Honkai: Star Rail has announced the date for its Version 2.0 Special Program stream. With the latest update coming in a few weeks, many Honkai: Star Rail players are looking forward to exploring Penacony and continuing the main adventure.
03.01.2024 - 12:27 / screenrant.com / Honkai
Xueyi is a 4-Star Destruction character introduced to welcome into 2024. She is the first character on the Destruction path to deal Quantum DMG, making her arrival highly anticipated. Her build centers around collecting Karma with her Talent, slowly building up to an excellent Follow-Up Attack as she widdles down enemy Toughness.
If you want to get Xueyi as a New Year's addition to your roster of characters, the new year is the perfect time to pull for her. Xueyi has a drop rate boost on the Floral Triptych and A Lost Soul character banners running fromDecember 27th, 2023, to January 17th, 2024. Once these banners end, Xueyi will join the pool of other 4-Star characters that can be pulled at any time.
A character's path restricts a character's Light Cone options. Characters can technically use any Light Cone but they will only activate a Light Cone's special ability if their Paths match. Therefore, Xueyi can only use Destruction Light Cones in .
There are a lot of top-tier Light Cones available for Xueyi, but they aren't all made equal for her kit. Her best-fit Light Cone not only has great synergy, but is available to all players through the Herta Store. Xueyi works best with On The Fall Of An Aeon thanks to its 12% DMG bonus for 2 turns when Xueyi inflicts a Weakness Break. The Light Cone also gives 8% ATK each time Xueyi attacks, with a maximum stack of four. Since Xueyi's Ultimate has special rules for a Weakness Break, she can frequently activate the DMG bonus.
Under The Blue Sky is another great choice for Xueyi in thanks to its overall huge bonuses. This Light Cone boosts Xueyi's ATK by 16%. If Xueyi defeats an enemy, she gets a 12% Crit Rate bonus for 3 turns. This requires her to take a stronger DPS role in her team comps and would be a poor choice for teams with a second DPS.
If you don't have Jingliu in , consider giving her signature Light Cone, I Shall Be My Own Sword, to Xueyi. When fully leveled up, this 5-Star Light Cone boosts Crit DMG by 32%. Once an ally gets attacked or otherwise loses HP, Xueyi gets a stack of Eclipse (max of 3) that increases her next attack's DMG by 24%. If Xueyi has all three stacks, she can also ignore 20% of her enemy's DEF (a skill that synergizes well with her Ultimate).
For a quick overview of the best build for Xueyi, take a look at the table below:
Best Build For Xueyi In Honkai: Star Rail
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When you're deciding on the best Relics for Xueyi, you can go down one of three routes with one of three different Relic sets. The first is the classic choice for Quantum characters; the Genius of Brilliant Stars set. At two pieces, Xueyi gets a 10% Quantum DMG bonus. At four pieces, her
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