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Ruan Mei is an Ice and Harmony character in Honkai: Star Rail. Check out this guide for Ruan Mei's best builds, team comps, relics, light cones, and kit here!
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Ruan Mei Basic Information | ||
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Ruan Mei | Rarity | |
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General Rating | Endgame Rating | |
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Ratings are based on E0.
Stat | Base Value |
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HP (16th) | 147 |
ATK (7th) | 89 |
DEF (10th) | 66 |
SPD (9th) | 104 |
Stat | Base Value |
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HP (16th) | 1086 |
ATK (7th) | 659 |
DEF (10th) | 485 |
SPD (9th) | 104 |
The stats indicated above are Ruan Mei's base values. These numbers do not include the character's equipped Light Cone, Relics, or activated Trace nodes. |
Ruan Mei is a top-tier support who can buff the entire party's DMG, SPD, and Break Efficiency. Ruan Mei can also delay an enemy's recovery after Weakness Break and deal a decent amount of bonus DMG.
Ruan Mei is the best-in-slot teammate in a lot of team comps and is a must get for the utility she provides.
Best Light Cone | Relics and Ornament | |||
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Past Self in Mirror | ||||
Main Stats | Sub Stats | |||
Body: HP%/DEF% Feet: SPD Sphere: HP%/DEF% Rope: Energy Regen | Break Effect ★★★ SPD ★★★ HP% ★★ DEF% ★★ |
Alternative Light Cones | |
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Ruan Mei's best build includes Watchmaker since she is a Break Effect buffer. Sprightly Vonwacq is the best ornament for most team comps since it allows Ruan Mei to be first in the turn order to apply buffs.
Despite Ruan Mei's kit scaling on Break Effect, using an Energy Regeneration Rope is more optimal as it enables her to charge her Ultimate faster. You can get Break Effect stats through sub-stats, traces, and relic sets.
Stat | Recommended Value |
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Break Effect | 160% (Outside of combat) |
SPD | 134 or above |
HP% | 3800 or above |
DEF% | 1000 or above |
Ruan Mei needs a total of 180% Break Effect to max out the effect of her buffs. You can get just 160% Break Effect through Relic sub-stats and effects since the other 20% will come from her Bonus Ability.
Aside from having enough SPD, giving Ruan Mei enough HP and DEF stats will help her tank a lot of damage in endgame content.
Support | DPS | Support | Healer |
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Ruan Mei | March 7th (Imaginary) | Trailblazer (Imaginary) | Gallagher |
This free-to-play team involves Ruan Mei increasing everyone's DMG and Break Efficiency. March 7th will benefit from Ruan Mei's All-Type RES PEN and Break Effect buffs while the Trailblazer can provide Super Break DMG.
Support | DPS | Support | Healer |
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Ruan Mei | Firefly | Trailblazer (Imaginary) | Lingsha |
Ruan Mei can benefit any unit who scales on the Break Effect stat. Characters like Firefly and the Imaginary Trailblazer can benefit from Ruan Mei's Break Effect buffs.
Ruan Mei can also delay an enemy's recovery from Weakness Break, which gives more chances to deal Super Break DMG to an enemy.
Alternative | Explanation |
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Boothill | DPS Replacement Boothill is a better Break DPS when up against multiple Elite enemies. |
Rappa | DPS Replacement Rappa is a better Break DPS when up against more than three enemies. |
Xueyi | DPS Replacement A free-to-play option whose kit scales on the Break Effect stat. |
Gallagher | Sustain Replacement Gallagher's healing scales on the Break Effect and his Ultimate can inflict the Besotted debuff, which increases the Break DMG dealt on an enemy. |
Huohuo | Sustain Replacement Huohuo can use her Ultimate to restore the party's Energy and provide ATK buffs for Firefly. |
Luocha | Sustain Replacement Luocha is best used in scenarios where you need to remove enemy buffs. |
Aventurine | Sustain Replacement Aventurine's offense-oriented Kit can help shred the toughness bar of enemies with an Imaginary element weakness. |
Support | DPS | Sub-DPS | Healer |
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Ruan Mei | Kafka | Black Swan | Huohuo |
Ruan Mei is an outstanding Support for DoT teams as she can delay the enemies' recovery from Break, which lets the enemy take more DoTs before recovering to attack.
Ruan Mei can also increase DoTs inflicted through Weakness Break and her Break Efficiency buff can help trigger more DoTs at a faster rate.
Alternative | Explanation |
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Sampo | DPS or Sub-DPS Replacement Ruan Mei's Break Efficiency can help Sampo break the enemy's Weakness a lot sooner with Skill and Ultimate. |
Luka | Sub-DPS Replacement Ruan Mei's Break Efficiency can help Luka break the enemy's Weakness a lot sooner with his Enhanced Basic ATK and Ultimate. |
Guinaifen | Sub-DPS Replacement Ruan Mei's Break Efficiency can help Guinaifen break the enemy's Weakness a lot sooner with her kit. |
Gallagher | Healer Replacement Gallagher can heal the team as long as an ally attacks the enemy affected with Besotted. Ruan Mei can increase Gallagher's Break Effect, which improves his healing in the process. |
Luocha | Healer Replacement Luocha is an SP-friendly unit who can just use Basic ATKs and still put out a lot of healing with his Skill and Talent. |
Gepard | Healer Replacement Gepard has the best shield in-game and Ruan Mei's Break Efficiency buff can help him deal more Toughness DMG. |
Support | DPS | Support | Healer |
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Ruan Mei | Jingliu | Bronya | Huohuo |
Ruan Mei is excellent when paired with DPS characters whose attacks can dish out a huge amount of Toughness DMG. You can either slot in another Support for a stronger offense or a Preservation character to keep your party alive!
Alternative | Explanation |
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Imbibitor Lunae | DPS Replacement Imbibitor Lunae's Fulgurant Leap can easily break any enemy that is weak to Imaginary thanks to Ruan Mei's Break Efficiency buff. |
Seele | DPS Replacement Seele's Resurgence can work well with Ruan Mei's buffs to easily take out the smaller enemies one by one. |
Xueyi | DPS Replacement Xueyi's DMG can benefit from Ruan Mei's Break Effect buff and her Ultimate's toughness DMG will increase. |
Sushang | DPS Replacement Sushang's Sword Stance can work well with Ruan Mei's buffs to easily break an enemy's Physical Weakness. Sushang becomes a lot better with Ruan Mei at E4 thanks to her own Break Effect increase. |
Pela | Support Replacement Pela has great synergy with Ruan Mei thanks to her DEF debuffs and Ruan Mei's additional All-Type RES PEN. |
Gepard | Healer or Support Replacement The best shielder in the game and can keep the party alive in harder content. |
Fu Xuan | Healer or Support Replacement Fu Xuan can increase Ruan Mei's HP and redirect the DMG taken to herself through her Skill. |
Gallagher | Healer Replacement Gallagher can heal the team as long as an ally attacks the enemy affected with Besotted. Ruan Mei can increase Gallagher's Break Effect, which improves his healing in the process. |
Support | DPS 1 | DPS 2 | Healer |
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Ruan Mei | Jingliu | Blade | Luocha |
The team shown is just an example of possible Dual DPS team comps.
Ruan Mei can enable teams with two DPS characters as her buffs can affect the entire party. This is especially great against Elite enemies with the same Type of Weaknesses as the DPS characters' elements.
Support | DPS | Support | Utility |
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Ruan Mei | Jingliu | Silver Wolf | Fu Xuan |
This Ruan Mei team comp is viable in certain content where the enemy is weak to Quantum but not to Ice. Silver Wolf is a must-have for this team so she can implant an Ice Weakness on an enemy.
Ruan Mei can also equip the Planetary Rendezvous light cone to increase the DMG of the Ice DPS!
Alternative | Explanation |
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Yanqing | DPS Replacement Ruan Mei's Break Efficiency can help Yanqing break the enemy's Weakness a lot sooner with his varied tools for DPS. |
Herta | DPS Replacement DPS Free-to-play option. Herta can benefit from Ruan Mei's Break Efficiency and All-Type RES PEN. |
Gepard | Utility Replacement Gepard has the best shield in-game and Ruan Mei's Break Efficiency buff can help him deal more Toughness DMG. |
Relics | Rating & Merits |
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Watchmaker, Master of Dream Machinations x4 | ★★★★★ - Best Watchmaker, Master of Dream Machinations is the best set for Ruan Mei as it provides her a lot of Break Effect for her and other units. This easily allows Ruan Mei to reach the 180 Break Effect threshold by herself. |
Thief of Shooting Meteor x4 | ★★★★☆ - 2nd Best Thief of Shooting Meteor is great for Ruan Mei as it provides her with a substantial amount of Break Effect and bonus energy for every time she inflicts Break on an enemy. |
Messenger Traversing Hackerspace x4 | ★★★☆☆ - 3rd Best Messenger Traversing Hackerspace is the next best thing especially if Ruan Mei already has 180% Break Effect through Light Cones and Relic sub-stats. |
Ornaments | Merits |
Sprightly Vonwacq | ★★★★★ - Best Sprightly Vonwacq is generally the best set since it provides Ruan Mei some Energy Regen, which is needed so that she can have full-uptime with her Ultimate. This also increases her chances of being the first unit to move and apply buffs to the party. |
Broken Keel | ★★★★☆ - 2nd Best Broken Keel is great if Ruan Mei already has a high amount of SPD and she is used on CRIT-centric teams. Ruan Mei must have at least 30% Effect RES for its effect to be active. |
Lushaka, the Sunken Seas | ★★★★☆ - 3rd Best If Ruan Mei has a lot of SPD, she can use Lushaka to increase the ATK of the first character in the team lineup. |
Penacony, Land of the Dreams | ★★★☆☆ - 4th Best Penacony, Land of the Dreams is great on Ruan Mei as it provides Energy Regen. This is best used when paired with Ice DPS units thanks to its DMG buff. |
Talia: Kingdom of Banditry | ★★★☆☆ - 5th Best Talia: Kingdom of Banditry is great if you need more Break Effect stats for Ruan Mei. The SPD threshold can easily be attained through Relic sub-stats and Traces. |
Light Cone | Why We Recommend It |
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Past Self in Mirror | ★★★★★ - Best Past Self in Mirror is the best for Ruan Mei since it increases her Break Effect immensely and provides a party-wide DMG buff when she uses her Ultimate. It also provides Energy Regen at the start of each wave and SP restoration. |
Memories of the Past | ★★★★☆ - Great Memories of the Past is a great Light Cone for Ruan Mei since it increases her Break Effect and recovers her Energy whenever she attacks. |
Meshing Cogs | ★★★★☆ - Great Meshing Cogs is a good Light Cone for Ruan Mei since it recovers her Energy whenever she attacks or gets hit, which helps her get her Ultimate back up sooner. |
Carve the Moon, Weave the Clouds | ★★★☆☆ - Good Carve the Moon, Weave the Clouds is a good Light Cone for Ruan Mei since it provides either an ATK, CRIT DMG, or Energy Regen buff for all allies. These are all useful buffs for either increasing the party's damage or Energy Regen, on top of the various buffs she already provides. |
But the Battle Isn't Over | ★★★☆☆ - Good But the Battle Isn't Over is also a good option for Ruan Mei since it provides Energy Regen and boosts the DMG of the ally who takes action after she uses her Skill. However, this option needs some SPD tuning since you need to make sure the DPS takes action after her. |
Dance! Dance! Dance! | ★★★☆☆ - Good Dance! Dance! Dance! is a good 4-Star Light Cone for Ruan Mei that Advances Forward all allies' when she uses her Ultimate. This can be useful for providing allies extra turns. |
Trace | Priority & Explanation |
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Basic Attack | ★☆☆☆☆ - Lowest Priority Ruan Mei's Basic ATKs can be left out as most of her DMG will come from Weakness Breaks. |
Skill | ★★★★★ - Highest Priority Upgrading Ruan Mei's Skill will increase the DMG buff applied to the entire party. |
Ultimate | ★★★★★ - Highest Priority Upgrading Ruan Mei's Ultimate improves All-Type RES PEN and Thanatoplum Rebloom DMG. |
Talent | ★★★★☆ - High Priority Upgrading Ruan Mei's Talent increases the SPD buff and Ruan Mei's Ice Break DMG from breaking enemy Weaknesses. |
Why We Recommend It | |
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E1 | ★★★★★ - Amazing Great stopping point for low-spenders. When Ruan Mei's Ultimate is up, all allies' attacks will ignore 20% of the enemy's DEF. |
E2 | ★★★★☆ - Great Also a great Eidolon to have. Allies get a permanent ATK bonus when attacking Weakness Broken enemies. |
E4 | ★★★★☆ - Great Ruan Mei's Break Effect gets a significant increase when an enemy has their Weakness Broken. This allows you to build Ruan Mei with other stats aside from Break Effect. |
E6 | ★★★★☆ - Great Ruan Mei's Ultimate duration is extended by one turn, which allows her to have a more comfortable uptime with the All-Type RES PEN buffs. |
Ruan Mei's Skill allows her to increase the entire party's Break Efficiency (amount of toughness DMG taken by an enemy) and DMG for three turns.
Ruan Mei's Ultimate will summon a field that increases All-RES PEN for all allies for two turns. After an ally breaks an enemy's Weakness, Thanatoplum Rebloom will be implanted into that enemy.
Thanatoplum Rebloom is triggered when enemies try to recover from Weakness Break, this prevents them from recovering from Weakness Break and delays their actions. Enemies will also deal additional Ice Break DMG when they try to recover from Weakness Break.
When Ruan Mei is on the field, her talent will provide a permanent SPD buff to all party members. Additionally, when other allies inflict Weakness Break on an enemy, Ruan Mei will deal additional Ice Break DMG.
Using Ruan Mei's Technique, she gains Silken Serenade and will automatically trigger the Skill's effect at the beginning of combat.
When Ruan Mei activates her Technique in the Simulated Universe, allies attacking target foes will deplete their toughness regardless if said enemy is weak to the element used or not.
For each Blessing in possession, the Toughness DMG will increase and bonus Ice DMG will be dealt.
Trace | Scaling and Explanation |
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Skill | String Sings Slow Swirls: After using her Skill, Ruan Mei gains Overtone, lasting for 3 turn(s). This duration decreases by 1 at the start of Ruan Mei's turn. When Ruan Mei has Overtone, all allies' DMG increases by 16% and Weakness Break Efficiency increases by 50%. |
Talent | Somatotypical Helix: Increases SPD by 8% for the team (excluding this character). When allies Break an enemy target's Weakness, Ruan Mei deals to this enemy target Break DMG equal to 60% of her Ice Break DMG. |
Ultimate | Petals to Stream, Repose in Dream: Ruan Mei deploys a field that lasts for 2 turns. The field's duration decreases by 1 at the start of her turn. While inside the field, all allies' All-Type RES PEN increases by 15% and their attacks apply Thanatoplum Rebloom to the enemies hit. When these enemies attempt to recover from Weakness Break, Thanatoplum Rebloom is triggered, extending the duration of their Weakness Break, delaying their action by an amount equal to 20% of Ruan Mei's Break Effect plus 10%, and dealing Break DMG equal to 30% of Ruan Mei's Ice Break DMG. Enemy targets cannot have Thanatoplum Rebloom re-applied to them until they recover from Weakness Break. |
Technique | Silken Serenade: After using the Technique, gains Silken Serenade. At the start of the next battle, automatically triggers the Skill for 1 time(s) without consuming Skill Points. In Simulated Universe, when Ruan Mei has Silken Serenade, the team actively attacking enemies will always be regarded as attacking their Weakness to enter battle, and this attack can reduce all enemies' Toughness regardless of Weakness types. When breaking Weakness, triggers Weakness Break Effect corresponding to the attacker's Type. For every Blessing in possession (up to a maximum of 20 Blessings), additionally increases the Toughness-Reducing DMG of this attack by 100%. After breaking an enemy target's Weakness, additionally deals to the enemy target Break DMG equal to 100% of Ruan Mei's Ice Break DMG. Stat Bonus: 1. Break Effect + 5.3% 2. SPD +2 3. Break Effect + 8.0% |
Basic ATK | Threading Fragrance: Deals Ice DMG equal to 50% of Ruan Mei's ATK to a single target enemy. |
Bonus Ability | Inert Respiration: Increases Break Effect by 20% for all allies.
Stat Bonus: 1. DEF +5.0% 2. Break Effect + 5.3% |
Bonus Ability | Days Wane, Thoughts Wax: Ruan Mei regenerates 5 Energy at the start of her turn.
Stat Bonus: 1. Break Effect + 8.0% 2. DEF +7.5% |
Bonus Ability | Candle Lights on Still Waters: In battle, for every 10% of Ruan Mei's Break Effect that exceeds 120%, her Skill additionally increases allies' DMG by 6%, up to a maximum of 36%.
Stat Bonus: 1. SPD +3 2. DEF +10.0% |
E1 | Neuronic Embroidery While the Ultimate's field is deployed, the DMG dealt by all allies ignores 20% of the target's DEF. |
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E2 | Reedside Promenade With Ruan Mei on the field, all allies increase their ATK by 40% when dealing DMG to enemies with Weakness Break. |
E3 | Viridescent Pirouette Ultimate Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Talent Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. |
E4 | Chatoyant Éclat When an enemy target's Weakness is Broken, Ruan Mei's Break Effect increases by 100% for 3 turn(s). |
E5 | Languid Barrette Skill Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 10. |
E6 | Sash Cascade Extends the duration of the Ultimate's field by 1 turn(s). The Talent's Break DMG multiplier additionally increases by 200%. |
Ascension Materials | Total |
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15 | |
15 | |
15 | |
65 | |
308,000 |
Lvl. | Character Ascension Materials |
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20 ➔ 30 | Credit x4,000 |
30 ➔ 40 | Credit x8,000 |
40 ➔ 50 | Gelid Chitin x3 Credit x16,000 |
50 ➔ 60 | Gelid Chitin x7 Credit x40,000 |
60 ➔ 70 | Gelid Chitin x20 Credit x80,000 |
70 ➔ 80 | Gelid Chitin x35 Credit x160,000 |
All Trace Node Materials | Total |
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15 | |
41 | |
72 | |
56 | |
139 | |
58 | |
12 | |
11 | |
3,000,000 |
Lvl | Basic ATK Ascension Materials | |||||
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2 | x3 | x6 | x5000 | |||
3 | x3 | x3 | x10000 | |||
4 | x5 | x4 | x20000 | |||
5 | x3 | x3 | x45000 | |||
6 | x8 | x4 | x160000 |
Limited Banners |
Floral Triptych |
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Ruan Mei was previously available in the Character Warp banner called Floral Triptych, which ran from June 18, 2024 to July 10, 2024.
Ruan Mei Banner Schedule and Rates
Voice Actor | EN: Emi Lo JP: Saori Ōnishi |
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Faction / Affiliation | Genius Society |
Faction | Herta Space Station |
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Background | A member of the Genius Society and an expert in life sciences. She teamed up with Herta and the others to develop the Simulated Universe. |
Character Rarity | |
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★★★★ | ★★★★★ |
Character Paths | |||
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Destruction | The Hunt | Erudition | Harmony |
Nihility | Preservation | Abundance | Remembrance |
Character Elements | |||
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Fire | Ice | Lightning | Wind |
Quantum | Imaginary | Physical |
Ice Characters | |||
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Gepard | Herta | March 7th | Pela |
Yanqing | Jingliu | Ruan Mei | Misha |
The Herta | Trailblazer (Ice) |
she starting to lose her edge, take your bets who gets benched forever in super break teams, harmony mc or her?
Ruan Mei Best Builds and Teams
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