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, Feixiao, Firefly, Fu Xuan, Huohuo, Lingsha, Robin, Ruan Mei, Sparkle, Sunday, Trailblazer (imaginary), Yunli |
| S | Asta, Black Swan, Blade, Bronya, Clara, Dr Ratio, Fugue, Gallagher, Gepard, Imbibtor Lunae, Jade, Jing Yuan, Jiaoqiu, Jingliu, Kafka, Luocha, Lynx, March 7th (imaginary), Moze, Pela, Rappa, Seele, Silver Wolf, Tingyun, Topaz |
| A | Argenti, Bailu, Guinaifen, Hanya, Himeko, Luka, Qingque, Welt, Xueyi |
| B | Dan Heng, Herta, Hook, March 7th (ice), Misha, Natasha, Sampo, Serval, Sushang, Trailblazer (fire) |
| C | Arlan, Trailblazer (physical), Yanqing, Yukong |
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.
- Honkai Star Rail’s Aglaea
- Honkai Star Rail’s The Herta
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.
Acheron
Acheron is my favorite character and in my personal opinion, the best DPS you can roll for. She harnesses lightning and follows the path of nihility. We recommend you use her in a nihility-focused team. Check out our Honkai Star Rail Acheron build
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. Check out our Honkai Star Rail Aventurine guide.
Boothill
Boothill is a rootin’ tootin’ cowboy who follows the path of the hunt and dishes out 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. Here’s our Honkai Star Rail Boothill guide.
Feixiao
Feixiao is a wind character who follows the path of the hunt. She’s a powerful DPS character who can deal hefty wind damage with her follow-up attacks and her multi-hit ultimate. Check out our Honkai Star Rail Feixiao guide for info on her build.
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. Check out our Honkai Star Rail Firefly guide.
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 healing and energy regeneration to her allies. She’s a five-star who follows the path of abundance and harnesses the wind element. Check out our Honkai Star Rail Huohuo guide.
Lingsha
Honkai Star Rail’s Lingsha is a five-star healer who follows the path of abundance and uses the fire element. She’s perfectly placed when used as a buffer in a break team and has an adorable follow-up summon that can attack enemies.
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. Check out our Honkai Star Rail Robin guide.
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. Check out our Honkai Star Rail Ruan Mei guide.
Sparkle
Sparkle is a quantum character who follows the path of harmony. She’s great at replenishing skill points and providing damage boosts, we recommend you use her on a team with Imbibitor Lunae. Check out our Honkai Star Rail Sparkle guide.
Sunday
If you’re after an imaginary support character who can help your other team members perform a summon, then Sunday is the man for you. We recommend you check out our Honkai Star Rail Sunday build to get to grips with him.
Trailblazer (imaginary)
The imaginary Trailblazer follows the path of harmony and is a great free-to-play choice if you want to increase all allies’ break effect. Make sure you check out our Honkai Star Rail Trailblazer build for more information.
Yunli
Yunli is a five-star character who uses the physical element and follows the path of destruction. She’s a hard-hitting DPS with a follow-up counter-attack that makes her a formidable foe. Check out our Honkai Star Rail Yunli build for more.
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 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.