Honkai Star Rail Guinaifen character overview: Abilities, lore, and more

The second phase of the Honkai Star Rail 1.4 update is on the horizon, and it will mark the debut of Guinaifen, a 4-star Fire unit featured on the Topaz banner. She treads on the Nihility Path to debuff enemies while extending her DoT application. Being an accessible character, she will be summoned by many players, and thankfully, HoYoverse has shared an official overview outlining her lore and abilities.

This article compiles all the information available about Guinaifen’s moveset, background, and more.

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What are Guinaifen’s abilities in Honkai Star Rail?

According to the overview, Guinaifen is a support unit in Honkai Star Rail that possesses the ability to inflict Burn on enemies, being a member of the Fire roster. She can also increase the Burn damage taken by the opponent.

Here are the complete details about each of her abilities:

• Basic ATK: Launches a Fire DMG on an enemy.
• Skill: Deals Fire DMG on a target and surrounding enemies with a chance to inflict Burn on them. An opponent afflicted with the Burn effect takes Fire DoT at the beginning of each turn.
• Ultimate: Unleash Fire DMG on all enemies in the battle. Deals additional Burn DMG based on a certain percentage of original damage when a target is inflicted with the effect.
• Technique: Upon activation, Guinaifen attacks an enemy. She further deals Fire DMG a few times to a random target each time, which has a chance to apply Firekiss to them.
• Talent: During combat, Guinaifen has a chance to inflict Firekiss on an opponent when they take damage from Burn. Under the effect, the target receives more DMG. The Firekiss lasts for a set number of turns and can stack a few times.

The passive works as a debuff that enables other characters to deal more DMG. Considering her prominent DoT application, she can be a useful member for Kafka’s team.

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What is Guinaifen’s lore in Honkai Star Rail?

Guinaifen's official artwork (Image via HoYoverse)

Guinaifen’s official lore suggests that she is considered to be a foreigner in Xianzhou Luofu who accidentally ends up residing in the faction. Also acknowledged as Little Gui by Sushang, she is a passionate entertainer who earns her living as a street performer. Besides, she is also a renowned streamer, as mentioned by March 7th in the version 1.4 livestream event.

While her real name is Guinevere, she was named Guinaifen again by her good friend Sushang. Moreover, after years of residing in Luofu, she has become fond of its culture and has learned useful skills to sustain her life.

It appears that she is highly adaptable and knows her way through the world, as she started earning tips and meals shortly after arriving in Xianzhou.

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