S-tier characters in Genshin Impact
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Characters in Genshin Impact who are considered S-tier are those who could truly excel in a vast majority of situations. They are some of the best support characters or best DPS characters in Genshin Impact.
Bennett
- Element: Pyro
- Role: Support (ATK buff and healing)
- Pros:
- One of the best support abilities to buff the damage of characters; 12-second duration with a 15-second cooldown; easy to recharge.
- Because Bennett is a Pyro character, he works well with some of the best types of elemental reactions (i.e., melt and vaporize).
- Can be upgraded to C6 to infuse all attacks with Pyro (mono-Pyro setup), but is better off left at C5.
- Cons: Healing can only be done by his burst, but we’re not really looking at Bennett as primarily having a healer’s role anyway.
Ganyu
- Element: Cryo
- Role: Main DPS
- Pros:
- One of the strongest DPS characters in Genshin Impact.
- Doesn’t require hefty investment (just level up her normal attack talent for the AoE bloom).
- Relatively easy to use since you just focus on charged shots.
- High uptime with her burst.
- Elemental skill can taunt enemies.
- Ideal for perma-freeze and melt comps.
- Cons: Nothing that’s too glaring.
- Related article: Ganyu build guide
Xingqiu
- Element: Hydro
- Role: Sub/Off-field DPS
- Pros:
- The best off-field DPS ability.
- Rain Swords will easily proc elemental reactions as a stronger main DPS engages enemies.
- Ideal for vaporize and perma-freeze comps.
- Cons: Will need to reach C6 for maximum efficiency.
Kazuha
- Element: Anemo
- Role: Sub/Burst DPS or Support (Elemental mastery and crowd control)
- Pros:
- Multiple instances of damage from the initial pull with the elemental skill and plunging attack to several infused hits with the burst.
- Can infuse elements from the surrounding environment without having to interact or be affected by them.
- Is viable in a DPS or support role (boosting main DPS characters via elemental mastery).
- One of the best elemental shield-breakers in the game.
- Cons: Nothing that’s too glaring, except perhaps how his pull capability is decent, but not as strong as Venti’s.
- Related article: Kazuha build guide
Zhongli
- Element: Geo
- Role: Sub/Burst DPS or Support (Shields)
- Pros:
- When fully stacking HP, it’s unlikely for your shields to break in most situations.
- The shield lowers the physical and elemental resistances of nearby enemies.
- Has an extremely useful crowd control ability with petrification.
- Cons: Nothing that’s too glaring.
- Related article: Zhongli build guide
All right, let’s go ahead and take a look at the A-tier characters in the next part of our Genshin Impact September 2021 anniversary tier list.
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Published: Oct 1, 2021 02:10 pm