HSR Yao Guang Best Team: Best Premium & F2P

In Honkai: Star Rail, Yao Guang debuts as the game's first 5-star Support character on the Path of The Elation. She is not a traditional main damage dealer but a strategic enabler who creates windows of extreme power for her team through her unique Field, "Aha Instant," and Elation Damage mechanics. Yao Guang’s core function is to amplify her team during a critical burst phase. Understanding this allows you to build effective teams around her, from top-tier premium compositions to resource-friendly Free-to-Play (F2P) options.

Yao Guang Overview

Before teambuilding, understanding Yao Guang's kit is key to her success. She is a support who dramatically empowers her team by creating a special Field and an "extra turn" for massive burst damage.

Rarity: 5-Star  |  Element: Physical  |  Path: Elation

Core Skill - Decalight Unveils All: Deploys a Field that lasts for 3 turns. While active, the entire team's Elation stat increases by 20% of Yao Guang's own Elation. This is the foundation of her support role, directly amplifying the damage of all Elation-based characters.

Core Ultimate - Hexagram of Feathered Fortune: This is her signature ability. It immediately triggers an "Aha Instant," granting an extra turn where every character capable of using an "Elation Skill" unleashes that powerful skill. This extra turn accounts for a fixed 20 "Punchline" points and grants the whole team 20% All-Type RES PEN.

Core Talent - Behold Wherever Light Unfolds: When Yao Guang herself has "Certified Banger" (typically triggered by her own Ultimate), she performs a "Great Boon" follow-up attack after an ally's attack, dealing extra Elation DMG. If that ally's attack consumed Skill Points, "Great Boon" triggers one additional time. This synergizes perfectly with high Skill Point-cost cores like Dan Heng • Imbibitor Lunae.

 

Best Team Logic for Yao Guang

Building a team for Yao Guang revolves around her core mechanics:

Main DPS Selection: Prioritize Main DPS characters on the Path of The Elation (like Sparxie). They maximize the Elation stat boost from her Field and deliver the most powerful Elation Skills during the "Aha Instant."

Synergistic Sub-DPS/Support: Choose characters who combo with your Main DPS or efficiently consume Skill Points to trigger Yao Guang's Talent. Follow-up attackers (like Topaz) and high Skill Point consumers (like Imbibitor Lunae) are excellent choices.

Sustain & Resource Management: Include Sustain units with low Skill Point cost or SP generation (like Fu Xuan, Luocha) and Harmony supports who provide key buffs like CRIT DMG or Action Advance (like Sparkle).

Premium Team

This composition is for players seeking peak performance and system synergy, fully utilizing Yao Guang's potential as the cornerstone of the Elation archetype.

Elation Main DPS	Elation Support	Harmony Support	Sustain
Sparxie	Yao Guang	Sparkle	Fu Xuan
Sparxie	Yao Guang	Sparkle	Luocha

Sparxie: As an Elation DPS, she fully benefits from Yao Guang's Field. During the "Aha Instant," her Elation Skill deals devastating multi-hit Fire Elation DMG, serving as the team's core burst source.

Yao Guang: The team's engine. Provides team Elation share, initiates the "Aha Instant" burst window, and supplements damage with her "Great Boon" Talent.

Sparkle: Provides ample Skill Points for Sparxie's high-cost rotations and massive CRIT DMG buffs to make every burst count

Fu Xuan or Luocha: Fu Xuan offers team-wide CRIT Rate and damage mitigation. Luocha is a top-tier SP-positive sustain unit.

Team Playstyle:

This team's rotation is highly efficient. Sparkle ensures the team, especially Sparxie, has enough Skill Points. Yao Guang sets up her Field to buff the team's Elation. When key buffs are active and SP is sufficient, Yao Guang uses her Ultimate to initiate the "Aha Instant." Here, Sparxie unleashes her high-multiplier Elation Skill, dealing massive damage under Sparkle's CRIT DMG buff and Yao Guang's RES PEN. In subsequent turns, Sparxie's enhanced attacks and Yao Guang's "Great Boon" follow-ups provide sustained damage.

 

Powerful Effective Teams

If you don't have the characters for the premium team, these strong alternatives allow you to adapt Yao Guang to fit with other powerful carries you may already own.

Follow-up & Elation Hybrid Team

This team blends the burst of the Elation system with the chaining attacks of Follow-up units.

Team: Yao Guang + Topaz & Numby + Sparkle + Sustain (Fu Xuan/Aventurine)

Yao Guang	Topaz & Numby	Sparkle	Fu Xuan
Yao Guang	Topaz & Numby	Sparkle	Aventurine

Advantage: Topaz's "Proof of Debt" marks enemies, increasing all allies' Follow-up DMG to that target. During Yao Guang's "Aha Instant," Topaz can use her Elation Skill. In normal turns, her and Numby's frequent follow-ups constantly trigger Yao Guang's "Great Boon" Talent. Sparkle manages the SP needs of both Topaz and Yao Guang.

High SP-Cost Burst Team

This team leverages a high SP-cost Main DPS to maximize the additional procs from Yao Guang's Talent.

Team: Yao Guang + Dan Heng • Imbibitor Lunae + Sparkle + Sustain (Luocha/Gallagher)

Yao Guang	Dan Heng • Imbibitor Lunae	Sparkle	Luocha
Yao Guang	Dan Heng • Imbibitor Lunae	Sparkle	Gallagher

Advantage: Imbibitor Lunae's Level 3 Enhanced Skill consumes 3 Skill Points. This perfectly triggers the extra "Great Boon" proc from Yao Guang's Talent, resulting in two follow-up attacks from one skill use. Sparkle provides the crucial SP and Action Advance for Imbibitor Lunae. Gallagher, as a Fire sustain, adds Break effect synergy against Fire-weak enemies.

 

Budget-Friendly F2P Team

For players with limited resources, you can build a functional team that utilizes much of Yao Guang's strength using free or easily obtained characters.

Yao Guang	Sushang	Yokong	Fu Xuan
Yao Guang	Qingque	Tingyun	Natasha

Sushang or Qingque: Sushang's high action frequency after breaking Weakness can trigger Yao Guang's "Great Boon" often. Qingque's tile-drawing mechanic consumes SP, also triggering extra "Great Boon" procs, and her Quantum typing is versatile.

Yao Guang: Providing the burst window and consistent buffs. Her Ultimate's team-wide impact is irreplaceable even in F2P teams.

Tingyun or Yukong: Tingyun provides stable ATK buffs and valuable Energy regeneration to speed up Ultimate cycles for Yao Guang and your DPS. Yukong offers high ATK and CRIT buffs but requires careful speed tuning.

Lynx or Natasha: Provide reliable healing. Lynx offers additional Max HP increase and debuff cleanse.

Team Playstyle:

The core of F2P teams is understanding the "burst cycle." Use Tingyun or Yukong to buff your Main DPS and Yao Guang, while your healer keeps the team alive. Treat Yao Guang's Ultimate as the team's signal to unleash everything—use it when Tingyun has charged her or Yukong's buffs are active, allowing your Main DPS (like Sushang) to use a powerful, buffed skill. During downtime, rely on your DPS's normal attacks and Yao Guang's "Great Boon" for steady damage.

 

Conclusion

Yao Guang introduces a new "Elation" dimension to team building in Honkai: Star Rail. She acts as a strategist, charting a course to victory for her team through her skills. Yao Guang is a highly versatile and potent core support with significant future potential. Regardless of your account's depth, by mastering her "Field" and "Aha Instant," you can find suitable teammates for her and compose your own symphony of Elation on the battlefield. For more HSR news, updates, and guides, check out LDShop!