Kafka in Honkai Star Rail: Build Guide and Best Units

Kafka in HSR — an electric character of the Path of Nothingness of legendary rarity. The heroine specializes in imposing the periodic status "Shock" and fully plays off such mechanics, while inflicting pleasant damage numbers against both single and multiple enemy targets.

Being a primary or secondary damage dealer, the girl is capable of not only destroying opponents, but also instantly activating all imposed DoT effects with the help of skills and ultimate. This feature makes her one of the key and quite powerful components of any such builds.

Overall, it can be used successfully in many modes and demonstrates good results with the right and equipment. At the same time, it is considered a pleasant unit for F2P players, who do not necessarily need eidolons or signature weapons, as there are equally worthy alternatives.

Rating	A-position in dash list
Rarity	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
[Type] element	Electric damage type
Path	Nihility
when added to the game	August 9, 2023 (patch 1.2)
How to get a character	Event Jump: Character Banner
Gender	Female
Home region	New Babylon, Pterugi-V
Role in the squad	Primary and secondary DPS character
Role in the game	Stellaron Hunter
signature light cone	"Just have to wait"
Voice actresses	English Voice Actress - Cheryl Texiera Japanese Voice Actress - Ito Shizuka Chinese Voice Actress - Xu Hui Korean Voice Actress - Sa Moon-young

Hero's story

The girl belongs to the organization "Stellaron Hunters", which consists of intergalactic criminals wanted by the Interstellar Peace Corporation. Being the key figure of the group, he acts professionally and quickly, but at the same time remains calm and collected in any situation. Before ing the Hunters, the nature of her work was such that she almost never saw the same person twice.

Currently the most trusted person of Elio, the founder and leader of the organization. Kafka does everything possible to bring the future he foresaw to life. He has the ability to hypnotize with speech, which he used when Stellaron was implanted into the Pathfinder.

Her hobby is buying and folding coats, and her fetish is listening to phonograph records that contain the sounds of people screaming in pain (from the description of the Fermata cone).

The development of the heroine's storyline can be found in her companion mission "Letter from a Stranger".

How to get a character

Kafka can be dropped in a limited-time "Event Jump: Character" called "Inescapable Crowds".

To stay up to date with the next Kafka rerun, keep an eye on banner schedule.

Features

The exact values ​​of each basic stat are presented in the table.

Level of	Basic HP	Basic Attack	Basic protection	base speed	Basic taunt
1	148	92	66	100	100
20	288	180	128	100	100
40	554	346	247	100	100
50	687	429	306	100	100
60	821	512	366	100	100
70	954	595	425	100	100
80	1087	679	485	100	100

How Kafka's Skills Work

Stellaron Hunter specializes in dealing periodic damage from the Shock status of talent, technique and superpower. In addition, it instantly activates any DoT effects, which makes it extremely popular in teams focused on such mechanics.

DoT — damage over time (damage over time/at the beginning of each turn).

Thanks to the ability to destroy several targets at once, without sagging against dense opponents, the girl feels comfortable in content of different directions. She is able to help in closing both "Pure Fiction". Although in the latter case it may require additional .

Active skills

ive skills

The order of leveling abilities

Super > Skill > Talent > Basic Attack

It is advisable to pump all skills in parallel (except for the basic attack), because each skill plays an important role in the rotation. If there are not enough resources:

1. First of all, it is recommended to focus on superpower, which determines how much periodic damage enemies will receive.
2. then skill, since it allows you to deal additional damage when enemies have DoT statuses, and also has good multipliers.
3. Talent increases the bonus hit, which will be a nice addition, especially for the secondary damager position, so you can increase its level after the ult and skill.
4. Basic Attack It is only needed to restore skill points, so resources go into it last.

Tracks

General increase in characteristics:

ATK	28%
Effect Hit Chance	18%
HP	10%

Eidolons

All consts:

E1	When performing a bonus attack, there is a base 100% chance to increase the periodic damage taken by targets by 30% for 2 turns.
E2	While the heroine is on the battlefield, the periodic damage dealt to allies is increased by 25%.
E3	Skill level +2. The maximum level is 15. The level of basic attack +1. The maximum level is 10.
E4	When an enemy takes damage from Kafka's Shock status, she restores 2 energy.
E5	Superpower level +2. Talent level +2. The maximum level is 15.
E6	The Super Ability, Technique, and Bonus Strike increase the damage multiplier for enemies with the Shock status by 156% and also increase the duration of the effect by 1 turn.

Kafka's best eidolons: E1, E2 и E6.

• First eidolon Increases the periodic damage dealt to enemies. In particular, if the girl makes a bonus hit when activating the talent, enemies will start to receive more damage with some probability for 2 turns. At the same time, the need for the chance of hitting effects increases.
• Second eidolon resembles the first one. However, in this case, the first damage is increased simply for the fact that the Stellaron Hunter is present in the team. Of the additional advantages: the boost is given to the rest of the allies, which becomes especially important in squads playing from DoT.
• Sixth Eidolon makes the heroine a full-fledged DPS unit. The initial damage multipliers, especially on the ult, are not that high, but this is almost completely compensated by the shard. Works only if the enemies are under the "Shock" status, which also now lasts longer.

If you are F2P, but plan to knock out eidolons, we recommend that you stop at E2. This is the most optimal investment, which already boosts the character quite a lot.

How to play Kafka

The unit's gameplay involves inflicting the Shock status with a technique, a talent bonus hit, or a super ability. However, the main feature of the character is the ability to immediately activate all applied periodic damage effects. In this case, to maximize DPS, it is important to pre-inflict as many DoT effects on enemies as possible in order to subsequently "blow them up" with a skill without waiting for the target's turn.

Here are a few tips to keep in mind when rotating Kafka:

1. Try to always start the fight by using a technique to deal elemental damage to enemies (if they have an Electric Vulnerability) and a base 100% chance to inflict Shock on them.
2. When it's the character's turn, pay attention to the current weakening of the enemies. If there are one or two effects with a periodic status, use the skill and thus inflict instant damage from the explosion of the imposed DoTs.
3. If there are no such debuffs when the turn comes, or you need to save skill points, you can skip the turn by using a basic attack. However, in most cases, it is advisable to use the skill every turn to restore energy faster.
4. Alternate between the skill and the normal attack until you accumulate and fill the scale to activate the super ability. This will allow you to inflict electrical damage to all enemy targets and apply the Shock status. With the Torture trail open, using the ult instead of the damage from Shock will immediately activate the applied effects of the first. damage.

The superpower is most often used as soon as ready. However, there may be situations where it can be held back a bit to get more benefit, such as waiting for teammates to apply their DoT effects to enemies or for s to activate buffs/debuffs.

Leveling

In this section we will consider what materials and in what quantities are needed to upgrade a unit.

Elevation materials

List of resources for ascension:

• Credits ×1 690 000 - the main currency that can be obtained for daily tasks, Sepal in the Big Mine, permanent and limited events.
• Thief Instinct ×15, distorted ambition ×15, the will of the conqueror ×15 - components obtained by killing the Void Rangers and other opponents from the Antimatter Legion.
• Werewolf Electric Staff ×65 — an item for completing the Stagnant Shadow in the Navalia Stargazer Port (Lofu Xianzhou) location.
• Travel Guides ×289, Adventure Logs ×6, Travel meetings ×3.

Skill Leveling Materials

Materials required to upgrade abilities:

• Credits ×2 196 000.
• Thief Instinct ×33, distorted ambition ×46, the will of the conqueror ×28.
• Dread Obsidian ×12, desolation ×53 and obsession ×101 — a resource obtained for testing the Sepal in the Big Mine.
• Honor of the Nameless, ing events.
• Repentance of the Eternal False Body ×9 - a trophy for killing the weekly boss Fantilia.

The order of pumping traces

Components used to pump traces:

• Credits ×802 500.
• Thief Instinct ×8, Distorted ambition ×10, Conqueror's Will ×30.
• Dread Obsidian ×6, desolation ×16 and obsession ×38.
• Tracks of Destiny ×2.
• Repentance of the Eternal False Body ×3.

Advantages and disadvantages

Having figured out how the Stellaron Hunter's abilities work, we can draw a general conclusion about her strengths and weaknesses.

Advantages	Disadvantages
Compensates for dependence on cycles. Usually per. damage is triggered when it is the enemy's turn, making DoT teams slow. Kafka fixes this problem, as her skill and ultimate allow her to immediately activate all applied statuses.	DPS depends on squad selection. The mechanics are tied to periodic damage, to which other similar statuses are added. Thus, in order to maximize the damage from a skill or superpower, the squad needs allies who play from the initial. damage.
Instant operation of the lane. damage does not consume its actual duration, as it is only additional damage during the heroine's turn. Therefore, enemies take more damage during one cycle.	Traces have a significant impact on efficiency, and the last talent, which increases the chance of inflicting the Shock status, is especially important. Until all ives are unlocked, it is more difficult to fully reveal the character's potential.
Easy to assemble. If she plays from DoT, it is not necessary to pump up the critical value, since this type of damage cannot critical. It is enough to collect attack power and speed so that the girl demonstrates impressive numbers.	Demanding on leveling up allies, since the amount of applied per. Damage primarily affects the lvl of characters. Therefore, for a squad to handle high-level content, everyone must be high level.
Does not depend on eidolons and can even play on E0. Although upon awakening the character, one way or another, receives good buffs, they are only an addition and do not change the style of play.
After an ally uses a basic attack, performs an instant bonus attack. This allows her to act as a secondary damage dealer, helping her allies "out of pocket".

Best Kafka Builds in Honkai: Star Rail

Despite the fact that the Stellaron Hunter follows the Path of Nothingness, her kit is focused on destroying enemies, which allows her to occupy the position of a primary or secondary damage dealer. Moreover, most of the damage is done due to the Shock status and other periodic damage, which are also a way to weaken enemy targets. Thus, the Kafka build in XSR is based on the selection of the following characteristics:

• ATK - increases the damage of abilities, since they all scale from this parameter.
• Speed - allows you to walk faster than your opponents, which is important for the timely application and “explosion” of DOT effects.

Additional stats that can be considered include:

• Effect Hit Chance - increases the probability of applying "Shock".
• Penetration effect - Increases the damage dealt after penetrating an enemy's vulnerability. However, it is important to note that this will not affect periodic damage dealt in other ways.

Separately, it is worth highlighting Crete. indicators. The heroine can deal both instant and periodic damage. However, her main source of DPS is periodic damage, which do not criticizeFor this reason, placing a strong emphasis on pumping these stats is not advisable.

Recommended Specs

The main stats that are recommended to look for in relics:

Relic	Main characteristic
Head	HP (permanent)
Arms	Attack Power (Permanent)
Body	ATK
Legs	Speed ​​- priority / Attack Power - situationally
planar sphere	Electric bonus - priority / Attack Power - situationally
Connecting rope	Attack Power - priority / energy recovery - situationally

Secondary characteristics (sub-stats):

• Speed.
• Chance to hit effects.
• Attack Power.
• Breakthrough effect.

The optimal totals (including relic and weapon bonuses) that you would like to have on your character are:

• ATK: from 3 units.
• Speed: 134/143/160 units. 143 units is recommended.
• Effect Hit Chance: 29% (without 1st eidolon) and 67% (with 1st eidolon).
• Health: from 3 units.
• DEF: from 900 units
• Penetration effect: 20-30%.

Light Cone Rating

When choosing a weapon, that it must be related to Paths of Nothingness, so that the ive effect works. The cone should also provide an increase in attack power, speed, periodic damage and/or a penetration effect. Among the most suitable options, we highlight:

What relics and decorations are needed

When choosing relics, give priority to sets that increase electrical damage, attack power and speed. Also among the recommended stats, we can highlight the penetration effect, which is more situational, but will be useful if the enemies have a weakness to electrical.

cave relics

planar decorations

Squad Guide for Kafka in HSR

In a team, Kafka can be either the backbone of the group or a secondary damage dealer. However, in both cases, the squad is built around her, since in order to reveal the heroine's maximum potential, it is advisable to have allies who play from periodic damage.

Any presented will be suitable for the role of s Paths of Abundance, Conservation и HarmonyAlternatively, there are heroes that can deal first damage after penetration (Shock, Bleed, Burn, Weather), but then you have to wait until they break enemy shields.

Which characters are suitable?

The following heroes can be the girl's allies:

Examples of the best teams

Based on the characters discussed above, the following squads can be formed:

Is it worth knocking out?

Kafka prefers application damage over time, significantly expanding the capabilities of DoT units. Stellaron Hunter offers a completely different style of play, giving teams like this the opportunity to become more mobile and competitive. This is achieved through a skill and superpower that causes all applied damage over time effects to trigger instantly.

The heroine is also undemanding to the build, since DoT is not capable of crit. It is enough to collect attack power and speed to give out large damage numbers. The problem is that she is less effective in a team with allies who do not play from such mechanics. The girl can interact with any characters and make an impact in the battle, but in this case she does not reveal her potential to the maximum.

Which is better: signal or E1

In of damage increase, E1 wins over Signature Cone "Just have to wait"However, one of the drawbacks of the eidolon is that in order to fully implement it, you will have to collect a much higher chance of hitting effects, often sacrificing other more important characteristics.

Signa is a more comfortable investment option, which will increase all damage and speed, as well as offer an additional debuff. In addition, even with an alternative weapon, Just Have to Wait can be used to advantage by other Path of Nothingness characters.

We hope we've helped you understand the mechanics of the character in Honkai: Star Rail and put together the best build for Kafka. In comments Ask any questions related to the heroine so that the author or other players can help.

Achievements

There are two achievements associated with Stellaron Hunter:

• BOOM! - Activate 4 different damage over time effects with one use of the skill "Gentle Moonlight" in one battle. Reward: star jade ×5.
• Self suggestion - Use the heroine in the battle against Kafka and get the Submission status. Reward: star jade ×5.

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