Honkai Star Rail Tier List

Honkai Star Rail Tier List Description

You’ll find here the tier list of Honkai Star Rail Playable Characters. This Honkai Star Rail tier list is based on the perfomance around the world, Simulated Universe and Forgotten Hall and Memory of Chaos.

We will also listed out all version’s tier list for your reference. To know more details for specific version tier list, please click the corresponding version tier list.

Click the character for more details and explanations.

Honkai Star Rail Tier List History

Release Date
Version
2023-04-26
Version 1.0(First half)
2023-05-20
Version 1.0(Second half)
Honkai Star Rail All Characters 1.0 Tier List​
SS
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Gepard
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Bronya
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Seele
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Jing Yuan
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Bailu
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Blade
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Silver Wolf
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Luocha
S
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Welt
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Clara
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Natasha
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Tingyun
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Yanqing
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Pela
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Trailblazer
(Fire)
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Kafka
A
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Dan Heng
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Asta
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Himeko
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Hook
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March 7th
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Sushang
B
Qingque
Qingque
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Serval
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Arlan
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Sampo
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C
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Herta

Honkai Star Rail All Characters Tier List

SS
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Gepard
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Bronya
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Seele
Genshinlab_Jing Yuan_Build
Jing Yuan
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Bailu
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Blade
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Silver Wolf
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Luocha
S
Genshinlab_Welt Build
Welt
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Clara
Genshinlab_Yanqing Build
Yanqing
Genshinlab_Natashabuild
Natasha
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Tingyun
Genshinlab_Pela_build
Pela
Genshinlab_Sushang_Build
Sushang
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Trailblazer
(Fire)
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Kafka
A
Genshinlab_Himeko Build
Himeko
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Trailblazer
(Physical)
Genshinlab_Dan_Heng_Build
Dan Heng
Genshin_AstaBuild
Asta
Genshinlab_Hook_build
Hook
Genshinlab_March7th Build
March 7th
Genshinlab_ArlanBuild
Arlan
B
Genshinlab_Qingque_Build
Qingque
Genshinlab_ServalBuild
Serval
C
Genshinlab_SampoBuild
Sampo
GenshinlabHerta Build
Herta
Honkai Star Rail All Characters 1.0 Tier List - Characters Review and Evaluation

SS Tier

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Gepard

Previous Tier : SS

Gepard is the best shield in ver 1.0. His ult provides the highest-absorption shield to all allies which protects allies from instant kill.  As player start to farm relics and so ER% is enough for Gepard to keep his Shield up. Gepard is the best shield in Simulated Universe and Memory of Chaos.

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Bronya

Previous Tier : SS

Bronya’s skill and ult are excellent which makes her the best support in ver 1.0 . Her skill can assist single ally by dispelling debuff, increase DMG and the most imporant – provide extra move. The ult of Bronya increase ATK of allies for 2 rounds. That’s why Bronya can fit into any kind of battle, including Simulated Universe and Memory of Chaos. 

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Seele

Previous Tier : SS

First limited character in ver 1.0. Seele is a high SPD character which can make her take more turns. With passive talent “Resurgence” allows Seele to take action again when Seele defeats enemies using the ultimate.

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Jing Yuan

Previous Tier : N/A

Being another limited character in ver 1.0. Jing Yuan is an Erudition Character which deals good AoE DMG. His talent can summon a Lightning-Lord which deals signficant Single Target DMG. To conclude, Jing Yuan is the only Character which works excellent in Multi-target battle and Single target battle.

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Bailu

Previous Tier : SS

One of the two healers in 1.0. Bailu can bring back the first knocked down ally in a battle. Her ult applies the buff “Invigoration” to allies. The allies with “Invigoration” retore HP when got hit. This make Bailu can deal huge amount of healing and therefore the best Healer in 1.0. The only downside of Bailu is that Bailu can’t dispel debuffs.

S Tier

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Welt

Previous Tier : S

Welt is the only Imaginary character in 1.0. Welt is also the only character can delay action and reduce SPD of enemeies in 1.0, therefore he can generates more turns for whole team. His skill is a great imaginary-weak shield breaker. The above features make Welt quite all-rounded in both Simulated Universe and Forgotten Hall.

Another speical use of Welt is using his ultimate to interrupt consecutive turns of enemey. When the boss is going to have consecutive turns, use Welt’s ultimate when the enemey is doing the first turn, you will find the second turn of the enemy is just passed.

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Clara

Previous Tier : S

Clara is a counter attack character which makes her work excellent in Simulated Universe. She can deals excellent DMG when she taunt all the enemies. The downside is the cover of the buff by her ult. Pairing with March 7th can increase her taunting coverage and therefore increase her overall DMG.

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Natasha

Previous Tier : S

Another healer in 1.0. Nataha’s ult has low energy requirement, which make her good group healing ability. After learning the trace “Soothe”, her skill can dispel debuff from ally. If you don’t get Bailu, she is the only choice as a healer and fight with you in Memory of Chaos and Simulated Universe.

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Tingyun

Previous Tier : S

Tingyun is another best support in 1.0. Tingyun’s skill increase ATK of single ally. Her ult reastores energy and increase DMG for single ally too. This makes Tingyun an excellent support when your Main DPS is powerful. As players start to farm relics and so SPD build Tingyun is available to increase the coverage of her Ultimate. 

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Yanqing

Previous Tier : S

Yanqing is an Ice single target DPS. He is a CRIT Buff built-in character which makes him deals terrible DMG when using ult. However, the downside of Yanqing is his high energy requipment ult. This makes him can’t be ranked in SS Tier.

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Pela

Previous Tier : S

The selling point of Pela in reduce DEF of all enemies. This makes Pela work well in AoE team. But her ult requires quite a lot energy, so the uptime of her DEF debuff on enemeis is a problem. Pela can also remove buff from enemies, so Pela’s overall performance in Simulated Universe and Forgotten Hall is good.

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Trailblazer (Fire)

Previous Tier : S

Excellent shield with tanking abilities character.  Trailblazer (Fire) can use the skill to taunt all enemies and reduce the DMG taken. Trailblazer (Fire)’s normal attack can be enhanced to deals BLAST DMG, which makes Trailblazer (Fire) a good fire-weakness breaking character. All of Trailblazer (Fire)’s action provide shield to all allies to enhance Survivability. 

A Tier

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Dan Heng

Previous Tier : A

Dan Heng is the only Direct DMG Wind DPS in ver 1.0. His DMG is moderate and he needs SPD decrease debuff on enemies to maximize his DMG which makes his team is very narrow.

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Asta

Previous Tier : A

Asta’s passive can increase ATK of all allies depending on how many enemies she hit. However, most of the time her buff can only last for one round therefore she needs to consume one skill point every turn to keep the buff up. Her ult can increase SPD of whole team which makes her good in SPD team.

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Himeko

Previous Tier : A

Himeko is a good Fire weakness breaker. Her passive allows her deal extra AoE DMG when there are weakness break. But the DMG of Himeko is not high which makes her less competitve with other AoE DPS.

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Hook

Previous Tier : A

Hook is a Fire DoT DPS. Hook can deals both good DMG in single target or multi target battle. If you doesn’t have Himeko, you can consider her as the Fire DPS in your deck.

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March 7th

Previous Tier : A

March 7th can provide single target shield to ally continously. The character shield will have a higher chance to be attacked. This mechanism makes March 7th very suitable to pair up with Clara. March 7th is also a good choice in early Simulate Universe. Her ult can sometimes provide control on enemies to limit their actions.

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Sushang

Previous Tier : S ↓ 

In ver 1.0 Second Half, players starts to unlock most traces of characters. Sushang’s traces got a big problem that most of them are just buffing Sushang’s Max HP and DEF. This makes Sushang is readjusted to Tier A in second helf of Ver 1.0. But Sushang is still a good Physical DPS, espeically when she gets E1.

B Tier

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Qingque

Previous Tier : B

The only Quantum DPS other than Seele in ver 1.0. Qingque’s DMG is unstable due to her RNG mechanism, but still usable when you meet Quantum weakness enemies. If you are lucky, Qingque will have insane DMG.

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Serval

Previous Tier : B

Serval is a Lightning AoE and Dot DPS. You can use her if you don’t have Jing Yuan or Arlan. You will need her if you don’t have other Lightning DPS in Memory of Chaos and Simulated Universe.

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Arlan

Previous Tier : A ↓

Due to the release of Jing Yuan in second half of ver 1.0, Arlan becomes replacables. Moreover, Arlan’s survival ability is too low to deal with high difficulty content like Memory of Chaos. So Arlan’s tier is adjusted to B

The selling point is his skill doesn’t consume skill point(but HP). In the early game stage, there are a lot of Lightning-weak enemies, which makes Arlan a good choice to join your team in early game.

 

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Sampo

Previous Tier : C ↑

Sampo is a Wind Dot DPS. His selling point is that his ult can increase 20% Dot DMG on enemies for 2 turns. This makes Sampo good to pair up with Dot character like Hook, Kafka, Serval. As Sampo takes an important place in DoT team, especially when you choose Path of Nihility in Simulated Universe. So, Sampo’s tier is adjusted to B.

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Trailblazer (Physical)

Previous Tier : A ↓

If you don’t have Sushang or Clara, Trailblazer (Physical) is your only choice to be Physical DPS in your team. You will need it in some of the levels in Forgotten Hall. But Trailblazer (Physical) becomes less competitive in second half of 1.0, the tier is adjusted to B.

C Tier

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Herta

Previous Tier : C

Herta is a Ice AoE DPS you can get for free in early game. You can team with Herta if you don’t have other Ice DPS.