5 best Honkai Star Rail characters to team with Rappa

Team building in Honkai Star Rail is one of the most essential mechanics players have to put up with, as a well-built one can easily clear most activities. For constructing a good team, players must gather enough characters who pair well with the others, so one particular unit doesn’t hold others back. With Rappa’s release, Trailblazers who pulled her may wonder who are the characters who should accompany the Galaxy Ranger in a team.

Here are five characters who should be paired with Rappa in Honkai Star Rail.

Note: This article is subjective and solely relies on the writer’s opinion.

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5 characters you should consider pairing with Rappa in Honkai Star Rail

1) Lingsha

Lingsha's ultimate animation (Image via HoYoverse)

Since Rappa’s abilities scale with Break Effect, Lingsha is the best choice for her. Not many healers compliment the BE playstyle, so in a team featuring the BE DPS units, Lingsha is irreplaceable. Additionally, her abilities grant her teammates a significant amount of healing, making sure they don't get knocked down while dealing a stupendous amount of damage to all adversaries.

Moreover, her ability to boost her allies, in this case, Rappa, will be greatly beneficial for her due to her being a Break Effect DPS unit.

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2) Ruan Mei

Ruan Mei in Honkai Star Rail (Image via HoYoverse)

We've placed Ruan Mei in second place as she is one of the best pairs for Rappa in Honkai Star Rail. While the former’s buffs are universal, it benefits the BE characters the most. Since Rappa also falls under that category, it is a given that she will be a good support for this brand-new Galaxy Ranger.

Like Firefly’s case, without Ruan Mei, Rappa will lose a considerable amount of damage. While this Galaxy Ranger can also function without her, pairing her with Ruan Mei is recommended.

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3) Gallagher

Gallagher in Honkai Star Rail (Image via HoYoverse)

Those who didn't pull for Lingsha during Honkai Star Rail 2.5 will need a healer who can replace her spot. For that, the best character players can currently use in Gallagher. Moreover, since he's a must-have healer for the BE team compositions, most players likely have him added to their collection already. Those who don’t either have to wait for him to get featured or try their luck in the character banners in the hope of getting him some time.

Other than just healing, Gallagher can boost allies’ Break Effect, in this case, Rappa’s by a substantial margin.

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4) Harmony MC

Trailblazer in Honkai: Star Rail (Image via HoYoverse)

Another character you should consider pairing with Rappa is the Harmony MC. Since the Harmony Path of the Trailblazer can be unlocked while completing the story missions of the Penacony arc, all players will have it unlocked. Moreover, HoYoverse added an easy step to unlock the Harmony Path, which doesn’t require newer players to spend a day or two and finish all the Trailblaze Missions.

Trailblazer can also grant a unique buff to their team named Backup Dancer which can boost Rappa’s damage by a significant amount as her Enhanced Basic ATK scales with the BE stat.

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5) Himeko

Himeko from Honkai: Star Rail (Image via HoYoverse)

Last but not least, Himeko is another unit that you can pair with Rappa. While the BE teams usually thrive with the hypercarry compositions, Himeko’s addition to a Rappa team will provide additional damage. However, this is only recommended in some of the title’s activities such as normal farming, and Pure Fiction.

Other than Pure Fiction in Honkai Star Rail, most end-game activities require constant bursts of damage. Placing Himeko in a team with Rappa for MoC or other high-tier activities will not be as ideal since the latter will just be handicapped and won't be able to perform well.