Honkai Star Rail Guinaifen Best Build: Best Light Cones, Relics & Team Comps

This guide shares some of the best Light Cones and Relics you can use on Guinaifen in Honkai Star Rail to make her an overpowered unit in your team.

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This is our guide on the new character Guinaifen! | ©HoYoVerse

Guinaifen is a four-star Pyro element playable character in Honkai Star Rail, belonging to The Nihility Path, who has been a part of the main squad of characters in the game since release.An outworlder who ended up residing in Xianzhou by accident. She is now a passionate and vivacious street performer.With her real name being Guinevere, Guinaifen is the Xianzhou name given to her by her good friend Sushang.Faced with a whole new life on the Loufu and relying on her adoration of Xianzhou culture, Guinaifen quickly learned skills that would keep her clothed and fed — these being eating noodles upside down, smashing large stones upon the chest of others, and catching projectiles with her bare hands, et cetera.If you are one of the lucky players who has gotten a Guinaifen in your daily, weekly, or monthly routine of pulls, we are here to help!This is where our Guinaifen best build guide comes in handy as we share the best Light Cones and Relics you can use on Guinaifen to make her a force reckoned with in Honkai Star Rail.

Update: We have made minor updates to the build guide on January 15, 2024.

Honkai Star Rail Guinaifen Best Build

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The best build for Guinaifen in Honkai Star Rail includes the Light Cones that increase CRIT Rate, ATK, and Energy Recharge Rate to ensure you can use your abilities often.

Moreover, it also focuses on Relics that improve Guinaifen's ATK, CRIT Rate, Imaginary DMG, and other such attributes that directly affect the damage output of her attacks.

Best Light Cones For Guinaifen In Honkai Star Rail

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These are the best Light Cones for Guinaifen. | ©HoYoVerse

From what we can gather from the currently leaked stats from Honkai Star Rail, the best Light Cone for Guinaifen is the five-star Light Cone, In The Name of the World.You can obtain In The Name of The World by performing Warps on the Light Cone banner and hoping you roll the correct RNG.Apart from that, here are some other Light Cones that work well with Guinaifen in Honkai Star Rail:

  • Eyes of the Prey
  • Before the Tutorial Mission
  • Incessant Rain
  • Resolution Shines As Pearls of Sweat
  • Loop

You can also use a Light Cone of your choice. Just ensure it increases an attribute directly affecting Guinaifen's abilities and Path.

Best Relics For Guinaifen In Honkai Star Rail

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These are the best relics for Guinaifen in Honkai Star Rail. |© HoYoVerse

Here are some of the best Relics for Guinaifen in Honkai Star Rail:

Firesmith of Lava-Forging

  • 2 Piece: Increases Fire DMG by 10%.
  • 4 Piece: Increases the wearer's Skill DMG by 12%. After unleashing Ultimate, the wearer's Fire DMG increases by 12% for the next attack.

Musketeer of Wild Wheat

  • 2 Piece: ATK increases by 12%.
  • 4 Piece: The wearer's SPD increases by 6%, and Basic ATK DMG increases by 10%.

Thief of Shooting Meteor

  • 2 Piece: Increases Break Effect by 16%
  • 4 Piece: Increases the wearer's Break Effect by 16%. When the wearer inflicts Weakness Break on an enemy, it regenerates 3 Energy.

Honkai Star Rail Guinaifen Best Team Compositions

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These are the best team compositions for Guinaifen in Honkai Star Rail. | © HoYoVerse

Here is the best team composition for Guinaifen in Honkai Star Rail:Table Image Credit: GenshinLab

Team Composition 1

In this team comp, Guinaifen is going to be the main DPS unit, with Pela being the main debuffer and Natasha serving as the healer.

Tingyun will be doing the thing which she is good at, and that is buffing your ATK and other such things.

CharacterRole

Guinaifen

DPS
NatashaHealer
PelaDebuffer
TingyunSupport

Team Composition 2

This is a little premium team comp as there are two main DPS units, Blade and Guinaifen, to ensure your DMG output is off the charts.

Natasha can heal your allies to last them longer in battle, while Asta can bolster defense while debuffing enemies.

Character Role

Guinaifen

Sub DPS
NatashaHealer
BladeDPS
AstaSupport

Team Composition 3

This is one of the best team comps for Guinaifen, as we have Tank units like Gepard who can take on incoming attacks.

we have Locuha for the massive healing, and Bronya, one of the S tier supports who can provide buffs to improve DMG output by a great amount.

CharacterRole

Guinaifen

DPS
LuochaHealer
BronyaSupport
GepardTank

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