Honkai Star Rail 2.6 Pure Fiction (Rumor Mill) teams guide

The Honkai Star Rail 2.6 update has brought a new Pure Fiction domain, titled the Rumor Mill, and it contains powerful enemy waves, along with tough bosses in the final stage. Adding to the difficulty are the domain buffs that are mostly catered to DoT characters. Hence, players can use some guidance when it comes to building compositions for the Rumor Mill.

This guide outlines some of the best teams for the latest Honkai Star Rail 2.6 Pure Fiction.

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Best Honkai Star Rail 2.6 Pure Fiction (Rumor Mill) teams

All Rumor Mill Cacophony buffs (Image via HoYoverse)

The best Honkai Star Rail teams for the current Pure Fiction must align with the buffs that are featured in the domain. Moreover, the final bosses are Bronya and Yanqing, both using different combat mechanisms. Before delving into the perfect compositions to defeat them, check out the list below containing the Rumor Mill Cacophony buffs:

• Gimmick: Increases all allies' Break Effect by 30%. When Breaking enemy targets, they become afflicted with the Wind Shear, which deals a set amount of damage as DoT at the beginning of every turn. All enemies become immune to Crowd Control debuffs.
• Drunk Talk: After an ally uses Ultimate to attack an opponent, and if they have different types of DoTs, each active instance of the effect will deal 60%, 100%, and 150% DMG of the original amount, respectively.
• Rumor: After allies attack enemies, inflicts Wind Shear on targets, causing them to take a set amount of DoT at the start of every turn.

Based on the domain buffs and bosses, the following are the best teams for the Rumor Mill Pure Fiction:

Rappa+ Harmony Trailblazer+ Ruan Mei+ Lingsha

Rappa's Break team is a strong option for Rumor Mill (Image via HoYoverse)

Honkai Star Rail’s Rappa is arguably the strongest character for the Pure Fiction game mode since she can deal massive Imaginary DMG in an AoE. She scales on Break Effect, so Harmony Trailblazer is her strongest companion. Additionally, use Ruan Mei as secondary support since she can increase the team’s Toughness Reduction, meaning Rappa can dish out powerful Super Break DMG.

As for Lingsha, she is a staple healer for Break composition, being able to inflict consistent follow-up attacks throughout combat.

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Acheron+ Jiaoqiu+ Pela+ Aventurine

Acheron's hypercarry team is a strong contender for Pure Fiction (Image via HoYoverse)

Acheron’s hypercarry team is a solid option for version 2.6 Pure Fiction, considering she has one of the strongest Ultimates in the game. All she needs is Jiaoqiu’s debuff to unleash her true potential. Pela can further help Acheron to quickly build up Ultimate and weaken the opponents.

With Aventurine's shielding ability, this team is able to boast both offensive and defensive strength.

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Kafka+ Black Swan+ Guinaiffen+ Huohuo

Kafka's DoT team is ideal for the Rumor Mill Pure Fiction (Image via HoYoverse)

The Rumor Mill Pure Fiction in the Honkai Star Rail 2.6 update favors DoT compositions, so Kafka and Black Swan are the ideal characters to use in the domain. The former hails from the Lightning element to inflict Shock on enemies. Black Swan and Guinaiffen can further amplify Kafka’s DMG with their own DoT applications.

Lastly, Huohuo is the best healer for the setup since she can provide energy and boost the attack of her allies.

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