Best Himeko builds for Honkai Star Rail: Abilities and equipment explained

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Honkai Star Rail is a new action RPG from HoYoverse that features many playable characters. Of the several launch characters available in the permanent standard banner is Himeko, a fire DPS unit boasting insane damage combos with flashy attacks despite being a genius scientist. She can be obtained via a random drop chance when you summon a 5-star character in a banner and is a very specialized AoE unit.

This article will discuss her best build and gear at the time of writing this article.

Note: This article reflects the author’s opinions and is subjective in nature.

Following the path of Erudition, Himeko is a Fire elemental unit 5-star unit that prefers to dish out a massive area of effect damage to foes on the battlefield. Her skill, Molten Detonation, is an AoE attack against three individual targets, scaling on her ATK stat.

Additionally, her ultimate - Heavenly Flare unleashes an explosive laser beam from the skies to annihilate enemies present in the field, dealing an impressive amount of Fire damage and regenerating 10 Energy for her in the process.

But perhaps the most useful skill for Himeko is her Talent named Victory Rush, which will deal AoE damage against all opponents for every three Weakness Breaks.

While builds in general on Honkai Star Rail may vary according to the player, a generalized list of variables for each of her upgrades and gear are listed below in descending order of priority:

Choosing Relics with improved Attack and Critical Hit is recommended for more DPS. Break Effect % is another useful skill if players choose to use the Victory Rush Talent more often.

Himeko is an AoE specialist in Star Rail and prefers Bronya and Pela for support, along with Bailu as the go-to healer for the ultimate build.