Pearl | Honkai: Star Rail

Overview

Pearl sustains Elation teams and Action Advances a chosen ally. Build DEF for stronger sustain, and time her Ultimate around your main damage dealer.

Role

Healer / Sustain / Elation Support

Playstyle

Use Skill to protect the team, then Basic ATKs while protection holds. Save her Ultimate for the teammate who benefits most from the next action.

Why It Works

DEF investment supports her recovery while her kit supplies protection for the party.

Her Ultimate links sustain play to a chosen ally’s action window.

Watch For

An extra turn can advance the expiry of turn-based effects.

Elation teams differ in how they consume Certified Banger; check the protection remaining after a damage sequence.

Playstyle

Combat Flow

Skill → Basic ATKs → Ultimate on the chosen ally → refresh Skill when needed.

Key Notes

Read the current protective state before extending a damage rotation.
Choose the Ultimate target deliberately; an extra turn can shorten a valuable buff window.
Her Ultimate grants an extra turn when the party has at least four Elation Characters.

Build & Investment

Light Cones

Primary

Colors for Tomorrow

Colors for Tomorrow supports her Elation sustain kit.

F2P

Mushy Shroomy's Adventures

A non-signature Elation option for a lower-cost build.

Relics

Primary

Dreamlit Actor

Use the four-piece set for the Elation-oriented support build.

Planars

Primary

Broken Keel

A party-support option when its Effect RES condition is met.

Alternative

Sprightly Vonwacq

An alternative for an opening action and Energy-focused setup.

Main Stats

Body

Outgoing Healing Boost

Feet

SPD

Sphere

DEF%

Rope

Energy Regeneration Rate

Recommended Substats

SPD
DEF%
Effect RES

Prioritize timely healing and cleansing turns, then DEF for healing and Panoptic Vision's conversion. Count Sensory Latitude's team Effect RES while Certified Banger is active; extra Effect RES can close the remaining gap without replacing necessary DEF.

Eidolon Investment

E0 provides Elation sustain and action support. E1 adds team-count-dependent Elation and two lethal-hit rescues; E2 expands her Ultimate's action support and increases its temporary resources. Evaluate these around the intended Elation team.

Colors for Tomorrow supplies DEF, fixed Energy and extra team healing when her Elation Skill targets allies. It also applies enemy damage-taken increase, combining sustain support with amplification.

Grants more team Elation at two, three or four Elation characters, and can prevent an ally's defeat twice per battle by restoring half their Max HP.

Merrymakes allied Elation damage, extends the Ultimate advance to other Elation teammates, and doubles its temporary Certified Banger and Punchline grants.

Teams

Recommended Teammates

Elation sustain

Pearl heals and mitigates damage while supporting an Elation Aesthetic Archetype. Her action advance scales with the team's Elation count, and an extra turn for that ally requires four Elation characters.

Evanescia and Yao Guang are supported partners. For Silver Wolf Lv.999, check the Ultimate window before granting an extra turn. These are guide recommendations, not observed usage claims.

Partner options (not a full team)

Best Pearl Teams

13,345 observed teams12 recent contexts

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Most Played Teams

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- Sparxie
- Yao Guang
- Silver Wolf LV.999
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- Yao Guang
- Evanescia
- Trailblazer (Elation)
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Skills

Basic ATK

Brushstroke: Trace the Severed Stream

Single AttackLv. 6

Deals Ice DMG equal to 90% of Pearl's DEF to one designated enemy.

Basic ATK sequence

Brushstroke: Imagenate the Starry Night

AoE AttackLv. 6

Deals Ice DMG equal to 100% of Pearl's DEF to all enemies, restores HP for all ally targets equal to 8.0% of Pearl's DEF plus 160, and additionally restores HP for the ally target with the lowest current HP percentage by an amount equal to 8.0% of Pearl's DEF plus 160. While holding "Certified Banger", additionally deals 15% Ice Elation DMG.

Brushstroke: Render the Great Wave

AoE AttackLv. 6

Deals Ice DMG equal to 100% of Pearl's DEF to all enemies. Restores HP for all ally targets equal to 8.0% of Pearl's DEF plus 160, and additionally restores HP for the ally with the lowest current HP percentage by an amount equal to 8.0% of Pearl's DEF plus 160.

Lv. 6

Skill

Relume Life's Light

DefenceLv. 10

Gains 15 point(s) of "Certified Banger," restores HP for all ally targets equal to 12.0% of Pearl's DEF plus 240, and additionally restores HP for the ally target with the lowest current HP percentage by an amount equal to 12.0% of Pearl's DEF plus 240.

Lv. 10

Ultimate

Appraise Soul's Ground

SupportLv. 10

Gains 20 point(s) of "Certified Banger". Uses "Deep Learning" on one designated ally character other than this unit, making the target the "Aesthetic Archetype."

When there are 1/2/(3 or more) Elation characters on the team, advances the "Aesthetic Archetype's" action by 10%/15%/30% respectively. When there are 4 or more Elation characters on the team, the "Aesthetic Archetype" gains 1 extra turn. At the start of this extra turn, the "Aesthetic Archetype" gains 30 point(s) of "Certified Banger" and 60 point(s) of Punchline, which are removed at the end of the extra turn.

While "Deep Learning," Basic ATK "Brushstroke: Trace the Severed Stream" gets enhanced to "Brushstroke: Render the Great Wave." If the "Aesthetic Archetype" is on the Path of Elation, it is instead enhanced to "Brushstroke: Imagenate the Starry Night." And after attacking, additionally deals 60% Ice Elation DMG. This Elation DMG is calculated based on the "Aesthetic Archetype's" stats. "Deep Learning" has 3 point(s) of Charge. After Pearl uses an Enhanced Basic ATK, 1 point of Charge is consumed. If no Charge remains after taking action, "Deep Learning" ends.

Lv. 10

Talent

Grow Grace from Grit

DefenceLv. 10

Pearl can use "Certified Banger" as Repellency. Each point of "Certified Banger" is equivalent to 200 point(s) of Repellency. When an ally target takes DMG, Pearl can consume Repellency to offset 60% of that DMG for the ally target. Pearl's "Certified Banger" lasts indefinitely and has a max limit of 50.

When an ally target's current HP percentage is 50% or lower, their DMG taken gets reduced by 30%.

Lv. 10

Technique

Recast Masterwork in Nacre

SupportLv. 1

After using Technique, gains "Aesthetic Archetype." When switching active characters, "Aesthetic Archetype" transfers to the currently active character. At the start of the next battle, Pearl gains 20 "Certified Banger" and applies "Deep Learning" on the character with "Aesthetic Archetype." This "Deep Learning" has 2 Charge. Pearl can only apply "Deep Learning" on characters other than herself.

Elation Skill

Dissolve Reason into Elation

SupportLv. 10

When there are 1/2/3/(4 or more) Elation characters in the team, then after all ally targets use their next attack, enables them to additionally deal Elation DMG of their corresponding Type to the attack target, equal to 10.0%/15.0%/20.0%/40.0% respectively.

Lv. 10

Traces

Major Traces

Panoptic Vision

When Pearl's DEF is 2400 or higher, increases this unit's Elation by 32%. For every 100 DEF exceeding that threshold, increases this unit's Elation by 3%. Up to a max of 3600 excess DEF can be taken into account for this effect. Pearl gains Outgoing Healing Boost, equal to 20% of this unit's Elation.

Sensory Latitude

While holding "Certified Banger," increases all ally targets' Effect RES by 50%. When an ally target's turn begins, Pearl gains 5 point(s) of "Certified Banger," up to a max of 50 point(s) of "Certified Banger." The obtainable amount of "Certified Banger" resets at the start of Pearl's turn. When using Enhanced Basic ATK or Skill, dispels 1 debuff(s) from all ally targets.

Aesthetic Firewall

After entering combat or using Ultimate, if the "Aesthetic Archetype" is an Elation character, their next use of Ultimate regenerates a fixed 90 Energy for Pearl. This effect cannot stack.

Minor Traces

DEF Boost+22.5%
DMG Boost: Elation+10%
Effect RES Boost+10%
SPD Boost+9

Eidolons

Nestle That Pearl in Uninked Tides

When the number of Elation Path characters on the team equals 2/3/(4 or more), increases Elation for all allies by 10%/20%/60% respectively. If an ally target takes fatal damage, they will not get knocked down. Instead, immediately restores their HP by an amount equal to 50% of their Max HP. This effect can trigger 2 time(s) per battle.

Crop That Dappled Dawn

Merrymakes all ally targets' Elation DMG by 15%. When using Ultimate, causes other ally Elation characters (excluding Pearl and "Aesthetic Archetype") to also trigger the action advance effect. And the "Certified Banger" and Punchline gained at the start of the extra turn provided by the Ultimate increase by 100%.

Sketch That Suspended Wave

Basic ATK +1
Ultimate +2
Elation Skill +1

Ultimate Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.

Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 10.

Elation Skill Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.

Study That Veiled Smile

The Elation DMG provided by Elation Skill to all ally targets has its multiplier increased by 100% of its original multiplier.

Render Those Starlit Swirls

Skill +2
Talent +2
Elation Skill +1

Skill Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.

Talent Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.

Elation Skill Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.

Compute Life From One Shell

While "Deep Learning," all ally targets' All-Type RES PEN increases by 20%. Pearl's Enhanced Basic ATK additionally deals 240% Ice Elation DMG, which is calculated based on the stats of "Aesthetic Archetype."

Stats

Level 80

Maximum ascension

HP1203

ATK466

DEF728

SPD99

Level	HP	ATK	DEF	SPD
1	164	63	99	99
20	385	149	233	99
30	532	206	322	99
40	679	263	411	99
50	827	320	500	99
60	974	377	589	99
70	1121	434	678	99
80	1203	466	728	99