Bonus attack in Honkai Star Rail: how it works and who can use it

Bonus attack in Honkai: StarRail — is an additional automatic attack that does not count as a character move. It is triggered immediately after certain conditions are met and is a source of free damage.

Not all characters can perform a bonus attack, but for heroes who can perform it, the activation conditions are different and even include an element of randomness. In this guide, we will look at the mechanics of the bonus attack in XSR, discuss the characters who can perform it, and the Light Cones that improve it.

How the bonus attack works in Honkai: Star Rail

The general model of the bonus attack is as follows:

• A hero capable of a bonus attack is taken into the party.
• Performed in battle certain conditions (embedded in the character's abilities) by the hero's comrades, himself, or enemies. For example, in the case of Hertha HP of one and enemies becomes less than 50%.
• Immediately after the condition is met, the hero queues up and performs a bonus attack.

In this case, the hero’s turn is not spent, and his position in the queue does not matter. Even if the enemy must move after the condition is met, the character will still wedge into the queue and perform a strike.

There is a subspecies of bonus attacks called counterattack. It is carried out after certain actions of enemies, but works on an identical principle.

All characters with bonus attack in Honkai: Star Rail

Let's analyze the characters capable of conducting free attacks and the conditions for their activation:

Character	Condition for performing a bonus attack
Doctor Ratio	Using a skill, has a fixed chance to perform a bonus attack on the target, which causes imaginary damage. For each Debuff the target has, the fixed chance to perform an additional Off-Turn Strike increases by 20%. Also carries out a bonus attack if an ally deals damage to an enemy who is affected by the “Shortsightedness of the Sages” status (applied by the “Syllogistic Paradox” superpower).
Yanqing	While Empathic Link is active, after attacking an enemy, it has a fixed 50% chance to perform a bonus attack that deals Ice damage to the target. Additionally, this action can impose the “Frozen” status on the enemy.
Blade	Every time a hero takes damage or spends his own points. health, he gets 1 level. “Charge” status (max. 5). When reaching max. level, the character carries out a powerful mass strike outside the main action in the battle cycle.
Jing Yuan	At the beginning of the battle, summons the Lightning Lord, whose blows are considered a bonus attack. The summoned creature has its own turn in the battle cycle. His speed and number of hits depend on the attacks performed by Jing Yuan himself: skill - 2 hits, superpower - 3 hits, technique - 3 hits. The Lightning Lord's maximum number of hits is 10.
Topaz and the ant	During battle, summons a Piggy Bank of Space, whose speed is 80 units. During its action, the small pet performs a bonus hit, causing fire damage to an enemy with the “Debt Certificate” status (applied by the “Difficulties with payment?” skill).
Clara	Under the protection of Svarog, the damage received by a tramp girl is reduced by 10%. Svarog himself marks opponents who attack Clara with the “Counterattack Mark” and launches a counterattack (considered a bonus attack) every time an enemy deals damage to the baby. While under the effect of a superpower, an additional hit outside of a turn will count even if the opponent takes an action against an allied character.
Armor	With E4 "Catch the Enemy by Surprise", after an ally uses a basic attack on an enemy with a wind vulnerability, the heroine immediately performs a bonus attack that deals wind damage. The considered effect can work 1 time per turn.
Kafka	After an ally uses Basic Strike, Stellaron Hunter immediately makes an off-turn attack that deals Electric damage to the enemy hit. This action also has a base chance of 100% to inflict the Shock DoT status on the target for 2 turns (damage over time).
Himeko	When breaking through the opponent's vulnerability, the girl receives level 1. "Charge" (max. 3). When fully Charged, when an ally makes an attack, it immediately makes an additional strike, thereby dealing Fire damage to the enemy.
Xueyi	As soon as he reaches lvl 8. "Karma" (filled by depleting enemies' durability), the girl consumes all levels of the named status and performs a quantum-type attack out of turn.
qingque	If you have E4 “Lucky Combination, Last Die,” using the skill has a fixed 24% chance of putting the character into the “Independence” state until the end of the turn. After using a normal or enhanced basic attack in the Independence state, the heroine performs a quantum-type bonus attack.
Hertha	When opponents' health drops to 50% (or below), the owner of the space station performs a strike out of turn.
March 7 Ice	With her skill, the Nameless One places a shield on one of the allies. If a follower protected by Power of Cute is attacked, March 7 immediately launches a counterattack (counts as a bonus attack) that deals ice damage.
Aventurine	A character with the “Fortified Headquarters” shield hit by an enemy attack gives Aventurine 1 unit. "Blind bet" charge. After the “Blind Bet” charge reaches 7 units, the character spends a bonus attack of 7 hits, each of which inflicts imaginary damage to a random enemy equal to the defense indicator. The Blind Bet charge can be stacked up to 10 times.
Yunli	Due to the talent, it counterattacks every time it receives damage from an enemy. In addition, when activating the super ability, it inflicts the "Block" status on itself. If it is hit while under this status, it counterattacks "Intuit: Extermination". If it is not attacked during the "Block" effect, it immediately counterattacks "Intuit: Cutting Down" when the effect ends.
Jasper	After attacking Jasper or her ally who has become a "Debt Collector", for each enemy target hit, gains 1 level of "Charge". When the total number of "Charges" reaches 8, consumes them and performs a bonus attack.
March 7 Imaginary	When E2 is blocked, when The teacher (ally under the effect of the skill March 7) uses a basic attack or skill, immediately performs a follow-up attack.
Feixiao	The skill deals damage to one enemy and also immediately performs a bonus attack. In addition, with the help of the talent, toWhenever any allied character attacks an enemy, Feixiao will perform a bonus attack on that enemy target.
Linsha	Using the skill summons Fuyuan with a base speed of 90 and a base number of actions of 3. During its action, Fuyuan performs a bonus attack, hitting all enemies on the battlefield.
Mojie	When allies attack an enemy with the mark "Sacrifice" (debuff from the skill), Moze deals additional damage and consumes 1 charge. For every 3 charges consumed, he performs a bonus attack on the enemy with the mark. Ult carries out a swift strike and similarly launches the bonus attack described in the talent.

Light cones for bonus attacks

The following light cones tied to mechanics with bonus attacks:

light cone	Description
Anxiety and bliss (Path of the Hunt)	Crete. the chance of a hero equipped with the weapon in question increases by 18-30%, and the damage from a bonus attack increases by 30-50%. After performing a bonus hit, the target is given the “Tame” status, which can stack up to 2 times. When an ally hits an enemy with the Tamed status, each level of this status increases the crit dealt. damage by 12-20%.
Baptism of pure thought (Path of the Hunt)	Crete. The damage of the carrier character increases by 20-32%. For each existing weakening the enemy has a crit. The wearer's damage to that target is increased by an additional 8-12%. This effect can stack up to 3 times. Using a superpower to attack a target grants the owner the Debate status, which increases damage dealt by 36-60% and allows the bonus attack to ignore 24-40% of the enemy's defense. This effect lasts for 2 turns.
Before dawn (Path of Erudition)	Crete. The owner's damage increases by 36-60%, and the damage of his skill and superpowers increases by 18-30%. After using a skill or superpower, the wearer receives the “Sleeping Body” status. Performing a bonus attack consumes the Sleeping Body status and increases bonus attack damage by 48-80%.
The Birth of the Self (Path of Erudition)	Bonus attack damage increases by 24-48%. If an enemy's current health is below or equal to 50%, the owner's bonus attack damage dealt to that enemy is increased by an additional 24-48%.
Unfair fate (Path of Conservation)	The wearer's protection increases by 40-64%. When a hero puts a shield on an ally, his crit. damage increases by 40-64% for 2 turns. When the wielder hits an enemy with a bonus attack, it has a base chance of 100% increasing the damage taken by the attacked enemy by 10-16% for 2 turns.
Dance at sunset (Path of Destruction)	Significantly increases the chance of being attacked, as well as critical damage by 36-60%. After using the superpower, it gives 1 level of the Fire Dance status, which lasts 2 turns and can be stacked up to 2 times. Each received stack increases the damage dealt by the bonus attack by 36-60%.
But hope is priceless (Path of Erudition)	The owner's Critical Chance increases by 16-28%. If the owner's Critical Damage during combat becomes higher than 120%, the damage dealt by their Bonus Attack increases by 12-20% for every 20% exceeding this value. This effect can stack up to 4 times. At the start of combat or after the owner uses a basic attack, damage dealt by a Super Ability or Bonus Attack ignores 20-36% of the target's Defense for 2 turns.
I'm going hunting (Path of the Hunt)	Crit. chance increases by 15-25%. When the owner performs a bonus attack, gains 1 level of the "Light Flow" status, maximum - 2. Each stack allows you to ignore 27-39% of the enemy target's defense when using the super ability. At the end of the owner's turn, 1 level of the "Light Flow" status is removed.

Cave Relics for Bonus Attacks

The main artifacts that are aimed at enhancing the type of attacks in question:

• Burning Duke: 2 pieces - increases bonus attack damage by 20%, 4 pieces - when the owner deals damage with a bonus attack, their attack power increases by 6%. This effect can be stacked up to 8 times and lasts for 3 turns. The effect is removed the next time the bonus attack is used.

Planar Bonus Attack Ornaments

Planar decorations with effects that provide an increase to bonus hits:

• Inert Salsotto: 2 parts - increases critical chance by 8%. If the owner's critical chance is higher than or equal to 50%, then the damage dealt by the super ability and bonus attack increases by 15%.
• Duran Wolf Dynasty: 2 parts - When an ally performs a bonus attack, the owner gains 1 level of the "Feat" status, up to a max of 5 levels. Each level of the status increases the damage dealt by the owner's bonus attack by 5%. When "Feat" reaches lvl 5, the owner's critical damage is additionally increased by 25%.

Bonus attacks in the Virtual Universe

If you want to try to the Worlds virtual universe with a build for bonus attacks, pay attention to The Path of Joy, entirely dedicated to strengthening this type of attack. Although this Path is not the easiest, thanks to its Blessings, you can increase your defense and even heal yourself with bonus attacks.

Achievements for bonus attacks

Three achievements from the category «Thirst for battle» common value 15 Star Jade given for killing 3, 80 and 240 enemies with bonus attacks:

• Shooting in Mozambique.
• Winner with bonus attack I.
• Winner with bonus attack II.

We hope that the guide helped you understand the mechanics of bonus attacks in HSR, learn how to manage how to call them. Questions regarding mechanics ask in comments... Read builds.