2.6 Tier List and the Best Characters as of November 2024

This is a Honkai: Star Rail Tier List as of Version 2.6 in November 2024. We rate the 5-Star and 4-Star characters, the best characters for overall use, general use, and endgame content here!

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Honkai: Star Rail Character Tier List for Version 2.6

This is a tier list for all characters at E0. Below the table is an explanation of how we rated each character per role. You can also let us know who you think is the best character here.

The Endgame tier list will be updated on a regular basis since the stage buffs are different for each phase.

Overall

General

Endgame

Tier	Characters
SS-Tier
S-Tier
A-Tier
B-Tier
C-Tier

	DPS	Support	Sustain

	Memory of Chaos	Pure Fiction	Apocalyptic Shadow

Tier List Explanation

How Characters are Evaluated

We rank characters based on our point-based system. DPS units have a slight bias towards AoE-Target damage since endgame content encourages you to defeat more than one enemy.

Rating Explanation

SS Tier	The best of the best in the game. These characters are must-haves and will greatly make your gameplay experience easier.
S Tier	Characters that are very strong in their respective roles. Most of these characters offer unique mechanics or have strong Traces that make them better than the rest.
A Tier	Good characters who can perform even better when given the right amount of investment. They are considered the base standard of a good character.
B Tier	Characters who are below average in their respective role. These characters require a ton of investment to make them viable in harder content.
C Tier	Characters with limited combat utility. These characters are greatly overshadowed by everyone else in their role.

Who Do You Think is the Best Character?

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Best 5-Star Characters

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Best Characters Explained by Rank

SS Tier Characters

Characters by Ranking
SS Tier		S Tier		A Tier		B Tier		C Tier

Character	SS Tier Ranking Explanation
Acheron	Acheron is a powerful Nihility DPS who can deal a ton of AoE DMG with her Ultimate. Her best teams require debuffers to unleash her Ultimate as soon as possible.
Firefly	Firefly is an extremely fast and strong Break DPS who can deal a lot of Break DMG on Weakness Broken enemies. When Firefly enters the Complete Combustion state, she can implant the Fire Weakness on an enemy and can easily put them in a Weakness Broken state.
Feixiao	Feixiao is a powerful single-target DPS who can deal a massive amount of DMG with her Ultimate. Feixiao's Ultimate can be accessed by building up Aureus Stacks through ally attacks.
Ruan Mei	Ruan Mei can provide a lot of buffs to the entire party such as Break Efficiency, SPD, and All-Type RES PEN. She also has the nifty ability to deal bonus Ice DMG and delay enemy turns through Weakness Break!
Robin	Robin is a universal Harmony character that can excel in any team and provides party-wide DMG and CRIT DMG buffs. Her Ultimate boosts her allies' ATK and grants an extra turn for them while also doing additional damage to enemies that allies attack.
Sparkle	Sparkle can provide DMG buffs through Skill Point consumption and advance an ally in the turn order with her Skill! She can also recover Skill Points with her Ultimate.
Yunli	Yunli can deal a lot of damage in both single-target and AoE. When Yunli uses her Ultimate, she can taunt enemies and deal a massive amount of damage when hit by an enemy.
Bronya	Bronya can provide a powerful CRIT DMG buff to the party. Her Skill can grant an extra turn to the buffed character!
Aventurine	Aventurine is a powerful sustain unit that can provide strong stackable shields. Aventurine can also act as a Sub-DPS through the use of his Follow-up attacks.
Lingsha	Lingsha can provide AoE healing inside and outside of her turn thanks to her Fuyuan summon that also acts as a Follow-up attack. She can also increase the Break DMG taken by enemies with her Ultimate.
Boothill	Boothill is a flexible DPS who can apply Physical Weakness to the enemy and deal high burst damage through Break DMG. He has very high damage potential and is relatively easy to build, only needing Break Effect and SPD to deal tons of damage.
Fu Xuan	Despite being unable to produce shields, Fu Xuan is one of the best sustain units thanks to her DMG redirection. She can transfer DMG taken by other party members to herself and have the party resist Crowd Control debuffs.
Huohuo	Huohuo can heal multiple party members using her Skill, and her off-field healing can dispel debuffs. She can also provide ATK buffs and regenerate Energy towards other party members.
Tingyun	Tingyun's offensive buffs are powerful despite her only being a 4-star character. Tingyun can provide Energy Restoration and ATK buffs with her Ultimate.

S Tier Characters

Characters by Ranking
SS Tier		S Tier		A Tier		B Tier		C Tier

Character	S Tier Ranking Explanation
Dr. Ratio	Dr. Ratio excels in dealing a ton of single-target DMG through his Follow-up attacks. He can dish out more Follow-up attacks if an enemy is affected with a lot of debuffs.
Trailblazer (Imaginary)	Trailblazer (Imaginary) is a buffer who enables Break Effect teams to work. They buff the party's Break Effect and their Ultimate allows their allies to deal Super Break DMG.
Gallagher	Gallagher is a sustain unit that can implant a Besotted debuff on an enemy. Allies get their HP gets restored when they attack an enemy affected with Besotted. Gallagher also works amazingly well in Break Effect teams since his healing scales on that stat in particular.
Rappa	Rappa is an AoE DPS who can deal a lot of AoE Break DMG when she enters her Sealform state. During that state, her Enhanced Basic ATKs can ignore enemy weaknesses.
Silver Wolf	Silver Wolf can debuff and implant Elemental Weaknesses on enemies, which opens up multiple possibilities for team comps and enables your DPS to perform in any environment with proper planning.
Jingliu	Jingliu's Enhanced State can deal a lot of DMG at the cost of the party's HP. She can get a lot of CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG stats from her Talent and Traces respectively, making her very valuable when highly invested.
Imbibitor Lunae	Dan Heng - Imbibitor Lunae excels in both single-target and AoE content. His kit requires proper SP Management to consistently deal the most DMG with his Enhanced Basic Attacks. Once you learn how to manage your skill points, Imbibitor Lunae can easily clear the hardest content in-game.
Kafka	Kafka is a great DoT damage dealer who is best paired with another DoT damage dealer to make DoT teams more meta-viable.
Blade	Blade is an incredible self-sustaining AoE DMG dealer. He is efficient with his SP, making him a great Sub-DPS character or Hypercarry.
Seele	Seele has extremely high single-target damage. She also has a high base SPD, a means to boost her SPD, and the ability to take an extra turn.
Jiaoqiu	Jiaoqiu is a debuffer and DoT unit that can affect enemies with Ashen Roast, a debuff used to increase the damage taken by enemies. Jiaoqiu can also increase the enemy's DMG taken from Ultimates when his Zone is activated.
Black Swan	Black Swan is a DPS that specializes in stackable DoTs called "Arcana", which becomes stronger the more stacks an enemy has. She can get Arcana stacks simply by having other party members and herself inflict DoTs onto enemies.
Pela	Pela is a support character who can inflict DEF debuffs and dispel enemy buffs. She also increases allies' Effect Hit Rate when she is on the team
Jade	Jade is an amazing Follow-up Attack DPS who requires to have a second DPS in the party for her to buff. Though she's incredible in Pure Fiction or any combat that puts you up against multiple enemies, she falls off in Single-target or Two-target scenarios.
Topaz	Topaz is a strong follow-up attack Sub-DPS that can deal a lot of single-target DMG through Numby. Topaz can also be an excellent Support for other Follow-up attackers as her Skill can increase the enemy's DMG taken from Follow-up attacks.
Argenti	Argenti has one of the best Ultimates in game, which makes him outstanding against three or more targets. Argenti's Ultimate may require a lot of energy, but once he's fully charged, he can easily take out multiple enemies.
March 7th (Imaginary)	March 7th's The Hunt form is a versatile DPS-Support Hybrid who can deal a lot of single-target DMG and buff an ally's SPD, CRIT DMG, and Break Effect. This version of March is effective in both CRIT and Break Effect teams.
Moze	Moze is a single-target Sub-DPS who can deal a lot of damage outside of his turn through Follow-up attacks. He can implant a Prey debuff to unleash Follow-up attacks whenever allies attack the affected enemy a certain amount of times.
Luocha	Luocha provides healing from his Skill and Talent that scale from his total ATK. His Ultimate can remove the buffs of all enemies.
Lynx	Lynx can provide a ton healing and her Ultimate can cleanse the entire party. Lynx is effective when paired with Destruction or Preservation units in the party.
Asta	Asta is a support character that can dish out some damage of her own. Her kit grants both offensive and supportive buffs to her party, and she can make Burning enemies take more damage from her. She can break toughness with ease if the enemy is weak to Fire. She specializes in Fire teams since she can increase her team's Fire DMG but can also be versatile, able to fit into other team compositions.
Hanya	Hanya is a SPD buffer who can implant Burden on enemies and regenerate SP for the entire party. She is especially great with DPS characters who rely on burning Skill Points to deal as much DMG as possible!

A Tier Characters

Characters by Ranking
SS Tier		S Tier		A Tier		B Tier		C Tier

Character	A Tier Ranking Explanation
Clara	Clara is a unique character that can take hits from enemies and rely on counterattacking to deal damage. Her kit allows her to reduce the damage she takes and also remove debuffs from herself. Her Ultimate allows her to buff her counterattack damage, making them even more potent against enemies and allows her to counterattack when allies get attacked.
Himeko	Himeko can target multiple enemies and perform follow-up attacks, making her great for crowd control. She's great in-game modes with a lot of mobs such as Pure Fiction and Calyx farming.
Gepard	Gepard has a supportive kit and can take enemy hits and provide allies with a shield. As a tank, he can withstand a single knockdown and restore his energy to full. He can also Freeze enemies with his Skill.
Jing Yuan	Jing Yuan has extremely high multi-target damage, making him both effective in AoE damage and breaking the Toughness bar of enemies weak to Lightning.
Bailu	Bailu can heal a lot of HP and can revive downed party members. Her kit is great for survivability, especially for harder content like Forgotten Hall, Simulated Universe, and high-level bosses.
Guinaifen	Guinaifen is a debuffer specializing in AoE Burn DoTs. She can also increase the DMG taken by multiple enemies affected by the Burn status.
Welt	Welt is a character that can slow enemies down and delay their turns using his Ultimate. He can increase the damage enemies take and easily Weakness Break enemies who are weak to Imaginary.
Qingque	Qingque is a DPS that relies on luck to deal massive damage. She has high damage potential thanks to her kit, which revolves around matching tiles to buff her damage and increase her Speed. When all tiles match, she can deal heavy AoE damage. Qingque is good for clearing certain content such as Swarm Disaster, but outside of that, her DMG will depend on luck.
Herta	Herta is a character that solely focuses on dealing AoE damage and performing follow-up attacks. Herta excels in content that requires you to defeat waves of enemies, such as Pure Fiction and Simulated Universe. While Herta struggles against Elite enemies and bosses, her AoE DMG makes up for it.
Xueyi	Xueyi is a DPS character who gets stronger with more Break Effect stats. Her Ultimate can deplete the enemy's toughness whether or not they have a Quantum weakness.

B Tier Characters

Characters by Ranking
SS Tier		S Tier		A Tier		B Tier		C Tier

Character	B Tier Ranking Explanation
Natasha	Natasha's kit specializes in healing and supporting her allies. She can heal a single ally and dispel their debuffs. Her Ultimate allows her to heal the whole party.
March 7th	March 7th is a support character focusing on shielding allies and counterattacking. She can also Freeze all enemies with her Ultimate, making her an essential character for Simulated Universe with the Remembrance path.
Trailblazer (Fire)	Trailblazer (Fire) is a defensive character that can taunt enemies and reduce incoming damage using their skill. They can provide shields for the party along with defensive buffs.
Hook	Hook is a DPS specializing in defeating single-target enemies. Her Skill allows her to inflict Burn. When using her Ultimate, she can advance her action, prompting her to act sooner in the turn order.
Serval	Serval is a DPS character who specializes in AoE damage. She can give Shock DoTs to enemies and extend them using her Ultimate.
Yanqing	Yanqing is a single-target DPS, able to provide himself with offensive buffs to increase his damage. Yanqing should avoid taking DMG to keep his buffs active and struggles in scenarios where you're up against more than three enemies.
Yukong	Yukong is a support character that can also dish out a decent amount of damage thanks to her Ultimate. Her gameplay is focused on proper speed tuning, spamming Ultimates to contribute to the team's DPS, and providing ATK%, CRIT Rate, and CRIT DMG buffs.
Misha	Misha is a DPS whose Ultimate gets stronger through Skill Point consumption. Misha has no problem taking down a single target with his Ultimate but struggles against multiple enemies due to his Ultimate's Bounce property.
Luka	Luka is a Single-Target DoT unit who can dish out a lot of damage to an enemy's toughness bar. He can also increase the damage taken by the enemy with his Ultimate.
Sampo	Sampo is a DPS that specializes in applying Wind Shear. His kit deals AoE damage and can stack Wind Shear to multiple enemies.
Dan Heng	Dan Heng has an above average single-target DMG output and can slow enemies down through his Skill. His Ultimate can do a lot more DMG against Slowed enemies.
Sushang	Sushang deals high single-target DMG. She can buff her own ATK and SPD, and her Sword Stance has no problem taking down bosses with a weakness to Physical DMG.

C Tier Characters

Characters by Ranking
SS Tier		S Tier		A Tier		B Tier		C Tier

Character	C Tier Ranking Explanation
Trailblazer	The Physical Trailblazer is a DPS that deals decent single-target and AoE damage. They can give themselves offensive buffs during battle and heal the party using their Technique. However, other characters that deal Physical damage do it better than the Trailblazer.
Arlan	Arlan is a unique DPS character who sacrifices his HP for damage. He can increase his damage based on his missing HP and heal himself whenever he defeats an enemy if his HP is low enough. While Arlan gets stronger the closer he is to death, most characters can achieve the same amount of DMG or more without needing to sacrifice their HP.

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