Honkai Star Rail Ruan Mei stats priority guide: Optimal stats and more

Since the Weakness Break damage and team compositions revolve around Break damage and are in meta, many Trailblazers will pull for Ruan Mei in Honkai Star Rail. The unit was first introduced in version 1.6 with the 5-star unit Dr. Ratio, an Imaginary unit. As Ruan Mei is one of the meta characters, players may wonder about what stats they should prioritize when building her.

This article takes a look at what stats you should prioritize while building Ruan Mei in Honkai Star Rail.

Note: Some aspects article are subjective and solely rely on the writer’s opinion.

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What starts should you look for when building Ruan Mei in Honkai Star Rail?

Ruan Mei (Image via HoYoverse)

Since Ruan Mei’s full potential in Honkai Star Rail is locked behind the Relic sets and their effects, the stats matter the most since they can enhance the potency of her abilities. As most of Ruan Mei’s abilities scale with the Break Effect stat, prioritize it first. Since the main stat of the Head and Hand Relic pieces are fixed, you only need to look for a Body and Boots with the stats that suit her the best.

For Ruan Mei’s Body piece, aim for an HP% main stat piece with a Break Effect sub-stat. As for the Boots, go for SPD main stat since her turn must come before your main DPS takes action. For both pieces’ sub-stats, prioritize Break Effect and SPD over anything else. Apart from these pieces, focus on getting Break Effect, SPD, and Effect RES sub-stats.

A Boot piece with Break Effect sub-stat (Image via HoYoverse)

Moving on to Planar Ornaments, you can fit Ruan Mei with an HP% and Ice DMG Bonus% Planar Sphere. The former stat allows her to be more tanky, increasing her survivability. The Planar Link Rope should have either an Energy Regenerating Rate (ERR) or Break Effect as the main stat. Focus on the ERR since Ruan Mei’s ultimate is one of the best abilities in her kit.

Again, the sub-stat priority for the Planar Ornaments will be similar to the Relic pieces.

Your priority will be – Break Effect>SPD>Effect RES>HP%/DEF% (for more tankiness).

Since Ruan Mei is a Path of Harmony character in Honkai Star Rail, her abilities mainly grant buffs to her teammates. Her abilities aren't something to sleep on, especially when Break Effect/Damage team compositions are in the meta. If you face complications while building her, refer to our Ruan Mei build guide.