Pearl in HSR — Kit, Materials, Light Cones, Relics, Teams, and Eidolons

A 5-Star Ice character walking the Path of Elation, Pearl blends party sustain with support built around Elation. DEF is her main scaling stat, and she shines brightest in squads that can leverage Certified Banger, Deep Learning, and the four-Elation bonuses she brings.

Everything you need for Pearl lives here: a full breakdown of her kit and materials, plus the best Light Cones, Relics, and stat targets, her team options, Eidolons, and how to prioritize your investment.

Pearl Overview

On the Path of Elation sits Pearl, a 5-Star Ice unit. Her role leans toward sustain and Elation support: she heals and mitigates damage off DEF, all while lifting Elation-centric teams.

DEF and SPD form the core of her build, and reaching 2,400 DEF matters because that breakpoint unlocks Panoptic Vision. As for gear, Colors for Tomorrow ranks as her top Light Cone, and Dreamlit Actor is the Relic set she wants most.

Where Pearl truly thrives is on squads running several Elation characters — a full four-Elation lineup above all, since that's when her Ultimate and Elation Skill reach their peak effects.

Priority number one for building Pearl is simple: reach the DEF threshold that turns on Panoptic Vision, then keep DEF and SPD in balance and equip an Energy Regeneration Rate Rope. Everything from her healing to her personal damage to a number of her support effects scales off DEF.

Pearl Skill Priority

Skill ≈ Elation Skill > Talent > Ultimate > Basic ATK

Her emergency damage reduction scales with the Talent, while the Skill serves as her go-to active heal. For dedicated Elation teams, investing in the Elation Skill pays off, since its damage multiplier climbs considerably as you level it.

Even if several of its key effects — Deep Learning, action advance, and the four-Elation extra turn — aren't fully tied to its damage multiplier, the Ultimate remains mechanically essential.

Pearl Kit

Basic ATK — Brushstroke: Trace the Severed Stream

One designated enemy takes Ice DMG worth 90% of Pearl's DEF.

Enhanced Basic ATK — Brushstroke: Render the Great Wave

All enemies take Ice DMG worth 100% of Pearl's DEF.

Every ally has HP restored by 8% of Pearl's DEF, increased by 160. The ally whose current HP percentage is lowest gets an additional heal of 8% of Pearl's DEF, increased by 160.

Enhanced Basic ATK — Brushstroke: Imagenate the Starry Night

All enemies take Ice DMG worth 100% of Pearl's DEF. Every ally then recovers HP worth 8% of Pearl's DEF, increased by 160. Extra healing also goes to the ally target whose current HP percentage is lowest: 8% of Pearl's DEF, increased by 160.

If Pearl holds Certified Banger, the enemy targets she attacked also take Ice Elation DMG worth 15% of Pearl's DEF.

This stronger version comes into play when Pearl's Aesthetic Archetype marks her as an Elation character; Elation carries are the preferred Ultimate target.

Skill — Relume Life's Light

Certified Banger goes up by 15 points. Every ally then recovers HP based on 12% of Pearl's DEF plus 240, while the ally whose current HP percentage is lowest gets an additional heal worth 12% of Pearl's DEF plus 240.

Pearl relies on this as her primary emergency heal, and it also serves as a key source of Certified Banger. After Sensory Latitude becomes unlocked, her Skill additionally removes 1 debuff from every ally.

Ultimate — Appraise Soul's Ground

Certified Banger is increased by 20 points. Deep Learning is then applied to a single chosen ally who is not Pearl, turning that ally into the Aesthetic Archetype.

With 1/2/3 or more Elation characters present on the team, the Aesthetic Archetype's action is pushed forward by 10%/15%/30%.

If at least 4 Elation characters are on your team, the Aesthetic Archetype gains 1 extra turn instead. That extra turn starts by granting the Aesthetic Archetype 30 Certified Banger points and 60 Punchline points, both of which disappear when the extra turn ends.

While Deep Learning is active:

1. Pearl's Basic ATK becomes Brushstroke: Render the Great Wave.
2. If the Aesthetic Archetype is an Elation character, it becomes Brushstroke: Imagenate the Starry Night instead.
3. When dealing DMG, Pearl additionally deals Ice Elation DMG equal to 60%, calculated using the Aesthetic Archetype's stats.
4. Deep Learning has 3 Charges.
5. Each Enhanced Basic ATK consumes 1 Charge.
6. Deep Learning ends after all Charges are consumed.

That is the reason Pearl's Ultimate should usually go to the team's primary Elation damage dealer, not to a secondary support.

Talent — Grow Grace from Grit

Certified Banger can be used by Pearl as Repellency, with every point of Certified Banger supplying 200 points of Repellency.

Repellency can be consumed by Pearl so that 60% of an ally's incoming DMG is blocked. Certified Banger never expires and tops out at 50 points.

Once an ally's HP sits at 50% or below, an extra 30% reduction is applied to the DMG they take.

Pearl's kit puts defense front and center. Rather than leaning purely on reactive healing, she chips away at incoming damage through her Certified Banger reserve, then restores the team's HP through her Skill and Enhanced Basic ATKs.

Technique — Recast Masterwork in Nacre

Aesthetic Archetype is granted to Pearl after she uses her Technique.

Aesthetic Archetype transfers to whoever becomes the active character when you switch.

Once the next battle begins:

1. Pearl gains 20 "Certified Banger"
2. Applies Deep Learning to the Aesthetic Archetype.
3. This Deep Learning starts with 2 Charges.

Pearl cannot apply Deep Learning to herself — only to other characters.

In practice, pop her Technique and then double-check that your intended main carry is the active character before the fight starts.

Elation Skill — Dissolve Reason into Elation

With 1/2/3/4 or more Elation characters on the team, every ally's next attack is followed by bonus Elation DMG against the same target, dealt in that ally's own Type and equal to 10%/15%/20%/40%.

Why else does Pearl favor a full Elation lineup? Because going from three Elation characters to four pushes the value from 20% all the way to 40%.

Pearl Materials

Building Pearl all the way means gathering materials for her ascension as well as for every Trace upgrade.

Ascension Materials

What Pearl needs to reach Lv.80:

Trace Materials

Everything required to unlock and max out Pearl's Traces:

Pearl Materials Total

Material	Total
Credit	3,308,000
Sea Siren's Torn Fin	65
Whimsy Wax	56
Dreamweave Steel	71
Lucid Awl	73
The Fluffy Hand-drawn Storyboards	18
The Fluffy Serialization Memorial Issue	69
The Fluffy Collector's Edition	139
High Hopes of the Falsely Enlightened	12
Tracks of Destiny	8

Best Light Cones to Give Pearl

Best in Slot: Colors for Tomorrow

As Pearl's signature Light Cone, Colors for Tomorrow offers the simplest way to balance sustain with team support.

At S1, it:

1. Increases Pearl's DEF by 48%.
2. After she uses an Elation Skill on all allies, restores HP to all allies equal to 10% of her DEF.
3. Increases DMG taken by all enemies by 10% for 3 turns.
4. For every other Elation character in the team, enemies take an additional 4% increased DMG for 3 turns.

With four Elation characters on the field, that vulnerability can climb as high as 22%. Meanwhile, the sizable DEF boost feeds straight into Pearl's healing, her Repellency-focused build, and her Panoptic Vision scaling.

Best Accessible Option: Mushy Shroomy's Adventures

For those skipping Pearl's signature, Mushy Shroomy's Adventures stands out as a strong budget pick.

It:

1. Increases the wearer's Elation by 12%.
2. After using an Elation Skill, increases Elation DMG taken by all enemies by 6% for 2 turns.

Because it lacks the huge DEF boost and extra healing found in Colors for Tomorrow, Pearl will need to get more DEF from Relics. Even so, the offensive support it brings to the team matches the priorities she already has.

Relics That Work Best on Pearl

Best Set: 4-Pc Dreamlit Actor

No dedicated set serves Pearl better than Dreamlit Actor.

2-Pc: Grants a 6% boost to SPD.

4-Pc: When the wearer's Skill or Ultimate is aimed at one other ally, that target's Elation rises by 16% for 3 turns. With at least 10 Certified Banger on the wearer, all allies additionally gain 12% CRIT DMG for 3 turns.

Pearl meets both requirements without any extra effort. Certified Banger accumulates throughout her standard rotation, and her Ultimate locks directly onto the Aesthetic Archetype.

Alternative: 4-Pc Diviner of Distant Reach

Diviner of Distant Reach comes in handy when extra SPD and another source of team Elation are what you're after.

2-Pc: SPD +6%.

4-Pc:: When the wearer reaches 120/160 SPD, their CRIT Rate rises by 10%/18%, and the first Elation Skill used in each battle also boosts all allies' Elation by 10%.

For a Pearl built for sustain, personal CRIT Rate isn't a major concern; the buff to SPD and team Elation still has value.

4-Pc Messenger Traversing Hackerspace

When the Dreamlit Actor pieces you own are poor, this support alternative can still work.

Since Pearl's Ultimate meets that trigger on its own, casting an Ultimate on an ally grants the whole team a 12% SPD increase that lasts 1 turn.

Planar Ornaments: Top Picks

Sprightly Vonwacq

At the start of battle, Pearl gets a 40% action advance plus 5% Energy Regeneration Rate, as long as she reaches at least 120 SPD.

Whenever you want Pearl to act earlier and cycle her 180-Energy Ultimate with greater reliability, this helps.

Lushaka, the Sunken Seas

A holder of this piece gets 5% ERR, and whenever Pearl isn't the one occupying the first lineup slot, that character's ATK rises by 12%.

Reach for it whenever a main carry of yours gets strong returns from ATK.

Broken Keel

Grants 10% Effect RES, and once that stat reaches 30%, every ally picks up 10% CRIT DMG.

For teams that have no use for Lushaka's ATK buff, this is an easy, all-purpose support pick.

Main Stats and Substats for Pearl

Substat Priority

DEF% > SPD > Effect RES

Panoptic Vision only switches on once you hit 2,400 DEF, so make that your first target. From there, keep stacking DEF and hold enough SPD to cycle turns comfortably.

Performing her main role doesn't require CRIT stats on Pearl. Keeping the team alive, maintaining Certified Banger, and repeatedly enabling the Aesthetic Archetype all come ahead of her personal damage.

Best Pearl Teams

Mixed teams are something Pearl can hold together, though the more Elation characters you add, the more her kit comes alive.

Silver Wolf LV.999 Elation Team

Silver Wolf LV.999

Yao Guang

Elation Flex

Pearl

Sparxie and Elation Trailblazer are both solid options when you need to fill a flex slot.

Because Pearl can feed an Elation carry extra actions, Punchline, and Certified Banger while keeping Deep Learning active, Silver Wolf LV.999 makes an especially natural Aesthetic Archetype target.

Running four Elation characters also lets Pearl unlock the full 40% multiplier on Dissolve Reason into Elation along with the extra turn her Ultimate grants.

Evanescia Elation Team

Evanescia

Yao Guang

Elation Flex

Pearl

Evanescia hands Pearl one more dedicated Elation carry to aim Deep Learning at. Yao Guang, meanwhile, brings offensive support, and locking in that fourth Elation slot is what keeps Pearl's strongest team-count bonuses intact.

Aventurine • Waveflair Team

Aventurine • Waveflair

Yao Guang

Elation DPS/Flex

Pearl

Because Pearl covers the main sustain slot, Waveflair is free to lean into his offensive Elation role, and nobody has to bring a non-Elation healer just to keep the team alive.

Pearl Eidolons

Best Pearl Eidolons to Pull

E0: Fully functional right away. Her healing, mitigation, cleanse, Deep Learning, and four-Elation extra-turn mechanics are all already online.

E1: The first major stopping point. Slot it into a four-Elation team and it can push up to 60% team Elation, which amounts to a substantial offensive upgrade.

E2: For practical purposes, this is the premium stopping point worth aiming for. Elation DMG goes up, and Pearl's Ultimate reaches more of the team — a boost that shines in full Elation lineups.

E4: A defense-focused Eidolon above all. With more Repellency, Certified Banger operates more efficiently and shaves off a bigger share of the damage headed your way.

E6: The capstone for heavily invested Pearl builds. A 20% All-Type RES PEN acts as a potent multiplier for the whole team, and the added Elation damage on Enhanced Basic attacks lifts her personal output considerably.

E0, E1, or E2 tend to be the stopping points that make sense for the majority of players. Skill levels are what E3 and E5 largely offer, whereas E4 deserves a look when stronger sustain is your specific goal.

Which comes out ahead for Pearl: her Signature Light Cone or an Eidolon?

When Pearl sits at E0, Colors for Tomorrow simplifies her build with a massive DEF bonus, and it also brings healing plus a vulnerability debuff on enemies.

When your Pearl already has DEF and sustain in a comfortable spot, E1 becomes especially attractive for full Elation teams , since the team's Elation stat gets a direct boost from it. From there, anyone planning to invest more can move up to E2 for the bigger Ultimate upgrade.

Here's a practical path to invest:

E0 → E1 → S1 or E2 → E2/E4 → E6

Whether S1 should come before E2 — or the other way around — often comes down to what your account is missing: steadier defense or more aggressive Elation support.

Final Thoughts

Pearl fits players who want an Elation team that never stops pressuring the enemy while still fielding a dedicated sustain unit. For the build, stack DEF and SPD, run Dreamlit Actor, have Certified Banger on hand, and let the Aesthetic Archetype define your main Elation DPS.

Everything lines up once the Elation team is full: the extra turn, a boosted Elation Skill, and Eidolon scaling reinforce one another, and that's exactly where her biggest gains sit.

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