname in the Chinese community for the three major Version 4.0 world quest chains that unlock new areas ("Ancient Colors", "Ann of the Narzissenkreuz" and "Aqueous Tidemarks"), referencing Version 3.0's infamous Aranyaka quest chain (which is simply "Book of the Forest" in the Chinese text).
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Clarified different damage multipliers being the main reason of the "forward/backward" dichotomy in the first place.


** "Forward Vape" - A Vaporize reaction triggered by applying Hydro on a Pyro-affected target, under the logic that "water puts out fires".
** "Reverse Vape" - A Vaporize reaction triggered by applying Pyro on a Hydro-affected target, based on the above logic of "Forward Vape".

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** "Forward Vape" - A Vaporize reaction triggered by applying Hydro on a Pyro-affected target, under the logic that "water puts out fires".
which has a higher damage multiplier of 2×.
** "Reverse Vape" - A Vaporize reaction triggered by applying Pyro on a Hydro-affected target, based on which has a lower damage multiplier of 1.5× than the above logic of "Forward Vape".Forward Vaporize.
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** "[[Characters/KonoSubaAqua Aqua]]" - Due to her useless god status, her smug ego, her general idiocy and being a water deity. It didn't take long for fans to make the connection.
** "[[Characters/MobileSuitGundamTheWitchFromMercuryMainCharacters Miorine]]" - To a lesser extant due to their similar hairstyles.

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