Honkai Star Rail: Ruan Mei Equipment, Team Composition, and Speed Recommendation

Current Situation of Liu Ying:

Currently, Liu Ying has a low star soul intensity, which is decent. Even without pulling specialized weapons, the lower-tier Light Cone Star God can be utilized. For those who wish to attempt breaking through C-rank or reserve for special situations, it’s advisable to draw from this pool. Personally, as a newcomer, I believe directly drawing from this pool ensures the formation of at least one system.

The benefits of 2-star souls are high. Compared to star souls, the benefits of Light Cone depend on whether the official subsequent arrangements will target specific monsters (using 20% deceleration). If such monsters appear, the benefits of Light Cone will be further enhanced. Currently, the benefits brought by Light Cone are not prominent. If you want to ensure the highest benefits for your own Liu Ying, then 2+1 is optimal. For those who spend freely, 6+5 is acceptable.

How to Allocate Gold Numbers in the 2.3 Pool:

Liu Ying/Ruan Mei Team Drawing Situation:

2 Gold: 0+0 Liu Ying, 0+0 Ruan Mei
3 Gold: 0+0 Liu Ying, 1+0/0+1 Ruan Mei
4 Gold: 2+0 Liu Ying, 0+0 Ruan Mei
5 Gold: 2+0 Liu Ying, 1+0/0+1 Ruan Mei
6 Gold: 2+0 Liu Ying, 1+1 Ruan Mei
6 Gold: 2+1 Liu Ying, 1+0/0+1 Ruan Mei
7 Gold: 2+1 Liu Ying, 1+1 Ruan Mei
Ruan Mei: Drawing 1+0 enhances damage more, while 0+1 offers more versatility. Specialized weapons indeed only benefit from wave return and return point abilities, making 1+0 more suitable for specialized teams. Due to star souls being more expensive than specialized weapons (more prone to misalignment), the choice depends on personal preference.

Why are there no 1-star soul Liu Ying draws among the gold numbers? In practical terms, based on your only having this gold number to choose from, I prefer Ruan Mei more, as the auxiliary value retention situation is currently absolutely okay.

Key Points:

Liu Ying’s attack power converts to Breakthrough Special Attack. Every 10 points of attack power convert to 0.8 Breakthrough Special Attack.

You can calculate this as 1 secondary attack attribute = 4.32%, and 1 breakthrough secondary attribute = 6.48%.
The benefits of attack conversion to breakthrough are not as good as directly finding breakthrough special attacks.
The attack power provided by Ruan Mei’s 2-star souls only participates in damage calculation and cannot be converted without being on the panel.

The attack power provided by the Nightingale’s ultimate move is derived from the Nightingale’s attack power and cannot be converted again into Breakthrough Special Attack by Liu Ying.

Trace Priority:
Ultimate Move > Skill > Talent > Basic Attack

Light Cone Recommendations:

Where Should Dreams Return (60% Breakthrough Special Attack + 24% Breakthrough Vulnerability <only oneself can eat>+ 20% enemy speed reduction)
Remembering the Fall of a Star God (high attack power, because the panel’s own attack power is high, Liu Ying can convert attack power to breakthrough, so it is a lower-tier choice)
Remembering the Promise (high Breakthrough Special Attack)
Something Irreplaceable (high attack power)
Relic Recommendations:

Four-piece set of Iron Horse to Sweep Away Vermin (16% Breakthrough Special Attack + 25% Defense Ignore)

Inner Ring Selection:

Two-piece set of Fire Lotus Lamp Forge Palace (6% speed + 40% Breakthrough Special Attack)

Main Attribute Selection:

Clothing: Attack Power

Shoes: Speed

Ball: Attack Power

Rope: Breakthrough Special Attack

Secondary Attribute Selection:

Breakthrough Special Attack = Speed > High Attack

Liu Ying Speed Recommendation:

Star Soul Recommendations:

0+0: Adequate
0+1: If budget is truly insufficient for 2-star souls but you want to meet basic requirements, you can choose specialized weapons, mainly because they are not as expensive.
1+0: 15% Defense Ignore increases by approximately 10% or more, crucial for strengthening skills without consuming skill points, laying the groundwork for 2-star souls.
2+0: Mechanism Star Soul, strengthens basic skills or breakthroughs, gaining an additional turn upon elimination, with the restriction that it triggers every other turn (crucial star soul).
2+1: Forming Liu Ying
6+0: Fire attribute resistance penetration increases by 20%, strengthening basic skills, weak clicking through efficiency increased by 50%, providing a large amount of values.