Genshin Impact Fan Reveals Most Mained Characters In The Game

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Genshin Impact has a vast anime-inspired character lineup which keeps expanding with almost every new update. The current Version 2.8 has introduced the popular detective from Inazuma and the game's first male catalyst user, Shikanoin Heizou.

Even though the game keeps refreshing its playable roster, a big part of the community seems to prefer using older characters. A Reddit user named Cqmilian has shared an exciting list showing which Genshin Impact characters are mained by most players, at least according to Reddit.

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Each character in Genshin Impact has its own dedicated subReddit and the number of users they have gives an insight into their popularity. According to the list, HuTao_Mains subReddit has the highest number of members which does not come as a surprise since she was considered one of the most popular characters in the game for a very long time. Hu Tao was introduced back during Genshin Impact Version 1.3 which was the only update to feature three separate banner cycles that featured Xiao, Keqing, and Hu Tao. Click here to see the full thread.

Hu Tao is a Pyro polearm DPS character with a unique play style that requires some time to get used to due to multiple animation cancel mechanics. Fans are expecting the second character on the list, Raiden Shogun, to overtake Hu Tao in the future since she's one of the strongest characters in the game and a must-have for most team compositions. On top of that, Raiden Shogun is much more important to the story as she is one of the seven Genshin Impact Archons.

The least popular character is Aloy which does not come as a surprise considering that she's the Genshin Impact's first collaboration character with the popular open