As we arrive on Penacony, we meet plenty of faces - including the stylish singer, HSR's Robin. She's a five-star character on the Harmony path who can massively boost your output if you have her on a team. Here's how to build her and give her the best relics, light cones, and team comps.
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Here's everything in our HSR Robin guide:
What's the best Robin build?
Robin is a five-star character who uses the physical element, and walks the path of Harmony. She's a super useful support unit for a variety of teams, offering damage buffs and speed boosts.
Here's a brief overview of our best Robin build:
| Rarity | ★★★★★ |
| Element | Physical |
| Path | Harmony |
| Best light cone | Flowing Nightglow |
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| Best relic set | Musketeer of Wild Wheat and Prisoner in Deep Confinement |
| Best planar ornaments | Fleet of the Ageless |
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As a five-star, Robin has her own light cone, Flowing Nightglow, that is tailored perfectly to her kit. This will be her best-in-slot option. In terms of relics, a two-piece set of both Musketeer of Wild Wheat and Prisoner in Deep Confinement adds a good amount to her attack stat, which is key for boosting her skills.
What is the best light cone for Robin?
Robin's best light cone is her signature five-star, Flowing Nightglow. This increases her energy regeneration rate whenever an ally attacks, and helps her to provide more attack buffs for the team.
But the Battle Isn't Over is another great five-star option, and it's more accessible than Flowing Nightglow, due to its presence on all standard and limited banners, and in various shops. It increases her energy regeneration, skill point regeneration, and ally's damage output.
For Tomorrow's Journey is the ideal four-star choice if you're running low on light cones. As Robin's buffs scale based on her attack stat, any personal attack buffs are a welcome addition to her kit.
Here are the best HSR Robin light cones:
| Flowing Nightglow | When an ally attacks, Robin gains a stack of Cantillation. Each stack of this increases her energy regeneration rate by 3.0% and can stack up to five times. When she uses her ultimate, Cantillation gets replaced by Cadenza. This, in turn, increases Robin's attack by 48%, and all allies' damage increases by 24% for one turn |
| But the Battle Isn't Over | Increases Robin's energy regeneration rate by 10%, and regenerates a skill point when she uses her ultimate on an ally. This can trigger after every two uses of her ultimate. When she uses her skill, your next teammate to take action deals 30% more damage for that turn |
| For Tomorrow's Journey | Increases Robin's attack stat by 16%. When she uses her ultimate, her damage dealt increases by 18% - this lasts for one turn |
What are the best relics for Robin?
Robin's best relic set is a combination of Musketeer of Wild Wheat and an attack or speed set. Prisoner in Deep Confinement and The Wind-Soaring Valorous both provide attack buffs, whereas Sacerdos' Relived Ordeal and Messenger Traversing Hackerspace can increase her speed if you need it.
Robin's best planar ornament set is Fleet of the Ageless. It increases her max HP, making her harder to down in battle, and if you can get her speed to 120, her allies get an attack buff. Sprightly Vonwacq is a good alternative if you're struggling with energy regeneration and cycling, and Penacony, Land of the Dreams has some use in teams with physical-type DPS characters, like Honkai Star Rail's Boothill.
Here are HSR Robin's best relics:
| Musketeer of Wild Wheat | Two equipped: increases attack by 12% Four equipped: Robin's speed increases by 6% and her basic attack damage increases by 10% |
Obtain from: Cavern of Corrosion: Path of Drifting on Jarilo-VI |
| Prisoner in Deep Confinement | Two equipped: increases attack by 12% Four equipped: not applicable |
Obtain from: Cavern of Corrosion: Path of Darkness in Fyxestroll Garden |
| The Wind-Soaring Valorous | Two equipped: increases attack by 12% Four equipped: not applicable |
Obtain from: Cavern of Corrosion: Path of Cavalier in Penacony's Grand Theater |
| Messenger Traversing Hackerspace | Two equipped: increases speed by 6% Four equipped: not applicable |
Obtain from: Cavern of Corrosion: Path of Elixir Seekers on the Xianzhou Luofu |
| Sacerdos' Relived Ordeal | Two equipped: increases speed by 6% Four equipped: not applicable |
Obtain from: Cavern of Corrosion: Path of Uncertainty in the Xianzhou Luofu's Shackling Prison |
Planar ornaments
| Fleet of the Ageless | Two equipped: increases Robin's maximum HP by 12%. When her speed reaches 120 or higher, all allies' attack increases by 8% | Obtain from: World 3 of the Simulated Universe, or Divergent Universe: Untoppled Walls |
| Sprightly Vonwacq | Two pieces: increases Robin's energy regeneration rate by 5%. When her speed reaches 120 or higher, Robin's action is advanced forward by 40% immediately upon entering battle | Obtain from: World 4 of the Simulated Universe, or Divergent Universe: Smelted Heart |
| Penacony, Land of the Dreams | Two equipped: increases Robin's energy regeneration rate by 5%. Increases damage for all physical-type allies by 10% | Obtain from: World 8 of the Simulated Universe, or Divergent Universe: Pouring Blades |
Relic stat recommendations
For Robin, you want to focus on the following stats when picking out which pieces to put on her.
Main stats:
- Body: attack
- Feet: attack or speed
- Planar sphere: attack or physical damage
- Link rope: energy regeneration rate
Sub-stats:
- Attack
- HP
- Defense
- Speed
What are the best team comps for Robin?
As a support unit, Robin can fit into many of your teams - really, she goes where your DPS goes. It's a wise idea to take a shielder, or healer, to keep Robin safe - with her relics needing to be focused on attack and energy regeneration, there's not much room left for boosting her HP and defense stats.
One of Robin's talents boosts the follow-up damage of other teammates, so this can pay dividends if you have Dr. Ratio, Feixiao, Himeko, or Topaz. The best team comp for Robin in recent updates is the 'FART' comp, including Feixiao, Aventurine, Robin, and Topaz.
 Robin |
 Aventurine |
 Dr. Ratio |
 Topaz |
| Robin |
Aventurine |
 Feixiao |
Topaz |
| Robin |
 Kafka |
 Black Swan |
 Huohuo |
| Robin |
Topaz |
 Himeko |
Aventurine |
| Robin |
 Clara |
Topaz |
 Fu Xuan |
What are Robin's abilities?
Here are all of Robin's skills, all of which are very handy in increasing the damage your team does.
Active skills:
| Basic attack | Wingflip White Noise Robin deals physical damage to a single enemy, equal to 90% of her attack |
| Skill |
Pinion's Aria Robin increases the damage dealt by all allies by 43%, which lasts for three turns |
| Ultimate | Vox Harmonique, Opus Cosmique Robin enters the Concerto state and lets all teammates immediately take another action. While in this state, Robin increases all allies' attack by 20% of her own attack stat, plus 160. After every attack that allies do, Robin deals physical damage (equal to 108% of her attack), for one time. The crit rate of this attack is fixed at 100%, whilst the crit damage is 150%. When in the Concerto state, Robin is immune to crowd control debuffs, however, she can't take a turn until the state ends. A countdown appears on the action order showing when she next moves |
Talent and technique:
| Talent | Tonal Resonance Robin increases the crit damage of all allies by 16%, and when they attack enemies, Robin gains two energy |
| Technique | Overture of Inebriation When using her technique, Robin creates a dimension around her - lasting for 15 seconds - which stops enemies from attacking Robin. They then follow her, so you can still attack them easily. When entering battle while the dimension is active, Robin gains five energy at the start of each wave |
Major traces
| A2 | Coloratura Cadenza At the start of a battle, Robin's action advances forward by 25% |
| A4 | Impromptu Flourish While the Concerto state caused by Robin's ultimate is active, the crit damage of all teammate's follow-up attacks increases by 25% |
| A6 | Sequential Passage When using her skill - Pinion's Aria - Robin regenerates five energy |
What are Robin's eidolons?
If you happen to get lucky and pull more than one copy of Robin, you can unlock some of her eidolons.
Here are all of Robin's eidolons:
| E1 | Land of Smiles While the Concerto state is active, all teammate's all-type resistance penetration increases by 24% |
| E2 | Afternoon Tea for Two When in the Concerto state, all teammate's speed increases by 15%. Robin's talent now regenerates extra energy each time |
| E3 | Inverted Tuning This increases Robin's skill by two levels, up to a maximum of 15. It also increases her ultimate by two levels, up to a maximum of 15 |
| E4 | Raindrop Key When using her ultimate, Robin dispels all crowd control debuffs from all allies. If she is in the Concerto state, the effect resistance of all allies increases by 50% |
| E5 | Lonestar's Lament Robin's basic attack level increases by one, up to a maximum of ten. Her talent gains two levels, up to a maximum of 15 |
| E6 | Moonless Midnight When in the Concerto state, the crit damage and increased physical damage of Robin's ultimate increases by 450%. The Moonless Midnight effect can trigger eight times, and the count resets each time Robin uses her ultimate |
What are Robin's ascension materials?
To level Robin up, you need the following items. You can get the IPC work permits from the stagnant shadow boss in Clock Studios Theme Park, and the dream collection components come from Penacony's enemies.
| 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 Robin's trace materials?
Robin, as a key Penacony character, requires almost exclusively items from the area - except boss drops from the weekly Starcrusher Swarm King on the Space Station.
- 41 dream collection components, 56 dream flow valves, and 58 dream making engines
- Obtain from enemies on Penacony, purchase from the Embers Exchange store, and create in the synthesizer
- 15 firmament notes, 72 celestial sections, and 139 heavenly melodies
- Obtain from the Bud of Harmony calyx in the Reverie on Penacony, and create in the synthesizer
- 12 past evils of the borehole planet disaster
- Obtain from the Starcrusher Swarm King boss fight in the Herta Space Station
- 11 tracks of destiny
- Obtain from events, as rewards in the Simulated Universe, from the Embers exchange, and Nameless Honor (battlepass) rewards
- 3,000,000 credits
Trace priority
- Ultimate > skill > talent > basic attack
Major trace priority
- Sequential Passage > Impromptu Flourish > Coloratura Cadenza
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