Honkai Star Rail’s Ruan Mei is an elegant and sweet-natured woman, known for her position as member 81 of the Genius Society and co-creation of the Simulated Universe. As a dedicated scientist, she’s fairly mysterious, so we’re here to share her element, path, and more with you.
Ruan Mei is just one of many unique and powerful Honkai Star Rail characters available in this sci-fi universe. It can be hard to know who to choose for your team, so we’ve ranked them all in our Honkai Star Rail tier list. If you need some more stellar jade, check out our Honkai Star Rail codes guide for some freebies.
Let’s dive into the genius mind of Honkai Star Rail’s Ruan Mei.
When is Honkai Star Rail Ruan Mei’s release date?
Ruan Mei is available on the current Honkai Star Rail banner, throughout the first phase of version 1.6.
What is Ruan Mei’s element and path?
We now know that Ruan Mei is a five-star ice character who treads the path of the Harmony. We’re currently working out all the specifics of her kit in order to bring you a full build, but as a follower of the Harmony, we know that her moveset will focus on applying buffs to her teammates. Other Harmony characters include:
All of these characters, as well as being strong boss ladies in the game’s plot, balance buffing their teammates with dealing a respectable amount of personal damage themselves, so we imagine that Ruan Mei’s kit will follow a similar theme.
What are the best light cones for Ruan Mei?
Ruan Mei has a five-star signature light cone that will fit her kit perfectly, but there are plenty of other options that can work with her. Be sure to equip her with a Harmony-aligned light cone.
Light Cone | Effect | How to obtain |
Memories of the Past (four-star) | Increases Ruan Mei’s break effect by 28%. When she attacks, she regenerates four energy. This can trigger once per turn | All banners |
Past and Future (four-star) | When Ruan Mei uses her skill, the next ally taking action deals 16% more damage for one turn | Purchase from the Forgotten Hall store |
Mediation (three-star) | Upon entering battle, Ruan Mei increases the speed of all allies by 12 points for one turn | All banners |
What are the best relics for Ruan Mei?
As a Harmony character, Ruan Mei isn’t going to be focused on dealing damage within your team. Instead, you should aim to increase stats like her break effect and energy regeneration.
We’re still working out what’s best for her, so check back upon release to see what relics we recommend for her build.
What are Ruan Mei’s abilities?
Here’s our first look at Ruan Mei’s skills from the official 1.6 update live stream. She provides buffs to the team and focuses on weakness break when it comes to enemies while dealing ice damage.
Active skills:
Skill | Effect |
Basic attack: Threading Fragrance | Deals ice damage to a single target |
Skill: String Sings Slow Swirls | Increases the weakness break efficiency, and damage, of all allies |
Ultimate: Petals to Stream, repose in Dream | Creates a field that increases all-type resistance penetration for all allies. When an enemy is attacked and their weakness breaks, Ruan Mei inflicts them with a Mark. This triggers during an enemy’s action, prolonging the weakness break state, delaying their action, and inflicting them with additional ice damage |
Technique:
Technique | Effect |
Silken Serenade | Allows the team to automatically trigger an effect equivalent to Ruan Mei’s skill at the start of the next battle. In the Simulated Universe, when Ruan Mei possesses this skill, and when an ally attacks an enemy, they enter battle as if the enemy’s weakness gets attacked, regardless of type. For every blessing possessed, the toughness-reducing damage of the current attack increases and deals additional ice damage |
Who is Ruan Mei?
Ruan Mei is another member of Nous’ Genius Society alongside Honkai Star Rail’s Herta and Honkai Star Rail’s Screwllum, specializing in biological sciences. She reportedly piqued Nous’ interest thanks to her “talent and terrifying perseverance” and she focuses her research on the origins of all life.
While she may be a genius, she’s also extremely elegant and sweet-tempered, reminding us a little bit of Genshin Impact’s Ningguang. Ruan Mei played a part in developing the Honkai Star Rail Simulated Universe alongside Screwllum, Herta, and Stephen, but science isn’t the sole focus of her life. She secretly loves traditional theater, desserts, and delicate embroidery.
That’s everything we know so far about Honkai Star Rail’s Ruan Mei. If you fancy checking out Hoyoverse’s open-world RPG, make sure to visit our Genshin Impact tier list, Genshin Impact codes, and Genshin Impact events guides. We also have builds for characters like Genshin Impact’s Furina and Genshin Impact’s Charlotte.