Top Ten BEST Characters In Genshin Impact (2024)

2023 was a very transformative period for Genshin Impact's meta, introducing new characters that changed the foundation of some entire characters' gameplays while creating their own standards for strength and performance too. So as we enter 2024 I wanted to make an updated video on my Top Ten BEST Characters video that I made last year!

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[lemmatra]

At this point it should be called Hydro Impact

[MarcAlcatraz]

“Kokomi helps with survivability”
*Kazuha’s corpse decomposing in the background*

[Tiepo]

Including honorable mentions, the number of characters with the corresponding element in this list:
Hydro: 6
Pyro: 2
Dendro: 2
Electro 1
Anemo: 1
Cryo: 0
Geo: 0

Yeah Hydro is so fucking busted…

[Truck-kun]

I appreciate that Genshin is a game where you don't feel punished for not having the best supports or the best DPSs, so I rarely care much about Tier Lists or things like that, but it's still fun to see how the game's META evolves over the years.

[Kuddochan]

I made a list in my head before starting this video, got 9/10 the same. Only one I had different was Sucrose over Alhaitham but in retrospective that's probably a fair shout too

[CryskerLP]

Neuvillette is such a chad he can solo the whole game and abyss

[nerfayaka]

Honorable Mentions: Nilou, Kokomi

#1: Xingqiu
#2: Kazuha
#3: Fischl
#4: Bennett
#5: Xiangling
#6: Neuvilette
#7: Furina
#8: Nahida
#9: Yelan
#10: Alhaitham

[krystalwhispers]

the way genshin handles powercreep is truly something i admire and appreciate. the only instance i could think of "powercreep" was hu tao with diluc, but even diluc has a chance to compete thanks to xianyun and being able to abuse diluc's highest plunge multiplier in the game. kazuha doesn't make sucrose irrelevant, as sucrose excels as an excellent anemo driver; yelan doesn't make xingqiu irrelevant, as XQ offers a bit of QoL defensive and healing utility. Wanderer and Xiao are both anemo hypercarries, but have different playstyles, and one doesn't necessarily outclass the other.
i cant place enough emphasis on it, because other gacha games have taken the pure money-making route and added new characters that completely overshadow the previous ones.
it feels like the devs truly care about every character they design (*ahem* i can't speak for dehya pls leave me alone)

Edit: someone in the replies corrected me on freminet having the highest plunge multiplier, and not Diluc. but i haven't seen freminet used with xianyun as a plunge dps. diluc's damage shines with her, while freminet has his niche playstyle that doesn't have anything to do with plunges; but thank you for the correction regardless

[danisetsuna]

Nice video, so the first 5 spots haven't changed in years! I think Baizhu and jean would also deserve an HM for being the healers who enable Furina at c0

[Biohacker]

I agree with this list, it's ashame that zhongli not mentioned for a long time, meta truly shift 180 from shielder to healer because of dendro and furina

[fusionfallmaster]

I'm a preference over meta type of player and I always pull for Hydro because I love the element so much. Luckily, most of them are also very much in the meta so I end up getting so much value for pulling characters that I already love in the first place. The only downside to collecting Hydro is that most of them are 5 stars 😭

[ladynikkie]

Neuvilette definitely won me over when he first came out, i was lucky to get him and i wish anyone good luck wishing him when his rerun arrives hes totally worth it.

Oh so good list all these characters are very good especially for f2p players

[river]

neuvillette was my first 5 star dps and i completely agree with you about his value to new players. i didn't really want him and was planning to pull for hu tao for my first dps but didn't like her playstyle in the character trial. i threw some wishes on neuvillette's banner and wasn't immediately excited when i got him because i initially misunderstood how his kit works, but once i put him on field i never took him off. neuv and c2 raiden shogun have made the game super enjoyable for me and it felt great to be able to breeze through some of the content in the game that gave me trouble before i pulled him.

[Eintracht-uycz]

No. 1 has to be Fischl, not because she's the strongest, but because she's literally my wife.

[fuji.]

I don’t play meta but still it’s nice to know which characters are the best!

[Itsme-tyud]

"if fischl is a battery, raiden shogun is a nuclear reactor, bombs included"
that's something you once said. but i understand why she didn't make the cut for top 10: she needs different artifacts depending on the role. with the advent of dendro, her EM-build emerged using gilded dreams(?) and i think the golden troupe could be good too. on the other side is raiden-national with her emblem-set. her best f2p-weapon (the catch) is also easy farmable, even if it uses some time. if you go for the EM-build there are better options though.

[libraryscholaralexis]

I wanted both Al Haitham and Neuvillette. Have both of them and enjoy both of them. Al Haitham is one of my favorite characters and I wanted him to be playable when we first met him in Sumeru. As for Neuvillette I knew that I wanted him when I saw him in Fontaine trailers. Now I travel with both of them on my team (I'm casual and do have a team comp for Al Haitham along with Baizhu, Thoma, and Xingqui for Burgeon). I do think that Baizhu is good because he's a Dendro Kokomi with amazing healing. I also think that Xiao is good too from the aspect of him being a good damage dealing in his own right with good investment and not as many restrictions. Honestly though I think that any character can be good with some work and investment.

[cornmuffin]

VARS WHY DIDN'T YOU MENTION *insert character here*! VARS WHY IS THIS CHARACTER ABOVE THAT CHARACTER! VARS STOP ACTING LIKE YOU'RE A TC! VARS MY DIAPEY NEEDS CHANGING! VARRRSLGDLMGGGDG

[alfredxsiv]

i would personally put kuki in honorable mention, completely functional at C0 (3s downtime of her Skill) at C2 its virtually 100% uptime. And the fact that she's also a healer and provides a ton of damage with a team. Her flexibility compared to other hyperbloom triggers is unmatched at the moment. Kuki hyperbloom, and Bennett+Xiangling core - you basically already have 2 teams to 36-star abyss 😂

[buttermanaws]

6:57 this clip is literally the perfect example of what you are saying given that with the Bennet buff you were doing 60-70k and without it 30-50k

There is a reason why a lot believe that