Genshin Energy Recharge Guide 2026: Burst uptime & How Much ER You Need
Energy Recharge decides whether your Burst comes up on cooldown. Same team, built right — smooth rotation; built wrong — dead Burst.
ER Needs by Character
| Unit | Role | Suggested ER |
|---|---|---|
| Raiden Shogun | battery + DPS | 200-250% (her own damage scales with ER) |
| Xiangling | off-field sub-DPS | 180-220% (with Bennett); 260%+ solo Pyro |
| Bennett | heal / buff | 200-220% (solo Pyro); 140-160% (double Pyro) |
| Xingqiu | Hydro sub-DPS | 160-180% (lower with Sacrificial Sword) |
| Kazuha | buffer | 120-140% (with another Anemo); 180%+ solo |
Emblem of Severed Fate: ER into Damage
Batteries and Funneling
- Raiden Shogun: the ultimate battery; her Burst grants flat team energy that mostly ignores each unit's ER, slashing everyone else's requirement.
- Bennett funneling: Bennett's E drops Pyro particles, then swap to Xiangling to catch them (same-element x3) — far faster than Xiangling self-generating.
- Favonius / Sacrificial: Favonius crits spawn clear particles (team-wide); Sacrificial lets a unit cast Skill twice, doubling its own particle output.
Common Mistakes
- Over-stacking ER: past the need it is diminishing returns. Abyss drops fewer particles than overworld, so +20-30% over the table is enough — don't sacrifice Crit for ER.
- Ignoring on-field catching: a different-element catch yields only 1 energy; random swapping wastes it.
- Treating off-field like on-field: Xiangling and Beidou take a ~40% off-field energy tax, so their need is naturally higher — give them what the table says.
Quick Answers
What is Energy Recharge?
ER multiplies the energy you gain from particles and orbs. An on-field same-element catch gives 3 energy, a different-element catch only 1; off-field catches are also discounted. More ER = Burst comes up faster.
How much ER does Xiangling need?
With a Bennett double-Pyro core, about 180-220%; solo Pyro without a fire battery she needs 260% or more. Pair The Catch + Emblem and funnel Bennett's Pyro particles to her.
Why is Raiden the best battery?
Her Burst grants flat team energy that mostly ignores each unit's ER, so everyone else's requirement drops sharply when she is on the team. She herself wants 200-250% ER (her damage also scales with it).
Is the Emblem set worth farming?
Absolutely. Its 4-pc turns Burst DMG into a function of ER (up to 75% at ~300% ER), converting recharge directly into output. Xiangling, Xingqiu, Yelan, Raiden and Beidou all use it — among the best F2P sets.