Tier List History

Changelog: Every Tier Change, Explained

Last updated August 7, 2026 · Game version 4.4

Tier lists that change silently can't be trusted. This page records every movement on the HSRTIERLIST.COM rankings with the date it happened and the reasoning behind it — so you can see not just where a character sits, but how they got there. Placements are judged at E0 with accessible relics across all three endgame modes.

7New

7Risers

16Fallers

90Ranked

v4.4 August 7, 2026 · Elation takes over the meta

Brings the rankings current through version 4.4, covering three patches of releases, the Fate/stay night collab's second wave, HoYoverse's Novaflare buff program, and the arrival of the Elation path as the defining DPS archetype.

Added to the tier list

Evanescia

Strongest, most consistent DPS in the game; top-rated in all three endgame modes

SSNew

Silver Wolf LV.999

First dedicated Elation main DPS; demands a committed Elation team

SSNew

Himeko • Nova

Ultimate-channel burst DPS with a teamwide crit layer; anchors Trailblaze Companions

SSNew

Mortenax Blade

Best offensive Nihility support since Acheron; slots into almost every team

SSNew

Rin Tohsaka

One-team specialist, but the Archer duo is among the strongest in the game

SSNew

Gilgamesh

Free via Fate Contract: Renewal; Saber's dedicated partner and high-energy buffer

S+New

Trailblazer (Elation)

Free Elation form with free Eidolons; the glue unit for every Elation team

S+New

Risers

Sparxie

Elation core came online: two patches of dedicated supports, cones and relic sets

S+↑SS

Yao Guang

Now the premier Elation amplifier — RES PEN, Vulnerability, extra Aha Instants

S+↑SS

Cyrene

Instant-energy amplification scales with the new ultimate-hungry carries

S+↑SS

Archer

Rin Tohsaka is the partner he was designed for: joint follow-ups and an SP engine

S+↑SS

Ashveil

Top follow-up DPS of the 4.x cycle; Mortenax Blade's charge loop feeds on her tempo

S+↑SS

Welt

Novaflare buffs plus a Trailblaze Companion tag for Himeko • Nova's Decimation teams

A↑S

Seele

Novaflare rework restored her single-target credentials

A↑S

Fallers

Phainon

Still excellent, but the Elation generation and Himeko • Nova outpace him on clears

SS↓S+

Anaxa

Outpaced at the very top; remains a premium Erudition option

SS↓S+

Sunday

Amplifier crown moved to Cyrene and Yao Guang; still a premium pick

SS↓S+

Tribbie

Same story as Sunday — displaced rather than weakened

SS↓S+

The Herta

Displaced even in Pure Fiction by Himeko • Nova, Rin and Anaxa. Sharpest fall of the update

SS↓S

Feixiao

Generational drift: she did not get worse, the top end got faster

S+↓S

Rappa

Break niche crowded out by 4.x releases

S+↓S

Robin

Displaced by the Cyrene / Cerydra / Yao Guang amplifier class

S+↓S

Ruan Mei

Still universal, no longer top-shelf

S+↓S

Bronya

Powercrept by newer Harmony options

S+↓S

Aglaea

Outpaced by the current DPS ceiling

S+↓S

Mydei

Outpaced by the current DPS ceiling

S+↓S

Aventurine

Still a fine sustain, no longer the default

S+↓S

Gallagher

Still the budget sustain pick, but the field moved

S+↓S

Yunli

Counter niche crowded out by 4.x releases

S+↓A

Jade

Follow-up niche crowded out by 4.x releases

S+↓A

Data corrections

Sparxie

Corrected to Fire / The Elation — was filed as Lightning / The Hunt

Data fix

Yao Guang

Corrected to The Elation, role Support

Data fix

Held steady

Castorice, Evernight, Permansor Terrae, Hyacine, Huohuo and Sparkle hold SS — Sparkle in particular aged well, since her SP battery is exactly what Rin Tohsaka and the Elation engine want. Firefly holds S+ on the back of her Novaflare buffs, and Acheron holds S+ with Mortenax Blade now her best Nihility partner.

v4.1 April 4, 2026 · Site launch

HSRTIERLIST.COM launched with rankings for all 83 characters available in version 4.1, judged at E0 with accessible relic sets across Memory of Chaos, Pure Fiction, and Apocalyptic Shadow. That baseline is kept here for comparison.