Survivability (Sustain, Heal & Shield) Characters in Genshin Impact. This guide includes all healer and shielders characters, damage mitigators, their roles in parties, and more.
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All Survivability Characters
5 Star
4 Star
Pyro
Hydro
Dendro
Anemo
Electro
Cryo
GeoWhat are Survivability Characters?
Characters That Excels at Mitigating Upcoming Damage
Survivability Characters, often referred to as Sustains, are characters that is great at keeping the team alive. Strong Sustains has the ability to not only keep the team alive but also provide additional functions.
Survivability Characters are categorized in 3 groups: Healers, Shielders and Damage Reducers.
Healers are Characters that restores HP of the characters
Healers are characters that heals the reduced HP from enemy's attacks. Some healers only heal the on-field character while some heals the whole team.
Shielders summons Shields to protect the team from Upcoming Attacks
Shielders are characters that creates a shield preventing damage from enemy's attack. The advantage of Shielders over healers is that they also provided resistance to interruption making your combos smoother. They are at disadvantage against HP draining status like corruption however.
Damage Reducers decreases the Upcoming Damage Received
Damage Reducers are characters that keep the team alive by reducing the power of damage received by the team. A notable character that can reduce received damage is Dehya.
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Character Tier Lists
All Characters
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| Characters By Roles | |||||||||||
| DPS List | Support List | Sustain List | |||||||||
| On-Field List | Off-Field List | ||||||||||
| Characters By Element | |||||||||||
| Pyro | Hydro | Anemo | Electro | ||||||||
| Dendro | Cryo | Geo | |||||||||
| Characters By Nation | |||||||||||
| Mondstadt | Liyue | Inazuma | |||||||||
| Sumeru | Fontaine | Natlan | |||||||||
| Snezhnaya | Nod-Krai | ||||||||||
All Playable Characters
The Traveler
| The Traveler & Their Elements | |||||||||||
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| Pyro | Hydro | Anemo | Electro | ||||||||
| Dendro | Cryo | Geo | |||||||||
Unreleased Characters
| Barbeloth | Capitano | Dainsleif |
| Dottore | Hroptatyr | Pantalone |
| Pierro | Rerir | Rhinedottir |
| Surtalogi | Tsaritsa | Vedrfolnir |
| Xbalanque | - | - |
Story Characters
| Aino | Ajaw | Alice |
| Flins | La Signora | Lauma |
| Lumine | - | - |
