A COMPLETE Guide to Saber! | Best Builds, Relics, Teams - Honkai Star Rail (HSR 3.4)

Summary

Arttoria Pendragon (Saber) joins Honkai Star Rail as a limited, five-star DPS with the Wind element. Her optimal build focuses on maximizing damage with the right light cones, relics, and team compositions. The best light cone for her is 'A Thankless Coronation,' which boosts crit damage, attack, and energy regeneration. Top relics like the 'Eagle of Twilight Line' enhance her Wind damage and ultimate uptime. Saber thrives in teams that provide attack buffs and energy generation, with key allies like Sunday, Robin, and sustain characters. For optimal performance, focus on crit rate, crit damage, and speed to boost her damage output.

Takeaways

• 😀 Saber is a limited five-star DPS in *Honkai: Star Rail* with the Wind element and a destruction path playstyle.
• 😀 Saber's best-in-slot light cone is her signature cone, 'Thankless Coronation,' which boosts crit DMG and ATK, and regenerates energy when certain conditions are met.
• 😀 The 'Something Irreplaceable' light cone offers a significant damage boost and healing when Saber defeats enemies or takes hits, making it a solid alternative for high raw damage.
• 😀 A free-to-play option, 'A Trail of Bygone Blood,' boosts crit rate and damage after breaking enemy weaknesses, which complements Saber's kit perfectly.
• 😀 'The Unreachable Side' is another solid 5-star option, providing crit rate and damage boosts when Saber is hit, even though she doesn't self-damage.
• 😀 The four-star light cone 'A Secret Vow' boosts damage when the enemy's HP is higher than Saber's, making it ideal for boss fights.
• 😀 For relics, the 4-piece Eagle of Twilight Line set is ideal, providing wind DMG and advancing action after using Saber’s Ultimate for more DPS uptime.
• 😀 The combination of two-piece Eagle of Twilight Line and two-piece Musketeer of Wild Wheat offers a good balance of wind damage and ATK.
• 😀 The 'Inert Salotto' planar ornament is a top pick for Saber's crit rate and ultimate damage, especially if her crit rate reaches 50% or higher.
• 😀 Saber's optimal team setups include those that focus on attack buffs, ultimate usage, and sustain. A key setup involves Sunday for action advancement, Robin for ATK boosts, and sustain healers to keep Saber safe.

Q & A

What element does Saber belong to in *Honkai Star Rail*?

Saber is a wind element character in *Honkai Star Rail*.

What is Saber's optimal light cone?

Saber's optimal light cone is her signature light cone, 'Thankless Coronation', as it enhances her crit DMG, ATK, and energy regeneration.

What makes 'Thankless Coronation' particularly suited for Saber?

'Thankless Coronation' provides a substantial increase in Saber's crit DMG (36% to 72%), boosts her ATK (40% to 80%) when using Ultimate, and offers energy regeneration if her energy is above 300.

What are the top alternative five-star light cones for Saber?

The top alternative five-star light cones for Saber are 'Something Irreplaceable', which boosts damage and provides healing on hits or defeating enemies, and 'The Unreachable Side', which offers crit rate, HP boosts, and damage buffs when struck.

What are some good four-star light cones for Saber?

Some good four-star light cones for Saber include 'A Trail of Bygone Blood', which increases crit rate and skill/ultimate damage, and 'Secret Vow', which boosts damage when the enemy's HP is higher than Saber's.

Which relic set should Saber use for optimal damage output?

Saber should ideally use the four-piece 'Eagle of Twilight Line' set, which increases wind damage and advances her action forward after using Ultimate.

What is the benefit of using the 'Eagle of Twilight Line' four-piece relic set on Saber?

The 'Eagle of Twilight Line' set boosts wind DMG by 10% and advances Saber's action by 25% after using her Ultimate, allowing her to act again sooner and maximize her DPS uptime.

What is Saber's preferred planar ornament set?

Saber benefits from the 'Inert Salotto' planar ornament, which boosts crit rate by 8% and provides a 15% boost to ultimate and follow-up damage if the crit rate is 50% or higher.

What is the main stat priority for Saber's relics?

For Saber's relics, the main stat priority should be crit damage or crit rate (depending on her crit rate balance), speed on boots to increase turn frequency, and wind damage on the planar sphere for boosting elemental damage.

What is the ideal team composition for Saber?

The best team for Saber includes characters like Sunday (for advancing actions), Robin (for attack buffs), and sustain characters like Lingsha or Gallagher, to ensure Saber's damage is maximized while staying alive.