Honkai: Star Rail
Honkai: Star Rail

Yukong Build Guide

Optimize Yukong in Honkai: Star Rail. Best Light Cones, Relics (Messenger Traversing Hackerspace), Planar Ornaments (Broken Keel), stats & Traces.

Yukong Build Guide

Yukong, the esteemed Dragon General of the Xianzhou Luofu, excels as a powerful buffer and Imaginary damage dealer. This guide provides optimal builds for Yukong, focusing on her best Light Cones, Relics, Planar Ornaments, and Traces to maximize her support capabilities and offensive potential. Mastering Yukong's build is key to enhancing your team's overall damage output.

Yukong's kit revolves around her Skill, 'Seven Forms of Silk,' which grants allies Crit Rate and Crit DMG buffs. Her Ultimate, 'Roaring Dragon Soars,' deals significant Imaginary damage and further enhances these buffs. Her Talent, 'Stone Cloud, Steady Steps,' provides additional buffs based on her own stats. Building her correctly ensures these buffs are consistently applied and impactful.

Best Light Cones for Yukong

Light Cone Effect Notes
Earthly Bonds (5-Star) Increases DMG dealt by allies. When an ally attacks, Yukong gains stacks of Harmony, increasing her ATK. Best in Slot for offensive support.
Carve the Moon, Weave the Clouds (4-Star) At the start of combat, randomly grants one of the following effects to allies: ATK increased, Crit DMG increased, or Energy Regeneration increased. Excellent general-purpose support option.
Dance! Dance! Dance! (4-Star) When the wearer uses their Ultimate, all allies' actions are advanced forward. Great for enabling faster turns and buff uptime.

Recommended Relics and Planar Ornaments

  • Relic Set: Messenger Traversing Hackerspace (4-piece) - Increases SPD of all allies by 10%. When the wearer uses their Skill, allies' SPD is increased by 10% for 1 turn. This set significantly boosts team speed, allowing for more frequent attacks and buff application.
  • Planar Ornament Set: Broken Keel - Increases Effect RES of all allies by 10%. When the wearer's Effect RES is 30% or higher, all allies' Crit DMG increases by 10%. This set provides both defensive utility and a valuable Crit DMG buff.

Stat Priorities

  1. SPD: Yukong needs high SPD to ensure her buffs are active before the DPS characters take their turns. Aim for at least 134 SPD, ideally higher.
  2. Crit Rate / Crit DMG: While she's primarily a buffer, her own damage can be significant, especially with her Ultimate.
  3. ATK%: Boosts her damage and the effectiveness of some of her buffs.
  4. Energy Regeneration Rate: Helps her use her Ultimate more frequently for stronger buffs.

Trace Priorities

  1. Skill: The primary source of her buffs.
  2. Talent: Provides passive buffs and enhances her overall performance.
  3. Ultimate: Deals damage and extends buffs.
  4. Basic Attack: Lowest priority.

By focusing on SPD and ensuring her buffs are active before your main DPS characters attack, Yukong can dramatically increase your team's damage output. Her ability to provide both Crit Rate and Crit DMG makes her a versatile and powerful addition to many team compositions.