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Number in Paths of Nothingness and wielding the quantum element. During combat, she focuses on reducing the damage done by enemies while increasing the damage done by allies. In addition, she herself is quite good at dealing with enemies.

Accordingly, in the team he plays the role of and damage dealer-debuffer, constantly attacking monsters, including with true damage, and imposing negative statuses. In addition, he consistently performs bonus attacks, which allows him to combine well with heroes that have the appropriate mechanics.

The Amphoreus Catgirl does not provide any unique effects that are needed in specific builds. However, the main advantage of the unit is that it fits into many compositions if it has optimally selected equipment that matches the features of its skill set.

Rating	Preliminary S/A position in dash list
Rarity	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
[Type] element	Quantum Damage Type
Path	Nihility
when added to the game	June 11, 2025 (patch 3.3)
How to get a character	Event Jump Banner: Character
Gender	Female
home planet	Amphoreus, "Eternal Land"
Role in the squad	Debuffer Secondary DPS character
Role in the game	Golden Descendant Demigoddess
Signature light cone	"Lies dance in the wind"
Voice actresses	English Voice Actress - Shea Fairaday Japanese Voice Actress - Ito Ayasa Chinese voice actress - Wang Yaxin Korean Voice Actress - Mi So

Please note: This guide is an early build based on beta testing information. Once the character is released, the content of the article will be re-checked and updated.

Hero's story

Cifer is a resident Amphoreus, connected to a group of chosen ones by an ancient prophecy, according to which the heroes of the Eternal Earth must unite and save the planet from the Black Current disaster. The catgirl, like the rest of the Golden Descendants, is the embodiment of the titans who created the world of Amphoraeus. In her case, it is Zagreus, the Titan of Disasters, and the Flame Core, "Deception". As part of the prophecy, she must resume the course of frozen time.

How to get a character

The "Event Jump: Character" where you can get the Cipher is called "Stolen Sky". The banner is available in the second half 3.3 versions: from 11 June by July 1, 2025.

To catch the rerun of Cifer the next time she appears, we recommend adding it to your "bookmarks" banner schedule.

Features

As the heroine ascends, her attack, defense, and HP increase, while her speed and taunt remain constant. The exact values ​​of all stats are presented in the table:

Level of	Basic Attack	Basic protection	Basic Health	Speed	Taunt
1	87	69	127	106	100
20	169	135	247	106	100
30	248	197	361	106	100
40	326	259	475	106	100
50	405	322	589	106	100
60	483	384	703	106	100
70	561	446	817	106	100
80	640	509	931	106	100

How do the Cipher skills work?

The cat thief's abilities are related to dealing quantum damage and weakening opponents. At the same time, the bulk of the damage comes from the bonus attacks of the talent, as well as the true DPS that is triggered when using the ultimate, which allows the girl to stand in various team compositions as a and secondary DD.

Overall, it is a versatile debuffer due to the negative effects it imposes that reduce damage from enemies and increase damage to them. But despite the fact that its damage is dealt to multiple targets, it also shows itself to be effective against one large enemy, since the bonus attack is performed on monsters with the highest amount of health.

Active skills

Among the skills used during combat are:

• technique - becomes invisible and moves faster. If it is near enemies, it has a certain chance of stealing materials from them.
• basic attack - Deals damage to the selected target.
• skill - Deals damage to the selected enemy and nearby mobs, reducing their own damage with some chance. At the same time, the heroine's attack power increases.
• superpower - Deals true damage recorded by the talent to one target and nearby enemies.

Below you can find a more detailed description of each skill.

ive skills

ive skills include: талант, allowing you to perform bonus attacks and accumulate true damage, which is subsequently dealt by the ult.

The order of leveling abilities

Super Ability ≥ Talent > Skill > Basic Attack

Ultimate и талант — the main sources of damage, as a result, are key when upgrading skills. Emboldening Salvo allows you to apply a debuff that weakens enemy damage, and also deals a little damage, which makes it the second priority. Finally, basic attack It is used only during breaks between the negative effect, which is why it is left for last if there are free resources.

Tracks

Special ive skills from the "Traces" section:

Speed ​​+2 units. (lvl.1)
"Unearthly Steps" (A2): if the speed is greater than or equal to 140/170 units, the critical chance increases by 25/50%, and the damage recorded by the talent by 50/100%.	Quantum Bonus +3,2% (A2)	Speed ​​+2 units. (A3)	Effect Hit Chance +4% (A3)
"300 Scoundrels" (A4): 8% of the non-true damage dealt by allies to enemies (except for the target with the "Regular Customer" effect) is recorded in the talent counter. Excess damage is not taken into .	Speed ​​+3 units. (A4)	Quantum Bonus +4,8% (A5)	Speed ​​+3 units. (A5)
"Heavenly Agility" (A6): When Cipher is on the battlefield, enemies take 40% more damage. Crit. rate from the talent's bonus attack is increased by 100%.	Effect Hit Chance +6% (A6)	Quantum Bonus +6,4% (lvl.75)
Speed ​​+4 units. (lvl.80)

Total bonus to characteristics:

• speed - 14 units.;
• quantum damage — 14,4%;
• SHPE - 10%.

Eidolons

All consts of the follower of Non-Existence:

E1	The damage recorded by the talent increases by 150% of the original value. When the heroine performs a bonus attack, her attack power increases by 80% for 2 turns.
E2	When the heroine attacks an enemy, there is a 120% base chance to increase the damage taken by the monster by 30% for 2 turns.
E3	Superpower level +2. Max level - 15. Base attack level +1. Max level - 10.
E4	When an ally deals damage to a target with the Loyal Customer status, the unit deals additional quantum damage equal to 50% of the attack power.
E5	Skill level +2. Max level - 15. Talent level +2. Max level - 15.
E6	The damage from Zifer's bonus attacks is increased by 350%, and when recorded, an additional 16% of the damage dealt by this strike is recorded. When the counter for damage recorded by the talent is reset, 20% of this amount is returned.

The best Eidolons of Cipher: first, second и sixthLet's look at them in more detail:

• E1 — direct enhancement of the unit's combat potential. Firstly, the super ability (one of the main sources of DPS) becomes more powerful due to the fact that the talent records more true damage. Secondly, the attack power increases when performing a bonus hit.
• E2 — a const that will be extremely useful to the team, in particular, attacking characters. With a certain chance, the cat girl will increase the damage inflicted on enemies, which also combines optimally with the last trace, which provides a similar debuff.
• E6 — a powerful eidolon that is aimed at revealing the unit as a full-fledged secondary or main DD. A significant increase in damage from the bonus attack, coupled with additional accumulation of true damage, make the demigoddess a truly strong DPS unit.

F2P players are recommended to stick with E2.

How to play as Cipher

The Demigoddess of Amphoraeus is a classic representative of the Path of Nothingness and aims to weaken enemies, increasing the team's overall damage. However, she is not limited to just and, under certain conditions, can independently deal good damage with a super ability and a bonus attack.

In battle, the cat girl is quite mobile thanks to the trace, which gives a critical chance depending on the speed. For this reason, the heroine often walks, constantly applying debuffs and simultaneously attacking opponents. However, in the latter case, DPS depends not only on the build and partners, but also on the actions within the battle. As a result, the rotation of Cipher is built as follows:

1. At the beginning, a technique is used to get some real damage from the start, which will then be inflicted by the super ability. Before entering the battle, you can also steal some resources from monsters.
2. During the battle they alternate skill + 2 basic attacks. This will allow you to maintain the "Weakened" debuff and at the same time generate an additional skill point. However, if the squad has no problems with action points, there is an option to use the skill every other time to inflict more personal damage.
3. The talent causes the enemy with the most HP (or the last target of the skill/ultimate) to gain the "Regular Customer" status. Try to attack this enemy for your allies so that the cat girl can perform bonus attacks.
4. When the superpower is charged, don't rush to activate it right away. Pay attention to the coins under the character icon - this is the accumulated true damage from the talent. It is advisable to get as many of them as possible in order to subsequently inflict significant DPS on targets at once.

Coins are usually generated by the main damage dealer and other damage units, including the cat thief itself. In general, the more powerful damage the partners inflict, the more stacks will appear.

All about character leveling

This section contains the resources needed to fully upgrade the heroine, including her skills and tracks.

Elevation materials

Raising Catgirl to level 80 will require the following components:

Skills Improvement Materials

For the full development of abilities, the following resources are required:

The order of pumping traces

Hidden talents from the "Traces" category are upgraded with the following materials:

The following amount of resources will be required to fully upgrade skills and levels:

• loans (×3);
• traveler's guides (×290);
• ominous omen (× 56), echo of crying (× 71), endless sorrow (× 73) - material from the creatures of the group "Creatures of the Black Current";
• fire spirit (× 18), essence of starfire (× 69), heavenly cremator (× 139) - special resources for pumping up the tracks of characters of the Path of Non-Existence;
• dim moonlight (× 65) - loot from Stagnant Shadow: Ice Moon Form;
• new material from world boss (× 12);
• imprint of fate (× 8).

Advantages and disadvantages

Let's look at the main "pros" and "cons" that follow from the heroine's skill set:

Advantages	Disadvantages
Combines several roles, acting simultaneously as a -debuffer and a secondary damage dealer.	Weak in modes where you need to clear waves of mobs, since most of the damage is concentrated on one target.
Reduces damage from enemies with the skill and at the same time allows allies to deal more damage to them due to the trail.	The accumulated true damage depends, among other things, on the DPS of the allies. As a result, this has a significant impact on the damage of the unit itself.
Deals true damage that interacts with all types of damage: critical hits, DoTs, super penetration, etc.	The previous drawback leads to the fact that it is more difficult for the heroine to realize herself in the role of a hyper-carry, especially without eidolons.
He is a versatile unit that can fit into any squad composition, freeing up other s.	Requires a lot of speed due to the nature of the first track, which is difficult to achieve without a signature cone.
Extremely fast and at the same time increases its own critical chance up to 50% if it reaches a high speed mark.	While it fits into many builds, it is not considered the best option anywhere and has alternatives everywhere.
The technique can steal materials from enemies, and also becomes invisible and moves faster around the area.

Best Cipher Builds in Honkai: Star Rail

Catgirl, acting as a damage dealer-debuffer, focuses on all-round for allies by applying debuffs and dealing personal damage. In this regard, the most important for her is considered speed, which affects not only the frequency of moves, but also the crit chance received from the first trace. In addition, standard DPS parameters are needed: Attack Power and additional allowances to crits.

It should also be noted effect hit chance, without which the Zifer assembly in XSR cannot be considered fully equipped. Despite the fact that the parameter is needed mainly to reduce the damage of opponents from the skill (not taking into the signal or other cones with debuffs), it is still advisable to bring the SPE to a certain minimum value to ensure the constant effect of negative statuses on enemy targets.

Recommended Specs

The optimal “upper” values ​​should be as follows:

Relic	Main characteristic
Head	HP (permanent)
Arms	Attack Power (Permanent)
Body	Crete. damage (a priority) or crit chance (alternative)
Legs	Speed
planar sphere	Quantum Bonus (a priority) or attack power (alternative)
Connecting rope	Attack Power (a priority) or energy recovery (alternative)

Recommended "lower" characteristics:

Speed ​​> Crit Damage/Crit Chance > Attack Power > SPE

Optimal stat values ​​in the late game (80 lvl):

• speed — 170 units (minimum); 180 units (more actions within cycles + optimal in a squad with Zaryanka); 200 units (maximizing debuffs and hits)
• Crete. chance — 40-50% (outside of battle); 90-100% (in battle with the first trace)
• Crete. damage — 160-200%
• Attack Power — 2-500+
• effect hit chance - 38%
• HP — 2+
• protection - 900+

Light Cone Rating

A weapon that suits a cat girl should include parameters such as speed, crits, attack power, and SPE. It wouldn't hurt to have additional negative statuses in the ive bonus.

Alternative weapons that can be equipped on the heroine:

• "The show begins" - light cones, related exclusively to DPS and increasing attack parameters. Considered if you are more interested in increasing your own unit damage.
• "Emptiness" — a three-star variant that gives a SPE at the beginning of the battle for several turns. Recommended only for beginners until higher rarity "cards" appear.

What relics and decorations are needed

In of choosing artifacts, a similar principle works: you need key characteristics and third-party bonuses that are useful to the heroine.

cave relics

In addition to what is presented in the table, you can consider the set "Eagle of the Twilight Line". It is optimal for quick assembly due to the increase in negative effects applied, especially when combined with a connecting rope or a planar for energy restoration.

planar decorations

Alternative equipment options:

• Feixiao (Hunt: Wind) or other units with similar attack types to fully exploit them.
• Acheron (Nothingness: Electric) or another Nonexistence. Otherwise, the second part of the ive does not work.
• "Space Sealing Station" — an acceptable option at the initial stages of the game due to the fact that it is farmed among the starting worlds of the "Virtual Universe". A decent increase in ATK up to 24% is offered.

Squad Guide for Cipher in HSR

The heroine fits into various compositions thanks to her versatile debuffs and damage output, including her bonus attack. She is not a perfect choice anywhere, but she does her job well. Usually, Cipher plays a /sub-DD role in a team, since she depends on her allies' damage. However, in combination with an offensive , she can potentially become a hyper-carry, especially with open Eidolons.

Which characters are suitable?

While the unit can be played in any squad, there are a number of heroes that benefit the most from her abilities:

Characters who also wouldn't refuse the bonuses offered by the demigoddess:

The heroine's accumulated true damage depends on the amount of damage dealt by allies. Therefore, it is advisable to put DPS-s or those who deal at least partial damage with her:

Do you need a cipher for Acheron

Catgirl is a character in the Path of Nothingness, and as a result, becomes a potential partner for Quantum Silver Wolf.

However, Demigoddess is not considered a strict necessity for the Galactic Ranger. Its effectiveness lies in the versatility of its debuffs and the useful signature cone. Moreover, the signature is considered an important component when playing with Acheron due to the presence of an additional negative status there, which allows you to gain more charges and stacks (although you can put any weapon with a weakening).

Additionally, we know that the ranger has a popular that is considered the best option in most scenarios, Jiaoqiu (Nothingness: Fire), and it is really actively used when closing content. To figure out who is better, let's take a general look at the characters.

Number	Jiaoqiu
Increases damage dealt to enemies and reduces outgoing damage.	Increases damage to enemies, applies "Burning", buffs super abilities.
On E0S0 it provides less nerfs, but its own DPS is higher.	At E0 it generates more stacks, but does not deal as much damage itself.
Effective in "Hall of Oblivion", helps to cope better with single targets.	Excellent in "Pure fiction" in any situation.
Needs a signature cone for stable operation.	Depends more on the number of enemies on the field, which affects performance.

Conclusions:

• E0 Cipher without his "card" is a good option, but is inferior in creating stacks, so it is not recommended as a replacement if the fox is already pumped.
• With the signature, the cat thief becomes on par with or even sures Jiaoqiu in many scenarios other than Pure Fiction.
• If you want to replace the fox, that it is desirable to have her weapon on the demigoddess, so you should evaluate whether you are ready to invest additionally.
• If Jiaoqiu is missing or looking for a second Nonexistence for a team with E0/E1 Acheron, even at E0S0 the cat thief is a great choice.

Examples of the best teams

List of squads where the girl effectively combines with other heroes:

Is it worth knocking out the Tsifer?

Cipher is a debuffer and secondary damage dealer in one. The girl offers universal weakening, allowing all allied units not only to inflict more damage to enemies, but also to receive less powerful blows. At the same time, her skills are not limited to and are aimed, among other things, at destroying enemies with true damage from the ult or the bonus attack of the talent.

Although the cat thief is capable of attacking, this often remains a secondary task. Of course, there are scenarios where the heroine takes on the main role. However, this is not always advisable, since even with high investments, she cannot compare with top damage dealers. In addition, most of the damage is true damage, which is easier to accumulate due to other DPS characters.

Overall, the demigoddess from Amphoraeus fits into a variety of lineups (for example, she goes well with Acheron or Feixiao), although she is not an irreplaceable option anywhere. In fact, she is worth knocking out for those who are looking for an optimal solution for themselves in the absence of the necessary characters in specific squads, be it groups from a bonus attack or DoTs. The unit cannot be called an important figure for the , but she can find use for herself in almost any situation.

Which is better: signal or E1

Signature Cone is a higher priority than the first Eidolon in most cases. The "Card" simplifies the build, providing the character with speed, which is one of the most important stats and should reach high values. In addition, it allows you to reduce the defense of opponents, which will be useful almost everywhere. And in general, such weapons will not be a useless acquisition.

E1 will be stronger in of increasing its own damage. This is a less universal choice, but in the long term it allows the heroine to perfectly accelerate DPS and fully occupy the position of a secondary damage dealer. It can also be preferable if it is possible to achieve at least 170 units of speed by third-party means and/or there is no need for additional debuffs.

We hope this Honkai: Star Rail guide helped you learn more about how to assemble the best build for Cipher. Share your opinions and questions about the character in comments. See the special section other builds.