Honkai: Star Rail: Jingliu - Best Builds

What are the best builds for Jingliu in Honkai: Star Rail? Jingliu is an Ice former Sword Champion of Luofu who subscribes to The Destruction Path Type. She's particularly effective at damaging individual targets. On this page, as part of our Honkai: Star Rail guide, we're going to share the best builds for Jingliu.

What Are the Best Builds for Jingliu in Honkai: Star Rail?

Jingliu is a former Sword Champion of Luofu, who mentored Jing Yuan before succumbing to the influence of Mara and eventually descending madness. Subscribing to The Destruction Path Type, she's particularly effective at knocking out individual targets. Below we'll detail everything you need to know about the character, including the best builds for Jingliu.

Should You Roll or Pull for Jingliu?

Jingliu is an outrageously powerful DPS-style character, who pairs well with teammates that have high HP attributes and good healing and/or defensive capabilities. If you're in need of a devastating Ice damage dealer, and you already have someone like Fu Xuan on your squad, then it's well worth pulling for Jingliu.

Overview

Below is a full guide to Jingliu, including all of their abilities, including Skills, Talents, Techniques, Traces, and Eidolons.

Name

Jingliu

Stars

Path Type

The Destruction

Element

Ice

Abilities

Skills

• Lucent Moonglow: Basic Attack
  Deals Ice DMG equal to 50% of Jingliu’s ATK to a single enemy.
• Transcendent Flash: Skill (Single Target)
  Deals Ice DMG equal to 100% of Jingliu's ATK to a single enemy and obtains 1 stack(s) of Syzygy.
• Moon on Glacial River: Skill (Blast)
  Deals Ice DMG equal to 125% of Jingliu's ATK to a single enemy, and deals Ice DMG equal to 62% of Jingliu's ATK to adjacent enemies. Consumes 1 stack(s) of Syzygy. Using this ability does not consume Skill Points.
• Florephemeral Dreamflux: Ultimate
  Deals Ice DMG equal to 180% of Jingliu's ATK to a single enemy, and deals Ice DMG equal to 90% of Jingliu's ATK to any adjacent enemies. Gains 1 stack(s) of Syzygy after attack ends.

Talent

• Crescent Transmigration
  When Jingliu has 2 stack(s) of Syzygy, she enters the Spectral Transmigration state, gets her Action Advanced by 100%, and increases her CRIT Rate by 40%. Jingliu then gains and can only use the following Skill, Moon On Glacial River. When Jingliu uses an attack in the Spectral Transmigration state, she consumes HP from all other allies equal to 4% of their respective Max HP (this cannot reduce allies' HP to lower than 1). Jingliu's ATK increases based on 540% of the total HP consumed from all allies in this instance, capped at 90% of her base ATK, until the current attack ends. Syzygy can stack up to 3 times. When Syzygy stacks become 0, Jingliu will exit the Spectral Transmigration state.

Technique

• Shine of Truth
  After using this Technique, creates a dimension around Jingliu that lasts for 20 seconds, and all enemies in this dimension will become Frozen. After entering combat with enemies in the dimension, immediately regenerates 15 Energy and obtains 1 stack(s) of Syzygy, with a 100% base chance of Freezing enemy targets for 1 turn(s). While Frozen, enemy targets cannot take action, and receive Additional DMG equal to 80% of Jingliu’s ATK at the start of every turn. Only 1 dimension created by allies can exist at the same time.

Traces

• Deathrealm
  While in the Spectral Transmigration state, increases Effect RES by 35%.
• Sword Champion
  After using Transcendent Flash, the next action will be Advanced Forward by 10%.
• Frost Wraith
  While in the Spectral Transmigration state, increases Ultimate DMG by 20%.

Eidolons

• Moon Crashes Tianguan Gate
  When using her Ultimate or Enhanced Skill, Jingliu’s CRIT DMG increases by 24% for 1 turn(s). If only one enemy target is attacked, the DMG originally intended for adjacent targets will also be calculated against the current target, dealing Ice DMG equal to 100% of the DMG the adjacent targets would have received.
• Crescent Shadows Qixing Dipper
  After using Ultimate, increases the DMG of next Enhanced Skill by 80%.
• Halfmoon Gapes Mercurial Haze
  Ultimate Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Talent Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
• Lunarlance Shines Skyward Dome
  While in the Spectral Transmigration state, the ATK obtained from consuming allies’ HP is additionally increased by 90% of the total HP that has been consumed from the entire team. The cap for ATK increased in this way increases by 30%.
• Night Shades Astral Radiance
  Skill Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 10.
• Eclipse Hollows Corporeal Husk
  When Jingliu enters the Spectral Transmigration state, obtain 1 stack(s) of Syzygy. While she is in the Spectral Transmigration state, her CRIT DMG increases by 50%.

What Are the Best Light Cones for Jingliu?

Below we've compiled some of the best Light Cones for Jingliu to use, based on their attributes and how they align with the character's unique abilities.

I Shall Be My Own Sword

• Stars:
  
• Base Stats:
  • HP: 52
    
  • ATK: 26
  • DEF: 18
• Description:
  Increases the wearer's CRIT DMG by 20%. When an ally gets attacked or loses HP, the wearer gains 1 stack of Eclipse, up to a max of 3 stacks. Each stack of Eclipse increases the DMG of the wearer's next attack by 14%. When 3 stacks are reached, additionally enables the attack to ignore 12% of the enemy's DEF. This effect will be removed after the wearer uses an attack.

On the Fall of an Aeon

• Stars:
  
• Base Stats:
  • HP: 48
    
  • ATK: 24
  • DEF: 18
• Description:
  Whenever the wearer attacks, their ATK is increased by 8% in this battle, up to 4 time(s). When the wearer inflicts Weakness Break on enemies, the wearer's DMG increases by 12% for 2 turn(s).

What Are the Best Relic Sets for Jingliu?

Below we've compiled some of the best Relics sets for Jingliu to equip, based upon their buffs and how they align with the character's abilities.

Hunter of Glacial Forest

2 Set

Reduces DMG taken by 8%.

4 Set

After the wearer unleashes their Ultimate, their CRIT DMG increases by 25% for 2 turn(s).

Location

Path of Gelid Wind

Rutilant Arena

2 Set

Increases the wearer’s CRIT Rate by 8%. When the wearer’s current CRIT Rate reaches 70% or higher, the wearer’s Basic ATK and Skill DMG increase by 20%.

Location

Simulated Universe

Priority Stats

Body

CRIT DMG

Feet

ATK%

Sphere

ICE DMG%

Link Rope

ATK%

Preferred Sub Stats

• CRIT DMG
• ATK%
• SPD
• CRIT RATE

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