The character roster is pre-loaded — drag your Trailblaze crew into S through D, add the newest units, and build the HSR tier list you actually pull for.
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This Honkai Star Rail tier list loads a wide roster across all seven Paths — DPS carries like Acheron and Feixiao, sustains like Huohuo and Aventurine, and buffers like Ruan Mei, Sparkle and Robin. Drag each into S through D and build an HSR character tier list tuned to your own light cones and relics, not a generic chart. Weigh single-target damage, area clear, energy regen and how a unit slots into your favourite team.
Torn on a placement? The community poll above the board tallies real votes, so the current Star Rail meta comes from the player base rather than one guide. First tier list? Our how to make a tier list guide walks through it, and what S-tier means settles the top row. Add anything the tray skips, then export a PNG.
New units, Memory of Chaos rotations and Path buffs move characters up and down constantly, so treat the pre-loaded tray as a launch point, not a ruling. Cut units you have not pulled, push the ones clearing your endgame content, and use ＋ Add items to add each new arrival. The roster is current as of mid-2026 — the newest characters are one tap away.
Two things decide most tier movements between versions. Character additions bring a new 5-star that either slots into an existing team or quietly demotes the unit it replaces, and the current rotation stages change which damage types the endgame actually rewards — so overall tier rankings shift without a single character being touched. That is why a list from the initial release of a patch and one written three weeks later often disagree: the second has seen the rotation.
It also matters what you assume about investment. Most published character rankings evaluate units at E0 — no duplicate copies — because that is what the majority of accounts have, and eidolons distort comparisons badly. Light cones are the other half of the answer: the best light cones can carry a character a full row, and the gap between a signature cone and a battle-pass alternative is often larger than the gap between two adjacent characters. If you are building a reroll tier list rather than an account tier list, weight it toward units that perform well at E0 with an accessible cone.
Published HSR tier lists tend to share the same criteria, and they judge each character category on different things — which is why a single ranked column never quite works. DPS units are weighed on damage output, consistency and team reliance: how much of the damage is theirs, and how much is borrowed from whoever stands behind them.
Support characters get measured on buff strength and debuff strength, on how much they multiply someone else's damage, and on SP generation — the quiet stat that decides whether a team can actually run its rotation. Sustain units come down to shield power, heal power, debuff cleansing and general utility. A sustain that keeps the team alive through an Apocalyptic Shadow boss is doing a different job from one that just tops up health between waves.
Most lists also assume characters are evaluated at E0 with ideal setups — no Eidolons, a reasonable light cone, sensible relics. Change that assumption and the order moves, because several four-stars jump sharply with Eidolons while a few five-stars lean on theirs more than their base kit admits.
Then write your own tier definitions before you start. Top row can mean strongest with minimal investment needed, or best in a built account, or simply your favourites — all defensible. The bottom row is usually less about weakness than about being overshadowed: a unit with limited utility now that someone else does the same job better.
Every Honkai: Star Rail character follows a Path, and the Path tells you the job rather than the power level. Ranking across Paths is what makes tier lists argue:
Turn-based combat means team economy decides fights, not raw damage numbers. Speed thresholds, skill-point generation and energy regeneration often matter more than a character's own stats, which is why a support can outrank a headline DPS on a serious list. Eidolons distort things further — an E6 four-star and an E0 five-star are not comparable — and someone ranking for Memory of Chaos will weight sustained damage while someone ranking for Pure Fiction weights clearing waves. Read what a list is optimising for before you trust its order.
The character roster is pre-loaded. Drag each character from the tray into a tier from S to D, then export a PNG. Start ranking right away — no login needed.
You build the ranking, and the community poll below shows how everyone else places each character, so the meta reflects real votes. Rank by DPS, sustain, support buffs, or how much you enjoy the character.
Hit Add items and type the character's name — it drops into the tray. The pre-loaded roster is a starting point, so add each new unit as its banner launches.
Yes. Rank the same roster by role for an HSR DPS or healer tier list, or use Add items to type light cones for a light cone tier list — it is one board, your call.
Each character follows a Path that defines their job: Destruction and The Hunt for damage, Erudition for area damage, Harmony for buffs, Nihility for debuffs, Preservation and Abundance for shields and healing, and Remembrance for summons.
Because turn-based combat rewards speed, skill points and energy economy rather than raw stats, and because Eidolon levels change characters substantially. A list built for Memory of Chaos will also differ from one built for Pure Fiction.
Often, yes. Harmony and sustain characters slot into almost any team, so they hold value across patches better than a single damage carry does. That is why buffers frequently top community rankings.
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