3.5 Tier List and the Best Characters as of September 2025
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This is a Honkai: Star Rail Tier List as of Version 3.5 in September 2025. We rate the 5-Star and 4-Star characters, the best characters for overall use, general use, and endgame content here!
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 Reroll Tier List |
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 Best Team Comps |
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Honkai: Star Rail Character Tier List for Version 3.5
This is a tier list for all characters at E0, assuming they have their ideal setups (including teammates and Light Cones). You can see a brief explanation of why each character is placed in their respective tier by hovering over their icon in the Overall section.
We reduce points from a character's Overall and General ratings based on their dependence on specific factors (such as requiring certain Eidolons, Light Cones, or Limited 5-Star supports) to perform well in the current environment of HSR's Endgame content (HP Bloat).
The Endgame Tier List (MoC, PF, & AS) will be updated regularly, as stage buffs and enemies change across each phase.
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| Date | Changes Made |
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| 09/02/25 | - Added Cerydra to the tier list. |
| 08/13/25 | - Added Hysilens to the tier list. - Moved Topaz to Overall S-Tier. ⤷ While Topaz is strong, she got overshadowed by Cipher who is simply more versatile and stronger. She also is no longer the best option for Follow-up ATK teams. |
| 07/11/25 | - Added Saber and Archer to the tier list. |
| 07/02/25 | - Added Phainon to the tier list. - Moved Silver Wolf, Blade, Kafka, and Jingliu to S+ Tier. - Moved Pela to S-tier. |
| 06/11/25 | - Added Hyacine to the tier list. |
| 05/21/25 | - Added Hyacine to the tier list. |
| 04/30/25 | - Added Anaxa to the tier list. |
| 04/09/25 | - Added Castorice to the tier list. |
| 03/19/25 | - Added Mydei to the tier list. |
| 02/26/25 | - Moved Aglaea to Overall S+ tier after further review. |
| 02/25/25 | - Added Tribbie to the tier list. - Added a new S+ tier in the tier list. - Adjusted multiple characters based on the new Rating System. |
| 02/05/25 | - Added Aglaea to the tier list. |
| 01/15/25 | - Added The Herta and Trailblazer (Ice) to the tier list. |
| 12/25/24 (Happy Holidays!) | - Added Fugue to the tier list. |
| 12/05/24 | Moved Jing Yuan to Overall S-Tier. ⤷ Jing Yuan struggled in the endgame mostly due to the Lightning-Lord taking a lot of time to unleash for a measly amount of damage. Thanks to Sunday's debut, most of Jing Yuan's problems were fixed and he's now more than viable to take on any AoE content. |
| 12/04/24 | - Added Sunday to the tier list. |
| 11/14/24 | - Moved Hanya to Overall S-Tier. ⤷ Hanya makes your playthroughs much more comfortable thanks to her SP-Generation and SPD buff. This can help a lot of players with their SP-Management and SPD Tuning. - Moved Jing Yuan, Gepard, Clara, and Bailu to Overall A-tier. ⤷ The characters mentioned are still viable to use and are solid characters. However, these characters require a bit more effort to clear the endgame content. - Moved March 7th, Natasha, Trailblazer (Fire), Hook, Serval, and Yukong to B-tier. ⤷ While these characters are decent enough to clear harder content, recent Endgame phases have become more difficult and mostly geared toward the recently released characters. |
| 10/22/24 | - Added Rappa to the tier list. - Moved Imbibitor Lunae to Overall S-Tier. ⤷From our testing with Imbibitor Lunae on the recent Endgame content, he cannot keep up with the current SS-tier DPS characters. Imbibitor Lunae's lack of Weakness Ignore brought him down to S-tier. |
| 10/02/24 | - Added Lingsha to the tier list. - Moved Yunli to Overall SS-Tier. ⤷Yunli has proved to be an excellent DPS unit that excels in all Endgame content with Physical-weak enemies. That, along with her DMG against both AoE and single-targets, bumps her up in the tier list. - Moved Jingliu to Overall S-Tier. ⤷ Jingliu has had trouble in keeping up with Endgame content for the entirety of the 2.X patch unless she's well invested. While this doesn't affect Jingliu's effectiveness as a DPS, we ranked her lower due to this reason alone. - Moved Silver Wolf to Overall S-Tier. ⤷With the recent top DPS units being capable of ignoring enemy weaknesses, Silver Wolf becomes a bit unnecessary to have as time goes by. She still is very useful if you need to implant a missing Weakness onto an enemy. |
| 09/10/24 | - Added Feixiao to the tier list. - Added Moze to the tier list. |
| 08/21/24 | - Added Jiaoqiu to the tier list. - Moved Luocha to Overall S-Tier. |
| 07/31/24 | - Added Yunli to the tier list. - Added March 7th (Imaginary) to the tier list. |
| 07/10/24 | - Added Jade to the tier list. |
| 06/20/24 | - Moved Gallagher to Overall S-tier. |
| 06/19/24 | - Added Firefly to the tier list. - Moved Dr. Ratio to B-Tier for AoE. - Moved Boothill to C-Tier for AoE. |
| 05/29/24 | - Added Boothill to the tier list. |
| 05/09/24 | - Moved Trailblazer (Imaginary) to S-Tier. |
| 05/08/24 | - Added Trailblazer (Imaginary) to the tier list. |
| 05/08/24 | - Added Robin to the tier list. |
| 04/17/24 | - Added Aventurine to the tier list. |
| 03/27/24 | - Added Acheron to the tier list. - Added Gallagher to the tier list. |
| 02/29/24 | - Added Sparkle to the tier list. |
| 02/06/24 | - Added Black Swan to the tier list. - Added Misha to the tier list. - Moved Seele to S-Tier. - Moved Hanya, Yukong, Welt, Herta, and Serval to A-Tier. - Moved Yanqing, Luka, Dan Heng, and Sushang to B-Tier. - Moved The Trailblazer and Arlan to C-Tier. |
| 01/17/24 | - Added Dr. Ratio to the tier list. |
| 12/27/23 | - Added Ruan Mei to the tier list. - Added Xueyi to the tier list. |
| 12/6/23 | - Added Argenti to the tier list. - Added Hanya to the tier list. |
| 11/17/23 | - Moved Huohuo from S tier to SS Tier. - Moved Trailblazer (Fire) from S tier to A Tier. - Moved Qingque from B tier to A Tier. |
| 11/15/23 | - Added Huohuo to the tier list. - Moved Lynx from SS tier to S Tier. |
| 10/27/23 | - Added Topaz to the tier list. - Added Guinaifen to the tier list. |
| 10/11/23 | - Added Jingliu to the tier list. |
| 9/20/23 | - Added Fu Xuan to the tier list. - Added Lynx to the tier list. |
| 8/30/23 | - Added Dan Heng - Imbibitor Lunae to the tier list. |
| 8/9/23 | - Added Kafka to the tier list. - Added Luka to the tier list. |
You can find an explanation of each Tier in the Tier List Explanation section. You can also let us know who you think is the best character in this poll or what you think of our Tier List in the comments.
Tier List Explanation
How Characters are Evaluated
We rank characters based on our point system. DPS units have a slight bias towards AoE-Target damage since endgame content encourages you to defeat more than one enemy.
| Role | Evaluations |
|---|---|
| DPS | - How much damage they can do with their ideal build.
- How consistent their damage is. - How reliant they are on having specific characters in their team comp. - How much damage they can do over a certain number of turns. |
| Support | - How strong are the buffs or debuffs they provide.
- How much a character increases the total DPS output of a team. - How often they can activate their abilities while still generating SP. |
| Sustain | - How strong their shields or healing are.
- If they can cleanse debuffs. - What else they provide aside from protection and healing. |
| Endgame |
- How easy it is to 3-star all stages with that character.
- How effective they are in the current iterations of Memory of Chaos, Pure Fiction, and Apocalyptic Shadow. |
Rating Explanation
| SS Tier |
The best of the best in the game. These characters don't require a lot of investment to be a great character and are key components in most team comps. |
|---|---|
| S+ Tier |
Characters that are very strong in their respective roles. While these characters are solid units, they would want their best Light Cones, Eidolons, or other premium units to contend with the ones on top. |
| S Tier |
Great characters who can perform even better when given the right amount of investment. These characters may struggle when they don't have their best Light Cones, Eidolons, or other premium units. Even then it may be hard for them to keep up with the best. |
| A Tier |
Good characters who can do well when used correctly and can be effective under different circumstances. These characters can be considered great in specific scenarios, but fall off in most cases. |
| B Tier |
Characters who are below average in their respective role. These characters require a ton of investment to make them viable in harder content. |
| C Tier |
Characters with limited combat utility. These characters are greatly overshadowed by everyone else in their role. |
Who Do You Think is the Best Character?
Who do YOU think is the best character in Honkai: Star Rail? Cast your votes on the poll and discuss in the comments section!
Best 5-Star Characters
Poll has been reset for Version 3.5
Best 4-Star Characters
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