Ranking EVERY Character in Honkai: Star Rail

(PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE MAKING ANY COMMENTS)
First off, if you’re reading this, thank you for taking the time to do so. I appreciate that you’re willing to hear out my thought process and rationale instead of jumping to (negative) assumptions on my take on your main~. Anyways, it should go without saying that Tier Lists are ENTIRELY subjective and NOT meant to be used as factual information. This is purely for entertainment purposes. That being said, I tried my best to get this peer reviewed by credible names in the HSR theorycrafting community while standing by my own choices based on opinion.
Furthermore, understand that it would be virtually impossible to account for every single nuance, edge case or “what if” scenario when rating a character. Also, I’m fully aware that I may have forgotten or overlooked a scenario that would elevate or undermine a character’s position on the tier list, so if you think I forgot something crucial (that more importantly, is practical and not an extreme edge case) feel free to let me know! That being said, here are some guidelines that I follow:
- Waifu over Meta ALWAYS AND FOREVER
- Tier list is NOT ordered within tiers.
- Tier list grading is based on a spectrum not a hard cutoff. In other words, a character’s placement on a tier isn’t uniform. For example, one character in tier 2 might be very close to tier 1, whereas another character in tier 2 might be very close to tier 3. Therefore if you go “I can’t believe you put X in the same tier as Y”, please keep that in mind.
- Character placements are subject to fluctuate based on current MoC/Pure Fiction/(In the future) Apoc Shadow cycle and their blessings. This tier list will not factor specific cycles and will be based on general usage. Hyper specific situations are disregarded since that can undeservedly skew the practical usefulness of a character in their favor.
- Eidolons are applied on a case by case basis (5 stars will be graded based on E2 maximum - anything higher will be ignored due to being too expensive).
Check out my Main channel! bit.ly/3DQbIoJ
Check out my Smash Bros channel! bit.ly/3rlFD3Z
Support me on Patreon! bit.ly/3iy5pvu
Donate to the channel! bit.ly/36TpIQP
~Contact Links~
Discord: bit.ly/33M2iev
Twitter: bit.ly/3kv7CZU
Twitch: bit.ly/2XNes31
Candle.gg: bit.ly/3ndfU9r
Non business email: [e-mail]
Business email: [e-mail]
Graphics provided by: / tofugraphics
#HonkaiStarRail #HSR #TierList

[@VarsII]

EDIT: Since I think it's important, this video was recorded on May 4th, right before Robin (and by extension 2.2 came out). I'm aware that break teams are on the rise with Harmony MC.

[@hebislay]

I love how broken Arlan is, the fact he is stronger than Acheron is just insane! Like wow this security boy is way powerful than an Emanator

[@dan-lingyang7509]

“Imaginary TB is niche”, this statement will not age well.

[@asweetlilpotato]

Agreed, let Qingque cook up all the damage and skill points

[@hine_dere]

After 2.2 you can see the real value of Misha. He has the highest toughness break in a single attack with his ultimate and can extend the duration of toughness break with his freeze. He's really made for HMC super break teams.

[@Zindril]

Weird to put Topaz so low. Only someone who doesn't understand how she plays would rate her that low. Very good video other than that tho.

[@SiegmundCG]

This tier list completely ignores the break team possibilities of HTB making a lot of characters more viable, and bringing Xueyi's stat requirements significantly down.

[@bardol359]

Silver wolf in the same tier as Asta is just disrespectful.

[@idkbcidk8228]

Alternate title: See a completely sane man record himself critically analyzing 2D pixels that attempt to look 3D at times in depth for half an hour.

[@danielferrieri7434]

Video Idea: Top 5 Best HSR Light Cones in terms of the artwork on the cones and not gameplay

[@Bxtchergr]

Wish the video was more objective and detailed. That part where he says Misha is average but doesn't explain why lol cmon

[@J3nnySmith]

Looks like someone recorded this before new break meta was a thing.

[@asrielnitemarre6715]

17:08

[@ankhanhtran3973]

with the current MoC trend that mobs are getting more aggressive, clara is getting so much more value, example is the current MoC 12

[@Legendary-st9of]

Acheron's technique alone makes her worth pulling, the amount of time it saves is just too good, and with trick snacks being basically free you will never enter combat in the open world again (except for formidable foes :/)

[@jasonfox6932]

Worst take, among many rather good takes, is that Topaz is niche tier only because she is a playstyle enabler for follow up teams, like kafka is for DoT teams, her value goes up the same way that kafka does when a character that supports that archetype is released.Therefore logic dictates that if Kafka is excellent so is Topaz.

[@ulrikruby]

24:20

[@Eflaene]

Feel like you're underselling H!MC a lot. They're not in anyway at the same level as the other top Harmonies, but they allow characters like Sushang, Misha, Xueyi to be more than decent and allows Himeko to exist outside PF.

[@Katherine-ou6lb]

HTB can turn basically any character into a break DPS. Yes, it works best on characters with high toughness dmg (Asta, Misha, Welt), but you can compensate with Ruan Mei. Super Break is nuts, it's a bit like hyperbloom, requiring building the right stats on the team & committing hard, but has a naturally high damage floor if you can pull it off.

[@tonberry_]

The safest unit u can pull are actually harmony units and a sustainer, any dps or dmg dealer can be powercrept easily after a few patch😢