Best characters to pull in Honkai Star Rail 2.7, ranked

Four 5-star characters will be featured in the gacha banners in Honkai Star Rail version 2.7. Since the title is a gacha game, the premium/5-star characters are locked behind a gacha wall. The first half of the update will feature two characters, Sunday and Jing Yuan while the second one will boast the newest Nihility Unit, Fugue, and one of the best BE DPS units, Firefly.

In this article, we will be ranking every 5-star Honkai Star Rail character who will be available during version 2.7.

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

---

Best 5-star characters to pull in Honkai Star Rail version 2.7

4) Jing Yuan

Jing Yuan, a 5-star Erudition unit (Image via HoYoverse)

Players believe Jing Yuan will dominate end-game activities after Sunday’s release in Honkai Star Rail, and they aren't very wrong. However, since he is a 5-star character, players have to expend a significant amount of Stellar Jades in version 2.7 to acquire him. On top of that, he will have his rerun banner live alongside Sunday’s character banner. Therefore, pulling for him over Sunday is not a good option as the latter has more potential.

Jing Yuan is a substandard character on his own and pulling for him is definitely not worth it as he won't be able to perform as well as the other meta-defining DPS characters. Hence, you can only consider pulling for him if you enjoy his character design and animations.

---

3) Firefly

Firefly in Honkai: Star Rail (Image via HoYoverse)

Currently, Firefly is one of the meta-defining DPS characters in Honkai Star Rail. If you didn’t get the chance to pull for her in version 2.3, you can now add her to your collection. However, Amphoreus will be releasing soon and it will implement a new Path, Remembrance, switching the meta to characters with summons. This change might render the BE characters useless.

With that possibility in mind, we have decided to place Firefly in the third spot on this list. However, on her own, Firefly is an exceptional character who you should pull as building and mastering her playstyle is quite simple.

---

2) Sunday

Sunday in Honkai: Star Rail (Image via HoYoverse)

Judging by Sunday's popularity, many Trailblazers will be using their Star Rail Special Passes for him in version 2.7. Sunday is a must-have character to build a team composition with Summons. Hence, when Aglaea and the Remembrance Trailblazer release, his pick rate will surely skyrocket.

Moreover, if you just started playing Honkai Star Rail and are wondering which character you should be pulling for, you can pull for Sunday, without any second thought.

---

1) Fugue

Fugue from Honkai: Star Rail (Image via HoYoverse)

The Break Effect playstyle became popular after Boothill’s debut in Honkai Star Rail. However, in most BE hypercarry teams, the DPS units are always accompanied by two Harmony/buffer units. Fugue, the upcoming Fire character, follows the Nihility Path while boasting a kit that will help BE units, especially the damage dealers.

Since there are no other characters in this turn-based gacha title that specialize in debuffing the adversaries to boost their allied characters’ BE damage, Fugue’s release will surely stir up the meta and team building.

Additionally, apart from BE team composition, Fugue can be placed in any team to boost the DPS characters’ damage since she debuffs enemies instead of granting buffs to allied units.