Honkai: Star Rail
Honkai: Star Rail

Imbibitor Lunae Build Guide

Master Imbibitor Lunae. Get the best build guide for Honkai: Star Rail's powerful Imaginary DPS, including Light Cones, Relics, and team comps.

Imbibitor Lunae Build Guide

Imbibitor Lunae, also known as Dan Heng • Imbibitor Lunae, is a powerful Imaginary Destruction character renowned for his immense single-target and AoE damage potential. Building him effectively requires careful attention to his unique mechanics, particularly his enhanced Basic Attacks that consume HP and Skill Points. This guide will outline the optimal build to unleash his full destructive power.

Imbibitor Lunae's core strength lies in his ability to unleash devastating attacks by consuming Skill Points to empower his Basic Attack. This makes him a highly Skill Point-dependent character, necessitating a team composition that can generate or conserve Skill Points. His damage scales exceptionally well with Crit stats and ATK, making these the primary focus for his build.

Role: Main DPS

Element: Imaginary

Path: Destruction

Key Mechanics: Enhanced Basic Attacks (using Skill Points), HP consumption.

Recommended Light Cones:

  • The Stillness of the Night (Best-in-Slot): His sature Light Cone, providing significant Crit DMG, DMG bonus, and HP restoration.
  • Something Irreplaceable: Offers a substantial ATK boost and DMG bonus, with HP recovery upon defeating enemies.
  • On the Fall of an Aeon: A strong 5-star option that increases DMG based on the number of enemies, with a chance to gain ATK on defeat.
  • Under the Blue Sky: A good 4-star option that increases ATK and DMG against enemies with lower HP.

Recommended Relics:

  • 4-piece Wastelander of Banditry Desert: The premier set for Imbibitor Lunae, boosting Imaginary DMG and Crit Rate against debuffed enemies (which he often applies himself).
  • 2-piece Wastelander of Banditry Desert + 2-piece Musketeer of Wild Wheat: A solid alternative if you lack a full Wastelander set, focusing on Imaginary DMG and ATK.

Recommended Planar Ornaments:

  • 2-piece Rutilant Arena: Boosts Crit Rate and enhances Basic Attack DMG when Crit Rate is high enough.
  • 2-piece Space Sealing Station: Provides a significant ATK boost.

Main Stats:

  • Body: Crit Rate or Crit DMG (depending on substats)
  • Boots: ATK% or Speed (if team can compensate for SP)
  • Sphere: Imaginary DMG Bonus
  • Rope: ATK%

Sub-stats Priority: Crit DMG > Crit Rate > ATK% > Speed

Traces to Prioritize: Basic Attack Enhancements, Ultimate, Skill, and any Bonus Abilities that boost Crit or DMG.

Team Synergies: Characters who can generate Skill Points (like Tingyun with specific builds or Bronya), provide buffs (like Tingyun or Bronya), or apply debuffs (like Pela) are excellent partners for Imbibitor Lunae.