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Cipher
Honkai: Star Rail

Cipher build

Equipment options · Main stats · Team examples

Your build plan

For Cipher, compare Lies Dance on the Breeze while keeping the recommended Effect HIT Rate = CRIT DMG · Speed · Quantum DMG = ATK% setup fixed. A weapon or set change is easier to judge when you do not also change the team and skill timing.

Equipment options

11 options

Start with equipment you can actually obtain. These are alternative recommendations, not pieces to equip together. Refinement, set size and team restrictions change the result.

Light Cones

Lies Dance on the Breeze
Lies Dance on the Breeze(S 1 )
Resolution Shines As Pearls of Sweat
Resolution Shines As Pearls of Sweat(S 5 )

Relic sets

Messenger Traversing Hackerspace
Messenger Traversing Hackerspace( 2 -PC)
Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters
Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters( 4 -PC)
Genius of Brilliant Stars
Genius of Brilliant Stars( 4 -PC)

Planar ornaments

Lushaka, the Sunken Seas
Lushaka, the Sunken Seas( 2 -PC)
Penacony, Land of the Dreams
Penacony, Land of the Dreams( 2 -PC)
Fleet of the Ageless
Fleet of the Ageless( 2 -PC)
Firmament Frontline: Glamoth
Firmament Frontline: Glamoth( 2 -PC)
+2 options
Izumo Gensei and Takama Divine Realm
Izumo Gensei and Takama Divine Realm( 2 -PC)
Inert Salsotto
Inert Salsotto( 2 -PC)

Main stats

Use the slot recommendations to make your first functional setup. When several stats are listed, choose the one that fills the gap in your current team rather than mixing every option.

BodyEffect HIT Rate = CRIT DMG
FeetSpeed
Planar SphereQuantum DMG = ATK%
Link RopeEnergy Regen Rate = ATK%
Substats

[SPD (Until Desired Breakpoint) > EHR (If Desired) > CRIT RATE = CRIT DMG > ATK%] or [SPD (Until Desired Breakpoint) > EHR (If Desired) > HP% >= DEF%]

Skill priority

Follow the skill order below for your next upgrade. Compare one rank at a time, and keep the same team and enemy so equipment changes do not hide the result.

Skills priority: Talent = Skill > Ultimate > Basic
Major Traces priority: Empyrean Strides (A2) > 300 Rogues (A4) > Sleight of Sky (A6)

Abilities

Check ability names and unlock information against your current game form. Level, upgrades and variants can change skills.

Oops, a Missed Catch

Ability type / unlock: Single Target · Energy gain: 20 Break: 10

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

ParameterValueCondition markers
Scaling / ATK50%Quantum DMG · DMG · ATK

Hey, Jackpot for the Taking

Ability type / unlock: Blast · Energy gain: 30 Break: 20 + 10 adjacent

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

ParameterValueCondition markers
Parameter120%adjacent · DMG
DMG10%adjacent · DMG · ATK
ATK30%adjacent · DMG · ATK
turn2DMG · ATK
Scaling / ATK100%Quantum DMG · DMG · ATK
Scaling / ATK50%adjacent · Quantum DMG · DMG · ATK

Yours Truly, Kitty Phantom Thief!

Ability type / unlock: Blast | 130 energy cost · Energy gain: 5 Break: 30 + 20 adjacent

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

ParameterValueCondition markers
Scaling / ATK60%Quantum DMG · DMG · ATK
DMG25%DMG
Scaling / ATK20%Quantum DMG · DMG · ATK
DMG75%adjacent · Quantum DMG · DMG · ATK

The Hospitable Dolosian

Ability type / unlock: Single Target · Energy gain: 5 Break: 20

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

ParameterValueCondition markers
Scaling / ATK75%Quantum DMG · DMG · ATK
time1each · up to · at the start
Parameter12%DMG

Puss in Boots

Ability type / unlock: Enhance · Energy gain: 0 Break: -

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

Displayed version

ParameterValueCondition markers
second15
Parameter50%Speed
time50each · up to
Scaling / ATK100%all enemies · when · Quantum DMG · DMG · ATK
DMG200%DMG

Empyrean Strides

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

Displayed version

ParameterValueCondition markers
CRIT Rate140when · CRIT Rate
CRIT Rate170when · CRIT Rate
Parameter25%when · CRIT Rate
Parameter50%when · CRIT Rate
Parameter50%CRIT Rate
Parameter100%CRIT Rate

300 Rogues

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

Displayed version

ParameterValueCondition markers
Parameter8%DMG

Sleight of Sky

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

Displayed version

ParameterValueCondition markers
ATK100%DMG · CRIT DMG · ATK
Parameter40%when · DMG

Read the Room, Seek the Glee

Ability type / unlock: Eidolon 1

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

Displayed version

ParameterValueCondition markers
DMG150%DMG
ATK80%when · ATK
turn2when · ATK

In the Fray, Nab On a Spree

Ability type / unlock: Eidolon 2

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

Displayed version

ParameterValueCondition markers
Parameter120%when · DMG
DMG30%when · DMG
turn2DMG

From Thin Air, Hard to Foresee

Ability type / unlock: Eidolon 3

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

Displayed version

ParameterValueCondition markers
Parameter+2maximum · up to
Parameter+1maximum · up to

The Jig Is Up, Quick to Flee

Ability type / unlock: Eidolon 4

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

Displayed version

ParameterValueCondition markers
Scaling / ATK50%after · DMG · ATK

Safe in Numbers, Light as a Bee

Ability type / unlock: Eidolon 5

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

Displayed version

ParameterValueCondition markers
Parameter+2maximum · up to

The Thief's Game, Unsung and Free

Ability type / unlock: Eidolon 6

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

Displayed version

ParameterValueCondition markers
Parameter350%DMG
Scaling / ATK16%DMG · ATK
Parameter20%after

Displayed stats

Level 80

HP 931
ATK 640
DEF 509
Speed 106

Team examples

A lineup is a starting point: check that each teammate is available and that your team can repeat its resource cycle. Replacing a unit also changes buff timing and defensive coverage.

GACHABUILDS

Test your setup

Balance critical rate with critical damage. A large damage number is less useful when critical hits are inconsistent; evaluate the complete setup rather than a single item.

Choose one option, run the same encounter twice, and change one variable. Record whether the next rotation starts on time and whether the team survives without losing its damage window.

Checked · 2026-10-13 · Patch 3.3

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