Are Version 3 Characters Still Good? | Genshin Impact

Today we'll be discussing Version 3 characters and ranking them based on how they've held up since their release!

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[VarsII]

Guys I know that Tighnari/Dehya's sig weapons were in the Chronicled Banner. But that banner is over now, and conventionally standard banner five stars never get reruns (subsequently their sig weapons are unobtainable). We'll have to see if the Chronicled Wish is a regular thing and not a one off. You may now stop with the "smh you forgot chronicled wish banner" lol

[Truck-kun]

Genshin's META being focused more on Elemental Reactions and party synergy than purely on a character's individual power really helps older characters remain relevant no matter how much time passes.

(Note: Neuvillette is the exception to the rule, but it's impressive that it took 3 years for someone like him to be released)

[GH-pfmw]

remember layla's shield is the second best shield in the game, and you can get a ton of energy from her. to use her shield to the fullest, you have to spam skills. plus, you have 100% uptime burst. she can even be a sub dps (you won't get massive numbers, but you can get consistent 10k stars). sub dps+battery+cryo aplication. i know diona as healer has better potential, considering fontaine mechanics, but layla is still a very good unit.

[yoruichisimp]

I feel like Layla's shield is quite underrated...

[fernandocorreawitt]

I feel like Kaveh is probably one of the characters that suffers from not having his own team actually. Since Dendro works always around Nahida, Kaveh's best teams can't properly generate blooms, so the ones who generate blooms are the hydro units. An EM scaling hydro unit is the only way he could rise some tiers.

[hckblock]

Candace actually increases all elemental normal attack damage, even if the character overrides the hydro infusion with their own element. This even applies to catalyst characters.

[Ayuori]

11:14 Loll I just can't hear "mediocre" anymore without thinking about Dr. Ratio throwing chalk 😂

[cale]

Tighnari consistently impresses me even with hand me down artifacts. I don't use him often but I'm pleasantly surprised every time.

[ElementUser]

Layla is better/more comfy than Diona with Wanderer & provides the cryo crit boost with Wanderer's E. Her shield animation happening much faster than Diona and Zhongli makes her competitive with both of these alternatives

[TheJH]

Things you missed about characters:
Candace: Also increases NA elemental damage during her burst time even without the Hydro infusion. Honestly if we get more Razor-like melee on-fielders, Candace would get a LOT more use because they can use the entirety of her kit. But even then, Catalyst users can use her quite well as is.
Layla: strongest shield in the game behind Zhongli with 100% uptime because it's skill-based
Dehya: *glares in C0 Neuvillette and Lyney teams* the fact so many Fontaine characters make themselves more frail and squishy through the HP drain mechanic means Dehya providing some interruption resistance and damage mitigation is MUCH more valuable than back in 3.5-3.8. I mean, she's still not top tier or anything, but at least her kit has a USE now.

Then one who got snubbed COMPLETELY by the devs:
Kaveh: he would be much better if they would let his buffs be activated with *any* Dendro reaction instead of just Bloom because his Dendro infusion is quite good for driving Dendro application itself. He SHOULD have been able to be played well in Aggravate and Spread too.

[wellberightback]

Dori has the most weird uses of all Genshin: you can use her with Jean to swirl electro and maybe trigger hyperbloom?, If you use Chevreuse, use Bennett to overload everytime
Extremely weird uses, but hey they exist

[ginsengaddict]

Bro, are you serious?! Layla is THE best 4* shielder in the game, and second-best shielder overall, and THE BEST Tenacity of Milileth user. Put some damn respect on her name!

[unspkblfish]

I literally just thought to myself if the "are 3.0 characters still worth" video existed already or not and then this got uploaded 😭

[ikenole]

I swear that sometimes Baizhu is so underrated. He’s the perfect example of role supression.

[AbyssPrince]

I feel like Kaveh deserves to be in the Niche category rather than, "They Were Never Good." I've seen some impressive builds for him lately, including some that utilize the Marcheusse Hunter 4pc set.

Part of me feels like some folks just didn't know how to build teams around him and only with time, tests, and a few new artifact introductions has he shown more potential. Not only that, but it didn't feel like he was given much of a chance to show his full potential since lots of folks skipped Baizhu and, thus, Kaveh too.

He's far from the strongest Dendro character, no doubt, but he feels like a decently built mixture of a 4* Alhaitham and Nilou. Cause of that, I think he should get raised a few levels. The babygirl deserves it, lol.

[wellberightback]

Kaveh being able to heal himself with Nilou's cores is pretty useful,
Even as a reaction driver I don't think he's bad

[raderelcaroman]

Candace does have an interesting use in nilou teams alongside yaoyao, infusing hydro then going to yaoyao bursts is a good source of blooms
Layla is still one of the best shields in the game, and one of the few permanent uptime shields in genshin, she also makes good use of shenhe's quills

Everything else seems pretty well placed

[MaxDesal]

Layla is definitely better than okay. She is a good shielder, the second best after Zhong'li if i am not mistaken. And through reverse melt she can actually do decent damage as a shielder. In a circle impact team she even wrecks.

[GDSam]

I feel like version 3 characters are all good in their own way (except Dehya and Dori)

[panderjammie]

I think Kaveh is a relatively good dendro driver in Nilou comps. I've ran him with my Nilou team a few times and while he did have issues staying in range of enemies his blooms hit super hard.