Best Xueyi Honkai Star Rail build: Relics, Light Cones, Eidolons, and abilities

Xueyi is a 4-star Quantum unit in Honkai Star Rail hailing from the Path of Destruction. Here is all you need to know about building her effectively.

Xueyi is an important 4-star to consider since there are exceptionally powerful Destruction units available in the game right now. Therefore, Xueyi has a tall task in hand.

Xueyi will be one of the featured 4-star characters alongside Hanya and March 7th on Robin and Topaz’s banner from May 7, 2024, to May 28, 2024.

If you’re looking to add Xueyi to your team, here’s everything you need to know about her preferred Relics, Light Cones, and more.

Contents

• Xueyi abilities in Honkai Star Rail
• Xueyi Eidolons in Honkai Star Rail
• Best Xueyi Light Cone in Honkai Star Rail
• Best Xueyi Relic and Ornament set
• Trace level-up and stat requirement for Xueyi in Honkai Star Rail
• Best Xueyi team comp in Honkai Star Rail
• Xueyi trailer in Honkai Star Rail

Xueyi abilities in Honkai Star Rail

• Basic Attack – Mara-sunder Awl: Deals 100% of Xueyi’s ATK as Quantum DMG to a single target enemy.
• Skill – Iniquity Obliteration: Deals Quantum DMG equal to 140% of Xueyi’s ATK to a single enemy, and Quantum DMG equal to 70% of Xueyi’s ATK to any adjacent enemies.
• Ultimate – Divine Castigation: Deals Quantum DMG equal to 250% of Xueyi’s ATK to a single target enemy. This attack ignores Weakness Types and reduces the enemy’s Toughness. When the enemy’s Weakness is Broken, the Quantum Weakness Break effect is triggered.In this attack, the more Toughness is reduced, the higher the DMG will be dealt, up to a max of 60% increase.
• Talent – Karmic Perpetuation: When Xueyi reduces enemy Toughness with attacks, Karma will be stacked. The more Toughness is reduced, the more stacks of Karma are added, up to 8 stacks.When Xueyi’s allies reduce enemy Toughness with attacks, Xueyi gains 1 stacks of Karma.When Karma reaches the max number of stacks, immediately launches a follow-up attack against an enemy target, dealing DMG for 3 times, with each time dealing Quantum DMG equal to 90% of Xueyi’s ATK to a single random enemy. This follow-up attack will not add Karma stacks.
• Technique – Summary Execution: Immediately attacks the enemy. After entering combat, deals 80% of Xueyi’s ATK as Quantum DMG to all enemies.

Traces

• Perspicacious Mainframe – Xueyi will keep a tally of the number of Karma stacks that exceed the max stack limit, up to 6 stacks in the tally. After Xueyi’s Talent is triggered, she will gain a corresponding number of tallied Karma stacks.
• Intrepid Rollerbearings – If the enemy target’s Toughness is higher than 50% of their Max Toughness, deals 10% more DMG when using Ultimate.
• Clairvoyant Loom – Increases DMG dealt by this unit by an amount equal to 100% of Break Effect, up to a maximum DMG increase of 240%.

Xueyi Eidolons in Honkai Star Rail

• Level One – Dvesha, Inhibited: Increases the DMG dealt by the Talent’s follow-up attack by 40%.
• Level Two – Klesha, Breached: Talent’s follow-up attack reduces enemy Toughness regardless of Weakness types. At the same time, restores Xueyi’s HP by an amount equal to 5% of her Max HP. When breaking Weakness, triggers the Quantum Break Effect.
• Level Three – Duhkha, Ceased: Skill Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 10.
• Level Four – Karma, Severed: When using Ultimate, increases Break Effect by 40% for 2 turn(s).
• Level Five – Deva, Enthralled: Ultimate Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Talent Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
• Level Six – Samsara, Mastered: The max stack limit for Karma decreases to 6.

Best Xueyi Light Cone in Honkai Star Rail

The best Light Cone for Xueyi in Honkai Star Rail is On the Fall of an Aeon. You can purchase this weapon from Herta’s Store using 8 Herta Bonds. On the Fall of an Aeon increases the wearer’s ATK and DMG after attacking and breaking weaknesses.

Alternative 4-star Light Cones for Xueyi include Under the Blue Sky and Indelible Promise. Under the Blue Sky increases ATK and CRIT Rate after defeating an enemy, while the latter weapon raises her Break Effect by 28%. After using Xueyi’s Ultimate, Indelible Promise also increases her CRIT Rate by 15% for two turns.

Best Xueyi Relic and Ornament set

The best Relic set for Xueyi is Genius of Brilliant Stars. The set bonus can be found below:

• 2-piece: Increases Quantum DMG by 10%
• 4-piece: When the wearer deals DMG to the target enemy, ignores 10% DEF. If the target enemy has Quantum Weakness, the wearer additionally ignores 10% DEF.

The best Planar Ornament set for Xueyi is Talia: Kingdom of Banditry. This will increase her Break Effect by 16%, and when Xueyi’s SPD reaches 145 or higher, her Break Effect increases by an extra 20%

Trace level-up and stat requirement for Xueyi

The traces that you need to level up for Xueyi in Honkai Star Rail are as follows:

• Talent
• Ultimate
• Skill

The stat requirement for Xueyi in Honkai Star Rail has been listed in the following table:

Best Xueyi team comp in Honkai Star Rail

Xueyi can excel as a sub-DPS in battle, considering her follow-up attacks. She would best succeed alongside teammates such as Jingliu, Ruan Mei, and Huohuo. This composition will allow Weakness Breaks to trigger Xueyi’s follow-up attacks.

Xueyi would also work in a Mono-Quantum team alongside Seele, Silver Wolf, and Fu Xuan. By using Silver Wolf’s Skill to implant Quantum weaknesses, Xueyi’s follow-up attacks would occur more frequently.

Xueyi trailer in Honkai Star Rail

On December 15, 2023, HoYoverse posted an official trailer for Xueyi in Honkai Star Rail. You can check it out below:

So, there you have it, that’s everything we know about Xueyi in Honkai Star Rail. Make sure you check out our Honkai Star Rail page for all the latest guides and updates.

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