by « Planetary Encounter » is a Cone of Light belonging to the Way of Harmony in Honkai Star Rail and stands out for being very good for monoelement teams or teams in which the vast majority of their characters share the element of the bearer of this cone. It can be obtained randomly by performing a jump on the Normal Jump banner, Cone of Light Event banner, or Character Event banner.
Why is it good for single element equipment? Because by having it equipped we will grant an elemental bonus for the entire group depending on the element that the bearer of this cone belongs to. If, for example, we put it on Tingyun, the whole group will gain an Electro Damage Bonus (including herself).
The good thing about this Cone of Light compared to others, such as ” The Past and Future “, is that its bonus covers the entire battle and does not need any preconditions to activate. The bad part is that it greatly conditions the formation of the team, since we will need at least the Main DPS to have the same element as the bearer of this cone.
ATTRIBUTES OR STATISTICS OF “PLANETARY ENCOUNTER”
Let’s start looking at its basic attributes, keep in mind that we will give you the data it has at level 80 (the maximum):
- HP : 1058
- ATK : 423
- DEF : 330
Now we go with the passive that is what really interests us:
- S1 : When a character deals Elemental Damage of the same type as the bearer of this Cone of Light, the damage dealt is increased by 12%.
- S5 : When a character deals Elemental Damage of the same type as the bearer of this Cone of Light, the damage dealt is increased by 24%.
This Cone of Light will allow us to increase the damage of any action that deals elemental damage of the same type as that of the bearer of this cone by 12% during the entire combat for the entire team, although it will only be useful to those characters whose element correspond to that of the bearer of «Planetary Encounter». Another curiosity about this Cone of Light is that the bearer of this Cone of Light himself also receives the Elemental Damage Bonus.
In S1 the bonus is not too big, but this is due to the fact that more than one party member can take advantage of the effect and it applies permanently to all team members. This makes the effect much more usable than other Cones of Light that only increase damage for one turn and under certain conditions.
The bad thing is that we will have to configure our team around it to be able to take advantage of it; due to this, the character that takes the position of Main DPS must have the same element as the bearer of this Cone of Light (and if you change equipment and it no longer matches, remember to change this Cone of Light for another).
WHICH CHARACTER DO I EQUIP IT TO?
It can be usable by any character in the Way of Harmony as long as they have a strong Main DPS to boost up; we can equip it on these characters under certain circumstances:
Asta will be one of the characters that gets the most performance out of this Cone of Light. It can be very useful for her and her companions if we form a team in which we also include other characters of the Fire Element such as Hook or Himeko for example.
The reason why Asta can take advantage of it more than other Path of Harmony characters is because with her Basic Ability she does decent damage and because she is also very good at creating Weakness Breaks, while other characters in Path of Harmony this way they can only support or give bonuses with their Basic Ability.
The point of all this is that not only would we be giving the Fire Damage Bonus to Himeko and Hook, but Asta himself would also receive it and thus we could boost the Fire Elemental Damage of the entire team.
Tingyun can be a very good candidate for this Cone of Light if we team her up as a buff for characters like Jing Yuan or Serval , as both characters deal Area of Lightning Damage with their abilities and will be able to get a lot of use out of the damage boost. that this Cone of Light will grant throughout the battle.
A small detail that makes Tingyun take advantage of this Cone of Light a little more than other characters (although it is not too relevant), is that she can make an ally that is under the effects of her Basic Ability deal additional Lightning Damage even if this is not your element.
These are other characters that can take advantage of the bonuses of this Cone of Light:
- Bronya : In her case, the Cone of Light called «Past and Future» suits her better because it adapts great to her skill kit and she can use it under any type of team, but we can use «Planetary Encounter» on a team in the that we take Bronya accompanied by Dan Heng and Sampo .
- Yukong : It is a very good Cone of Light if we go together with Welt or even Luocha
