Rin Tohsaka is one of the 5-star characters featured in the Honkai Star Rail x Fate collab. She is a strong sub-DPS who is only useful in very specific teams. If you want to pull Rin Tohsaka from the banners, you need to know how to build her properly. Here is the best HSR Rin Tohsaka build, featuring her best teams, relics, and light cones.
Honkai Star Rail (HSR) Rin Tohsaka Build
When it comes to the best Rin Tohsaka build in Honkai Star Rail, this is what you need to follow. Once you do that, you can easily get the most out of her abilities. However, do check our HSR tier list to know how she fares in the current meta of the game before you decide to build her.
Type Information Light Cone Flickering Stars Relic Genius of Brilliant Stars Planar Ornament City of Converging Stars Main Stats Body: Crit Rate
Boots: Speed
Sphere: Quantum DMG%
Rope: ATK%Sub Stats Crit Rate = Crit DMG > ATK% > Speed Team Archer, Rin Tohsaka, Sparkle, Mortenax Blade
Rin Tohsaka is a sub-DPS who deals increasing damage based on the number of skill points burned by her teammates. This makes it pretty simple to build her; all you need to do is stack Crit Rate and Crit Damage to maximize her damage output. Other than that, use a Quantum DMG sphere and ATK% rope. You will also need to reach specific speed targets on her, as explained in the stat goal section below.
Rin Tohsaka Light Cones
Rin Tohsaka has some really good light cone options in Honkai Star Rail. Here are her best light cones:
Priority Name Best Flickering Stars 5-star Alternative Life Should Be Cast to Flames
Into the Unreachable Veil4-star Alternative Today is Another Peaceful Day
Geniuses’ Repose
Flicker Stars is the signature light cone of Rin Tohsaka and also her best light cone option. It greatly increases the character’s Crit Rate. Additionally, it increases the Skill DMG of the wearer when Skill points are consumed by the party. Other than that, this light cone also enables the equipped character’s teammates to ignore a percentage of enemy defenses.
Other than that, Into the Unreachable Veil, or The Herta‘s signature light cone, is also a good 5-star alternative. If you don’t have that as well, you can always use the 4-star alternatives Today is Another Peaceful Day and Geniuses’ Repose.
Rin Tohsaka Relics
When it comes to Rin Tohsaka’s relics, her best option is by far the better choice than the alternatives.
Priority Name Best Genius of Brilliant Stars Alternative Scholar Lost in Erudition
Divine-Querying Master Smith
Genius of Brilliant Stars is the best relic for Rin Tohsaka, as it greatly increases her Quantum damage, while also letting her ignore enemy defenses to an additional degree. For alternatives, you can use Scholar Lost in Erudition or Divine-Querying Master Smith, but both are much inferior to her first choice option.
Rin Tohsaka Planar Ornaments
For planar ornaments, Rin Tohsaka has quite a few options. Here are the best planar ornaments for Rin Tohsaka in Honkai Star Rail:
Priority Name Best City of Converging Stars Alternative Penacony, Land of the Dreams
Lushaka, the Sunken Seas
Tengoku@Livestream
Rutilant Arena
City of Converging Stars is undoubtedly Rin’s best planar ornament. It increases her ATK by 24% after using a Follow-up ATK, while also buffing all allies with increased Crit DMG after defeating an enemy.
For alternatives, Penacony, Land of the Dreams, Lushaka, the Sunken Seas, Tengoku@Livestream, and Rutilant Arena are all good options for Rin Tohsaka’s HSR build.
Rin Tohsaka Stat Goals
Now, let’s look at Rin Tohsaka’s stat goals for her Honkai Star Rail build:
Stat Type Stat Goal Priority Crit Rate 70% High Crit Damage 120% or more High Speed 134 or faster (faster than Sparkle in Archer teams) High ATK 3000+ Medium
For Crit Rate, you can have 70% or more. Having 100% Crit Rate is always great, but you only need that if you are playing her as the main DPS. Next, try to achieve a total of 120% or more Crit Damage. When it comes to ATK, she doesn’t really have a hard requirement, so getting anything above 3000 should be fine.
Finally, Rin Tohsaka’s speed goal is quite tricky. You need to at least meet the 134 HSR speed breakpoint on her. However, doing that alone won’t be enough. When in her best team, she will be paired alongside Sparkle. When that happens, you need to have Rin Tohsaka faster than Sparkle to get the most out of her kit.
Honkai Star Rail Rin Tohsaka Teams
Finally, Rin Tohsaka doesn’t have a ton of variety to her team comps. She is only good with two team types. One is with Archer, and the other is as a hypercarry.
| Team Comp | DPS | Sub-DPS / Support | Support | Sustain / Support |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archer Rin Duo (Best) | Archer | Rin Tohsaka | Sparkle | Mortenax Blade |
| Archer Rin Duo (Alternative) | Archer | Rin Tohsaka | Sparkle | Dan Heng Permansor Terrae / Huohuo |
| Rin Tohsaka Hypercarry | Rin Tohsaka | Sparkle | Mortenax Blade / Cerydra | Huohuo |
When paired with Archer, you must have Sparkle as well in the team. Without Sparkle, the team essentially collapses. For the fourth slot, you can either go sustainless with Mortenax Blade, or be safe and pick either Dan Heng Permansor Terrae or Huohuo.
Now, if you want to play Rin Tohsaka as a hypercarry, you will still need to have Sparkle in the team. But this time, you can either use Mortenax Blade or Cerydra in the third slot and Huohuo in the fourth.
So, that’s it for the HSR Rin Tohsaka build. Have more questions about her best build and teams? Ask us in the comments section below.
