Gallagher in Honkai Star Rail: Guide & Build

Gallagher in HSR - a sloppy and lazy bartender from the Hound clan, specializing in effectively restoring the health of allies and providing them with fire by increasing the damage received by enemy targets penetration damage. In addition to the above healing effects, which are realized through activating the super ability and imposing a special status on all enemies, the detective is able to weaken one target by using an enhanced basic attack on it, which is considered a debuff.

Despite the dependence on the penetration indicator, the value of which partially determines the volume of restored HP, the man is one of the most versatile healers, suitable for any squad regardless of the Path and the element of the leading damage dealer in it. However, the creator of drinks will show the greatest efficiency in teams relying on penetration of vulnerability, providing them with a stable, with a high personal energy recovery indicator, action of the status "Dead drunk".

Rating	S+ position in dash list
Rarity	⭐⭐⭐⭐
[Type] element	Fiery 🔥
Path	Abundance
when added to the game	March 27, 2024 (update 2.1)
How to get a character	Banners Star Jump, Start Jump, Event Jump: Character, and Event Jump: Light Cone
Gender	Male
Home region	Penaconia
Role in the squad	Healer, debuffer
Role in the game	Head of the Hound Clan
signature light cone	"What is reality?"
Voice actors	Actor English voice acting - Erik Braa Japanese actor Voice Actors - Satoshi Mikami Actor whale. voice acting - Ma Yufei Actor cor. Voice Actors - Park Sang-hoon

Hero's story

Gallagher serves as the head of the Hound clan on Penakonia, while also working as a bartender at the Dream Hotel, expertly crafting drinks for dreamers and visitors to the planet. The man's past is shrouded in mystery: he is known to be extremely wary of strangers, but always shows due respect due to his position and profession. Each drink prepared by the scruffy bartender depends on the feelings of the guest: the man will season an elevated mood with sweet soda, and in moments of bitter grief he will offer something stronger.

How to get a character

You can knock out Gallagher in one of the following banners:

• with a certain chance in the “Starting Jump” (newbie banner);
• with a fixed probability of 4⭐ items and characters in Star Leap (permanent standard banner);
• with an increased chance in the “Event Jump: Character” (event banner), if presented among the heroes who received priority for drop;
• with some chance in the Event Jump: Light Cone weapon banner.

The opportunity to obtain Gallagher will be presented in the second half of version 2.7, simultaneously with the start of named banners Fugues (Nonexistence: Fire) The preliminary start date for the limited-time "Jump" is 25 декабря 2024 года.

If you don't want to miss Gallagher's rerun, as well as other epic and legendary characters' "Jumps", add to "Bookmarks" banner schedule.

Features

As the bartender upgrades, the base values ​​of health, attack power and defense increase. The exact values ​​of each parameter depending on the current level can be tracked through the table below:

Level of	Base attack power	Basic protection	Basic Health	base speed	Basic taunt
1	72	60	178	98	100
20	140	117	346	98	100
30	205	171	506	98	100
40	270	225	666	98	100
50	335	279	826	98	100
60	400	333	986	98	100
70	464	387	1146	98	100
80	529	441	1305	98	100

Base taunt and speed are constant and do not change as you level up.

How Gallagher's Skills Work

The skills of the Path of Abundance representative are focused on fully ing the squad with healing. However, the bartender's skill set is not limited to stable regeneration, but offers several useful long-term weakenings: reducing the attack power of one enemy and increasing the damage received from penetration for all enemies with a special status.

The personal mark “Dead Drunk” ensures the work of the talent, where the key skills of the Hound clan officer are recorded, and active abilities act as an addition. The hero's skill restores a certain number of health units, while the superpower is a source of debuff, AoE damage and a basic attack amplifier. Next, we will analyze in detail how Gallagher’s skills work, and also prioritize leveling up abilities. Additionally, we'll look at the ive buffs for traces and eidolons to bring out all the positive aspects of the healer.

Active skills

ive skills

The order of leveling abilities

Talent ≥ Emboldening Salvo > Basic Attack > Superpower

First of all, materials should be invested in Gallagher's abilities that affect healing and debuffs:

1. В talent multipliers of the negative status “Dead Drunk” are fixed, through which the team is treated and enemies are weakened. Emboldening Salvo It directly restores health, but has lower priority, since it requires you to wait for the character’s turn to use it.
2. Pump over basic attack follows because of the enhanced version of “Nectar Blitz”, which will significantly reduce the attack power of enemies as the level increases.
3. Superpower rises last with "free" resources, since Gallagher is not initially focused on high DPS.

Tracks

Total stat boost:

Status Resistance	28%
HP	18%
Penetration effect	13,3%

Eidolons

All consts:

1	Salty dog	After entering the battle, restores 20 units. Gallagher energy and increases resistance to effects by 50%.
2	lion tail	Using the skill removes 1 weakening from the selected ally and increases their resistance to effects by 30% for 2 turns.
3	Corpse Reanimator	Skill level +2, maximum - 15. Basic attack level +1, maximum - 10.
4	The last word	Increases the duration of the “Dead Drunk” status imposed by the superpower by 1 turn.
5	Death in the Afternoon	Superpower level +2, talent level +2. The maximum level is 15.
6	Blood and Sand	Gallagher's penetration effect is increased by 20%, and the effectiveness of vulnerability penetration is also increased by 20%.

Gallagher's best eidolons - E2, E4, E6:

• E2 complements the skill with the ability to remove weakening from allies, which is why Gallagher’s value in the team instantly increases. Most enemies can inflict various negative statuses and control effects, so “cleansing” for s is a highly sought-after ability that directly affects the outcome of the battle.
• E4 increases the duration of the negative status, the only source of which is the Ultimate. Thus, the character will be able to more stably maintain it on enemies with lower requirements for speed and energy recovery.
• E6 is an important built-in buff for the penetration effect, which will ively increase outgoing healing. As an additional bonus, the character will be able to more effectively reduce the fire resistance of enemies.

How to play as Gallagher in HSR

The bartender's gameplay is mainly tied to maintaining the personal negative status "Dead Drunk", which restores the attacking ally's health after dealing damage. The effect is applied by technique and ultimate, so Gallagher’s main task during the battle is to accumulate energy for his superpower and update statuses on opponents in time.

General guidelines for building a Gallagher rotation:

1. When entering battle, pay attention to the energy charge of the ultimate. If the character is able to immediately use a superpower, use the attacking technique of the more popular character. Otherwise, use the Master Elixir of the Head of the Hound Clan to cause Dead Drunk on all opponents for 2 turns.
2. The standard rotation for accumulating an ultimate in three actions involves alternating skills as follows: basic attack => skill => basic attack. Follow the described order of activating abilities so as not to experience a shortage of skill points.
3. Based on the situation in the battle, use your ultimate wisely. The superpower not only refreshes Dead Drunk, but advances the bartender's action and buffs the base attack. The feature can be turned into an advantageous combination with high healing of one damaged ally with the skill, or heal the entire squad with a basic strike.
4. The enhanced strike "Nectar Blitz" applies a debuff to one enemy to decrease attack and instantly restores health to the entire group. In builds where the number of debuffs on enemies is important, it is worth performing "Nectar Blitz" on the next target of the main DD.
5. With the second eidolon open, always give Gallagher the opportunity to use the skill to remove the control effect from a character in the team. the feature described in the third point: the hero gets the action advancement after activating the ult and can immediately use the ability to remove the negative status.

All about character leveling

Let's look at what materials are needed to level Gallagher up to level 80, improve all skills and explore the hidden possibilities presented by the traces.

Elevation materials

To achieve maximum elevation, you need to spend the following consumables:

• loans ×826 200 — universal in-game currency, issued for completing quests, completing daily errands, time-limited events, as well as for participation in the “Sepal (Golden)” test in the “Big Mine”;
• dream collection component ×12, dream flow valve ×13, dream engine ×12 — resources that can be obtained for defeating monsters from the Nightmare Troupe on Penaconia;
• flaming heart ×50 — material for exalting fiery characters, farmed in the activity “Stagnate Shadow: Residence of the Morning Dew”, which will appear in the game with the release of update 2.1;
• traveler's guides ×289, adventure logs ×6, travel meetings ×3.

Skills Improvement Materials

Full list of resources for upgrading abilities:

• loans ×1 758 000;
• dream collection component ×22, dream flow valve ×35, dream engine ×20;
• seed of a strange tree ×8, nutritious honey ×42, fruit of diversity ×77 — materials for leveling up the abilities of Path of Abundance characters, which can be obtained in the “Sepal (Crimson)” dungeon in the Garden of Serenity location;
• past wormhole disasters ×12 — component from the activity “Echoes of War: Old wormhole crater";
• virtual universe.

The order of pumping traces

Total amount of materials for studying all Traces:

• loans ×642 000;
• dream collection component ×6, dream flow valve ×7, dream engine ×22;
• seed of a strange tree ×4, nutritious honey ×12, fruit of diversity ×28;
• imprints of fate ×2;
• past wormhole disasters ×3.

Advantages and disadvantages

Having analyzed all the skills and abilities of the head of the Hound clan, we can draw the following conclusions about his strengths and weaknesses:

Advantages	Disadvantages
Stable hill out of his turn. The character’s healing works in such a way that damage that hits enemies with the “Dead Drunk” status restores the number of health units determined by the talent.	Treatment is not scaled by other parameters, but is a fixed value. The only way to increase the amount of healing you receive is to collect a high outgoing healing bonus through ive talents, light cone, and relics.
Can provide instant treatment at critical moments. After using the ultimate, the hero not only updates the statuses on the opponents, but also advances his action by 100%, buffs the basic attack. Thus, the character can use the skill to restore health to one ally, or strike and heal the entire team.	Critical skills are hidden in eidolons. The minimum recommended constellation for a hero is the second one, since after acquiring it the character gets the opportunity to remove weakenings.
The main advantage of the mark is that it is applied directly to enemies, therefore, Duration of statuses depends on enemy speed. Treatment can be received longer by delaying the actions of opponents and reducing their speed with the skills of some characters.	Without stable use of superpowers, it will not be able to maintain “Dead Drunk” statuses on enemies, therefore desperately needs a build around speed and energy recovery. The situation is greatly simplified with unlocking E4.
Low skill requirement, since the hero provides the squad with ive healing through talent. “Special Recipe” is intended to treat critical damage, which, with sufficient leveling, does not occur often.	When leveling up, it focuses heavily on characteristics that do not affect personal survivability. For this reason, it is difficult to maintain a balance of health, high healing and personal damage. Requires large investments in a hybrid assembly.
Great for Diverse Teams and creates synergy with heroes of various mechanics. Bartender treatment works with "Discoverer of Dead Waters".
Important for s ability to remove weakening. The buff is unlocked with the second eidolon and greatly increases the value of a healer in the squad.

Gallagher's Best Builds in Honkai: Star Rail

Gallagher is a healer with a set of debuffer skills, so he fits into two roles in the group. Among the weakening, the hero offers the team an increase in penetration damage and a decrease in the attack power of opponents, while at the same time restoring health with the skill and the “Dead Drunk” tag. Considering that character abilities have fixed multipliers and regenerate a clearly defined number of HP points, when building you should focus on the following characteristics:

• outgoing healing bonus — the only way to increase the effectiveness of treatment, since the character’s healing skills are not scaled by other stats;
• penetration effect — with the “Unusual Proportions” track open, the parameter is converted into an additional healing bonus;
• speed — necessary for frequent actions that allow you to accumulate energy for the ultimate and help the team with healing or generating skill points;
• energy recovery rate — using a superpower, imposes the negative status “Dead Drunk,” which includes both healing and debuffs;
• Attack Power — frequent use of a basic strike can be implemented to greater advantage by selecting parts of relics with this characteristic for the character.

Next, we will analyze the best Gallagher build in XSR to reveal the hero's full potential in turn-based combat. We will consider the optimal values ​​of the characteristics, suitable sets of artifacts and Light Cones.

Recommended Specs

Top stats in parts of relics and decorations:

Relic	Main characteristic
Head	HP (constant)
Arms	Attack Power (Constant)
Body	Outgoing Healing Bonus
Legs	Speed ​​(a priority), attack power (situational)
Connecting rope	Energy recovery rate (a priority), penetration effect (optional)
planar sphere	HP, defense (a priority), attack power (optional)

Lower parameters:

• speed;
• penetration effect;
• Attack Power;
• health, protection, resistance to effects.

Recommended final values ​​of key parameters for a comfortable game:

• speed: 134 units and higher;
• energy recovery: 105-120%, depending on the speed gained;
• penetration effect: up to 150%;
• health: from 4.

Light Cone Rating

Weapons for Gallagher must match Paths of Abundancefor the ive skill of the selected light cone to work. In the abilities of the “cards” you need to pay attention to penetration effect, healing bonus and energy restoration.

What relics and decorations are needed

Cave relics for Gallagher should contain a penetration effect and an outgoing healing bonus, and a combination with a speed set or an increase in overall survivability is also allowed. Among planar decorations, buffer sets with various positive effects on allies come first.

cave relics

planar decorations

Gallagher's Squad Guide in HSR

Gallagher plays two roles in the team: a debuffer and a healer. The Hound officer is able to maintain the "Dead Drunk" debuff on all enemies throughout the entire battle, and also applies an attack reduction to one opponent after using his ult. This feature is in demand for damage dealers playing with a powerful set of relics. "Discoverer of Dead Waters", including a 2-piece set.

Healing skills are not limited to the "Special Recipe" skill, but work from hits on marks that the healer imposes. The skill is fully revealed in cooperation with followers of Erudition and Harmony, inflicting damage on several opponents with a negative status. In addition, heroes who rely on the bonus attack mechanic will benefit greatly, since they will be able to receive several "portions" of healing in one battle cycle.

Which characters are suitable?

Let's look at the characteristics of the characters with whom the hero combines best:

Examples of the best teams

Examples of squads with the heroes considered:

Budget builds of epic characters:

Conclusion on the character

Gallagher follows the Path of Abundance and is endowed with a variety of auxiliary mechanics. The gameplay of the leader of the Hound clan is based on the personal effect "Dead Drunk", through which healing is carried out after attacks by allied heroes. In addition, the status is considered a debuff, which together makes the hero in demand in various squads and builds built on weakening, bonus attacks, damage in the area, and play from penetration.

As a healer, the hero is not deprived of instant healing, and can also provide treatment at critical moments and remove negative statuses. However, the described skills require studying traces and unlocking eidolons, so without proper pumping and investment of resources, Gallagher does not reveal himself to the fullest. The character build, in turn, is based on maximizing several parameters, and cave relics and light cones have a lot of available alternatives, which is why a member of the Hound clan can be considered friendly to F2P players.

We hope this Honkai: Star Rail guide helped you create the best build for Gallagher. comments Ask any questions about the character so that the author or other players can help.