Unless you’re great at dodging enemy attacks in Genshin Impact, you’ll probably want a healer on your team. Here’s a list of every healer in Genshin Impact ranked from best to worst.
These characters are ranked based on their overall value to an account, not just the sheer healing they can provide. Enemies in Genshin generally don’t do enough damage to warrant pure healing without other utilities, and high-level combat revolves more around maximizing DPS rather than staying alive. Therefore, characters with more flexibility and overall utility are ranked higher in this list. Your priorities may differ based on your own skill level and combat situation.
Sangonomiya Kokomi
Kokomi is a 5-star Hydro Catalyst user. This already gives her an advantage — Hydro is one of the most flexible elements in Genshin Impact, and she has access to Catalysts like Prototype Amber and Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers. She can also apply consistent Hydro to enemies from off-field via her Elemental Skill. This is great for many team archetypes, including Freeze, Bloom, Hyperbloom, Burgeon, Electro-Charged, and Vaporize. She can be played on-field, too, for even more Hydro application and healing. Kokomi’s flexibility and utility make her the best healer in Genshin Impact.
Bennett
Bennett is the reason any character in Genshin Impact can be a DPS. His Burst grants a massive ATK buff to any character standing within its circle. You can reasonably expect your character to gain at least 900 ATK just by standing in Benny’s circle. On top of this, his Skill has a short cooldown, so you can use it to generate Pyro particles for your team. He does reasonable damage too if you build him with CRIT stats. Oh, and he can heal your team. He stops healing when your on-field character reaches 70% HP, but this is usually still sufficient unless you’re relying on certain weapon passives (i.e., Harbinger of Dawn). Bennett is great to have in any ATK-scaling team, especially with Pyro teammates. Bennett’s ability to keep your team alive while maintaining powerful buffs makes him one of the best healers in Genshin Impact.
Baizhu / Yaoyao
Baizhu and Yaoyao fill mostly the same niche as Dendro healers. Both are capable of healing your team and applying Dendro to enemies. The Dendro application can be a bit slow, but that’s the tradeoff for their healing. Baizhu can be played fully off-field using his Skill and Burst and then swapping to other characters. Yaoyao can still do her job from off-field, but the bulk of her healing comes from her Burst, which requires her to be on-field. They are both quite valuable by virtue of their element, so it’s a good idea to try to at least have one or the other. Baizhu and Yaoyao open up more comfortable team compositions when playing Bloom, Hyperbloom, Burgeon, or Quicken teams, making them some of Genshin’s best healers.
Jean / Xianyun / Sayu
Jean, Xianyun, and Sayu are Anemo characters, which means they can hold the 4pc Viridescent Venerer artifact set (4VV). That’s really all you need to know. The 40% RES shred from 4VV is a game-changer for any team with elemental damage.
Jean can be an Anemo DPS in her own right, but her primary utility is as a healer and 4VV holder. Xianyun can function as a basic healer, but she also enables unique teams that focus on Plunging Attacks. Sayu can also be played as a basic healer, or you can roll around with her on-field like Sonic the Hedgehog. Consolidating the 4VV debuff with healing can make many teams more comfortable to play. These three characters have particular synergy with Furina, since their team-wide healing offsets Furina’s HP drain. And since Furina is one of the best characters in Genshin, that makes Jean, Xianyun, and Sayu some of the best healers in Genshin.
Kuki Shinobu
When she first debuted, Kuki Shinobu’s kit was seemingly mediocre. This has changed drastically with the release of Dendro reactions. Kuki consolidates healing with AoE Electro application, which makes her a great addition to many Quicken and Hyperbloom teams. She is one of the best Hyperbloom triggers in Genshin Impact, second only to Raiden Shogun. Not bad for a 4-star. Her healing sacrifices a bit of her own health though, so playing Kuki can feel a bit stressful since she appears to always be on the verge of death. Kuki is nice to have if you want to play Hyperbloom teams but don’t want to pull for a 5-star or rely on Electro Swirls.
Charlotte/Mika
Charlotte and Mika can both heal the entire team with the press of a single button. They require very little field time in order to do their jobs, and as Cryo units, their element allows them to work in many different teams. They are great support units for Freeze, mono Cryo, and Physical teams, but can also work in Dendro teams and any team with Furina. Mika has the added bonus of buffing ATK SPD. Their team healing is particularly important to combat HP drain mechanics like Corrosion or Furina’s Skill.
Diona
Diona combines healing and shielding with Energy generation. Her shield is fairly strong and lasts long enough to provide interruption resistance to your on-fielder. The healing is a nice backup to offset any damage that does get through her shield. Her 5-hit Skill makes her a great user of Favonius Warbow or Sacrificial Bow, both of which help her generate more Energy. Her Cryo application is rather slow, but this is a good thing. It makes her unobtrusive, and you can slot her into a variety of teams without interfering too much with reactions. Try her out in classic Freeze, Vaporize, Melt, or Dendro teams. Diona is rarely the best option, but she’s at least decent in a variety of teams.
Chevreuse
Chevreuse provides a good amount of team healing, but the rest of her kit forces her to be played almost exclusively as an Overload support. I don’t recommend Overload teams in general, since the knockback effects can be annoying, but they can work out in certain situations. Against boss enemies (where knockback isn’t an issue) or with ranged DPS units (like Yoimiya), crafting an Overload team around Chevreuse can make for some fun gameplay. Chevreuse may not be the best healer in Genshin Impact, but she has her niche.
Noelle
Noelle is best played as a DPS rather than a support. However, using her Normal Attacks while in her Burst state ends up healing your team anyway. It’s a good amount of healing, too, more than enough to keep you alive against enemies like Rifthounds. Noelle’s primary drawback is that she is mostly relegated to Geo teams with little flexibility in teammates. If you’re playing Noelle, the rest of your team is probably some combination of Gorou, Albedo, Zhongli, or Yun Jin, and maybe Fischl or Xingqiu if you’re feeling spicy.
Furina
Furina is difficult to assess. She performs amazingly as an off-field Hydro DPS and buffer, and it’s easy to forget that she actually has a healing mode. In actual combat, most teams will rarely utilize Furina’s healing. Furina is technically a healer…that requires another healer on the team. The healing is nice to have in an emergency or outside of combat when you need to top off your team’s HP. Furina is one of the best characters in Genshin Impact, just not a good healer.
Prototype Amber
Prototype Amber is not a character but a 4-star weapon you can craft using billets. Its passive heals your entire team by a small amount whenever its holder uses their Burst. This means any Catalyst user can potentially be a healer. Healer Mona? Viable in Freeze teams. Healer Yanfei? Arguably more popular than her intended playstyle. Healer Wanderer? That one’s kind of weird but technically functional. Just note that the healing from Prototype Amber scales with the HP of the character being healed, not the character holding the weapon.
Barbara/ Qiqi / Dori
These characters can heal, but they are difficult to recommend. They sometimes have niche cases where they are usable, but there are almost always better options for your team. You can still invest in them if you’re a new player in need of a healer, but keep in mind that any of the options in the list above will probably serve you better in the long term.
Barbara’s healing and off-field Hydro application are unreliable. Her Skill has decent healing, but a tiny AoE and periodically applies Hydro to the on-field character. It has 15 seconds of uptime with a long 32-second cooldown, making rotations awkward. Her Burst heals quite a lot, which can be nice to have in your back pocket for sticky situations, but it doesn’t outweigh her being dead weight half the time. Barbara can be used in Bloom or Burgeon teams to help mitigate self-damage, but Kokomi, Baizhu, or Yaoyao are much more consistent.
Qiqi is quite good at healing, but she is entirely unable to generate particles with her Skill, making her an Energy dead weight in her teams. You can use her on-field as a Physical DPS, and this playstyle can be fun when paired with a 4pc Ocean-Hued Clam set. However, this is not recommended for high-level content if you are struggling with time limits. Dori can heal and generate Energy with her Burst, but she is mediocre at both. Few characters really want what she provides, and there are generally better options for those who do. She does enable certain Electro Swirl mechanics when paired with Jean though, which can make for a unique (if not particularly optimal) Hyperbloom team.
All healers in Genshin Impact, ranked
Here are all of the healers in Genshin Impact, ranked from Genshin’s best healers to its worst:
| Rank | Characters |
| S | Kokomi, Bennett, Baizhu, Yaoyao, Jean, Xianyun |
| A | Sayu, Kuki Shinobu, Charlotte, Mika |
| B | Diona, Chevreuse |
| C | Noelle |
| D | Furina (Pneuma), Barbara, Qiqi, Dori |
If you’re a new player just trying to stay alive, then these rankings don’t matter. Any of the characters on this list will keep your team’s HP nicely in the green. The rankings only apply if you are interested in the best healers in Genshin’s endgame meta.
See below for detailed reasoning on why certain characters are ranked where.
Published: Apr 25, 2024 02:12 pm