Honkai Star Rail Currency Wars Guide – Best Teams to Cruise A8

If Honkai Star Rail’s Currency Wars has ever made you stare at the board thinking “what am I even rolling for?”, this guide is for you. Instead of 100 random “maybe good” comps, we focus on three best teams that are proven comfy: the Aglaea Wheelchair turbo-speed carry, the Bloodflame Castorice HP nuke squad, and the Triple-Chassis Phainon reflect meme that actually works on A8.

You’ll get clear routes for econ, levels, bonds, and gear so you can copy the lines, adapt to your rolls, and stop int-rolling the shop every node.

Aglaea “Wheelchair” Comp

The team name says it all: the whole comp is built around Aglaea’s gear setup — two Anti-Grav Boots plus the Light Speed Propeller you get from the Day Demigod bond.

Key Gear

Anti-Grav Boots

This equipment gives its wearer extra SPD at the start of every turn, and the effect stacks. On Aglaea, that’s busted: her ATK scales with SPD, so the faster she goes, the harder she hits. More SPD also means she spends fewer Action Points, so she’s spamming turns while ramping damage at the same time. To run two Anti-Grav Boots, you need four copies of the 1★ Roller Skates.

Firestorm Surge

If you’re short on Roller Skates, you can temporarily replace one pair of Anti-Grav Boots with Firestorm Surge, since it still boosts your frontline damage well enough.

Light Speed Propeller

This comes for free from the Day Demigod bond – you don’t have to roll it in the shop at all. That means in practice you only have to find two actual equipment items for Aglaea (the two Anti-Grav Boots), which makes “completing” her gear much easier. The Propeller converts her huge SPD into on-field Strength so it perfectly synergizes with the Boots and with her SPD-to-ATK scaling.

Put together, the Boots + Propeller + SPD→Strength piece (the so-called “wheelchair” gear) turn Aglaea into a self-accelerating cannon: more turns → more SPD → more Strength → more damage, while barely draining Action Points.

 

Best Investment Environment

If your starting investment environment is “Day Demigod Index Funds” and it hands you Aglaea, Tribbie and a Roller Skates copy while also raising the appearance rate of Day Demigod units, you should basically force Aglaea. The comp is so easy to complete that you’re just printing rating points.

 

Alternative Investment Environment

Scent of Gunpowder	The Sunken Area	Excess Budget
Starts with 2 Basic Weapon Box(es).	Obtain a "Wealth Gem" upon achieving the first 5-win streak in this round.	In supply phases, characters will carry two items.

These three Investment Environments are considered alternative for the Aglaea “Wheelchair” comp because each of them offers a reliable and compatible form of support without locking you into a specific opener. Scent of Gunpowder and Excess Budget both provide useful equipment-related value, which naturally fits Aglaea’s item-driven scaling, while The Sunken Area adds extra gold to smooth out your rolling and level timings.

 

Available Investment Strategy

Tongue Twister	Gold Investment	Eidolon Ascension
When entering combat, the leftmost on-fieldcharacter and their memosprite gain On-FieldStrength equal to 30% of the leftmost off-fieldcharacter's Off-Field Strength, the leftmost offfield character and their memosprite gain OffField Strength equal to 30% of the leftmost on-field character's On-Field Strength.	Immediately choose one of three GoldInvestment Strategies, with 3 refresh(es). After3 Nodes, gains another refresh.	In this game, on-field ally characters" EidolonLevel increases by 1

These three Investment Strategies all complement the Aglaea “Wheelchair” comp in ways that reinforce its speed-driven scaling and front-loaded tempo.

• Tongue Twister amplifies Strength on both the on-field and off-field sides, letting Aglaea convert her rapidly stacking SPD into even stronger opening pressure.
• Gold Investment stabilizes the comp’s economy by providing flexible Gold-Investment picks and repeated refreshes, helping you reach Aglaea’s key equipment and Day Demigod units more consistently.
• Eidolon Ascension offers an immediate power bump for your on-field lineup, accelerating Aglaea’s early-to-mid game curve and making her core item spikes even more impactful. Together, they fit naturally into the comp’s snowballing rhythm and support its fast, equipment-centered gameplan.

 

Aglaea Team Full Game Route

Early Game Gameplan (1-1 to 1-8)

1. Econ First, Don’t Panic Roll

In the early rounds you’re mostly coasting:

• Don’t buy EXP.
• Don’t roll the shop. Let the shop auto-refresh each node.

If the shop naturally shows Aglaea or a Day Demigod unit, grab them. If not, just throw together any simple 2 DoT +2 bond lineup so your board isn’t empty — the exact early board doesn’t matter much.

Optional bridge board: Asta + Kafka + Jiaoqiu + Sampo

 

2. Keep target characters but don’t break interest

The main thing you must do during this phase: Keep copies of Aglaea, Huohuo and Tingyun. But if buying Huohuo/Tingyun would drop you below an interest threshold, skip them for now — gold is more important early.

You do not want to put Aglaea on the board too early if you haven’t formed the 3-Energy bond (Aglaea + Huohuo + Tingyun). Without that bond, forcing her on field actually lowers your overall strength compared to a normal, well-synergized board.

 

3. Supplies 1-5: Prioritize Shoes

During the 1-5 Supply node, your top priority is:

1. Find Roller Skates → Anti-Grav Boots for Aglaea
2. Only then worry about bonds / extra units.

 

4. Power Spike at 1-8: Rolling for Aglaea & Day Demigod

After you clear the 1-8 reward node (right before the first Boss), you’ll be sitting on a fat pile of gold. This is where you finally start rolling the shop in earn.

Goals for your rerolls:

• 2★ Aglaea
• Tribbie, Hyacine and other Day Demigod units
• More Roller Skates pieces for Anti-Grav Boots

You can track the Day Demigod bond on the left bond panel to see how close you are to activating it.

 

Rolling Trick for 1-Cost Units

If you’re fishing for 1-cost Aglaea: Buy every 1-cost unit from the shop into the bench. Bought units are removed from the pool, so the odds of seeing Aglaea go up.

This logic works for any cost tier: if you’re hunting a specific 2- or 3-cost, you can temporarily buy out that cost band. Don’t accidentally combine 2★ versions of units you plan to resell. A single copy can be sold for full price, but a combined 2★ sold early will lose you gold.

Once Aglaea hits 2★, slow down. From here:

• Sit around 50 gold to get the maximum +5 interest per round (1 per 10 gold, capped at 5).
• “Slow roll” – only spend excess gold above 50 each round, instead of zeroing out.

 

Ideal Early Game Lineup

Aglaea + Tribbie + Huohuo + Hyacine + Tingyun

 

Mid Game Gameplan

2-3 supply node: Prepare for Second Anti-Grav Boots

At the 2-3 Supply node, your main objective is still to push Aglaea’s item progression forward. The top priority is securing additional Boot pieces—any Roller Skates you can pick up here move you closer to completing her second pair of Anti-Grav Boots, which is the biggest spike in her early-mid game momentum. Once you’ve handled the essential equipment pieces, you can then look toward secondary goals such as strengthening your bond units or picking up key “system” cards that support your overall structure.

Timing the 3★ Aglaea Power Spike

Before the natural EXP growth pushes you to level 6, there’s a last turn at level 5. On that turn, all-in roll at level 5 to finish 3★ Aglaea.

Once you hit level 6, the shop lowers the rate of 1-cost units, which makes 3-starring Aglaea significantly harder. It’s much more efficient to finish her while you’re still level 5.

In the ideal scenario, by the time you hit level 6 you already have:

• 3★ Aglaea
• Two Anti-Grav Boots + Light Speed Propeller
• Day Demigod bond online or almost online

 

Ideal Mid Game Lineup

Aglaea + Tribbie + Huohuo + Hyacine + Tingyun + Sunday + Trailblazer (Remembrance)

 

Late Game Gameplan

Best Hyacine equipment
Flash Grenade	Analgesia Chip	Ring of Life
Best Sunday equipment
Charging Sail

Once you’ve got 3★ Aglaea + her 3 key equipment pieces, the rest of the game is mostly polishing:

1. Stay at 50 gold whenever possible to keep max interest, and keep slow rolling.
2. Next priorities: Hyacine & Sunday’s equipment
3. Push level 8: Look for Trailblazer (Remembrance) and Robin. They add control, buffs and more front-row damage conversion, making your Aglaea core even safer and more explosive.
4. Level 9: Add Cyrene as your final top-end upgrade, raising the team’s damage ceiling and smoothing out your late-game boards.

 

Ideal Late Game Lineup

 

6 Bloodflame 5 Night Demigod" Castorice Team

This comp in Currency Wars plays very similarly to her standard end-game build: everyone contributes damage, the “Netherwing” mechanic protects the whole team, and the comp rarely collapses once stabilized. In Currency Wars, the Bloodflame Bond adds even more damage and tempo, allowing Castorice to cycle her abilities faster and maintain smooth, consistent pressure.

Because the Bloodflame Bond has many units across multiple cost tiers, it is extremely easy to assemble at any stage of the game—whether you’re low-level or already pushing level 8–9. This gives the comp a high degree of draft consistency.

In addition to standard Bloodflame units, you can also incorporate Night Demigod characters into the build. The Night Demigod bond provides gold coins income, which accelerates your leveling curve and helps this growth-oriented comp reach its key breakpoints faster. Once you stabilize at 6 Bloodflame, or ideally 8 Bloodshed with a 2★ Castorice, the comp becomes extremely reliable—your damage loop smooths out, your survivability improves, and most rounds become very straightforward to clear.

 

Key Gear

Compared with Aglaea, who is heavily dependent on very specific items, Castorice is far more flexible with equipment. Nearly any early basic item can be upgraded into something she can effectively use, such as:

Fist of Fury	While the wearer's Max HP exceeds 5000, every1000 HP increases Lucky Strike Rate by 2%, up to 40%.	Scales naturally with Castorice’s rapidly increasing Max HP under Bloodflame, granting significant Lucky Strike rate that directly amplifies her HP-for-damage playstyle and enhances her consistent burst output.
Decapitation Operation	Increases the wearer's DMG dealt to Elite and Boss targets by 25% and boosts Weakness Break Efficiency by 25%.	Strengthens Castorice’s single-target pressure against elites and bosses, letting her convert Bloodflame HP-amplified trades into higher burst windows while benefiting from added Weakness Break efficiency during aggressive engagements.
High-frequency Chainsaw	At the start of the battle, if the wearer is on-field, increases their Lucky Strike DMG by 10%.	Gives Castorice an immediate Lucky Strike spike at battle start, accelerating her early kill potential and enabling faster Bloodflame HP-loss recording for stronger follow-up AoE bursts.
Starcleaver Blade	Greatly increases On-Field Strength.	Greatly boosts her On-Field Strength, enhancing Castorice’s sustained DPS loop and amplifying the HP-driven damage scaling inherent to both her Talent and the Bloodflame Bond.
Perpetual Engine	When entering combat, activates the wearer’s Ultimate. After using 3 Ultimates, activates their Ultimate again. Ultimates activated by equipment will not count towards the number of uses.	Triggers her Ultimate instantly and multiple times per fight, reinforcing her HP-consumption rhythm, increasing overall activation tempo, and synergizing with Bloodflame’s damage amplification over repeated actions.

This makes the comp low-variance and beginner-friendly, as it doesn’t rely on a particular opening.

 

Best Investment Environment

Bloodflame Index Funds is ideal for the Castorice Bloodflame comp because it consistently supplies free Bloodflame units and basic equipment each round, dramatically improving early bond consistency and smoothing your path toward 6 or even 8 Bloodflame. The increased drop rate further stabilizes rerolls, letting the comp scale faster with minimal economic risk.

Print More Money supplies steady Crystal ore income across all planes, accelerating level-ups toward 8 and 9, where Castorice and Bronya appear more reliably, and enabling quicker transitions into full Bloodflame boards.

 

Available Investment Strategy

All Fired Up	4-cost Reinforcement	Storm Rider
Starts Bloodflame Arena with high HP and extra Charge, speeding up early AoE cycles and giving Castorice immediate tempo with additional frontline support from Mydei and Blade.	Provides multiple 4-cost units, accelerating access to Castorice, greatly boosting midgame strength without spending gold on rerolls.	Massive SPD amplification increases Castorice’s action tempo and Bloodflame triggers, while her HP-drain sustain naturally offsets the self-inflicted Wind damage.
Interest Rate Increase	Twin Primes	IPC Curated
Doubles interest cap and gives upfront gold, perfectly supporting the comp’s econ-focused path toward levels 8–9 and smoother spikes into core 4-cost units.	Grants bonus EXP across cost tiers, helping the comp level quickly without losing economy, ideal for rushing high-level shops to find Castorice and Bronya.	Guarantees repeated access to 4-cost shops, improving odds of hitting Castorice and other essentials while providing extra gold for stable economic scaling.

 

Castorice Team Full Game Route

Early Game Gameplan

In the first phase, from levels 1 to 7, you’re playing pure econ. Stay at or above 50 gold, don’t roll the shop at all, and only spend the excess above 50 on EXP. If Bloodflame units show up naturally you can pick them up, but you don’t force early 2-stars or fancy bonds—your job is simply to keep your HP high enough to reach midgame.

Castorice and Bronya are high-cost carries with low appearance rates at early levels, so rolling or rushing upgrades before level 7 is just burning money. Let natural EXP take you from 5 to 6, then continue using surplus gold to push toward level 7 and, eventually, level 8, while a basic 4- Bloodflame shell is usually enough to hold the line.

 

Mid Game Gameplan

The second phase starts once you reach level 8, and this is where you make your first big decision. If your HP is in danger (around 45 or lower), you roll immediately at level 8 to stabilize, prioritizing Castorice first, then filling out more Bloodflame units, picking up Bronya if she appears, and adding Night Demigod pieces when convenient to speed up your growth.

You can safely stop once you’ve hit a 2★ Castorice plus roughly 6 Bloodflame, as that board is strong enough to lock your HP and give you room to breathe. If instead your HP is healthy, you skip this emergency roll altogether, keep stacking interest, and funnel your gold into EXP so you can reach level 9 before committing to a big shop cycle.

 

Late Game Gameplan

The final phase begins at level 9, which is your ideal spike window. Here you dump your saved gold to finish the comp properly: secure a 2★ Castorice if you haven’t already, pair her with Bronya as your primary support, and then round out 6 or 8 Bloodflame while sprinkling in Night Demigod units for extra crystal income and smoother scaling.

At this stage you’re no longer worried about survival—your focus is on polishing the board so that Castorice has both the stats and the bond support to carry every round. Once you’ve assembled 6–8 Bloodflame around a 2★ Castorice and a decent set of items, the comp is effectively online and most fights become straightforward to clear.

 

Chassis of Retribution Phainon Team

In Currency Wars, Phainon can enter his Enhanced/Transformation state with his Ultimate: he kicks every ally off the field, gains huge self-buffs and fights alone as a “playable boss.”

That mechanic is exactly why he’s the best driver for Chassis of Retribution (the “thornmail” advanced shield item). Chassis of Retribution only reflects damage when the wearer is hit, and the reflection scales from the wearer’s Shield. Other characters’ shields don’t count; only the unit wearing Chassis matters. Community runs show that stacking three Chassis of Retribution on one unit lets enemies literally kill themselves by attacking into massive counter damage.

Because Phainon’s Ultimate removes his teammates from the front row, enemies are forced to only hit him while he’s sitting behind multiple Shields. That means every hostile action is guaranteed to trigger Chassis, making him the best “pilot” for triple thornmail.

 

Best Investment Environment

Excess Budget doubles item slots in supply phases, massively increasing your equipment intake and making it far easier to assemble triple Chassis of Retribution for Phainon’s core strategy.

 

Available Investment Strategy

Free Market	IPC Armory Update	Shield Emblem
Free Market greatly increases basic equipment volume by converting every drop into a full Weapon Box, giving you many more chances to assemble multiple Chassis of Retribution early.	Any effect granting Weapon Boxes is excellent for this comp because it accelerates your search for three Chassis of Retribution—the single requirement that turns Phainon into a full counter-damage carry.	Shield Emblem directly boosts Phainon’s reflection damage by increasing total Shield strength, and the free Aventurine provides one of the best Shield generators for maintaining high Chassis values.

This comp is extremely item-hungry: no triple Chassis, no real strat. So any option that increases your equipment density or quality is automatically high priority. Interest / early Gold s are fine as temporary picks when you’re not offered equipment.

 

Phainon Team Full Game Route

Levels 1–5: Pure Economy Setup

In the early game, avoid rolling entirely and focus on maintaining 50 gold for maximum interest. Spend only the excess above 50 on EXP, and use a simple Bloodflame or DoT frontline to stay healthy. Your only goal here is to stabilize your HP while building a strong economy for later spikes.

 

Level 6: Light Probing for Key Shielders

At level 6, you can afford a few light rolls if you’re missing essential Shielders such as March 7th, but never drain your gold. If you already have two Chassis of Retribution, you can begin picking up early Phainon copies in preparation for the transition.

 

Levels 7: Transition Into Phainon and Chassis

By the time you reach levels 7–8, you should aim for at least a 2★ Phainon to stabilize your frontline. If your HP is low, roll earlier at level 7; if it’s safe, push to 8 first. Once you secure 2★ Phainon plus two to three Chassis of Retribution, the comp effectively enters its “cheese mode,” where enemies delete themselves by attacking into you.

At this stage, your focus shifts to upgrading Shield Bonds and collecting more copies of your strongest on-field Shielders. Main Shielder ensures thick, consistent Shields even after Phainon’s Ultimate removes the frontline. From here, most battles resolve automatically—enemies attack, Chassis triggers, and they collapse under their own damage.

 

Conclusion

That’s the core gameplan: pick one of these Honkai Star Rail Currency Wars best teams, follow the econ and item route, and let the comps do the hard work for you. Aglaea spins through planes on double Boots, Castorice turns lost HP into huge Bloodflame bursts, and Phainon sits there in three Chassis while enemies delete themselves.

If you’re planning to grab the units that make these teams shine, you can top up oneiric shard through LDShop—fast delivery, safe trades, and consistently low prices so more of your budget goes into actually winning rolls. Then just hop back into Currency Wars and let your new roster farm points on autopilot.