Best Honkai Star Rail Bronya Build, Relics, and Light Cone
Here's some of the best gear for Honkai Star Rail's best offensive support.
UPDATE 16/12/2024: We have updated this guide with additional information on Bronya's best team compositions, light cones, ascension materials, and what order to prioritise her Traces in.
Honkai: Star Rail has dozens of characters to unlock and choose from, but determining which space-faring heroes to have in your party is tough. That said, some characters are better than others, and 5-star Bronya is one of them.
Bronya makes an amazing support character for any team, and can give buffs to allies that may make or break the toughest of battles. So, without further ado, here’s one of the best Bronya builds in Honkai Star Rail, including recommended Relics, Light Cones, and more.
Best Honkai Star Rail Bronya Build
Bronya is a 5-Star character on the Path of Harmony that wields the Wind element in Honkai Star Rail, making her a fantastic support character to rely on. She can cleanse characters of debuffs while buffing them, keeping everyone in the party in good shape.
With Bronya, it’s best to prioritise her speed and energy regeneration rate, as her Ultimate is what we’ll often rely on. It’s also worth looking into improving her critical damage, as the effect of ultimate can scale up based on this!
Honkai Star Rail - Best Bronya Light Cones
5-Star Bronya Light Cones
But The Battle Isn’t Over is a five-star Light Cone in Honkai Star Rail, and is great for Bronya’s capabilities.
This Light Cone’s base effect will increase the user’s energy recharge by a specific amount; this amount increases as you Superimpose (ascend) the Light Cone. It will also replenish one skill point when the user uses their Ultimate on an ally. It’s second skill will give an ally an attack buff when used on them.
The Battle Isn’t Over works really well with Bronya’s skill and ultimate that she can use on allies; we want her to have as high an energy regeneration rate as possible, so then we can use her Ultimate to buff allies damage (while cleansing debuffs) at regular intervals. She also isn't super Skill Point-friendly naturally, so this Light Cone alleviates that a little bit.
4-Star Bronya Light Cones
As a five-star Light Cone, it might be a while before you get your hands on The Battle Isn’t Over. Some 4-star alternatives include Carve the Moon Weave the Clouds, Past and Future, and Memories of the Past.
Carve the Moon Weave the Clouds can have a random effect at the start of battle; it will either increase all allies attack, critical damage, or energy regeneration rate. Having any one of these buffs is good for the team, especially an improved rate of energy regeneration.
Past and Future allows the next ally taking action - after Bronya has used her Skill - to deal an increased amount of damage. This is perhaps her best 4-Star Light Cone, as Bronya will regularly use her skill and it can consistently guarantee that the following ally will dish out extra damage.
On the other hand, Memories of the Past will increase Bronya’s Break effect, and will increase her energy regeneration after she attacks. Again, this is good for getting Bronya’s Ultimate quickly, though it isn't the best.
Honkai Star Rail - Best Bronya Relics
The best Relic option for Bronya is Sacerdos' Relived Ordeal. This set will increase Bronya's Speed by 6%, and whenever she uses her Skill or Ultimate on a single ally (in Bronya's case, this will be her Skill), that allies crit damage is increased by 18% for two turns. This can also stack twice!
If we’re also using The Battle Isn’t Over Light Cone, the Eagle of the Twilight Line set is a good alternative to opt for if you don't have the former set just yet.
When Bronya is wearing two pieces, her Wind damage is increased by 10%. With four pieces, Bronya will have her action advanced forward by 25% after using her Ultimate.
Considering Bronya is able to advance turns as is, the Eagle of the Twilight Line only gives her more control of a battle!
Honkai Star Rail - Best Bronya Ornaments
There are plenty of Ornaments you could choose from for Bronya in Honkai Star Rail, but two of the best are Sprightly Vonwacq and Broken Keel.
Sprightly Vonwacq increases Bronya’s energy regeneration rate by five percent. When the user’s speed reaches 145 or higher, their action is advance forwarded by 50 percent at the start of battle.
Broken Keel increases the wearer's Effect Res by 10%. When Bronya's Effect Res is 30% or higher, all allies crit damage increases by 10%. If you can ensure Bronya's Effect Res reaches above 30% in battle, then this is a viable option that will work massively in your party’s favour!
Bronya Traces Priority
You will be using Bronya's Skill the most when she is on the field. It allows you to dispel a debuff from a chosen ally and let them immediately take action, with a hefty DMG increase on top of that, so prioritise this first and foremost.
After that, level up Bronya's Ultimate. Using your Skill so much will see Bronya regenerate Energy quite quickly, so you can then use your Ultimate to enhance the whole parties' stats.
We won't really be using Bronya's Basic Attack whatsoever unless we desperately need to preserve Skill Points, so leave this until after you have levelled Bronya's Talent, which advances her action by 40% after she uses her Basic Attack.
- Skill
- Ultimate
- Talent
- Basic Attack
Bronya Ascension Materials
To get Bronya from Level 1 all the way to Level 80 in Honkai Star Rail, you will need the following Ascension Materials for her:
- 15x Silvermane Badge
- 15x Silvermane Insignia
- 15x Silvermane Medal
- 65x Storm Eyes
- 308000x Credits
Best Bronya Teams
Bronya's main role on any team is to act as an amplifier, buffing the stats of her allies and ehancing how they perform in battle. On top of that, because she offers crit rate and crit damage to her party using her ultimate, you will find that a huge range of characters can benefit from Bronya's kit.
Even though Bronya is a character who has been available since the launch of Honkai Star Rail, she's still not someone to turn your nose up at when putting together a new team. She ultimately needs a DPS on her team that she can support, and you can choose whether to throw her into a dual-DPS team or a hyper-carry team with multiple supports.
At launch, I often paired Bronya with Seele and Tingyun, then Natasha or Gepard as my sustain character depending on how I was feeling that day. Now, with even more characters available, you could try pairing Bronya with the likes of Blade, Feixiao, or Acheron as your main DPS.
For your additional support characters, you could consider free-to-play friendly options such as March 7th: The Hunt and Pela, or 5-Star options such as Jiaoqiu.
For your healer, Aventurine is a great 5-Star pick, as well as Fu Xuan. Gallagher is less impactful in this type of team composition, but he can also keep a party healed. If you run him, it's worth bringing along Jiaoqiu, too.
A Bronya team composition could look like the following, utlimately:
- Bronya
- Acheron, Seele, or Blade
- Pela, March 7th: The Hunt, or Jiaoqiu
- Aventurine, Fu Xuan, or Gallagher
Is Bronya good in Honkai Star Rail?
As a five-star character, Bronya is already well-loved by those using her in their parties (me). Of all the supporting characters available across Honkai Star Rail, she is easily one of the best. Able to significantly buff her allies in battle while also packing a punch herself, she can make any party more powerful than they already are, which is necessary for tough fights later down the line.
She’s able to dispel debuffs and buff the attacks of allies with her skill, and her Ultimate can increase the attack and critical damage of all allies for two turns.
The Supreme Guardian of Belobog is even stronger when her Eidolons are unlocked, too. She can gain a 50% chance of recovering a skillpoint, level up her ultimate, increase the speed of allies, and so much more. That is, if you manage to pull more than one Bronya from your Warp Banners.
Should I pull for Bronya in Honkai Star Rail?
At the time of writing, Bronya is available in the Stellar Warp. Given that Honkai Star Rail gives us a few Star Rail passes to use at the beginning of the game, and it’s easy enough to grind for more, Bronya is well worth trying to recruit.
Every 90 Warps on the Regular Banner will result in a five-star Character or Light Cone, too. So, make sure you’re saving your passes and doing 10 Warps at a time for the best chances of getting Bronya. Worse comes to worst, you get a cool Light Cone, Gepard, Himeko, or one of the other characters that are part of Honkai's permanent banner.
For more, be sure to check out our Honkai Star Rail codes so you can bag yourself some free Stellar Jade. While you’re at it, take a look at our character tier list too, to help you decide who to add to your party.