Plunging Attack

Plunging Attacks are performed by pressing the Normal Attack button while airborne. A standard jump on a generally flat surface does not usually give enough altitude to perform a plunging attack, so additional height is needed to achieve this.
==Types of Plunging Attack DMG==
Plunging Attacks can deal DMG in three different ways:
* Plunge DMG: Dealt once every 0.3s while falling mid-air in a 1m radius around the character.
* Low Plunge DMG: Dealt when the character lands after plunging from heights lower than or equal to 2.4 m.
* High Plunge DMG: Dealt when the character lands after plunging from heights greater than 2.4 m. Deals greater DMG, Poise DMG, and knockback than Low Plunge.
==Plunging Height==
Certain characters' Elemental Skills or Elemental Bursts can give players the height needed to perform plunging attacks. Note that heights are approximate and are measured in meters. Jump heights are measured from the ground to the character's feet when at max height.
Height-Increasing Abilities
Character 	Ability 	Height
Xiao 	Bane of All Evil 	~5–6 m
Kazuha 	Chihayaburu 	~5 m (hold)4 m (double-jump)3 m (single-jump tap)
Albedo 	platform from Solar Isotoma 	4–5 m
Geo Traveler	Geo Construct from Starfell Sword 	2–3 m
Venti 	air current from Skyward Sonnet 	5–6 m
Zhongli 	Geo Construct from Dominus Lapidis 	4–5 m
 	Geo/Cryo Samachurl pillar 	2–3 m (similar height to Geo Traveler's rock)
 	Normal character jump 	~1 m
 	Shikifuda: Seal of Cataclysmic Wind	Gives around same jump height as Xiao's Bane of Evil (~5–6 m); does not stack with Xiao's jump boost (it will not make Xiao jump even higher during burst).
Characters do not need stamina to perform a plunging attack while in the air, so this can potentially save the character from Fall Damage because plunging attacks limit the amount of health that can be lost (compared to falling without plunging). For example, suppose the character runs out of stamina while gliding. In that case, the character can perform a plunging attack before hitting the ground to avoid or reduce fall damage, depending on the altitude. Note that Xiao's Plunging Attack will always nullify fall damage regardless the height.
Still, characters cannot perform plunging attacks if they transition to a free fall by running out of stamina while climbing or being interrupted while in the air (such as being hit by attacks).
==Plunging Attack Modification==
===Talents===
==Plunging Attack Damage Increase==
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===Constellations===
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===Weapons===
===Artifacts===
==Plunging Attack Disabled==
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==Domains==
Some events and domains granted special bonuses to plunging or were centered around plunging.
* Peculiar Wonderland
* Contending Tides
* Energy Amplifier Initiation
* Battlefront: Misty Dungeon, plunging trial
* Some versions of the Spiral Abyss
==Plunging AoE==
The following table documents the AoE, poise damage, and impulse of plunging attacks. In general, the AoE and force of the Plunging Attack depends on the plunging height and weapon type. Mid-air refers to the Plunge damage done to targets mid-air (before hitting the ground).Community Article, Interruption Resistance, Data: Plunging Attacks
Character 	Ability 	Poise Damage	Impulse Level	Radius (m)
Most Sword Characters 	Plunging Attacks (Mid-Air) 	25 	2 	1
Most Sword Characters 	Plunging Attacks (Low Impact) 	100 	4 	3
Most Sword Characters 	Plunging Attacks (High Impact)	150 	7 	5
Most Claymore Characters	Plunging Attacks (Mid-Air) 	35 	2 	1
Most Claymore Characters	Plunging Attacks (Low Impact) 	150 	4 	3
Most Claymore Characters	Plunging Attacks (High Impact)	200 	7 	5
Most Polearm Characters 	Plunging Attacks (Mid-Air) 	25 	2 	1
Most Polearm Characters 	Plunging Attacks (Low Impact) 	100 	4 	3
Most Polearm Characters 	Plunging Attacks (High Impact)	150 	7 	5
Xiao (with burst) 	Plunging Attacks (Mid-Air) 	37.5 	2 	1
Xiao (with burst) 	Plunging Attacks (Low Impact) 	150 	4 	4
Xiao (with burst) 	Plunging Attacks (High Impact)	225 	7 	6
Most Catalyst Characters	Plunging Attacks (Mid-Air) 	5 	2 	1.5
Most Catalyst Characters	Plunging Attacks (Low Impact) 	50 	3 	3
Most Catalyst Characters	Plunging Attacks (High Impact)	100 	4 	3.5
Most Bow Characters 	Plunging Attacks (Mid-Air) 	10 	2 	1
Most Bow Characters 	Plunging Attacks (Low Impact) 	50 	2 	3
Most Bow Characters 	Plunging Attacks (High Impact)	100 	3 	3.5
==Gameplay Notes==
* The following characters can ignore height requirements for Plunging Attacks under certain conditions:
** Xiao after using Lemniscatic Wind Cycling before landing
** Kaedehara Kazuha for 10 seconds after using Chihayaburu
** Alhaitham after using Universality: An Elaboration on Form before landing
* One can use Keqing's Stellar Restoration and Alhaitham's Universality: An Elaboration on Form to teleport to a high location and then perform a Plunging Attack.
* The community term refers to the ability of melee characters, especially tall claymore characters, to gain additional height by using the extra momentum gained by hit lag when hitting an entity to jump high enough to perform a plunging attack. The term has specifically been used to refer to Diluc performing plunging attacks and has less commonly been called the Xiaoluc (a portmanteau of Xiao and Diluc).
* The community term footstooling is a different method from dragonstriking and involves the character jumping on an entity whose hitbox, upon collision, will allow the player to reach the height requirement to perform a plunging attack. This method, unlike dragonstriking, is not limited to melee characters.
* There is a glitch where characters can "infinite-plunge" attack on certain objects. That is, plunging on some things will cause one to enter a state of perpetual plunging, never passing through the object to reach the ground, with the spiraling plunging animation in limbo.
==Achievements==
==Trivia==
* The Plunging Attack has been referred to as the Cannonball as in the Contending Tides challenge (Art of the Cannonball).
* Bow users fire a rain of arrows as part of their plunging attack.
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