Introductions
Welcome to our team composition guide for Cipher in Honkai: Star Rail. In this guide, we'll explore the best teams to build for Cipher, including recommended team compositions, character synergies and everything you need to know to let your Cipher teams shine.
Best Synergies for Cipher
Robin is a very powerful versatile Harmony Support that is incredibly synergistic unit with Cipher. Robin gives Cipher a considerable boost to DMG % and ATK which are stats she ends up lacking after investing massively into SPD. Additionally, Robin adds a large additional damage proc to every single hit from Cipher which is great since she hits twice per turn. Cipher's hit frequency also helps build Robin's Ultimate faster to increase the uptime overall and boost the teams DPS.
Acheron is a unique unit that scales with the how frequently a unit can apply debuffs. Cipher can apply two debuffs every turn if she has either her Signature Lightcone Lies Dance on the Breeze or the Battlepass Lightcone Holiday Thermae Escapade which is incredible compared to other units.
Feixiao is the premier Follow-up ATK carry and works amazingly with Cipher. Cipher launches incredibly frequent Attacks and Follow-up ATKs that build Feixiao's ultimate extremely quickly as well as getting nearly nearly unparalleled damage boosts from Cipher's increased damage taken aura and damage replication mechanic from Cipher's Ultimate.
Aventurine is a Follow-up ATK launching shield unit that synergises with other Follow-up ATK launching units which means Cipher helps Aventurine maintain his shield keeping the rest of your team safe.
Cipher's Best Teams
Cipher is an incredibly versatile, yet powerful support and can be played with nearly every DPS in the game due to how strong her increased damage taken aura and damage replication is. When combined these are often a 60% to 70% DPS increase for everyone else on the team.
This is not a comprehensive list of teams. The inclusion or exclusion of any given team does not necessarily reflect its power level. We have included several example teams that are more F2P friendly using 4★ characters that are lower power than the 5★ teams as examples. The sustain unit in each team can be swapped out.
Changelog
- 20 Jun. 2025: Build Guide for Cipher added.
