Honkai: Star Rail – Imbibitor Lunae build and ascension guide

Show off the secret strength of Dan Heng with the best Honkai: Star Rail Imbibitor Lunae build. This 5-Star character is a follower of the Path of The Destruction and deals Imaginary DMG.

Imbibitor Lunae’s Skill, Dracore Libre, enhances his Basic Attack, Beneficent Lotus, between one and three times, depending on how many Skill Points you want to invest. Each of these enhancement levels has different effects, so here’s an overview:

• Enhanced Basic Attack 1 – Transcendence: Deals Imaginary DMG to a single target over several hits.
• Enhanced Basic Attack 2 – Divine Spear: Deals Imaginary DMG to multiple targets over several hits.
• Enhanced Basic Attack 3 – Fulgurant Leap: Deals increased Imaginary DMG to multiple targets over several hits.

Using more Skill Points to enhance the Basic Attack will yield more damage on every hit as well as increase the number of hits during the move. This is especially useful as his Talent, Righteous Heart, boosts his damage with every hit Imbibitor Lunae lands during his turn. In addition, Dracore Libre allows him to stack up Dominating Roar when using Divine Spear or Fulgurant Leap with stacks being obtained starting at the fourth hit of the attack. Each stack of this passive grants him additional CRIT DMG until the end of his turn.

His Ultimate, Azure’s Aqua Ablutes All, primarily targets one enemy, but some damage is blasted to adjacent targets. It deals Imaginary DMG and grants Squama Sacrosancta, which can be used to help offset Imbibitor Lunae’s high Skill Point needs.

Imbibitor Lunae’s Eidolon Levels, which you can increase by pulling additional copies of him, can further boost his power. Eidolon 1 increases the maximum number of possible Righteous Heart stacks, thus expanding the character’s damage potential. Eidolon 2 allows him to Advance Forward his action by 100% after using his Ultimate in addition to gaining a second Squama Sacrosancta. Eidolon 4 allows the Dominating Roar passive to stick around to the end of his next turn. Eidolon 6, finally, boosts the Imaginary RES PEN of Imbibitor Lunae’s next Fulgurant Leap attack by 20% up to three times after allies use their Ultimate.

Honkai: Star Rail – Imbibitor Lunae: best Light Cones

Imbibitor Lunae has a signature Light Cone in Honkai: Star Rail called Brighter Than the Sun. Perfectly designed for him, this Light Cone increases the CRIT Rate of the wearer and allows them to gain a stack of Dragon’s Call for two turns upon using their Basic Attack. Dragon’s Call boosts the wearer’s ATK and Energy Regeneration, stacking up to two times.

You’ll basically spam your Basic Attacks in their enhanced form, so a Light Cone interacting with that feature is going to be very strong.

Best Light Cones for Imbibitor Lunae in HSR:

• Brighter Than the Sun (5-Star)
• On the Fall of an Aeon (5-Star)
• The Unreachable Side (5-Star)
• Something Irreplaceable (5-Star)
• Under the Blue Sky (4-Star)
• Collapsing Sky (3-Star)

Honkai: Star Rail – Imbibitor Lunae: best Relics

Imbibitor Lunae definitely wants more ATK, as this is the stat all of his damage derives from. CRIT DMG as well as CRIT Rate will be useful, too. SPD, as always, should be on the agenda, though perhaps not as the focus, since Imbibitor Lunae can Advance Forward his turn with his own Ultimate anyways. Energy Regeneration is probably not needed if you have his signature Light Cone, but otherwise might come in handy to get that Ultimate up faster.

Best Relic Sets for Imbibitor Lunae in HSR:

• Wastelander of Banditry Desert (4) – +10% Imaginary DMG, +10% CRIT Rate when attacking debuffed enemies, +20% CRIT DMG when attacking Imprisoned enemies.

Best Planar Ornaments for Imbibitor Lunae in HSR:

• Rutilant Arena (2) – +8% CRIT Rate, +20% Basic Attack and Skill DMG when the wearer’s CRIT Rate reaches 70%.

Best stats for Imbibitor Lunae in HSR:

• Head – HP (Primary), CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, ATK %, SPD
• Hands – ATK (Primary), CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, ATK %, SPD
• Body – CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG (Primary), CRIT DMG or CRIT Rate, ATK %, SPD, ATK
• Feet – ATK % (Primary), CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, SPD, ATK
• Planar Sphere – Imaginary DMG (Primary), CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, ATK %, SPD
• Link Rope – Energy Regeneration (Primary), CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, ATK %, SPD

Honkai: Star Rail – Imbibitor Lunae: best teams

Imbibitor Lunae is the star of the show and everyone else is there to give him the perfect stage. You’ll want a sustain as well as a support crew to come with him with, all preferably as Skill Point-neutral as possible.

• Imbibitor Lunae (Main DPS), Sparkle (Support), Yukong (Support), Aventurine (Support)

Sparkle is an excellent addition to Imbibitor Lunae thanks to her ability to restore Skill Points to the team, allowing the damage dealer to go all-out with his own Skill. Yukong will need to use Skill Points for her buff, but also provides a useful passive bonus to Imaginary DMG for the entire team through one of her Traces. Aventurine is an excellent defensive support, who can keep the team safe, debuff enemies, and do it all without siphoning too many Skill Points.

Honkai: Star Rail – Imbibitor Lunae: ascension materials

Here’s everything you need to know to get Imbibitor Lunae ascended to the maximum level and upgrade all of his talents.

Imbibitor Lunae requires the following ascension materials to get to level 80 in addition to the necessary XP:

• Credits x308,000
• Immortal Scionette x15
• Immortal Aeroblossom x15
• Immortal Lumintwig x15
• Suppressing Edict x65

You can collect Immortal Scionettes, Aeroblossoms, and Lumintwigs from monsters on the Xianzhou Luofu as well as the Simulated Universe. You can create or exchange them through the Omni-Synthesizer on the Astral Express, too. Immortal Scionettes are one of the base materials you can easily farm through the Daily Assignments to your characters, making for a steady income of the material. Suppressing Edicts are dropped by the Stagnant Shadow (Artisanship Commission) or gained through the exchange of similarly rare materials. The best source of Credits are the Golden Calyxes across the cosmos.

Imbibitor Lunae requires the following materials to upgrade her combat abilities and Traces:

• Credits x3,000,000
• Immortal Scionette x41
• Immortal Aeroblossom x56
• Immortal Lumintwig x58
• Shattered Blade x18
• Lifeless Blade x69
• Worldbreaker Blade x139
• Regret of Infinite Ochema x12
• Tracks of Destiny x8

For the materials already mentioned, check above. Blades can be farmed in the Crimson Calyx (Storage Zone) on Herta Space Station. As usual, you can create the high-level materials by using lower-level materials in the Omni-Synthesizer on the Astral Express.

Regret of Infinite Ochema is a boss material only gained from the Echo of War (Scalegorge Waterscape) domain by defeating Phantylia, while Tracks of Destiny can be obtained during time-limited events, the Embers Exchange, the Nameless Honor, or as a Simulated Universe Points Reward.