Honkai: Star Rail – Rappa build and ascension guide

Honkai: Star Rail – Rappa: best Relics

Rappa mainly wants three stats: Break Effect to enhance her Break Damage, Attack to boost her Enhanced Basic Attack’s damage, and Speed to quickly attack and charge her Ultimate – you’ll want to hit the magic number of 160 Speed for the best possible performance. Her Attack also helps boost Break Damage taken by enemies thanks to one of her Traces. 

Rappa should produce enough Energy through another one of her Traces, which provides some when Elites on the field get Weakness Broken, as well as the built-in regeneration at the end of the Sealform state. However, if you find yourself unable to keep Sealform up consistently, it may be worth investing into Energy Regeneration.

You don’t require Critical stats on Rappa, since her Break Damage can’t trigger critical hits, so the remaining stats can be divided up into things like Defense and Effect Resistance that help keep Rappa alive and free from debuffs.

Best Relic Sets for Rappa in Honkai: Star Rail:

• Iron Cavalry Against the Scourge (4) – +16% Break Effect, wearer’s Break Damage ignores 10% of enemy Defense when their Break Effect surpasses 150% and additionally allows their Super Break Damage to ignore 15% of enemy Defense when their Break Effect surpasses 250%.
• Iron Cavalry Against the Scourge (2) / Thief of Shooting Meteor (2) / Watchmaker, Master of Dream Machinations (2) + Messenger Traversing Hackerspace (2) / Sacerdos’ Relived Ordeal (2) – +16% Break Effect, +6% Speed.
• Thief of Shooting Meteor (4) – +16% Break Effect, another +16% Break Effect, and +3 Energy when the wearer inflicts Weakness Break on an enemy.

Best Planar Ornaments for Rappa in Honkai: Star Rail:

• [If at least one enemy has Fire Weakness] Forge of the Kalpagni Lantern (2) – +6% Speed, +40% Break Effect for one turn when the wearer hits an enemy with Fire Weakness.
• [Fighting enemies without Fire Weakness] Talia: Kingdom of Banditry (2) – +16% Break Effect, +20% Break Effect when Speed is 145 or higher.
• [Helps with Energy issues] Sprightly Vonwacq (2) – +5% Energy Regeneration, wearer’s action gets forwarded by 40% upon entering battle if they have 120 Speed or higher.

Prioritize the following Relic and Planar Ornament stats for Rappa:

• Head – HP (Primary), Break Effect %, Attack %, Speed, Attack
• Hands – Attack (Primary), Break Effect %, Attack %, Speed, Effect Resistance %
• Body – Attack % (Primary), Break Effect %, Speed, Attack, Effect Resistance %
• Feet – Speed (Primary), Break Effect %, Attack %, Attack, Effect Resistance %
• Planar Sphere – Attack % (Primary), Break Effect %, Speed, Attack, Effect Resistance %
• Link Rope – Break Effect % (Primary), Attack %, Speed, Attack, Effect Resistance %

Honkai: Star Rail – Rappa: best team comps

Rappa is another fine addition to the Break Meta, though with more of a focus on clearing waves.

• Rappa (Main DPS), Trailblazer (Harmony) (Support), Ruan Mei (Support), Lingsha (Sustain)

You basically take the ideal Firefly team and swap her out for Rappa. Trailblazer (Harmony), Ruan Mei, and Lingsha all come with kits that boost a Break-focused playstyle, accelerating Weakness Break speed and damage. Don’t worry if you don’t have Lingsha, because there’s quite a powerful alternative in Gallagher.

Honkai: Star Rail – Rappa: ascension materials

Here’s everything you need to know to get Rappa ascended to the maximum level and upgrade all of her talents.

Rappa requires the following ascension materials to get to level 80 in addition to the necessary XP:

• Credits x308,000
• Dream Collection Component x15
• Dream Flow Valve x15
• Dream Making Engine x15
• Chordal Mirage x65

You can collect Dream Collection Components and their upgraded forms from enemies on Penacony as well as the Simulated Universe. You can create or exchange them through the Omni-Synthesizer on the Astral Express, too. Dream Collection Components are one of the base materials you can easily farm through the Daily Assignments to your characters, making for a steady income of the material. 

Chordal Mirage is dropped by the Stagnant Shadow (Penacony Grand Theater) or gained through exchange. The best source of Credits are the Golden Calyxes found on several worlds.

Rappa requires the following materials to upgrade her combat abilities and Traces:

• Credits x3,000,000
• Dream Collection Component x41
• Dream Flow Valve x56
• Dream Making Engine x58
• Rough Sketch x18
• Dynamic Outlining x69
• Exquisite Colored Draft x139
• Lost Echo of the Shared Wish x12
• Tracks of Destiny x8

For the materials already mentioned, check above. Rough Sketches and their upgrades can be farmed in the Crimson Calyx (Penacony Grand Theater). As usual, you can create the high-level materials by using up lower-level materials in the Omni-Synthesizer on the Astral Express.

Lost Echo of the Shared Wish is a rarer material only gained from the Echo of War (Penacony Grand Theater) domain, while Tracks of Destiny can be obtained during time-limited events, the Embers Exchange, the Nameless Honor, or as a Simulated Universe Points Reward.