by Blade is a five-star character that belongs to the Path of Destruction in Honkai Star Rail , he holds the role of DPS and stands out for inflicting a fairly high amount of damage at the cost of sacrificing a good part of his life bar almost constant.
For a character of the Path of Destruction, he has very positive aspects that are usually related to other Paths such as Erudite and Hunting in this case, since he has a fairly high Ultimate Damage while being able to execute Additional Attacks. and has quite a few attacks that hit in area.
This sounds very positive at first, but it is a character that consumes a large amount of his HP almost constantly and even if he has certain aspects in his kit that allow him to heal a certain part of his HP himself, it will not be enough and we will need a healer to support him constantly.
In this post we will see a complete analysis of this character and of course his best Builds , Cones of Light, Artifacts, Ornaments and others. Let’s go there!
ATTRIBUTES OR STATS
These are the Attributes or Stats that Blade will have at maximum level (80):
- HP: 1358
- ATK: 543
- DEF: 485
- SPD: 97
He stands out for having a much higher amount of HP than the rest of the characters in the Way of Destruction , which is great for us because this character takes a lot of HP and scales part of his damage based on said statistic, but in exchange, its Base ATK and SPD leave a bit to be desired.
BLADE SKILLS
These are all of Blade’s Skills. The numbers/percentages are what you have at the lowest level:
BASIC ATK: FRAGMENT SWORD
Deal 50% Wind Damage to a single enemy of your choice.
BASIC ABILITY: HELLISH PANORAMA
- Basic Skill Point Consumption: 1
When casting this Basic Ability, Blade will consume 30% of his max HP to increase the damage he deals to enemies by 12% while empowering his Basic Attacks for 3 turns (these empowered Basic Attacks are renamed Forest of Blades ).
It’s pretty similar to Qingque ‘s Basic Ability , only instead of consuming a bunch of Basic Ability points, we’ll be consuming Blade’s HP. As with Qingque’s ability, when Blade uses his, it doesn’t end his turn. This ability cannot be used again until the effects wear off.
EMPOWERED BASIC ATK: FOREST OF SWORDS
Every time you make a Basic Attack powered by Blade, it will lose 10% of its HP to deal Wind Damage proportional to 20% of its ATK + 50% of its max HP to an enemy; adjacent enemies also take damage from this attack, but to a lesser extent (8% of Blade’s ATK + 20% of its max HP).
One very negative aspect of Blade is that it will not generate any Basic Ability points when attacking with these empowered Basic Attacks . Also, if Blade’s HP falls below 10% when using this ability, he will drop to 1 HP.
ULTIMATE ABILITY: DEATH SENTENCE
- Energy Cost: 130
When using this Ultimate, Blade’s HP increases or decreases until it reaches just 50% of his max HP. After this, execute an attack that deals high Wind Damage to an enemy based on 24% of its ATK + 60% of its max HP + 60% of the HP it has lost throughout the battle, the Enemies adjacent to the target will also take damage, but less (9.6% of its ATK + 24% of its max HP + 24% of the HP it has lost throughout the battle).
The lost HP count used to calculate Blade’s Ultimate damage cannot exceed 90% of his max HP; In addition, using this ability will reset the count.
TALENT: SHUHU’S GIFT
This Talent allows Blade to get a stack of charge every time he loses HP or every time he takes damage (from an enemy attack he can only get one stack, even if that attack deals more than one hit), Blade can have 5 stacks of charge as maximum.
When he reaches these 5 stacks, Blade will regenerate 25% of his HP on his own and will also deal a Bonus Attack to all enemies dealing Wind Damage equal to 22% of their ATK + 55% of their max HP .
TECHNIQUE: KARMIC WIND
We can use this Technique to hit enemies and enter combat, doing so will cause Blade to lose 20% of its HP and deal Wind Damage to all enemies on the field based on 40% of its ATK.
Be careful with the amount of HP Blade has when using this Technique, as if he has less than 20%, his HP will be reduced by one point.
ADDITIONAL SKILLS
We can unlock them in the Strokes upon reaching a certain Ascension Level.
- Ascension Level 2 – Infinite Life
- When Blade’s HP is at 50% or less, the healing he receives will be 20% more effective.
- Ascension Tier 4 – Incessant Deaths
- If Blade uses his empowered Basic Attack against an enemy that is afflicted with a Weakness Break, Blade will recover 5% of their HP + 100.
- Ascension Level 6 – Destructive Cyclone
- +20% damage to Blade Talent’s Bonus Attack.
EIDOLON
These are the improvements that the character obtains through the Eidolon:
- E1 – The Sword Through Hell : The damage from Blade’s Ultimate Ability increases his damage additionally by 150% of the HP he has lost throughout the battle.
- E2 – A Thousand Sorrows for a Broken Dream : +15% Critical Chance for Blade when under the effects of his Basic Ability.
- E3 – Tempered Steel to Bleed Shadows : +2 levels to Ultimate and Talent.
- E4 – Denied By Death, Infected By Life : When his HP drops to half or less, his amount of Max HP is increased by 20% (this effect can be stacked 2 times).
- E5 – Death in the Eyes of the Ten Leaders : +2 levels to Basic Ability and +1 level to Basic Attack.
- E6 – Rebirth into an Empty Body : Reduces the number of Blade’s stack stacks to 4. Additionally, Blade’s Extra Attack damage is increased by an amount equal to 50% of his Max HP.
His Eidolons are mainly based on increasing the damage produced by Blade, with the exception of E2 that gives him an increase in CRIT Chance when under the effects of his Basic Ability, which can be very useful if we take Blade with the Artifact Set called Long-lived Disciple.
THE BEST BLADE BUILD
In this case, the build that we propose for Blade will be aimed at increasing the damage produced by it, so it will be very similar to other DPS; What changes the most compared to other characters is that we will need to focus a lot on raising his HP as much as possible.
BEST LIGHT CONES
These are the best Light Cones for Blade sorted from best to worst (they all come highly recommended anyway) and trying to add both 5-star and 4-star options. Here we will list the effects in Level 1 Overlay.
- Unreachable Shore ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: +18% to CRIT Chance and max HP. of the bearer. If its user receives an enemy attack or loses HP, the damage it deals will increase by 24% (this effect is lost after launching an attack).
- Secret Oath ⭐⭐⭐⭐: +20% damage and +20% additional damage if the enemy we attack has a % of max HP higher than our character’s.
- Something Irreplaceable ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: +24% ATK and when receiving damage or eliminating an enemy we will heal 8% of ATK as Life and increase Damage by +24% until the end of its next turn (only 1 time per turn ).
- About the Fall of an Aeon ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: +8% ATK each time you make an attack for the entire battle and maximum 4 stacks. Breaking an enemy’s weakness also increases damage by 12% for 2 turns.
- Under Blue Sky ⭐⭐⭐⭐: +16% ATK and +12% CRIT Chance when defeating an enemy for 3 turns.
- No Escape ⭐⭐⭐⭐: +24% to the bearer’s ATK. When killing an enemy, restores HP in proportion to 12% of its ATK.
BEST ARTIFACTS AND ORNAMENTS
We will start with the Artifacts and Ornaments. These are the statistics that we recommend for each piece to increase the damage of their attacks.
- Torso : CRIT Chance or CRIT Damage.
- Legs : SPD or PV%.
- Plane Sphere : Wind Damage or HP%.
- Union chord : PV%.
Substats:
- Prob. CRIT.
- CRIT Damage
- HP %.
- SPEED
- RES to Effect.
Regarding sets of artifacts, we have the following two options:
Long-lived Disciple
- 2 pieces : +12% HP.
- 4 pieces : +8% to CRIT Chance for 2 turns when the wearer is attacked or the wearer’s HP is consumed by an ally (including the character equipped with this set), this effect can be stacked 2 times.
Which seems to us to be the best option overall, but the following would also be an option.
twilight eagle
- 2 pieces : +10% Wind Damage.
- 4 pieces : When the wielder of this artifact set uses their Ultimate, their next turn will be advanced by 25%.
And now his best Ornament Sets:
Taikiyan Laser Stadium
- 2 pieces : The wearer’s CRIT Chance is increased by 8%. If their CRIT Chance reaches 70% or higher, the wearer of this Ornament Set will increase their Basic ATK and Basic Ability damage by 20%.
Getting to 70% Critical Chance can be challenging, but if we equip Blade with his Cone of Light, a torso with CRIT Chance as a primary stat, and add the 8% that this base set provides, it is possible to achieve it without much effort.
Blade does not deal damage with his Basic Ability, because it only serves to increase his damage and boost his Basic Attacks, but we are very interested in increasing the damage of the latter, because we will be executing them constantly.
inert salsotto
- 2 pieces : +8% to CRIT Chance. When the amount of CRIT Chance of the wearer of this set of ornaments reaches 50% or more, the damage dealt by the Ultimate and Extra Attacks are increased by 15%.
Blade’s Ultimate deals a tremendous amount of Wind Damage, so it can go a long way to boost this damage even further by equipping him with the Inert Salsotto Ornament Set. Furthermore, thanks to his Talent, Blade is also able to perform Extra Attacks and will be able to take full advantage of this set.
BEST TEAMS
We will give some examples of equipment and recommended routes , but in the end what you should do is take into account the enemy’s weaknesses when building. In the case of Blade, it will be very necessary to bring a character from the Way of Abundance to control his HP, since almost all of his abilities consume a lot of life.
Composition Single Target
- 1 Destruction : Blade.
- 1 Nihility : Welt , Silver Wolf, or Pela .
- 1 Harmony : Bronya , Yukong or Tingyun .
- 1 Abundance/ Conservation : Luocha , Natasha , March Seven or Trazacaminos Fuego .
Multi-Target Composition
- 1 Destruction : Blade.
- 1 Lore : Jing Yuan , Herta or Serval .
- 1 Harmony/1 Nihility : Yukong , Asta , Silver Wolf, or Sampo .
- 1 Abundance/1 Conservation : Luocha , Bailu , Gepard or March Seven.
ASCENSION MATERIALS
These are the Traces and Character Ascension Materials that Blade needs:
- Immortal Green Sprout.
- Broken Sword.
- Elevated Vestiges.
- ??? (Phantylia the Immortal).
- Footprints of Fate (for the highest level).
