Genshin Impact Tier List

Genshin Impact teams are built around an on-field carry, an off-field sub-DPS, and supports that buff, heal, or shield. This board ranks characters by how much they raise a team's ceiling in the Spiral Abyss and Imaginarium Theater, with every pick linked to its full wiki entry. It is refreshed as the meta shifts and new characters arrive.

S

Meta

Neuvillette

Hydro Catalyst carry whose charged attacks deal massive, near-uninterruptible damage with minimal investment.

Furina

Hydro Sword support whose fanfare buff lifts nearly every team to a new damage ceiling.

Nahida

Dendro Catalyst engine that drives every Bloom, Hyperbloom, and Aggravate team.

Kaedehara Kazuha

Anemo grouper and elemental damage amplifier that fits almost any composition.

Bennett

The benchmark support: a huge attack buff plus healing in one slot.

Arlecchino

Pyro Polearm hypercarry with self-sufficient healing and elite single-target burst.

A

Strong

Raiden Shogun

Electro Polearm sub-DPS and battery that powers Ultimate-hungry teams.

Hu Tao

Pyro Polearm carry with explosive Vaporize burst when paired with Hydro.

Xiangling

Off-field Pyro powerhouse that still tops damage charts years on.

Xingqiu

Off-field Hydro applier and damage-reduction support that defines Vaporize and Hyperbloom teams.

Yelan

Hydro Bow sub-DPS with high off-field damage and a team HP buff.

Zhongli

Geo Polearm shielder whose unbreakable shield enables greedy carry play.

B

Solid

Ganyu

Cryo Bow carry with strong charged-shot and Melt damage in Cryo and Freeze teams.

Kamisato Ayaka

Cryo Sword carry that anchors Freeze comps with high burst.

Venti

Anemo Bow controller whose vortex groups enemies for crowd clear.

C

Situational

Tartaglia

Hydro Bow carry whose melee stance enables strong but team-specific Vaporize and Electro-Charged comps.

Tiers reflect general-play consensus. Click any linked entry for the full wiki page with stats, locations, and strategy.