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Genshin Impact - List of Support Characters

See the list of Support characters here to know the best support units in Genshin Impact. We also have a breakdown of each character in list!

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List of Support Characters

Character Element Weapon Rating
Genshin Impact Baizhu Baizhu (5★)
 Dendro Catalyst SS
Genshin Impact Dehya Dehya (5★)
 Pyro Claymore B
Genshin Impact Furina Furina (5★)
 Hydro Sword SS
Genshin Impact Jean Jean (5★)
 Anemo Sword S
Genshin Impact Kazuha Kazuha (5★)
 Anemo Sword SS
Genshin Impact Kokomi Kokomi (5★)
 Hydro Catalyst SS
Genshin Impact Mona Mona (5★)
 Hydro Catalyst S
Genshin Impact Nahida Nahida (5★)
 Dendro Catalyst SS
Genshin Impact Qiqi Qiqi (5★)
 Cryo Sword C
Genshin Impact Raiden Raiden (5★)
 Electro Polearm S
Genshin Impact Shenhe Shenhe (5★)
 Cryo Polearm S
Genshin Impact Sigewinne Sigewinne (5★)
 Hydro Bow B
Genshin Impact Traveler (Electro) Traveler (Electro) (5★)
 Electro Sword C
Genshin Impact Venti Venti (5★)
 Anemo Bow A
Genshin Impact Xianyun Xianyun (5★)
 Anemo Catalyst S
Genshin Impact Xilonen Xilonen (5★)
 Geo Sword SS
Genshin Impact Zhongli Zhongli (5★)
 Geo Polearm SS
Genshin Impact Barbara Barbara (4★)
 Hydro Catalyst C
Genshin Impact Bennett Bennett (4★)
 Pyro Sword SS
Genshin Impact Charlotte Charlotte (4★)
 Cryo Catalyst A
Genshin Impact Chevreuse Chevreuse (4★)
 Pyro Polearm S
Genshin Impact Chongyun Chongyun (4★)
 Cryo Claymore D
Genshin Impact Diona Diona (4★)
 Cryo Bow A
Genshin Impact Dori Dori (4★)
 Electro Claymore C
Genshin Impact Faruzan Faruzan (4★)
 Anemo Bow S
Genshin Impact Gorou Gorou (4★)
 Geo Bow A
Genshin Impact Kirara Kirara (4★)
 Dendro Sword B
Genshin Impact Layla Layla (4★)
 Cryo Sword B
Genshin Impact Mika Mika (4★)
 Cryo Polearm B
Genshin Impact Noelle Noelle (4★)
 Geo Claymore D
Genshin Impact Rosaria Rosaria (4★)
 Cryo Polearm C
Genshin Impact Sara Sara (4★)
 Electro Bow A
Genshin Impact Sayu Sayu (4★)
 Anemo Claymore B
Genshin Impact Shinobu Shinobu (4★)
 Electro Sword A
Genshin Impact Sucrose Sucrose (4★)
 Anemo Catalyst S
Genshin Impact Thoma Thoma (4★)
 Pyro Polearm B
Genshin Impact Xinyan Xinyan (4★)
 Pyro Claymore D
Genshin Impact Yaoyao Yaoyao (4★)
 Dendro Polearm A
Genshin Impact Yun Jin Yun Jin (4★)
 Geo Polearm A

Characters that have supportive abilities, or that can be built as a Support are included.

Best Support Characters

Support Characters Ranked

Genshin - SS Tier
Genshin - Furina Support RankGenshin - Kazuha Support RankGenshin - Xilonen Support RankGenshin - Bennett Support RankGenshin - Nahida Support RankGenshin - Zhongli Support RankGenshin - Baizhu Support RankGenshin - Kokomi Support Rank
Genshin - S Tier
Genshin - Raiden Support RankGenshin - Mona Support RankGenshin - Xianyun Support RankGenshin - Shenhe Support RankGenshin - Jean Support RankGenshin - Chevreuse Support RankGenshin - Sucrose Support RankGenshin - Faruzan Support Rank
Genshin - A Tier
Genshin - Gorou Support RankGenshin - Venti Support RankGenshin - Diona Support RankGenshin - Yun Jin Support RankGenshin - Sara Support RankGenshin - Yaoyao Support RankGenshin - Charlotte Support RankGenshin - Shinobu Support Rank
Genshin - B Tier
Genshin - Kirara Support RankGenshin - Mika Support RankGenshin - Sigewinne Support RankGenshin - Layla Support RankGenshin - Sayu Support RankGenshin - Thoma Support RankGenshin - Dehya Support Rank
Genshin - C Tier
Genshin - Qiqi Support RankGenshin - Barbara Support RankGenshin - Traveler (Electro) Support RankGenshin - Rosaria Support RankGenshin - Candace Support RankGenshin - Dori Support Rank
Genshin - D Tier
Genshin - Noelle Support RankGenshin - Chongyun Support RankGenshin - Lisa Support RankGenshin - Xinyan Support Rank

Character Tier List

Who do YOU think is the best Support?

Albedo 49
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Ayato 4
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Jean 18
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Kazuha 457
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Kokomi 60
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Mona 29
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Qiqi 24
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Raiden 26
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Shenhe 17
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Traveler 5
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Venti 28
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Yelan 14
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Zhongli 110
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Barbara 25
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Bennett 673
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Chongyun 10
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Diona 18
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Gorou 4
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Ningguang 1
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Noelle 14
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Rosaria 9
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Sara 3
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Sayu 10
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Sucrose 20
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Thoma 9
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Xingqiu 66
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Xinyan 6
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Yun Jin 9
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Shinobu 6
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Dendro Traveler 6
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Dori 6
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Candace 7
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Nahida 48
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Layla 18
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Faruzan 6
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Yaoyao 5
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Dehya 3
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Baizhu 19
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Kirara 6
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Furina 58
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Charlotte 5
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Xianyun 9
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Best Support Characters in SS Tier

Character Strengths
Genshin - Furina Furina ・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.
Genshin - Kazuha Kazuha ・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.
Genshin - Xilonen Xilonen ・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.
Genshin - Bennett Bennett ・Elemental Burst provides heals, ATK Buffs, and also Pyro infusion at C6.
・Has a high Elemental Recharge rate as he can spam his skill.
Genshin - Nahida Nahida ・Can provide up to 250 Elemental Mastery to the character on the field inside her low-energy cost Elemental Burst.
・C2 Unlocks multiple Dendro reaction-based buffs.
Genshin - Zhongli Zhongli ・Can provide the strongest and most durable shield in the game while also offering free unconditional Elemental RES shred.
Genshin - Baizhu Baizhu ・Great comfort healer for all content.
・Provides decent shielding that can act as an interrupt resistance.
・Applies decent off-field Dendro for reactions.
Genshin - Kokomi Kokomi ・Has an incredibly strong and reliable healing which can also apply Hydro off-field.
・A staple for Freeze and certain Bloom teams.

Support Characters in S Tier

Character Strengths
Genshin - Xianyun Xianyun ・Enables plunging playstyle with healing and great buffs for her dedicated teams.
Genshin - Shenhe Shenhe ・Best buffer for Cryo teams with Elemental Skill, She can also decrease enemies' Physical and Cryo resistance on her Burst.
・Quills are limited unless you have her constellations.
Genshin - Jean Jean ・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.
Genshin - Chevreuse Chevreuse ・Powerful RES Shred debuff, ATK buffs, and healing as the best support for Overloaded team comps at C6.
・Her team comps are inherently niche, and she doesn't necessarily fix the problem of Overloaded knocking enemies away, thus she's only better against bosses than other similar supports.
Genshin - Sucrose Sucrose ・Elemental Skill and Burst provides crowd control.
・Swirling increases your party's Elemental Mastery by a great deal, which enables your party to have increased reaction damage.
Genshin - Faruzan Faruzan ・Buffs Anemo DMG and decreases enemy Anemo RES.
・Has an extremely high Energy requirement without her C6 constellation, which makes her a high investement character.
Genshin - Raiden Raiden ・Increases the team's Elemental Burst DMG and refills their Energy, which lets her teams rotate their skills near-off cooldown.

Support Characters in A Tier

Character Strengths
Genshin - Gorou Gorou ・Best Geo Support for DEF-focused Geo teams who can provide Geo DMG and DEFbuffs, and interruption resistance.
・Turns into a well-rounded offensive support and healer with C4, and a top-tier support at his niche at C6.
Genshin - Venti Venti ・Provides strong consistent crowd control, and Viridescent Venerer coverage.
・Struggles against enemies that are harder to pull-in.
Genshin - Diona Diona ・Provides shields, heals, and off-field Cryo application.
・Also becomes a buffer for Elemental Mastery at C6.
Genshin - Sara Sara ・Increases party members' ATK.
・Becomes the best Electro Support buffer after unlocking C6, but is clunky and energy hungry at low constellations.
Genshin - Yaoyao Yaoyao ・Applies Dendro to enemies and heals while off-field with her Elemental Skill.
・Elemental Burst has strong party healing but Yaoyao has to be on-field to make it work.
Genshin - Charlotte Charlotte ・Good panic healing when stuck in a pinch, although the AoE for it is small.
・Constellation improves her efficiency with healing.
Genshin - Shinobu Shinobu ・Elemental Skill heals in intervals, and has a short cooldown, but otherwise only active for your on-field character.

Support Characters in B Tier

Character Strengths
Genshin - Kirara Kirara ・Can shield effectively against Bloom Cores or for other general purposes.
Genshin - Mika Mika ・Decent Physical DMG or ATK Speed Buffer, but only a few character can reliably exploit his buffs.
・Provides good burst healing for the entire party but slow sustained healing for the active character.
Genshin - Sigewinne Sigewinne ・Comfortable healing in the overworld.
・Low uptime on her heals and Elemental Skill ticks.
・ Low uptime on her buffs for off-field Elemental Skills.
・ No useful utility on Elemental Burst or Special Charged Attacks.
Genshin - Layla Layla ・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.
Genshin - Sayu Sayu ・Off-field healing that has wide coverage, especially at C2. Her initial trigger for her Elemental Burst also has strong party-wide healing.
・The amount of HP recovered can be increased with Elemental Mastery.
・Elemental Burst healing is improved by her constellations.
Genshin - Dehya Dehya ・Provides strong interruption resistance and damage mitigation with her pseudo-shield, with decent Pyro application.

Support Characters in C Tier

Character Strengths
Genshin - Qiqi Qiqi ・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.
Genshin - Barbara Barbara ・Has burst healing and aura to sustain the party. Although her Elemental Skill cooldown and Burst cost is high.
・At Constellation Level 6, gains the ability to revive downed teammates to 100% health.
Genshin - Traveler (Electro) Traveler (Electro) ・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.
Genshin - Rosaria Rosaria ・Her Burst increases CRIT Rate for all party members by 15% of Rosaria's CRIT Rate.
・Aim to make Rosaria's CRIT Rate 100%.
・At C6, she decreases enemy Physical RES by -20%, a very strong debuffer for Physical DMG mains!
Genshin - Candace Candace ・Increases Elemental Normal Attack damage.
・Infuses Sword, Claymore, and Polearms with Hydro that enable characters to trigger Hydro reactions on their own, but highly situational.
Genshin - Dori Dori ・Provides flat Energy Recharge for any character.
・Okay single-target healing but is only limited to her burst.
・Can apply Electro if tether is placed nearby enemies, letting you setup reactions should you need an Electro applicator.

Support Characters in D Tier

Character Strengths
Genshin - Noelle Noelle ・Can heal with her Normal and Charged Attacks, but she has to be on-field and her shield active to activate.
・Elemental Skill has a high cooldown.
Genshin - Chongyun Chongyun ・Elemental Skill increases ATK Speed and provides Cryo DMG infusion for melee characters.
・High Recharge Rate makes Elemental Skill application constant.
Genshin - Xinyan Xinyan ・Can provide a decent shield that scales with the amount of enemies hit.

What is a Support in Genshin Impact?

Genshin - Qiqi as a Support

Support characters are off-field supporters that assists the party with heals, shields, buffs, and debuffs, which enables the party to survive and defeat the enemies as fast as possible. By providing aid to their Main DPS and Sub-DPS, the party can perform their empowered attacks and Elemental abilities safely.

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