Genshin Impact offers a massive array of usable weapons, from common world drops to featured prizes on limited-time gacha banners. Some relatively easily attainable weapons actually perform exceedingly well and some weapon banners are a lot less worthwhile than you’d expect, so arming your party can be a bit unintuitive at times.
This tier list should at least serve as a helpful starting place for making sure that your party has the best weapons available. One thing to note, though, is that these rankings assess weapons in the hands of the right characters.
Staff of Homa will perform on a lot better on an HP-scaling character like Hu Tao than on a more straightforward DPS like Xiao, for instance. Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers, similarly, makes a lot more sense on a support character like Barbara than on a main DPS like Klee. One-star and two-star weapons are omitted as they are reliably very weak in all regards. With that in mind, here’s our weapon tier list for Genshin Impact.
S Tier
- Amos’ Bow
- Festering Desire (Note: Bennett’s best weapon, phenomenal for other sword-using supports, too)
- Mistsplitter Reforged
- Sacrificial Sword (Note: phenomenal for sword supports, particularly Xingqiu)
- Staff of Homa (Note: Phenomenal for Zhongli and Hu Tao)
- The Stringless (Note: Particularly amazing for Venti)
A Tier
- Amenoma Kageuchi (Note: One of the best DPS-oriented F2P swords)
- Elegy for the End
- Favonius Sword (Note: Very solid for sword-using support characters)
- Freedom-Sworn
- Iron Sting (Note: Great for Kazuha, less great for other characters)
- Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds
- Primordial Jade Cutter
- Primordial Jade Winged Spear
- Rust (Note: Peerless for normal attack-focused bow characters)
- Sacrificial Bow (Note: phenomenal for bow supports)
- Sacrificial Greatsword (Note: phenomenal for greatsword supports like Chongyun)
- Sacrificial Fragments (Note: phenomenal for catalyst supports)
- Skyward Atlas
- Skyward Blade
- Skyward Harp
- Skyward Pride
- Skyward Spine
- Song of Broken Pines
- The Widsith (Note: Terrific for catalyst sub-DPS characters like Mona)
- Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers (Note: Great for catalyst support characters, poor for DPS)
- Thundering Pulse
- Wolf’s Gravestone
B Tier
- Alley Hunter
- Aquila Favonia
- Blackcliff Agate
- Blackcliff Longsword
- Blackcliff Pole
- Blackcliff Slasher
- Blackcliff Warbow
- Black Tassel (Note: Great for Zhongli support, otherwise lackluster)
- Compound Bow
- Crescent Pike
- Deathmatch
- Dodoco Tales
- Dragon’s Bane
- Dragonspine Spear
- Eye of Perception
- Favonius Codex
- Favonius Greatsword
- Favonius Lance
- Favonius Warbow
- Frostbearer
- Hakushin Ring
- Hamayumi
- Harbinger of Dawn (Note: Arguably Albedo’s best weapon, otherwise lackluster)
- Katsuragikiri Nagamasa
- Kitain Cross Spear
- Lion’s Roar
- Lithic Blade
- Lithic Spear
- Mappa Mare
- Memory of Dust
- Mitternachts Waltz
- Prototype Amber
- Prototype Archaic
- Prototype Crescent
- Prototype Rancour
- Prototype Starglitter
- Rainslasher
- Royal Bow
- Royal Greatsword
- Royal Grimoire
- Royal Longsword
- Royal Spear
- Serpent Spine
- Snow-Tombed Starsilver
- Solar Pearl
- Summit Shaper
- Sword of Descension
- The Alley Flash
- The Bell
- The Black Sword
- The Flute
- The Unforged
- The Viridescent Hunt
- Vortex Vanquisher
- Whiteblind
- Windblume Ode
- Wine and Song
C Tier
- Bloodtainted Greatsword
- Cool Steel
- Dark Iron Sword
- Debate Club
- Emerald Orb
- Ferrous Shadow
- Fillet Blade
- Halberd
- Magic Guide
- Messenger
- Otherworldly Story
- Raven Bow
- Recurve Bow
- Sharpshooter’s Oath
- Skyrider Greatsword
- Skyrider Sword
- Slingshot
- Traveler’s Handy Sword
- Twin Nephrite
- White Iron Greatsword
- White Tassel
That concludes our tier list for Genshin Impact’s weapons. Feel free to discuss your own favorite weapons in the comments!
Published: Sep 8, 2021 12:20 am