Genshin Impact Tier List (Best Characters)

SS

Mavuika

Nefer

Zibai

Flins

Skirk

Varesa

Columbina

Ineffa

Lauma

Furina

Escoffier

Durin

Mavuika

Fischl

Columbina

Furina

Bennett

Iansan

Lauma

Citlali

Xilonen

Chevreuse

Sucrose

C

Keqing

Noelle

Eula

Yumemizuki Mizuki

Yanfei

Shikanoin Heizou

Kaveh

Kachina

Dehya

Lisa

Chongyun

Sayu

Mika

Sayu

Dahlia

Qiqi

Barbara

Traveler (Electro)

Rosaria

Candace

Dori

D

Freminet

Ningguang

Dehya

Xinyan

Aloy

Xinyan

Traveler (Geo)

Amber

Traveler (Anemo)

Traveler (Hydro)

Noelle

Chongyun

Lisa

Xinyan

Character Notes & Explanations

Updated tier rankings and character notes by SS→D. Find role-specific advice (Main DPS, Sub DPS, Support), constellation tips, and recommended weapons/artifacts.

Tier SS

Mavuika

Mavuika is an on-field or off-field Main DPS with absurdly high burst scalings that flex between on-field, off-field, or quick-swap playstyles, excelling in Pyro teams that use Vaporize or Melt.
Her kit also provides strong overworld utility through an exploration ability, making her easy to use while delivering top-tier burst damage.

Nefer

Nefer is a niche Lunar-Bloom DPS that uniquely interacts with Lunar-Bloom to operate without dedicated Bloom triggers and gains powerful Seeds of Deceit when Ascendant Gleam is active.
Her best performance is locked to specific Lunar-Bloom teammates like Lauma and Aino, making team options restrictive.

Zibai

Zibai is a Geo-focused Lunar-Crystallize DPS that mixes sustained and frontloaded damage via an empowered Elemental Skill, providing simple, fast-clear gameplay.
She is restricted to Geo and Hydro teammates for optimal performance.

Flins

Flins is a Lunar-Charged on-field DPS who needs only a Hydro teammate (Aino as a free option) to function and delivers burst-reliant damage with a low Special Burst cost.
He often requires an additional Electro off-fielder for optimal Energy and is currently locked to a narrow set of Lunar-Charged supports.

Skirk

Skirk is a fluid, easy-to-use Main DPS with excellent Freeze-team performance and strong overworld utility, but her peak is highly reliant on pairing with Escoffier for maximum output.
Without ideal teammates she drops to S-tier performance.

Varesa

Varesa is a high-base-damage Plunge Attacker who compensates for lack of amplifying reactions and benefits from accessible buffer supports like Iansan or Chevreuse, making her strength reachable with modest investment.
Her playstyle is smooth and beginner-friendly compared to most Plunge Attackers.

Tier S

Neuvillette

Neuvillette is an outstanding Main DPS that delivers constant high Charged Attack damage and is highly self-sufficient, effectively acting as a one-man army.
His C1 constellation removes major weaknesses, further solidifying his role.

Mualani

Mualani deals strong frontloaded damage good for single-target and AoE with a playstyle that shines in Vaporize setups and provides excellent exploration tools.
Her kit requires proper setup and her weapon effect (Sharky's Bite) can miss, which hurts consistency.

Arlecchino

Arlecchino is a high raw Pyro damage dealer whose swift Normal Attacks have wide AoE and strong single-target and AoE potential, making her versatile across content.
Her gameplay is extremely high-risk and may be difficult for players who haven't mastered her rotations.

Chasca

Chasca specializes in Rainbow teams by converting damage across elements (Pyro, Hydro, Electro, Cryo), giving strong team-building flexibility and excellent flying-based exploration.
In AoE situations her projectiles split between enemies, effectively making her performance closer to a single-target dealer.

Kinich

Kinich excels as a single-target Main DPS on Burning or Burgeon teams with high mobility and a grappling hook that aids exploration.
Outside his optimal reaction teams he gains Nightsoul points slower, limiting access to his key tool, the Scalespiker Cannon.

Raiden Shogun

Raiden can be an on-field burst Main DPS that deals enormous damage for short windows and gains powerful DEF ignore from C2, enabling extremely high burst kills.
Her best output relies on maximizing burst uptime and constellation buffs.

Tier A

Clorinde

Clorinde offers flexible team-building and a snappy playstyle with reliable self-healing in the overworld, making her approachable for many players.
Her personal damage is team-dependent and at C0 she has no resistance to interruption.

Gaming

Gaming overperforms as a 4-star at C6 with strong plunging damage on his best teams, but he is reliant on using his Elemental Burst off-cooldown to maintain damage output.
He requires proper rotation management to reach peak performance.

Klee

Klee primarily deals damage with Normal and Charged Attacks that clear groups efficiently, offering high Pyro damage at range.
Her clunky playstyle demands tight rotation min-maxing to be optimal.

Razor

Razor uses his Elemental Burst to enable consistent Superconduct coverage through a mix of Electro and Physical damage, and on Hexerei teams at C6 he becomes a top-tier Electro damage dealer in Overloaded comps.
He benefits from team synergies that emphasize his burst uptime.

Venti

Venti becomes an on-field powerhouse for pure Anemo damage with strong Swirl interactions on Hexerei teams, providing excellent crowd control and damage amplification.
His strength scales with team compositions that leverage his burst and pull effects.

Navia

Navia has high frontloaded Elemental Skill damage capable of one-shotting medium foes and chunking bosses per rotation, offering flexible team options beyond mono-Geo.
Her focus on frontloaded damage can be a downside when sustained damage over time is required.

Alhaitham

Alhaitham provides superb Dendro application to set up reactions like Hyperbloom, Burgeon, and Spread, with strong AoE coverage and high team damage while requiring minimal investment.
He is an efficient damage driver in Dendro-centered comps.

Kamisato Ayaka

Ayaka infuses Normal and Charged Attacks with Cryo after sprinting for near-permanent Cryo infusion, and her Elemental Burst has very high scaling that defines her damage ceiling.
With optimal supports she can rival top-tier DPS but demands high investment.

Wriothesley

Wriothesley is a single-target focused Main DPS who specializes in Freeze or Melt setups in close combat and benefits greatly from his C1 constellation to complete his kit and fix healer synergies.
He struggles against spread-out enemy packs.

Lyney

Lyney uses a passive talent that compensates for lacking Elemental Reactions in mono-Pyro teams, delivering high damage in both single-target and AoE scenarios.
He is susceptible to interruptions, which can disrupt his damage rhythm.

Hu Tao

Hu Tao deals massive single-target Pyro damage with her Elemental Skill and Charged Attacks by sacrificing HP for increased damage and Pyro infusion, and C1 allows spamming Charged Attacks without stamina consumption.
She requires HP management and proper support to maximize output.

Xiao

Xiao uses his Elemental Burst to greatly increase DPS at the cost of his HP, chaining Normal Attacks and Elemental Skill to create high-damage combos.
He needs offensive and healing supports to sustain and reach peak performance.

Raiden Shogun

Tier B

Tartaglia

Tartaglia applies strong Hydro with Riptide, making him an excellent driver for Vaporize teams and multi-target Hydro application.
He remains a top option for Vaporize-focused rotations.

Wanderer

Wanderer has wide AoE Normal Attacks that can home in on enemies, floats via Elemental Skill for easy exploration, and needs dedicated supports to perform well at low constellations.
His kit rewards correct team setup.

Yoimiya

Yoimiya infuses Normal Attacks with Pyro through her Elemental Skill and benefits from high base scaling, but she needs supports that improve interruption resistance and attack speed to reach top performance.
Her damage is strong when uninterrupted.

Diluc

Diluc weaves Normal Attacks with Elemental Skill to enable strong Vaporize setups (e.g., with Xingqiu), and his low-cost Elemental Burst covers wide areas though it can push back lighter enemies.
He remains a reliable Pyro on-field damage dealer.

Arataki Itto

Itto scales strongly with Charged Attacks and Elemental Skill, especially during his Burst, but is dependent on maintaining his high-energy Elemental Burst and requires significant investment in artifacts, weapons, and team comps.
Switching out ends his Burst, so rotation management is crucial.

Kamisato Ayato

Ayato provides wide-range continuous Hydro-infused Normal Attacks after using his Elemental Skill and can self-buff with his Burst to increase Normal Attack damage, making him a strong Hydro driver for reactions.
He functions well as both on-field and off-field Hydro application.

Ganyu

Ganyu excels with Level 2 Charged Shots for high damage and Melt interactions against grouped enemies, but her charge time makes her vulnerable to interruptions.
Her Elemental Burst synergizes with pull-in effects to concentrate damage on a location.

Tighnari

Tighnari deals primary damage via Charged Attacks and Burst and performs strongly with Spread Dendro reactions, while his kit can also control enemy attention.
He rewards precise aiming and reaction setup.

Sethos

Sethos is versatile, able to spam either Charged or Normal Attacks depending on Burst energy, with his Charged form being stationary and vulnerable to interruption and lower base stats as a 4-star.
He offers adaptable playstyles but is limited by survivability and stat budget.

Cyno

Cyno functions as an Electro hypercarry for Dendro reactions like Aggravate and Hyperbloom, but relies on maintaining his high-energy Elemental Burst to deal damage and is susceptible to interruptions that disrupt his rotation.
He performs best in reaction-focused team comps.

Ifa

Ifa is comparable to Sucrose or C2 Mizuki as an on-field Swirl driver with a focus on Electro-Charged while also offering healing and Normal Attacks, making him free-to-play friendly but somewhat tied to specific archetypes.
He is effective in group control and reaction amplification.

Yumemizuki Mizuki

Mizuki is an on-field Anemo Swirl driver who buffs Swirl damage and can sustain allies, with some off-field presence limited by her Burst mechanics; she cannot use Normal Attacks while on her Skill.
Her constellations are strong for a Standard character.

Dehya

Dehya deals modest Skill and Burst damage without multiple buffs and has high Energy requirements to redo her Burst, making her rely on constellations for optimal results.
She is more constellation-dependent than many Main DPS.

Tier C

Keqing

Keqing is strong in both Aggravate and Physical builds and has become competitive with other Quicken DPS after recent element adjustments, offering flexibility in playstyle.
She can adapt between Electro-reaction and physical-centered teams.

Noelle

Noelle balances ATK and DEF for sustained damage with shields and healing, scaling further at C6 and providing strong self-sufficiency as a tanky Main DPS.
Her kit makes her reliable for survivability-focused comps.

Eula

Eula relies heavily on her Elemental Burst for a large portion of her damage, performing best when debuffs from her Elemental Skill are consumed and when enemies are affected by Superconduct.
If her Burst misses or fails to crit, much of her damage potential is lost.

Yumemizuki Mizuki

Yanfei

Yanfei is a reliable Pyro Normal and Charged Attack user with expected 4-star scaling and notable stamina consumption that is alleviated by C1.
She serves as an easy-to-build Pyro DPS option.

Shikanoin Heizou

Heizou focuses on Swirl damage or CRIT builds and can act as an on-field Swirl driver or quick-swap burst dealer; his Elemental Skill enables high Swirl damage though other sources are weaker.
He is useful as a Viridescent Venerer driver.

Kaveh

Kaveh is a decent Dendro driver for Bloom-specific teams who provides buffs but has low personal damage output, serving primarily as a support-oriented DPS enabler.
He excels in teams that prioritize Bloom triggers.

Dehya

Tier D

Freminet

Freminet can function as either a Cryo or Physical DPS depending on team comp, but as a 4-star his stat budget limits competitiveness against higher-rarity Main DPS.
He offers flexible role options at the cost of raw numbers.

Ningguang

Ningguang provides solid Geo DPS through Normal and Charged Attacks and benefits from investment in constellations to reach peak performance, though she generally requires more investment than average.
She is a consistent Geo caster for single-target fights.