Honkai Star Rail Pela build guide: Best Light Cones, Relics, and Traces

In Honkai Star Rail, Pela is an intelligence officer of the Silvermane Guards, and the mastery of her work in managing military affairs has made her one of the most renowned personalities in Belobog. Since her plain appearance can often hoodwink others, it helps her in taking matters into her own hands, which sometimes involves venturing behind enemy lines.

Pela is associated with the Nihility Path and is the wielder of the Ice element. The core mechanics behind Pela's abilities involve debuffing her enemies, alongside removing any debuffs present within her allies.

This helps DPS characters associated with Destruction, Erudition, and the Hunt to deal significantly more damage. The following article lists all the best Light Cones, Relics, and Traces required to build Pela as a decent debuffer for endgame content.

Disclaimer: This article is subjective and relies solely on the writer's opinion.

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What is the best debuffer build for Pela in Honkai Star Rail

1) Skills and Traces to prioritize

As mentioned earlier, most of Pela's kit reduces the enemy's DEF. This stat does not scale off anything; the DEF shred is flat at 40% for two turns at level 10. While Pela's ultimate ability can do the action mentioned above, her skill and passive talent tell a different story.

Pela in stance while attacking enemies (Image via Honkai Star Rail)

Upon casting Pela's skill on an enemy, it can remove any ongoing buff on that specific target while dealing ice damage equal to Pela's attack. Additionally, upon debuffing enemies, Pela will restore five energy, which can be triggered once per attack.

DEF reduction after casting Pela's ultimate ability (Image via Honkai Star Rail)

Note that Pela's debuff on enemies will stack with Harmony characters' buffs, eventually resulting in increased damage on enemies. Regarding Traces, Pela's ATK, Effect Hit Rate, and ice damage must be prioritized.

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2) Light Cones

The best Light Cone for Pela is the "In the Name of the World," available for free within the Starlight Exchange Shop for 600 Undying Starlight. It increases the wearer's damage against debuffed enemies, which involves weakness, shock, burn, and many more.

Additionally, the Light Cone can also increase the wearer's Effect Hit Rate upon using a skill.

In the Name of the World Light Cone (Image via Honkai Star Rail)

For a more accessible 4-star Light Cone, the Fermata can work with Pela, but only if either a Wind or Shock debuff has already been applied on an enemy. Characters such as Serval or Sampo are some of the best units to deal with the abovementioned debuffs.

Good Night and Sleep Well (Image via Honkai Star Rail)

Regarding Light Cones tied to the Gacha, the "Good Night Sleep Well" is an excellent choice for increasing Pela's damage based on the number of debuffs on enemies.

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3) Relics and Planar Ornaments

The best Relic set for Pela is the Hunter of the Glacial Forest, located within the Storage Zone of Herta's Space Station. The complete set buff grants ice damage to the wearer and increases their crit damage for two turns.

The Pan-Galactic Commercial Enterprise can increase the wearer's Effect Hit Rate for Planar Ornaments.

Cavern of Corrosion for Relics (Image via Honkai Star Rail)

Pela's ATK can increase further with the help of the Planar Ornament set piece, based on the number of her Effect Hit Rate. Hence, more Effect Hit Rate on Pela will mean more chances of shredding DEF from enemies with each hit.