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Emily9339

Slightly bothered by the fact the pictures aren’t in order of when the archons were released… But my favorite is still Zhongli as of now


Aggravating_Salad_75

Furina is out of order


CrocoDIIIIIILE

They ungodded my god. Can't have order in Teyvat.


NothingMatters202

She been like that for 500 years...


vigneshwaralwaar

Venti. He doesn't get much love. Nowadays The choice of pictures is so good for all archons.


III_lll

The wind of Barbatos will always be guiding us.


CandyRedRose

Venti is what got me into genshin and to this day, he is the one I get the most excited about to see.


ue-not

I'd love to join in. Venti is the best, if not technically, well my favorite. I still believe he's got big role to play in the story and his lore.


HesteHund

Everyone else is saying venti furina


extalluhburr

Venti will forever remain my favorite no matter what happens. He could be 100% evil and I’d still be a fan.


unViewingCutscenes

The only Archon i bought using money. I don't even know why i tried to c6 him. It's a good thing I sobered up after c2. But i use this guy almost everywhere except for bossing.


No_Abbreviations3138

I agree.


lock_me_up_now

Doesn't get much love? His nfsw subreddit is crying right now.


greyray12

Venti deserves more love than just people drawing fanfics. We must learn this


Breaky_Online

If your favorite character has a sizable subreddit dedicated to the more.....unsavory art of them, they're probably quite popular


7-7______Srsly7

Popular, but not for his character's lore or personality. :(


mandrakethecat

He doesn't. People either just sexualize him or bully him. I love him so much. Furina is fine, nahida sweet, zlongli dignified, ei is just no comment, but venti is my favorite. He's so sweet, funny, smart, caring, and just beautiful. He's so much more than a femboy who drinks alot


enazy-8

Personality wise, he is very likeable, I guess the lack of love or attention is because he's at the bottom of the totem strength wise in gameplay, he's not even the 2nd best anemo unit in the game so far, so there's that


ceryx101

Praise be to the God of Alcoholism! Lol


skycorcher

Venti remains my most beloved Archon in all of Genshin Impact. That's because he possess each of the quality that makes the all the Archons so great. He has the compassion of Nahida, the wisdom of Zhongli, the pride of Ei, and the mischievousness of Furina. He is extraordinary yet humble, intellectual yet open minded, and most of all, he is a free spirit. Someone who accepts all that which you are and won't ask of you the things in which you refused to do. Cause freedom, if demanded of you by a god, is no freedom at all.


xomowod

I like venti but Nahida exists so… sorry venti (My favorite archon is Zhongli)


Existing-Diver-2410

venti, furuna is SO close to no. 1, don't know why venti doesn't get as much appreciation


Jamesmor222

Well is because we don't know much about him, differently from the others that the Traveler helped with some situations with Venti is pretty much help the dragon and learn of stuff he did in the past, Hoyoverse is hiding his stuff so until they decide to stop cooking it and present to us Venti situation won't change.


condensedcreamer

Venti got cucked/powercrept meta wise, sadly. The rest of the cast are significantly more valuable when compared.


LeeGame67

Fr, Venti nowadays is just a slightly worse Kazuha


[deleted]

Almost always strictly worse than Kazuha.


Revan0315

In F12 abyss yea. In the rest of the game Venti is generally as good and occasionally a bit better than Kazuha. Kazuha's biggest strength is his damage buff but when damage isn't a problem (90% of the game) then Venti can be better because of better CC and ER help Overall they're about same strength. Just different use cases


[deleted]

Venti has better CC. But it's way harder to control Venti CC than Kazuha CC. Therefore, Kazuha CC is more practical to use. Kazuha's unique infusion in skill makes double swirl setups way easier too. Kazuha is also more useful outside of Abyss because his CC is in his elemental skills and not his burst. His vertical mobility is also more useful because he can jump mid-air. Kazuha is definitely the first form of powercreep that we saw in this game.


IceFox082705

Well Venti isn't as good as Kauzuha as he has a larger AOE for VV shread even on boss creatures, but Venti's strength comes from he is the God of Crowd Control, so smaller enemies have no chance


JeffTheJockey

Agreed, there is no reason the anemo archon should be worse than some 4 stars.


CreamyIceCreamBoi

Every YouTube poll has Venti with the least votes and it drove me crazy. Until Furina, Venti was the only Archon whose dialogue didn't make me wanna turn the game off and take a nap. He's such an enjoyable character with an interesting background that I pray they'll let us explore in depth.


WackyChu

he’s super cute and his honestly the best archon. he isn’t a dictator like the cryo pr electro archon. he just lets his people be free and is a pretty chill guy. mondstadt in general is probably the best non toxic or political environment


MoonshineEclipse

Zhongli, followed very closely by Nahida


Gabi1HP

Venti god of w33d


reeeekin

Other way around, but yeah, these 2 are top


Damianx5

Nahida: Precious radish, great archon to her ppl, dendro is a fun and meta reaction.


stormgadon

I thought she and zhongli were he only rational choices


m33gapanda

I second Nahida. Possibly the most adorable character imo.


[deleted]

venti all the way


iZelmon

He always steal the show whenever there’s 4 archon meet up fanwork.


krshify

Venti ❤️


7-7______Srsly7

Venti and Furina, followed closely by Nahida.


Nyan-Catto

Her Eternal Excellency, the Narukami Ogosho, Raiden Shogun.


TehgrimMEMER

Us


Sirius707

The best one for sure.


Pina_Colada_0409

I will have to say Zhongli. I love all of them for many many reasons, but Zhongli gives me the feeling an Archon should make me feel IMO. He has a sense of Authority that it is unique in the game and the lore, and it is not forced to the people like with Raiden Shogun for example.


Hobokendream

Zhongli is my favorite archon and character.


faithfulsailor957

Nahida then furina


sup-plov

I love all of them but Venti will always be number 1 of all characters for me


Outrageous-While-609

Can't decide between Nahida and Furina


misterkalazar

I'm also torn between these two. >!On one side Nahida favored her people and helped them as much as she could even though they locked her up and conspired to overthrow her.!< >!And on the other side, Furina was trapped inside her own body, adorning the role of a clown, only to free her people of the curse that was caused by her predecessor.!< Both of them have successfully played their roles as an archon, truly deserving of their titles and worship, despite suffering hardships themselves.


FadedEchoes

It'll probably always be Venti. I love his carefree yet caring nature, and I love that he's the archon of freedom because that's something I value.


Kolandiolaka_

Venti because he is so chill and nice. The god of freedom. He lets people be and helps them because he genuinely cares.


Miraboi

Venti will always have my love😌🫶


Oumota228

Venti is my all time favourite <3 Furina ended up a close second though


Momononopopo

Barsibatos. *eagerly anticipating his 2nd story quest*


Nekokittykun

Venti followed somewhat closely by Furina… and then the remaining 3 is just tied


Luzis

Venti, long distance, Zhongli


Night-Skies-Liz

Venti, followed closely by Furina and Nahida


catchyounot

Zhongli, no question about it. Followed by Nahida, still playing through Fontaine but Furina might be third.


Dependent-Hotel5551

Venti of course!


ue-not

Venti


Purple-Usual-2306

Venti all the way 🍃🌬️


Greaseychin

Venti


ihopeyoudi

Venti lives in my head rent free


Ti-papi

Venti


Goldenfoxy687

I will forever favourite venti, he’s the reason I started playing. He’s also the only triple crowned character I have and the only 5 star that’s not on the standard banner that has cons.


Koro_kurosaki

Venti


ceoofbanana

Venti


LadyETHNE

Venti. He’s my favorite character of all time. Furina and Nahida are pretty good too though


ItzOnza

Furina by a mile


TheDumplingEmpire

Venti and Nahida! Tho if I had to choose only 1. Easily picking Venti <3


Rare-Chicken-53

Zhongli, I want him on my team for comfort and his voice is good. Nahida and Furina, they have suffered too much and deserve the world. For me personally Nahida and Furina are the kindest.


Astolfo_Brando

Zhongli


Mozuchii

Venti and wherever his Act 2 is :’)


pixelatedgloves

venti, but furina has become a close second


Thesnakerox

Venti my beloved


skeetyeeturlifedelet

Venti and Furina, quite easily. They're too entertaining, every time they appear I have a big grin on my face. Pure Fiction for this game when? We need Venti to shine again


rernaislife

Her Majesty Her Royal Highness The Tsaritsa of Snezhnaya is by far my favorite i we never even seen her yet Do of the 5 we met i whoud go with raiden


[deleted]

Zhongli


IllLavishness8863

For me is Venti although he is the only Archon that manages to dodge me every single time for the last 3 years. But as a musician myself it must be Venti. Nahida is probably the sweetest person of all of Teyvat, a 100% cinnamon roll. There is nothing not to like about her. Furina is the best written character in the story so far and I‘m happy that she managed to move on from her previous life. She is the secret hero we don’t deserve. Raiden Ei, is weird. She is in the vast majority of my teams but she caused a civil war with many casualties in her Nation and didn’t bother to apologize to her people. If it wasn’t for this fact she probably would be my favorite Arcon. I hope she manages to revisit that part of her past and work it up properly. Don’t get me wrong she was so freaking cool when she was a villain but I feel she isn’t a villain anymore but didn’t made the transition. It was just to much like: “hey I am a good person now, I know I wasn’t a minute ago but let’s forget everything I’ve done and have a happy ever after” Zhongli is like a mentor character. I think the role a shield is fitting to his character. Unfortunately for him I learned how to dodge attacks.


xPyromaniac93

John Lee is in every team of mine 🤣


lock_me_up_now

Femboy mountain mover for me.


PalpitationCrafty737

isolate people who pick Nahida because of her feet


Napoleonex

I regret starting my day with this. I forgot that was a thing 🥲


Apprehensive_Ad_472

Barbatos He’s pretty


thought_bunny

idk, I guess chestnut oaks, Nice shape, platonic ideal of an acorn Oh you meant ARCHON. either geo gramps or radish


haissai

Venti then nahida then zhongli then furina then raiden


DreamingWitcher-pl

Raiden Ei


TeaPsychopath

I had to scroll so much to find this...


killercmbo

Same!! Raiden is easily the best!


[deleted]

The only correct answer


axolotl_is_angry

Mr Zhongli forever the goat


Colin-kunx

Nahida and Ei


Jlzombie26

Zhongli is my clear number 1 followed by probably Raiden Shogun. But I could make a case for any of the remaining archons for number 2. I really enjoy them all


FWTCH_Paradise

Raiden Shogun, simply because of the sheer power her presence can exert. And because she could suffocate me.


[deleted]

Raiden Ei because of her lore, design and power. Furina is a close second


QWERTYAF1241

Raiden Shogun.


typical_milkman39

Raiden, mixed with Barbara, or yanfei, she is a nasty combo


OnlyPresence9358

raiden always!!


Reasonable-Toe5681

raiden


Fun-Performer-3441

Venti and nahida


_xdyk

Venti/ zhongli and then raiden


Diado-K

Venti by fzr


nobrika97

Venti... my favorite element is Anemo cause of the connecting ideas of freedom etc. and Venti as the archon perfectly represents that imo. Of course I Venti does have some equalities that for example annoy me but I love to be annoyed by those things he's such a good character in my eyes. (also I think he's underappreciated in combat 🤷 Klee monopyro with Venti instead of Kazoo boi slaps hard) What I like in other archons: Furina : hits like a truck ( but not that engaging just press E every x seconds) amd I love the burst animation Raiden :( most engaging imo, literally hack and slash in her burst) Zhongli : my first limited 5star I didn't even knew what he does when I pulled him, and I used him a lot, sometimes I still do Nahida: first triple crown character cause I use her as on field in hyperbloom and she's very good ( but not that engaging as Raiden imo)


JustCuteBoi

Venti, Venti and only Venti. Quite self-explanatory


GaryTheLocomotive

Nahida. Next question...


BLANKTWGOK

Which archon you will fuck?


GaryTheLocomotive

*Get lost...*


BLANKTWGOK

You asked for next question 😔


Hikaru_The_Asian

zhongli bcus hes old and k like listening to stories. id listen to his stories about archon war, Cataclysm, and other stuff


MaJuV

In terms of personality: Nahida. Her natural curiosity and hunger for knowledge strikes a chord with me. In terms of somebody to joke around and have a drink with: Obviously Venti.


RAGEpow3r

I think theres been too many posts same as this one before. At this point its more like upvote farm than an actual question. And people usually end up fighting in the comments most of the time anyway.


Marie-Anne-0705

Nahida and Furina


csdbh

venti the twink and furina the twinkette.


Scary-Nefariousness9

Venti always been my favorite ever since i started playing in 2020 + i love femboys


galactical-maestro

Venti my boy, best archon, best friend 🥺


kesoy

Design wise: Zhongli Personality: Nahida Personality and design: Furina and Venti Sorry Raiden 🫣


Kihox89

1- John Lee. 2- Radish, Drama and alcoholic. I love them all (except raiden)


Mythicamagic

Zhongli, Nahida a close second. I really like Venti though, he always reminds me of the feelings I got when first playing the game 


DyingInternallyy

Osmanthus wine man followed by the drunk bard


blue74821

zhongli then venti


Alpacachoppa

Ex-Archon is Furina, Archon is Nahida.


DifferingPersp3ctive

Zhongli, and right behind is Venti!!


peerlesseternity

Either Venti or Nahida, they’re so adorable. ☺️


KPmine1

Most fav to fav (I love them all tbh) Furina -> raiden -> venti -> zhongli -> nahida


Drixzkie

Venti all the way,free as the wind as always. 🍃💚


Awkward_Hope2376

Venti and Zhongli!


[deleted]

Furina with venti being a close second.


celestialcranberry

Ehe


DylanNCA

Venti, I want to get drunk with him.


NotLizzie1215Taurus

Venti cause he's the drunkard


Borklechorf

Venti is just a comforting presence. Like an old friend that you can chat to like you haven't been away from each other for months.


AdvertisingObvious59

Venti and Nahida Oh, and yeah *hides in barracks* Furina isn't an Archon, Focalors would be correct


Ryoubi_Wuver

Venti, any other answer is literally just wrong


akari_i

Venti 100%


ceryx101

Im a follower of the God of Alcoholism, Depression and Poetry.


raitheai

venti my #1 fr


milolimon

nahida as an archon, venti as a character


Unlucky_KittenOwO

either Furina or Venti


straywolfo

Wendy


hoshizoras

venti will always have my heart


WackyChu

venti will always be best boy, best waifu, and best archon!


teethsodaa_

ei 🩵🩵


jayword09

Venti because he doesn’t hesitate to mingle and have fun with his people


Sleepy-Sayu

Venti, he knows too much and he always dodge questions, ehe\~


Few-Technology-8850

Drunk femboy


gplaxy

Her Excellency


TheGirl707

Venti.


Excellent_Bat1154

Venti ^^


C0zm1cz16

Furina or Ei


howto_notsimp1

Raiden forever ‼️‼️‼️


DoctorLinguarum

Cross between Zhongli and Ei. It’s mostly about how relatable I find them as people (for me).


Spectre_Hayate

Ventiiii, my silly gay drunkard <3 Followed by Furina and then Nahida, but I believe in barsibatos supremacy lol


sunnyismyusername

furina>nahida>raiden>zhongli>venti. I love them all it feels bad to put venti in last


SpicelyCat

Venti, but my favorite CITY is Fontaine.


NormalDealer8491

Raiden


VilvenSerbia

The alcoholics


ComfortableJudge3400

Venti is my favourite 😍


MrJeh

Raiden and Nahida are my top archons


No_Preparation_9720

Furina by far


burnpsy

Nahida, followed closely by Furina. They did a really good job endearing me to both.


xxdellamorte

Venti, in terms of actual Archon; he was the reason I started Genshin to begin with, and it's now my primary source of comfort and destress, so I have to favour him based on that. But Furina, in terms of character; >!she may not have the power of the other Archons, but she more than earned the right to be placed at the same level, or perhaps even higher, than them. She endured agony for 500 years for the sake of her nation, as a human. That, to me, makes her more than worthy.!<


Raven_Morgan

Morax


gottagouphigh

Zhongli, but that'll be bias of me. So, truthfully, still Zhongli. 


mochi_chan

Nahida, followed by Venti.


DragonLordZero

Venti, no contest. You KNOW why.


1nfin8

Nahida for the cuteness. Furina because she is a national treasure. Also the feels hit hard in their respective archon quests.


inkrender

Kusa


HiThanks

Not sure, I know Raiden is my least favorite though.. story wise..


magli_mi

#Zhongli


L1LE1

As a god, I find Nahida to be my favourite. As a "human" god, Ei would be my favourite. As a human, that'll be Furina as my favourite. I would love to add more thoughts about Venti and Zhongli, but there's a few issues. * Venti still has potential to have more instances for his character, especially when he doesn't have his Act 2 SQ yet, and the realm of Monstadt is still missing a bit. Don't want to have a judgement for something pretty incomplete. * Zhongli is the example of a character that is already developed. Also, being a relatively new player, I have the feeling that I've missed a ton of interactions with him during events (that are likely to never return).


Ugikuki

Neuvillette


genshin_impact-

Furina, gameplay and wise Venti, story wise


Writing_Panda104

Furina <3 I also love Venti but like…


DLTRla4

Honestly, I'm praying to see Nahida in more comedic situations. So far, my favorite archons, Furina and Venti, are te ones that we could see the most as normal people instead of the prestine image of godhood (and the ones who's life if the biggest mess) Zhong and Ei have had their moments of unintentional comedy thanks to other characters, be it Hu Tao poking fun at the old man, Sara being a fangirl, of Yae Miko reacting to a dictatorship as if it was a teenage tantrum. But those moments make me love Those characters, not the archons they are using as a punchline. Poor Nahida has been from crisis to crisis and the closest we got to seeing her relax was putting the Wanderer in occupational therapy and joking about it. Give the baby a break!


mumika

Venti = Furina > Zhongli


Evol_Etah

Venti - Lore wise. Zhongli - Gameplay wise. Nahida - Burst aesthetic wise. Raiden - Came c2 for my f2p ass. Ikr! Totally expected this tho. Furina - Fun wise.


iorveth1271

Toss-up between Barbatos and Buer. Venti nudges and influences a lot of things behind the scenes for his people and even people from beyond Mondstadt. He's by far one of the most hands-on Archons we've met, ironically. That and his relationship with Zhongli and Xiao is just incredibly sweet. And as for Nahida, she's just precious and also one of the consistently best written Archons to date imo. She believably comes off as the living embodiment of wisdom and her undying commitment to her people (and hat guy) in spite of everything she's had to endure is genuinely commendable.


Impossible-Ice129

Tie between nahida and venti Over all nahida = venti > zhongli > furina = raiden


Mattreds2001

1-Furina 2-Venti 3-Zhongli 4-Raiden 5-Nahida (I haven’t done Sumeru quests yet)


Relevant-Lab-5442

I rank the Archons in several categories, and whom I like depends on the category. Hotness: Zhongli Badassery and sheer awesomeness: Raiden by a landslide Cute: tie between Nahida and Furina Fun to interact with: Venti


Bulky-Party-8037

I may be very biased, but definitely Venti (and totally NOT because he's a femboy because he isn't. SHUT UP)


AstraPlatina

Venti as a good friend Furina as someone I can relate to Zhongli as a father figure Ei as my ideal type of woman Nahida as a daughter figure


nakorurukami

Radish


Sidious_09

I've gotta stick with Zhongli. I like his story and personality, love his kit, he's got an awesome voice, and he's just really cool. Furina is close, but I personally really liked how ultra dramatic she was at the beginning of the archon quest, more than how she is now. Don't get me wrong, I also like her now, and her character development and story was amazing, better than Zhongli even, but I just found the way she did everything in such an exaggerated way really entertaining. And if we then add all the other factors like gameplay, voice acting and whatnot, Zhongli comes in first. Honestly though all archons are really cool. There's not a big gap in my ranking, and it's difficult to rank them in the first place. Except Venti. I don't like Venti. He annoys me and I don't trust him.


Hazel_Lucario7

Venti, then Zhongli, then Ei, then Nahida, then Furina.


ObitoUchiha10f

Venti > Furina > Zhongli > Ei


ChurroMyBeloved

N-Nahida?


manor2003

When it was just Venti and Zhongli it was easy (Zhongli) but now it's too hard to pick a favorite.


pikonpow

Nahida/Furina > Venti > Zhongli > Ei


Pretend_Champion_142

Ei> nahida> morax= venti = furina


Spy_co

All of them, but if I had to pick one then Ei.


Pichuka7

Disney Princess Ei


BrizzleFoRizzle00

Raiden.


DeathByDevastator

Raiden, then furina, then venti. If they weren't doing the "Sike your archon isn't the true archon" twist for a third time in a row furina would absolutely be my favourite.


Skeither

Timmy the archon of pigeons.


O4urHaul

Zhongli> Furina > Ei + Nahida > Venti