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The best Honkai: Star Rail Asta buildLearn how to build Asta in Honkai: Star Rail
Learn how to build Asta in Honkai: Star Rail
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Asta isn’t the most outstanding character in the game, but she does round out the starter team nicely, and F2P players in particular will probably find themselves wanting to keep her in play. So read on for our bestHonkai: Star RailAsta build advice, including relics, light cones, and more.
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Honkai: Star Rail best Asta build
Asta path and element
Asta follows the path ofThe Harmony, and her specialist role on a team is to provide offensive buffs to aid DPS characters in combat. In particular, her ultimate skill increases the speed of her teammates for two turns after it’s deployed.
Her elemental alignment is withFire, which allows her to apply the Burn debuff to enemies for continuous damage over time.
Best light cone for Asta: But the Battle Isn’t Over
If you’re looking to equip Asta with a 4-star light cone instead, there are plenty of good options. Dance! Dance! and Past and Future are both strong choices for a support-focussed build, but to really make Asta shine, I recommendCarve the Moon, Weave the Clouds. At the beginning of combat and whenever Asta takes an action, a random buff will apply to all of her allies on the field, boosting either their attack, crit damage, or energy rate. The effect lasts until Asta is either knocked down or takes action again to apply another buff. It’s extremely powerful stuff.
Best relics for Asta: Firesmith of Lava-Forging
Unfortunately, there are no relic sets in the game at launch which improve buffing. On the plus side, this means that your Asta support build doesn’t live or die on which relics you pick. Four pieces from theFiresmith of Lava-Forgingset are a strong choice, although far from the only one.
With this set equipped, Asta gets a 10% increase to her Fire damage and a 12% increase to her skill damage, providing a bit of balance to a build that’s been largely focused on her buffing capabilities up until now. This set also adds another 12% to her Fire damage in the turn after she triggers her ultimate, further feeding into the importance of her ult in this build.
For more build advice — this time centred around Honkai: Star Rail’s three actual starter characters — be sure to check out ourTrailblazer,March 7th, andDan Hengbuild guides. And for our thoughts on the best characters in the game at launch, see ourHonkai: Star Rail character tier list.
