5 Star Demo Tier List (Part 1 of 2) | Genshin Impact 

"Klee's demo is the best!" - Klee, probably

Not a Eula fan but her demo is just too beautiful. She got some of the most satisfying animations in the game homestly

Man, there's just something in Zhongli's demo that makes it so good and somewhat unique in comparison with the others.

Honestly, Albedo and Hu Tao should have been S-tiers. The aesthetics and tracks fit their personality AND character relationship are shown, which isn’t done often (Klee and Qiqi) or well. Honestly they we so so iconic

Because after every demo We go to see Zhongli's demo again Easily SS tier. He is in a league of his own.

Old Xiao main here--Xiao's demo is impressive and beautiful and dramatic, yes, but also as a lore player? There's hints in his demo that have barely come up in the game yet and _that's_ exciting in itself

I think for me part of the magic of Kazuha's demo is the both visual and musical references to other samurai/ronin stuff. It takes a lot from Kurosawa movies and the opening of the anime series Samurai Champloo. One of the interesting things about Kazuha is that despite acting so chill around us, he's had a tumultuous life and he can be kind of ruthless in battle, so I feel the chaotic hip hop fusion suits him and his contradicting nature quite better than you'd think. Being strictly objective I'd personally put him in the A tier, to me it's just as good and fitting and memorable as Xiao or Albedo

that intro in klee's demo is iconic. And the intro was actually quite a viral meme where people edit text in the style of the intro. And It was not a genshin meme, it was regular meme. Goes to show how popular the klee demo is

I personally think that Xiao and Eula deserve higher but to each their own

For some reason people don’t seem to like the kazuha demo’s musical choice and I could not disagree more. The rap vocals paired with the Japanese style music creates a pairing that feels so in tune with his character as a carefree spirit, and as someone said, what is rap, if not poetry to a beat

personally think Eula's should be A tier. it showcases her, her dislike towards her family, her moves, and a amazing dance which apparently also has story to it

Here’s a fact I heard from others and personaly do myself: Whenever a new demo comes out, you watch it and then watch Zhongli’s demo to make sure it’s still the best. Became a popular tradition at this point.

Eula’s makes me so happy, I can’t explain it, but she has this “hidden freedom” in her music where it’s very elegant but also very erratic

The thing about Kazuha's demo, at least to me, Is that It pales in comparison to his teaser. I'm not a Kazuha fan, but his teaser gives chills, I love the visuals and the music, and It fits him really well.

As soon as i saw Klee's demo being put into S tier i just knew that this tier list would be top tier👍

Remember: it is TRADITION that for many to REWATCH ZHONGLI'S character demo whenever a new one drops. It's because for some, Zhongli's demo was the og drip demo they've witnessed. And the repeated views are why Zhongli has the highest viewed character demo!

Tartaglia is actually the one that I first saw and which made me fall in love with him and later the game. His music hits hard and it makes the constellation scene so much more powerful than it already was! The way he perfectly slides off the waterfall into his banner art is something I would love to see more!

What is really interesting to me is Fischl's demo. It was the second to ever be released, and it's drastically different from the ones around it. While kaeyas demo, the first one, follows the style of the vision falling down followed by the white character screen, Fischl's is much closer to the style we have now, going from Cutscene into Splashart into combat into cutscene. Even though compared to the new ones, it's really not too great, the style is easily visible. But the strange thing, is that after Fischl, the first demo to actually follow that style was Venti, as the standard 5* and some 4* got the style of the Kaeya demo. This, along with the fact that Fischl has her own Character tales/teaser video, makes me think they used her as somewhat of a prototype. Edit/Addition: this is a theory on my part, but I feel like Jean and Diluc didn't get a demo because they were in the game since the first? Beta test, whereas Keqing, Mona and Qiqi were added later

Klee demo is still my favorite to this day. It just makes me happy.

ventis, xiaos, and eis all hold a special place in my heart (ESPECIALLY THE MUSIC)

I think i agree with EVERYTHING except maybe Albedo's one xD I don't even have him or like him all that much but his demo just hit different to me

Albedo has the best demo in my opinion, music reminds me of Mario and the visuals are definitely one of the best

I appreciate opinions and rarely get mad at them.. but Albedo’s is such a S tier

Zhonglis demo just takes the cake, sure its not as extravagant as nahidas or eis, but his ost is just *chefs kiss* whenever the beat drops

zhongli’s demo is the one that made me feel interested to play genshin. and it’s still my favorite demo

I'm a little late to the video, but I'm pretty sure Zhongli and Eula's demos have a lot of views because they were both chosen to be RU-vid advertisements; I remember both of them being played around a year ago which actually got me to start playing the game!

Oh god, it's finally here! Been waiting for this since you made that poll, thank you! ✨

The amount of views on Zhongli's demo might've been partially due to advertisment. I was getting SPAMMED HARD with it, it was like every 4th or so ad.

I’m excited for part 2! I love your “this is my opinion” disclaimers with the angry mob in the back haha makes me laugh every time.

Beautiful editing! I like the style, and the scroll thingie, it really fits teyvat's theme! Ps: love the documentary between characters demo's! Though I disagreed with many of these)

I love how Klee makes an appearance and performs on Albedo's demo. S tier on my list, but well put. ✨

My personal fav that ranked a bit low in your list is childe's and kazuha's. I like childe's theme a bit way too much and it fits childe's carefree personality but also understandable why many people don't really like his demo since it feels like something is missing. Kazuha's demo did an incredible job at introducing inazuma since he's the first inazuman character to be released so it kinda set the tones for the upcoming character (I mean, look at those 2D artstyle flashes!) I like the haiku too just feel like the end is kinda rush. Albedo's demo could be considered as S tier too as it spoiled his 2.3 lore

For me the "I will have order" In Zhonglis demo is so powerful

Loved this, can’t wait for part two!

I think Ganyu's OST is great for her, but maybe it's the visuals that don't match up as well? The music reflects her generally calm/melancholic demeanor at first. But we know is that she overworks herself, so the music picks up to a fast beat. But then winds down again, because she overworked and is now sleepy. I also like the long notes of the wind instrument, because it's like her melancholic aspect. And the way the music escalates slowly, but still has a beat drop is like her reluctance to fight but she's still a veteran of the Archon war.

Personally I like Eula's demo more than Venti's, but for the most part I agree with your rankings

Eula's demo sent me on my way to the game but I have to agree, Zhongli and Klee is waayyy up there compared to hers.

I can't wait for the secondary part:D (Very hype especially fo Nahida's Demo with all the custom animations)

The tier list graphic??? My god your editing has gotten so good

14:35 this comment absolutely SENT me. Great video, Ratheil!

I love your editing keep up the good work

Zhongli's demo still give me goose bumps.

I could only hear Vetrom's version of Eula's theme, when it was playing. My mind automatically plays it.

I enjoyed this video more than i should, aww the nostalgia. Plus you and I have the same taste. Looking forward to the next video.

Does anyone here disagree with the albedo take? I'm not the only one here right?!

Zhongli top 1 as it should be. Time to rewatch the demo again

I absolutely love Kazuha, but I have to agree that his demo isn't really my favorite. It looks really good and everything but like you said in the video, the music doesn't really fit his character who is pretty much always calm and collected. Yes, it shows that he can be a really strong enemy to face, but still I would have maybe liked it better if it showed him in a calmer aesthetic like the beggining and the end of the trailer. Still a really good demo though, I like the fact that it's in Liyue, it doesn't feel off since he's a wanderer (I know it's because Inazuma wasn't out yet at this time but still)

Putting Eula in B........you like to live dangerously huh?

Zhongli burst part chills literal chill's 😭😂

I totally agree with you about Kazuha’s music. Usually he is so calm but the music seems “aggressive” ig?

i'd love to know your thoughts on honkai's character demos (they're basically only in the trailers for the patches), even if you dont know the characters, i highly suggest watching at least some of these: 5.2 (infinite future, mobius's banger demo), 4.8 (the phantom of the theater, starchasm nyx/seele/veliona's demo), 4.6 (unequaled unrivaled, herrscher of sentience's demo, easily most popular), 5.6 (elysian reverie, reverist calico/pardofelis demo, amazing visuals and music) and 5.1 (pristine realm, elysia's demo)

14:33 as a Beidou main I felt that, I felt that deep in me XD

My mans really put Euals demo in B huh

As long as you put Eula’s demo in S Tier I’ll agree with your list :) Edit: just saw she got B Tier, how dare you! Still love your videos tho :)

Paused it just as Albedo's started just to pop down here and say--Theres A Reason there's ten bazillion edits of Albedo's demo over Marina's 'ancient dreams in a modern land'

Rarely do I say it but I have no issue with the placements. Klee's and Zhongli's demos still rock to this day

Zhonglis demo has my favourite song in all the demos, I listen to the song on repeat all the time it just slaps so hard

when u were watching tartags demo I couldn't get out of my head that his head spins when he jumps off the cliff when u said that scenes really cool

Zhongli's demo is always the best one and love his ost to death along with Thoma's ost

Sad how Diluc doesn't have a Demo when he was the most SOUGHT AFTER 5-star at the beginning of the game.. everyone wanted him so badly.. 😭

7:58 Amazing edit. I was like, wait. a. minute... *what!?*

Loved the video! Just want to share some of my opinions on the demos haha For me personally Xiao's demo was an easy S tier,(and honestly still remains one of my favorite demos) every time I watch the demo I get so immersed into the video and the story, the music always keeps me on edge and it just feels so cinematic always keeping my eyes glued on my screen. It honestly gives me goosebumps every time I watch it. And every time I watch the demo it reminds me of how much I love xiao. (i started playing because of him) It also made me realize I honestly prefer the more highly intense demo with really intense editing and the ones that show unique visual scenes. Or ones that are just really immersive. I really just like the ones with pretty editing and show the characters in a very charismatic way rather then upbeat fun demos. I prefer these intense / hype, pretty ones (i.e albedo's demo, xiao's demo, ayaka's demo, raiden shoguns demo etc) (bro raiden shoguns demo gave me literal shivers) For example I love ganyu, I really enjoy playing her and she's someone I'd def recommend however I really...really find her demo pretty boring...same with shenhe's...and I also Love love love kazuha (i've been saving for him before he was first released ) but i was honestly kinda disappointed from his demo. It's good BUT hoyoverse has made way better demos imo but yeah, just my opinion :)

I think it would be cool to rank the 4 star demos. While most of them don't come close to the 5 stars, I still think there are some really nice ones in there and the styles are different enough to rank, despite the lower budget than the 5 star ones Love this list so far, though I'd put Albedo a bit higher cos I love the visuals for some reason :)

when I heard eulas my brain instantly went to smash 4s theme too LOL

the lantern rite is coming again, it is tradition that we watch the zhongli demo every lantern rite

Thanks for making my day

Hu Tao was the first character I knew I was going to get no matter what, and it initially prompted me to pull on the weapon banner too. I was one of the lucky few who didn't need to spent money for Homa

I love the electro swirl foreshadowing in kazuha’s demo

Lmao ironically elua's and albedo's demo music I kept repeating all year last year, still do tbh, especially ever since the first genshin concerts, the remixes of the two were my favourite on there

Not you putting "Osmanthus wine" into Zhongli's demo X'D

Personally, Albedo's demo is my favorite, in part because I love the his music so much.

Character demos kept getting better as the game progress, just like the meta

End ,users,lisence, agreement (EULA) theme sounded so like smash dude as if they did it intentionally

"Oh- thats a dps loss"

i love the ost on all of these, music in genshin is👌

Babe new ratheil tier list format just dropped

Hutao takes the cake for me. Her demo was probably the first one that started getting really experimental with the visuals and the music and it was a blatant success. It will always be my fave, not just because of how good it is, but also because we wouldn't have had such cool and original demos if it wasn't for her.

Clean Tier list design

I actually completely agree with everything in this list. Damn!

just wanted to mention if we look at kazuha,s demo might be from the time he lost his friend and just met beidou so his personality might be a little weird that time and the trailer might want us to see that?

Great ranking overall, I think the only one I disagree with is Kazuha’s.

I have to agree with you there on Kazuha's demo. Personally I like his theme on the teaser much better and find it suitable to his story, the longing and somber of being far from home at the beginning, I still listen to the theme on his teaser more often than the one from the trailer

Man this was so much nostalgia. I wish Childe started with the bow and then had an animation where he changes stances and gets serious. Would’ve made for a nice simple and compelling story that sells the gameplay

The Archon one's are all amazing. My favoriten ist probably the one from Raiden and Zhongli in close second.

Whoever did that violin in Ganyu's theme is incredible

Can't wait for part 2

just so anyone doesn't know, Albedo's theme was included in the soundtrack of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing

My list is close to yours, just 3 changes: Xixi on D, Eula A and Huo Tao S.

If Zhongli did say Osmanthus wine for his demo that would’ve been hilarious 😂

14:34 i can relate. These big guys do the shield-charge EVERYTIME except when i'm using Beidou.

personally I would have switched Albedo and Eula. I love Albedo and his demo but I feel some of his personality was lost, Eulas showed hers a lot more, Still love both of them! Great Tier List so far! (Klees is the best also no doubt)

Visually, Raiden's demo is my favorite. Musically, Faruzan and Yelan are tied as my favorites. However, as an overall demo, my favorite probably is Raiden's. Don't get me wrong, Zhongli's demo is top-notch, but something about the effects, transitions, and way they flow in Raiden's demo are untouchable for me.

There's a REASON Zhongli's trailer has 30 MILLION views. Everyone follows the contract to watch his demo when a new one is released...they wouldn't do that if it was ass lol. It's simple and goes to show that less is more sometimes. Yes, there's noisier demos, but Zhongli's is just so fucking clean.

Inazuma is going to be tough to demote some. So many S tier demos for me. Ayaka, yoimiya, raiden, Itto, ayato

If Ganyu's music was set apart from the demo then itself would be S tier for me no doubt

I say kazuha has an amazing trailer probably the best behind Xiao it doesn’t tell you much about him but seeing him in action in sync with the song is so good! Plus the ancient samurai filter they put was a nice touch easy S tier for me

They kinda failed to bring childe's demo justice. It doesn't show the joy of chained riptide. Think even the devs probably didn't realize his gameplay potential yet.

Oof! As someone who loves and mains Ganyu and Eula this hurts

all you gotta do to understand kazuha’s demo music is to watch samurai champloo tbh. samurais + hiphop have been an exquisite combo for years now

The Korean and the Japanese version for Klee's demo has her making a noise as Klee comes to a stop compared to the English and Chinese version where they don't make a noise.