Genshin Impactis an immersive game that emphasizes teamwork and tactical gameplay. Every team of four characters has a unique set of roles, with DMG dealers and healers usually receiving the most praise from the community. However, some support characters are often overlooked and deemed mediocre, while they provide the utilities that help DPS units have a greater impact on the battlefield.
Generally speaking, asupport unit inGenshin Impactis anyone who doesn’t play the role of a DPS. These roles include providing healing, buffing, debuffing, crowd control, battery, and shielding.
Updated on Aug 06, 2025, by Nahda Nabiilah:As the meta in Genshin Impact is evolving, so are the supports. From doing simple tasks like shielding and healing, now support units offer a wide range of utilities that allow them to cover multiple roles in one team. Not only that, but some of the old ones are also climbing the tier list as they provide the most supportive capabilities to some of the new DPS units. As long as the meta is evolving, this list will keep getting updates torank the best supports in Genshin Impact.
25Yaoyao
Yaoyaowith her unique skill set, offers both on-field and off-field healing, making her one of the most powerful healers inGenshin Impact. To maximize her utility as a support character, players should strategically place her White Jade Radishes to ensure the most effective Dendro application and reactions for their team as she can have significant Dendro application capabilities if she’s positioned well.
Yaoyao is a relatively straightforward character to build and offers immense value as a support. Players should focus on HP%, Energy Recharge, and Elemental Mastery when constructing her. With her C1, Yaoyao increases Dendro DMG for characters inside White Jade Radishes explosion AoE, and further constellations will add even more healing and utility to the team, making her a decent support to have in teams that rely onDendro reactions inGenshin Impact.
24Sigewinne
Sigewinneis a strong healer who can surprisingly deal some pretty good DMG with her Elemental Burst. Besides that, she doesn’t really offer anything more. Her first Ascension Passive grants her the ability to buff her allies’ off-field DMG, but only if it was an Elemental Skill DMG, which is a limitation on top of another limitation for an effect that doesn’t offer that much extra DMG.
23Jean
Jeanis an exceptional healer inGenshin Impact. She’s also one of the best batteries for Anemo characters. If you’re building a team and your Anemo unit is struggling with energy, add Jean to solve that problem alongside giving the team immense sustainability. Other than that,Jean doesn’t offer much compared to the other supportsin the game. So, unfortunately, she’ll have to sit at the bottom of thisGenshinsupport tier list.
22Thoma
HavingThomaat the end of the ranking doesn’t make him a bad character. On the contrary, Thoma is a very useful support who can offer a lot to his team. Starting from shielding, Thoma possesses an acceptable shield that offers minor protection.Thoma also launches a Fiery Collapse attackalongside the active character’s Normal attacks, dealing Pyro DMG. This is good for Burning and Burgeon teams inGenshin Impact. Finally, on C6, Thoma gets the ability to increase the active unit’s Normal, Charge, and Plunge attack DMG by 15%.
21Kujou Sara
AlthoughKujou Sarais a niche unit that only operates withElectro characters inGenshin Impact, she’s still one of the best supports for this job. Whenever you need an Electro DPS to shine, pair them with Kujou Sara, and you’ll notice a big difference in their performance.
Other than supporting Electro units, Kujou Sara can still operate as a small battery for her team by regenerating a small amount of their Elemental Bursts every time her Tengu Juurai Ambush hits an opponent.
20Layla
Laylais one of the best shielders inGenshin Impact, despite being a 4-star character. In addition to her shield, Layla offers her team some Cryo applications to help in that department. That makes her highly useful in freeze teams inGenshin Impact.
When unlocking her Constellations,Layla will increase her team’s Normal and Charged attack DMGbased on her HP, which is a stat she also needs for her shielding.
19Chevreuse
Unlike other niche supports,Chevreuseoperates exclusively with Electro andPyro units inGenshin Impact. She has one of the best buffs and debuffs in the game if her team only had Electro and Pyro characters, granting them 40% extra Elemental DMG on top of shredding enemies’ resistance to Pyro and Electro by 40%.
Not only that, Chevreuse can also heal her team as she continues to become better and better with each Constellation you unlock, especially her C6 which will further buff her team’s DMG by a whopping 60%.
18Faruzan
While most Anemo units inGenshin Impactoperate as supports, there are still some minorities who are powerful in the DPS department. Those DPS units gotFaruzanby their side elevating their DMG and further improving their CC.
Faruzan is so good at her role, that whenever you want to use an Anemo DPS unit in a team, she must automatically join to notably improve their performance.
17Venti
Crowd control makes for a fair niche area of support skills. However,Ventidoes show the strength of this skill in particular. In general, Venti is one of the best support characters inGenshin Impactwhen it comes to crowd control. Venti has an Elemental Burst that sucks opponents in and a skill that launches them in the air, constantly dealing Anemo DMG.
Venti has the potential to be an outstandingbattery and sub-DPS unit inGenshin Impact. As with other Anemo user support characters, Venti can take advantage of the Viridescent Venerer artifact set, which not only increases Swirl DMG but also decreases the opponent’s Elemental resistance to elements infused in the Swirl by 40% for 10 seconds. This means, that Venti’s Swirls can significantly increase the DMG output of the main DPS of the party.
16Sucrose
Sucroseis an invaluable Anemo user for any team. In the early days ofGenshin Impact, she was often used together with Mona, to showcase significant DPS numbers. Thanks to her powerful buffs, such as boosting Elemental Mastery, she has been a great addition to any party. Her Elemental Burst is a powerful AoE attack that draws enemies in, and she is particularly adept at creating Elemental Reactions since her charged Skill can hit multiple foes multiple times for greater DMG.
For players looking for an Anemo support character,Sucrose is an excellent free-to-play option, particularly for those who don’t have Venti or Kazuha. However, players should be aware that infusing an element with her Elemental Burst could present a challenge and she also has a fairly high energy cost. Additionally, her grouping capabilities are not as great as Venti’s. Despite this, Sucrose remains one of the best support characters inGenshin Impact.
