Although there are 18 different characters in Grenshin Impact with diverse skills, elements, and abilities to choose from it is recommended that when you start the game you pick one character, ideally one of the main ones and focus on building them up. The reason why you should concentrate on leveling only one character is by doing so you not only raise their stats but also unlock their level cap which is initially set at level 20. Once you begin to Ascend a character from Level 20 the required materials become scarce and coupled with the XP cost becoming more the higher you raise a character you quickly realise it is best to focus on one character or at the most two when you begin the game.