Updated July 1, 2025: Our comprehensive guide to the HSR Jingliu build has been refined to reflect the significant changes introduced in version 3.4.
The latest build for Jingliu in Honkai: Star Rail dramatically enhances her critical hit capabilities compared to earlier iterations. However, achieving her optimal damage output requires substantial team support, especially when compared to newer characters who can achieve similar results with less effort. Jingliu’s revamped abilities focus primarily on HP scaling while maximizing her critical damage, unlocking new Relic opportunities and a tailor-made Ornament set for her use. This guide delves into the most effective Light Cone, Relic combinations, and team compositions for maximizing Jingliu’s potential.
Understanding Jingliu’s 3.4 Rework
With her 3.4 rework, Jingliu’s skills and ultimate abilities now scale with HP instead of traditional attack. A key alteration lies in her talent mechanics: Jingliu can accumulate Moonlight stacks whenever an ally incurs damage or has HP consumed, up to a maximum of five stacks. Each Moonlight stack significantly boosts her critical damage, contributing an impressive total of up to 220 percent. These stacks remain until she exits her burst state. Furthermore, Jingliu gains a Syzygy stack when allies take damage 20 times, thereby enhancing her ability to enter burst mode more frequently.
Optimal Light Cone for Jingliu
The best choice for Jingliu’s Light Cone remains her signature option, I Shall Be My Own Sword, which offers substantial bonuses that are not tied to attack levels. At its basic level, it enhances critical damage by 20% and grants additional effects when her HP decreases. For each HP loss due to an enemy attack or skill, she gains an Eclipse stack, accumulating up to three. These stacks increase her attack by 14% each, resulting in powerful damage potential as her attack ignores a portion of enemy defense with three stacks.
Another viable alternative is The Unreachable Side, primarily due to its increase in maximum HP and flat damage, despite not benefiting her crit rate directly. This Light Cone is also easily obtainable via memory shards in the battle pass. Conversely, On the Fall of an Aeon has become less effective, as it relies on achieving a high attack stat, which is not applicable for Jingliu’s new playstyle. Alternatively, consider the 4-star option Ninja Record: Sound Hunt, enhancing crit damage and maximum HP when healing or consuming HP, or Trail of Bygone Blood for enhanced skill and ultimate damage in combination with crit rate benefits.
Recommended Relics for Jingliu
To maximize Jingliu’s effectiveness following her 3.4 rework, you’ll need to focus on acquiring relic sets that augment critical damage and HP. One effective combination includes the Hunter of Glacial Forest set:
- Two-piece bonus: Increases Ice Damage by 10%
- Four-piece bonus: Boosts critical damage by 25% after using the ultimate skill
Alternatively, pairing two pieces of the Longevous Disciple (which increases maximum HP by 12%) with two pieces from Wavestrider Captain (offering a 16% boost in crit damage) is beneficial. The Scholar Lost in Erudition set is also suggested:
- Two-piece bonus: Adds 8% crit rate
- Four-piece bonus: Enhances skill and ultimate damage by 20% and increases subsequent skill damage after using the ultimate by 25%
Choosing the Right Ornaments for Jingliu
Jingliu’s accessory options include two primary Ornaments. One, Bone Collector’s Serene Demesne, boosts the wearer’s HP by 12% and provides a 28% crit damage increase once their HP exceeds 5, 000. The second option, Rutilant Arena, raises crit rate by 12% and boosts skill and basic attack damage by 20% when crit rate surpasses 70%.Thanks to Jingliu’s innate playstyle, she will consistently meet the criteria for triggering the secondary effect.
Stats Requirements for Optimal Performance
To maximize her damage output, Jingliu’s new focus emphasizes stacking HP and critical damage. Testing indicates standout performance occurs with crit damage levels ranging between 450% to 550% during combat, ideally maintaining over 5, 000 HP to fully utilize her Ornament set—6, 000 or beyond is preferable for optimal results.
- Body: Crit Damage
- Feet: Speed or HP
- Sphere: Ice Damage or Attack
- Rope: HP or Energy Regeneration
Prioritize substats that enhance speed, crit damage, and HP for the best outcomes.
Optimal Team Compositions for Jingliu
As a hypercarry, Jingliu thrives in teams that support her spike potential; hence, pair her with characters focused on bolstering crit damage and allowing her to execute her strategies effectively. Strong support candidates include:
- Sunday
- Bronya
- Sparkle
The crit damage buffs they provide are essential, helping Jingliu act more frequently and efficiently during battle. Additionally, healing support is crucial, with characters such as Hyacine offering substantial benefits through their ability to enhance the party’s max HP and sustain Jingliu’s survivability. Other effective healers include:
- Lingsha
- Huohuo
- Gallagher
- Luocha
Jingliu’s Tier Placement in Honkai Star Rail
Despite the improvements brought about by her 3.4 rework, Jingliu still requires significant investments in stats, access to her signature Light Cone, and ideal team synergies to reach her full potential. Compared to characters like Phainon, The Herta, or Aglaea, she may not rival the same sheer damage output, making her less appealing in certain contexts. Consequently, weighing the cost of investment against her current tier placement is essential before committing resources to her enhancement.
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