Genshin Impact Tier List: The best characters to use

With more than thirty playable characters available in Genshin Impact, all with unique playstyles, strengths and abilities, your team composition possibilities are almost endless. 

With combat and exploration of Teyvat often needing completely different compositions and abilities, we've put together a tier list for both to help you choose your teams. 

• Combat Tier List
• Exploration Tier List
• Weapons Tier List
• Team Compostions Tier List

Tier List Update: July 12, 2021

Combat Tier List - General

This tier list is mostly subjective, and has been built around our experience in-game. We've built on the power and utility of different characters in combat, whether in Domains, against Bosses, or in the Abyss.

This tier list will change over time, with the arrival of new characters in Genshin Impact.

Combat Tier List - Detailed

Tier S

Xiao

Role: DPS

Element: Anemo

Diluc

Role: DPS

Element: Pyro

Mona

Role: Support / DPS

Element: Hydro

Qiqi

Role: Healer

Element: Cryo

Razor

Role: DPS

Element: Electro

Venti

Role: Support

Element: Anemo

Ganyu

Role: Support / DPS

Element: Cryo

Hu Tao

Role: DPS

Element: Pyro

Eula

Role: DPS

Element: Cryo

Kazuha

Role: Support

Element: Anemo

Yanfei

Role: DPS

Element: Pyro

Keqing

Role: DPS

Element: Electro

Klee

Role: DPS

Element: Pyro

Fischl

Role: DPS / Support

Element: Electro

Childe/Tartaglia

Role: DPS

Element: Hydro

Ningguang

Role: DPS

Element: Geo

Xinyan

Role: Support / DPS

Element: Pyro

Zhongli

Role: Support

Element: Geo

Bennett

Role: DPS

Element: Pyro

Barbara

Role: Healer

Element: Hydro

Albedo

Role: Support / DPS

Element: G eo

Tier A

Xingqiu

Role: Healer

Element: Hydro

Lisa

Role: Support

Element: Electro

Chongyun

Role: DPS

Element: Cryo

Sucrose

Role: Support

Element: Anemo

Xiangling

Role: DPS

Element: Pyro

Kaeya

Role: Support

Element: Cryo

Rosaria

Role: DPS

Element: Cryo

Jean

Role: Healer

Element: Anemo

Anemo Traveler

Role: DPS

Element: Anemo

Noelle

Role: Healer / DPS

Element: Geo

Diona

Role: Healer

Element: Cryo

Beidou

Role: DPS

Element: Electro

Amber

Role: Support

Element: Pyro

Geo Traveler

Role: DPS

Element: Geo

Like any tier list, this one is subjective. Different players will prefer different playstyles, and the beauty of Genshin Impact is that there are so many possibilities when crafting your team. Try out what best suits you, and don't feel pressured into using only the top, top tier characters -- even Amber can be fun to play! 

This tier list will be updated with upcoming new character releases, or patches that will change the dynamics of certain characters.