Best Huohuo Builds and Team Comps | Honkai: Star Rail

Huohuo in Honkai: Star Rail is an essential healer character, extending the survival time of allies. She is a 5-star playable character, following the path of Abundance and dealing primarily Wind damage.

Terrified of ghosts and demons, Huohuo HSR, a vulnerable Foxian girl, undergoes training as a Ten-Lords Commission Judge. She is tasked with capturing and eradicating vile spirits, but finds herself unable to muster the courage to resign.

After being marked by the Commission judges with a heliobus named Tail sealed in her tail, Huohuo is deemed a “cursed one” and begins to draw in supernatural beings as she journeys through her own terrifying valley.

Huohuo Character Overview

Here are some basic info about Huohuo in the game:

Huohuo’s Basic Info and Rating

Rarity	5-star
Path	The Abundance
Element	Wind
Species	Foxian
World	The Xianzhou Luofu
How to Get	Bloom in Gloom
Release Date	2023-11-15
Tier List Rating	Overall: SS Healer: SS

Huohuo’s Base Stats

Stats	Lv. 1	Lv. 80
HP	184	1411
ATK	81	623
DEF	69	533
SPD	98	98
Taunt	100

Should You Build Huohuo Character?

Huohuo’s healing abilities are exceptional, making her a must-have defensive support character. She can heal multiple party members with her abilities and even provides additional healing outside of her turn. In addition to healing, Huohuo also offers energy regeneration and attack buffs through her Ultimate, giving your team the advantage in battle.

In Honkai: Star Rail, there are defensive support characters with stronger healing abilities than Huohuo. However, Huohuo stands out for her unique skill of boosting damage output for allies. She doesn’t just focus on keeping your team alive with healing; she also ensures that your enemies take more damage by increasing the ATK of her allies. If you want a character who can turn the battlefield into a graveyard for your enemies, Huohuo is the perfect choice.

Best Huohuo Builds – Healer Build

Best light cone set	Night of Fright
Light cones alternative	1. Echoes of the Coffin 2. Post-Op Conversation 3. Shared Feeling 4. Quid Pro Quo 5. Time Waits for No One
Best relic set	x4 Messenger Traversing Hackerspace sets
Relic alternative	1. x4 Passerby of Wandering Cloud sets 2. x2 Longevous Disciple sets; x2 Messenger Traversing Hackerspace sét
Main Stat	Body: Outgoing Healing Boost Feet: Speed Planar Sphere: HP% Link Rope: Energy Regen Rate
Substats	HP%, Effect RES, HP, Break Effect

Huohuo is a support character, her main role revolves around providing essential healing and energy regeneration to teammates. To optimize Huohuo’s healing effectiveness, we recommend the Messenger Traveling Hackerspace as the best Relic set. This set not only enhances her healing capabilities but also provides speed buffs to the entire party. Alternatively, you can choose a mixed set like Passerby of Wandering Cloud (x2 set) to focus more on increasing her healing power rather than speed.

When it comes to Ornaments, Fleet of the Ageless is a great choice as it increases Huohuo’s HP for better healing and also gives her an ATK% buff. On the other hand, selecting Broken Keel can prioritize enhancing her damage output.

Find out more infomation and effect of light cone, relic and ornament sets for Huohuo:

Best Light Cone for Huohuo

Choosing the right light cone is essential for maximizing Huohuo’s abilities. The top light cone choices include:

Night of Fright (5-star)

HP	52 (level 1) – 1164 (level 80)
ATK	21 (level 1) – 476 (level 80)
DEF	24 (level 1) – 529 (level 80)

• Effect: Night of Fright boosts Huohuo’s energy regeneration by 12%. When an ally activates their ultimate, Huohuo heals the ally with the lowest HP for 10% of their max HP. Additionally, when she heals an ally, it increases their attack by 2.4%. This effect can stack up to five times and lasts for two turns.
• How to get: Light cone banner alongside Huohuo.

Post-Op Conversation (4-star)

HP	48 (level 1) – 1058 (level 80)
ATK	18 (level 1) – 423 (level 80)
DEF	15 (level 1) – 330 (level 80)

• Effect: Increases Huohuo’s energy regeneration rate by 8% and increases her outgoing healing when she uses her ultimate by 12%.
• How to get: All banner.

 Time Waits for No One (5-star)

HP	57 (level 1) – 1270 (level 80)
ATK	21 (level 1) – 476 (level 80)
DEF	21 (level 1) – 463 (level 80)

• Effect: The light cone “Time Waits for No One” boosts Huohuo’s maximum HP by 18% and increases her outgoing healing by 12%. When Huohuo heals her allies, any ally who attacks will cause a randomly selected enemy to take extra damage equal to 36% of the healing amount. This bonus damage matches Huohuo’s type, is not influenced by other buffs, and can only happen once per turn.
• How to get: Standard and light cone banners.

Hey, Over Here (4-star)

HP	43 (level 1) – 952 (level 80)
ATK	18 (level 1) – 423 (level 80)
DEF	19 (level 1) – 396 (level 80)

• Effect: “Hey, Over Here” light cone increases the wearer’s Max HP by 8%–12%. When Huohuo activates a skill, outgoing healing is increased by 16%–28% for 2 turns.
• How to get: Complete the Trailblaze Continuance Mission, Soujourners’ Ghastly Reverie.

 Shared Feeling (4-star)

HP	43 (level 1) – 952 (level 80)
ATK	19 (level 1) – 423 (level 80)
DEF	18 (level 1) – 396 (level 80)

• Effect: Increases the wearer’s Outgoing Healing by 10%–20%. When using Skill, regenerates 2–4 Energy for all allies.
• How to get: can be obtained from any Warp Banner.

Perfect Timing (4-star)

HP	43 (level 1) – 952 (level 80)
ATK	19 (level 1) – 423 (level 80)
DEF	18 (level 1) – 396 (level 80)

• Effect: Increases the wearer’s Effect RES by 16%–32% and increases Outgoing Healing by an amount that is equal to 33%–45% of Effect RES. Outgoing Healing can be increased this way by up to 15%–27%.
• How to get: can be obtained from any Warp Banner.

Cornucopia (3-star)

HP	43 (level 1) – 952 (level 80)
ATK	12 (level 1) – 264 (level 80)
DEF	12 (level 1) – 264 (level 80)

• Effect: When Huohuo uses her skill or ultimate, her outgoing healing increases by 12%.
• How to get: All banners.

These light cones help in boosting Huohuo’s stats and improving her overall performance in battles.

Recommended Relic Set for Huohuo

Selecting the right relic set is vital. The best relic sets for Huohuo are:

1. Messenger Traversing Hackerspace (4 sets)

The best 4-piece Relic Set for Huohuo is the Messenger Traversing Hackerspace. This relic set provides Huohuo with SPD bonuses and allows her to boost the party’s SPD whenever she uses her Ultimate ability.

• Huohuo’s SPD is increased by 6%.
• When Huohuo uses her Ultimate on an ally, all allies’ SPD is increased by 12% for one turn. This effect cannot stack and lasts for one turn.

2. Messenger Traversing Hackerspace (2 pieces), Passerby of Wandering Cloud (2 pieces)

Using a combination of Passerby of Wandering Cloud and Messenger Traversing Hackerspace (2 pieces each), Huohuo’s healing output is maximized for time-sensitive content. This set increases SPD by 6% and healing output by 10%.

3. Watchmaker, Master of Dream Machinations (4 pieces)

When paired with a unit that has Messenger Traversing Hackerspace, Huohuo can use Watchmaker to enhance the party’s Break Effect. The Break Effect is boosted by 16%. Additionally, when Huohuo uses her Ultimate on an ally, all allies’ Break Effect is increased by 12% for one turn. This effect cannot stack and lasts for 2 turns.

These Relic sets provide essential bonuses and effects that significantly benefit Huohuo’s support role as a healer.

Ideal Planar Ornament set for Huohuo

The optimal planar ornament sets for Huohuo include:

1. Fleet of the Ageless

As its HP stat augmentation enhances her healing capabilities while also offering a significant ATK% boost, Fleet of the Ageless stands out as her optimal ornament.

• Max HP is increased by 12%. If SPD is above 120, ATK damage for all allies is increased by 8%.

2. Broken Keel

CRIT DMG proves to be a superior buff when compared to an ATK% boost, yet it is less beneficial when supporting Damage over Time (DoT) characters.

• Effect RES is increased by 10%. If Effect RES is above 30%, Crit DMG of all allies is increased by 10%.

3. Penacony, Land of the Dreams

When paired with a Wind DPS, Huohuo can benefit from this ornament. It also increases energy regeneration, making it easier to access her ultimate ability, especially when paired with an energy rope, light cone, or S3 Post-Op.

• Energy Regeneration Rate is increased by 5%. ATK is increased by 10% to all allies with the same damage type (Wind).

These ornaments boost Huohuo’s effectiveness in maintaining the team’s health and ensuring continuous support.

Huohuo’s Team Composition and Synergy

Certainly, as a versatile healer and buffer character in HSR, Huohuo is adaptable to various team compositions. While she can effectively fit into any team, we do have some recommendations to optimize her performance. It’s important to note that in addition to her healing and buffing abilities, Huohuo can also removes debuff from her allies.

Huohuo’s F2P Teams (Free to Play)

1. Healer: Huohuo
2. DPS: Dan Heng. For more information about Dan Heng character build guide, see the Honkai Star Rail Dan Heng build.
3. Support: Yukong.
4. Tank: Trailblazer (Fire).

In tough fights, her healing alone might not keep everyone safe. That’s why it’s smart to bring along a Preservation unit like Trailblazer (Fire) to make sure nobody gets knocked out.

This free-to-play team relies on her to heal everyone. She also boosts their attack power and helps them build up energy faster, so they can use their powerful moves more often.

Huohuo’s DoT Teams

1. Healer: Huohuo
2. DPS: Kafka. For more information about Kafka’s team guide, see the Honkai Star Rail Kafka build.
3. DPS: Black Swan. For more information on how to build Black Swan character, see the Honkai Star Rail Black Swan build.
4. Support: Ruan Mei. For detail guide about Ruan Mei’s optimal teams and light cones, see the Honkai Star Rail Ruan Mei build.

In DoT teams, Huohuo’s Ultimate proves advantageous as most of their units rely on the ATK stat for scaling. Furthermore, energy restoration to the party enables their Ultimates to be utilized sooner.

Huohuo’s Wind-Quantum Teams

1. Healer: Huohuo
2. DPS: Blade. For more information about Blade character build, see the Honkai Star Rail Blade build.
3. Support: Silver Wolf. Learn more about Silver Wolf character, see the Honkai Star Rail Silver Wolf build.
4. Support: Bronya. For more information on how to build Bronya character, see the Honkai Star Rail Bronya build.

In specific content scenarios where the enemy is vulnerable to Quantum but not to Wind, this team composition proves viable. Silver Wolf becomes indispensable in this setup as she can apply a Wind Weakness effect on an enemy.

Huohuo’s General Teams

1. Healer: Huohuo.
2. DPS: Any Destruction, The Hunt, or Erudition Unit.
3. Support: Any Harmony or Nihility Unit.
4. Tank: Any Preservation Unit.

In various team compositions, Huohuo serve as a healer for the party. However, if the content proves exceedingly difficult, she may face challenges in maintaining the party’s health single-handedly, underscoring the importance of incorporating a Preservation unit to address this concern.

In instances where the presence of two sustain units isn’t imperative, the Preservation unit can be substituted with a second Harmony unit.

These characters synergize well with Huohuo, enhancing the overall team’s performance.

Maximizing Huohuo’s Healing Output

To maximize Huohuo’s healing output:

• Focus on relics and light cones that boost healing effects.
• Use skills strategically to maintain team health.
• Optimize team composition to leverage Huohuo’s strengths.

By following these strategies, you can ensure Huohuo’s effectiveness in keeping your team alive and well.

Huohuo’s Abilities

Below are detailed descriptions of Huohuo’s skills, which encompass healing, buffing, and attacking abilities. However, we suggest utilizing her primarily for healing and debuff removal rather than focusing on damage-dealing aspects.

Huohuo’s active skills

• Basic Attack – Banner – Stormcaller

An enemy is inflicted Wind Damage equal to 25% – 55% Huohuo’s Max HP.

• Skill – Talisman: Protection

Huohuo possesses the ability to remove one debuff from a single ally while simultaneously restoring their HP. The amount of healing provided ranges from 14% to 22.4% of her Max HP, supplemented by an additional 140 to 623 HP. Moreover, adjacent allies to the target also benefit from HP restoration, receiving healing equivalent to 11.2% to 17.92% of Huohuo’s Max HP, along with an extra 112 to 498.4 HP.

• Ultimate – Tail: Spiritual Domination

Energy is regenerated for all allies (excluding herself) based on 15%—21% of their individual Max Energy. Simultaneously, their ATK is boosted by 24%—43.2% for 2 turns.

Huohuo’s Talent

• Talent – Possession: Ethereal Metaflow

After using her Skill, Huohuo gains Divine Provision lasting 2 turns. Additionally, every ally with 50% HP or lower receives healing for one time. When Divine Provision is triggered to heal an ally, one debuff is dispelled from that ally. Can be triggered up to 6. 

The duration of Divine Provision decreases by 1 turn at the start of each of her turns. When an ally’s turn starts or uses their Ultimate, she restores HP for that ally if she has Divine Provision. The amount restored is equivalent to 3%—4.8% of her Max HP plus 30—133.5.

Huohuo’s Technique

• Technique – Fiend: Impeachment of Evil

Huohuo has the ability to inflict horor struck state on nearby enemies, where they flee for 10 seconds. When attack enemies affected by horror struck in combat, their ATK is reduced by 25% for 2 turns.

Huohuo’s Traces

In total Stats:

• HP +28%
• Effect RES +18%
• SPD +5

Skill trace priority:

• Ultimate > skill > talent > basic attack

Ascension	Name	Effect Description
Ascension 2	Fearful to Act	At the start of battle, Huohuo gains Divine Provision for one turn.
Ascension 4	The Cursed One	Huohuo’s Crowd Control Resistance is boosted by 35%.
Ascension 6	Stress Reaction to Horror	Huohuo generates 1 energy whenever her Talent is triggered.

Huohuo’s Eidolon

Huohuo’s Eidolon levels unlock powerful effects. Each level offers unique benefits:

Eidolon	Effect Description
Eidolon 1: Anchored to Vessel, Specters Nestled	The duration of Divine Provision provided by Huohuo’s Talent is extended by 1 turn. While under the effect of Divine Provision, the SPD of all allies increases by 12%.
Eidolon 2: Sealed in Tail, Wraith Subdued	When Huohuo has Divine Provision and an ally is hit by a fatal blow, the ally won’t be knocked down. Instead, their HP is instantly restored by 50% of their Max HP. This action reduces the duration of Divine Provision by 1 turn. This effect can be triggered twice per battle.
Eidolon 3: Cursed by Fate, Moths to Flame	Huohuo’s Ultimate skill can be leveled up to Lv. +2, reaching a maximum of Lv. 15. Additionally, her Talent’s ATK can also be upgraded to Lv. +2, with a maximum level of Lv. 15.
Eidolon 4: Tied in Life, Bound to Strife	Huohuo’s healing abilities are based on the current HP of the target ally. The lower the HP, the higher the amount of healing they receive, with a maximum amount increase of 80%. This effect applies when using both Huohuo’s Skills and Talents.
Eidolon 5: Mandated by Edict, Evils Evicted	Huohuo’s skills can be leveled up to Skill Lv. +2, with a maximum cap of Lv. 15. Additionally, her basic attack can be upgraded up to Lv. 10.
Eidolon 6: Woven Together, Cohere Forever	When healing a target ally, Huohuo increases the target’s damage dealt by 50% for a duration of 2 turns.

Huohuo’s Upgrade Materials

Level-up	Upgrade Materials	Credit Costs
Level 20 > 30	x5 Immortal Scionette	4k
Level 30 > 40	x10 Immortal Scionette	8k
Level 40 > 50	x6 Immortal Aeroblossom, x3 Ascendent Debris	16k
Level 50 > 60	x9 Immortal Aeroblossom, x3 Ascendent Debris	40k
Level 60 > 70	x6 Immortal Lumintwig, x20 Ascendent Debris	80k
Level 70 > 80	x9 Immortal Lumintwig, x35 Ascendent Debris	160k
In total	x65 Ascendent Debris x15 Immortal Scionette x15 Immortal Aeroblossom x15 Immortal Lumintwig	308k

Compared to other top-tier Defensive Support characters, Huohuo may not match their raw sustain power, but this deficiency can be compensated for by the enhancement of the party’s damage output. Ultimately, if the enemy is already defeated, the necessity for extensive defensive measures is obviated. For more information, see our gaming news, we have thoroughly tested and developed builds for each character in Honkai: Star Rail.

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