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If you want your Yukong to be a support character or a DPS monster, we’ve got two options for the best Yukong build for you.
Yukong is a popular but tricky character to make the most of in Honkai Star Rail, that’s why we put together this guide to help you build the best Yukong possible.
Yukong has a very high skill ceiling due to having to juggle buffs, low base stats, and a high Ultimate Energy cost. At low levels she is quite a weak character, but as you surpass Level 60 and beyond she is an extremely powerful late game character. Especially if you manage to get her Majestas Trace! (Renegerates 2 Energy every time an ally takes an action)
A key point to understand about Yukong is that her base stats are not very impressive. Yukong has one of the lowest base DEF and HP stats of the currently available characters. This can make Yukong quite squishy if you do not build her correctly. In addition her Ultimate Energy Cost is 130, putting her in the higher end.
That said, Yukong’sspeed (SPD)is 107, making her one of top five quickest characters in Honkai Star Rail in version 1.3. She also offers her party a buff to ATK, CRIT Rate and Crit DMG. Plus, she’s also one of the most attractive and elegant characters, and a popularHonkai Star Rail cosplaychoice.
Best Yukong Build - Light Cones
The two best options focus on different parts of Yukong’s kit, Break Effect and party stats buffs.
Memories of the Past - Break everyone
Memories of the Past is a 4-star non-Battle Pass Light Cone which you can get from Regular Event Warps.Memories of the Pastfocuses on Yukong wearing down enemy’s Toughness via Break Effect swiftly, so the rest of your party can make use of her Skill and Ultimate DMG buffs to finish them off.
Yukong’sSeven Layers, One Arrow, talent means every second Normal Attack will deal double Toughness DMG (60). If you combine this with her ultimate which deals 90 Toughness DMG, one Yukong build focuses on destroying enemy Toughness to trigger a Weakness Break. Be aware this is not going to look like massive DMG but it is going to Break their Toughness.
Imaginary alongside Quantum, has the lowest Break Base DMG of any of the elements in Honkai Star Rail. The difference is quite vast, with Physical and Fire dealing four times as much Break Base DMG as Imaginary and Quantum.
However, the Break Effect is what we care about not the DMG, and the debuff after of Imprisonment delays enemy action by 30% and reduces theirSpeed (SPD)by 10%. Very nice indeed!
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Carve the Moon, Weave the Clouds - Buff Queen
Carve the Moon, Weave the Clouds plays on Yukong’s ability to buff both ATK and CRIT. Yukong’s buff “Roaring Bowstrings” increases ATK while her Ultimate increase CRIT Rate and Crit DMG.
The Carve the Moon, Weave the Clouds Light Cones then stacks an additional 10% ATK, 12% CRIT DMG or 6% Energy Regeneration Rate. The effect will rotate whenever Yukong starts a new turn.
But the Battle Isn’t Over - A Dream 5-star Light Cone for Yukong
But the Battle Isn’t Over is a dream scenario for a Yukong Light Cone, but given it’s a 5-star there is a chance you may never get a hold of it. It works well because Yukong’s Skill Emboldening Salvo gives 40% ATK increase to her next two-party members, so But the Battle Isn’t Over Light Cone adds an additional 30% DMG on top of that. It also helps regenerate Energy for Yukong’s Ultimate which is a whole party buff.
Best Yukong Build - Relics
Best Yukong build Ornaments
It’s easy to forget about Ornaments but with our Relics either focusing on DMG, ATK or CRIT, we want our ornaments to ideally address Yukong’s weak base stats. We can also make use of her Technique Chasing the Wind to ensure we get buffs before entering battle. These two options allow you to pick between HP and party ATK buff or Energy regeneration and Advanced Forward.
Yukong kit in Honkai Star Rail
For context here’s Yukong’s kit which has a few little hidden strengths, such as the double Toughness DMG on every other second Basic ATK thanks to her Talent Seven Layers, One Arrow.
