by There are many new features introduced in version 2.0 of Honkai Star Rail and Black Swan (also known as Black Swan) is one of the most interesting, especially for those who love characters specialized in Damage Over Time (or DoT). as is my case.
This character is of the Wind element and of course of the Path of Nihility and has an incredible ability to cause a lot of Damage over Time and can also greatly increase this type of damage for herself, so if you are one of mine and you They really like characters specialized in the application of DoTs, get ready to be surprised by this character.
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That being said, let’s get to the in-depth guide to Black Swan!
ATTRIBUTES OR STATISTICS
These are the Attributes or Stats that Black Swan will have at the highest level:
- HP: 1087
- ATK: 660
- DEF: 485
- SPEED: 102
- Taunt: 100
The truth is that his statistics do not stand out too much, in fact, they are practically identical to those of Ruan Mei . The most notable thing would be her attack, but come on, there are other DPS characters that surpass her by a lot in this regard.
BLACK SWAN SKILLS
These are all Black Swan Skills. The numbers/percentages are the ones at the lowest level:
BASIC ATK: ORCHID NEEDLE
- Energy Recovery: 20
- Weakness Break: 30
Deals 30% Wind Damage (based on ATK, like his entire kit) to a single enemy of your choice and there is a 50% Base Chance of applying 1 stack of “Sacramento” (we explain what this is below) to the aim. Additionally, if the target is affected by Weathering, Bleeding, Burning, or Electrocution (the Damage Over Time of Wind, Physical, Fire, and Electrical), you have the same chance to apply an additional stack of “Sacrament.”
TALENT
We’ve added the Talent higher than normal to make the other skills easier to understand.
Every time an enemy takes damage from a DoT at the start of their turn, they have a 72.5% chance to have a stack of “Sacramento” applied to them.
Enemies affected by Sacrament will receive, at the start of their turn, 96% Wind Damage and for each stack of Sacrament, this damage will increase by 4.8%; we can get a total of 50 Sacramento accumulations. The only thing is that when the enemy receives the DoT , the accumulations will drop to 1 (which prevents us from accumulating them to infinity).
Additionally, upon reaching a certain number of accumulations, we will obtain the following bonuses:
- 3 or more stacks : We will cause 72% Wind Damage to adjacent enemies and have a Base Chance of 50% of applying a stack of Sacrament to them.
- 7 or more stacks : The DoT the enemy receives will ignore 20% of their Defense.
BASIC SKILL: DECAY, FALSE TWILIGHT
- Basic Skill Point Consumption: 1
- Energy Recovery: 30
- Weakness Break: 60 to the target and 30 to adjacent ones.
Deals 45% Wind Damage to the target and adjacent enemies. In addition, we will have a 100% base chance of applying a stack of “Sacramento” to each of the enemies and also another 100% base chance of adding a debuff that reduces their Defense by 14.8% for 3 turns.
ULTIMATE SKILL: REJOICING IN THE EMBRACE OF ANOTHER WORLD
- Energy Cost: 120
- Energy Recovery: 5
- Weakness Break: 60 in area.
Deals 72% Wind Damage to all enemies on the battlefield and applies a debuff called “Epiphany” to them for 2 turns that will increase the damage enemies take on their turn (Damage Over Time activates on the enemy’s turn). enemy) by 15%. In addition, Sacrament will be considered as Weathering, Bleeding, Burning and Electrocution (so we can activate this damage with Kafka and take advantage of the damage bonuses to these types of damage that some Cones of Light offer).
Additionally, every time an enemy takes damage from Sacrament, the one-stack reset we mentioned in the Talent will be ignored (we marked it in bold and everything), but this can only happen once during the duration of “Epiphany” (if you renew the effect restarts).
TECHNIQUE
After using the technique, upon entering battle there will be a 150% Base Chance to apply a stack of Sacrament to enemies. After this, you will try again to apply Sacrament to each enemy as many times as possible, but on each attempt the Base Application Chance will be reduced by 50%.
TRACE SKILLS
We can unlock them in the Traces when we reach a certain Ascension Level.
- Ascension Level 2
- When hitting a single enemy with the Basic Skill that is affected by Weathering, Bleeding, Burning, or Electrocution, there will be a 65% Base Chance of obtaining an additional charge of Sacrament (one charge can be obtained for each different state, 1 for Weathering , one for Bleeding… etc).
- Ascension Level 4
- When an ally applies a DoT to an enemy through an attack, there is a 65% Base Chance that they will gain a stack of Sacrament. This can occur a maximum of 3 times per attack.
- Ascension Level 6
- Black Swan’s damage is increased by an amount equal to 60% of its Effect Hit, up to a maximum of a 72% increase. To reach this 72% Damage Increase, we need 120% Effect Hit .
EIDOLON
These are the improvements that the character obtains through the Eidolon:
- E1 : When Black Swan is active on the battlefield, enemies affected by Weathering, Bleeding, Burning, or Electrocution statuses will have a 25% RES reduction to the element to which the DoT belongs.
- E2 : When eliminating an enemy that has Sacrament applied, there is a 100% Base Chance to apply 6 stacks of Sacrament to adjacent enemies.
- E3 : +2 levels to Basic Skill and Talent.
- E4 : During the Epiphany state (the one we apply with the Ultimate), the RES to Effect of the enemies is reduced by 10% and when an enemy’s turn begins or when an enemy is defeated, Black Swan gains 8 points of Energy. This can only occur once during Epiphany and resets when we reapply it.
- E5 : +2 levels to the Ultimate Skill and +1 to the Basic Attack.
- E6 : When Black Swan’s teammates attack the enemy, there is a 65% Base Chance that the teammate’s hits will apply Sacrament. When Black Swan applies Sacrament, there is a 50% Fixed Chance to apply an additional stack.
THE BEST BLACK SWAN BUILD
A fairly typical Build for characters focused on Damage Over Time, only in the case of Black Swan, she needs a huge amount of Effect Hit to be able to guarantee the application of her Debuffs / DoTs and to obtain a large increase in the process of damage thanks to its last trace. Remember that we will obtain the greatest increase in damage when we reach 120% Effect Hit (which is not exactly low).
BEST LIGHT CONES
These are the best Light Cones for Black Swan ordered from best to worst (they are all highly recommended anyway) and trying to add both 5 star and 4 star options. Here we will list the effects in Level 1 Overlay.
Reconstructed Memories
+40% Effect Success. When dealing damage to an enemy affected by Weathering, Burning, Bleeding, or Electrocution, the wearer gains 1 stack of “Prophet” up to a maximum of 4 stacks (only 1 can be obtained per status). Each stack of Prophet increases ATK by 5%. The Damage Over Time dealt ignores 7.2% of the enemy’s Defense.
You just have to wait
+24% Damage, each attack of the wielder will increase their Speed by 4.8% (maximum 3 stacks) and 100% Base Chance to affect enemies with “Erosion”, a Damage Over Time that is considered Electrocution that will cause a 60% Lightning Damage for 1 turn. Erosion cannot accumulate.
Incessant Rain
+24% Effect Hit, +12 Critical Chance when attacking an enemy that has 3 or more debuffs and when using the Basic or Ultimate Skill, we will have a 100% chance of applying a bug to a hit enemy that will increase the damage which he receives 12% for 1 turn; cannot be stacked, only 1 per enemy.
Prey Vision
+20% Effect Hit and +24% DoTs Damage (Damage Over Time).
Before the Mission Begins
+20% Effect Hit and the user generates 4 energy points when attacking an enemy that has a Defense reduction debuff applied.
Good night, sleep well
+12% damage for each debuff the enemy you hit has (also applies to DoTs damage). Stacks 3 times.
Curtain up
When the wielder inflicts a debuff on an enemy, they gain +6% Damage for 1 turn that can stack up to 3 times. +20% ATK if the wearer has 80% Effect Hit or higher.
BEST ARTIFACTS AND ORNAMENTS
We will start with the Artifacts and Ornaments. These are the statistics that we recommend to improve this character to the maximum.
- Torso : Effect Hit.
- Legs : SPEED.
- Plane Sphere : Wind Damage.
- Binding Rope : ATK%.
The substats:
- Effect Hit.
- ATK%.
- VEL.
- Break Effect.
- ATK.
His best Artifact Sets are without a doubt the following:
Isolated Prisoner
2 Pieces: +12% ATK. 4 Pieces: 6% of the enemy’s Defense is ignored for each Damage Over Time state it has, maximum 3 stacks.
It is the set that will increase our Damage over Time the most and therefore it is the best we can equip it.
Now your best Ornament Set:
Pangalactic Business Entity
+10% Effect Hit and increases the wearer’s attack by an amount equal to 25% of their Effect Hit (maximum +25% ATK).
Since we need huge amounts of Effect Hit on this character, this would be his best option since it will help us increase this statistic and in the process we will obtain 25% ATK (or that is the idea if you build it well).
BEST TEAMS
As is obvious, Black Swan is an ideal character for teams based on Damage Over Time , especially alongside Kafka. However, she can work without the need to go alongside Kafka, although suffice to say that together they are an incredible combo.
TEAMS WITH KAFKA
Their best teams without a doubt:
KAFKA
BLACK SWAN
RUAN MEI
HUOHUO
KAFKA
BLACK SWAN
SAMPO
HUOHUO
KAFKA
BLACK SWAN
GUINAIFEN
HUOHUO
Fu Xuan is also a good choice. It provides greater survival, but we will take better advantage of Huohuo’s boosts. This also applies to teams without Kafka.
TEAMS WITHOUT KAFKA
Less powerful, but also viable:
BLACK SWAN
SAMPO
RUAN MEI
HUOHUO
BLACK SWAN
GUINAIFEN
RUAN MEI
HUOHUO
BLACK SWAN
GUINAIFEN
POLE
HUOHUO
F2P TEAMS
BLACK SWAN
KAFKA
POLE
LYNX
BLACK SWAN
GUINAIFEN
POLE
LYNX
For the sustain slot you can use the character you prefer.
ASCENSION MATERIALS
These are the Character Ascension and Trail Materials that Black Swan needs:
- Core Off.
- Fiery Spirit.
- Elevated Vestiges (Paralyzed Shadow – Form of the Celestial).
- Past Grievances of the Planet-Devouring Catastrophe ( Skaracabaz ).
- Traces of Destiny (for the highest level).
