Genshin Impact: The Best Support Characters in the Game Right Now

Genshin Impact is an anime-style action role-playing game by the famous developer HoYoverse (formerly known as miHoYo). The game features an anime-style open-world environment where players can roam around and explore freely. The game is set in a world called Teyvyat, full of explorable features, and includes an action-based battle system using elemental magic and character switching.

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Best Support Characters in Genshin Impact

The battle system of Genshin Impact is entirely based on teamwork and team combination. The team combination and compositions are a must for having an edge in the battles. There are a few types of characters available in Genshin Impact. Choosing the best characters for your team according to their roles and classes is very important in Genshin Impact.

There are a total of 54 playable characters in Genshin Impact right now. The characters are divided into different roles- DPS, Sub DPS, and Support according to their elemental abilities. DPS characters primarily focus on dealing damage to the enemies. The sub-DPS characters fall between the DPS and Support characters and can deal damage to the enemies while also giving proper support to the team. Lastly, Support characters support the team throughout the battle by providing buffs, heals, and more.

There are a good number of Support characters available in the game right now. Choosing the best support characters is essential for making your team stronger. Here is the list of the best support characters in Genshin Impact to help you decide the character you want to pull next. Remember that the list is entirely subjective and can vary from person to person. The list is also not written in order.

Best Support Characters in Genshin Impact

10. Raiden Shogun

Rarity: 5-star
Weapon: Polearm
Element: Electro

Raiden Shogun’s Elemental Skill deals Electro damage to nearby enemies and grants Eye of Stormy Judgment to nearby characters. The eye gives an attack buff to the characters and launches a coordinated attack on the enemies. The damage of the Elemental Burst also increases while the eye is active. Her Elemental Burst unleashes Musou no Hitotachi, which deals AoE Electro damage to the enemies. The damage of the attack increases consequently as the amount of chakra increases. When the Musou Isshin state is active, all the Raiden’s attacks are considered burst damage. It can also regenerate the energy of the nearby characters and make Raiden immune to Electro charged reaction damage.

Raiden Shogun is a good support character when it comes to regenerating energy for the team. Her support skills are solely focused on her Elemental Skill, which does the job of energy regeneration.

9. Venti

Rarity: 5-star
Weapon: Bow
Element: Anemo

Pressing Venti’s Elemental skill will create a Wind Domain at the enemy location, launching them into the air and dealing Anemo damage to the enemies. Holding Venti’s Elemental Skill will create an even larger Wind Domain around Venti and launch the enemies into the air while dealing with Anemo damage. His Elemental Burst fires an arrow of combined winds that sucks in enemies and deals Anemo damage.

Venti’s strong crowd control abilities make him a good support character in Genshin Impact. He can also provide additional bonus damage to the teammates, along with his crowd control ability. His Elemental Burst uses crowd control on enemies, creating enough space for the DPS in the team to deal a good amount of damage in the meantime.

8. Sucrose

Rarity: 4-star
Weapon: Catalyst
Element: Anemo

Through her Elemental Skill, Sucrose creates a small Wind Spirit that pulls all the nearby enemy units and objects towards it and deals Anemo damage after launching the enemies in its AoE. Her Elemental Burst, creates a large Wind Spirit which keeps pulling and launching all the nearby enemy units and deals Anemo damage.

Sucrose’s abilities work as both elemental reactions and crowd control abilities, making her a good support character on the battlefield.

7. Fischl

Rarity: 4-star
Weapon: Bow
Element: Electro

Fischl’s Elemental Skill summons Oz, the night raven who deals AoE Electro damage to all nearby enemies. While the ability is active, Oz keeps attacking the enemies with Freikugel. Fischl can adjust the location of Oz by summoning him again by her side by pressing the ability button. After Fischl’s Elemental Burst, Oz spreads his twin wings of twilight and protects Fischl. While ability is active, Fischl takes on Oz’s form, increasing her movement speed. She strikes all enemies in her contact with Electro damage through lightning. However, each enemy can be struck once.

6. Mona

Rarity: 5-star
Weapon: Catalyst
Element: Hydro

Mona’s Elemental Skill creates a Phantom of Fate, which continuously taunts and deals Hydro damage to nearby opponents. The Phantom of Fate explodes and deals AoE damage after being expired. Her Elemental Burst summons a wave that traps opponents inside it and makes them wet. The opponent affected by the bubble is applied by Omen, which increases the amount of damage they take.

Mona is a decent support character who can also carry out the role as a sub-DPS. Mona can unleash her best support potential when paired with a strong DPS character. Mona works perfectly to hold back the enemies during the combats on the battlefield.

5. Kazuha

Rarity: 5-star
Weapon: Sword
Element: Anemo

Kazuha’s Elemental Skill allows her to pull enemies and objects toward his current position and launch them within the AoE, dealing Anemo damage. Kazuha can also deal consequential damage through his plunging attack within 10s of using the Elemental Skill. Kazuha’s Elemental Burst, Kazuha Slash, strikes the enemies dealing a good amount of Anemo damage to them. The blade’s path leaves behind a field that periodically deals AoE damage to enemies inside its range.

Kazuha’s Elemental Skill can hold off the enemies for a brief period, making it easier for other characters to launch the attack.

4. Zhongli

Rarity: 5-star
Weapon: Polearm
Element: Geo

Pressing Zhongli’s elemental skill creates a Stone Stele, which deals AoE Geo damage on the enemies. The Stone Stele also acts to block incoming enemy attacks. Holding Zhongli’s Elemental Skill creates a Jade Shield, which absorbs 150% damage based on the HP of Zhongli. The Jade Shield also decreases the elemental and physical resistance of the nearby opponents by 20% inside a small Area of Effect.

Zhongli has one of the strongest defensive abilities in the game right now. With the high amount of HP, Zhongli’s shield can absorb a lot of incoming damage from the enemy team.

3. Bennett

Rarity: 4-star
Weapon: Sword
Element: Pyro

With his Elemental Skill, Bennett deals Pyro damage on the enemies. Pressing the Elemental Skill will throw out a swift flame that will deal a good amount of damage to the enemies. However, holding the Elemental Skill will start a continuous Pyro damage attack on the enemy, with the last attack launching both Bennet and the enemy. His Elemental Burst creates an inspiration field by jumping in the air and dealing Pyro damage to the enemies.

If the health of a character is under 70% inside the AoE of the inspiration field, their health will regenerate quickly. And if any character has HP of more than 70% inside the AoE of the field, they will gain an attack boost.

Bennett’s Elemental Burst boosts the team damage and also provides nearby allies with healing.

2. Xingqiu

Rarity: 4-star
Weapon: Sword
Element: Hydro

With his Elemental Skill, Xingqiu uses his swords and performs a twin strike dealing Hydro damage to the enemies. This ability also makes three Rain Swords that orbit around Xingqiu as he moves. The rain swords can deal damage to the enemies once it comes in contact with one. The swords shatter one by one once it hits the enemies and increases their resistance to interruption, reducing the amount of damage dealt. Using the Elemental Burst will initiate the Rainbow Bladework and fight using an illusory sword rain. XIngqiu’s normal attacks will then trigger continuous sword rain attacks dealing a lot of Hydro damage to the enemies.

Xingqiu’s Rain Swords apply a wet status on the enemies, creating chances for other characters to start an elemental reaction. Xingqiu’s abilities give the best support to Cryo, Electro, and Pyro characters.

1. Kokomi

Rarity: 5-star
Weapon: Catalyst
Element: Hydro

Kokomi is the strongest healer in Genshin Impact. Using Kokomi’s Elemental Skill will create a “Baka-Kurage” from the water, deals Hydro damage to the enemies around it, and heal all nearby allies at fixed intervals. She can summon the might of Watatsumi by her Elemental Burst, which also deals Hydro damage to the enemies and adorn her in a Ceremonial Garment. The ceremonial garment increases the damage of Kokomi’s Normal Attack, Charged Attack, and Baka-Kurage based on her max HP. Kokomi can heal all nearby allies whenever her normal or charged attack hits an enemy. The garment also increases her resistance to interruption, allowing her to walk on water.

Kokomi is the most potent healer and one of the best support characters of Genshin Impact. Kokomi can also carry out the role of a sub-DPS perfectly in the presence of another healer in the team.