Black Swan is one of the new characters from Honkai: Star Rail, her main role is damage dealer. The effectiveness of Black Swan’s damage over time (DoT) abilities intensifies as enemies accumulate more Arcana stacks. If you are looking to significantly enhance your DoT teams, it is recommended to get Black Swan.
Rarity
Path
The Nihility
Element
Wind
Honkai: Star Rail Black Swan Character Details
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Light Cones
Light Cones are items equipable by characters to boost their Base HP, Base ATK, and Base DEF and grant a passive ability to characters whose path matches that of the Light Cone.
All Light Cones have a rarity ranging between 3-star to 5-star, and Light Cones with a higher rarity have higher base stats.
Light Cones can be obtained by, but are not limited to, completing quests, completing reward milestones, opening chests, and Warps.
Black Swan Best Light Cone
Reforged Remembrance
Path
The Nihility
Crystallize
Increases the wearer’s Effect Hit Rate by 40%/45%/50%/55%60%. When the wearer deals DMG to an enemy inflicted with Wind Shear, Burn, Shock, or Bleed, each respectively grants 1 stack of Prophet, stacking up to 4 time(s). In a single battle, only 1 stack of Prophet can be granted for each type of DoT. Every stack of Prophet increases wearer’s ATK by 5%/6%/7%/8%/9% and enables the DoT dealt to ignore 7.2%/7.9%/8.6%/9.3%/10% of the target’s DEF.
Incessant Rain
Patience Is All You Need
Good Night and Sleep Well
The first one is the best Light Cone for Black Swan other three are optimal that can replace Reforged Remembrance.
Relics
Relics are items that can be equipped with characters. Relics provide additional stats, but not limited to, HP, Speed, Attack, and Defense to the equipped character. All Relics give extra boosts when paired with their counterparts, called a “set”.
There are two types of Relics: Cavern Relics and Planar Ornaments.
Black Swan Best Relic Sets
Prisoner in Deep Confinement
4-Piece Set
2-Piece Bonus:
ATK increases by 12%.
4-Piece Bonus:
For every DoT the target enemy is afflicted with, the wearer will ignore 6% of its DEF when dealing DMG to it. This effect is valid for a max of 3 DoTs.
Pan-Galactic Commercial Enterprise
2-Piece Set
2-Piece Bonus:
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%.
Prisoner in Deep Confinement
2-Piece Set
Eagle of Twilight Line
2-Piece Set
Firmament Frontline Glamoth
2-Piece Set
The first two are the best relic sets for Black Swan. The two below are optimal and can replace Prisoner in Deep Confinement and Pan-Galactic Commercial Enterprise in necessary.
Recommended Main Stats
Effect Hit Rate
ATK%
Speed
ATK%
Wind DMG
ATK%
ATK%
Sub Stats Priority
Effect Hit Rate > Speed > ATK% > Break Effect
As for the recommended stats and sub-stats for Black Swan, they are as follows above. If there are two in a column it means that you can take any of your choice.
We hope that our Honkai: Star Rail Black Swan Build was helpful and you’ll get better at playing her.