Straight laced and serious, HSR Xueyi is a four-star quantum Destruction character with a useful kit that dishes out plenty of toughness damage, and in this Xueyi build we’re here to help you.
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What’s the best Honkai Star Rail Xueyi build?
Xueyi is a four-star quantum character who follows the path of the Destruction. She’s a strong general damage dealer capable of dishing out plenty of type-ignoring toughness damage to enemies, meaning she can break through enemy defenses regardless of their elemental weaknesses.
Here’s a brief overview of our best HSR Xueyi build:
| Rarity | ★★★★ |
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| Element | Quantum |
| Path | The Destruction |
| Best light cone | On the Fall of an Aeon |
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| Best relic set | Genius of Brilliant Stars |
| Best planar ornaments | Talia: Kingdom of Banditry |
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The best HSR Xueyi build sees her equipped with the On the Fall of an Aeon light cone, along with a full set of Genius of Brilliant Stars relics. Her best planar ornament set is Talia: Kingdom of Banditry.
While building Xueyi, we recommend focusing on boosting her break effect, crit, and attack above all else. In terms of skill priorities, we recommend leveling up her skill and talent first, then her ultimate, then her basic attack. As for traces, you should focus on leveling up Clairvoyant Loom (A2) first, then Perspicacious Mainframe (A6), then Intrepid Rollerbearings (A4).
How to use Xueyi
Xueyi is a four-star quantum character who treads the path of the Destruction. She deals a lot of toughness damage, even to enemies that aren’t weak to quantum. She interacts with the enemy’s toughness gauge to gain stacks for her powerful follow-up attack, which boosts her damage against quantum-weak foes even further.
As you can tell from her recommended stats and sub-stats, Xueyi predominantly scales off break effect, gaining more damage% for each point of break effect. This is great, but it does mean that she’s not the most flexible character in terms of team comps, and the five-star support Honkai Star Rail’s Ruan Mei is quite important if you want to make the most out of Xueyi’s kit.
It’s not all bad, though – Xueyi is still a relatively strong character who makes use of a generally underutilized stat, and her kit is effective and pretty easy to get your head around.
Her skill is a blast AoE that hits a primary target for a large percentage of her attack, then deals reduced damage to surrounding foes. As such, we generally recommend using her skill to aim for a central target when up against a group of enemies so you can maximize the effect. Her ultimate is a strong single-target attack that deals toughness damage, ignoring the weakness type of the enemy. This is super valuable, especially against enemies that switch weaknesses mid-battle.
Overall, Xueyi is a pretty strong four-star character that can act as a DPS or sub-DPS. She benefits greatly from a buffer like Ruan Mei to maximize the effect of her toughness damage, but can stand up against a wide range of enemies if you’re willing to invest enough into her kit.
What are the best light cones for Xueyi?
The best light cone for Xueyi is On the Fall of an Aeon, especially at superimpose level five. You can easily purchase this from Herta’s store using the currency you earn in the Simulated Universe, and it’s worth saving up for as it dramatically boosts her personal damage.
Xueyi’s best four-star light cone is The Moles Welcome You, which gives her a healthy boost to her attack. Aside from that, Under the Blue Sky and Nowhere to Run are both strong options for Xueyi.
Here are the best HSR Xueyi light cones:
| Light Cone | Description | How to Obtain |
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| On the Fall of an Aeon | Whenever Xueyi attacks, her attack increases by 8%, up to four times. When she inflicts weakness break, her damage increases by 12% for two turns. | Purchase from Herta’s Store |
| The Moles Welcome You | When Xueyi uses a basic attack, skill, or ultimate against enemies, she gains one stack of Mischievous. Each stack increases her attack by 12%. | Limited or standard banner |
| Under the Blue Sky | Increases Xueyi’s attack by 16%. When she defeats an enemy, her crit rate increases by 12% for three turns. | Limited or standard banner |
| Nowhere to Run | Increases Xueyi’s attack by 24%. Whenever she defeats an enemy, she restores HP equal to 12% of her attack. | Limited or standard banner |
What are the best relics for Xueyi?
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