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Feixiao is a Wind and Hunt character in Honkai: Star Rail. Check out this guide for Feixiao's best builds, team comps, relics, light cones, and kit in this guide!
Feixiao Character Guides | ||
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Feixiao Basic Information | ||
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Feixiao | 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 (18th) | 142 |
ATK (13th) | 81 |
DEF (19th) | 52 |
SPD (2nd) | 112 |
Stat | Base Value |
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HP (18th) | 1047 |
ATK (13th) | 601 |
DEF (19th) | 388 |
SPD (2nd) | 112 |
The stats indicated above are Feixiao's base values. These numbers do not include the character's equipped Light Cone, Relics, or activated Trace nodes. |
Feixiao is a strong Follow-Up Attack DPS who deals damage through her Ultimate and Follow-Up Attacks. She gains her Ultimate through Flying Aureus stacks, which she gets after a certain number of ally attacks.
Her Ultimate's DMG also counts as Follow-Up Attack DMG, so she synergizes with Follow-Up Attack buffs and other FuA characters since they attack frequently.
Pull for Feixiao if you need a Wind DPS that works well with other FuA characters in your team or a character that decimates enemies in single-target scenarios.
Best Light Cone | Relics and Ornament | |||
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I Venture Forth to Hunt | ||||
Main Stats | Sub Stats | |||
Body: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG Feet: SPD Sphere: Wind DMG / ATK% Rope: ATK% | CRIT Rate ★★★ CRIT DMG ★★★ SPD ★★ ATK% ★★ |
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Feixiao is your typical CRIT damage dealer, so stack as many CRIT stats as possible on her. The Wind-Soaring Valorous is her best Relic set since it increases her Ultimate DMG after using a Follow-Up, which fits well with her kit.
Since Feixiao frequently uses Follow-Up Attacks, Duran is a great ornament set for her since it increases her Follow-Up Attack DMG and CRIT DMG.
Stat | Recommended Value |
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CRIT Rate | 70% - 80%+ |
CRIT DMG | 140% or more |
SPD | 134 / 143 / 160+ |
ATK | 2900 or more |
Feixiao wants the usual stats for a DPS which are ATK, CRIT Rate, and CRIT DMG. As usual, the ideal 1:2 Ratio for CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG is recommended. As for ATK, having 2900 or higher is enough out of combat.
Having 134 SPD is great for Feixiao to get two turns in the first cycle. Higher SPD is even better since she'll get more turns, but try to hit SPD Breakpoints.
DPS | Sub-DPS | Support | Healer |
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Feixiao | March 7th (Imaginary) | Asta | Natasha |
For a F2P team, Feixiao works well with March 7th (The Hunt) since they synergize together. Feixiao does Follow-Up Attacks whenever March attacks and these build up March's stacks. The same goes for Feixiao's Flying Aureus stacks.
March 7th (The Hunt) also increases Feixiao's SPD thanks to the Shifu effect. Asta increases the team's SPD and provides ATK, while Natasha is the healer.
DPS | Sub-DPS | Support | Sustain |
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Feixiao | Topaz | Robin | Aventurine |
A Follow-Up Attack team with Feixiao requires characters that attack frequently or use Follow-Up Attacks to stack Flying Aureus easily. Topaz is a perfect fit for this and can also increase Feixiao's Follow-Up Attack DMG.
Robin excels in dual DPS teams and provides offensive buffs, along with a team-wide Advance Forward on her Ult. Aventurine also does Follow-Up Attacks, provide Shields, and increases the CRIT DMG taken by an enemy through his Ult.
Alternative | Explanation |
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Moze | Sub-DPS Replacement Moze uses Follow-Up Attacks frequently and can chain attacks with Feixiao thanks to his Prey mechanic. |
March 7th (Imaginary) | Sub-DPS Replacement March 7th (Hunt) synergizes with Feixiao thanks to her Enhanced Basic ATKs and the Shifu effect, which can easily allow her to stack Flying Aureus. |
Jiaoqiu | Support Replacement Jiaoqiu increases Ultimate DMG and DMG taken by enemies, which can greatly increase Feixiao's overall damage. |
Ruan Mei | Support Replacement Ruan Mei provides a lot of offensive buffs and extends enemies' Weakness Broken state through her Ultimate. |
Pela | Support Replacement Pela reduces the DEF of enemies with her Ultimate which allows Feixiao to deal more damage against them. |
Anyone from Abundance or Preservation | Sustain Replacement Anyone who can keep Feixiao and the team will work fine except Huohuo since Feixiao can't benefit from the Energy Regen. |
Relics | Rating & Merits |
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The Wind-Soaring Valorous x4 | ★★★★★ - Best The Wind-Soaring Valorous is Feixiao's best relic set since it increases her Ultimate DMG after dishing out a Follow-up attack. |
The Ashblazing Grand Duke x4 | ★★★★☆ - 2nd Best The Ashblazing Grand Duke increases Feixiao's Follow-Up Attack DMG, which also increases her Ultimate DMG since it counts as a FuA once you unlock her Formshift Bonus Ability. It also increases her ATK. |
Ornaments | Merits |
Duran, Dynasty of Running Wolves | ★★★★★ - Best Duran is currently Feixiao's best Ornament since it increases her Follow-Up Attack DMG and CRIT DMG once max stacks are reached. She can easily reach max stacks since she uses her Follow-Up Attacks frequently. |
Izumo Gensei and Takama Divine Realm | ★★★★☆ - 2nd Best Izumo Gensei is also a great choice since it increases Feixiao's ATK and can also increase her CRIT Rate if she's paired up with another Hunt character. |
Inert Salsotto | ★★★☆☆ - 3rd Best Inert Salsotto is also a good choice because it increases Feixiao's Follow-Up Attack and Ultimate DMG. |
Light Cone | Why We Recommend It |
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I Venture Forth to Hunt | ★★★★★ - Best I Venture Forth to Hunt is amazing for Feixiao since it provides her with CRIT Rate and the Luminflux effect, which allows her Ultimate DMG to ignore a percent of the enemy's DEF. |
Worrisome, Blissful | ★★★★☆ - Great Worrisome, Blissful is also a great option for Feixiao since it increases her CRIT Rate and Follow-Up Attack DMG. It also provides the Tame debuff to enemy targets, which increases the CRIT DMG dealt by allies who attack them. |
Baptism of Pure Thought | ★★★★☆ - Great Baptism of Pure Thought is a great 5-Star Light Cone option for Feixiao since it directly increases her CRIT DMG, DMG dealt, and gives her Follow-Up Attacks DEF ignore after using her Ultimate. |
Cruising in the Stellar Sea | ★★★☆☆ - Good Cruising in the Stellar Sea is a good Light Cone for Feixiao since it increases her CRIT Rate and provides an ATK boost whenever she defeats an enemy. |
Swordplay | ★★★☆☆ - Good Swordplay is a good Light Cone for Feixiao since it gives her a stacking DMG boost as long as she keeps attacking a single enemy target. This can easily ramp up thanks to her Follow-Up Attacks and works well against bosses.. |
Final Victor | ★★★☆☆ - Good Final Victor is a good option for Feixiao if you don't have other options since it increases her ATK and gives her a stacking CRIT DMG buff whenever her attacks crit. |
Trace | Priority & Explanation |
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Basic Attack | ★★☆☆☆ - Low Priority Feixiao's main damage output comes from her Talent and her Ultimate, so upgrading Feixiao's Basic Attack is low priority. |
Skill | ★★★☆☆ - Mid Priority Feixiao's Skill deals decent damage and launches a Follow-Up Attack from her Talent. However, upgrading this has lower priority than her Ultimate and Talent. |
Ultimate | ★★★★★ - Highest Priority Feixiao's Ultimate is where her immense single-target DMG comes from, so max this out in line with her Talent. |
Talent | ★★★★★ - Highest Priority Leveling Feixiao's Talent increases the damage of her Follow-Up Attacks and boosts her DMG dealt, so level this along with her Ultimate. |
Trace | Priority & Explanation |
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Heavenpath | ★★★★☆ - High Priority Gives Feixiao Flying Aureus stacks at the start of a battle. It also gives her a point if no Follow-Up Attack was launched by her Talent from the previous turn, which can make acquiring Flying Aureus stacks easier. |
Formshift | ★★★★★ - Highest Priority Allows Feixiao's Ultimate to count as a Follow-Up Attack and increases her Follow-Up Attacks' CRIT DMG. This is great for her damage output and has high priority. |
Boltcatch | ★★★★★ - Highest Priority Increases Feixiao's ATK after using her Skill. This increases her overall damage. |
When Feixiao uses her Skill, she will attack a single target and then unleash a Follow-up attack.
To unleash Feixiao's Ultimate, she needs to build up Flying Aureus stacks which can be gained after allies attack a certain number of times.
Feixiao only needs six Flying Aureus stacks to unleash her Ultimate and can hold up to twelve.
When an ally attacks an enemy, Feixiao will unleash a Follow-up attack and increase the damage dealt to the enemy.
Feixiao's Ultimate will consume six Flying Aureus stacks and deal a ton of damage to a single target.
During Feixiao's Ultimate, you can attack with either Boltsunder Blitz or Waraxe Skyward.
Boltsunder Blitz deals more damage on Weakness Broken enemies, while Waraxe Skyward deals more damage on enemies that aren't Weakness Broken.
Feixiao's Technique increases her Movement SPD and sucks in enemies. After Feixiao attacks, she will receive some Flying Aureus stacks and enemies will receive Wind DMG.
The DMG dealt during this state will increase depending on how many enemies were sucked in.
Trace | Scaling and Explanation |
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Basic ATK | Boltsunder: Deals Wind DMG equal to 50% of Feixiao's ATK to a single target enemy. Stat Bonus: 1. DEF +5.0% |
Skill | Waraxe: Deals Wind DMG equal to 100% of Feixiao's ATK to a target enemy. Then, immediately launches 1 instance of Talent's follow-up attack against the target. Stat Bonus: 1. ATK +6.0% |
Ultimate | Terrasplit: Deals Wind DMG to a single target enemy, up to 402% of Feixiao's ATK. During this time, can ignore Weakness Type to reduce the target's Toughness. When the target is not Weakness Broken, Feixiao's Weakness Break Efficiency increases by 100%. During the attack, Feixiao first launches Boltsunder Blitz or Waraxe Skyward on the target, for a total of 6 time(s). At the end, deals Wind DMG equal to 96% of Feixiao's ATK to the target. Boltsunder Blitz: Deals Wind DMG equal to 36% of Feixiao's ATK to the chosen target. If the target is Weakness Broken, the DMG multiplier increases by 15%. Waraxe Skyward: Deals Wind DMG equal to 36% of Feixiao's ATK to the chosen target. If the target is not Weakness Broken, the DMG multiplier increases by 15%. |
Talent | Thunderhunt: Can activate Ultimate when Flying Aureus reaches 6 points, accumulating up to 12 points. Feixiao gains 1 point of Flying Aureus for every 2 attacks by ally targets. Feixiao's Ultimate attacks do not count towards this number. After Feixiao's teammates attack an enemy target, Feixiao immediately launches follow-up attack against the primary target, dealing Wind DMG equal to 55% of Feixiao's ATK. If there is no primary target available to attack, Feixiao attacks a single random enemy instead. This effect can only trigger once per turn and the trigger count resets at the start of Feixiao's turn. When using this attack, increases DMG dealt by this unit by 30%, lasting for 2 turn(s). |
Trace | Scaling and Explanation |
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Basic ATK | Boltsunder: Deals Wind DMG equal to 100% of Feixiao's ATK to a single target enemy. |
Skill | Waraxe: Deals Wind DMG equal to 150% of Feixiao's ATK to a target enemy. Then, immediately launches 1 instance of Talent's follow-up attack against the target. |
Ultimate | Terrasplit: Deals Wind DMG to a single target enemy, up to 551% of Feixiao's ATK. During this time, can ignore Weakness Type to reduce the target's Toughness. When the target is not Weakness Broken, Feixiao's Weakness Break Efficiency increases by 100%. During the attack, Feixiao first launches Boltsunder Blitz or Waraxe Skyward on the target, for a total of 6 time(s). At the end, deals Wind DMG equal to 128% of Feixiao's ATK to the target. Boltsunder Blitz: Deals Wind DMG equal to 48% of Feixiao's ATK to the chosen target. If the target is Weakness Broken, the DMG multiplier increases by 22.5%. Waraxe Skyward: Deals Wind DMG equal to 48% of Feixiao's ATK to the chosen target. If the target is not Weakness Broken, the DMG multiplier increases by 22.5%. |
Talent | Thunderhunt: Can activate Ultimate when Flying Aureus reaches 6 points, accumulating up to 12 points. Feixiao gains 1 point of Flying Aureus for every 2 attacks by ally targets. Feixiao's Ultimate attacks do not count towards this number. After Feixiao's teammates attack an enemy target, Feixiao immediately launches follow-up attack against the primary target, dealing Wind DMG equal to 82.5% of Feixiao's ATK. If there is no primary target available to attack, Feixiao attacks a single random enemy instead. This effect can only trigger once per turn and the trigger count resets at the start of Feixiao's turn. When using this attack, increases DMG dealt by this unit by 45%, lasting for 2 turn(s). |
Trace | Scaling and Explanation |
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Skill | Waraxe: Deals Wind DMG equal to 175% of Feixiao's ATK to a target enemy. Then, immediately launches 1 instance of Talent's follow-up attack against the target. |
Ultimate | Terrasplit: Deals Wind DMG to a single target enemy, up to 625.5% of Feixiao's ATK. During this time, can ignore Weakness Type to reduce the target's Toughness. When the target is not Weakness Broken, Feixiao's Weakness Break Efficiency increases by 100%. During the attack, Feixiao first launches Boltsunder Blitz or Waraxe Skyward on the target, for a total of 6 time(s). At the end, deals Wind DMG equal to 144% of Feixiao's ATK to the target. Boltsunder Blitz: Deals Wind DMG equal to 54% of Feixiao's ATK to the chosen target. If the target is Weakness Broken, the DMG multiplier increases by 26.25%. Waraxe Skyward: Deals Wind DMG equal to 54% of Feixiao's ATK to the chosen target. If the target is not Weakness Broken, the DMG multiplier increases by 26.25%. |
Talent | Thunderhunt: Can activate Ultimate when Flying Aureus reaches 6 points, accumulating up to 12 points. Feixiao gains 1 point of Flying Aureus for every 2 attacks by ally targets. Feixiao's Ultimate attacks do not count towards this number. After Feixiao's teammates attack an enemy target, Feixiao immediately launches follow-up attack against the primary target, dealing Wind DMG equal to 96.25% of Feixiao's ATK. If there is no primary target available to attack, Feixiao attacks a single random enemy instead. This effect can only trigger once per turn and the trigger count resets at the start of Feixiao's turn. When using this attack, increases DMG dealt by this unit by 52.5%, lasting for 2 turn(s). |
Trace | Scaling and Explanation |
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Skill | Waraxe: Deals Wind DMG equal to 200% of Feixiao's ATK to a target enemy. Then, immediately launches 1 instance of Talent's follow-up attack against the target. |
Ultimate | Terrasplit: Deals Wind DMG to a single target enemy, up to 700% of Feixiao's ATK. During this time, can ignore Weakness Type to reduce the target's Toughness. When the target is not Weakness Broken, Feixiao's Weakness Break Efficiency increases by 100%. During the attack, Feixiao first launches Boltsunder Blitz or Waraxe Skyward on the target, for a total of 6 time(s). At the end, deals Wind DMG equal to 160% of Feixiao's ATK to the target. Boltsunder Blitz: Deals Wind DMG equal to 60% of Feixiao's ATK to the chosen target. If the target is Weakness Broken, the DMG multiplier increases by 30%. Waraxe Skyward: Deals Wind DMG equal to 60% of Feixiao's ATK to the chosen target. If the target is not Weakness Broken, the DMG multiplier increases by 30%. |
Talent | Thunderhunt: Can activate Ultimate when Flying Aureus reaches 6 points, accumulating up to 12 points. Feixiao gains 1 point of Flying Aureus for every 2 attacks by ally targets. Feixiao's Ultimate attacks do not count towards this number. After Feixiao's teammates attack an enemy target, Feixiao immediately launches follow-up attack against the primary target, dealing Wind DMG equal to 110% of Feixiao's ATK. If there is no primary target available to attack, Feixiao attacks a single random enemy instead. This effect can only trigger once per turn and the trigger count resets at the start of Feixiao's turn. When using this attack, increases DMG dealt by this unit by 60%, lasting for 2 turn(s). |
Trace | Scaling and Explanation |
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Technique | Stormborn: After using Technique, enters the Onrush state, lasting for 20 seconds. While in Onrush, pulls in enemies within a certain range, and increases this unit's movement speed by 50%. After entering battle, gains 1 point(s) of Flying Aureus. While in Onrush, actively attacking will start battle with all pulled enemies. After entering battle, deals Wind DMG equal to 200% of Feixiao's ATK to all enemies at the start of each wave. This DMG is guaranteed to CRIT. If more than 1 enemy is pulled in, increases the multiplier of this DMG by 100% for each additional enemy pulled in, up to a maximum of 1000%.
Stat Bonus: 1. ATK +4.0% |
Bonus Ability | Heavenpath: When the battle starts, gains 3 point(s) of Flying Aureus. At the start of a turn, if no follow-up attack was launched via Talent in the previous turn, then this counts as 1 toward the number of attacks required to gain Flying Aureus.
Stat Bonus: 1. CRIT Rate +2.7% 2. ATK +4.0% |
Bonus Ability | Formshift: When using Ultimate to deal DMG to an enemy target, it is considered as a follow-up attack. Follow-up attacks' CRIT DMG increases by 36%.
Stat Bonus: 1. ATK +6.0% 2. CRIT Rate +4.0% |
Bonus Ability | Boltcatch: When using Skill, increases ATK by 48%, lasting for 3 turn(s).
Stat Bonus: 1. DEF +7.5% 2. CRIT Rate +5.3% 3. ATK +8.0% |
Why We Recommend It | |
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E1 | ★★★★★ - Amazing This increases the damage of Feixiao's Ultimate based on a percent of the original damage, which stacks up to five times. This increases the damage she deals during her Ultimate greatly. |
E2 | ★★★★★ - Amazing This allows Feixiao to get an additional Flying Aureus stack after allies launch a Follow-Up Attack. This is amazing since it allows her to get her Ultimate much quicker. |
E4 | ★★★☆☆ - Good Feixiao gets additional SPD after using her Follow-Up Attacks and increases their Toughness Reduction. It's good but not a necessity. |
E6 | ★★★★★ - Amazing Feixiao gains a 20% All-Type RES PEN and her Talent's Follow-Up Attack will be considered as Ultimate DMG. Its DMG multiplier also increases immensely. This is a massive damage spike. |
E1 | Skyward I Quell After launching "Boltsunder Blitz" or "Waraxe Skyward," additionally increases the Ultimate DMG dealt by Feixiao by an amount equal to 10% of the original DMG, stacking up to 5 time(s) and lasting until the end of the Ultimate action. |
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E2 | Moonward I Wish In the Talent's effect, for every 1 instance of follow-up attack launched by ally targets, Feixiao gains 1 point of "Flying Aureus." This effect can trigger up to 6 time(s) per turn. |
E3 | Starward I Bode Ultimate Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 10. |
E4 | Stormward I Hear The follow-up attack from Talent has its Toughness Reduction increased by 100%, and when it launches, increases this unit's SPD by 8%, lasting for 2 turn(s). |
E5 | Heavenward I Leap Skill Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Talent Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. |
E6 | Homeward I Near Increases the All-Type RES PEN of Ultimate DMG dealt by Feixiao by 20%. Talent's follow-up attack DMG is considered as Ultimate DMG at the same time, and its DMG multiplier increases by 140%. |
Ascension Materials | Total |
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15 | |
15 | |
15 | |
65 | |
308,000 |
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 |
Stormrider's Bolt |
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Feixiao was previously available in the Character Warp banner called Stormrider's Bolt, which ran from September 9, 2024 until October 2, 2024 (UTC-5).
Feixiao Banner Schedule and Rates
Voice Actor | EN: Anairis Quinones JP: Mikako Komatsu |
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Faction / Affiliation | Xianzhou Yaoqing |
Faction | The Xianzhou Yaoqing |
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Background | The Xianzhou Yaoqing's Merlin's Claw and one of the Seven Arbiter-Generals. Unconventional and straightforward, she exudes effortless charm. She is skilled in all forms of martial arts and has honed herself into a supreme weapon. She is widely adored by Xianzhou soldiers and civilians alike as "The Vanquishing General." However, she bears the burden of the Moon Rage affliction. If she were to hunt down all the abominations in her limited lifetime — then the only enemy Feixiao has would be herself. |
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 |
Wind Characters | |||
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Bronya | Dan Heng | Blade | Sampo |
Huohuo | Black Swan | Feixiao |
PLS FEIXIAO HAVE A RERUN I WANT TO HAVE FART TEAM. FART IS THE BEST NAME
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