USE THESE 4 STAR WEAPONS! ★Best Genshin Impact 4 Star Tier List★

[@EakesTV]

For more hot takes twitch.tv/eakestv :)

[@TopAnime-kn1xr]

lol great 4 star tier list & funny too. gg 👍

[@songsayswhat]

I will forever be miffed that Stringless has a string. WTF, MHY?

[@dxnzaii9645]

Biggest regret was skipping albedo’s weapon event 😭 i played but i was like “its a def sword it doesnt matter” i get sad when i think about it 😞

[@YounGenna]

Mean while i have it at r5 with no def scaling character 💀

[@GiammiTheBest]

@@YounGennatbf theres only 2 five star defence characters using the sword

[@kalenipclaw5683]

i wasn't even around for it i still reckon they need to rerun that event for multiple reasons

[@mikolvr9671]

they are releasing a craftable def sword in natlan which increases def when u deal elemental skill damage so yay

[@Wortigon2000]

@@YounGenna I had the same situation for a long a$$ time. Than got Albedo on the Chronicled Wish.

[@isac9465]

I dont really care that snow tombed isn’t the best option for eula but FASHION IMPACT>

[@axxer5779]

13:21 I like how he demonstrates catch on xiangling but she doesn't hit anything😂

[@EakesTV]

Editor didn’t have my back there lmao

[@VitoSwu-vd3lx]

I laughed my ass off🤣🤣

[@gart005]

Lol

[@Error403HRD]

I gave my bennett a fav and oh my god he never ran out of his burst, it was terrifying. The poor cryo regisvine never recovered.

[@Samurai78420]

What were you using before that? I got a good Fav so Imma try that. I been running an R5 Amenoma on him.

[@Samurai78420]

Don't have any issues necessarily but I was curious what you had before you started using Fav.

[@Error403HRD]

@ekg5515 the skyrider, it worked fine, but the fav is definitely better. He really benefits from ER weapons, which makes Skyward Blade his best 5 star. Another 4 star option is the sac sword, which isn't his BiS, but it works. His cooldown is too short to actually take advantage of it tho

[@Hey_i_am_A-D]

​@@Error403HRDyeah actually my Bennett has 268 er but still needs that fav sword 😂 100% burst uptime

[@taylormoreira1266]

I still haven't gotten a fav sword neither a sac sword 💀 so i just gave him the sapwood blade

[@wolfwoof2000]

Proto Amber is my personal favorite. I run it on either Sucrose or Nahida, it frees the healer slot for those characters

[@cajunseasoning1846]

Blackcliff spear is what I used on Xiao before i got him Staff of Homa. I'd rather spend Starglitter on it than actual money on Deathmatch.

[@Kyriboh]

same

[@RaedAlateeq-z2o]

Same but I packed his signature weapon.

[@Pash_4]

But deathmatch is much better..

[@cajunseasoning1846]

@@Pash_4 not better enough for me to spend irl money on some pixels

[@cybremystica93]

8:21 I actually found my Jean and Qiqi really enjoy using the flute. But I agree, skyward blade snd aquila are better for them

[@shadowknight986]

the frost bearer looks so good on wroithesley its like his best in slot for aesthetics

[@ab_rose]

great take on this tier list! it's too bad that cinnabar spindle is not available anymore for albedo havers who joined late into the game (sadly i'm one of them). a suggestion: a tier list into the consumables (food) and other stuff of similar category for the lols haha

[@tomgeb1781]

as a somewhat new player who is not super up to date with whats good and what is not i really appreciate this video so i know what to go for

[@usmanya5110]

Kitain is actually pretty solid especially on xiangling and Rosaria it's not as good dragonsbane though. plus the energy helps alot.

[@asummusa2023]

It is also Cyno's best f2p weapon

[@usmanya5110]

​@@asummusa2023either that ot moonpiercer are his best f2p options.

[@vincikeeper1581]

Kitain is best in slot for thoma burgeon

[@usmanya5110]

@@vincikeeper1581 of course it is. i'm talking about the other characters that can use it. i forgot to mention em yaoyao.

[@vincikeeper1581]

@@usmanya5110 oh ok

[@morganviolethart4044]

I have two favonius polearms and bows level 90 since they are so broken and can be run on so many characters on both sides of the abyss. There are so many bow and polearm supports who don't do damage but can help the team with energy solely based on the effect of these weapons. They are broken because no even 5 star weapons can beat those benefits and are a god send to f2p/new players.

[@Samurai78420]

I don't have two, but both my Fav spear and bow are maxed and I love them so much!

[@fardan8829]

I dunno why but the favonius line likes me very much , i have all the favonius ones .. hoping for the sac series

[@Samurai78420]

This is what I've been dying for! Thanks E. You're the man.

[@karikristinehaugberg3890]

Awww, I really like my Kazuha having the Isshin blade - obvi due to the story and all that. But dang... I guess I should give my boi a better blade 😅

[@Charolette_Katakuri]

dragonspine spear works incredibly well on rosaria

[@Mr-Slayer-Sir]

Fully Agree

[@gyannunez]

It’s refreshing to hear someone pronounce the Japanese weapon names correctly (I’ll give you a pass on Kitain Cross Spear since you got the others right and the transcription isn’t as clear for that weapon).

[@ctran1955]

Glad he changed it at the last second for sac sword to be in game changer. I think it legit changed my game because I could easily get xingqius burst up ALL the time, not to mention his skill is incredibly strong.

[@JuanPablo-sr2oo]

I know its just 4 stars but new players could look at this video and build prototype amber instead of TTDS, if you are new to genshin just use thrilling tales of dragon slayers, it's a 3 stars weapon that is Best weapon for any catalyst support

[@LusciousD59]

I mean in reality as good as it is most players who aren't at relatively easy 36 star abyss skill level don't take advantage of TTDS buff without realizing it most the time due to not being aware of CD timing. I'd say it's over recommended if anything.

[@AzureDrag0n1]

Protype Amber is a very good weapon on a more established account but still ok for newer players. It is a fantastic tool you can pull out when needed. I sometimes use it over 5 star weapons on certain characters. It can be great on Nahida for example when you do not have a healer on the team. A Nahida with PA is a better support than a dedicated dendro healer with a good weapon. It can be good on a new account if you can not afford to build a dedicated healer too. Basically make a healer on demand for any catalyst user. Especially if you can spam the burst. It is pretty good on Lisa too as it is hard to make TTDS work on her early on since she is bad at generating energy and you want to use her burst which PA helps with.

[@phoenixlau]

Prototype Amber is great for comfort drafting, and that's probably the more relevant consideration for non-expert level players. I actually crafted two R5 so that I could have them on both sides of Abyss if needed (Nahida/Sucrose/Mona), and will probably make a third for Baizhu just so I don't have to keep swapping it off him since he's bogarting one all the time now.

[@astra8372]

@@phoenixlau I never even had 10 catalyst billets-

[@Samurai78420]

​@@astra8372Lol, I feel ya. The RNG on billets are brutal in my opinion.

[@lnsflare1]

Sacrificial Greatsword and Katsuragikiri Nagamasa are really fun on Beidou.

[@edabb5321]

I agree with your list pretty much except albedo's sword shouldn't be placed at #1 for the sole purpose that he's the only user

[@ex0duzz]

My R3 sacrificial claymore helped my Diluc help me clear the first 8 floors of abyss and clear the first 2-3 countries with ease..

[@XylonLionheart]

Speaking as a Razor main, Snow-Tombed Starsilver is actually pretty decent on him if you don't have any 5-star weapons.

[@Daily_Dose_of_Grass]

Yep, if we're talking about physical dmg dealers, then it sky rockets the whole chart. It helped my eula beat any enemy easily, plus the R5 for it is free.

[@lnsflare1]

The thing is that the 3 Star Skyrider Greatsword is a touch better than Snowtombed Starsilver.

[@RAZORlukic]

@@lnsflare1 wtf, no it's fucking not, are you for real?

[@Samurai78420]

I just pulled Eula so I'm using the Snow-Tombed Starsilver. I have a Wolf's Gravestone but it looks so silly on her.

[@lnsflare1]

@@Samurai78420 For what it's worth, The Bell looks amazing on her, and its lore fits her perfectly.

[@harris415]

Are we skippin' ibis 😐

[@poxelus]

Ibis is a solid weapon. A bit niche though

[@syeina]

​@@poxeluseh good for Tighnari and melt Ganyu

[@evres0224]

Lol 😅

[@blastzd]

mid

[@justlivinglife6315]

@@syeina and it will be good for lyney too

[@coriakacoron5851]

I was really surprised that sac sword wasn't game changing

[@Polypoly06]

I'm surprised Xiphos is not game changer to you. At 1k em like Kazuha with r5 Xiphos, he give everyone 30% ER and himself 70+% and more if more em. And the best part, it stack to anyone holding same weapon. It will get broken and broken the more em sword user comes out. Also unlike Fav and Sac, it works on shielded opponent!

[@0denku0]

The Dragon spine sword for Eula is a solid pick and I'm going to stick by that

[@evanveizer3831]

6:21 funny enough when xiphos’ moonlight came out along with wandering evenstar and Nilou’s signature weapon I decided to pull on the banner just for the 4 star sword and catalyst. Well I spent 20 pulls, got what I wanted and got nilou’s signature weapon on top of that. That’s the second luckiest I’ve ever been.

[@strelixias]

was this video made before Kaveh? I didn't hear him mentioned at all and forest regalia is actually really good on him 😭

[@lnsflare1]

Oathsworn Eye is pretty great on Ningguang. Decent stats and let's her pretty much spam her Burst on Cooldown.

[@julianlee4227]

Hakushin Ring in Mid Tier feels criminal. Like, it's definitely a bit short compared to TTDS, but it's great for Aggravate/Taser teams. And more importantly, it is for sure better than sonething like Rainslasher

[@KleberDKurosaki]

I like to use Alley Hunter on Kujou Sara, Just because of the high base atk and her E+Burst if you have C2 is quick enough to not lose the buff

[@jaydemetrick8399]

The Bell can actually work on Noelle as it's ability works with ANY shield. She can almost have a constant shield with geo crystal shields.

[@nekurovt]

I've been screaming diluc for the mailed flower and the 4* xiphos series typa deal

[@elsafigueroahevia8995]

I run King's Squire Tighari and it works pretty well

[@Twocat5side]

21:55 editor goofed up here

[@lonewolfjedi493osswfan]

I run an R5 Fav Lance on my Zhongli and he’s one of my mains

[@ceytin]

i actually agree with this don't see anything out of place seems about right.

[@GReyn]

Sac Greatsword = Kaveh 3x procs bloom.. Katsuragikiri = Dori, she can still do skill - burst because of her fast animation..

[@Hamtham]

I got floating Dreams because i wanted xiphous moonlight. Didn't get xiphous.... stupid weapon banner...

[@eggi4443]

saying blackcliff weapons are mid is cringe as hell because they're literally the best F2P option for dps characters especially for hu tao and xiao

[@RAITH.Z]

Yeah , hua tao is good but most people don't have her . Whereas Xiao is a mid character

[@eggi4443]

@@RAITH.Z this is not a character discussion. I'm talking about dps weapons. They're good very good dps weapons for good value and aren't gacha gated. they're a must have for every f2p player or a low spender

[@wonforever7]

​@@RAITH.ZXiao is not mid .. wym

[@KorinIta]

I mean... you are getting short of summons. I always preferred to use those coins for more characteres/constellations or even better pulls, and just accept the lower crit or use better artifacts/crit 3 star weapons

[@RAITH.Z]

@@wonforever7 Xiao is hella mid , need specific characters to real pop off . No versatility. Love the short king tho.

[@Vu1canite]

Next abyss challenge; only use weapons have the chance to proc white damage on a cool-down. You’d probably have to lvl 8 weapons to 90 though. 😝

[@astra8372]

The problem is that many of those proc on normal attacks and scale of physical damage-

[@haywoodjablome7822]

Stages of farming The Catch, I'm not doing it. Maybe just the base weapon... Ya know, refinement ranks don't take THAT long... If I world hop, it will go faster. Professional world hopper. This wasn't so bad. Maybe I'll just grab end of the line now... End of the Line sucks. That was a waste of time.

[@Mepharias]

And then there's me, buying 6 alts at AR 20 for 2.50 a pop (in minecraft) to avoid socializing.

[@CROSSMYHEARTREFUSETOLIE]

​@@Mephariasyou have to work on this man. I hate socializing too, desperate for anything to avoid it. But if you continue that you end up getting scared to even go for groceries. You are just ripping off yourself from living because you are ruled by fears. Sorry for unwanted advice. I'm just there so i have strong feelings from this theme.

[@TheStrongestBaka]

RIP my level 90 Prototype Rancour, i didn't know Sapwood Blade existed and no Bennett guide i watched mentioned it (they were probably pre-3.0).

[@angelanice]

The brig grin I got for being a lucky Ayaka mistsplitter player 😁 I splurged to get her after I lost my 50/50 and got an early, so I decided to just try the weapon banner - got her sword on the first 10 pull 😏

[@KennethSlavaAdamson]

Good video. Needs an update though... All new Battle Pass weapons, and some other new things like the Flowing Purity catalyst

[@delphithefantastichealer]

eakes with another banger per usual

[@mimiksa6949]

I had no idea about that blue stargliter claymore & I just recently got that one.. was kinda excited.. And now I fell off my bad dead laughing when u said "This thing suckx broooo☠️"

[@MarinetteWinters]

Thank you for this video! It's been so helpful for my account and it's just so fun to watch and rewatch! Love your videos ^^

[@listlesslysleepy]

Niche should have been its own tier. Cinnabar, prototype bow, whiteblind, and rust are all niche. The inazuma spear can also be called niche if it only works with thoma. Other weapons can probably also get stuffed into a seperate niche tier. Niche can be strong or mid, restricting it to only mid makes no sense.

[@uuuuuuuuiiiiiii]

when doing these lists could you please show the names of the weapons on screen? some of us are newer players and don’t know how they’re spelled etc. love these tier lists, so helpful

[@tTaseric]

I don't CARE if it's mid. I don't CARE if i'm wasting the best dps on a mid sword. Kagotsurube Isshin stays ON Kazuha FOREVER.

[@hello_sunday]

sucks about the limited event weapons ): i was playing daily until i started school again and missed all the cute, tailored event weapons ;_; THE FISH was my biggest regret.

[@kamlin98]

Getting the Catch wasn’t annoying the stupid quest to get the dumb Inazuma craftable catalyst to was.

[@TjYau]

I am both a lucky Mistsplitter/Verdict/Skyward Harp Player completely F2P along with Navia/Ayaka

[@Bigslam1993]

How can Rust be "Fantastic" and not "Niche" if "Only yoimiya and Childe" use it? So early in and it makes no sense already.

[@Bigslam1993]

Also, the spindle. Its ONLY Albedo's BIS. Goddamn, let your tier list make sense!

[@omegadefender85]

His reasoning for Amenoma being in S tier is so confusing. BiS on ftp Ayaka, yet fails to mention that Festering is one of Furina's BiS ftp weapons. Haven't watched the full video but I don't want to cause of his wild takes so far.

[@bluestar7828]

The video was made before her release ​@@omegadefender85

[@quihuynh1647]

Imagine the bell will be good on Navia since most Fontaine characters scale on Hp

[@niteluna]

based eakes grooving emote XD ty for the tier list! i always learn lots :)

[@sidneyboo9704]

Thank you for this! I am just starting and ftp so its overwhelming!

[@wizthewitch]

Homeboy, King's Squire is not a CA bow. It is a Skill and Burst focused bow for ATK scaling characters who want EM as well and don't spend a lot of time on-field, like Collei, FIschl, or Tighnari. In addition, Alley Hunter gives a *damage* bonus, not an ATK bonus, meaning that Yelan can absolutely use it without issue, even though her scaling is HP based. Also, Kagotsurube Isshin is at least a strictly better Flute. Dragonspine Spear doesn't "do cryo or something" it does additional damage on enemies affected by cryo. I tuned out after Lithic spear.

[@Marta1Buck]

3 star weapons when?

[@purechi_]

Did anyone notice the tier list: SSS (favge) -> SS -> S -> A -> B -> D, where's C gone hahaha

[@dominicjannazo7144]

I wish this had 3* as well for the comparison for the few good ones, and the s tier ttods

[@StraightCurve2]

I’m adventurer lvl 9 and started a week ago and I drew the sacrificial sword 🎉🎉🎉

[@StraightCurve2]

I also just pulled lions roar

[@svrwjr]

hey eakes im brand new to genshin been playing 1 month and you have been my 100% go-to for pretty much everything. love the content and good luck with the move. when you're back do you think you could do a new one of these? I'm struggling to know which BP item to choose lol.

[@actuallymadeclon427]

JUSTICE FOR ALBEDO THANK YOU (I was afraid you put it low)

[@neilfishingcamp]

Good tier list. Cant say much since its your own tier list.

[@SeravySensei]

Sac weapons are better than Fav. weapons in many cases. You get the extra energy from both but Fav requires crits and the supports who can afford not running a damage weapon won't have that crit. I would put them to A or S tier at most.

[@phoenixlau]

Sac requires more field time and refinements. Supports are generally less stat hungry, so are actually prime candidates for being able to divert 1-2 rolls per artifact into crit rate. This will happen naturally in the course of upgrading test pieces, as the starting stats you want are only ER, crit rate, and bonus stat, and some of those will roll "wrong" into crit rate.

[@SeravySensei]

@@phoenixlau At 40% CR from substats which is a lot for a support and generally a waste of resin and fodder to reach when you could have stopped immediately with the right main stat (ER need is covered by the weapon already in most cases), Fav has 60%*0.4=24% chance to trigger while Sac has 40%. Sac's advantage also grows with refinements (40% to 80% is double chance while 60% to 100 is only 1.66 times the base value) while being batter even at R1. I agree on the field time though. Fav can get the advantage if you swap to the unit more often and can trigger it twice in a rotation however, but that also depends on the elements and amount of particles from skill uses.

[@CROSSMYHEARTREFUSETOLIE]

So true. Especially early game. The artifacts there are so shit that you can only dream to get at least the set bonus you need not even right pieces... with right stats even worse rip bozo. My Diona had favge. Now she's wearing ceremonial bow. My Xinqou is better of with ceremonial because my atrifacts are THAT bad on him even after 5 month of game. Like why would i grind for support this much if my main DPS needs good artefacts??? The only one's who's wearing favonius are Kazuha (only because his EM pieces are so rare that i got ton of good flowers and feathers with additional crit rate while grinding), Bennet was (but switched to craftable from Sumeru), Layla (i have nothing better so favge is great). Favonius codex for Lisa is great but she is the only one that needs it this much. Nahida, Kokomi, Sucrose prefer ceremonial. Maybe even Barbruh if you have no cons and are desperate... The only exception is spear. There is only favonius, no ceremonial. So it is best.

[@itsguyyyy]

Little thing, rust is not that good on childe as he will usually deal so much damage with burst and the n2c combo (normal attack twice then charged attack) that stringless is 10x better.

[@gart005]

Thank you for separating this in type of weapon lol

[@denselmentaire]

Yt Eakes 1v1 against Twitch Eakes when

[@yournerdking218]

Look i know walts is bad but like rhe face they made a fishel themed weapon for machine hun fishel is really funny

[@Kinich-f2p]

11:28 that weapon pretty useful for yunjin

[@god_kurama]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@sparkuwu3253]

I was wishing on weapon banner to try and get Xiphos’ Moonlight and ended up getting Nilou’s weapon instead lol 😅

[@williamsawesome]

Compound bow has to be used with max stacked raw atk artifacts

[@brahyonetta]

king’s squire is not a charged attack bow. it’s for elemental skill and burst i use it on collei

[@Mogojoegotube]

I did 20 pulls and got both new units job done

[@pet_r_o_c_k]

the umbrella weapon is better than lion's roar for keqing imo

[@zoot_yam]

it's annoying that the dragon spine weapons suck when 100%-ing it is a major pain

[@destructo3457]

As an obsessed Tartaglia main Rust is overrated on him. His main source of damage comes from his Melee stance charged attacks and by using this weapon your overall reducing his DPS by a considerable amount, if you're using him on International your better off with Stringless, Hamayumi or Blackcliff. Also putting every single Fav in a higher tier is based, that weapon set is so busted lol.

[@robertdavecanaveral7424]

Cinnabar spindle is very niche only for albedo but ss tier 🤔🤔🤔 i think festering desire deserves more for its universality

[@Tac0belle]

I like your my hero shirt whose your favorite character

[@shifayeturrahmanshihab1827]

imagine whats he thinkin' for putting festering desire in A tire now that its the best f2p furina weapon.😆😆

[@Zahri8Alang]

I have my hypercarries use 3 star weapons, Cyno with the White Tassle, Childe with the Slingshot, Nahida(Magic Guide, shes not really even a carry), ... Oh wait

[@darkheartrif]

The best 4* Weapon is Xiphos Moonlight in stats aswell as name

[@Blackbeard925]

16:26 had me dead LOL

[@ingang8817]

When Furina is released I think the Festering Desire will go straing to S or SS tier 😂

[@Angelcity1345]

King's squire is not a charge attack weapon... I think you're mistaking it for the ibis pircer. King's squire is a support/em-buffing weapon. and just for that it should be A tier at least.

[@krummesblech]

You are right and wrong. First, yes is not a CA weapon this is Irbis Piercer. Second is wrong, the effect of Kings Squire is not a team buff. The Kings Sqiuire gives only the user 60-120 EM when using E or Q, when switching out the buff disappears and it deals 100-200% Physical DMG to an opponent (20sec cooldown). Since EM buff cannot be snapshotted, the passive only works on onfield DPS like Tighnari, Ganyu or Childe but these have better options even on other F2P bows. Eakes' explanation of the effect was wrong, but the low placement is justified, because the Bow is dog water

[@Angelcity1345]

@@krummesblech yes, but snapshotting skill or burst like Fischl or collei works well with this weapon. And yeah I mistook it for other sumeru weapons that drops a leaf for buff. Sometimes it's hard to build fischl with em and this solves that problem. 140 em at r5 is quite good. Like for my alt for example, I can't seem to get stringless and amos is the only 5* bow I have, which I'm not even using on tighnari because slingshot and Ibis piercer does more damage than amos. all i'm saying is, it's really hard to get an Em bow.

[@krummesblech]

@@Angelcity1345 no you cant snapshot the EM buff from the King‘s, so it’s pretty bad for SubDPS

[@Angelcity1345]

@@krummesblech I forgot, they did remove snapshots for Em... It's still good on tighnari though. yeah it's pretty niche.

[@krummesblech]

@@Angelcity1345 Yeah Kings is ok on Tighnari, but Irbis or Slingshot is better, so why waste materials xD If you don't have Stringless for Fischl and use her in Aggrevate I can at least recommend Slingshot as a cheap option. EM for Aggrevate Fischl is good but best is to stack as much crit as possible as that increases overall damage, EM just a piece of the pie. Unfortunately, all craftable bows are for onfield DPS with atk scaling , it's a real shame

[@earthsuyom4966]

Make an updated 4 star weapon tierlist

[@rockaf3lla78]

Kinda lost me at the Sacrificial Sword not being SS.

[@blastzd]

it shouldve been mid lmao, fav better

[@Yelan-n8d]

After watching this video, I have realised that I maxed or almost maxed the worst weapons😢Ahh! My resources😭

[@Bugsmoth]

Ok I have to take this list w a grain of salt bc crescent pike should 100% be in B tier. I also think that Amenoma Kageuchi and Festering Desire should be switched but maybe that’s bc I don’t have Ayaka so it just doesn’t have as much use to me.

[@anyanP]

Hot take: sac weapons (beside sac frag) are overrated. Cooldown on it is too long and it’s unreliable to the point where it’s barely usable before R3 if not before R5. Sac frag is good but only because on characters you’d use it primarily for its high EM substat and is almost never to address ER needs with passive like with every other sac weapon.

[@nekocityman4130]

I wish i had more favs

[@mdkamalazizmondal2766]

If this video was created after Furina release then Festering Desire would be in the broken category 😂😂

[@PurpleLaughter03]

You have to stop hating on phy dam weapons! The dragons line spear is op on Rosaria!! And fischl signature weapon is great on her too

[@NoctisStrife88]

My sista do you really play Genshin. If so that’s awesome. My daughter got into the game and is a kazuha junkie lol

[@WhiteCrow.99]

Not gonna lie dragonspine claymore on freminet is instant S tier

[@williamsawesome]

I have racist claymore on xinxan! No joke and I looked up characters to go with her to get passive I put ninguan xinxio and kepquin works ok the little sword atk buff pops up next to hp bar when she's on field