Honkai Star Rail: Ruan Mei Best Build
Dec. 16, 2023Ruan Mei is a 5-star Harmony character with the Ice damage type. She is also the first 5-star limited Harmony character in Honkai Star Rail, and her kit is stacked with insanely strong team wide buffs. If built correctly, she can act as a combination of Asta and Tingyun. Here is a complete Ruan Mei build guide, including her best light cones, relics, and team comps.
Who is Ruan Mei in Honkai Star Rail?
Ruan Mei is a sweet-tempered and elegant scholar. She is the #81 member of the Genius Society and an expert in biological sciences. Herta invited her to develop the Simulated Universe, collaborating with Screwllum and Stephen. She also enjoys desserts, traditional theater, and embroidery.
Ruan Mei was released in the first phase of the Honkai Star Rail 1.6 update. She willnext feature in the upcoming 2.3 banners, next toFirefly, Gallagher, Xueyi, and Misha. The HSR 2.3 banners have been released on June 18.
From everything we know, Ruan Mei is acombination of Asta and Tingyunwith some insane weakness-break capabilities sprinkled on top. Let’s take a look at her kit to understand how to play her optimally with the best Ruan Mei build.
Ruan Mei’s kit is stacked with buffs, her Skill giving a massive Damage and Weakness Break Efficiency buff. Her Ultimate furtherincreases All Type Resistance penetration for allieswhile delaying attacks from weakness broken enemies. Ruan Mei’s Talent also gives a Speed % increase to all allies and her Technique lets you enter battle by targeting enemy weakness, irrespective of ally damage type.
Ruan Mei’s ideal cycle rotation should be:
Skill » Normal Attack » Normal Attack » Skill » Normal Attack » Normal Attack
Her Ultimate lasts for two turns, so use it during a big damage cycle or when the enemy is close to a weakness break.
Ruan Mei is a very strong Support, but she can be even better with the correct Relics and Planar Ornaments. Here are the best Relics, Planar Ornaments, Sub, and Main stats for the Ruan Mei build.
Ruan Mei’s buffs are based on her allies’ stats, so her stats don’t affect most of her buffs. Since her kit is made for weakness breaks,the Thief of Shooting Meteor artifact set will be perfect for her. This artifact set will further increase her break effect, dealing additional damage with her Ultimate and regenerating energy with each break. You can also use the 4-piece Messenger Traversing Hackerspace for an additional 12% speed buff to all the allies.
For Planar Ornaments,2-piece Talia: Kingdom of Banditry fits her bestas it increases her break effect, directly affecting her Ultimate’s additional damage during the weakness break. You can also run a 2-piece Pan-Cosmic Commercial Enterprise to apply debuffs easily on enemies with high effect resistance.
For Relic stats, you must stack as much Break effect as possible. Also,make sure to add enough Speed to reach the high 145-speed requirementof the 2-piece Talia: Kingdom of Banditry. Other than that, stack HP%, Defense %, and Effect Resistance % to make her tank hits. As Break Effect damage is unaffected by Attack, Crit Rate, and Damage, there is no need to add offensive sub-stats.
There are a lot of good Light Cones that can work well on Ruan Mei. Let’s take a closer look at them:
AllAscension Materialsfor Ruan Mei:MaterialsQuantityCredit308kImmortal Scionette15Immortal Aeroblossom15Gelid Chitin65Immortal Lumintwig15Ruan Mei Ascension Materials
AllTrace Materialsfor Ruan Mei:
She has some powerful Eidolons, making it worthwhile to go for her E6. Even if you are not planning to get her C6,we suggest you at least try for her E1, which increases the Overtone’s duration by 1 turn and additionally increases the attack of all allies by 40%.
Bonus Abilities:
Stat Boosts:
Ruan Mei is a Break Effect damage buffer andshe works extremely well withFireflyandBoothill.However, she can work with most Hyper Carry DPS units in the game. Pairing her with Harmony Trailblazer also increases her effectiveness.
You can also pair Ruan Mei with Pela to have additional defense shred or pair her with Asta to further boost the speed and attack of allies.Gallagherworks best with Ruan Meiin Break Effect focused teams. Other than that, you can also use Huohuo as Sustain as she can regenerate energy for her Ultimate, allowing her to keep her Ultimate active most of the time.
Yes, you should definitely pull for Ruan Mei. Ruan Mei’s kit is absolutely stacked with quality buffs that will elevate the performance of any team you are using. She is 100% worth spending your Stellar Jades, and we suggest you go for her E1 if you can. Share your opinion on Ruan Mei and tell us if you are impressed by her kit.
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