With Genshin Impact 4.2 update rolling out in December 2023, many travelers are curious about which characters stand out as the best picks right now. Our Genshin Impact Tier List: Best Characters Ranked will break down the top damage dealers, supports, and healers to help you optimize your party composition.
Complete Genshin Impact Tier List: Best Characters Ranked
We've categorized every character into S, A, B, C, and D tiers based on their abilities, potential damage output, and utility:
S-Tier Characters
S-tier characters excel in both damage output and party utility. Specific abilities making them top performers. They stand out for their effectiveness in triggering and benefiting from elemental reactions. Sitting atop our list in the God Tier are:
Furina
Furina is considered one of the best characters in Geneshin Impact. She can provide powerful healing and damage buff to her party. This damage boost activates when the party's health drops to 50% or below. It's advisable to monitor her health closely and pair her with a healer for maximum support.
Element: Hydro
Ayaka
Ayaka stands out for her ability to apply it to enemies using her Elemental Burst. Her value is further enhanced by the broad coverage of her burst.
Element: Cyro
Kazuha
Kazuha is an excellent five-star character, offering significant utility to your party. He excels in grouping enemies and provides party buffs, making him an enhanced version of Venti.
Element: Anemo
Zhongli
Working with Geo characters can be challenging due to the nature of their element. However, Zhongli's power is so significant that this challenge becomes inconsequential. The undeniable value he provides to the party with his shield sets him apart.
Element: Geo
Hu Tao
In the current patch, Hu Tao is a fantastic choice for various situations and is likely to be the focal point of many parties. She is essentially a powerful elemental force capable of obliterating enemies.
Element: Pyro
Raiden Shogun
While Shogun's damage output is impressive, the most noteworthy feature of Shogun is her Elemental Burst, which not only inflicts damage but also benefits other party members by generating elemental particles.
Element: Electro
Yelan
Yelan is a great damage dealer, especially for parties based on quickly changing characters. Her Elemental Burst is great for applying Hydro.
Element: Hydro
Ganyu
Ganyu excels at applying Cryo, a powerful element, and her kit offers impressive damage potential. Her charged attacks, capable of hitting groups of enemies, make her one of the top characters in the game.
Element: Cyro
Bennett
Bennett, despite being a four-star character, stands out as an excellent support for various party compositions. His Elemental Burst has the ability to both boost damage and provide healing.
Element: Pyro
Xiangling
Xialing is widely recognized in Genshin Impact, not just due to her frequent appearances in advertisem*nts. She also excels at triggering elemental reactions when not in active use.
Element: Pyro
Yae Miko
Yae Miko comes with drawbacks, like the high energy cost of her Elemental Burst and vulnerability during her Elemental Skill. However, she shines as an excellent electro-damage dealer, leaving her skill on the field to support other characters.
Element: Electro
Nahida
Nahida stands out as the top Dendro character in Genshin Impact, excelling in both main DPS and support sub-DPS roles for creating and triggering Dendro core reactions, especially with Hydro or Electro teammates.
Element: Dendro
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A-Tier Characters
A-tier characters in Genshin Impact are still impressive, but they play a less decisive role overall. While not as versatile as S-tier characters, they have excellent synergy among themselves and with S-tier units. These are the characters:
Neuvillette
Neuvillette serves as a potent Hydro DPS, utilizing distinctive charged attacks that release a stream of water capable of interacting with other Elements. His strengths are evident in Dendro and Electro reaction teams, but he remains a fantastic on-field DPS in various team setups.
Element: Hydro
Xiao
Xiao earns an A-Tier status due to his formidable role as the primary damage dealer. Pairing him with support characters to assist in using his Elemental Burst leads to achieving impressive damage numbers.
Element: Anemo
Albedo
Albedo, a five-star character, excels as a secondary damage dealer. His Elemental Skill works even when he's off the battlefield. Swap to Albedo when your main damage dealer is on cooldown or when his Burst is ready for use.
Element:Geo
Klee
Klee, the adorable bomb-throwing pyro-damage dealer, excels in damage but may struggle to fit into diverse party compositions.
Element: Pyro
Tartaglia
Tartaglia serves as a hybrid hydro main damage dealer, making him a great addition to your party.
Element: Hydro
Venti
Venti earns an S-Tier status for his exceptional utility in grouping enemies and dealing increased damage when interacting with other elements.
Element: Anemo
Mona
Mona's constant application of Hydro makes her crucial for party setups aiming for elemental reactions like Freeze, Vaporize, and Electro-Charge.
Element: Hydro
Keqing
Keqing stands out as the sole sword-wielding electro user in the roster, making her quite unique. Although her abilities used to be mediocre in triggering elemental reactions, the introduction of the Dendro element in 3.0 significantly buffed Keqing's Electro application with Dendro.
Element: Electro
Kokomi
Kokomi emerges as a top-tier healer in Genshin Impact, particularly in Dendro parties.
Element: Hydro
Itto
Arataki Itto proves to be a potent main damage dealer, delivering high damage with his attacks and charged attacks. However, to optimize his performance, you'll need a party that includes more Geo characters.
Element: Geo
Eula
Eula boasts the highest attack damage in the game, making her an ideal choice for your main damage dealer. Additionally, she excels at triggering Cryo reactions.
Element:Cyro
Alhaitham
Alhaitham is a coveted 5-star character, serving as an on-field main DPS. His Dendro application can react with other elements. However, his downsides include redundancy if you already have effective Dendro appliers.
Element:Dendro
Kuki Shinobu
Kuki Shinobu's area-of-effect Elemental Burst aids the main damage dealer. With the introduction of the Dendro element in the 3.0 update, Kuki received a buff, making her a more viable healer and sub-DPS support when paired with Dendro characters.
Element:Electro
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B-Tier Characters
The B tier is for characters with potential but not the best in their roles. While they can serve as good supports and healers, they are secondary options for A-tier characters or in specific scenarios. Despite this, they remain useful and can provide effective support to characters in higher tiers:
- Wriothesley
- Razor
- Jean
- Rosaria
- Yanfei
- Fischl
- Barbara
- Yoimiya
- Thoma
- Diluc
- Tighnari
- Cyno
- Wanderer
- Yaoyao
- Kaveh
- Kirara
- Charlotte
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C-Tier Characters
C-tier characters face significant limitations, making them challenging to use efficiently. Although some have strengths in specific situations, opting for higher-tier units is more practical. Yet, exploring their strong aspects and building parties around them remains a possibility:
- Sucrose
- Chongyun
- Diona
- Xinyan
- Xingqiu
- Sayu
- Kujou Sara
- Gorou
- Yun Jin
- Shenhe
- Heizou
- Candace
- Nilou
- Lyney
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D-Tier Characters
Characters in the lowest rank of this tier list have significant weaknesses, making investing time or money in them a bit challenging. However, you can still find ways to use them:
- Noelle
- Lisa
- Kaeya
- Traveler
- Ningguang
- Beidou
- Qiqi
- Aloy
- Collei
- Dori
- Layla
- Faruzan
- Lynette
- Amber
- Dehya
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With new characters and a fresh mountain of primogems from limited events, quests, and exploration, Genshin Impact 4.2 offers lots of team crafting possibilities. Use our "Genshin Impact Tier List: Best Characters Ranked" as a blueprint while factoring in your own playstyle preferences, and characters you enjoy using most.
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