Genshin Impact is 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, a support unit in Genshin Impact is anyone who doesn’t play the role of a DPS. These roles include providing healing, buffing, debuffing, crowd control, battery, and shielding.
Genshin Impact Redeem Codes (November 2025)
Genshin Impact redeem codes commonly come with Primogems rewards that aid in players’ gacha experience.
Updated on February 17, 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 to rank the best supports in Genshin Impact.
25 Yaoyao
Yaoyao with her unique skill set, offers both on-field and off-field healing, making her one of the most powerful healers in Genshin 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 on Dendro reactions in Genshin Impact.
24 Sigewinne
Sigewinne is 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.
23 Jean
Jean is an exceptional healer in Genshin 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 supports in the game. So, unfortunately, she’ll have to sit at the bottom of this Genshin support tier list.
22 Thoma
Having 
Thoma at 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 attack alongside the active character’s Normal attacks, dealing Pyro DMG. This is good for Burning and Burgeon teams in Genshin Impact. Finally, on C6, Thoma gets the ability to increase the active unit’s Normal, Charge, and Plunge attack DMG by 15%.
21 Kujou Sara
Although 
Kujou Sara is a niche unit that only operates with Electro characters in Genshin 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.
Genshin Impact: Mizuki Build Guide
Mizuki's playstyle revolves around the Swirl reaction in Genshin Impact, so Mizuki's build should boost her Swirling ability.
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.
20 Layla
Layla is one of the best shielders in Genshin 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 in Genshin Impact.
When unlocking her Constellations, Layla will increase her team’s Normal and Charged attack DMG based on her HP, which is a stat she also needs for her shielding.
19 Chevreuse
Unlike other niche supports, 
Chevreuse operates exclusively with Electro and Pyro units in Genshin 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%.
18 Faruzan
While most Anemo units in Genshin Impact operate as supports, there are still some minorities who are powerful in the DPS department. Those DPS units got 
Faruzan by 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.
17 Venti
Crowd control makes for a fair niche area of support skills. However, 
Venti does show the strength of this skill in particular. In general, Venti is one of the best support characters in Genshin Impact when 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 outstanding battery and sub-DPS unit in Genshin 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.
16 Sucrose
Sucrose is an invaluable Anemo user for any team. In the early days of Genshin 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 in Genshin Impact.