Iniquitous Baptist is one of the world bosses inGenshin Impactthat can manipulate multiple Elements. While they look intimidating, Iniquitous Baptist has a fun mechanic that promises an enjoyable encounter each time. What makes Iniquitous Baptist unique from other world map bosses is how players are often required to change their party members to adjust to the Elements the boss is using.
For players looking at how to defeat Iniquitous Baptist inGenshin Impact, this guide covers everything they need to know.
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How To Reach Iniquitous Baptist Location In Genshin Impact
It’s easy to find Iniquitous Baptist inGenshin Impact. All players have to do is teleport to Gavireh Lajavard Waypoint, located southeast of the Gate of Zulqarnain area. From the Waypoint, follow the western road that leads into a cave entrance. Follow the tight ancient corridor to eventually reach anundergroundarena where the boss resides inGenshin Impact.
How To Beat Iniquitous Baptist In Genshin Impact
Before starting the fight with the Iniquitous Baptist, players can see some floating elements in the arena. They indicate what elements the boss will use during their next battle. So,players can easily adjust their party to counter the bossbefore starting combat.
The Iniquitous Baptist starts the fight by placing all their Elemental Rings around them. Players candestroy these rings by applying the correct Elementon each Ring.
To destroy the Elemental Rings, here are the correct elements to apply:
Meanwhile, the full chart looks like this (the first column represents the boss' Element, while the top row represents players' Element):
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During combat, Iniquitous Baptist will also summon an Elemental shield based on one of the three Elements they’re using. While shielded by one of the four Elements, Iniquitous Baptist will unleash attacks that are related to this Element. For example, if the bosssummoned an Electro shield, they’ll only attack with Electro attacks. Each of these Elements has some unique attacks that are able to one-shot the active character if players aren’t careful.To destroy the Iniquitous Baptist’s Elemental shields, attack them with the same Elements used to destroy the Elemental Rings, such as attacking with Pyro to destroy Cryo or Electro shields.
It’s important to note that other Elements are still able to destroy the boss’s Elemental shields and Rings but not as effectively as Hydro, Dendro, and Pyro against all four of the boss’s Elements. So, eventually, The best party to create for this boss is a Burgeonteam comp inGenshin Impactthat can endlessly create Dendro Cores and explode them.
Once players destroy all three Elemental Rings or take down the Iniquitous Baptist’s shield, the boss will fall down and players will have a window of a few seconds to apply the most amount of damage they’re able to inflict, before the boss gets up again.
Genshin Impactis now available on Mobile, PC, PS4, and PS5. A Switch version is in development.
