How to beat Guinaifen in Honkai Star Rail Aetherium Wars

Amid multiple competitors in Honkai Star Rail's Aetherium Wars, players will come across a new face in the form of Guinaifen. Scheduled to be released as a playable unit in the 1.4 update's second phase, it seems that the Fire Erudition character is making her presence known in the ongoing event. This battle isn't easy, as the trickster has a lot of hidden techniques behind her team.

Guinaifen's team consists of three Aberrants and one Mechanoids, allowing players to pick up a team, including their counters, and easily win the fight.

This article will guide you through the best team to use against Guinaifen in Honkai Star Rail's Guinaifen.

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

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Best team and tips to defeat Guinaifen in Honkai Star Rail Aetherium Wars

Guinaifen will introduce four of her companions in this Honkai Star Rail fight, including three Aberrants and one Mechanical. Hence, it is your job to pick up counter spirits to make the fight easier. However, it is always recommended to have your spirits at the maximum level possible alongside the correct expansion chips equipped on them.

Guinaifen, at the start of the battle (Image via Honkai Star Rail)

Here is a summary of spirit types, alongside their strengths and weaknesses:

• Humanoids: Weak against Aberrants, strong against Mechanicals.
• Mechanicals: Weak against Humanoids, strong against Aberrants.
• Aberrants: Weak against Mechanicals, strong against Humanoids.

The following is Guinaifen's team, involving a mixture of Xianzhou Loufu's enemies and spirit from the Jarilo IV from the open world:

• Entranced Ingemiun Illuminated Dragonfish: Mechanical.
• Blaze Out of Space: Aberrant.
• Abundance Lupus Wooden Lupus: Aberrant.
• Incineration Shadewalker: Aberrant.

Guinaifen's team (Image via Honkai Star Rail)

Based on this team, here is a list of spirits you can use against Guinaifen and comfortably defeat her in a fight:

• Frigid Prowler Mechanical: Can freeze enemies in AOE.
• Silvermane Cannoneer Humanoid: Support-type spirit. Boosts attack damage of allies and performs follow-up attacks.
• Trotterlord Aberrant: Healer and buffer for allies.
• Entranced Ingenium Obedient Dracolion Mechanical: Attack-type spirit and deals increased damage to enemies.

Regarding Expansion chips, you can equip buffs like Sudden Interjection and Efficiency Optimization on the Frigid Prowler. For the Silvermane Cannoneer, the Emergency Reboot and Matrix Iteration are recommended. Lastly, for the healing and DPS unit, Quick Command and Attack Interception are necessary, respectively.

Attacking with a Mechanical unit (Image via HoYoverse)

You can also change the Silvermane Cannoneer Humanoid spirit with the Entranced Ingenium Illuminated Dragonfish. This will allow your team to deal even more damage to the three Abberants of Guinaifen. With enough damage, the fight can be easily ended by overwhelming Guinaifen's four spirits.

Cutscene after Guinaifen's match (Image via Honkai Star Rail)

The Frigid Prowler has been picked for this fight to freeze Guinaifen's spirits in place, allowing your team to take extra turns. However, you are free to pick any Mechanical Tank units, including Aurumaton Gatekeeper, Automaton Grizzly, and more.