Genshin Impact is about to head off into Sumeru and Dendro with Version 3.0. We all know by now that Dendro reacts with Pyro, Hydro, and Electro. We thought this would be a good time to brush up on the best Pyro units in the game and prepare them to explore Sumeru.
Best 5 Pyro Characters in Genshin Impact
Pyro Characters in Genshin Impact are the most desirable units since Pyro is the strongest element in the game. Pyro has the strongest elemental damage and the strongest reactions in the game so players want more Pyro characters to maximize their damage.
Below are the top 5 Pyro units in the game. While a majority of them are DPS units, we also have some great support.
Hu Tao
Hu Tao is one of the strongest DPS units in the game and she’s got one of the most fun and adorable personality out of all of Genshin’s characters. Below are listed all the reasons why we love her.
- Her burst has one of the highest single-hit damage outputs in the game and its AoE makes it all the better.
- She’s fast and easy to use.
- She gets even better with player skills.
- Her kit enables powerful Pyro reactions like Melt and Vaporise.
- Scales off of HP as her main source of attack and damage.
Read: Alternative Scaling in Genshin Impact to know more about this.
Bennett
Bennett is an accidental masterpiece with some of the player base even calling him a 6-star character. He’s one of the best supports in the game. Here’s what makes him so awesome despite being a 4-star unit.
- His E skill applies a lot of Pyro.
- His Q or elemental burst instantly heals your teammates within it by up to 70% health or more.
- His Q also buffs teammates within its AoE by almost 1000 flat attacks.
- He’s also very easy and cheap to build.
- His constellations, except C6, only make him better.
- He also allows for flexible team-building.
Xiangling
Xiangling is a free character who you can get from the Spiral Abyss and she’s one of the strongest supports in the game- let alone her Pyro element. Here’s where she shines:
- Her Q Pyronado dishes out insane damage over time and enables a ton of Pyro-based reactions.
- Her E skill applies consistent Pyro and can also buff your active characters with extra Attack.
- She’s a free character and easy to build.
- She also allows for flexible team-building.
Diluc
Diluc is a standard banner 5-star and the first and only legitimate DPS character in the game. His Pyro element only bumps him up as one of the best. Despite him falling off the meta over time, he’s still a great DPS and character to have. Here’s what we love about this adorable edgy batman:
- He’s a claymore character who dishes out a ton of Pyro damage from his E skill.
- His Q is ranged and has a small AoE as it flies off in one direction doing a ton of damage to enemies in its path.
- He’s easy to build.
- One of his best weapons is a free craftable weapon you get early on in the game.
Yanfei
Yanfei is a consistent Pyro catalyst DPS and she’s reliable. Here’s what we love about her.
- She’s easy to use.
- She’s reliable and consistent with her Pyro damage.
- She’s a great 4-star ranged DPS and will carry you through most content.
- One of her best-in-slot weapons is also free- unless you missed the event where it was being given away.
- She enables powerful Pyro reactions since she’s mostly using her normal and charged attacks.
- She also allows for flexible team-building.
Pyro characters are in high demand and you can be sure these above characters are used by a majority of the Genshin player-base. With Sumeru on the way, expect to see a lot of these characters burning their way through the woods and forests.