The Best Geo Characters In Genshin Impact, Ranked

Highlights

• Geo characters in Genshin Impact have been neglected compared to other elements, with few options and limited usefulness.
• However, there are still some Geo characters worth investing in, such as Zhongli, Ningguang, and Noelle.
• Each Geo character has unique abilities and playstyles, but overall, Zhongli stands out as the best Geo character with powerful shielding and damage-dealing capabilities.

Even though Geo had the second Archon in the main story of Genshin Impact, it has been one of the most neglected elements throughout the game’s journey. Dendro, even though it was released years after the game’s launch, already has more characters than Geo, making it the least populated element in the game.

Geo reactions in the game also aren’t out of the ordinary, but that doesn’t mean that every character from this element is completely useless. There are still a few characters that are worth spending your resources on, and this list will help you decide that.

8 Gorou

• Weapon –
  Bow

• Region –
  Inazuma

Gorou had the unfortunate fate of being released with Arataki Itto as a niche support character that only really buffs him. Both his Skill and Ultimate can provide a DEF, resistance, and Geo DMG Bonus, but you need to have one, two, or three Geo characters in the team for these buffs respectively.

With only eight Geo characters in the game, this is quite hard to achieve. Gorou can still be used if you have a couple of Geo DPS characters in the party, but he’s quite useless out of that.

7 Geo Traveler

• Weapon –
  Sword

• Region –
  Unknown

We’ve all switched to Geo Traveler during the early game and used their constructs to solve various puzzles in Liyue and get on top of the mountains, but this character doesn’t have much use out of it. They deal burst-type damage from their Elemental Burst and put up a field that can block enemies.

There’s also a handy Crit Rate boost given to your party through one of their free constellations. However, the lack of interactiveness in their kit and low multipliers bring them to the bottom of the ranking list, not just in this Geo-specific list but overall as well.

6 Noelle

• Weapon –
  Claymore

• Region –
  Mondstadt

Noelle might not have had much screen time during the main story of Mondstadt, but she’s definitely one of the better Geo characters in the game. Her Elemental Skill puts up a shield that also has a chance of healing up the active party member whenever an attack is taken by the barrier.

Her Burst infuses her Claymore with Geo and massively increases her AoE and DMG. Throughout the duration of this ability, you can deal quite a good amount of damage to the enemies while keeping your party safe and healing them back up.

5 Yun Jin

• Weapon –
  Polearm

• Region –
  Liyue

Let’s get it right out of the way, Yun Jin is the most fun four-star Geo character you’ll ever use. While she still scales on DEF, she doesn’t have a lot of other elements in her kit that usually bring other Geo characters down. Moreover, her Skill can work as a parry mechanic that rewards you for perfect activation.

Her Elemental Burst gives you 30 charges of increased Normal Attack DMG, and this counts differently for every party member. To use her properly, you’d want to have at least two Normal Attack DPS characters and as many elements as possible in the team.

4 Ningguang

• Weapon –
  Catalyst

• Region –
  Liyue

When Liyue’s story came to an end, Genshin players were wondering why Ningguang wasn’t a five-star after seeing her role in the story. She’s also one of the few characters to receive a skin during a Lantern Rite event, and it looks quite good. Ningguang is an on-field Geo DPS in the game, and the only four-star Geo character to have that role.

She can deal a good amount of damage from her Normal Attacks and Burst, while she also blocks enemy projectiles with her Skill. This is especially great for monolith challenges since you can just prevent the long-range enemies from attacking it.

3 Albedo

• Weapon –
  Sword

• Region –
  Mondstadt

Albedo has unfortunately been on the receiving end of sad treatment from HoYoverse. He was first released without a proper weapon, with the first synergistic weapon coming years later. Secondly, most of this character’s lore gets gated behind time-limited events that newer players can’t access anymore.

However, if you’ve acquired him as a playable character, you can use his abilities as some decent off-field turret-type damage. But the best part about his kit is the ability to use his Skill as an elevator and take both your party members and enemies into the sky.

2 Arataki Itto

• Weapon –
  Claymore

• Region –
  Inazuma

The one and Oni Arataki Itto is also the one and only on-field Geo DPS character in the game at the moment, which automatically reserved his second position on his list. Moreover, he has quite a personality in the game, which made him have a special place in the hearts of Genshin Impact players.

Itto has quite a generic play style where you use his Elemental Skill until you get the Burst and then use the buffs provided by the Burst to deal massive damage. However, if you want to make him viable, you’ll have to get characters like Gorou and Albedo in his party.

1 Zhongli

• Weapon –
  Polearm

• Region –
  Liyue

Finally, the Geo Archon undoubtedly takes the crown of being the best Geo character in the game, not only because the bar isn’t very high, but also because he’s one of the best characters in the game overall. Zhongli’s shield gives his entire party a shield that can tank just about everything in the game.

This shield also reduces all-type RES of enemies in the near vicinity, making it good for both sustainability and buff. His Burst is one of the coolest-looking Bursts in the game, and you can petrify smaller enemies for a few seconds with it while dealing massive damage.