Honkai Star Rail is miHoYo's latest game scheduled for release on April 2023. Similar to the usual gacha game, players will get a number of free rolls at the start. If you are a f2p, getting a top tier 5 star is a must, as the character would be able to carry you through hard content more easily. In order to accomplish that, rerolling might be a good idea.
In this article, Gurugamer is going to showcase the pre-release character tier list so that players could reroll a good lineup.
Star Rail Elements and Path System
In Star Rail, characters can use one of seven elements: Physical, Fire, Ice, Lightning, Wind, Quantum, and Imaginary. There are also seven playable Paths: Destruction (general DPS), Hunt (single-target DPS), Erudition (multi-target DPS), Harmony (buffers), Nihility (debuffers), Preservation (shielders), and Abundance (healers). A character's path shows players what exactly the character does in game.
S Rank
High tier, with the best characters in the game. Getting one of them in your initial pulls makes the starting account ideal. It is best to make them your reroll target if you are going to reroll at all.
| Hero | Rarity | Path | Element |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronya | 5-Star | The Harmony | Wind |
| Seele | 5-Star | The Hunt | Quantum |
| Luocha | 5-Star | The Abundance | Imaginary |
| Himeko | 5-Star | The Erudition | Fire |
Bronya
Bronya is the best buffer in Honkai right now. She can advance the turn of 1 character in your team, buff their DMG, and her ultimate can increase ATK and CRIT DMG for 2 turns. If you need your main DPS to burst down a foe or heal from your support, Bronya's skip turn can easily make that happen and this is why she is S tier.
Luocha
Luocha is the key to hard content in Star Rail. His healing can sustain the entire team easily while his buff removal allows players to deal with problematic bosses.
Himeko
Himeko is the usual all-rounder stat stick with huge AoE damage - her whole kit deals great damage to the entire enemy team.
Seele
Seele is the best single target DPS in the game so far, with her Ultimate being able to erase a boss fairly easily. Activating Seele’s skill will buff her SPD by 25%, and if she is able to defeat 1 enemy, she’ll gain an additional turn and she’ll gain an additional DMG buff too.
A Rank
A Ranks are high-potential characters with useful skills and roles for your team. Despite it being 1 tier lower than the S Rank, they could still be a great character that would significantly help you progress in the game. It is possible to just settle for them if you are not able to get an S Rank.
| Hero | Rarity | Path | Element |
| Dan Heng | 4-Star | The Hunt | Wind |
| Gepard | 5-Star | The Preservation | Ice |
| Jing Yuan | 5-Star | The Erudition | Lightning |
| Kafka | 5-Star | The Nihility | Lightning |
| Welt | 4-Star | The Nihility | Imaginary |
| Silver Wolf | 5-Star | The Nihility | Quantum |
| Blade | 5-Star | The Destruction | Wind |
| Sushang | 4-Star | The Hunt | Physical |
Blade
Blade’s skill set reduces his HP in exchange for powerful AoE damage. The reason Blade is in A tier instead of S tier is that you need to invest a good build on him first.
Dan Heng
Dan Heng is a free story character who can deal decent damage and debuff enemies. He can be a F2P's main single target DPS if they haven't managed to get an S tier.
Gepard
As a sub-dps tank, Gepard’s kit revolves around coating your entire team with his shield and a high chance of freezing one enemy from his skill.
Jing Yuan
Jing Yuan is your AoE lightning DPS character. His skill will deal AoE lightning damage to all enemies, and his ultimate will also deal higher damage of AoE lightning attack to all enemies.
Kafka
From her ultimate, she will deliver shock debuff to the enemies, which will deliver lightning DoT or Damage over Time for 3 turns. While this does not result in big numbers, it is actually fairly effective in practice.
Silver Wolf
Similar to Kafka, Silver Wolf also deals damage over time. But, instead of delivering shock debuff, Silver Wolf delivers entangled debuff instead, delaying the enemy’s action by 40%.
Sushang
Sushang is a single target physical DPS whose kit revolves around RNG which will make her attack the enemy multiple times. Her ultimate deal high physical damage to a target and advance her action, allowing Sushang to deal even more damage.
Welt
Welt is your slow debuffer with Imaginary element. His kit can slow and delay enemies' action greatly.
B Rank
B Ranks are characters that are still useful, but you would want to consider switching them during the mid-game progress. Despite the fact that they are B tier rank, these characters are still great and will definitely help you during the early game.
| Hero | Rarity | Path | Element |
| Trailblazer | 5-Star | The Destruction | Physical |
| March 7th | 4-Star | The Preservation | Ice |
| Natasha | 4-Star | The Abundance | Physical |
| Herta | 4-Star | The Erudition | Ice |
| Clara | 5-Star | The Destruction | Physical |
| Asta | 4-Star | The Harmony | Fire |
C Rank
C Ranks are the characters that could be useful, but only after you heavily invest in them. Usually, this is not possible during the early game progression. And even with the huge build investment, their kits or attributes are quite lackluster. Thus, you can consider substituting these characters instead of using them.
| Hero | Rarity | Path | Element |
| Serval | 4-Star | The Erudition | Lightning |
| Hook | 4-Star | The Destruction | Fire |
| Sampo | 4-Star | The Nihility | Wind |
| Pela | 4-Star | The Nihility | Ice |
| Arlan | 4-Star | The Destruction | Lightning |
Honkai Star Rail Reroll guide
To get your wanted characters, you might want to spend some time rerolling by doing the following steps:
- Start the game as a guest.
- Finish through the tutorial.
- Go to the gacha and summon your characters.
- You can continue from here if you have earned your preferred hero. But if you are not, you can repeat the process by uninstalling and reinstalling the game until you earn a desired hero.
>>> Read more: Honkai Star Rail Starter Guide: Gameplay, Progression, Gacha System