Honkai Star Rail: Best Characters [Pros, Cons, Skills]

Honkai Star Rail has recently created a roster of 7 elemental characters that all follow their own amongst 7 paths. With version 1.0 just being out, it asks which of the best characters players should adapt into their team comps for fighting. Currently, 6 characters can be considered some of the best performing in combat, so a bit of detailing is in order. For complete rankings, check our Honkai Star Rail Tier List.

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Honkai Star Rail Characters Comparison

Below listed is a summarized version of the best characters and their starting stats:

Bronya 

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Traces

Moving on, let’s look at her skills (all based on base level 1). 

• Windrider Bullet: Bronya can deal with Wing DMG, which is equivalent to 50% of her base attack to a single enemy. 
• Leading The Way (Talent): After using her basic attack, her next action advances by 15%. 
• Combat Redeployment (Skill): She is able to dispel a debuff from one teammate, allowing them to take action immediately, and also enhances their damage by 33% for 1 turn.  
• The Belobog March (Ultimate): Increases the attack of all her allies by 33% and enhances their crit damage, equivalent to 12.0% of Bronya’s crit damage and 12.0% for 2 turns. 
• Banner Of Command (Technique): After using her technique, at the start of the next battle, every ally’s attack is enhanced by 15% for 2 turns. 

Bronya Team Comps 

Let’s see a few team comps for Bronya in Honkai Star Rail that players might want to test out. 

Bailu

Traces 

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When it comes to her traces, they are as follows. 

• Diagnostic Kick (Basic Attack): Can deal lightning damage equivalent to 50% of Bailu’s basic attack to a single opponent. 
• Gourdful Of Elixir (Talent): After a teammate with invigoration is attacked, she can restore the Ho for that teammate for 3.6% of her Max HP plus 36 extra and be triggered twice. 
• Singing Among Clouds (Skill): She can heal a single teammate for 7.8% of her max HP plus 78 extra. She is also able to recover two random teammates 2 times. 
• Felicitous Thunderleap (Ultimate): Can heal all fellow teammates for 9.0% of her max HP plus 90 and applies invigoration to her teammates who have not been invigorated. 
• Saunter In The Rain (Technique): After using the technique, at the start of the next battle, all teammates are granted Invigoration for 2 turns. 

Team Comps 

Another thing that begs to be questioned is the possible team comps that can be made with Bailu in mind. Bailu is a healer, so she can find her way into any team comp possible, but the best ones are listed below. 

Clara 

Traces 

When it comes to her traces, they are listed as follows. 

• I Want To Help (Basic Attack): She can deal physical damage equivalent to 50% of her basic attack to a single opponent. 
• Because We’re Family (Talent): While being under the protection of Svarog, any damage that is taken by Clara when enemy attacks hit her is decreased by 10%. Svarog will also end up marking enemies attacking Clara using his Mark of Counter. 
• Svarog Watches Over You (Skill): Her character can deal physical damage that is equivalent to 60% of her base attack to all opponents and is also able to deal physical damage that is equivalent to 60% of Clara’s Attack to opponents that Svarog’s Mark of Counter has marked. 
• Promise, Not Command (Ultimate): After Clara activates it, the damage dealt to her is decreased by an extra 15%, but she gets attacked by enemies for 2 turns. 
• A Small Price For Victory (Technique): Instantly attacks the opponent, and upon entering combat, the chances that she gets attacked by an opponent increases for 2 turns. 

Team Comps 

Lastly, one of the Best Characters that belong to the Destruction path in Honkai Star Rail will also require a few solid team comps, and here are the ones that might work well with her abilities. 

Gepard 

Traces 

For his traces, they are listed below as: 

• Fist Of Conviction (Basic Attack): He can deal ice damage equivalent to 50% of Gepard’s Attack to a single opponent. 
• Unyielding Will (Talent): Anytime he is struck by an opponent with a deadly attack, he can restore 25% of his max HP. 
• Enduring Bulwark (Ultimate): Can provide a shield for all allies and can absorb damage that is equivalent to 30% of his overall base Defense plus 150 extra for 3 turns. 
• Daunting Smite (Skill): He can deal ice damage equal to 100% of his base attack to one enemy while having a 65% base chance to freeze the opponent for one turn. 
• Comradery (Technique): After Gepard can his technique and the subsequent battle begins, all allies will gain a shield, absorbing damage based on 24% of his base Defense and 150 extra for two turns. 

Team Comps 

Since Gepard is one of the Best Tanks In Honkai Star Rail , he can provide excellent defensive abilities to his teammates and maintain his ground. Therefore, the mentioned team comps below might work well with him. 

Seele 

Traces 

When it comes to her traces, players can read them as follows. 

• Thwack (Basic Attack): She can deal Quantum damage equal to 50% of her base attack to one opponent. 
• Resurgence (Talent): She enters the buffed state upon murdering an opponent with a basic attack, ultimate, or her skill and gains an extra turn. While she has been buffed, her damage increased by 40% for one turn. 
• Sheathed Blade (Skill): Overall speed is increased by 25% for 2 turns, and she can also deal Quantum damage equal to 110% of Seele’s attack to one enemy. 
• Butterfly Flurry (Ultimate): She enters the buffed state and deals Quantum damage that equates to 255% of her attack to one enemy. 
• Phantom Illusion (Technique): After using her technique, she gains Stealth for 20 seconds, and while her strength is active, she can’t be noticed by enemies. 

Team Comps 

Seele is one of the most broken Single-target damage dealers in Honkai Star Rail, and with her quantum abilities, the team comps below can work for her. 

Welt 

Traces 

Next, let’s look at some of his traces and how they can help him in combat. 

• Gravity Suppression (Basic Attack): He can deal with Imaginary DMG equal to 50% of his base attack to a single opponent. 
• Time Distortion (Talent): Whenever he hits an enemy that has already been slowed, he can deal extra Imaginary DMG equal to 30% of his attack to the enemy. 
• Edge Of The Void (Skill): He can deal Imaginary damage that will be equal to 36% of his base attack to a single enemy and can also deal further damage 2 times, and each time it deals imaginary damage that is equal to 36% of Welt’s Attack to a random enemy. 
• Synthetic Black Hole (Ultimate): It can deal with Imaginary DMG equal to 90% of Welt’s attack to all opponents, with a 100% base chance for all opponents that get hit by this ability to get Imprisoned for one turn. 
• Gravitational Imprisonment (Technique): Welt’s Technique can create a dimension that will last for 15 seconds. Enemies in this dimension have their movement speed decreased by 50%. 

Team Comps 

Lastly, let’s take a look at a few team compositions that can be tested in combat. Based on his path, he should be put in a team prioritizing his debuffing abilities. 

My Thoughts On The Best Characters In HSR 

After spending 800+ hours playing Honkai Star Rail, I believe that the best character is Seele, as Seele offers high single-target Quantum damage using her normal attacks.

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