Genshin Impact best weapons tier list for your characters

Having a good character in Genshin Impact isn't enough to do a lot of damage, they'll need a good build, and that means relevant weapons. To help you equip your characters well, we have written this Best Genshin Impact Weapons Tier List  : bow, catalyst, polearm, sword and claymore! Our ranking will tell you how to get them, who to equip them on, what role to play, their secondary stats in Genshin Impact. So, without further delay, let's begin!

The criteria for choosing the best weapons in Genshin Impact Weapons Tier List

In this Genshin Impact weapons tier list, each equipment is ranked from SS, S, A, B to C based on its stats, passive effect and viability in the game. Weapons at the top of the list are considered must-haves and are regarded as the best, while those at the bottom are rather niche or less useful than others. 

When choosing the optimal weapon for your character, you should first determine which stats they need and select a weapon that provides those. Additionally, each weapon has a passive effect that can make your character significantly stronger if it complements their talents..

Best Bows in Genshin Impact Weapons Tier List

The bows of Genshin Impact have been ranked in this Genshin Impact weapons tier list. This ranking is obviously subjective and rather general. You can also find more details below the table on the best bows.

Hunter's Path - Best bow weapon for charged attack users 

Tighnari's signature weapon, the Hunter's Path is generally a great bow weapon especially for characters who use charged attacks to deal damage. It brings crit rate to ensure that you'll dish out the highest damage possible for each attack. 

Aqua Simulacra - High Crit damage weapon 

If your crit rate is high enough, simply opt for Aqua Simulacra which can provide you the highest crit damage possible, that can make up for its relatively low base ATK. However, when using it, make sure to position yourself near the opponent to receive the 20% damage increase. 

Polar star: one of the best bows in Genshin Impact

The Polar Star (5 ★) is one of the best weapons on Genshin Impact. In addition to greatly increasing the CRIT rate of your characters, its passive boosts the damage of the elemental skill and elemental rampage by 12%. The ATK is then increased. The bow is ideal for DPS such as Ganyu, Tartaglia and Yoimiya. It will also serve sub-DPS such as Fischl and Venti to increase the damage of their elemental attacks.

Skyward Harp: a big critical rate gain

Skyward Harp (5 ★) also gives you a significant CRIT rate bonus. Its passive increases Crit damage by 20% and gives your attacks a 60% chance to inflict an area attack that deals 125% damage from ATK.

It will be one of the best weapon choices for many characters: Fischl, Amber, Kujou Sara, Aloy, Tartaglia, Yoimiya, Venti or Ganyu.

Amos' Bow: the best bow for boosting charged attacks

Amos' Bow (5 ★) is made for DPS such as Yoimiya and Ganyu, who perform many normal attacks. Their attack will be significantly increased, as will the damage of their normal and charged attacks.

Elegy for the End: a weapon for supports

The Elegy for the End (5 ★) is one of Genshin Impact 's best arcs for supporting characters: Fischl, Diona, Venti, Kujou Sara, Gorou, etc. It increases energy recharge, elemental control and damage from ATK.

Thundering pulse: Yoimiya's signature weapon

Thunder Pulse (5 ★) is the signature arc of Yoimiya. You will also be able to equip it to characters such as Tartaglia and Ganyu who perform normal attacks. Their attack and critical damage will be greatly increased.

The Stringless: one of the best 4-star bows in Genshin impact

The Stringless (4 ★) confers an elemental mastery bonus and increases elemental skills. These characteristics make this weapon ideal for sub-DPS / support. Your elemental reactions will be even more devastating.

Sacrificial Bow: a 4-star bow ideal for sub-DPS, support and healers

Sacrificial Bow (4 ★) is for characters in the support role (Diona, Gorou, Venti, etc.). It increases their energy recharge and gives a chance to reset the recharge time of elemental attacks every 30 seconds.

Genshin Impact Weapons Tier List - Best Polearms

Spearmen are not left out thanks to a wide choice of polearms. But not all weapons are created equal. This Genshin Impact weapons tier list will help you to sort out your weapons.

Staff of Homa: one of the best polearms in Genshin Impact

For many characters, starting with Hu Tao, the Staff of Homa (5 ★) will be the best weapon. It increases Crit damage, HP and ATK.

Staff of the Scarlet Sands - Excellent polearm for EM and ATK scaling characters

Now, if you're using a character who scales off EM and ATK such as Cyno, Staff of Scarlet Sands is your best bet. It provides the highest amount of crit rate, which can be great for any polearm user, and at the same time converts some of your EM to ATK. 

Primordial Jade Winged-Spear: a powerful and versatile spear

Equally versatile, the Primordial Jade Winged-Spear (5 ★), the signature weapon of Xiao increases critical rate. Thanks to its passive, enemies hit give you a bonus of ATK. This is greater if you have a shield.

Engulfing Lightning: the signature weapon of the Raiden Shogun

The Engulfing Lightning (5 ★) is the best weapon for the Raiden Shogun. It is also used by all characters who need to have a lot of energy to recharge their batteries such as Xiangling etc. The passive increases ATK to 28% of the energy recharge exceeding 100%.

Skyward Spine: a lance suitable for a large number of characters

Skyward Spine (5 ★) also grants an energy recharge bonus with its secondary stat. Its passive increases the critical rate and speed of ATK. Normal attacks can also generate additional damage. This polearm is suitable for Xiao, Xiangling, Hu Tao, Rosaria or Shenhe.

"The Catch": the best free-to-play polearm in Genshin Impact

Don't have any 5-star spears? Then why not do a little fishing and get yourself "The Catch" (4 ★)? The spear boosts your energy recharge as well as your elemental burst damage and CRIT rate.

Best Genshin Impact Weapons Tier List - Catalyst

We now let you discover our Genshin Impact Weapons tier list for catalysts! Equipping these weapons will surely turn your catalyst user into a stronger unit in their respective roles.

The Skyward Atlas: one of the best catalysts of Genshin Impact

The Skyward Atlas (5 ★) is one of the best catalysts in this Genshin Impact weapons tier list which is why it dominates this ranking. It brings a lot of ATK, but also a bonus of elemental damage. Not only that, but normal attacks can generate an attack with 160% DMG of ATK. It is an excellent choice of weapon for DPS such as Klee, Yanfei, Ningguang, Yae Miko, etc.

The Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds : a catalyst for DPS

Equally excellent, the Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds (5 ★) grants you a large critical rate bonus, while increasing your movement speed by 10%, as well as an 8% elemental DMG bonus every 4 seconds (cumulative 4 times) when the character fights. We advise you to equip this weapon on DPS staying a maximum of time on the active post.

Kagura's Verity

Kagura's Verity is a 5-star catalyst weapon that boosts your crit damage. This weapon is a lot more useful to characters who use elemental skills to deal damage such as Yae Miko and Nahida, as it increases the damage that you deal with it.

Solar pearl: the catalyst of the battle pass

Solar Pearl (4 ★), the catalyst of the battle pass, also increases the CRIT rate of the equipped character. Thanks to its passive, normal attacks boost the DMG of elemental skills by 20% for 6 seconds. And elemental skills boost normal attacks in the same way.

The Widsith: the best free-to-play catalyst of Genshin Impact

The Widsith (4 ★) makes a very good catalyst choice for many characters (DPS and sub-DPS): Lisa, Sucrose, Mona, Yanfei, Yae Miko. It increases their critical damage and a melody is played when the character is deployed. This can increase ATK by 60%, elemental damage by 48% or elemental mastery by 240 points.

Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers: the best 3-star catalyst 

Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers (3 ★) is among the best weapons of Genshin Impact. The Catalyst is ideal for supporting characters such as Sucrose, Kokomi, Mona, etc. In addition to increasing their HP, when you switch to another character, that character will have their ATK boosted by 20% (at level 1). The effect can be activated every 20 seconds.

Genshin Impact Weapons Tier List - Swords

The RPG offers a wide range of one-handed swords that can be obtained through summons, by crafting, shop or during limited time events. We've ranked them in this Genshin Impact weapons tier list according to their features, passives, roles, etc!

Primordial Jade Cutter: the most versatile sword

The Primordial Jade Cutter (5 ★) dominates the Genshin Impact Weapons Tier list of the best weapons due to its versatility. The one-handed sword increases your characters' CRIT, HP and ATK based on their max HP. You will be able to equip it on many characters: Keqing, Xingqiu, Bennett, Jean, Albedo, Ayaka, Kazuha, etc.

Mistsplitter Reforged: Ayaka's signature weapon

The Mistsplitter Reforged (5 ★) is the signature weapon of Ayaka. In addition to greatly increasing the Crit damage, your elemental attacks will do much more damage. You can equip it on any swordsman whose attacks are primarily elemental, such as Xingqiu or Ayato.

Freedom-Sworn: Kazuha's signature weapon

The Freedom-Sworn (5 ★), the signature weapon of Kazuha, focuses on elemental control and elemental reactions. These allow you to boost your ATK. In addition to Kazuha, you can equip the sword on Ayaka, Xingqiu, Ayato etc.

The Black Sword: the weapon of the battlefield

You can get The Black Sword (4 ★) through the battle pass. It gives you a CRIT rate bonus and its passive increases the damage of normal and charged attacks by 20%, while restoring your HP on critical hits. It is therefore suitable for all your DPS.

Sacrificial Sword: one of the best 4-star swords

The Sacrificial Sword (4 ★) embodies one of the best weapon choices in Genshin Impact for all supporting characters: your energy recharge will be greatly increased and you will have a chance to reset your elemental attack. It is especially recommended for Xingqiu, Bennett, Qiqi, etc.

Favonius Sword: the weapon for supports and sub-DPS

Your character lacks energy recharge? Well, the Favonius Sword (4 ★) should fix that. As a bonus, your critical hits have a chance to generate elemental particles. You can assign it to your supports and sub-DPS (the Traveler, Bennett, Kazuha, Qiqi, etc.)

Best Claymore in Genshin Impact Weapons Tier List

We continue our Genshin Impact weapons tier list with the Claymores! With our ranking, you'll know which claymores to choose first to wreak havoc in the abyss with Eula, Diluc, Itto, Noëlle, etc.

Wolf's Gravestone: a claymore made for DPS

Besides having a cool name, the Wolf's Gravestone (5 ★) offers a huge bonus of ATK. You even boost the ATK of your entire team when you hit enemies with less than 30% of their HP. You can give it to Diluc, Beidou, Eula, Itto, etc.

Skyward Pride: the best two-handed sword for sub-DPS

Skyward Pride (5 ★) will give you less ATK, but a significant boost in energy recharge particularly valuable for DPS and sub-DPS with expensive elemental rampage. Your characters' damage is also increased. After an elemental burst, normal and charged attacks will generate a void tear inflicting 80% ATK.

Redhorn Stonethresher Arataki Itto's signature weapon

Do your heroes' skills rely on defence rather than attack? In this case, we recommend the claymore Redhorn Stonethresher (5 ★). The passive increases normal and charged attacks, and also DEF. This is the signature weapon of Arataki Itto. It will also be suitable for Noëlle Xinyan, etc.

Serpent Spine: the weapon of the battlefield

The paid version of the battle pass allows you to get your hands on one of the best swords in this Genshin Impact weapons tier list : Serpent Spine (4 ★). It will suit all DPS thanks to its CRIT rate boost. Damage dealt can be increased by up to 30% at Refinement Rank 1. In return, you will take more damage.

Prototype Archaic: an excellent two-handed sword to be made by the blacksmith

On the free-to-play side of this Genshin Impact weapons tier list, we recommend the Prototype Archaic (4 ★). The claymore confers a bonus of ATK and normal and charged attacks have a 50% chance to cause 240% more DMG when they hit (every 15 seconds).

Sacrificial Greatsword: a two-handed sword for sub-DPS and support

Sacrificial Greatsword (4 ★) is for sub-DPS and supporting characters. This claymore increases energy recharge and gives elemental skills a 40% chance (at level 1) to reset their cooldown when hitting enemies, once every 30 seconds. Our advice is to equip it on Beidou, Chongyun, Sayu, etc.

That's it for this Genshin Impact weapons tier list. Our ranking is of course subjective. Once you've got your hands on the right weapon, all you have to do is equip it and level it up, or even refine it to increase its features. If you are looking for the best weapon for a particular character, please feel free to take a look at our Genshin Impact tips and tricks.