Best Ruan Mei Builds and Team Setup in Honkai: Star Rail

Ruan Mei character, member #81 of the Genius Society is a sweet-tempered and elegant scholar renowned for her expertise in the biological sciences. It was her talent and relentless perseverance that caught Nous’ attention, leading her to embark on research into the origin of life in a clandestine corner of the universe. This dedication to her field led to an invitation from Herta to collaborate with Screwllum and Stephen on the development of the Simulated Universe.

Despite Ruan Mei’s scholarly pursuits, she harbors a secret passion for traditional theater and desserts, indulging in them whenever possible. Additionally, she holds a keen interest in embroidery, a hobby that provides her with a creative outlet amidst her scientific endeavors.

General Information

The Best Way to Build Ruan Mei Character

Ruan Mei Break DMG Support Build

To maximize the effectiveness of her buffs, a total of 180% Break Effect is required. While 160% Break Effect can be obtained through Relic sub-stats and effects, the remaining 20% will be fulfilled by her Bonus Ability.

Players have the option to utilize either a 4-piece Hackerspace set or a combination of 2-piece Hackerspace and 2-piece Thief set, provided they can achieve the necessary 160% Break Effect through substats.

Despite her kit being heavily reliant on Break Effect scaling, opting for an Energy Regeneration Rope proves to be more advantageous as it accelerates her Ultimate charging rate. Break Effect stats can be acquired through sub-stats, traces, and relic sets.

The Best Light Cone for Ruan Mei

Ruan Mei is a 5 star character with the Harmony path and Ice combat, so you would typically want a light cone that complements her strengths and enhances her performance in battle. Here are 3 best light cone for Ruan Mei:

• Memories of the Past

One of best Light Cone for our girl Ruan Mei in Honkai: Star Rail is Memories of the Past, which is 4 star light cone that energy boost on basic attacks. Imagine Ruan Mei character hitting enemies and effortlessly building up her energy reserves. That’s exactly what this Light Cone brings to the table.

Now, here’s the real kicker with S5 Memories of the Past: you can unleash Ruan Mei’s ultimate every three turns. That’s right, every three turns! This means she can keep those RES PEN stats up and running like a well-oiled machine.

• Past Self in Mirror

• Meshing Cogs

If you’re don’t have the two Light Cone obove, don’t sweat it! There’s always another option that everyone players can choice: Meshing Cogs. This little gem is a 3-star Light Cone, but it still brings some serious firepower to the allies.

Just like Memories of the Past, Meshing Cogs hooks you up with that energy back on basic attacks. So, you’ll still be slinging skills and abilities continuously.

Sure, it might not dish out the break effect, but here’s the kicker: you still get that awesome ultimate uptime. And let me tell you, having your ultimate ready to go whenever you need it is an absolute game-changer on the battlefield.

The Best Relics for Ruan Mei

1. Messenger Traversing Hackerspace (4 pieces)

SPD is increased by 16%.

Upon the wearer using their Ultimate on an ally, the Speed (SPD) of all allies receives a 12% boost for a duration of 1 turn and it’s non-stackable.

2.Thief of Shooting Meteor (4 pieces)

Break Effect is increased by 16%.

The wearer benefits from a 16% increase in Break Effect. Additionally, when the wearer inflicts Weakness Break on an enemy, they receive a regeneration of 3 Energy.

The Best Ornaments for Ruan Mei

1. Penacony, Land of the Dreams

The wearer experiences a 5% increase in Energy Regeneration Rate. Furthermore, all other allies sharing the same Damage Type as the wearer receive a 10% boost in Damage.

2. Talia: Kingdom of Banditry 

The wearer enjoys a 16% increase in Break Effect. Moreover, when the wearer’s Speed (SPD) reaches 145 or higher, an additional 20% boost is granted to the wearer’s Break Effect.

3. Sprightly Vonwacq

The wearer’s Energy Regeneration Rate receives a 5% boost. Their actions will be Advanced Forward by 40% when entering a battle if their SPD is above 120.

The Best Stats for Ruan Mei

• Body: HP%/DEF%
• Feet: SPD
• Sphere: HP%/DEF%
• Link Rope: Energy Regen

The Best Substats for Ruan Mei

• Break Effect 
• SPD 
• HP% 
• DEF% 

How to Build Ruan Mei Team Comps

Ruan Mei Team Comps (Free to Play)

1. Support: Ruan Mei
2. DPS: Dan Heng
3. Support: Asta
4. Healer: Natasha

This free-to-play team synergizes effectively with her enhancing everyone’s Damage (DMG) and Break Efficiency. Dan Heng benefits from her All-Type Resistance Penetration, while Asta excels at exploiting the enemy’s Weakness with her Skill.

Ruan Mei Generalist Team Comps

1. Support: Ruan Mei
2. DPS: Jingliu
3. Support: Bronya
4. Healer: Huohuo

Pairing Ruan Mei with DPS characters capable of dealing substantial Toughness Damage greatly enhances her effectiveness. Players have the option to either include another Support character to bolster their offensive capabilities further or opt for a Preservation character to ensure the party’s survival during battles.

Ruan Mei Dual DPS Team Comps

1. Support: Ruan Mei
2. DPS: Jingliu
3. DPS: Balde
4. Healer: Luocha

Ruan Mei’s ability to extend her buffs to the entire party enables teams to incorporate two DPS characters effectively. This setup proves particularly advantageous when facing Elite enemies that share the same Type weaknesses as the elements of the DPS characters.

Ruan Mei DMG over Time (DoT) Team Comps

1. Support: Ruan Mei
2. DPS: Kafka
3. Sub DPS: Black Swan
4. Utility: Huohuo

Ruan Mei serves as an exceptional support for Damage over Time (DoT) teams due to her ability to delay enemy recovery from Break. This delay allows DoTs to accumulate on the enemy before they can resume their attacks.

Moreover, she enhances DoTs inflicted through Weakness Break, and her Break Efficiency buff accelerates the triggering of additional DoTs, thus maximizing their effectiveness.

Ruan Mei Ice-Quantum Team Comps

1. Support: Ruan Mei
2. DPS: Jingliu
3. Support: Silver Wolf
4. Utility: Fu Xuan

This team composition proves viable in specific content scenarios where the enemy is vulnerable to Quantum but not Ice. Silver Wolf becomes indispensable in this setup as she can apply an Ice Weakness on enemies.

Furthermore, equipping Ruan Mei with the Planetary Rendezvous light cone enhances the Damage of the Ice DPS, further augmenting the team’s effectiveness against foes weak to Ice.

Ruan Mei Abilities

• Basic Attack: Threading Fragrance – An enemy is inflicted Ice Damage equal to 50% – 110% Ruan Mei’s ATK damage.

• Skill: String Sings Slow Swirls – Upon utilizing her Skill, Ruan Mei acquires Overtone, which remains active for 3 turns. However, at the onset of her turn, this duration decreases by 1. While she possesses Overtone, all allies experience a boost in Damage ranging from 16% to 35.2%, alongside a 50% increase in Weakness Break Efficiency.

• Ultimate: Petals to Stream, Repose in Dream – Ruan Mei casts a field lasting for 2 turns, with its duration decreasing by 1 at the start of her turn. Within this field, all allies benefit from a 15%—27% increase in All-Type Resistance Penetration, and their attacks apply Thanatoplum Rebloom to enemies struck.

When enemies attempt to recover from Weakness Break while affected by Thanatoplum Rebloom, the effect is triggered. This action extends the duration of their Weakness Break, delays their actions by an amount equal to 20% of Ruan Mei’s Break Effect plus 10%, and inflicts Break Damage equivalent to 30%—54% of her Ice Break Damage.

It’s important to note that enemy targets cannot have Thanatoplum Rebloom reapplied to them until they recover from Weakness Break.

• Talent: Somatotypical Helix – Her Talent enhances the Speed stats (SPD) of the team (excluding herself) by 8% – 10.4%. Additionally, when allies successfully break an enemy target’s Weakness, Ruan Mei inflicts Break Damage upon this enemy target equal to 60%—132% of her Ice Break Damage.

Inert Respiration : All allies gain a 20% increased in Break Effect

Days Wane, Thoughts Wax : At the start of a turn, regenerates 5 energy

Candle Lights on Still Waters : During battles, for every 10% of Ruan Mei’s Break Effect exceeding 120%, her Skill further boosts allies’ Damage by 6%, reaching a maximum increase of 36%.

• Technique: Silken Serenade – After utilizing the Technique, Ruan Mei acquires Silken Serenade. At the commencement of the subsequent battle, the Skill is automatically triggered once without expending Skill Points.

Within the Simulated Universe, while Ruan Mei possesses Silken Serenade, the team’s active attacks against enemies are considered as targeting their Weakness to initiate battles. Moreover, these attacks can reduce the Toughness of all enemies regardless of their Weakness types.

When breaking Weakness, the Weakness Break Effect triggered corresponds to the attacker’s Type. For each Blessing possessed, up to a maximum of 20 Blessings, the Toughness-Reducing Damage of this attack increases by an additional 100%.

Upon successfully breaking an enemy target’s Weakness, she additionally inflicts Break Damage upon the enemy target equivalent to 100% of her Ice Break Damage.

Ruan Mei Level-up Materials

Final Thought

If you’re looking for a top-tier support character in Honkai: Star Rail, look no further than Ruan Mei. This gal is a game-changer! She can boosting your entire squad’s Damage (DMG), Speed (SPD), and Break Efficiency. It’s like having a personal cheerleader on the battlefield, but instead of flags and banners, she’s packing serious power-ups for another characters in your team comps.

So, if you find your team in need of a versatile support unit that can dish out buffs, control crowds, and wreak havoc on the enemy lines, Ruan Mei is your best choice.