Summary
Honkai: Star Railis a turn-based game that combines role-playing and strategy elements. The game features an intricate storyline and a diverse cast of characters, each with unique abilities and strengths. Among the characters, the support characters play a crucial role in battles. While they may not have the same level of firepower as some of the offensive characters, their abilities to buff, debuff, heal, and shield their team members can turn the tide of a battle.
Support characters inHonkai: Star Railare divided into four categories: The Harmony characters, The Nihility characters, The Preservation characters, and The Abundance characters.Each path has a specific focus, making it important for players to choose the right support character for their team’s strategy. For instance, The Harmony characters focus on buffing the team’s abilities, while The Nihility characters specialize in debuffing enemies. The Preservation characters provide defensive support with shield abilities, and The Abundance characters heal their teammates. It is important to note that different support characters excel in different situations. As such, players need to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each character and choose the ones that complement their playstyle. In this regard, some units simply shine in combat in comparison to others, making it difficult to compare them to one another.
Updatedon July 30, 2025, By C.M Edwards:Honkai Star Rail is an ever-expanding roster of powerful characters scattered across the universe as the trailblazers go where they are needed. As one of the top-performing “gacha” games on the market, having been active for nearly five years, Honkai Star Rail has created a roster filled with unique and interesting characters of various utilities. Team turn-based combat is the focus of the game, and to succeed at challenging combat, players will need to construct their teams tactically, finding the best composition among the damaged and supported characters. Support characters are some of the most vital characters in the game, ensuring top-tier damage numbers or maintaining survivability in a tight spot. Here are more of the best support characters in Honka Star Rail.
27Natasha
The Healer That Saves The Day
At present, thepool of healer characters, also known as The Abundance path characters, is quite limited inHonkai: Star Rail. During the story, Natasha is the only free healer unit that players can acquire.
This makes her an excellent pick for players who prefer to have a dedicated healer on their team, who are playing the game without spending any money, or who haven’t gotten lucky with their Warps. Since healing is a crucial aspect of keeping team members alive in challenging content, Natasha is a viable option, even though she may be overshadowed as more Abundance characters are added to the game in the future.
26Trailblazer (Fire)
A Great Tank And Taunter
Compared to the Physical Trailblazer, theFire Trailblazer is a defensive-oriented supportunit that excels in providing shields to all allies while also dealing significant damage, making them particularly useful in breaking enemy toughness. Trailblazer’s damage output primarily comes from their normal attack and ultimate, making him an ideal character for conserving skill points.
Moreover, they are the only character in the game with a full taunt ability, which means that when they use the skill, they become the primary target for enemies, making them an excellent defensive option, especially considering that their skills scale with DEF.
Additionally, March 7’s ultimate skill is not only useful for its DPS properties but also for defensive purposes. It can freeze multiple enemies, giving the team turn priority. Against enemies with an ice weakness, March is particularly effective as her Ultimate AoE can quickly break it, and her follow-up skill after a shielded character is attacked can also help reduce their toughness meter.
25Bailu
Free To Play Friendly Healer
Bailu surpasses Natasha as a healer due to her ability to provide strong AoE healing effortlessly. Her standout feature, however, is her capacity to save a team member from being knocked down once per battle, which can potentially turn the tide of a fight.
However, she doesn’t provide any other buffs or utilities, which may render her less future-proof and replaceable by other healers in the future. This being the case, unfortunately, she falls behind Luocha or even added 4-star characters like Lynx, as well as Huohuo.
24March 7th
Perfect For Specific Play Styles
Although March 7th may be overlooked by some players,she is a great support characterwho can be particularly useful in the early stages of the game despite being low on the list. Notably, she is given to players for free during the game’s story progression and even serves as the game’s mascot.
As a defensive support character, March 7 can provide a long-lasting shield to a team member, making them less susceptible to enemy attacks. In addition, March 7 has the ability to remove harmful status effects from her teammates and redirect the enemy’s attention toward the shielded character, effectively absorbing the incoming damage for the rest of the team, which also activates herfollow-up attack.
23Yukong
A Strong Harmony Unit, When Built Correctly
Yukong joins theHonkai: Star Railroster as a Harmony character, specializing in increasing the ATK, Crit Rate, and Crit Damage of her allies. Her abilities make her a valuable addition to various teams. However, there are certain drawbacks to consider. One limitation is her action order management; she can only buff the next two allies with her elemental skill. This means players must pay close attention to her and her teammates' speed values to maximize the effectiveness of her buffs.
Additionally, Yukong is most effective in mono-Imaginary teams since she boosts Imaginary Damage, similar to how Asta enhances Fire Damage. Nevertheless, while characters like Bronya and Fu Xuan offer Crit Rate and Crit Damage buffs, Yukong serves as a solid 4-star alternative for teams in need of her specific support capabilities.
22Asta
A Solid Pick For Several Teams With Attack And Speed Boost
Asta can be a valuable addition to teams that focus on Fire DPS characters, particularly Himeko, as she can boost the Fire damage of characters when on the field. As a Harmony character, she can also increase the speed of team members, providing them with priority turns against formidable enemies.
In addition to her support abilities, Asta can deal Fire damage on many different occasions, making her a great utility character against enemies with fire weakness and a potential Sub-DPS character when built correctly. However, her use case may be more limited or simply not as unique, so she may not be as highly regarded as other support units on the list. However, in F2P teams, she still finds a good purpose, especially for characters that require some boost on ATK or Speed.
21Gepard
A great Preservation Unit For Free To Play Users
Similar to March 7th, Gepard is an ice-element defensive support character who can shield the entire team, making him a valuable asset when confronting enemies with strong AOE attacks.
In addition to his shielding ability, his skills have a high chance of freezing enemies, enabling them to take damage over time-based on Gepard’s ATK, thus making him an effective combination of both defensive and offensive capabilities. Furthermore, Gepard possesses exceptional talent scaling, adding to his overall value as a team member.
20Hanya
A Number Of Solid Benefits For A Four Star Support
Like Asta, Hanya is another character that can increase the speed and ATK of allies, albeit this time in a more single-player style through her Ultimate. Additionally, she can implement Burden on enemies, which will increase their DMG taken, making her a good support character.
Furthermore, considering that Hanya is not skill-point-heavy due to her Skill not being a priority in her kit, she can work well with skill-point-heavy characters like Dan Heng Imbibitor Lunae. Otherwise, pairing her up with Physical DPS characters can also be a good option since she can make good use of the Penacony, Land of Dreams Planar Ornament set.
19Pela
Pela is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to reducing the DEF of all enemies, which makes them more susceptible to attacks. Her Technique and Ultimate skills both excel in this aspect, making her a valuable asset to have on the team.
Additionally, her traceability can provide allies with a 10% increase in effect hit rate when she is ascended, adding another layer of support to her kit. In particular with characters like Acheron, Pela’s utility has increased even further, considering that Acheron does benefit significantly from characters that are able to apply different debuffs to the enemies.
18Welt
Heavily Punishes Enemy Speed Capabilities
Welt’s strength lies in his ability to slow down enemies, a crucial tactic in battles where bosses can deal massive damage if left uninterrupted. As a Nihility character, he excels in this regard. In addition, as he is one of the few Imaginary characters currently available, he has a unique role in breaking the weakness of certain enemies while also being an integral part of the mono-Imaginary teams.
With his skills and ultimate, he can both debuff enemies (slow or imprison) and deal significant damage orbreak their toughness, making him a valuable sub-DPS option. Nevertheless, with the addition of more support characters to the list, there has been a significant drop in Welt’s popularity, especially with content like MoC or Pure Fiction, which require characters to go multiple turns with high speed rather than the opponents dropping in the speed order.
