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List of All Sword Characters

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Genshin Impact - List of Sword Users and Best Characters

Here is the list of characters that use Swords in Genshin Impact, arranged by rarity, element, and region. We also have the rankings for the best Sword characters to get a better idea on their roles and strengths!

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Character	Rarity	Element	Nation
Albedo	5★	Geo	Mondstadt
Alhaitham	5★	Dendro	Sumeru
Ayaka	5★	Cryo	Inazuma
Ayato	5★	Hydro	Inazuma
Chiori	5★	Geo	Fontaine
Clorinde	5★	Electro	Fontaine
Furina	5★	Hydro	Fontaine
Jean	5★	Anemo	Mondstadt
Kazuha	5★	Anemo	Inazuma
Keqing	5★	Electro	Liyue
Nilou	5★	Hydro	Sumeru
Qiqi	5★	Cryo	Liyue
Traveler (Anemo)	5★	Anemo	Mondstadt
Traveler (Dendro)	5★	Dendro	Sumeru
Traveler (Electro)	5★	Electro	Inazuma
Traveler (Geo)	5★	Geo	Liyue
Traveler (Hydro)	5★	Hydro	Fontaine
Traveler (Pyro)	5★	Pyro	Natlan
Xilonen	5★	Geo	Natlan
Bennett	4★	Pyro	Mondstadt
Kaeya	4★	Cryo	Mondstadt
Kirara	4★	Dendro	Inazuma
Layla	4★	Cryo	Sumeru
Lynette	4★	Anemo	Fontaine
Shinobu	4★	Electro	Inazuma
Xingqiu	4★	Hydro	Liyue

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SS Tier
S Tier
A Tier
B Tier
C Tier
D Tier

Characters are shown in no particular order.

SS Tier Sword Characters

Character	Roles and Strengths
Bennett	As a Support ・Elemental Burst provides heals, ATK Buffs, and also Pyro infusion at C6. ・Has a high Elemental Recharge rate as he can spam his skill.
Xingqiu	As a Sub-DPS ・Elemental Burst and Skill provides DMG reduction, resistance to interruption, and off-field Hydro application, with a bit of healing after the duration. He's currently one of the two top tier characters who can reliably setup reactions like Vaporize and Bloom for your Main DPS.
Kazuha	As a Support ・Swirling increases your party's Elemental DMG based on the Element Swirled. He can also buff two Elements within a single instance. ・Pull from his Skill is great at crowd controlling enemies. ・Burst increases Elemental Mastery in an area.
Furina	As a Sub-DPS ・Elemental Skill can apply Hydro off-field with a semi-infinite duration due to her cooldown times. ・High-damage scaling. ・May not necessarily outpace the likes of Xingqiu or Yelan in terms of Hydro application. As a Support ・Universal buffing for all team-comps as long as you have a healer. ・HP Drain opens up new playstyles to other characters that don't have HP fluctuations in their kit. ・Healing mode with her Pneuma form is useful for easing overworld exploration.
Xilonen	As a Support ・Provides easy to access Resistance Shreds for Pyro, Cryo, Electro, Hydro, and Geo, and can also heal once her conditions are met. ・ Excellent vertical exploration ability on scaling cliffs.

S Tier Sword Characters

Character	Roles and Strengths
Jean	As a Support ・Elemental Skill and Charge attack can crowd control enemies. ・Elemental Burst acts as a powerful burst AoE heal for the whole party. Her burst field also creates a field of persistent healing. ・C4 provides Anemo RES shred for Anemo DPS characters.
Shinobu	As a Sub-DPS ・Currently one of the best Hyperbloom trigger and considered a must-have for any teams that require her mobile Electro application and healing for this reaction. ・ Her kit also allows her to use the Elemental Mastery scaling as an added bonus for healing, which lets her free a slot for another DPS that would've been occupied by a healer. As a Support ・Elemental Skill heals in intervals, and has a short cooldown, but otherwise only active for your on-field character.
Alhaitham	As a DPS ・Dendro application is superb to set up and trigger powerful reactions like Hyperbloom, Burgeon, and Spread. ・Good AoE coverage and overall team damage is top-tier. He also requires minimal investment.
Nilou	As a Sub-DPS ・Focus on Dendro Core Reaction Damage with Bloom, which is top-tier for AoE content. ・Talents are exclusive to Dendro + Hydro team comps, which makes her restricted to a niche team comp.
Clorinde	As a DPS ・Flexible team-building and snappy playstyle with reliable self-healing in the Overworld. ・Personal damage dependent on the team you are building. ・No resistance to interruption at C0.
Chiori	As a Sub-DPS ・Great Geo applicator for Crystallize with good off-field damage especially for teams with Navia or Itto. ・Allows fast swap to the next party member under her with her Elemental Skill.

A Tier Sword Characters

Character	Roles and Strengths
Ayaka	As a DPS ・Infuses Cryo element in Normal and Charged Attacks after sprinting, which makes her infusion near-permanent. ・Elemental Burst has high scaling and its damage potential is her defining trait. With her best supports, she can rival the top-tier DPS, but needs high investment.
Ayato	As a DPS ・Wide range and continuous damage for his Hydro-infused Normal Attacks after using Elemental Skill. ・Can self-buff with his Normal Attack-increasing Elemental Burst. ・Can act as a driver for Hydro-related Elemental Reactions with his on-field and off-field Hydro application. As a Sub-DPS ・Elemental Burst is quadratic, and has a large coverage to supply decent Hydro application. ・Duration of Elemental Burst is lengthy, and can be used as the starting ability for your rotations.
Traveler (Dendro)	As a Sub-DPS ・Electro Lotus Lamp transfigurations deals fast Dendro damage. ・Elemental Skill scales with Elemental Mastery, which synergizes well when built for triggering Dendro Elemental Reactions.

B Tier Sword Characters

Character	Roles and Strengths
Keqing	As a DPS ・Good with either Aggravate or Physical build. Recent introduction of the element bumped up her performance and became competitive with other Quicken DPS.
Albedo	As a Sub-DPS ・Elemental Skill creates a semi-permanent field that gives free damage, but can be easily destroyed from boss attacks or field mechanics. ・His current best weapon cannot be obtained anymore.
Traveler (Electro)	As a Support ・Elemental Skill helps in filling up the active character's energy and increases their Energy Recharge. ・Electro Traveler's usage is highly situational. Moreoever, other characters that fulfill the same niche has more utility.
Lynette	As a Sub-DPS ・Decent off-field Viridescent Venerer debuffer, but there are better options. ・Requires more constellation to be decent. ・Good exploration skill.
Layla	As a Support ・Provides very strong shields ・Her constant off-field DMG from her Elemental Skill makes it ideal to use the Tenacity of the Millelith Artifact set for a permanent buff. ・Breaking her shield ends her off-field DMG from her Elemental Skill and ends the Artifact buff.
Kirara	As a Support ・Can shield effectively against Bloom Cores or for other general purposes.
Traveler (Pyro)	As a Sub-DPS ・Decent off-field Pyro application although a bit slower than Xiangling and lesser uptime. ・Great nuking from their Elemental Burst ・Means to unlock and upgrade the Pyro Traveler is not new player friendly.

C Tier Sword Characters

Character	Roles and Strengths
Kaeya	As a Sub-DPS ・Low Elemental Skill cooldown and good Cryo coverage for Freeze, Melt, or Superconduct. ・Elemental Skill will persist on the Main DPS especially with his C2, although his damage scaling isn't that high.
Qiqi	As a Support ・Her healing is extremely potent to keep your party alive, although her cooldowns are very high. ・She cannot regenerate enough energy on her own to keep her Elemental Burst up.

D Tier Sword Characters

Character	Roles and Strengths
Traveler (Geo)	As a Sub-DPS ・High Elemental Skill DMG. ・Can block enemies with Elemental Skill and Burst. ・C4 increases Elemental Burst Recharge Rate.
Traveler (Anemo)	As a Sub-DPS ・Provides AoE crowd control with Elemental Skill and Burst.
Traveler (Hydro)	As a Sub-DPS ・Clunky playstyle with an unremarkable Elemental Burst. ・Unreliable when it comes to applying Hydro.

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Characters by Element
Pyro	Anemo	Electro	Hydro
Dendro	Geo	Cryo

Playable Characters

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Chasca	Faruzan	Heizou	Jean
Kazuha	Lynette	Sayu	Sucrose
Traveler (Anemo)	Venti	Wanderer	Xianyun
Xiao	Aloy	Ayaka	Charlotte
Chongyun	Citlali	Diona	Eula
Freminet	Ganyu	Kaeya	Layla
Mika	Qiqi	Rosaria	Shenhe
Wriothesley	Alhaitham	Baizhu	Collei
Emilie	Kaveh	Kinich	Kirara
Nahida	Tighnari	Traveler (Dendro)	Yaoyao
Beidou	Clorinde	Cyno	Dori
Fischl	Keqing	Lisa	Ororon
Raiden	Razor	Sara	Sethos
Shinobu	Traveler (Electro)	Yae Miko	Albedo
Chiori	Gorou	Itto	Kachina
Navia	Ningguang	Noelle	Traveler (Geo)
Xilonen	Yun Jin	Zhongli	Ayato
Barbara	Candace	Furina	Kokomi
Mona	Mualani	Neuvillette	Nilou
Sigewinne	Tartaglia	Traveler (Hydro)	Xingqiu
Yelan	Amber	Arlecchino	Bennett
Chevreuse	Dehya	Diluc	Gaming
Hu Tao	Klee	Lyney	Mavuika
Thoma	Traveler (Pyro)	Xiangling	Xinyan
Yanfei	Yoimiya

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Alice	Capitano	Columbina	Dainsleif
Dottore	Iansan	Ifa	Lan Yan
Pantalone	Pierro	Pulcinella	Sandrone
Skirk	Tsaritsa	Varka

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