Honkai: Star Rail: Silver Wolf - Best Builds

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by Sammy Barker Tue 27th Jun 2023

What are the best builds for Silver Wolf in Honkai: Star Rail? Silver Wolf is a Quantum elemental super hacker who subscribes to The Nihility Path Type. This means she's effective at debuffing adversaries and generally opening them up to attack. On this page, as part of our Honkai: Star Rail guide, we're going to share the best builds for Silver Wolf.

Honkai: Star Rail: Silver Wolf - Best Builds

Silver Wolf is a super hacker whose design and abilities are loosely inspired by video games. Subscribing to The Nihility Path Type, her Skill enables her the opportunity to inflict Weakness on an enemy which corresponds with an ally's Elemental type. Below we'll detail everything you need to know about the character, including the best builds for Silver Wolf.

Should you roll or pull for Silver Wolf? Her ability to weaken opponents through various Bugs and defensive debuffs is largely unrivalled, and she's devastating when paired with heavy damage dealers. As such, if you already have powerful DPS dealers in your party, then you'll want to add her to your squad.

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Overview

Below is a full guide to Silver Wolf, including all of her abilities, including Skills, Talents, Techniques, Traces, and Eidolons.

Name	Rarity	Path Type	Element
Silver Wolf		The Nihility	Quantum

Abilities

Skills

Name	Type	Effect
System Warning	Basic Attack	Deals 50% of Silver Wolf's ATK as Quantum DMG to a target enemy, with a 65% base chance of inflicting a random Bug for 3 turn(s).
Allow Changes?	Skill	Deals 70% of Silver Wolfs ATK as Quantum DMG to a target enemy, with a 75% base chance to impose the Weakness of a random ally's Type on the target for 3 turn(s) and reduce the target's DMG RES to that Weakness Type by 20%.
User Banned	Ultimate	Deals 180% of Silver Wolfs ATK as Quantum DMG to a target enemy. There is a 100% base chance to cause Entanglement. For each debuff inflicted on the enemy, deals an additional 18% of Silver Wolf's ATK as Quantum DMG to the enemy, up to 5 times. When Entangled, the enemy's action is delayed by 40% and at the start of the next turn, the enemy receives Quantum DoT equal to 48% of Silver Wolf's ATK.

Talent

Name	Effect
Awaiting System Response	Silver Wolf can create three types of Bugs: reduce ATK by 5%, reduce DEF by 4%, and reduce SPD by 3%. Every time Silver Wolf attacks, she has a 60% base chance to implant a random Bug that lasts for 3 turn(s) in the enemy target.

Technique

Name	Effect
Force Quit Program	Immediately attacks the enemy. After entering battle, ignores Weakness Types and depletes the Toughness of all enemies. If a target's Weakness is Broken, they will become Entangled.

Traces

Name	Effect
Generate	Bug's duration is extended for 1 turn(s). Every time an enemy is inflicted with Weakness Break, Silver Wolf has a 65% base chance of implanting a random Bug in the enemy.
Inject	The duration of the Weakness implanted by Silver Wolf's Skill increases by 1 turn(s).
Side Note	If there are 3 or more debuff(s) affecting the enemy when the Skill is used, then the Skill decreases the enemy's All-Type RES by an additional 3%.

Eidolons

Name	Effect
Social Engineering	Bug's duration is extended for 1 turn(s). Whenever an enemy's Weakness is Broken. Silver Wolf has a 65% base chance of inflicting a random Bug on the target.
Zombie Network	When an enemy enters battle, reduces their Effect RES by 30% for 2 turn(s).
Payload	Ultimate Lv. +3 up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Basic ATK Lv. + 1, up to a maximum of Lv. 10.
Bounce Attack	When using Ultimate, for every debuff that the target enemy has, Silver Wolf regenerates 8 energy, up to 5 time(s).
Brute Force Attack	Skill Lv, +3 up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 10.
Access Granted	The duration of Weaknesses implanted in enemies by skill has no turn limit.

Best Light Cones for Silver Wolf

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

Name	Rarity	Base Stats	Effect
Incessant Rain		HP 46 ATK 26 DEF 21	Each time the wearer starts a turn, there is a 100% base chance to implant a random enemy with Aether Code. When that enemy is inflicted with Break, Aether Code self-destructs, dealing additional DMG to that enemy equal to 80% of the wearer's ATK. When attacking an enemy with more than 3% debuff(s), deals additional DMG equal to 40% of the wearer's ATK.
Before the Tutorial Mission Starts		HP 43 ATK 21 DEF 15	Increases the wearer's Effect Hit Rate by 20%. When the wearer attacks enemies that have reduced DEF, regenerates 4 Energy.

Best Relics Sets for Silver Wolf

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

Name	Effect	Priority Stats	Location
Genius of Brilliant Stars	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.	ATK SPD Effect Hit Rate CRIT Rate	Path of Providence
Pan-Galactic Commercial Enterprise	2 Piece Increases the wearer's Effect Hit Rate by 10%. Meanwhile, the wearer's ATK increases by an amount that is equal to 25% of Effect Hit Rate, up to a maximum of 25%.	Quantum DMG Energy Regen Effect Hit Rate CRIT Rate	Simulated Universe

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