Honkai: Star Rail – Jingliu build and ascension guide

Show the world what the former Sword Champion of the Luofu can do with the best Honkai: Star Rail Jingliu build. Though branded a traitor to the Xianzhou after having fallen to the Mara, Jingliu seems to have found a way back to something akin to normalcy. She’s a follower of the Path of The Destruction and deals Ice DMG, consuming the HP of her allies to fuel her way of combat.

Her Skill, Transcendent Flash, deals Ice DMG based on Jingliu’s ATK to a single target, creating one stack of Syzygy.

Jingliu’s Ultimate, Florephemeral Dreamflux, deals Ice DMG based on Jingliu’s ATK to a single target, blasting it to adjacent enemies and creating one stack of Syzygy.

Once Jingliu has amassed two stacks of Syzygy, her Talent, Crescent Transformation, comes into play. This allows her to enter the Spectral Transmigration state, advancing her action by 100% and boosting her CRIT Rate. In this state, Jingliu gains the Enhanced Skill Moon On Glacial River and can’t use any other ability. Moon On Glacial River is an attack that consumes the HP of Jingliu’s allies, boosting her ATK stat based on the amount of HP that was consumed. This Skill deals Ice DMG to a single target based on Jingliu’s ATK, blasting damage to adjacent opponents and consuming one stack of Syzygy.

Jingliu may have up to three stacks of Syzygy in total. When all stacks are depleted, she leaves the Spectral Transmigration state again.

Jingliu’s Eidolon Levels, which are unlocked by getting additional copies of her, further improve her abilities. Level 1 allows her Ultimate and Enhanced Skill to deal additional damage when only a single target is available in addition to increasing her CRIT DMG. Level 2 boosts the damage of the next Enhanced Skill use after activating her Ultimate. Level 4 increases the ATK gained from consuming the HP of allies. Level 6 allows Jingliu to obtain another stack of Syzygy when entering the Spectral Transmigration state, increasing her CRIT DMG in that state.

Honkai: Star Rail – Jingliu: best Light Cones

Jingliu is all about the offensive, which means boosting her ATK, CRIT Rate, and CRIT DMG is a great idea. Her signature Light Cone, I Shall Be My Own Sword, does exactly that, increasing her CRIT DMG. It synergizes with the HP consumption mechanic as well: When an ally gets attacked or loses HP, the wearer gains one stack of Eclipse with three stacks being the maximum. Each stack boosts the damage of the wearer’s next attack. If the stacks are maxed out, this buffed attack partially ignores the target’s DEF.

Many other Destruction Light Cones don’t provide their full benefits to her, since Jingliu doesn’t consume her own HP, but can still provide valuable stats.

Best Light Cones for Jingliu in HSR:

• I Shall Be My Own Sword (5-Star)
• On the Fall of an Aeon (5-Star)
• Something Irreplaceable (5-Star)
• The Unreachable Side (5-Star)
• Under the Blue Sky (4-Star)
• Nowhere to Run (4-Star)
• Collapsing Sky (3-Star)

Honkai: Star Rail – Jingliu: best Relics

As mentioned above, ATK, CRIT Rate, and CRIT DMG are the prime stats you want to boost on Jingliu. SPD is important as well, allowing her to take her turns early and get her Ultimate going as often as possible to stack Syzygy.

Best Relic Sets for Jingliu in HSR:

• Scholar Lost in Erudition (4) – +8% CRIT Rate, +20% Skill and Ultimate DMG, +25% Skill DMG in addition to that for the next Skill use following an Ultimate.
• Hunter of the Glacial Forest (4) – +10% Ice DMG, +25% CRIT DMG for two turns after using the Ultimate.

Best Planar Ornaments for Jingliu in HSR:

• Rutilant Arena (2) – +8% CRIT Rate, +20% Basic Attack and Skill DMG when CRIT Rate reaches 70% or higher.

Best stats for Jingliu in HSR:

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

Honkai: Star Rail – Jingliu: best teams

Jingliu definitely wants a good amount of sustain on her team due to consuming her allies’ HP, which is also useful to trigger the abilities of certain other characters.

• Jingliu (Main DPS), Sunday (Support), Ruan Mei (Support), Huohuo (Support)

Sunday and Huohuo can work together to rapidly restore Jingliu’s Energy, allowing her to make use of her Ultimate more often and increasing her damage output. Ruan Mei helps with several offensive boosts and keeps the enemy vulnerable thanks to her own Ultimate.

• Castorice (Main DPS), Jingliu (Sub DPS), Tribbie (Support), Hyacine (Support)

Jingliu is a solid Sub DPS for Castorice, as she benefits from any additional HP loss of her own team. Tribbie and Hyacine are the best Support characters for the team in that composition, as they are both centered around HP-based gameplay as well.

You could also play this composition with Blade as the Main DPS.

Honkai: Star Rail – Jingliu: ascension materials

Here’s everything you need to know to get Jingliu ascended to the maximum level and upgrade all of her talents.

Jingliu 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
• Gelid Chitin x65

You can farm Immortal Scionettes, Aeroblossoms, and Lumintwigs from enemies 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 generate through the Daily Assignments to your characters, making for a steady income of the material. Gelid Chitin is dropped by the Stagnant Shadow (Cloudford) or gained through the exchange of similarly rare materials. The best source of Credits are the Golden Calyxes found around the cosmos.

Jingliu 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. Shattered Blade, Lifeless Blade, and Worldbreaker Blade are available from the Crimson Calyx (Storage Zone). 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 rarer material only gained from the Echo of War (Scalegorge Waterscape) 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.