In order to keep up and stand a chance against the new enemies frequently rotated into endgame activities, players often need to unlock the newest playable characters inGenshin Impactthrough the Event Wish Banner gacha mechanics. However, even withover 100 playable characters inGenshin Impactby now, there’s one particular support character that will likely remain the best-in-slot support for the foreseeable future.
What makes a good support character inGenshin Impacttypically depends on a few key factors that can vary in significance for every unique team composition: the need for healing, shielding, damage buffs, Elemental Energy, and fueling Elemental Reactions. Naturally, if there were any one character that could adequately provide all of these support utilities for any team composition, this would make them the ultimate support meta. While such a character may sound too good to be true, Xilonen inGenshin Impactcomes surprisingly close, fulfilling more of these support utilities than most other support characters can.
Why Xilonen is the Ultimate Support Character in Genshin Impact
Another reason why Xilonen is the ultimate support character is that nearly all of her support utilities can benefit teammates when playing co-op activities inGenshin Impact.
Xilonen is a Healer, Shielder, and Support Skeleton Key
One of the main reasons why Xilonen is such a powerful support character right now is how efficiently she can fuel other Natlan characters’ Nightsoul’s Blessing States. This makes Xilonen a perfect fit forNatlan hypercarry team compositionsthat are the current meta inGenshin Impact. For example, a quick use of Xilonen’s Elemental Skill can debuff enemies while also fully charging Mavuika’s Elemental Burst, setting up a powerful nuke that can clear a crowd of enemies or take a sizable chunk out of a boss’ health bar.
Even long after the Natlan hypercarry meta inevitably falls victim to power creep, Xilonen will still likely be one of if not the best-in-slot among support characters in Genshin Impact throughout many future updates because of her versatility as a combined healer, shielder, and support character. Unlike many otherS-tier support characters inGenshin Impact, like Bennet, Xilonen’s effectiveness isn’t gated behind her character Constellation upgrades, nor does she require a highly specialized Elemental Resonance team composition to reach her full potential.
Ultimately, this makes Xilonen a highly accessible character while also having one of the most versatile support kits, despite her lack of synergy with Dendro and Anemo characters.
Future Genshin Impact Support Characters Have a Tough Choice to Make Competing with the Xilonen Meta
When it comes to dethroning Xilonen as the new meta for support characters,future playable characters inGenshin Impactultimately have two choices: offering a highly specialized support kit that does one particular support utility better than Xilonen, or offering an identical, jack-of-all-trades support kit as Xilonen, except with superior effectiveness. Unfortunately, though, both of these outcomes arguably seem like controversies waiting to happen.
The concern with introducing highly specialized characters is that this could be another case like Escoffier, whereas her Hydro and Cryo-focused kit is considered too niche to benefit most team compositions. Otherwise, attempting to outdo Xilonen at being an omnipotent support character is a slippery slope that could be problematic forGenshin Impact’s meta team compositionsin the long term. Even Xilonen being as powerful and versatile as she currently is can be problematic, but since that cat’s already out of the bag, players shouldn’t sleep on Xilonen for all their team composition’s support needs.
