With the update of Honkai Star Rail 1.6 version, new characters have joined in the Honkai Star Rail roster. Ruan Mei, as one of the new 5-star characters has attracted a lot of attention. Many players want to know how to build the best Ruan Mei in Honkai Star Rail 1.6 version. Players can use Cheap Honkai Star Rail Oneiric Shards to get the latest characters in 1.6 version banner activity.

Ruan Mei Character Overview

Ruan Mei is a Harmory Character in HonKai Star Rail. She is a sweet-tempered and elegant scholar. Member #81 of the Genius Society.For that, she was invited by Herta to collaborate with Screwllum and Stephen to develop the Simulated Universe.

Best Ruan Mei Build in Honkai Star Rail 1.6 Version

Ruan Mei belongs to the Path of Harmony and uses the Ice element in Honkai Star Rail, which means she’s a buffer, similar to Hanya or Bronya. While every member of this Path shines in its own way, Ruan Mei’s gimmick is increasing your party’s RES PEN (Resistance Penetration), meaning they can bypass most foes’ resistance and do more damage. However, you need a few things to make Ruan Mei act faster and provide better buffs to your whole party.

Best Light Cones for Ruan Mei in Honkai Star Rail

Past Self in Mirror: As Ruan Mei's signature light cone, it offers a substantial Break Effect buff, Skill Point generation each time she uses her Ultimate (unlike "But the Battle Isn't Over," which provides once every 2 Ultimate uses), and a damage increase for all allies. Additionally, it provides 10 Energy to all allies for each wave, which proves useful when farming content with multiple waves, such as Calyx or, to some extent, Forgotten Hall.

Memories of the Past: As a 4-star option, Memories of the Past stands out as the best choice after her signature light cone, especially if players have it max refined. This light cone provides a similar Break Effect increase to Past Self in Mirror at Refinement 5 and further regenerates Energy each time Ruan Mei attacks, albeit limited to one time per turn.

Best Relics Set for Ruan Mei in Honkai Star Rail

4-piece Thief of Shooting Meteor

Increases Break Effect by 16%.

Increases the wearer's Break Effect by 16%. After the wearer inflicts Weakness Break on an enemy, regenerates 3 Energy.

As of patch 1.6, this is the best Relics set for Ruan Mei. The 4-piece effect gives her a whopping 32% Break Effect, which will help in increasing the damage her Field does to enemies. Additionally, it provides some Energy Regeneration for Ruan Mei, which allows her to charge up her Ultimate Easily.

2-piece Talia: Kingdom of BanditryIncreases Max HP by 12%.

Increases the wearer's Break Effect by 16%. When the wearer's SPD reaches 145 or higher, the wearer's Break Effect increases by an extra 20%.

Much like the Thief of Shooting Meteor, this Relic set helps build Ruan Mei's Break Effect to the recommended number. This gives a huge 36% increase to her Break Effect when the SPD requirement is met, which should be easy if the player gives Ruan Mei SPD boots.

Best Team Comps for Ruan Mei in Honkai Star Rail

Ruan Mei is fantastic on most teams – very similar to Bronya or Tingyun. The big difference between her and the two mentioned characters is that Ruan Mei’s abilities affect not just one allied character, but several, which makes her the preferred choice on teams with two damage dealers in lieu of a single carry. You can find some examples below, but don’t feel bound by them – Ruan Mei is a flexible character.

Kafka (Main DPS), Guinaifen (Sub DPS), Ruan Mei (Support), Huohuo (Support)

Lots of Weakness Break means lots of opportunities to inflict DoT effects, making Ruan Mei the perfect addition to a composition focusing on that. Feel free to replace Guinaifen with Sampo or Luka for this team build.

Jingliu (Main DPS), Ruan Mei (Support), Bronya (Support), Huohuo (Support)

Nothing stops you, of course, from packing both Ruan Mei and Bronya into a single team, which will greatly enhance the damage of its Main DPS. As always, you can replace Huohuo with other sustain characters such as Natasha, Lynx, Bailu, Luocha, Gepard, March 7th, or Fu Xuan.

Players can follow the guidance to build Ruan Mei character in Honkai Star Rail 1.6 version. And you can also Buy Honkai Star Rail Stellar Jade to unlock the latest Light Cones and Relics set for Ruan Mei in the activity.