by ” Instant Etched in Fire ” is a five-star Cone of Light that does not match the vast majority of the characters of the Path of Erudite in Honkai Star Rail , since its objective is to enhance the Ultimate Skill of its bearer instead. of the damage of his Additional Attacks.
This Cone of Light is quite similar to another four-star cone called “Today is Another Quiet Day”, which also provides an increase in damage based on the amount of maximum energy that its bearer’s Ultimate Skill has.
Today is Another Quiet Day
+0.2% Damage for each point of the wearer’s Maximum Energy up to a maximum of 160 points.
Honestly, this Cone of Light is not worth the effort if you already have “Today is Another Quiet Day”, since the increased damage of this Cone of Light affects all the damage of its bearer while that of “Recorded Instant” “Fire” only affects the damage of the Ultimate Skill, which will not be very convenient for many characters on this Path.
ATTRIBUTES OR STATISTICS OF “INSTANT RECORDED IN FIRE”
Let’s start by looking at its basic attributes, keep in mind that we will give you the data that it has at level 80 (the maximum):
- HP : 1058.
- ATK : 582.
- DEF : 463.
Next, we will see the benefits that the passive of this Cone of Light brings us:
- S1 : +36% to Critical Damage. +0.36% to Ultimate Skill damage per point of maximum energy (180 points maximum).
- S5 : +60% to Critical Damage. +0.6% to Ultimate Skill damage per point of maximum energy (180 points maximum).
Like Jing Yuan’s quintessential Cone of Light “Before Dawn”, it gives us +36% Critical Damage which will be great for boosting the damage of any unit of the Way of Erudite.
Before dawn
+36% CRIT Damage and +8% Damage from Basic Skill and Ultimate Skill. When using the Basic or Ultimate Skill, increases the Damage of the wielder’s next Additional Attack by 48%.
The second part of the passive increases the damage of its bearer’s Ultimate Skill based on the maximum amount of energy they spend, therefore, it is best to equip it on characters who have a fairly high Ultimate Skill cost and whose main source of damage is said ability.
For each point the damage of said skill will increase by +0.36%, if for example our character has 140 points of maximum energy in his Ultimate Skill, the damage of this will increase by 50.4%, which is an amount to take into account (its maximum, which would be 180 points, would grant a damage increase of 64.8%). These would be more examples of damage based on maximum energy and Cone overlap.
- S1 (120 Maximum Energy) : +43.2% Ultimate Skill damage.
- S1 (140 Maximum Energy) : +50.4%.
- S1 (180 Maximum Energy) : +64.8%.
- S5 (120 Maximum Energy) : +72% Ultimate Skill damage.
- S5 (140 Maximum Energy) : +84%.
- S5 (180 Maximum Energy) : +108%.
WHAT CHARACTER DID I EQUIP IT TO?
That said, it will only be worth equipping it on characters who have an Ultimate Skill that deals a lot of damage and whose maximum energy cost is quite high:
Argenti ‘s entire kit revolves around his Ultimate Skill, since it generates devastating damage if we cast it while consuming double the energy. Additionally, this character cannot perform Additional Attacks, so the high damage increase focused solely on this ability is great for us.
Argenti’s Ultimate Skill has a maximum energy cost of 180 points, thus being able to reach the maximum damage that can be granted through the passive of this Cone of Light.
Himeko is a character who makes very few Additional Attacks due to the activation requirements of said attacks, which require three stacks of her Talent to activate, therefore, in the end we do more damage with her Ultimate Skill, which does a lot of damage to all the enemies in the field.
His maximum energy cost is 120, it is not too high compared to other characters, but it represents an increase of +43.2% to his Ultimate Skill and will benefit us a lot, since after all this skill is your main source of damage.
Other characters who can take advantage of this Cone of Light:
- Qingque : Her Ultimate Skill deals a lot of damage and has a maximum energy cost of 140 points, so she could be a good candidate for this Cone of Light, but her main source of damage lies in her boosted Basic Attacks.
- Jing Yuan : He also has an Ultimate Skill that generates a lot of damage and hits all enemies on the field, which has a maximum energy cost of 130 points. The problem is that a Cone of Light that can increase his damage in general will be better, since although his Ultimate Skill does a lot of damage, we should not leave aside his Additional Attacks, which are the most damaging part of this character.
