Cyrene vs Tribbie: Which 5-star should you get in Honkai Star Rail 3.7 first half?

Cyrene and Tribbie from the Chrysos Heirs of Amphoreus got their featured banner as part of the Honkai Star Rail 3.7 phase 1. Both are support characters who focus on buffing their teammates, and if you did not opt to pull for Tribbie during her previous banners, you might be stuck with a big question on who is the better investment.

This article will measure each of the two characters to determine who is the better pick between Cyrene and Tribbie in Honkai Star Rail 3.7 update's first half.

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Cyrene vs Tribbie: Who is the more worthy pull in Honkai Star Rail 3.7 first half?

Here is a breakdown of what each character does, how much investment you need, and what utility they bring to ultimately determine which character is better to pick from the Honkai Star Rail 3.7 phase 1 banners.

Cyrene in HSR (Image via HoYoverse)

• Investment: Cyrene and Tribbie are great support characters, but the former requires you to invest in her Eidolons to make her consistent. Tribbie lacks these restrictions and can even perform at S0. She can also be built purely on HP, while you will need to build Cyrene with some speed and Crit stats.

• Versatility: Cyrene is not at all versatile when it comes to team options. She requires you to pair her up with Chrysos Heirs with memosprites (Castorice, Trailblazer, Hyacine), as they are the only ones who can help her quickly build up her ultimate stacks. While the buffs she gives are substantial, this makes her hard to use in most team setups. But Tribbie does not have any mechanics like that, and she can be a great fit for almost every team in Honkai Star Rail, making her a universal support.
• Buffs: Cyrene can provide a lot of buffs to the team, including attack and crit rate boosts. Besides that, she can also provide unique buffs to each of the Chrysos Heirs, making her exclusive to those characters. Tribbie, meanwhile, provides RES PEN and vulnerability boosts. Both of them can also deal damage.

Tribbie is easily the better pick compared to Cyrene, given how flexible she is. She can easily slot into most teams in the game, while the Daughter of Aedes Elysiae struggles in anything except Chrysos Heir exclusive squads, specifically those that can use Memosprites. You will also need to invest in Cyrene's Eidolons to make her work consistently due to how her ultimate functions.

Tribbie, meanwhile, provides more value, giving universal RES PEN (Resistance Penetration) and also debuffing enemies with her ultimate. Her buffs are also more consistent, and she does not rely on Chrysos Heir characters to get back her ultimate charge.

Cyrene is not a bad character per se, but you do need quite a lot of investment, and given that Tribbie is also rerunning as part of the Honkai Star Rail 3.7 update's phase 1 banners, you should try to get the latter if you do not have her.