Sushan in Honkai: Star Rail: Guide and Best Build 💪

Detailed guide to Sushan Honkai Star Rail: best relics, weapons and squad. Recommendations for pumping and optimal rotation to unlock the maximum potential. An overview of skills, traces, and eidolons, as well as character strengths and weaknesses.

Sushan is a brave recruit of the Cloud Knights. After leaving her home, she went to Lofu Xianzhou to make her dream come true and become a great warrior who will be legendary. In battle, he uses a family two-handed sword donated by his mother, and adheres to the philosophy: "Never refuse to help those in need, do a good deed every day and think about yourself three times a day." The game is a 4-star character, next Paths of the Hunt and owning physical type of damage.

Rating	C-position in dash list
Rarity	⭐⭐⭐⭐
[Type] element	Physical damage
Path	Hunting
when added to the game	April 26, 2023 (patch 1.0)
How to get a character	Pom Pom Store
Gender	Female
Home region	Yaoqing Xianzhou
Role in the squad	Main DD
Role in the game	Cloud Knight Lofu Xianzhou
signature light cone	"Fencing"
Voice actresses	English voice actress - Anjali Kunapaneni Japanese voice actress - Fukuen Misato Chinese voice actress - Chen Tingting Korean voice actress - Park Shi-yoon

Biography

Sushan was born in Yaoqing Xianzhou. Being carried away by incredible stories about the exploits of knights, she dreamed that she herself would someday become the main character of some legend. From an early age, she studied martial arts from her mother and received weapons from her, which are ed down in the family from generation to generation.

As an adult, the girl went to Lofou, where she began to undergo diligent training to become part of the Cloud Knights. Sushan is always ready to help those who are in trouble, and does not stop at difficulties. It was this confidence and zeal that helped her the ranks of the knights, where she intends to continue to fight for truth and goodness.

How to get Sushan in Honkai: Star Rail

As a member of the 4⭐ character roster, Sushan can be obtained in the following ways:

• knock out "Launch Jump", "Star Jump", "Event Jump: Character" and "Event Jump: Light Cone" from the banners;
• purchase for 140 Everlasting Starlight in "Pom-Pom Store".

The chance of receiving from the banner increases if Sushan is among the characters of epic rarity in the limited "Jump" of the legendary event character. For example, during the period from February 5 by February 25 2025, as part of the "Weighted Fate" event, from where you can pick up Aglaya.

If you don't want to miss the rerun of Sushan, add it to "Bookmarks" banner schedule.

Features

Along with pumping Sushan, base indicators increase: health, Attack Power и protection. Speed ​​and Taunt are permanent stats that only change when using the appropriate relics, weapons, or external sources of buffs, such as the abilities of the characters on the Path of Harmony. The exact values ​​of the characteristics are presented in the table.

Level of	Basic HP	Basic Attack	Basic protection	base speed	Basic taunt
1	124	76	57	107	75
10	180	111	82	107	75
20	243	149	111	107	75
30	355	218	162	107	75
40	468	288	213	107	75
50	580	357	265	107	75
60	692	426	316	107	75
70	804	495	367	107	75
80	917	564	418	107	75

Basic skills

Sushan's abilities are aimed at breaking through physical vulnerability and destroying one target. With a skill and super ability, it can activate the Sword Stance, which deals additional damage. While penetrating the enemy's armor, it increases the speed and advances its action, which also makes it comfortable against a group of small monsters. Next, we will analyze the principle of operation of all active and ive skills in more detail.

Active skills

• Technics "Knight Sword Art: Rush»

Strikes the selected target and at the start of combat, deals physical damage to all enemies equal to 80% of its own attack power.

• Basic AttackKnight Sword Art: Starry Halo» (single attack)

Deals physical damage to an enemy target equal to 50-130% of attack power.

• Skill "Knightly Sword Art: Mountains Fall» (single attack)

Deals physical damage to an enemy target equal to 105-262,5%% of attack power. Finishing Attack has a 33% chance to activate Sword Stance, dealing additional Physical Damage equal to 50-125% of Attack Power to the target.

• Superpower"Taixu Form: Harbinger of Dawn» (single attack)

Energy: 120

Deals physical damage to an enemy target equal to 192-384% of attack power and advances its action by 100%. After that, attack power is increased by 18-36%, and using the skill adds 2 additional hits of Sword Stance. These effects last for 2 turns. Additional hits from Sword Stance deal damage equal to 50% of the original damage.

ive skills

• talent"Smooth Blade» (gain)

If there is an enemy with a broken vulnerability on the battlefield, Sushan's speed is increased by 15-22,5% for 2 turns.

The order of leveling abilities

superpower is the most important skill as it deals the most damage and provides additional hits from Sword Stance. In parallel with the ultimate (through one level), it is recommended to pump skill, and then талантto increase speed when there are enemies with broken armor. Basic Attack used only when it is necessary to restore skill points or finish off the enemy, so it is given priority last.

Tracks

Sushan's footprints strengthen her combat power, as well as increase her health and defense stats, making Cloud Knight less vulnerable in combat.

Attack power +4% (lvl. 1)
little child: When current HP is less than or equal to 50%, the chance of being attacked is reduced.	HP +4% (A2)	Attack Power +4% (A3)
Defense +5% (A3)
Rebuff to the enemy: When Sword Stance is activated, the additional damage dealt during this effect is increased by 2.5%. The bonus can stack up to 10 times.	Attack Power +6% (A4)	HP +6% (A5)
Attack Power +6% (A5)
conqueror: If there are enemies on the battlefield with broken armor, using a basic attack or skill advances Sushan's action forward by 15%.	Defense +7.5% (A6)	HP +8% (lvl 75)	Attack power +8% (lvl. 80)

General increase in characteristics:

ATK	28%
HP	18%
DEF	12.5%

Eidolons [constellations]

All Sushan eidolons:

number	Name	<font><font>Materials</font></font>
1	artful section	Using a skill on an enemy target with a breached vulnerability restores 1 skill point.
2	hardened body	Activating Sword Stance reduces damage taken by 20% for 1 turn.
3	ancient sword style	Superpower level +2. Talent level +2. The maximum level is 15.
4	sharp mind	The penetration effect is increased by 40%.
5	Will Taixu	Skill level +2. The maximum level is 15. The level of basic attack +1. The maximum level is 10.
6	Virtue is like water	The proc speed boost stacks up to 2 times. At the start of the fight, Sushan gains 1 level of speed boost from his talent.

The best constellations of Sushan are - E1, E4 и E6:

• Feature first eidolon: allows you to recover 1 skill point if the skill is used on an enemy with broken armor. It's a pretty useful shard in realities turn-based combat, since it can have a decisive influence on the outcome of the battle. In addition, Sushan is very demanding on skill points, as she herself increases the speed and moves the action forward.
• Feature fourth eidolon: Nearly doubles the effectiveness of the Penetration, increasing the damage over time from Bleeding after breaking an enemy's shield.
• Feature sixth eidolon: Talent's speed boost can stack up to 2 times. Also, after entering the battle, 1 stack is given. For example, provided that Sushan has a level 10 talent, at the start of the battle she will receive 20% speed, and if the armor of 2 opponents is destroyed - 40%. Both effects, like the talent, last 2 turns.

Advantages and disadvantages

Like any character, Sushan has strengths and weaknesses that are important to consider in order to use all her abilities to the maximum.

Advantages	Disadvantages
Tall damage to one target makes the heroine a good alternative to 5-star representatives of her class, including in battles against bosses or difficult modes, for example, at high levels oblivion hall.	Own buffs to speed and action progression are both a plus and a minus, as this can cause lack of skill points. Therefore, it is important to constantly monitor the scale and manage points wisely. For example, in some situations, give priority to a basic attack to restore 1 point. The problem is partly solved by the presence of the first eidolon.
Increasing speed and promoting action forward can act as compensation for the lack of AoE. The advantage works with some restrictions, for example, in the battle with bosses that constantly summon allies, Sushan alone cannot cope. At the same time, with a group of a fixed size, you don’t have to worry about area damage.	To achieve maximum efficiency, you need to invest significantly in pumping up critical damage and achieving optimal critical balance. chance. Due to this may require a lot of time and resourcesto bring the character to the desired power.
Excellent penetration physical vulnerability of opponents - this also provides additional enhancements. For example, the “Repel the Enemy” trail increases the damage of the Sword Stance, and the “Conqueror” advances the action forward by 15% if there is an enemy with broken armor on the battlefield.	Despite the bonus actions and speed, Sushan is still ineffective against a group of large opponents, therefore, in most cases, it requires additional in the form of characters from the Path of Erudition or Destruction.
Can cope well without eidolons, however, they make playing for her more comfortable. The first eidolon is especially useful, as it makes it possible to return a skill point if Sushan deals damage to an enemy with a destroyed shield.

Leveling

In this paragraph, we will consider everything that Sushan needs to level: the total amount of resources required to ascend, raise the level of skills and traces.

Elevation materials

To raise Sushan, you need to prepare the following materials:

• loans (×246) - reward for completion instructions, quests and ing events. You can also farm the currency separately by completing Sepal tests in the “Big Mine” location.
• artificial mechanical components (×12), cylindrical wheels (×13), hearts of chaos (×12) - reward for killing Enchanted Inventions and other opponents in the location “Port Stargazer Navalia” on Lofu Xianzhou.
• broken iron wolf teeth (×50) - reward for completing the “Stagnant Shadow” in the “Big Mine” location on Yarilo-6. Alternative method: exchange of materials in the Universal Synthesis Machine.

Skill Leveling Materials

In addition to the standard resources for character advancement, to level up Sushan’s skills you will need:

• loans (×1 758 000);
• artificial mechanical components (×22), cylindrical wheels (×35), hearts of chaos (×20);
• hunter's arrows (×8), demon slayer arrows (×42), starhunter arrows (×77) - a resource awarded for completing the crimson sepal in the "Suburban Snow Fields" location on Yarilo-6;
• imprint of fate (×3) - reward for gaining points in the Virtual Universe, completing events, raising levels "Pom-Pom Store";
• guardian's sorrow (×9) - reward for defeating the boss Kokoliya in Echoes of War mode in the Hill of Eternal Winter location.

The sequence of pumping traces

The table shows the progression of Sushan's tracks and the required amount of materials to increase the level of each.

The total number of components for studying the traces of Sushana:

• loans (×642 000);
• artificial mechanical components (×6), cylindrical wheels (×7), hearts of chaos (×22);
• hunter's arrows (×4), demon slayer arrows (×12), starhunter arrows (×28);
• guardian's sorrow (×3);
• imprint of fate (×2).

Best builds for Sushan in Honkai: Star Rail

Sushan's build focuses on exploiting the enemy's weakness, which increases her combat power. This is achieved through the mechanics of the Sword Stance - if there is an enemy with broken armor on the battlefield, this not only increases its speed, but also guarantees additional physical damage when using the skill.

As a representative of the Path of the Hunt, Sushan acts as a main DPS character, so he is in dire need of high stats Crete. damage/crit chance, attack power и elemental damage. At the same time, it is important not to forget about speed, which affects how often the heroine can make a move, and penetration effect, increasing the damage from Bleeding. However, it is advisable to look for the last stat in additional characteristics, since the main ones give priority to crits, attack power and speed.

In this section we will look in more detail at how to collect Sushan in Honkai: Star Rail.

Recommended characteristic values

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

Relic	Main characteristic
Head	HP (permanent)
Arms	Attack Power (Permanent)
Body	Crete. damage / Crit Chance. hits
Legs	Speed ​​/ Attack Power
planar sphere	Physical Damage / Attack Power
Connecting rope	Attack Power / Penetration Effect

The following additional characteristics should be collected to the maximum:

• Crete. damage and crit chance. hits;
• Attack Power;
• speed;
• penetration effect.

Optimal final values ​​of priority stats:

• Crete. damage/Crete. chance: in a 1:2 ratio (for example, 60% CS and 120% CS). Ideally, it is desirable to have at least 60% CS. As for critical damage, the more you can collect, the better;
• Attack Power: from 2000 units;
• speed: at least 120 units.

Ultimate Light Cone [Weapon]

When choosing weapons for Sushana, we recommend giving preference to cones that increase critical damage (including critical hit chance), attack power, or overall damage dealt from skills and superpowers. Keep in mind that the ive effect of a weapon only works if its class matches the character’s class, that is, it belongs to Paths of the Hunt.

Best Relics [artifacts]

When choosing suitable cave relics for Sushan, focus on those artifacts and planar decorations that will provide an increase to her main characteristics: physical damage bonus, attack power, speed. A situational solution would be to recruit for the penetration effect, since it only applies to damage from destroying the enemy’s vulnerability and subsequent periodic status damage.

Cave relics [main artifacts]

Planar Ornaments [Additional Artifacts]

Detachments

Sushan is the main DD around which the team is built. Although she can also act as a secondary source of DPS if you need a character that effectively penetrates physical vulnerability and has high single target damage.

However, most of the time, Sushan is the backbone of the group, so she needs Path of Harmony or Eternal s, as well as Abundance healers or Shielders/Preservation tanks. At the same time, it is important to take into that the gameplay of the heroine is based on breaking through vulnerabilities, so it is desirable to have various types of elements in the squad.

Best characters

The following characters are suitable for assembling a team with Sushan:

Top Teams

Using the above heroes, you can make the following units for Sushan:

You can also create teams based on free and epic characters:

How to play Sushan

Sushan is a main damage dealer who specializes in dealing a lot of physical damage with skills and Sword Stance in particular.

At the same time, the superpower not only advances the character's action, but also provides 2 additional Stance triggers. This means that in order: skill > ult > skill, Sushan can potentially deal 3 bonus hits, nearly doubling the total skill damage. Moreover, the effect occurs with a 100% chance if the enemy target's shield breaks through before or after using the superpower.

Rotation

The general principle of constructing the Sushan rotation is as follows:

1. Before the fight, use buffs and then use debilitating or offensive techniques on opponents to start the battle. Pay attention to which elements the enemies have a weakness to, so that already at the start Sushan can activate the Sword Stance and increase her speed by 15%.
2. When it's your turn, use the skill "Knightly Sword Art: Mountains Fall» on targets with physical vulnerability or an already broken shield to pierce armor or guarantee a Sword Stance, dealing extra damage. If you have the first eidolon, subsequently strive to use the skill on weakened enemies in order to restore action points.
3. Buff Sushan with skills or superpowers if there are Path of Harmony characters.
4. Try to combine a skill and a basic attack (including when switching to other allies) so that you always have at least 1 skill point. This is necessary for the timely use of healing and defensive skills of s or their own ability.
5. When the ultimateTaixu Form: Harbinger of Dawn» is ready, activate it. This will advance the action by 100% and allow you to land another hit. To take advantage of the Sword Stance double proc buff, immediately after the ult, use the skill. If there are not enough points, you can use the basic attack, since the boost works for 2 turns. However, this will break a fairly powerful combo.

Conclusion on the character

Sushan in HSR is a fairly strong epic character in the Path of the Hunt with his unique mechanics and good penetration efficiency. It can act both as the basis of the group and as a secondary source of damage, for example, for the characters of Erudite or Destruction. Doesn't require eidolons to do its job and deal decent damage.

In the later stages of the game, it may become necessary to have high stats, and therefore a large investment in equipment, while stronger damage dealers may appear on the . However, Cloud Knight is still one of the best 4-star alternatives for single target damage.

We hope we have helped you put together the best build for Sushan in HSR. Ask any questions about the character in the comments so that the author or other players can help. Read builds.

Achievements

Thanks to Sushan, you can unlock one achievement:

• Martial Arts Ceremony: Sword - Use Sushan to deliver the final blow and star jade ×5.