The chance of hitting effects in Honkai Star Rail: how it works and who needs it

Chance of hitting effects in Honkai: StarRail — a basic characteristic responsible for the probability of applying a weakening to an enemy. In addition, each element has its own status that deals damage, slows down or knocks back the target's movement in the queue, and the chance of hitting plays a key role in the frequency of its application.

This parameter is valuable for heroes who have the potential to assemble a build for periodic damage, as well as characters who have their own negative effects. In the guide, we will consider the mechanics of the chance of effects hitting the HSR, analyze ways to increase it and present a list of heroes who should pump this characteristic.

How Effect Hit Chance Works in Honkai: Star Rail

The chance of effects hitting the HSR is included in the calculation the probability of imposing a negative status on the target and directly depends on the following conditions:

• base chance imposing a character effect - is prescribed in skills that impose a negative effect.
• Effect Hit Chance attacking character - ed in the characteristics of the character.

• Status Resistance - can be subtracted in the section with information about the goal.
• Status resistance - found on some bosses: protects them from Freezing, Burning and other things (resistance to each status is a separate stat).

The final formula, which allows you to find out the real probability of imposing a particular status in each specific case, looks like this: Knowing all the inputs, you can quickly calculate the chance of applying an effect in battle to a specific enemy. The HSR has the following statuses:

• Shock - Inflicts periodic electricity damage.
• Freeze - Inflicts ice damage and delays the target's action.
• Weathering - Inflicts wind damage over time.
• Burning - Inflicts periodic fire damage.
• Bind - delays the enemy's actions, deals quantum damage at the start of the next turn.
• Conclusion - delays moves and reduces speed.

The above effects are related to the elements and arise either from breaking through, or if there are mechanics related to periodic damage. However, Path of Nothingness characters also have debuffs that affect enemies in a different way and are not related to the elements.

For example, some heroes are able to reduce defense, speed, increase damage received by targets, etc. The probability of applying these negative statuses is calculated using a similar formula if the ability description specifies the base chance of their application.

The greater the chance of hitting effects, the more often enemies will suffer from debuffs. However, it is worth ing that a high value of the parameter in question is not responsible for the damage of the weakening, it is only responsible for the probability of its imposition on the enemy.

Which characters need a chance to hit effects

Despite the fact that all characters are capable of inflicting status weakening by breaking through a vulnerability, there are heroes for whom a targeted acceleration of the “chance to hit effects” statistic is important. These include:

Character	Optimal characteristic value
Welt	The optimal value of the characteristic is at max. level varies from 50% to 67%. With the skill “Edge of the Void” he can reduce the speed of the target, and with the super ability “Synthetic Black Hole” he can impose the “Confinement” status.
Silver Wolf	The optimal value of the characteristic is at max. level varies from 68% to 96% (recommended option). The “Allow changes?” skill is capable of adding 1 vulnerability to the selected enemy of the same type as the type of attack of the ally on the battlefield, as well as reducing damage resistance. The “ Banned” superpower, in turn, has a chance to lower defense. The "Waiting for system response..." talent, on the contrary, is focused on spreading three types of random bugs (reducing attack power, defense or speed) with any skill.
Sampo	The optimal value of the characteristic is at max. level varies from 67% to 80%. The reason is the Weathering status, which is applied by the main skills and promotes effective play in DoT squads.
sang	The optimal value of the characteristic is at max. level should reach 67% or higher, the emphasis is also on speed, which ideally accelerates to 160 units. for the sake of constantly maintaining a negative status to reduce protection through the superpower “Suppression Zone”.
March 7 Ice	At max. level it is recommended to bring the parameter to 64-92% in case the assembly includes a game from "Frost", which is applied by activating the ultimate skill “Glacial Cascade”. If this style is not a priority, then the best option is to concentrate on improving other characteristics.
Luke	The optimal value of the characteristic is at max. level should reach 67%. The reason is the “Bleeding” status, which is applied by basic skills and contributes to effective play in DoT squads. Outside of groups focused on periodic damage, priority is given to the ultimate skill “Decisive Strike”: it has a chance to increase the damage received by the selected enemy by 12%.
Kafka	The optimal value of the characteristic is at max. level should reach 29%. The reason is the Shock status, which is applied by basic skills and contributes to effective play in DoT squads. Note: the requirement is lower compared to other heroes capable of inflicting DoT statuses, since Kafka is considered a more specialized hero for playing against periodic statuses and, as a result, has increased base chances.
Guinaifen	The optimal value of the characteristic is at max. level should reach 67%. The reason is the “Burning” status, which is applied by basic skills and contributes to effective play in DoT squads.
Black Swan	The optimal value of the characteristic is at max. level varies from 100% to 120% + (recommended option). A high percentage not only increases the chance of inflicting negative effects through the use of basic skills, but also affects the bonus damage from the Omen in the Shadow of a Candle.
Jiaoqiu	The optimal value of the characteristic at the max level should be from 140%. This will allow you to consistently apply the negative effect "Hot Ash" to enemies, which is the character's primary goal during combat.
Fugue	The optimal value of the characteristic is at max. level should reach 67%. By achieving this indicator, the heroine will be able to lower the defense of enemies every time allies deal damage to them under the status "The Fox's Prayer".
Cheetah	The commander of the Silvermane Guardians deserves special mention if he is equipped with the signature light cone “Moment of Victory”, as well as the set of planar decorations “White God of Architects”. Under such circumstances, the optimal value for the characteristic is at max. level is 50%.

How to increase the chance of hitting effects

The main ways to increase the chance of getting effects include:

1. Equipment artifacts, offering an increase to the corresponding indicator.
2. Upgrading cave relics and planar decorations. This characteristic is often found as a secondary indicator. In addition, it can act as a main stat on the body.

Light cones on ShPE

The game contains light cones that affect the “chance of effects to hit” parameter:

light cone	Skill effect
Altered Memories (Path of Nothingness)	The chance to hit the owner's effects increases by 40-60%. When the owner deals damage to an enemy with the Weathering, Burning, Shock or Bleeding statuses, he receives 1 lvl. "Forecaster" status. This effect can stack up to 4 times. During one battle, each type of periodic damage can only add 1 level. "Forecaster" status. Each level of this status increases the owner's attack power by 5-9%, and also allows periodic damage to ignore 7.2-10% of the target's defense.
In the Name of the World (Path of Nothingness)	The wearer's damage to enemies with Debuffs is increased by 24-40%. When the wielder uses a skill, the hit chance of this attack's effects increases by 18-30% and attack power by 24-40%.
Moment of Victory (Path of Conservation)	The owner's defense increases by 24-40%, and his chance to hit effects increases by 24-40%. The chance of being attacked by an enemy also increases. When an opponent attacks the wearer, the wearer's defense increases by an additional 24-40% until the end of their turn.
Incessant Rain (Path of Nothingness)	The chance to hit the owner's effects increases by 24-40%. When the owner deals damage to an enemy whose number of available weakens is greater than or equal to 3, his crit. the chance increases by 12-20%. When the wielder uses a basic attack, skill, or superpower on an opponent that does not have the Ethereal Code status, they have a base chance of 100% to inflict that status on them. Damage received by an enemy with the Ethereal Code status increases by 12-20% for 1 turn.
Eyes of the Prey (Path of Nothingness)	The owner's effect hit chance is increased by 20-40% and his damage over time is increased by 24-48%.
Before the start of the training mission (Path of Nothingness)	The chance to hit the owner's effects increases by 20-40%. When the owner attacks an enemy with reduced defense, he recovers 4-8 units. energy.
Void (Path of Nothingness)	At the beginning of the battle, the owner's chance to hit the effects increases by 20-40% for 3 turns.
Countless spring days (Path of Nothingness)	The chance of effects hitting increases by 60-100%. When using a basic attack, skill, or ultimate to deal damage to an enemy, there is a basic 60% chance of inflicting the Armor Off status. The damage received by the enemy under this status increases by 10-18% for 2 turns. If the enemy has a damage over time effect applied by the wearer, there is a base 60% chance to transform the Armor Off status into Cornered, which further increases the enemy's damage taken by 14% for 2 turns. During this time, the Armor Off status cannot be applied.

Additionally, it is worth noting that weapon “cards” have a class affiliation, that is, for example, only a Save Path hero can equip the Light Cone of the Save Path.

Planar decorations on ShPE

Additional effects of planar decorations can affect the increase in the parameter:

• Pan-Galactic Commercial Enterprise: Equipping 2 pieces of the set increases the chance of the owner's effects to hit by 10%. Also increases the owner's attack power by 25% of the current SE. This effect can stack up to 25%.

We hope that the guide helped you understand the “Effect Hit Chance” statistic in Honkai: Star Rail and learn how to inflict debuffs more often. Please leave questions regarding this parameter to comments to Article. Read other useful game guides in the relevant sections: builds.