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There are eight free, early game characters in Genshin Impact. Read on to know which recommended early game characters to level up, which ones have a high priority for grinding and precautions to take while training them.
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Takao Kanon (高尾奏音) |
Noelle is your run-of-the-mill Claymore character, with huge team utility to boot. She swings her sword to deal damage, summons a shield to mitigate enemy attacks, and her burst buffs both damage and reach of her normal and charged attacks, while infusing Geo.
Noelle is a powerhouse that doesn't require in-depth game knowledge to play, which is primarily the reason why she scored the top spot for this list.
One of the key elements of the game's combat the Elemental Reactions. While integrating elements is not much of a task, there's a chance that new players may struggle with this aspect of the game.
Fortunately, one of the good things about Noelle is that she holds the Geo element, an element that doesn't have all the complexity as other elements do.
Noelle can easily destroy geo element shields and other non-elemental shields. She can do this to a mob with ease, especially when her burst is up.
Aside from providing damage absorption for the team thru her skill, Breastplate, Noelle also has a 50% chance of healing the entire team, so long as this skill is up and her normal and charged attacks score a hit.
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Tanaka Rie (田中理恵) |
Characters using catalyst, for the most part, may have the relatively lower raw damage output compared to other weapon-types, but these characters are vital especially with elemental reactions.
In Lisa's case, she's an excellent Electro character who has plenty of ways of applying Electro to trigger Electro-based reactions such as Overloaded and Superconduct.
Lisa's skill, Violet Arc has two modes: tap and hold. Tapping the skill sends out a ball of electro that deals a decent amount of damage with a low cooldown.
Holding the skill however, renders the skill to a higher cooldown, but it zaps multiple enemies at once. This is a good way to utilize pyro-inflicted enemies to trigger Overloaded in a large area.
Keep in mind to use Noelle with her, since her shield can keep Lisa from being interrupted while charging Violet Arc.
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Horie Shun (M), Yuki Aoi (F) (堀江瞬) |
Later in the game, the Traveler can change the element they carry, depending on the Statue of the Seven they've unlocked. As you unlock more areas in Teyvat, you'll also have plentier of elements in your repository!
The Traveler's constellation materials can be obtained by playing the game. Unlike other characters who rely on dupes from wishes, the traveler can get stronger easer than the other roster.
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Kito Akari (鬼頭明里) |
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Ozawa Ari (小澤亜李) |
Upon reaching Adventure Rank 20, you can obtain Barbara and Xiangling through other methods! (Barbara is obtained via mail and Xiangling through an event). They are valuable characters and leveling them is a great investment at the start.
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Maekawa Ryōko (前川涼子) |
Starting Version 3.1, you'll get to invite The Sprout of Rebirth, Collei after clearing Floor 4, Chamber 3 of the Spiral Abyss! Make sure to get her!
EXP books used to raise character levels are limited, since they can only be obtained from adventuring, exploration, and quest rewards. You will run out if you use them to raise character levels evenly, so we recommend using them sparingly.
The initial level cap is only up to Lv.20. Reaching an Adventure Rank of 15 or higher allows you to use Character Ascension to increase the level cap to 40. This lets you further train the high-priority characters listed here. We recommend stocking up EXP Books as much as possible.
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Aloy was a collaboration character between Genshin Impact and Horizon Zero Dawn. She was available for free for PS4 and PS5 players from September 1, 2021, and on all platforms from October 13, to November 24, 2021 during Version 2.1 and 2.2!
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