Honkai: Star Rail has a treasure trove full of wonderful characters that all offer unique actions during combat, making team composition and overall builds crucial to your success. Pela, the Intelligence Officer of the Silvermane Guards, is a perfect example of a character that can shine bright with a proper build and solid team formation.
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While she won’t necessarily blow you away with raw damage or impenetrable defenses, Pela is a strong character overall. She will make any team composition better if you play to her strengths and focus on placing people around her that help negate her weaknesses.
Updated March 5, 2025, by Seth Parmer: It has been a very long time since we’ve updated this guide on Pela, allowing us to revisit it with the latest update to include some more perfect Light Cones, Ornaments, and a brand-new team composition for her, allowing you to take Pela to a new level of dominance in combat!
Best Relics And Planar Ornaments For Pela
Pela is a strong and safe choice for your party if you need a support character that can remove buffs from enemies while also applying considerable damage to them in short and consistent bursts.
However, while Pela can hold her own from the jump, she falls far below other choices without a proper build. As such, let’s review the best options for Pela regarding Relics and Ornaments to help get the most out of her during combat encounters!
Best Relics For Pela
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Relic Set |
Reason For Synergy |
|---|---|
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Eagle of Twilight Line 4/4 Pieces Equipped |
If Pela uses her Ultimate, her actions are Advance Forward by 25 percent, making this an excellent option to keep her building Ultimate Meter and stay on the offensive. Wind DMG +10 Percent, Advance Forward +25 Percent (After Using Ultimate) |
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Musketeer of Wild Wheat 4/4 Pieces Equipped |
This will also serve a similar role as the Relic Set above, increasing Pela’s Speed Stat and Attack Damage, making her offensive presence much better than before and keep her constantly engaging with the opposition. ATK +12 Percent, SPD +6 Percent, Basic ATK DMG +10 Percent |
Best Ornaments For Pela
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Ornament Set |
Reason For Synergy |
|---|---|
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Lushaka, the Sunken Seas |
The current best option for Pela, as it raises her Energy Regeneration Rate by five percent. If she’s not first in your lineup, whoever is will gain an additional 12 percent boost to their Attack. Energy Regeneration Rate +5 Percent, ATK +12 Percent to whoever is first in your lineup if it’s not Pela. |
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Pan-Cosmic Commercial Enterprise |
Increases Pela’s Effect Hit Rate by 10 Percent. Additionally, her Attack will also be raised by 25 Percent of her current Effective Hit Rate. Effective Hit Rate +10 Percent, ATK +25 Percent |
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Fleet of the Ageless |
This will go hand-in-hand with the Musketeer of Wild Wheat Relic, as it will not only increase Pela’s overall HP but if her Speed Stat crosses a specific threshold, the rest of the party will receive an Attack buff! Max HP +12 Percent, Party ATK +12 Percent if SPD is at least 120 |
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Space of Sealing Station |
Similar to the Fleet of Ageless ornament, this one will also provide bonuses if Pela’s SPD crosses a specific threshold, except this time, the buffs will be for herself instead of the party. This pairs well with Musketeer of Wild Wheat! ATK +12 Percent, Adds another +12 Percent to ATK if Speed is at least 120 |
Best Light Cones For Pela
Light Cones are vital to any good build. They enable you to hone in on every character’s role to better their performance and abilities during combat encounters. Unfortunately, some Light Cones are only acquired through Warps, the game’s Gacha system.
This means that if you’re strictly a Free-to-Play player, you will have some of the strongest Light Cone offerings of Honkai: Star Rail essentially locked away from you. That is, unless, you want to grind to get the resources to try your hand at them.
Fortunately, some very good Light Cones can be obtained frequently for those who wish not to engage with the Gacha aspects of the game. For this reason, we have prepared two tables below to showcase the best Light Cones in both categories!
Best Warp (Gacha) Light Cones For Pela
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Light Cone |
Description |
|---|---|
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In the Name of the World |
Raises Damage dealt to enemies that are Debuffed by 40 Percent. Using your Skill on these enemies will increase your Effective Hit Rate by 30 Percent and your Attack by 40 Percent. HP +1058, ATK +582, DEF +463 |
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Resolution Shines as Pearls of Sweat |
Hitting an enemy that is currently not Ensnared will give you a 40 Percent chance of Ensnaring them. Enemies that become Ensnared will have their Defense decreased by 16 Percent for one turn. HP +952, ATK +476, DEF +330 |
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Good Night and Sleep Well |
Gain a 24 Percent boost to your Damage for every enemy with a Debuff on screen, stacking up to three times for a total of 72 Percent. HP +952, ATK +476, DEF +330 |
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Incessant Rain |
Raises the user’s Effect Hit Rate by 40 percent. Dealing damage to an enemy that currently has three or more Debuffs will raise your Critical Rate by 20 percent. HP +1058, ATK +582, DEF +468 |
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Eyes of the Prey |
Raises the user’s Effect Hit Rate by 40 percent and increases their Damage Over Time by 48 percent. HP +952, ATK +476, DEF +330 |
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Those Many Springs |
Effect Hit Rate is increased by 100 percent. Landing a Basic Attack, Skill, or Ultimate on a target has a 60 percent chance of inflicting Unarmored on the target, increasing damage inflicted to them by 18 percent for two turns. If you’ve inflicted a DoT state on the opposition, there is a 60 percent chance Unarmored will advance to Cornered, raising the damage inflicted to the target by 22 percent for two turns. HP +952, ATK +582, DEF +529 |
Best Free-To-Play Light Cones For Pela
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Light Cone |
Description |
|---|---|
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Hidden Shadow |
Following your Skill, your Basic Attack will deal additional Damage equal to 120 Percent of your target’s Attack. HP +846, ATK +317, DEF +264 |
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Void |
Raises Effect Hit Rate by 40 Percent for three turns at the start of every encounter. HP +846, ATK +317, DEF +264 |
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Before the Tutorial Mission Starts |
Raises the user’s Effect Hit Rate by 40 percent. Attacking an enemy with a Defense-Reduce debuff will generate eight Energy. HP +952, ATK +476, DEF +330 |
It’s crucial to note that all Light Cones above are maxed-out, meaning you must Ascend and Superimpose them several times to get these results. When you first obtain these Light Cones, they will offer the same bonuses but will be much less potent.
Pela Traces Overview And Priority
To close this out, let’s go over Pela’s Traces, which essentially allow you to enhance her abilities inside of combat, along with some additional bells and whistles that make her marginally better overall.
All Pela Traces
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Trace |
Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
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Preemptive Strike |
Technique |
Instantly strike your target. Upon starting the encounter, Pela deals Ice Damage to a random enemy in the arena equal to 80 Percent of her Attack. The Defense of all enemies on screen will be lowered by 20 Percent for two turns. |
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Frost Shot |
Basic Attack |
Pela deals Ice Damage to a single target equal to 50 (Level 1) to 130 Percent (Level 9) of her Attack. |
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Frostbite |
Skill |
Terminate one Buff from your target and deal Ice Damage equal to 105 (Level 1) to 262.5 Percent (Level 15) of her Attack. |
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Data Collecting |
Talent |
If Pela Debuffs an enemy, she will regenerate 5 (Level 1) to 12.5 (Level 15) Energy. This effect only happens once per turn. |
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Zone Suppression |
Ultimate |
Pela hits all enemies on screen with Ice Damage equal to 60 (Level 1) to 120 Percent (Level 15) of her Attack, inflicting all targets with the Exposed debuff. Enemies that are Exposed will have their Defense lowered by 30 (Level 1) to 45 Percent (Level 15) for two turns. |
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Bash |
Bonus Ability |
If an enemy is Debuffed, Pela will deal 20 Percent more Damage against them. |
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The Secret Strategy |
Bonus Ability |
When Pela is in the Party, all Party Members will have their Effect Hit Rate raised by 10 Percent. |
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Wipe Out |
Bonus Ability |
Using Frostbite to remove an enemy’s Buff will enhance the Damage output of Pela’s next attack by 20 Percent. |
While everything outlined above is crucial in some way to making Pela the best she can be for her team in battle, there are a few Traces you should focus on upgrading first to get the most out of her as early as possible.
Frostbite and Zone Suppression should be your primary focus, with Frost Shot following close behind, as they will give you complete control of a match when used effectively. Constantly inflicting Ice Damage on your opponent and removing their buffs is the name of Pela’s game.
As touched on above, Pela may not be the best in her role. Still, she’s pretty good at it, and capitalizing on her ability to keep the opponent from buffing up and demolishing everyone is remarkably powerful.
Pela thrives in the early portions of the game and is also competent in the latter sections, so long as you keep focusing on her build and keep a solid team around her. You can’t go wrong with her in your party, and her performance explains why that’s the case!
Best Team Compositions For Pela
Lastly, to close things up, it’s time to go over the best Team Compositions for Pela, as surrounding her with Party Members that synergize well with her playstyle will make her shine the brightest.
Using these Team Compositions with the Light Cones, Relics, and Ornaments outlined above will help make Pela a solid Party Member, though it will still take some effort to get her to deal damage or seem viable!
Best Overall Team Composition
Best Rounded Team Composition
Best Free-To-Play Team Composition
Best Nihility Team Composition
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