To Honkai Star Rail's Pela, the rules of victory never change - and as the Intelligence Officer of the Silvermane Guards, she's certainly familiar with rules. Let's look at this excellent four-star's build and see how to boost her good old counterattacks, and which teams you can use her in - hint, it's most of them.
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Here's everything in our HSR Pela build:
What's the best Pela build?
Pela is a four-star ice element character who walks the path of the Nihility. Her attacks dish out plenty of ice damage, but the debuffs she applies are where she really shines. Not only is she capable of freezing enemies, but her skill also applies weakness, which reduces the damage dealt by the enemy, and her ultimate lowers her target's defense, allowing both Pela and the rest of her team to swoop in and finish them off.
Here's a brief overview of our best Pela build:
| Rarity | ★★★★ |
| Element | Ice |
| Path | Nihility |
| Best light cone | Lies Dance on the Breeze |
| Light cone substitutes |
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| Best relic set | Eagle of Twilight Line |
| Planar ornaments | Broken Keel |
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Pela's best light cone is Lies Dance on the Breeze. Her best relic set is Eagle of Twilight Line, and her best planar ornament set is Broken Keel. Pela works well as a sub-DPS alongside another strong damage dealer who can make the most of the debuffs she inflicts. When building her, we recommend increasing her ice damage, attack, and energy restoration where possible.
How to use Honkai Star Rail's Pela
Pela is incredibly useful in battles. Her attacks can inflict Exposed on enemies, which reduces their defense by a whopping 40%, allowing your DPS to come in and smash through them. Her E4 also reduces enemies' ice resistance, so pairing her with an ice DPS is key.
What is the best light cone for Pela?
Pela's best light cone is the five-star light cone, Lies Dance on the Breeze. As Honkai Star Rail Cipher's signature light cone, it's the best option for any Nihility character in a support role, offering double defense shredding and a speed boost for Pela.
Resolution Shines as Pearls of Sweat is a great four-star option that also applies a debuff and reduces the enemy's defense, and Before the Tutorial Mission Starts is particularly useful if you need an effect hit rate boost.
Here are the best HSR Pela light cones:
| Lies Dance on the Breeze | Increases Pela's speed by 18%. After Pela uses an attack, there is a 120% base chance to inflict the Bamboozle state on every enemy target. While under the Bamboozle state, enemy targets have their defense decreased by 16% for two turns. If Pela's speed is higher than or equal to 170, there is a 120% base chance to inflict the Theft state on every enemy target. While under the Theft state, enemy targets have their defense decreased by 8% for two turns. When Bamboozle or Theft is repeatedly inflicted, only the most recently inflicted instance takes effect |
| Resolution Shines As Pearls of Sweat | When Pela hits an enemy, if the enemy is not already Ensnared, there is a 60% base chance to Ensnare them. This decreases their defense by 12% for one turn |
| Before the Tutorial Mission Starts | This cone increases Pela's effect hit rate by 20%. When she attacks an enemy with reduced defense, she regenerates four energy for herself |
What are the best relics for Honkai Star Rail's Pela?
The best relic set for Pela is Eagle of Twilight Line, as it increases her action forward by 25% whenever she uses her ultimate ability. As an ice character, she won't benefit from the two-piece bonus, so make sure you farm a full set for her.
In the early game, Musketeer of Wild Wheat is a good four-piece set for Pela, as it offers both speed and attack buffs. However, if you can't farm a full set of Eagle, we recommend pairing two speed sets together instead.
Pela's best planar ornament set is Broken Keel. This set increases her effect resistance, which helps to maximize her uptime, and, if you can get her resistance high enough, it applies a crit damage boost to all allies.
Fleet of the Ageless is a good alternative to help with Pela's survivability and offers buffs for attack-scaling teams. Alternatively, Pan-Cosmic Commercial Enterprise can help with meeting Pela's effect hit rate requirements.
Here are HSR Pela's best relics:
| Eagle of Twilight Line | Two equipped: not recommended Four equipped: When Pela uses her ultimate, her action advances forward by 25% |
Obtain from: Cavern of Corrosion: Path of Gelid Wind in Herta Space Station's Storage Zone |
| Musketeer of Wild Wheat | Two equipped: increases attack by 12% Four equipped: Pela's speed increases by 6%, and her basic attack damage increases by 10%. |
Obtain from: Cavern of Corrosion: Path of Drifting in Jarilo-VI's Corridor of Fading Echoes |
| Messenger Traversing Hackerspace | Two equipped: increases speed by 6% Four equipped: not recommended |
Obtain from: Cavern of Corrosion: Path of Elixir Seekers in the Xianzhou Luofu's Alchemy Commission |
| Sacerdos' Relived Ordeal | Two equipped: increases speed by 6% Four equipped: not recommended |
Obtain from: Cavern of Corrosion: Path of Uncertainty in the Xianzhou Luofu's Shackling Prison |
Planar ornaments
| Broken Keel | Two equipped: increases Pela's effect resistance by 10%. When Pela's effect resistance is at 30% or higher, all allies' crit damage increases by 10% | Obtain from: World 7 of the Simulated Universe, or Divergent Universe: Fruit of Evil |
| Fleet of the Ageless | Two equipped: increases Pela's max HP by 12%. When Pela's speed reaches 120 or higher, all allies' attacl increases by 8% | Obtain from: World 3 of the Simulated Universe, or Divergent Universe: Untoppled Walls |
| Pan-Cosmic Commercial Enterprise | Two equipped: increases Pela's effect hit rate by 10%. Meanwhile, Pela's attack increases by an amount that is equal to 25% of the current effect hit rate, up to a maximum of 25% | Obtain from: World 5 of the Simulated Universe, or Divergent Universe: Gentle Words |
Stat recommendations
Main stats:
- Body: effect hit rate or HP%
- Feet: speed
- Planar sphere: HP% or defense
- Link rope: energy regeneration
Sub-stats:
- Crit damage/rate
- Speed
- Attack
- Energy recharge
What are the best Honkai Star Rail Pela team comps?
Pela, as a debuffer, can slot into many teams. At later eidolons, specifically E4, Pela is a great unit in an ice-themed team, but you can pair her with any DPS to get excellent damage. Specifically, Dr. Ratio works very well with her as he scales off how many debuffs you can put on enemies.
Here are some examples of strong Pela team comps:
 Pela |
 Imbibitor Lunae |
 Yukong |
 Luocha |
| Pela |
 Dr. Ratio |
 Fu Xuan |
 Tingyun |
| Pela |
 Acheron |
Fu Xuan |
 Silver Wolf |
| Pela |
Acheron |
 Jiaoqiu |
 Aventurine |
What are Pela's skills?
Here are all of Pela's skills and abilities at level one. Keep in mind that the multipliers for each of these skills increase as you level them up.
Active skills:
| Basic attack | Frost Shot Deals 50% of Pela's attack as ice damage to a target enemy. |
| Skill | Frostbite Deals 105% of Pela's attack as ice damage to a target enemy and removes one buff. |
| Ultimate | Zone Suppression Deals ice damage equal to 60% of Pela's attack to all enemy units, with a 100% chance to inflict the exposed state on enemies. This reduces enemies' defense by 30% for two turns. |
Talent and technique:
| Talent | Data Collecting If Pela's attack inflicts debuff on the enemy, Pela gains an additional 5 energy. This can trigger once per attack |
| Technique | Preemptive Strike Immediately attack the enemy. After entering the battle, deal 80% of Pela's attack as ice damage equal to a random enemy, with a 100% base chance of lowering the defense of all enemies by 20% for two turns |
Major traces:
| A2 | Bash Pela deals 20% more damage to enemies with debuffs |
| A4 | The Secret Strategy Increases all allies' effect hit rate by 10% when Pela is on the field |
| A6 | Wipe Out Using Pela's skill to remove buffs increases the damage of Pela's next turn by 20% |
What are Pela's eidolons?
Eidolons in Honkai Star Rail are, essentially, the Honkai equivalent of Genshin Impact's constellations. They offer a variety of handy buffs that you unlock by pulling more than one copy of a character. Here are all of Pela's eidolons.
Here are all of Pela's eidolons:
| E1 | Victory Report Pela regenerates five energy upon defeating an enemy |
| E2 | Adamant Charge Using Pela's skill to remove buffs increases her speed by 10% for two turns |
| E3 | Suppressive Force Increases the level of Pela's skill by two, up to a maximum of level 15, and the level of her basic attack by one, up to a maximum of level ten |
| E4 | Full Analysis When Pela uses her skill, there is a 100% chance to reduce the enemy's ice resistance by 12% for two turns. |
| E5 |
Absolute Jeopardy Increases the level of Pela's ultimate by two, up to a maximum of 15, and the level of her talent by two, up to a maximum of level ten |
| E6 | Feeble Pursuit When Pela attacks a debuffed enemy, she deals an additional 40% of her attack as ice damage |
What are Pela's ascension materials?
Pela, to get all the way up to level 80, needs a few ascensions. This requires the following materials. You get horns of snow as drops in the Robot Settlement's stagnant shadow.
Here are all of Pela's ascension materials:
| 20➔30 |
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| 30➔40 |
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| 40➔50 |
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| 50➔60 |
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| 60➔70 |
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| 70➔80 |
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What are Pela's trace materials?
To level Pela's abilities and traces up to their maximum, these are the materials you need.
- 28 extinguished cores, 42 glimmering cores, and 42 squirming cores
- Obtain from flamespawn enemies, purchase from the Embers Exchange, and the Herta Space Station world shop
- 12 obsidian of dread, 54 obsidian of desolation, and 105 obsidian of obsession
- Obtain from the Bud of Nihility calyx, purchase from the Embers Exchange store, purchase from Herta's Space Station world shop, and the Jarilo-VI world shop
- 12 guardian's lament
- Obtain from Cocolia, Mother of Deception's boss fight in the Echo of War at Everwinter Hill
- 5 tracks of destiny
- Obtain from events, as rewards in the Simulated Universe, from the Embers exchange, and Nameless Honor (battlepass) rewards
- 2,400,000 credits
Skill trace priority
- Ultimate > talent > skill > basic attack
Major trace priority
- Bash > The Secret Strategy > Wipe Out
That's it for our Honkai Star Rail Pela build guide at the moment. Why not head over to our list of the best mobile games to keep yourself busy, or jump back into Teyvat and build units like Genshin Impact's Nahida and Genshin Impact's Dehya.