Monstrous Baptist in Genshin Impact: Where to Find and How to Defeat

Guide to the world boss Monstrous Baptist: abilities and who needs materials from it. Tips for fighting the boss and recommendations for selecting units.

The Monstrous Baptist in Genshin Impact is a World Boss that resides in Gavireh Lajaward in the desert region of Sumeru. It is a mysterious creature that came from the Abyss and is able to control several elements at once and hide behind shields. It drops materials needed to upgrade some characters.

In this article, we will tell you where to find and how to defeat the Monstrous Baptist, as well as which characters need materials from it.

How to get to To the Monstrous Baptist in Genshin Impact

You can find the Monstrous Baptist in the western part of the new Sumeru Desert expansion. The boss arena is located underground, so you can enter it through caves or by jumping from above.

More detailed information on the path to the boss will appear when the area is released on April 12.

Whom to take in the squad to fight the Monstrous Baptist

The Monstrous Baptist is a four-elemental boss (Cryo, Pyro, Electro and Hydro). Its base resistance to all damage types is 10%. In addition, the enemy is able to create shields of various elements, greatly increasing his resistance to this element.

The monstrous baptizer has a rather low amount of HP compared to, for example, Setekh's Unnut, but it significantly outperforms it in attack. It also deals a lot of area damage, making it difficult to avoid attacks. Therefore, for a comfortable battle, you should think about protecting the squad and put a shield or a healer in the team (if necessary, you can choose both).

The main condition is to take characters that can cause elemental reactions in order to be able to temporarily paralyze the boss.

Character selection

Let's take a look at the heroes that are handy in the battle with the Monstrous Baptist.

Main Damage

Characters who are in combat most of the time and deal the main damage.

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Bow

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Spear

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One-Handed Sword

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Catalyst

Character	Element	Weapon	Effects
Ayaka	< p> Cryo	One-Handed Sword
Gan Yu	Cryo	Deals high damage from a distance, and is also able to damage the ult in an area. Can destroy elemental ring cores from afar.
Ayato	Hydro	One-Handed Sword	Attacks Hydro damage when using an elemental skill and an elemental explosion. Abilities have a fast cooldown, so Ayato can quickly trigger reactions and remove shields.
Tartaglia	Hydro	Bow	Quickly deals Hydro damage from normal and charged attacks in both melee and ranged combat. Tartaglia's ult will help to remove most of the boss's health in one hit before he hangs up his shields.
Hu Tao	Pyro	A damage dealer that deals the main damage from charged attacks. Can heal himself from elemental explosions.
< /p>Eimia	Pyro	Bow	Deals damage quickly with normal attacks while infused from a distance. The skill has a small cooldown, so it is useful for destroying elemental rings and shields.
Kli	Pyro	Catalyst	Because it is a catalyst, it can constantly deal elemental damage from medium to close range.
Raiden	Electro	Spear	Deals huge damage with an ult, and can also support elemental skill attacks while in the pocket.
Ke Qing	Electro	It has an infusion, as well as a small cooldown and a cheap ult, which will allow you to continuously attack the boss. In addition, it is quite mobile and can avoid area damage from the boss.
Yae Miko	Electro	It can act as both a main damage dealer and a sub-dm because it deals a lot of Electro damage both from normal attacks and from the ult, and from the pocket.
Saino	Electro	Spear	Does a lot of damage while ulted, providing high damage and permanent Electro to break shields.
Tignari	Dendro	Bow	Deals a lot of damage, but you need to pay attention to the allies so that the team can remove all the shields without problems.

Sub-DD

A support character that deals additional damage and buffs while supporting the main damage dealer.

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Spear

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One-Handed Sword

Character	Element	Weapon	Effects
Xiang Ling	Pyro	Elemental Explosion, as well as Goba's summoning, can deal huge damage from the pocket, as well as cause reactions.
Xing Qiu	Hydro	Versatile Hydro support that deals damage in conjunction with normal main-dd attacks. Can reduce incoming damage and heal a little.
Ye Lan	Hydro	Bow	Her ultimate works almost exactly like Xing Qiu's, but it also increases the outgoing damage of the damage dealer.
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Bei Dou	Electro	Two-Handed Sword	Can protect the team with its skill, as well as deal damage with the ultimate.
Mona	Hydro		Rosary pobedit-1b2ba44.png” alt=”Monstrous Baptizer in Genshin Impact: where to find and how to defeat” /> Cryo	Spear	Deals Cryo damage in an area and also increases crit. chance. Has great mobility due to the nature of his elemental skill, which allows him to teleport to the enemy.
Nahida	Dendro	Catalyst	A lot of damage from the elemental skill. Can also give out elemental mastery with an ult.

Sub-dd is better to pick up a different element than main-dd if possible, since the boss owns several elements and the team should be varied.

Support

A character who supports the squad with healing or shields.

< td>Able to heal, as well as give a buff to the attack. His skill has a low cooldown, so he can quickly trigger reactions to destroy elemental rings.

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< td>Heals the active character and restores his energy. Proper positioning of the ultimate will help to consistently trigger reactions.

< td>Cookie's skill is very handy for invoking Electro reactions, besides being able to heal.

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Catalyst

Element	Weapons	Effects
Bennett	Pyro	One-Handed Sword
Zhong Li	Geo	Spear	Has the strongest shield in the game. In addition, it can deal quite a lot of Geo damage with the ultimate.
Pyro	Spear	Hangs a shield and also deals Pyro damage outside the battlefield.
Diona	Cryo	Bow	Provides the squad immediately with shields and heal. Charged attacks, ult and skill give cryo effect, so it helps to remove boss shields.
Layla	Cryo	One-Handed Sword
Kokomi	< img class="aligncenter" src="/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/chudovishhnyj-krestitel-v-genshin-impact-gde-najti-i-kak-pobedit-6d76985.png" alt="Monstrous baptizer v Genshin Impact: where to find and how to win" /> Hydro	Catalyst	Gives a lot of healing, Hydro status, and also deals damage during the ult.
Barbara	Hydro		Dori	Electro	Two-Handed Sword
Cookies	Electro	One-Handed Sword
Yao Yao	Dendro	Spear	Provides permanent Dendro status and healing.
Bai Zhu	Dendro	Gives a shield and Dendro to remove Electro Cores.

< h3>The best teams

The best results will be shown by teams that combine all the necessary elements to fight against the enemy. This complicates the choice of a unit somewhat, since mono-elemental packs do not work with this enemy, and it is not always easy to pick up a good combination of heroes of 3-4 different elements.

Below we present the strongest and most convenient commands for fighting the Monstrous Baptist.

< td>A strong squad that can easily remove all types of shields. Bennet heals and buffs the team, Mona buffs with Omen. It is important for Ayaka to gain a large amount of energy recovery so that she presses her ult on the cooldown. Xiang Ling will deal additional damage and provide a base for the Melt reaction.

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Xiang Ling

< td>A national squad that can easily deal with the enemy. It is advisable to save the explosion of the elements until the stage of paralyzing the enemy in order to bring down a large amount of HP at once. The cores in the rings will be quickly destroyed by switching heroes of different elements. During the Hydro phase it is better to attack with Raiden.

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Fischl

< td>A very protected unit from the Stim reaction, where the main damage is dealt by al-Haytham and Bei Dou. The second one needs to gain a good amount of energy recovery, since there is no other Electro in the squad. Toma provides a shield, while Barbara provides an instant heal and a periodic Hydro status.

Персонаж 1	Character 2	Character 3	Character 4	Features
Ayaka	< img class="aligncenter" src="/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/chudovishhnyj-krestitel-v-genshin-impact-gde-najti-i-kak-pobedit-8b64898.png" alt="Monstrous baptist v Genshin Impact: where to find and how to win" /> Mona	Xiang Ling	Bennett
Ayato	Nahida	Cookies pobedit-a3c824c.png” alt=”Monstrous Baptizer in Genshin Impact: where to find and how to defeat” /> Tomas	A detachment from the Budding reaction, containing all the necessary elements. Ayato and Nahida deal high damage of their own while inflicting Budding at the same time. Dendro cores explode either by Kuki or by Toma, providing additional damage. Tom in this team is better to collect in HP for the sake of shield strength.
Tartaglia	Nahida	Fischl	Bennet	Vegetation and Stimulation reaction team. Tartaglia, Fischl, and Nahida deal damage, with Tartaglia acting as the active character for the duration of the stance. Tartaglia will remove the Pyro shields, Nahida will come in handy against the Electro and Hydro phases. Bennet is needed to remove Cryo, heal and increase attack.
Raiden	Ye Lan	Bennett
Saino	Mona	Bennett	Bai Zhu	The team plays on Saino's Stimulation and damage. Mona is needed to increase Saino's damage, so in this unit you can not put her in stats, but give the Epic of the Dragon Slayers and the Millelite Fortitude set to get a bigger buff. Bennet is needed for additional defense, increased attack and removal of cryo shields. Saino needs to look for as much elemental mastery as possible in artifacts, as he gets attack power from allies.
Eimiya	Yae Miko	Xing Qiu	Kokomi	Team from Overdrive + Charged reactions. Hydro and Electro statuses can be maintained on the enemy at the same time, due to which Eimiya will be able to implement two reactions at once with his attacks. Yae Miko and Xing Qiu deal passive damage, Kokomi heals.
Ye Lan	Diona	Team, according to the principle of operation, similar to the detachment of Eimiya. Klee hits the enemy, Ye Lan and Fischl deal passive damage and grant a status. Dione provides a shield, healing and Cryo to remove the protection of the enemy.
Hu Tao	Ye Lan	Rosary	Jung Li	Ye Lan and Rosaria passively damage and freeze enemies for Hu Tao to hit Cryo with increased damage. Zhong Li cuts off resistances and provides protection for the squad, the main thing is to place his column so that it does not break ice from frozen enemies. Hu Tao deals a lot of damage while active.
Al Haytham	Barbara	Bei Dou	Tomas

Budget units

A few examples of units for beginners from standard characters :

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Collei

Персонаж 1	Character 2	Character 3	Character 4	Features
Keiya	Lisa	Barbara	Noelle	FTP squad with dd-Keya through both elemental and physical damage. Lisa will cause reactions and Barbara will provide a heal. Noelle will give a shield, as well as an additional heal or damage.
Amber	Keiya	Barbara	Lisa	A command that contains all the elements that can appear on the Monstrous Baptist. Will easily remove all shields, but requires more careful play, as it has no protection other than healing.
Lisa	Xiang Ling	Barbara	Squad through Dendro reaction with Xiang Ling and Collei. Lisa is the backbone of the group here and deals most of the damage.

Boss attacks and abilities

During the battle, the Monstrous Baptist can make several variations attacks. Let's take a closer look at them.

Teleportation

Claps his hands and goes into the portal behind him, reappearing at a random point on the battlefield.

Elemental Rings

Raises his hands, casting a triangle above himself, and then lowers it to the ground and creates three elemental rings with cores in the center. If not removed, they will explode with AoE damage after a certain amount of time.

Elemental shields

Absorbs the elements and successively hangs shields on himself corresponding to the elements of the remaining rings. At the same time, it begins to attack with the same element that it defends itself with. When the shield is destroyed, it becomes stunned for a short time.

Elemental Explosion

Spawns two balls of different elements that explode in an area after a short time. The monstrous baptizer absorbs the energy of one of the balls, turning it into a shield.

Fireballs

Creates four fireballs that are fired at the player in succession. Each ball deals area damage.

Blade attack

Makes a series of three attacks with Cryo blades. The last attack consists of two blades at once.

Cryo Shell

Covered by a Cryo Shell that explodes after a moment, dealing area damage.

Energy Blades

Summons four energy blades that automatically target the nearest character.

Electro Orbs

Fires several Electro Orbs at the character.

Flames

Monstrous the Baptist creates four small areas around him that explode with Pyro damage.

How to defeat the Monstrous Baptist in Genshin Impact

Let's take a closer look at how to kill the Monstrous Baptist.

Take Pyro, Cryo, Hydro, and Electro elements into your team

The Monstrous Baptist can have four elemental combinations:

1. Electro+Pyro+Cryo.
2. Hydro+Pyro+Cryo.
3. Electro+Pyro+Hydro
4. Hydro+Cryo+Electro

Try to match the characters in the squad so that they can cause reactions with these elements.

Destroy the cores of the rings with elemental attacks

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Attack the cores of the rings with elements to trigger a reaction and destroy them. To do this, you need to use charged attacks of archers, normal attacks under infusion, E-patches and burst of elements. Destroying cores will weaken the Monstrous Baptist and paralyze him.

After the release of update 3.6, we will clarify which elements are more profitable to remove the cores of different elements. However, at the moment it is known for sure that the Pyro core is not destroyed by Dendro and physical. attacks.

Use shields and healers

Monstrous Baptist deals a lot of area damage with different elements. Provide your team with strong protection so as not to waste time dodging attacks and quickly destroy shields.

Use potions and food with buffs before the fight

To make battles easier, it is better to use potion buffs that will increase the damage of the characters. They can be crafted at any alchemy table with a small amount of materials. When choosing a potion, you should rely on the heroes of which elements are present in the squad. For example, if the team consists of Pyro and Electro characters, then it is worth getting Pyro and Electro potions. Please note that you cannot strengthen the heroes playing from physical. damage.

A very important source of the buff is food – unlike potions, it can enhance not only elemental damage, but also other characteristics, such as attack, crit chance. hits, healing, etc. Choose food based on what you have problems with: damage or squad defense.
The table shows the easiest to prepare and beneficial dishes for the buff. There are many recipes in the game to strengthen the characters, you can cook any other option depending on your resources.

Great Baptist respawn time

Monstrous Baptist has a standard 3 minute cooldown, like most bosses. You can track the appearance of the boss in the Adventurer's Handbook. To refresh it, you need to teleport to another part of the map or completely exit the game for this time.

Achievements for the Monstrous Baptist

There are three achievements for the battle with the Monstrous Baptist:

Words are superfluous at such times

When the Monstrous Baptist performs ancient chants, destroy all elemental rings to paralyze him. The reward is 5 Primogems.

The Exclusion Method

Defeat the Monstrous Baptist, who has absorbed all the powers of the elements. Reward: 5 Primogems.

Alienation…

Defeat the Monstrous Baptist without breaking its protective dome. The reward is 10 Primogems.

Rewards for defeating the Monstrous Baptist

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After defeating the Monstrous Baptist, you can get the following rewards by spending 40 units. Resins:

• Adventure experience x200.
• Friendship and pestilence experience.
• Eternal Darkness Ring is material for Bai Zhu's ascension.

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Electro, Cryo, Hydro, and Pyro ascension materials:

• Shards, fragments, pieces, gems of Vajrad.
• Shards, fragments, pieces , gems Jade Shivada.
• Shards, fragments, pieces, gems Lapis Lazuli Varunada.
• Shards, fragments, pieces, gems Agnidus Agate.

Artifacts:

• 5-4⭐Gladiator's End
• 5-4⭐Travel Ensemble
• 4-3⭐Berserk< /li>
• 4-3⭐Instructor.
• 4-3⭐Exile.

We hope this guide helped you learn how to get to the world Boss Monstrous Baptist and defeat him. If you have any questions, ask them in the comments. Stay tuned for new Genshin Impact guides on our website, and you can also check out guides for other bosses.