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The best Honkai: Star Rail Herta buildLearn how to build Herta in Honkai: Star Rail
Learn how to build Herta in Honkai: Star Rail
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What is the best build for Herta in Honkai: Star Rail?Herta is an easily-obtainable free character inHonkai: Star Rail, unlocked when you complete the technically optional but highly recommended Simulated Universe tutorial missions that become available towards the end of the prologue. These roguelike dungeon crawls are worth participating in for a number of reasons, not least of which is that you get a Herta unit for free early on, after clearing World 2.
Herta isn’t the best character inHonkai: Star Rail, but F2P players will want to make the most of those free characters early on. And since there really are no bad units, only sub-optimal builds, it’s really just a matter of getting hold of her best equipment. So read on for our best Honkai: Star Rail Herta build advice, including relics, light cones, and more.
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Herta path and element
Herta follows the path ofThe Erudition, meaning that she’s a multi-target DPS specialist. When you get her at the end of the tutorial, you’ll likely be looking to replace the recently-departed trial character Himeko, and Herta is one of the candidates to fill her shoes. (The others areAsta— if you want to stick with Fire-aligned characters — orServal, for an alternative Erudition follower with the Lightning element.)
Herta’s elemental alignment isIce, which is a pretty nifty element to wield. While most elemental attacks in Honkai: Star Rail deal additional damage over time, Ice instead applies the Freeze debuff, which immobilises enemies completely and can cause them to miss their combat turns. Your starting party will already have an Ice character inMarch 7th, but if you choose to reshuffle your team(s) and remove March, having Herta there for DPS and utility purposes isn’t a bad shout.
Best light cone for Herta: Night on the Milky Way
Best relics for Herta: Hunter of the Glacial Forest
For Herta’s relics, going all-in on a four-piece set ofHunter of the Glacial Forestis the way to go. Ice damage gets a base 10% boost once you equip two pieces, and at four pieces Herta will enjoy a 25% boost to her crit damage for the next two turns every time she uses her ult.
If you’re curious to know how Herta stacks up against the (numerous) other Erudtion characters in Honkai: Star Rail, be sure to take a look at ourHonkai: Star Rail character tier list.
