Our Honkai Star Rail tier list is here to help you find the best characters in this gacha RPG from Hoyoverse. We’ve gathered information from numerous beta tests and tried out the characters ourselves to ensure you fill your team with strong damage dealers, tanks, and supporters.
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Here’s our Honkai Star Rail tier list:
| Tier | Honkai Star Rail character |
| SS | Acheron, Aventurine, Boothill, Bronya, Firefly, Fu Xuan, Huohuo, Imbibtor Lunae, Jingliu, Luocha, Robin, Ruan Mei, Seele, Silver Wolf |
| S | Argenti, Bailu, Black Swan, Blade, Clara, Dr Ratio, Gepard, Hanya, Jing Yuan, Kafka, Lynx, Pela, Tingyun, Topaz, Trailblazer (imaginary), Welt |
| A | Asta, Dan Heng, Gallagher, Guinaifen, Herta, Himeko, Hook, Luka, March 7th, Natasha, Qingque, Sushang, Trailblazer (fire), Xueyi, Yanqing, Yukong |
| B | Misha, Sampo, Serval |
| C | Arlan, Trailblazer (physical) |
Upcoming Honkai Star Rail characters
We’ve received drip marketing on the following Honkai Star Rail characters, check out what we know about them in our guides below.
How do we rank characters in our Honkai Star Rail tier list?
The team at Pocket Tactics personally plays Honkai Star Rail and we discuss amongst ourselves which characters are the best in different situations. We consider the different skills each character has that make them more proficient in their role as a tank, healer, or DPS on your team.
We also think that if you build your characters well you should use whoever you like most as long as your team has a good structure – i.e. can hit an enemy’s weakness, heal when your health gets low, and tank some damage if needs be. Games are meant to be fun, so play in a way that suits you best!
The best Honkai Star Rail characters
Here’s a rundown of each of the Honkai Star Rail characters that are in the SS-tier of our list.
Aventurine
If you’re looking for a tank that can also dish out some decent damage, then Aventurine is the man for you. He’s an imaginary-using, five-star who follows the path of preservation.
Boothill
Boothill is a rootin’ tootin’ cowboy who follows the path of the hunt and dishes out powerful physical damage. He’s a five-star character and is a great choice for your team if you’re after a single-target damage dealer.
Bronya
Bronya is a wind support character who applies buffs and removes debuffs from her team. She follows the path of harmony and is an asset to almost any team thanks to her skill, Combat Redeployment, which advances an ally’s action so they can immediately act.
Firefly
Firefly is a fire character who follows the path of destruction. We recommend adding her to your team if you’re after a powerful main DPS character who can deal hefty single and multi-target damage.
Fu Xuan
If you need a proficient tank for your team, Fu Xuan is the girl for you. She’s a quantum character who follows the path of preservation, her skill makes other team members distribute 65% of the damage they receive to Fu Xuan.
Huohuo
Huohuo is a support character who can provide both heals and energy regeneration to her allies. She’s a five-star who follows the path of abundance and harnesses the wind element.
Imbibtor Lunae
Imbibitor Lunae is a great pick for an imaginary DPS character that treads the path of destruction. Followers of this path have strong attacks and great survivability too, making him a perfect fit for many scenarios in Honkai Star Rail.
Jingliu
Jingliu is a great choice for the DPS slot on your team. She follows the path of destruction and deals ice damage to foes. You can also use her technique to freeze foes before you enter battle.
Luocha
Luocha is the best support character in the game with his great heals and the potential to deal some impactful imaginary damage. He follows the path of abundance and can strip enemies of buffs with his ultimate.
Robin
If you need a five-star character who excels at boosting other character’s follow-up damage, we recommend you pick up Robin. She follows the path of harmony and deals physical damage.
Ruan Mei
Ruan Mei is a great choice for a support character who can increase your team’s weakness break efficiency while buffing everyone’s attack. She’s a five-star who follows the path of harmony.
Seele
Seele is a high-impact, burst-based DPS, that deals heaps of damage to a single target. She’s a quantum character who follows the path of the hunt and works well in a team with Bronya.
Silver Wolf
Silver Wolf provides some very handy debuffs and can perform some great single-target damage. She’s a quantum character who follows the path of nihility.
How do I perform a Honkai Star Rail reroll?
We don’t recommend you do a Honkai Star Rail reroll as it takes some time, you need multiple email addresses, and the five-star rates are pretty low so you may have to do it multiple times. However, if you’re set on it, here’s how you perform a Honkai Star Rail reroll:
- Start the game and complete the tutorial segment to unlock the warp option, this takes about one hour
- Roll for some characters in whichever banner you like
- If you don’t like your roll, log out of your account
- Create a new account with a different email address
- Repeat these steps until you get the Honkai Star Rail character you want
There you have it! We hope you manage to nab one of the S-rank characters from our list.
That’s everything we’ve got for you in our Honkai Star Rail tier list. Make sure you check out our Zenless Zone Zero codes and Zenless Zone Zero banner guides for more mobile RPG goodness.