Ranking BEST to WORST Sumeru Characters! (Genshin Impact) 

Kinda feeling sad to see Sumeru cycle ending T_T ... but Fontaine is coming soon!!! Which character from Sumeru cycle felt to you most defining??

No mention that the land that’s 70% desert does NOT have a sand-bender or any other Geo character.

I'll never get tired of imagine how things could've been for Dehya if she was design like Nilou, but for Burning instead. Kind of weird how the shittiest reaction doesn't get any treatment while Bloom at least still has Hyper bloom to fall back on, now they have Bountiful Cores. But then again, Shatter still exist in this game

Nilou's restriction makes so much sense because without it, she'd be broken af. She's one of the few recent characters whose gimmick and playstyle is well thought of. The complete opposite of Dehya whose entire kit is conflicting against each other.

One of the best part about Sumeru roster was also how many old 'not so much used' characters finally got good teams. For me personally, I was happiest when I could use the best husband Thoma and do good dmg. This also applies to characters like Keqing and Kuki.

Personally I found Kaveh’s self-healing to be fairly relevant and most appealing part of his kit. Bloom teams have an issue of killing you just as well as killing enemies, and Kaveh is a fairly comfortable option for such teams.

Kirara is very complete in keqing aggravate. Shield is great , rotation is smooth and the quicken aura does not disappear

Dehya is the Character I was really looking forward when I was starting the Sumeru Cycle. And I was really hoping she was Xiangling levelm but I hate what they did to her..

Im quite certain that the Hydro Arcon set will be defining for HP scalers, Candace, Dehya, Layla, all have great potencial if a set comes to make HP as a DMG%. All Arcon sets are defining(Except Zhongli), VV, Raidens, Memory, just waiting for this characters to shine.

Personally, I love Layla a lot. Her shield has permanent uptime if you can switch to her after it ends and if you use her on a quick swap team where everyone can use their skills in quick succession with low cooldown, she becomes a pretty good Cryo Battery. Though I agree she can be very niche

I’m just waiting for an NA- focused physical carry that would ACTUALLY work well with Mika’s kit.

Baizhu was exactly what I was missing for my keqing aggravate team and I didn't even know that until I got him by accident The healing + shield and dmg boost was everthing I needed from a healer for that team

Kaveh was my favorite character in the sumeru arc and I never get tired of playing him in his niche shatterbloom team

Don’t know why HYV tried to make Dehya yet another Pyro DPS. We have too many as-is. The defensive part of her kit is what makes her unique. So a lot of the actual design seems baffling, on top of the bugs it caused. As the sole Pyro in this run, she should have had Burning and Burgeon support.

One thing that differentiate Candace from Yun Jin in terms of NA boost is tbat the former focuses on multiple enemies while the latter only single. Of course Yun Jin's buff is higher in numbers, but its limited in 30 attacks. For example, if you use Ayato's slash on 5 enemies, Yun Jin's buff can only buff NA atk until 6th slash, but Candace can do it all the way until Ayato's skill is over. Candace's value goes higher the more the enemies are hit in single NA atk Yeah its still niche, but people barely talk about this

I pulled Tighnari on his debut. It was worth it. He is my new comfort character next to Kazuha. I just recently got his C1 and i am so happy. 😊

I just wanna say it's refreshing to see someone who makes guides and actually also talks about the characters in a story context! I feel like most content creators don't really care much about it and more about mechanics, which is fine, but again it's really nice and refreshing! :D

Also, Baizhu is just overall better than Yaoyao for me, more comfortable, plus the buffing.

Great analysis of the Sumeru roster. My favorites have been Nahida (obviously; she's a powerhouse), Yao Yao (best 4-star we've had in a good while) and Alhaitham (super solid and fun carry). A lot of the Sumeru roster was quite lacking though; just either incredibly niche or extremely underwhelming and disappointing. Hoping for some good characters in Fontaine...

Another good point about Candace : her 15 seconds cooldown lines up really well with Kuki's, allowing really smooth rotations. Because of that, Candace/Kuki is my favorite hyperbloom variant. And when you optimise team / rotation / attack pattern, Candace's hydro application is actually great : equal if not better than Xingqiu's (at equal constellations).

My favorites are Alhaitham, Nahida and Yaoyao. Exactly in that order. I even play the three of them together on a team every now and then when it's not the abyss. Alhaitham's rain swords are so satisfying. I pulled him C2 at its release and now during his rerun I C6 him 💚🌱

Nilou, Nahida and Tighnari are all very "fun" characters to play while also being very good. Anytime I run around the map I use Zhongli - (Yae or Nahida) - Fischl - Tighnari because it's the most fun comp for me to play.

It's actually funny that since I got alhaitham, I started cursing bosses for having low hp 😂 Really in love with alhaithams playstyle ❤

i was fortunate to get c6 Layla from my scary grinding session of patch 3.6 to get both Nahida and Nilou (which I did but I rushed through the main story for primos and speedran quests which I regret) And I will say that c6 Layla is such a solid support for an Ayaka freeze, or a wanderer team! she is amazing and her design is so dreamy I love it! I unfortunately also got c6 Dori and I cannot say the same for her, unfortunately... idk what hoyoverse was thinking

The only issue I have with Dori is her burst cooldown being so long. She can heal, give energy to the active character, and have a good electro application that tracks enemies in her burst on C2. I prefer her over Shinobu (which I do not have) simply cuz Im not a fan of HP consumption mechanic.

If we rate by Gameplay on how good they are Nahida and Alhathium rain supreme. Yao Yao and Nilou at pretty good as well. However, is only op in certain team comps.

Alhaitham was worth it. Im just a casual (ish) player and alhaitham was the first one i truly build. Initially because i realised he makes me struggle less with enemies, and how fun his playstyle is

For me, the best character from Sumeru is... Layla! I haven't expected much from her, but right now, she is the most used character in my teams, beating even Nahida. She also has this nice bonus for my Gun Yuu being the cryo resonance on top of being superior shielder for her. Yes, Zhong Lee will outperform her of course, but come on, she is a 4-star unit, and he is a goddamn archon! Still, she gets pretty close, with the nice cryo resonance bonus.

The biggest thing that Baizhu has over yao yao for me is the teamwide heal and the fact that he doesn't have to be on field for his burst. (Also he's better for Cyno the Goat)

I remember people on the leaks subreddit "doomposting" that dehya will be "nilou for burning/burgeon", in hindsight, god I wish that was true lol, especially since I loved the idea behind nilou's kit from the beginning and still find her very satisfying to use (and people disliked it because of the restrictions).

i want to add that kirara is a blessing. Spiral Abyss was *hard*, but I have less, almost zero anxiety having her + cons. easy build, very nice compatibility with aggravate and especially nilou team. I have a blast speedrunning abyss with just nilou/kirara/barbara

Getting Nilou and Nahida was so worth it, because investing in Nahida is just direct profit, your numbers scale A LOT with talents and levels. And Nilou is just the best. With half decent artifacts and no talents leveled up the game is already a cake walk. I remember I was really sad when I got her because she sucked. But then I got Yaoyao, and I realized I just needed dendro application, with that off the road Nilou became a completely different character

Please keep making videos like these. I love them! 💜

Sumeru is where we got used to niche characters that can perform well but only in certain circumstances, I don't mean it is bad tho, it prevents powercreep, but some of our fav characters deserved better..

Cyno is my most favourite out of the 3.0 era characters. I mean yea, we have nahida, al haitham, nilou but cyno is just something valuable to me. Gameplay wise, hes amazing, in my old acc, i have both cyno and shogun and fot some reason, my cyno does better, ik, unbelievable but im sorry, i followed what zyox told me. Character wise, it's so my dad, a joker, card game enthusiast and a fun guy but if you mess with him, theyre not to be messed with, my dad literally kicked a jerk in my grandmas funeral, it may not be the hest time but the jerk is out of this world, in a bad way of course. Anyways, cyno will always be my favourite

Alhaitham was my first Dendro character and he quickly became one of my favorite and most used teams, at first I thought that maybe I would regret pulling for him because tbh I only pulled because he’s hot lol, but now I’m basically an Alhaitham + Xiao main :)

God I miss your genshin vids! Your last was 4 weeks ago with Kirara's release

Not having a character buffing system in Genshin is probably one of the stupidest mistakes Hoyoverse ever made. I know they did it once with Zhongli and they tried it again with Yae which failed miserably, but I kinda wish there is a dedicated system where older/weaker characters can get buffed. Maybe upon reaching Friendship 10, these weaker characters have a story quest unlocked that will buff their kit (something like an interlude in FGO). They can also make it a big deal and rerun the characters receiving a buff that patch or something. Idk man its just sad to know that if a character is weak on release, they will be weak indefinitely. I don't even own a Dehya and I am mad. LMAO

Tbh i was kinda disappointed with baizhu and regret pulling him, but after i played co op using him, that regret kinda disappeared abit because co op team mate sometimes too quirky and cannot stay near the healer. Baizhu can heal ur co op teammate wherever they are 😂

The new 5 stars I've pulled since 3.0 - Nahida (unsurprising amazing in every dendro reaction team I put her in) - Wanderer(only used in the open world due lack of damage output without C4 or higher Faruzan, might get to c4 Jean first lol) - Alhaitham (pulled this banner but am very keen to run alongside Nilou and Nahida) - Nilou very consistent high AOE damage output (the only team I've been able to clear the current chamber 3 phase 1 quickly enough for a 3 star) (more DPS than, mono cryo, mono geo and Raiden national and international) The Reruns I've pulled - Ayato (Great versatility and I currently run him in my Nilou teams when XQ is on the other side) - Yelan (Maximum power for double hydro Hutao) - Ayaka (bit of a trap and benched I think Ganyu's kit has aged better) - Yae Miko built but currently benched until I have my Alhaitham fully built (really keen to try her in Spread and Hyperbloom) (If you're wondering I'm a Welkin, Battlepass player and my 50/50's have been very kind lately won 5 in a row so for the last 5 patches I've been able to snag a new 5 star unit. Even Ayaka come home in just 10 pulls from 0 pity) Traveller - Not built The 4 I pulled stars - Collie not built - Faruzan built and benched untill c4 - Dori not built - Layla my preferred shield option for mono cryo/freeze (very good options for the first two chambers of the current abyss) - Kaveh built and benched (was a bit disappointed) - Candice not built - Kiarra benched - Yao Yao (amazing healer for Nilou teams) Out of all the 4 stars Layla has seen the most consistent use followed by Yao Yao and in MO the two best and most rounded 4 star units 3.* has to offer

I currently main Nilou bloom team I even got all platinum in the recent domain event thanks to her

I love Dori. Shes just so much fun to witness and easy to use.

So for the second dendro driver team, who would you recommend between yaoyao (c6) or kaveh? I'm trying to get c0 alhaitam but he does not seem to want to come home... 😅

I unfortunately did not get Kiara and as someone who explores a lot this is a tragedy, however as for my thoughts on this cycle, it’s my first full cycle experienced first hand and it had its ups and downs, I have Nahida, and Alhaitham, and there great, I did get a standard banner dehya drop and funny enough she’s part of my new primary exploration team (with Nahida ganyu and sayu ), im exited for fontaine, there’s a small checklist I have for it, claymore hydro, cryo catalyst, new playstyles, other than that who’s ready for hydro carry hydro mc? With Candice?

Watching this video made me realize the "upside" of Nilou's restrictions. Many of the weaker hydro/dendro characters have found a niche, by being a solid choice for Nilou bloom. There are better choices than them, but those are very desirable characters, that may be more important in the second team.

Now I kinda want to know about your opinions on Inazuman (or 1.x chars) AFTER Dendro, because some characters like Kuki got greatly buffed by Dendro reactions.

One of my favorite team comps tends from mostly Sumeru characters tends to be to be Wanderer, Faruzan, Yelan, and Layla.

Yaoyao is far from being defining, she is pretty much same tier as Baizhu for poor people. Yaoyao haver here at c5, immediately got benched after i got baizhu, i found him to be a more comfortable pick in my spread/aggrevate teams where there is a dps who needs field time. Yao yao is only getting "reputation" because some keep talking about her dendro application (Which imo is still lackluster), and even with that argument against Baizhu, i still successfully used him in an aggrevate team and he did enough dendro application to trigger quicken. I think the usage rate say everything in 3.7. Many Baizhu havers who actually used him realized how heplful he is, only those who don't are still kept in the dark. Baizhu has his own issues, but so does Yaoyao, and to me, Baizhu was an upgrade over her, I bet this feeling is mutual for many baizhu havers, hence his high usage rate.

Hey Gacha gamer just a quick request would you make a account review video for me? I have lots of 5* but somehow i can't seems to 36* every abyss even if it's possible on live stream I don't mind but i actually need help

It might be an unpopular opinion, but I don't think Yaoyao is supposed to be one tier higher than Baizhu. If you look at it objectively, Baizhu is better than Yaoyao in *every* aspect they do. That speaks volumes especially when you see that Baizhu's usage rate on this abyss is 48% when Yaoyao is at a surprising 8%, when supposedly there should be more Yaoyaos on most Genshin players' accounts. Baizhu has: - Party wide, High burst healing on E every 10s (CD) - Consistent Off-field Dendro Applicator (burst doesn't suffer from ICD) - Provides resistance to interruption with pseudo shield - Barely consumes any field time - Buffs ALL Dendro related reactions - A catalyst, potential on-field dendro driver ~ High cost burst ~ Energy recharge dependent Yaoyao: - Single target, periodic healing on E every 14s - Good, but questionable Dendro application especially on E (healing and Dendro application share the same projectile) - High burst healing and good Dendro application from Q ~ Consumes on-field time ~ Without Q, characters off-field need to be on-field to be healed, that risks their hp dropping to zero ~ Doesn't provide buffing on skills/stat Yeah, I am aware that Baizhu is a 5*, so why wish for him right? If you think that way, you haven't acknowledged yet how much benefits Baizhu provides than Yaoyao. It's just that you are not actively using Dendro teams, or you just don't want to spend for another support, which happened with other 5* supports like Kokomi at initial release. Baizhu will age well, and soon players will eventually like the idea of getting him just like some other supports out there.

I also pulled AlHaitham because I was enchanted by his 6 pack.

Something I can say on looking back on Wanderer and Faruzan (as I have them both at C6) is that oh my god... I would not want to go back to playing either him or Faru at C0 - the rotations are very, very short that way, I did not have fun in the forced C0 Scara Faruzan team givn in the current event. Having used him in both freeze variation or pyro/hydro variant in every single abyss ever since they came out I've noticed that if you invest into him a lot he can become a beast that's very comfortable to play on mobile.

Dehya play really well in Burgeon+Hyper bloom team, but need a lot of investment into her. It took months for me to get good artifacts with C2 and her greatsword to make her feel great to use. but sometimes need to change to reskill greatsword to make her support better in some dungeon or teams.

Baizhu’s release was definitely overdue, a lot of fans waited for over 2 years 😅

Let's be real, Kirara did not powercreep Sayu in exploration, in general.

I hope you do this once Fontaine arc is done

We finally have a viable shatter unit now, yay (Kaveh). I'd bump Faruzan up a tier tho, but this maybe bias (anemo main+c6 haver, she just kept dropping by after her banner)

I think Dehya will shine if there will be a character or an artifact set that buffs damage taken converting it into increasing damage dealt like how Beidou's E but without the shield and idle. Or like an opposite of Ocean-Hued Clam artifact that deals damage depends on characters' damage taken or over-damage taken.

Underwhelming and niche is what describes sumeru characters

One thing I notice about Mika is that, at C2, he's a good healer and just another niche NA buffer but for Physical, so he's like Physical Candace who only buffs Elemental ones. I get that people don't like him for not being able to buff Eula's burst but honestly her burst already deals more than enough damage, he just makes her NAs shine more, and I don't know about you guys but I like doing Eula NA's.

I always come to these videos thinking it's going to be an actual character ranking, like, in tve story, and end up seeing a playability ranking. Good video anyways. Also, someone NEEDS to do an actual story character ranking, i need someone totalk about half of the Sumeru characters being basically non-existant in the game aside from a few appeareances in the archon quest (yes, i'm talking about Dori).

I was lucky enough to get c5 Faruzan on Wanderers banner. I got c6 recently from the one event

You have twich streams?

I couldn't see anything when you were showcasing Collei. Bountiful Blooms go crazy

"I wish in Fontaine we get something similar to Dendro MC" Oh boy...

Lets be honest, Dendro Trav is good because Dendro was newly introduced, but im PRETTY CERTAIN that all elements afterwards will be the same level as anemo, geo, and electro

my favorite one was defenitely scara bc I started playing the game for him back in may 2022 and, for me, the wait was totally worth it! he's fun to play with, explore with and made abyss easier for me (even gor him c6 faruzan) and his design is beautiful. I got nahida bc of her utility but she's not my favorite archon tbh, and a couple of days ago I finally got alhaitham who is one of my favorite characters too, been wanting him since he got leaked and he's wayyy too fun to play with and he's pretty good even with his poor ass stats.

I like Deyha. Bear in mind I have her at C2 where both her first two constellations fix a lot of her problems (a growing trend with Hoyo, please pay money). But I slapped her with all EM Crimson Witch, team her up with a C2 Nahida and a recently C3 Yae Miko. Shield up with my Zhongli and be what I like to call passive playing. lol Her burning ticks for around ~2400-2600 and crit for ~4699-4800 and it just constantly burning, add Yaes totems and the fact I shield so I ignored all damage. It's right now my best passive play team. lol Though I think if they release another character with totems like Yaes but another element it'll probably work better, like a water character for hyperbloom. BUT, that's me ignoring her ultimate and damage mitigation completely so I'm using like a 1/3 of her. lol

As an endgame player who basically quit genshin after Sumeru came out for various reasons and am now planning to pick it back up, thank you for this video, it was really helpful as I didn't even know most characters names lol

Collei is definitely underrated since she ain't the strongest or more useful dendro character but after having her C4 on my alt I really want to build my Collei. Dehya definitely needs a rework or just better team mates for her.

solid breakdown but i'd put candace & faruzan up one since i feel both are more versatile than most give credit for if you aren't boxed into "meta" thinking and just want fun + strong teams. i'd also move yaoyao down one because cheaper =/= better, and kaveh down one also; blowing up cores is really fun, but is outclassed by the other potential dendro carries

Wanderer, Kaveh and Tighnari were best pulls from Sumeru. I also got Ganyu and I'm waiting for Ayato rerun in the future. I thought Dehya would have been the Diluc 2.0 but turned out to being the Vista release! Disappointing!

I used Dori as my Eula team healer and electro applicator before I had Raiden. Then she was just a healer and battery. Now she's going to be replaced by Mika once I feel like pulling him. Also with nahida vs Alhaitham, I usually have one on each side of abyss with Beidou, nahida, yae, kok or Alhaitham, xinqui, yelan, kuki. Or put them on the same team and melt everything

I have a dps candace who crits for over 102k with bennet/mona vap team. Shes so unbelievably fun

I love heavy EM Dori

Dear Gacha Gamer, and we‘re happy to have You help us out in every single and different way throughout our Genshin or even Honkai journey! Never give up, and keep it up! Much love

if i get wanderer nwhen he comes nexst banner , imma defenatly make a exploration team with characters whos skill allow for good exploration , I already got albedo so if i get wanderer i can just place the flower switch to wanderer and when it elevates me up i can use wanderers skill to emediatly have some high ground without having to have wasted fly stamina

I would say this sounded a lot like the end of inazuma chapter tier lists. The later releases: kokomi, thoma, kuki seemed underwhelming and later they became super relevant so those underwhelming sumeru characters might be set up for Fontaine transition. 🎉🎉

I use Layla and Faruzan(c2) with my Wanderer and honestly it plays very good.

sumeru had way too many mid characters

I feel like when you have so much character (i.e. veteran players) or u just want to enjoy a chill life get characters life baizhu, he is not a must pull but he is the most comfortable healer to use cuz his e proc ridiculous group healing and his ult gives more healing and resistance interruption while being off field (plus it can proc dendro shred) unlike yaoyao where i have to keep watch the enemy for dendro shred and have to interrupt alhaitham attack chain to top up

I really really want Nilou coz I'm very interested in her mechanics. I didn't get her at her debut banner coz I'm saving my guarantee to Nahida. On her rerun I lost 50/50😢. Idk but I don't have any problem with her er and buffing capabilities. She also has decent damage. And she's only at c1

Justice for Kaveh! He is great, but he has one serious problem -- his elemental skill long cooldown that hampers his ability to make bloom bloom bakudan which he was made for. I run Kaveh with Sacrificial Greatsword and hopefully wait for a support character that reduces elemental skill countdown. Actually, many characters need it. P.S. My Kaveh has around 1800 EM with all the buffs (his burst, Nahida's burst, Sucrose with personal and Instructor set buffs) and this is an absolutely mad amount of damage, even without constellations.

I hope fontaine gives me a break from pulling, like in inazuma everyone was so easy to skip except kazuha ayato and itto i could go for sig weapons too thanks to all the saving i did, but sumeru left me dry af, first tighnari, then cyno, scaramuche alhaitham and baizhu and kaveh c6, i miss having wishes on my acct lmao, lucky for me it looks like fontaine will be like inazuma with a bunch of mediocre characters except for wriothesly and neuvillete and maybe the male twin, but since its only 2 characters that look worth it and maybe the twin i feel i can start saving again

I like dori despite many not liking her. I use a crowd control team of wanderer, venti, dori and beidou. Dori gives energy and heals and electro gain for wanderer.

I skipped alot of the sumeru characters thinking I would save but caved getting my C1 Nahida to C2 and honestly I do not regret it. Toaster bath Nilou is so much fun.

My baizhu is fun to use as well. He heals chunkily. Mine is on c2, healing 12k for one E (4 pc clam). So he really is a bit of a hybrid giving out like 20k dmg every bubble pop. Hes fun for me to use

One thing I noticed about the 3.x patches is that we got A LOT of defensive units. Dori, Layla, Yaoyao, Baizhu, Kirara, and to some extent, Mika and Dehya. 6 out of 16(?) characters have defensive utilities. In comparison, 2.x only have 4 (Kokomi, Kuki, Thoma, Sayu). Also I noticed a lack of non-reaction off-field dps. Only Nahida fits the bill which makes me sad since they're usually my favorite archetypes. The biggest winner of Dendro era tho is definitely Kuki Shinobu. She went from zero to hero, and I'm so happy and proud of her! I love her so much heart.

I actually replaced Tighnari in my main team, which has Yae Raiden and Kokomi with Kirara mainly because Tighnari kept getting taken out.

Can kirara work in alhaitham quickbloom with XQ and kuki ?

Delay could have dealt damage that was increased based on the amount of damage she absorbs through getting hit directly and through the totem.

I know I ditched C6 Mika on my Eula teams because he just doesnt provide enough energy compared to Diona and Eula is one of the most energy hungry characters out there. He needed to give more ASPD because the thing is, although Eula's NA are "slow" even if she is faster than most other claymore users and her burst, which is the majority of her damage, scales off of the number of times you hit an NA. That and the buff really really needed to snap shot. I dont think you would even have to change Dehya's power scaling on her attacks if you instead gave her better or more frequent elemental applications on her field effect and let her be a staple of reverse or forward melt. I know when I first saw her my first thought was to use Ayaka's burst with her punches followed behind or Ganyu to spamming arrows in her field.

kirara is quite good for hutao shielder. it gives a nice burst aoe burgion damage. Also since hutao benefits EM sands with yelan x quinqu

Great video. Watch some of the videos for the other games but at the end of the day it's all about the genshin 👍👍👍💯💯💯

Alhaitham are one of the best pulls ive ever made! been using him since his release and he carries me at all times

Colleis aoe is also really small especially in abyss which has a large field with enemies popping from left to right

i kinda feel bad for faruzan for being at the same tier with useless characters like dori and dehya, she is pay2play but mine is at c3 and since i don't really need to invest on multiple stats i could easily reach around 360% er which is enough for my wanderer so it gets the job done especially if run them with venti in abyss

I HATE DORI. That mora/fates grabber was in all of my 4-star pulls during the Nahida re-run. I only wanted a C2 Kuki, and I only got her to C1. I got like 10 copies of Dorie. On the other hand, I got C1 Nahida so it could be worse. Just for context: I am a F2P that started playing at literally the end of 2022 (31 dic). And during my 3-month university vacations, I farm the living hell out of the game to get as many Primogems as possible.

Layla's c4(?) increases NA damage based on her HP%, which is crazy for characters who use NAs often like Yoimiya or Ayato. Paired with her shield and cryo application, she's an insane support

Baizhu is a fan favourite? Either my friendcircle is totally different or that fact just went past me entirely.