Honkai Star Rail: Best Phainon teams, Relics, Light Cones, and build

Phainon is finally a playable character in Honkai Star Rail! Currently, he is one of the most powerful units in the game, so check out the best teams, Relics, Light Cones, and build for your Phainon here.

Phainon is quite a selfish unit. He demands investment in the form of good Relics and Trace levels. On the bright side, though, it's not hard to build a team around him. This is thanks to his Ultimate, which disregards his entire party.

You should prioritize raising his Skill above anything else. The rest: his Basic Attack, Talent, and Ultimate, can follow after.

Wavestrider Captain

Most of the time, you want Wavestrider Captain on Phainon. The ATK buff that the set gives after he casts Ultimate will be active all throughout, since all of the "turns" inside his Ultimate are only considered as one turn.

Arcadia of Woven Dreams

Your Planetary Set should be Arcadia of Woven Dreams. He gets the full buff while he is in his Ultimate state, since he is considered alone.

Rutilant Arena is a good alternative while you farm for Arcadia.

Main Stats

Substats

In order of priority:

Best-in-slot and Signature Light Cone: Thus Burns the Dawn

Phainon's best Light Cone choice is Thus Burns the Dawn. It gives him a lot of ATK, a DEF ignore, and boosts his DMG while he is ulted. This Light Cone is tailor-made for him, but it isn't a necessity.

Best F2P option: On the Fall of an Aeon

This is a solid choice for a lot of Destruction units, and Phainon is no exception. He gets a lot of value from the DMG buff since buffs do not time out while he is in his Ultimate state.

By default, Phainon does not require a healer/sustain party member. Your usual rotation with him would be to load him with buffs right before he uses his Ultimate, then rinse and repeat until all enemies have been wiped out.

Taking this into consideration, this means you can bring three support units. You can also opt for one sub-DPS unit, then two support units.

While this should be enough for most content in the game (including end-game stages, depending on how well-built your characters are), you can still consider bringing a sustain unit like Huohuo or Gallagher.

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