Honkai: Star Rail Ice Character Tier List

Jingliu (S-Tier)

• Rarity: 5-Star
• Element: Ice
• Path: Destruction

Jingliu is one of, if not the best damage dealer in Honkai: Star Rail as of version 1.6. Jingliu is capable of dealing massive amounts of damage but that’s not the reason she is regarded so highly by many. Her kit grants her innate damage and CRIT boost while also providing a way for her to instantly advance her action forward. Jingliu provides so much value for a relatively low starting investment which is why she is an amazing unit to pick up if you’re in need of a damage dealer.  

Pela (A-Tier)

• Rarity: 4-Star
• Element: Ice
• Path: Nihility

Even though technically she is still only a 4-star unit, Pela’s kit is one of the more unique kits in the game, even across the 5-star units. She has a single-target buff removal for those enemies that like to power themselves up. Her ultimate is arguably what makes her a top tier unit as it will reduce the defense of all the enemies affected to up to 40% at max rank.

The best part about her whole kit is that she is still able to stay skill point positive while applying all of her debuffs to enemies since her skill doesn’t need to be used every turn. Being a 4-star unit, getting eidolons on her is also going to be significantly easier than 5-star units. She’s absolutely worth building if you have the resources.

Gepard (A-Tier)

• Rarity: 5-Star
• Element: Ice
• Path: Preservation

Gepard is a reliable ice tank who mainly focuses on trying to keep his allies alive with his enormous shielding capabilities. While he still has the option to possibly freeze enemies with his skill, Gepard is primarily brought onto teams to help sustain. His ultimate is where the bulk of his value stems from as he provides a shield for all allies that scales off his own defense in addition to a flat amount on top.

While he is best paired with a healer on the team to help sustain, being able to prevent direct damage to health is essential in some scenarios. And as a little cherry on top, Gepard’s talent will give him essentially a second life when his HP reaches 0, which can be very useful in sticky situations where he is the primary target.  

Yanqing (B-Tier)

• Rarity: 5-Star
• Element: Ice
• Path: Hunt

Despite all of the new damage dealers introduced into the game, Yanqing is still considered to be a very strong single-target damage dealing character with the proper supporting team backing him up. He gains a pretty solid amount of free stats which gives him a significant boost in overall power at the cost of him needing to be pretty much untouched. Because of this, he has seen less usage over other damage dealers in the game.

His kit revolves around his talent giving him free stats and him being able to get his ultimate off with his talent stat boosts still intact. If he can pull it off, he will do a very respectable amount of damage in a single-target scenario with an added chance to freeze. 

March 7th (C-Tier)

• Rarity: 4-Star
• Element: Ice
• Path: Preservation

While her original intended function is to be a single-target shielder with the ability to counter-attack, Match 7th can also double up as an AoE freeze support character which gives her a little more build potential. Even as a starting 4-star character, March 7th is very competent as a sustain unit for starter teams before they have access to other sustain units. Her skill will provide a single-target shield to an ally that scales with March 7th defense and if the shielded target’s health is above 30%, they will also have a higher chance of being attacked by enemies. When the shielded ally is attacked, March 7th will then launch a counter-attack.

Herta (D-Tier)

• Rarity: 4-Star
• Element: Ice
• Path: Erudition

Herta specializes in dealing fairly consistent AoE damage to enemies. While she may be considered underwhelming in single-target scenarios, she makes up for that against multiple enemies. She’ll hit targets extra hard if they are over 50% health and will proceed to follow-up attack when an ally hits an enemy under that 50% threshold. A well-invested Herta should be able to theoretically annihilate any stage with multiple enemies and/or waves of enemies.