Pelagaya Sergeyevna, or Pela for short, offers a ton of useful offensive utility that makes even the hardest of Honkai: Star Rail combat encounters just that much easier. She's got two unique combat abilities that no one else in the launch version of the game has, and she can use both to great effect.

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Every player can find value in the firepower Pela provides, regardless of the teams they have. However, her situational nature means she's more of a niche pick than the Harmony characters in Honkai: Star Rail. She's not exactly a necessary pick, but there are some characters in the game who greatly benefit from having her on the team.

Honkai: Star Rail Pela Team Synergies

As of the game's launch version, Pela is the only Nihility character with the innate ability to remove buffs and shred enemy DEF. This makes her invaluable in high-level content where enemies have high damage resistance values, and players can expect Pela to be relevant even after more characters get released.

The sheer effectiveness of Pela's utility skills makes her a situational pick. She can technically synergize with any team if the scenario calls for a character who can remove buffs and shred defenses. So, instead of suggesting entire team comps, here are some characters that have good synergy with Pela's abilities.

• Seele - The Quantum Grim Reaper is capable of dealing massive amounts of damage by herself, and Support can make those big numbers go even higher. Seele already has a ton of innate Quantum PEN in both her kit and her ideal Relic set, and Pela can tune that some more by reducing enemy DEF with her Ultimate. In theory, this can help Seele deal close to unmitigated damage to whoever she attacks.
• Welt - Pela's DEF shred works nicely with Welt's damage amplification versus Slowed enemies. At the same time, she'll deal even more damage to said enemies thanks to her Ascension 2 and Eidolon 6 bonuses that only work when attacking debuffed targets. Such a combo can help Pela deal surprising amounts of burst damage that makes her very strong against enemies with Ice Weakness.
• Clara - Svarog launches hard-hitting counter-attacks against anyone who attacks Clara. This may not seem special, but this makes the duo one of the most efficient characters when it comes to making use of Pela's DEF shred, which lasts only for two turns. This synergy is most apparent against bosses that take several moves per turn cycle, such as the Simulated Universe bosses and many Elite enemies in the Memory of Chaos floors.

Apart from these three, Pela can elevate every other damage-dealing unit in the game. This is especially true for anyone who can take multiple actions per cycle like Sushang and Dan Heng.

Players can't go wrong with bringing Pela into difficult content, but Tingyun and Bronya compete for her spot on the team. It's up to the players to decide which of these three Supports is worth taking to a fight.

Honkai: Star Rail is available now on PC and mobile devices. A PlayStation version is in development.