Honkai: Star Rail Currency Wars Best Character Tier List

Cyrene

Love and Gold

When entering battle, gains "Recollection “and enhances all Character Empowerment effects gained by Chrysos Heir characters.

The strongest 5-cost econ god: constantly hands out Blessings at every node, full-heals your HP at 3★, and rains so much economy you feel rich by accident.

Aglaea

Dreamlike Goldweaver

Increases the stack limit for the Memosprite Talent's Speed buff, and each stack additionally increases DMG dealt. Enhanced Basic ATK DMG is considered as Ultimatum DMG.

The real monster pairing with Anti-Grav Boots and Light Speed Propeller: Privilege: keeps ramping speed, casually drops hundred-million bursts.

Hyacine

Divine Pegasus Little Ica

Little Ica additionally records squad healing and deals more DMG.

Overtuned 2-cost healer that body-slams most 4-cost supports; if you need to keep anyone alive, you just slam this and forget about dying.

Welt

Black Hole Zone

Ultimate delays the battle end countdown and increases Skill's Hits Per Action. When ally squad inflicts debuffs on enemies, the enemies take Additional DMG and gain stacks of Slow and Vulnerability

His Ultimate directly pumps the Action Bar instead of just doing damage, making him an insanely universal, plug-and-play support. In Aglaea comps he’s basically the designated best buddy: constant turn pushes let her turbo-stack Anti-Grav Boots and spin into giga-damage loops faster than anything else.

Black Swan

Arcane Insight

Inflicts stackable DoT "Arcana" on enemies. When "Arcana" triggers during enemy turns, this unit regenerates Energy. Ultimate can maintain "Arcana" stacks.

Massively raises your late-game ceiling; once DoTs and 5-cost odds line up, she turns otherwise normal comps into endgame scaling monsters.

Phainon

I Fight Alone

Gains the Bond effect and stats of the on-field teammate. The higher the on-field character’s star rating, the higher this unit's On-Field Strength.

In high-difficulty Chassis of Retribution Phainon teams, he is shockingly effective, delivering burst damage far beyond what the comp usually expects.

Sampo

Wind Blade Combo

Use Skill Attacks during action to inflict Wind Shear on enemies, triggering an additional Wind Shear effect when stacks are maxed.

Give him two Anti-Grav Boots and he’s basically meta. His DoT damage comes in slowly, but it’s ridiculously steady—perfect for comfy ladder climbing.

Tribbie

Three, Two, One, Launch!

Immediately uses Ultimate at the start of battle. Tribbie launches a Follow-Up ATK after ally squad uses Ultimates a certain number of times.

E1 Tribbie is so loaded that even Currency Wars can’t pretend it doesn’t exist. She auto-Ults on turn zero, feeds Follow-Up shots as your team fires off Ults, and basically slides into any comp with a spare slot, acting as a universal support that adds free tempo, chip pressure, and rotation smoothing to any comp.

Trailblazer (Remembrance)

ORA!

Mem's attacks deal True DMG. Their Basic ATK has a chance to trigger a Combo, reducing enemy DEF.

Trailblazer hits like a truck and brings built-in action advance, making him fit naturally into several top teams.

Tingyun

Good Tidings

Regenerates Energy for one on-field character and increases their DMG dealt. Tingyun regenerates Energy at the start of an ally's turn.

She’s easily Aglaea’s best early-game partner in Currency Wars — the fast, constant Energy generation is just too valuable to pass up.

Qingque

Queen of Games

After "Hidden Hand," you can continue to draw tiles and perform consecutive attacks based on the number of Skills used. Gains temporary Skill Points at the start of your turn.

She’s the fastest “Lighting Lord” stacker in Currency Wars and a must-pick for Xianzhou–Belobog hybrids, making the whole comp run effortlessly once she hits her rhythm.

Cipher

Yoink the Goodies!

At the start of combat and after attacking “Patron," an additional amount of DMG is recorded. DMG dealt to the "Patron" by off-field targets is also recorded.

It saves up your carry’s power and fires it back in huge blasts; with a strong frontliner, this dark-horse unit can quietly take over whole fights.

Fugue

Incinerating Waltz

Allies can reduce Toughness regardless of Weakness Type and deal multiple instances of Break DMG. Fugue regenerates Energy after an enemy's Toughness is reduced. Her Ultimate stacks Vulnerability when it attacks enemies.

E2S1 gives her outstanding flexibility, making her an easy plug-in for nearly any comp that wants reliable Break pressure and effortless Vulnerability stacking.

Mydei

Bathed in Divine Blood

When taking action, uses Skill to attack and build Charge to use "Godslayer Be God, permanently increasing Max HP. Mydei heals when an on-field ally restores HP.

An early-game powerhouse who permanently stacks max HP and, by node three, already punches like a 4-cost carry. With steady 2-cost investment he can push through A8 runs, but he absolutely demands full manual piloting to perform

Hysilens

Deep Sea Resonance

Hysilens's attacks inflict DoT "Deep Sea Resonance." When targets with this effect are attacked, they and adjacent units additionally take DoT.

A great late-game insurance pick—once you have four reliable DoT sources, she pulls the entire damage-over-time package together and gives your overall DPS a huge spike.

Acheron

Purple Lightning

Additionally inflicts a mark on enemies with debuff. Ultimate consumes these marks to additionally deal DMG.

A dedicated slot in DoT teams (with the DoT emblem) — slightly off-meta, but whenever you commit to building around her, she delivers genuinely explosive damage.

The Herta

Towering Twins

After using Enhanced Skill, generates a "Herta Puppet" to perform a Follow-Up ATK. If Herta is in the ally squad, increases this Follow-Up ATK instance's attack count.

Towering Twins pair extremely well with Momentum Edge: her Enhanced Skill spam keeps generating Herta Puppets, while Momentum Edge feeds them the Skill Points needed to loop Enhanced Skills every turn. The more SP you cycle, the more Puppets her produce — turning Momentum Edge into a battery that keeps their Follow-Up engine running nonstop.

Seele

Slay the Weak

Increases the DMG multipliers for Seele's Skill and Ultimate, and allows her to execute enemies at low HP.

Quantum shells with Belobog remain top-tier, and when you actually build a lineup around her, she carves through high-difficulty nodes with effortless precision.

Castorice

Desolate Flow

Joint ATK consumes more HP to deal higher DMG. Netherwing restores HP by defeating enemies, and any overflow HP converts to "Newbud" when this unit disappears.

Her raw 4-cost numbers are only average, but plenty of players already have her heavily invested. When paired with Night Demigod Bloodflame, she turns into a remarkably stable bleed-focused main DPS with reliable uptime and safe clears.

Robin

Cosmic Serenader

Increases ally squad's DMG dealt. When this unit takes action, all on-field ally targets immediately take action and deal additional instances of DMG after their attacks.

She brings great teamwide buffs and flashy follow-up moments as the star of the grand concert, but she isn’t strictly essential — more of a luxury support than a true requirement.

Anaxa

The Power of Research

When taking action, uses Skill to attack enemies. Increases Anaxa's CRIT DMG and ally squad's DMG dealt.

His main-carry damage is far too low to anchor a comp, but he works perfectly well as a synergy piece — a flexible body that helps patch Bonds and round out your team’s stats.

Kafka

Inky Dark Night

Increases Skill's multiplier of triggering DoTs. Equipping gear will further increase the Multiplier for all abilities to trigger DoTs.

Her early-game damage is relatively good, and DoT comps simply don’t function without her — she’s the quietly indispensable core that makes the whole package work

Yunli

Swords as Shields

When an ally attacks or is attacked, Yunli regenerates Energy. After using her Ultimate to attack enemies, she gains "Sword and Shield" to protect the on-field allies and launch a Counter.

Nothing broken and nothing bad — her kit is simply solid across the board, making her a dependable all-rounder without any dramatic power spikes.

Huohuo

Spiritual Domination

Ultimate regenerates Energy for ally squad and increases ATK. At the start of an on-field ally's turn, restores HP and regenerates Energy for Huohuo.

Her healing feels a bit underwhelming, and she really needs higher Energy-Bond thresholds to show real value. She’s perfectly serviceable once you’ve unlocked a big Energy Bond, but she’s far from a universal fix.