Bond of Life is a mechanic in Genshin Impact, which was introduced after the release of Fontaine and was mainly neglected until the release of Arlecchino. This mechanic prevents healing on the affected character by absorbing healing depending on its base value. This mechanic is indicated by a red outline around the character's HP bar. Here is all you need to know about the Bond of Life effect, before that make sure you get enough Genshin Impact Crystals from TOPUPlive for the best gameplay experience.
Bond of Life
This mechanism is like a double-edged sword which is sharp enough to tear through anything, whether it be your enemy or yourself. Bond of Life does not exactly eat the character's HP away, rather it just prevents the character from receiving any healing effect, although the player will still receive damage.
The maximum Bond of Life amount that a character can have is 200%. A point to be noted here is that if the mechanism bonds up to 100%, the red lines will cover up to 25%, indicating the ratio of 1:2. Bond of Life can also stack up, which means that the healing needed to remove it will also stack up.
Additionally, the Bond of Life does not follow along when you switch characters, so you can freely swap to other characters as the Bond of Life will stay active on that character.
How to get Bond of Life?
Bond of Life can be applied to a character by either an enemy, a weapon, or by talent effects. Some of the ways to gain a Bond of Life are written below:
Weapons
In-game weapons like Flowing Purity, Finale of the Deep, and Crimson Moon's Semblance can provide a Bond of Life effect. Flowing Purity - a four-star catalyst can grant Bond of Life up to 24% of the Max HP of the character.
The Finale of the Deep is a forgeable four-star sword that can provide a little more Bond of Life than the catalyst, which is 25% of the character's HP, which is the same for Crimson Moon's Semblance - Arlecchino's five-star signature weapon. Other five-star weapons like Absolution (a sword) increase the value of Bond of Life, whereas Silvershower Heartstrings (a bow) increase HP when the Bond of Life increases.
Enemies
The Fatui in Fontaine, Arlecchino (The Knave), and her next level form “Cinder of Two Worlds’ Flames” are the major enemies that apply the Bond of Life effect on the characters which makes it difficult for them to heal. The Fatui operatives, like the Frost and Wind operatives, will deal additional damage when the Bond of Life is in effect on the characters. The Knave will also benefit when the Bond of Life is cleared along with dealing additional damage like the Fatui.
A point to keep in mind is that it is best to clear the Bond of Life when battling with Arlecchino if this status isn't cleared in time, it grants Arlecchino the access to unleash Crimson Feast - a powerful attack that deals massive damage. It is recommended for the players to keep a healer in their team when facing such enemies and also avoid attacks that apply this effect.
Talent Effects
Some characters like Sigewinne and Arlecchino can gain the Bond of Life by using their elemental skills or charged attacks. Arlecchino can trigger this effect by unleashing her elemental skill, which can be cleared when she uses her ultimate attack, whereas Sigewinne's Bond of Life is connected with her ability in which she has to collect Sourcewater Droplet that grants her Bond of Life effect.
How to get rid of Bond of Life?
Getting rid of Bond of Life can be fairly easy but tricky as well. To remove this mechanism, the character needs to receive healing equal to the value of the Bond of Life. Once the Bond of Life has absorbed its share of healing, it will be removed. Players can use healers like Furina, Barbara, and Kokomi to heal the affected character. You can get these characters using healers, and if you fall short of them, you can buy Genshin Impact Crystals easily from TOPUPlive, the most reputed and trusted in-game currency seller on the web.
Healing by visiting one of the Statues of the Seven is the best since it immediately heals the characters and removes the Bond of Life. If the players do not clear the Bond of Life, then it will clear up by itself after 600 seconds (10 minutes) although characters like Arlecchino will need to use her ultimate to remove this effect as it can't be done so normally. The character may have some additional effects after the Bond of Life is cleared, although it depends on the source.
Characters with Bond of Life
Usually, this mechanism is used by the Fatui in Fontaine, but as of the latest updates, characters like Sigewinne, Arlechinno, and Clorinde also make use of it well. Here is how these following characters use Bond of Life:
Arlecchino
As one of Fatui Harbingers, Arlechinno, also known as “The Knave” is one of the strongest DPS while still being a formidable opponent as the weekly boss in Genshin Impact. Her Bond of Life can be cast by using her elemental skill, which can be further stacked through charged attacks and absorbed by normal attacks to increase damage. When playing Arlecchino, players are recommended to use a shield support instead of a healer, as no healing can remove her Bond of Life effect. Her bond effect can only be removed by using her ultimate, making her a unique character.
Sigewinne
Sigewinne is a five-star hydro bow character in Genshin Impact whose elemental skill creates Sourcewater Droplets which can be collected to add up to her Bond of Life effect. When her bond effect is cleared, she regains 1 elemental energy per 2,000 HP, gaining up to 5 elemental energy, which makes it easier to charge her ultimate. In addition to this, when Sigewinne performs healing, the amount of healing to the party members is increased by 3% for every 1,000 HP worth of Bond of Life.
Clorinde
Clorinde is a five-star electro DPS in Genshin who can apply the Bond of Life effect with a normal attack after using her elemental skill/ When this effect is cast, she enters an enhanced state in which her normal attacks deal electro damage. Any healing she receives other than from that of “Impale the Night” will be converted into Bond of Life.
If her Bond of Life is less than 100% of her Max HP, her lunge attacks gain increased AoE and damage and she gets healed according to her bond's value when her Bond of Life exceeds or is equal to 100% of her Max HP, she deals even more AoE & damage while launching stronger plunging attacks and her healing is increased.
Conclusion
Bond of Life is a status that comes with no buffs except when applied to certain characters. Although the Bond of Life effect can also be removed by traveling across the maps, it does not get removed if you travel on the same map, the exception being the Statues of the Seven. Other methods like entering or exiting a domain and relogging into the game will also remove the effect. Players need to be especially careful while handling this effect, as it is more than just an HP lock.
