Lightning
★★★★★
Honkai: Star Rail Character Tier List
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Rankings reflect Memory of Chaos, Pure Fiction, and Simulated Universe performance at equal investment. HoYoverse balance patches can shift tiers — check lastUpdated dates on individual build pages.
S-Tier
Meta Defining
A-Tier
Strong & Versatile
KafkaBuildNihility Sub-DPS
BladeBuildDestruction Main DPS
JingliuBuildDestruction Main DPS
Dr. RatioBuildHunt Main DPS
Silver WolfBuildNihility Sub-DPS
LuochaBuildAbundance Healer
Black SwanBuildNihility Sub-DPS
Topaz & NumbyBuildHunt Sub-DPS
SundayBuildHarmony Support
The HertaBuildErudition Main DPS
GallagherBuildAbundance Healer / Break Support
WeltBuildNihility Sub-DPS
March 7th (Hunt)BuildHunt Follow-Up Support
B-Tier
Situational
SeeleBuildHunt Main DPS
ArgentiBuildErudition Main DPS
ClaraBuildDestruction Main DPS
Dan Heng · Imbibitor LunaeBuildDestruction Main DPS
BoothillBuildHunt Main DPS
JadeBuildErudition Sub-DPS
AventurineBuildPreservation Support
HimekoBuildErudition Main DPS
TingyunBuildHarmony Support
PelaBuildNihility Support
GepardBuildPreservation Tank
BailuBuildAbundance Healer
YukongBuildHarmony Buffer
NatashaBuildF2P Abundance Healer
AstaBuildHarmony SPD Buffer
C-Tier
Niche / F2P
SampoBuildNihility Sub-DPS
HookBuildDestruction Main DPS
QingqueBuildErudition Main DPS
ServalBuildErudition Sub-DPS
LukaBuildNihility Sub-DPS
GuinaifenBuildNihility Sub-DPS
HanyaBuildHarmony Support
XueyiBuildDestruction Sub-DPS
MishaBuildDestruction Sub-DPS
MozeBuildHunt Sub-DPS
YanqingBuildHunt Main DPS
LynxBuildAbundance Healer
March 7th (Preservation)BuildF2P Preservation Shield
Dan HengBuildF2P Hunt DPS
HertaBuildF2P Erudition AoE
SushangBuildPhysical Hunt DPS
