Best Honkai Impact 3rd characters

Elysia leads the Honkai Impact 3rd character ranking with 1411 ELO points over 86 duels, ahead of Seele Vollerei (all versions) and Theresa Apocalypse / Teri Teri (all versions).

A 41-point gap separates Elysia from Seele Vollerei (all versions) at the top, the sharpest divide in the ranking. Elysia wins 70% of her duels, while Seele Vollerei follows with 1370 ELO and a 65% win rate across 89 duels. Theresa Apocalypse / Teri Teri (all versions) secures rank 3 with 1361 points, narrowly edging out Fu Hua (all versions) at 1357 and Kiana Kaslana (all versions) at 1355. The tight race among these top contenders reflects how divisive character preferences remain within the community. At the opposite end, Gray Serpent sits at rank 46 with 928 ELO and a 25% win rate, suggesting the community has spoken decisively against certain characters. Otto Apocalypse fares only slightly better at rank 45 with 983 points despite appearing in 97 duels, more than most contenders in the ranking.

This ranking draws from 2105 duels cast by 13 players across 46 contenders, updated on 12 October 2026. The volume of matchups provides a detailed picture of how the Honkai Impact 3rd fanbase ranks its roster, from beloved favorites to divisive figures. Cast your own vote and shift the standings.

Updated on October 12, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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