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Learn how to build Dan Heng in Honkai: Star Rail
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What is the best build for Dan Heng in Honkai: Star Rail?Dan Heng is one of the starter characters the game hands out to you for free during the prologue ofHonkai: Star Rail. Along with his fellow Astral Express crew member March 7th, he quickly joins the Trailblazer’s party in-story, and also becomes a permanent fixture of your playable character roster.
This brooding bookworm isn’t the strongest character in the game, being a freebie, but he’ll be with you at least for the game’s opening sections, and potentially a lot longer if you’re an F2P player who won’t be pulling from the gacha all that often. A good build to make the most of his kit is therefore essential. So read on for our bestHonkai: Star RailDan Heng build advice, including relics, light cones, and more.
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Honkai: Star Rail best Dan Heng build
Dan Heng path and element
Dan Heng follows the path ofThe Hunt. This is a sub-type of DPS character in Honkai: Star Rail who specialises in single-target attacks. This means that while Dan Heng can never deliver the sort of sweeping blows to every enemy on the field that other DPS specialists rely on, he can single-mindedly pursue one enemy at a time to deal a significant amount of damage. This makes him an excellent choice to take into boss fights.
His elemental affiliation isWind. His attacks apply the Wind Shear debuff on enemies, who will continue to take elemental damage over time even after he’s stopped hitting them while the debuff is active. He fights with a spear or polearm-type weapon, meaning that in exploration situations he’s best suited to initiating combat encounters at close-range.
Best light cone for Dan Heng: In the Night
Best relics for Dan Heng: Eagle of Twilight Line
While it’s possible to build Dan Heng using more generic ATK-boosting relics (a good example is the Musketeer of Wild Wheat set), it makes sense to take advantage of his rare status as a DPS-focussed Wind-aligned character and go for theEagle of Twilight Lineas your first choice. Dan Heng’s powerful ult is a particular highlight of his kit, so making the most of it with this set’s four-piece bonus is well worth the effort of collecting all the pieces.
Now that you know how to put together a solid build for Dan Heng, don’t miss out on our build guides for his fellow starter charactersThe TrailblazerandMarch 7th.
