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Guinaifen
Honkai: Star Rail · Character

Guinaifen

Nihility damage support who applies Burn and increases damage taken by enemies

Released Oct 28, 2023

Guinaifen applies Burn to a target and adjacent enemies, then builds Firekiss when Burn deals damage. Firekiss increases the damage those enemies receive, and her Ultimate can immediately make an existing Burn deal extra damage. Use her when enemy Burn uptime and increased damage taken support your plan.

ElementFirePathNihilityRarity4
Guinaifen GUIDE

Understand Guinaifen

Useful when…

  • Applying multi-turn Burn to a target and adjacent enemies with her Skill.
  • Building Firekiss stacks from Burn damage to raise enemy damage taken.
  • Using her Ultimate against Burned enemies to trigger extra Burn damage immediately.

How do Burn and Firekiss interact?

Blazing Welcome deals Fire damage to one target and adjacent enemies, with a base chance to Burn them for two turns. At the listed level-one values, Burn deals damage equal to 83.9% of Guinaifen’s ATK at the beginning of each turn. When a Burn status deals damage while she is on the field, her Talent has a base chance to apply Firekiss. Firekiss increases the damage an enemy receives by 4% per stack, lasts three turns, and stacks up to three times at the listed level-one parameters. The Ultimate deals Fire damage to all enemies and, for each target already Burned, immediately produces Burn damage equal to 72% of its original damage.

What is she useful for?

Her Skill is the key application tool: it reaches one enemy and adjacent targets, while her Ultimate is area damage and can advance damage from existing Burn. Her Technique attacks four times after entering battle, dealing Fire damage to random single enemies with a base chance to apply Firekiss on each hit. Her Basic ATK is single-target Fire damage. These pieces make her useful when Burn can be applied and allowed to tick, rather than when the target is defeated before those effects contribute.

What should be upgraded?

The Skill applies Burn and the Ultimate triggers extra Burn damage, while the Talent controls Firekiss’s damage-taken increase; these tracks align directly with her debuff and damage pattern. Fire damage bonus and Effect Hit Rate traces are listed among her bonus traces. Consider these upgrades when the Burn and Firekiss effects are being used; her Basic ATK trace is less central to that role.

What conditions can be missed?

The Ultimate’s extra Burn damage requires the target to be Burned when it hits. Firekiss is applied after Burn damage occurs, so it is not automatically established by the initial Skill hit. Its application is chance-based, and stacks expire after three turns. Her Technique’s four attacks choose random single targets rather than guaranteeing hits on a chosen enemy.

Limitations and tradeoffs

  • Her damage-taken debuff builds through Burn ticks and chance-based applications.
  • The Ultimate’s extra Burn damage requires Burn to be active on each target.
  • Technique attacks target random enemies.

Common mistakes to avoid

  • Using the Ultimate before applying Burn and expecting the extra Burn damage.
  • Expecting Firekiss to apply on the initial hit rather than after Burn deals damage.
  • Assuming the Technique’s random attacks focus the enemy you selected.

Effects and reference details

Standing Ovation · Basic ATK

Deals Fire DMG equal to 50% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy.

Ability descriptions by source level. Purchased caps and bonus levels are separate.

Source levelEffect
1Deals Fire DMG equal to 50% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy.
2Deals Fire DMG equal to 60% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy.
3Deals Fire DMG equal to 70% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy.
4Deals Fire DMG equal to 80% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy.
5Deals Fire DMG equal to 90% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy.
6Deals Fire DMG equal to 100% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy.
7Deals Fire DMG equal to 110% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy.
8Deals Fire DMG equal to 120% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy.
9Deals Fire DMG equal to 130% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy.
10Deals Fire DMG equal to 140% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy.
Blazing Welcome · Skill

Deals Fire DMG equal to 60% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy and Fire DMG equal to 20% of Guinaifen's ATK to any adjacent enemies, with a 100% base chance to Burn the target and adjacent targets. When Burned, enemies will take a Fire DoT equal to 83.9% of Guinaifen's ATK at the beginning of each turn, lasting for 2 turn(s).

Ability descriptions by source level. Purchased caps and bonus levels are separate.

Source levelEffect
1Deals Fire DMG equal to 60% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy and Fire DMG equal to 20% of Guinaifen's ATK to any adjacent enemies, with a 100% base chance to Burn the target and adjacent targets. When Burned, enemies will take a Fire DoT equal to 83.9% of Guinaifen's ATK at the beginning of each turn, lasting for 2 turn(s).
2Deals Fire DMG equal to 66% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy and Fire DMG equal to 22% of Guinaifen's ATK to any adjacent enemies, with a 100% base chance to Burn the target and adjacent targets. When Burned, enemies will take a Fire DoT equal to 92.3% of Guinaifen's ATK at the beginning of each turn, lasting for 2 turn(s).
3Deals Fire DMG equal to 72% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy and Fire DMG equal to 24% of Guinaifen's ATK to any adjacent enemies, with a 100% base chance to Burn the target and adjacent targets. When Burned, enemies will take a Fire DoT equal to 100.69% of Guinaifen's ATK at the beginning of each turn, lasting for 2 turn(s).
4Deals Fire DMG equal to 78% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy and Fire DMG equal to 26% of Guinaifen's ATK to any adjacent enemies, with a 100% base chance to Burn the target and adjacent targets. When Burned, enemies will take a Fire DoT equal to 109.09% of Guinaifen's ATK at the beginning of each turn, lasting for 2 turn(s).
5Deals Fire DMG equal to 84% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy and Fire DMG equal to 28% of Guinaifen's ATK to any adjacent enemies, with a 100% base chance to Burn the target and adjacent targets. When Burned, enemies will take a Fire DoT equal to 117.48% of Guinaifen's ATK at the beginning of each turn, lasting for 2 turn(s).
6Deals Fire DMG equal to 90% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy and Fire DMG equal to 30% of Guinaifen's ATK to any adjacent enemies, with a 100% base chance to Burn the target and adjacent targets. When Burned, enemies will take a Fire DoT equal to 130.07% of Guinaifen's ATK at the beginning of each turn, lasting for 2 turn(s).
7Deals Fire DMG equal to 97.5% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy and Fire DMG equal to 32.5% of Guinaifen's ATK to any adjacent enemies, with a 100% base chance to Burn the target and adjacent targets. When Burned, enemies will take a Fire DoT equal to 146.86% of Guinaifen's ATK at the beginning of each turn, lasting for 2 turn(s).
8Deals Fire DMG equal to 105% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy and Fire DMG equal to 35% of Guinaifen's ATK to any adjacent enemies, with a 100% base chance to Burn the target and adjacent targets. When Burned, enemies will take a Fire DoT equal to 167.84% of Guinaifen's ATK at the beginning of each turn, lasting for 2 turn(s).
9Deals Fire DMG equal to 112.5% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy and Fire DMG equal to 37.5% of Guinaifen's ATK to any adjacent enemies, with a 100% base chance to Burn the target and adjacent targets. When Burned, enemies will take a Fire DoT equal to 193.03% of Guinaifen's ATK at the beginning of each turn, lasting for 2 turn(s).
10Deals Fire DMG equal to 120% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy and Fire DMG equal to 40% of Guinaifen's ATK to any adjacent enemies, with a 100% base chance to Burn the target and adjacent targets. When Burned, enemies will take a Fire DoT equal to 218.21% of Guinaifen's ATK at the beginning of each turn, lasting for 2 turn(s).
11Deals Fire DMG equal to 126% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy and Fire DMG equal to 42% of Guinaifen's ATK to any adjacent enemies, with a 100% base chance to Burn the target and adjacent targets. When Burned, enemies will take a Fire DoT equal to 229.12% of Guinaifen's ATK at the beginning of each turn, lasting for 2 turn(s).
12Deals Fire DMG equal to 132% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy and Fire DMG equal to 44% of Guinaifen's ATK to any adjacent enemies, with a 100% base chance to Burn the target and adjacent targets. When Burned, enemies will take a Fire DoT equal to 240.03% of Guinaifen's ATK at the beginning of each turn, lasting for 2 turn(s).
13Deals Fire DMG equal to 138% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy and Fire DMG equal to 46% of Guinaifen's ATK to any adjacent enemies, with a 100% base chance to Burn the target and adjacent targets. When Burned, enemies will take a Fire DoT equal to 250.94% of Guinaifen's ATK at the beginning of each turn, lasting for 2 turn(s).
14Deals Fire DMG equal to 144% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy and Fire DMG equal to 48% of Guinaifen's ATK to any adjacent enemies, with a 100% base chance to Burn the target and adjacent targets. When Burned, enemies will take a Fire DoT equal to 261.86% of Guinaifen's ATK at the beginning of each turn, lasting for 2 turn(s).
15Deals Fire DMG equal to 150% of Guinaifen's ATK to one designated enemy and Fire DMG equal to 50% of Guinaifen's ATK to any adjacent enemies, with a 100% base chance to Burn the target and adjacent targets. When Burned, enemies will take a Fire DoT equal to 272.77% of Guinaifen's ATK at the beginning of each turn, lasting for 2 turn(s).
Watch This Showstopper · Ultimate

Deals Fire DMG equal to 72% of Guinaifen's ATK to all enemies. If the target enemy is currently inflicted with Burn, then their Burn status immediately produces DMG equal to 72% of their original DMG.

Ability descriptions by source level. Purchased caps and bonus levels are separate.

Source levelEffect
1Deals Fire DMG equal to 72% of Guinaifen's ATK to all enemies. If the target enemy is currently inflicted with Burn, then their Burn status immediately produces DMG equal to 72% of their original DMG.
2Deals Fire DMG equal to 76.8% of Guinaifen's ATK to all enemies. If the target enemy is currently inflicted with Burn, then their Burn status immediately produces DMG equal to 74% of their original DMG.
3Deals Fire DMG equal to 81.6% of Guinaifen's ATK to all enemies. If the target enemy is currently inflicted with Burn, then their Burn status immediately produces DMG equal to 76% of their original DMG.
4Deals Fire DMG equal to 86.4% of Guinaifen's ATK to all enemies. If the target enemy is currently inflicted with Burn, then their Burn status immediately produces DMG equal to 78% of their original DMG.
5Deals Fire DMG equal to 91.2% of Guinaifen's ATK to all enemies. If the target enemy is currently inflicted with Burn, then their Burn status immediately produces DMG equal to 80% of their original DMG.
6Deals Fire DMG equal to 96% of Guinaifen's ATK to all enemies. If the target enemy is currently inflicted with Burn, then their Burn status immediately produces DMG equal to 82% of their original DMG.
7Deals Fire DMG equal to 102% of Guinaifen's ATK to all enemies. If the target enemy is currently inflicted with Burn, then their Burn status immediately produces DMG equal to 84.5% of their original DMG.
8Deals Fire DMG equal to 108% of Guinaifen's ATK to all enemies. If the target enemy is currently inflicted with Burn, then their Burn status immediately produces DMG equal to 87% of their original DMG.
9Deals Fire DMG equal to 114% of Guinaifen's ATK to all enemies. If the target enemy is currently inflicted with Burn, then their Burn status immediately produces DMG equal to 89.5% of their original DMG.
10Deals Fire DMG equal to 120% of Guinaifen's ATK to all enemies. If the target enemy is currently inflicted with Burn, then their Burn status immediately produces DMG equal to 92% of their original DMG.
11Deals Fire DMG equal to 124.8% of Guinaifen's ATK to all enemies. If the target enemy is currently inflicted with Burn, then their Burn status immediately produces DMG equal to 94% of their original DMG.
12Deals Fire DMG equal to 129.6% of Guinaifen's ATK to all enemies. If the target enemy is currently inflicted with Burn, then their Burn status immediately produces DMG equal to 96% of their original DMG.
13Deals Fire DMG equal to 134.4% of Guinaifen's ATK to all enemies. If the target enemy is currently inflicted with Burn, then their Burn status immediately produces DMG equal to 98% of their original DMG.
14Deals Fire DMG equal to 139.2% of Guinaifen's ATK to all enemies. If the target enemy is currently inflicted with Burn, then their Burn status immediately produces DMG equal to 100% of their original DMG.
15Deals Fire DMG equal to 144% of Guinaifen's ATK to all enemies. If the target enemy is currently inflicted with Burn, then their Burn status immediately produces DMG equal to 102% of their original DMG.
PatrAeon Benefits · Talent

When Guinaifen is on the field, there is a 100% base chance to apply Firekiss to an enemy after their Burn status causes DMG. While inflicted with Firekiss, the enemy receives 4% increased DMG, which lasts for 3 turn(s) and can stack up to 3 time(s).

Ability descriptions by source level. Purchased caps and bonus levels are separate.

Source levelEffect
1When Guinaifen is on the field, there is a 100% base chance to apply Firekiss to an enemy after their Burn status causes DMG. While inflicted with Firekiss, the enemy receives 4% increased DMG, which lasts for 3 turn(s) and can stack up to 3 time(s).
2When Guinaifen is on the field, there is a 100% base chance to apply Firekiss to an enemy after their Burn status causes DMG. While inflicted with Firekiss, the enemy receives 4.3% increased DMG, which lasts for 3 turn(s) and can stack up to 3 time(s).
3When Guinaifen is on the field, there is a 100% base chance to apply Firekiss to an enemy after their Burn status causes DMG. While inflicted with Firekiss, the enemy receives 4.6% increased DMG, which lasts for 3 turn(s) and can stack up to 3 time(s).
4When Guinaifen is on the field, there is a 100% base chance to apply Firekiss to an enemy after their Burn status causes DMG. While inflicted with Firekiss, the enemy receives 4.9% increased DMG, which lasts for 3 turn(s) and can stack up to 3 time(s).
5When Guinaifen is on the field, there is a 100% base chance to apply Firekiss to an enemy after their Burn status causes DMG. While inflicted with Firekiss, the enemy receives 5.2% increased DMG, which lasts for 3 turn(s) and can stack up to 3 time(s).
6When Guinaifen is on the field, there is a 100% base chance to apply Firekiss to an enemy after their Burn status causes DMG. While inflicted with Firekiss, the enemy receives 5.5% increased DMG, which lasts for 3 turn(s) and can stack up to 3 time(s).
7When Guinaifen is on the field, there is a 100% base chance to apply Firekiss to an enemy after their Burn status causes DMG. While inflicted with Firekiss, the enemy receives 5.87% increased DMG, which lasts for 3 turn(s) and can stack up to 3 time(s).
8When Guinaifen is on the field, there is a 100% base chance to apply Firekiss to an enemy after their Burn status causes DMG. While inflicted with Firekiss, the enemy receives 6.25% increased DMG, which lasts for 3 turn(s) and can stack up to 3 time(s).
9When Guinaifen is on the field, there is a 100% base chance to apply Firekiss to an enemy after their Burn status causes DMG. While inflicted with Firekiss, the enemy receives 6.63% increased DMG, which lasts for 3 turn(s) and can stack up to 3 time(s).
10When Guinaifen is on the field, there is a 100% base chance to apply Firekiss to an enemy after their Burn status causes DMG. While inflicted with Firekiss, the enemy receives 7% increased DMG, which lasts for 3 turn(s) and can stack up to 3 time(s).
11When Guinaifen is on the field, there is a 100% base chance to apply Firekiss to an enemy after their Burn status causes DMG. While inflicted with Firekiss, the enemy receives 7.3% increased DMG, which lasts for 3 turn(s) and can stack up to 3 time(s).
12When Guinaifen is on the field, there is a 100% base chance to apply Firekiss to an enemy after their Burn status causes DMG. While inflicted with Firekiss, the enemy receives 7.6% increased DMG, which lasts for 3 turn(s) and can stack up to 3 time(s).
13When Guinaifen is on the field, there is a 100% base chance to apply Firekiss to an enemy after their Burn status causes DMG. While inflicted with Firekiss, the enemy receives 7.9% increased DMG, which lasts for 3 turn(s) and can stack up to 3 time(s).
14When Guinaifen is on the field, there is a 100% base chance to apply Firekiss to an enemy after their Burn status causes DMG. While inflicted with Firekiss, the enemy receives 8.2% increased DMG, which lasts for 3 turn(s) and can stack up to 3 time(s).
15When Guinaifen is on the field, there is a 100% base chance to apply Firekiss to an enemy after their Burn status causes DMG. While inflicted with Firekiss, the enemy receives 8.5% increased DMG, which lasts for 3 turn(s) and can stack up to 3 time(s).
Attack

Attacks an enemy, and after entering combat, reduces their Toughness of the corresponding Type.

Skill Showcase · Technique

Immediately attacks the enemy. After entering battle, deals DMG for 4 time(s), dealing Fire DMG equal to 50% of Guinaifen's ATK to a random single enemy target each time, with a 100% base chance of inflicting Firekiss on them.

Ability descriptions by source level. Purchased caps and bonus levels are separate.

Source levelEffect
1Immediately attacks the enemy. After entering battle, deals DMG for 4 time(s), dealing Fire DMG equal to 50% of Guinaifen's ATK to a random single enemy target each time, with a 100% base chance of inflicting Firekiss on them.

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Game data version: 4.6.0

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