Best Tingyun Honkai Star Rail build: Relics, Light Cones, Eidolons, and Abilities

Rishov Mukherjee
A Screenshot of Tingyun from Honkai Star Rail

Tingyun is a 4-star character in Honkai Star Rail and is widely regarded as the best support in the game when the right build is used.

As a buffer who can increase the damage output of every character in the game by a lot, Tingyun is a very strong support unit in Honkai Star Rail, similar to Bennett in Genshin Impact.

Tingyun is ranked at the top of almost every tier list and is a must-have for every player in the game. However, she also relies on having good Light Cones and Relics to become effective.

Here is our guide to the best Tingyun build, including the Relics, Light Cones, Eidolons, and abilities that you’ll need to make her perform optimally.

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Tingyun Abilities in Honkai Star Rail

A screenshot of Tingyun's Abilities in Honkai Star Rail
Tingyun’s Abilities are all catered towards buffing up allies within the game

Basic Attack: Dislodged

Tingyun will deal Lightning Damage equal to 50%-100% of her ATK stats

Skill: Soothing Melody

Tingyun will increase the attack of an ally by 25%-55% with a value not exceeding 15%-27% of her own ATK stats and will also trigger benediction on the ally. The ally who has benediction from Tingyun will deal additional Lightning DMG equal to 20%-44% of their current ATK stats to any enemy for 3 turns. The benediction functions on only the most recent receiver of Tingyun’s skill.

Ultimate: Amidst the Rejoicing Clouds

Tingyun increases the DMG of an ally by 20%-56% of 3 turns and also regenerates 50 energy for them

Technique: Gentle Breeze

Tingyun will regenerate 50 energy the moment she uses her technique

Tingyun Eidolons in Honkai Star Rail

A screenshot of Tingyun's Eidolons in Honkai Star Rail
Tingyun’s Eidolons make her even broken within the game

Level 1: Windfall of Lucky Springs: The ally who has the Benediction buff from Tingyun have their SPD increased by 20% upon using the Ultimate ability

Level 2: Gainfully Gives, Givingly Gains: The ally with the Benediction buff will regenerate 5 energy upon defeating an enemy for one turn.

Level 3: Halcyon Bequest: Ultimate increased by +2 up to level 15, Basic attack increased by +1 up to level 10

Level 4: Jovial Versatility: Benediction increases damage multiplier by 20%

Level 5: Sauntering Coquette: Skill and Talent increased by +2 up to level 15

Level 6: Peace Brings Wealth to All: Ultimate’s energy regeneration is increased by 10 for a target ally

Best Light Cones for Tingyun in Honkai Star Rail

A screenshot of Tingyun's Light Cones in Honkai Star Rail
Tingyun needs good Light Cones to make her buffs even more effective

The best Light Cone for Tingyun’s build in Honkai Star Rail is But the Battle Isn’t Over. This is a 5-star Light Cone that increases the Energy Regeneration rate of the wearer by 10%-18%. It also regenerates the wearer’s skill point when using their Ultimate on an ally.

Upon using a skill, the next attack by an ally will deal 30%-50% more damage. This weapon is extremely good, and you can purchase it for 600 Undying Starlight from the Starlight Exchange shop. As always, it can also be obtained from banner pulls, depending on how lucky you are.

As a 4-star option, Carve the Moon, Weave the Clouds is an amazing Light Cone for Tingyun. This weapon provides any one of three different buffs at the start of a battle and once the wearer’s turn begins. The buffs include increasing the ATK of all allies by 10%-20%, increasing their CRIT DMG by 12%-24%, or increasing their Energy Regeneration rate by 6%-12%.

The buff applied once will not be triggered twice and will override the previous one. Apart from that, you cannot stack similar effects from the weapon.

Best Relics for Tingyun in Honkai Star Rail

The best Relic that you can farm for Tingyun’s build in Honkai Star Rail is called the Messenger Traversing Hackerspace. This set is really good for providing SPD buffs to the entire party.

The stats from the relic are as follows:

2-piece Bonus: Increases SPD by 6%

4-piece Bonus: When the wearer uses their Ultimate on an ally, SPD for all allies increases by 12% for 1 turn(s). This effect cannot be stacked.

Lastly, the ornaments set you can use on Tingyun is called Broken Keel. This will increase Tingyun’s Effect RES by 10%. When her Effect RES is at 30% or higher, all allies’ CRIT DMG increases by 10%.

Best Team Comp for Tingyun in Honkai Star Rail

Tingyun works on a wide range of teams on account of her versatility. However, the best units you can pair with Tingyun are Seele, Bronya, and Bailu.

Tingyun and Bronya will dramatically increase the party’s damage output for great DPS characters like Seele. Bailu will provide the heals while Tingyun and Bronya dish out the buffs.

This concludes our guide for Tingyun from Honkai Star Rail. If you found it informative, check out some of other guides below:

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About The Author

Rishov is a Games Writer at Dexerto. He holds a Masters degree in Astrophysics from St Xavier's College in Kolkata, India, and has previously worked at Sportskeeda. In his spare time, he enjoys playing Street Fighter, Destiny 2, Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail, the games he specializes in as well. If you want to get in touch, contact Rishov at rishov.mukherjee@dexerto.com