Honkai Star Rail‘s cast of powerful characters has a few characters that are best at hitting single targets for significant damage. Sometimes you want to spread the damage over a wider area. Jing Yuan is perfect for that. Here is our guide on the Relics, Light Cones, Eidolons and abilities you’ll want to utilize to create the best build for Jing Yuan in Honkai Star Rail.
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Best build for Jing Yuan in Honkai Star Rail: Relics, Light Cones, Eidolons and Abilities
Jing Yuan electrifies the battlefield with expansive attacks. His enemies get a real charge out of that. Especially after you power him up, he provides openings so other players can move in for the kill.
To best improve Jing Yuan, focus on enhancing his elemental area attacks. Remember that he is an Erudition Path character and let that inform your choices.
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For his Relic, mix the Band of Sizzling Thunder set and the Celestial Differentiator set. This effective pairing grants a 10% boost to Lightning damage, combined with an 8% increase to the wearer’s Crit Rate, plus a 20% enhancement to Basic ATK and Skill DMG when the Crit Rate reaches 80% or higher.
The ideal Light Cone is Before Dawn. It generates an impressive 32% increase to Crit DMG, along with a 20% boost to skill and ultimate damage. It’s especially useful because when the wearer uses either a skill or an ultimate, they gain Somnus Corpus for a follow-up attack, increasing damage by 48%. If you don’t have that gear and your aim is to play without paying, The Seriousness of Breakfast is a solid option that gradually increases damage dealt up to a maximum of 16%.
Some of the Jing Yuan’s best abilities allow him to quickly follow up on any initial strike. That’s useful when an enemy got hit once and needs just a little more attention. The Lightbringer ultimate ability hits all enemies for Lightning DMG equivalent to 120% of Jing Yuan’s ATK. It also increases the attack count by three in the next round.
Jing Yuan’s Eidolons increase the already impressive effects noted above. Slash, Cliffs Severed is the first Eidolon acquired. It increases the damage multiplier on enemies next to the target by 25%. Other Eidolons increase damage inflicted, improve attack level, and even restore energy. This ensures Jing Yuan can weaken the enemy party early on and keep pressing the advantage until every last foe perishes.
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