Honkai: Star Rail – Jing Yuan build and ascension guide

Prove yourself worthy of command with the best Honkai: Star Rail Jing Yuan build. Dealing Lightning DMG and following the Path of The Erudition, Jing Yuan specializes in area-of-effect devastation.

His Skill, Rifting Zenith, deals Lightning DMG to all enemies based on his ATK and increases the attack count of the Lightning-Lord by two for its next turn. The Lightning-Lord is a summon from Jing Yuan’s Talent, Prana Extirpated, and gains SPD as well as damage with each stack of attack count (of which it can have up to ten). Its moves count as Follow-Up Attacks and deal Lightning DMG based on Jing Yuan’s ATK to one target as well as all enemies adjacent to it.

Jing Yuan’s Ultimate, Lightbringer, is another ATK-based Lightning DMG attack against all opponents. It boosts the attack count of Lightning-Lord by three.

His Eidolon levels, which can be obtained by getting duplicates, have lots of additional buffs for the Lightning-Lord in store: Level 1 boosts its damage against adjacent enemies to the main target and Level 6 enables it to inflict Vulnerable on hit opponents, making them receive more damage. Level 2 increases the damage of Jing Yuan’s other moves after Lightning-Lord has attacked, while Level 4 allows Jing Yuan to regenerate Energy after the summon has moved.

Honkai: Star Rail – Jing Yuan: best Light Cones

Jing Yuan is best equipped with Before Dawn, his signature Light Cone. It Increases the wearer's CRIT DMG and boosts their Skill and Ultimate DMG. After the wearer uses their Skill or Ultimate, they gain Somnus Corpus. Upon making a Follow-Up Attack, Somnus Corpus will be consumed and the Follow-Up Attack’s damage increases.

Best Light Cones for Jing Yuan in HSR:

• Before Dawn (5-Star)
• Night on the Milky Way (5-Star)
• Eternal Calculus (5-Star)
• The Birth of the Self (4-Star)
• Geniuses’ Repose (4-Star)
• The Seriousness of Breakfast (4-Star)

Honkai: Star Rail – Jing Yuan: best Relics

Jing Yuan is relatively straightforward when it comes to his desired attributes, requiring ATK, CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, and SPD. It’s pretty useful to stack some Effect RES on him as well, since one of his major weaknesses compared to other summoners is that Lightning-Lord isn’t able to act in case Jing Yuan is under the effect of a crowd control debuff. If you want to put everything into aggression, then Break Effect is a better filler stat.

Best Relic Sets for Jing Yuan in HSR:

• The Ashblazing Grand Duke (4) – +20% Follow-Up Attack DMG, +6% ATK every time a Follow-Up Attack by the wearer deals damage (stacks up to eight times) for three turns; the effect is removed when the wearer uses their next Follow-Up Attack.
• Band of Sizzling Thunder (4) – +10% Lightning DMG, +25% ATK for the wearer for one turn after using their Skill.

Best Planar Ornaments for Jing Yuan in HSR:

• The Wondrous BananAmusement Park (2) – +16% CRIT DMG, +32% CRIT DMG on top of that if a target summoned by the wearer is on the field.

Best stats for Jing Yuan in HSR:

• Head – HP (Primary), CRIT DMG, CRIT Rate, ATK %, SPD
• Hands – ATK (Primary), CRIT DMG, CRIT Rate, ATK %, SPD
• Body – CRIT DMG or CRIT Rate (Primary), CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG, ATK %, SPD, Effect RES
• Feet – ATK % (Primary), CRIT DMG, CRIT Rate, SPD, Effect RES
• Planar Sphere – Lightning DMG (Primary), CRIT DMG, CRIT Rate, ATK %, SPD
• Link Rope – ATK % (Primary), CRIT DMG, CRIT Rate, SPD, Effect RES

Honkai: Star Rail – Jing Yuan: best teams

Jing Yuan excels at defeating waves of enemies thanks to his area-of-effect attacks. Though outside for the spotlight for a while, recent boosts to summoners have brought him back from obscurity.

• Jing Yuan (Main DPS), Sunday (Support), Robin (Support), Aventurine (Support)

A modern Jing Yuan team makes use of the wonder twins’ abilities: Sunday specializes in buffs to characters with summons, while Robin enhances Follow-Up Attacks. Both come with the joy of turn manipulation abilities, allowing Jing Yuan and his summon to attack more often. To keep the team healthy, Aventurine or Lingsha are fantastic options, as both bring their own Follow-Up Attacks. Huohuo and Hyacine are good choices as well, bringing their own advantages to the table.

Honkai: Star Rail – Jing Yuan: ascension materials

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

Jing Yuan 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
• Shape Shifter’s Lightning Staff x65

You can collect Immortal Scionettes, Aeroblossoms, and Lumintwigs from Mara-Struck Soldiers and other enemies in Cloudford and Stargazer Navalia 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. 

Horn of Snow is dropped by the Stagnant Shadow (Corridor of Fading Echoes) or gained through exchange. The best source of Credits are the Golden Calyxes across the cosmos.

Jing Yuan requires the following materials to upgrade her combat abilities and Traces:

• Credits x3,000,000
• Immortal Scionette x41
• Immortal Aeroblossom x56
• Immortal Lumintwig x58
• Key of Inspiration x18
• Key of Knowledge x69
• Key of Wisdom x139
• Destroyer’s Final Road x12
• Tracks of Destiny x8

For the materials already mentioned, check above. Keys can be farmed in the Crimson Calyx (Rivet Town). As usual, you can create the high-level materials by using up lower-level materials in the Omni-Synthesizer on the Astral Express.

Destroyer’s Final Road is a rarer material only gained from the Echo of War (Supply Zone) domain, while Tracks of Destiny can be obtained during time-limited events, the Embers Exchange, the Nameless Honor, or as a Simulated Universe Points Reward.