by « Secret Oath » is one of the best four-star Cones of Light within the Destruction Track on Honkai Star Rail ; This cone stands out for increasing the general damage of our characters and especially benefits those who lose a lot of HP throughout the fight.
It is a really versatile weapon, since its passive increases the overall damage of any character that belongs to this Path by 20%, only this effect can be doubled if we attack an enemy that has a higher % HP left. to that of the bearer of this Cone of Light in his life bar.
As you can see, although it is a more usable effect for characters who lose HP when using their abilities or for those who focus enemy attacks on them when taunting enemies, it is a condition that can really be reached by any character who suffers from certain damage throughout the battle; In any case, we will always have the 20% bonus for any character that wears this cone.
It reminds me a lot of another Cone of Light from the Path of Erudite called « The Solemnity of Breakfast » which also stands out for its versatility and increases the general damage of any character you equip it to, only the damage bonus of « Secret Oath” is much juicier than this other one.
ATTRIBUTES OR STATS OF “SECRET OATH”
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 : 476
- DEF : 264
Now we go with the passive that is what really interests us:
- S1 : +20% damage and +20% additional damage if the enemy we attack has a % of max HP. superior to our character.
- S5 : +40% damage and +40% additional damage if the enemy we attack has a % of max HP. superior to our character.
When we equip “Secret Oath” to any character of the Path of Destruction, it will increase the damage of all their attacks by 20% if we have it in their S1. It is a Cone of Light that is really worth investing in refinements , since this damage is doubled if we have his S5.
The second part of the passive gives us another 20% increase to overall damage, but this will only activate against enemies that have a higher HP % than our character. This is very useful especially for boss battles in which, generally, it will take a long time to reduce their HP.
WHICH CHARACTER DO I EQUIP IT TO?
Although really any character of the Way of Destruction can take advantage of the advantages that “Secret Oath” offers under certain circumstances, it is best to equip it to those characters that consume their HP when using their abilities, since this will make it easier to keep the second one activated part of the passive of this Cone of Light:
Blade is a character that as soon as he enters the battlefield and uses his Basic Ability, he loses 30% and each empowered Basic Attack he uses after this will make him lose 10% each time. In other words, we will start the battle with him with 60% of his maximum HP, which will ensure that the effects of the “Secret Oath” passive are activated.
All of Blade’s offensive abilities have quite considerable damage, since he is a character who sacrifices part of his life to increase his damage (some advantage he had to have). Therefore, the overall damage increase will come in handy for both his empowered Basic Attacks, his Ultimate, and the Extra Attacks he does from time to time.
Arlan ‘s Talent causes his overall damage to be boosted the less HP he has left, so this pairs nicely with the “Secret Oath” passive which will also increase his damage if he has less HP than the enemies he’s targeting. let Arlan hit.
His Basic Ability drains 15% of his HP every time he uses it, so it will be really easy to maintain the damage bonus of the «Secret Oath» passive if we keep Arlan covered by a shield and prevent him from recovering more HP from account.
These are other characters that can take advantage of the bonuses of this Cone of Light:
- Clara : Unlike other characters, she cannot lose her HP to boost the damage of her abilities; however, she has abilities that will allow enemies to taunt to focus attacks on her and this will cause her to lose enough HP throughout the battle to be able to activate the passive effects of this Cone of Light.
