Elemental Affinity is a talent from the game: Reduce AP cost of spells by one when the character is standing on a surface of the same element.
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The fight first started with Contamination, turning water surfaces into Poison for the Geo spells rotation, then Ignition to ignite the poison into fire surfaces for the Pyro spells rotation, activating Elemental Affinity on both rotations.

A lot of your spells like Fossil Strike and Searing Daggers cost 2 AP, not 1. Are you using some kind of mod?