Firefly in Honkai Star Rail: guide & build

Firefly in HSR - legendary character Paths of Destruction fire element. During battle, she is entirely focused on destroying opponents and breaking through their vulnerability in the enhanced state of superpower, which is her key combat mechanic. During this state, the girl effectively reduces the enemy's resistance bar and deals damage with "super penetration".

The heroine is a universal damage dealer who shows herself well when ing various combat content due to high and stable damage, as well as built-in enhancements. At the same time, allies and selected equipment play an important role in revealing the potential of the unit, since the features of her skills distinguish her from most classic DPS heroes.

Rating	S-position in dash list
Rarity	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
[Type] element	Fire damage type
Path	Destruction
when added to the game	June 19, 2024 (Version 2.3)
How to get a character	Banner "Event Jump: Character"
Gender	Female
Home region	Glatiramer
Role in the squad	Primary DPS character
Role in the game	Member of the organization "Stellaron Hunters"
signature light cone	"Where Dreams Return"
Voice actresses	Actor English Voice Actors – Analesa Fisher Actor whale. voice acting – Song Yuanyuan Japanese actor Voice Actors – Kusunoki Tomori Actor cor. Voice Actors – Yu Hye-ji

Hero's story

Firefly is an artificially created warrior who pilots the Firefly-IV type heavy armour of the Glatiramer Iron Cavalry's Sky Front, now a member of the criminal organisation Stellaron Hunters under the alias Sam.

The story begins in the now-destroyed Republic of Glatiramer during the Swarm's invasion, as described in the description of the eponymous planar jewelry. "Glatiramer Skyfront". Under the never-ending onslaught of the Propagation bugs, humanity decided to create “living weapons” to turn the tide of the war in their favor. This is how the knights of the “Iron Cavalry” appeared - artificial people piloting armor, including the heroine in question.

Stellaron hunters The girl got there after the end of the war: the faction met the pilot drifting helplessly in space. Subsequently, the heroine, together with Kafka, participated in missions to find Blade and Silver Wolf.

First encountered in the story campaign in the Reconstruction mission. "Small Town Grotesque".

How to get a character

The Firefly can be dropped from the limited-time Event Jump: Character banner, which is called the Shimmering Cocoon.

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

Features

As Sam levels up, his base stats increase. You can see the exact stats for each level in the table below:

Level of	Basic Attack	Basic protection	Basic Health	base speed	Basic taunt
1	71	106	111	104	125
20	139	206	216	104	125
30	203	301	316	104	125
40	267	396	416	104	125
50	331	491	516	104	125
60	396	586	615	104	125
70	460	681	715	104	125
80	524	776	815	104	125

Additional stats speeds and taunts are fixed and do not change during the process of leveling up the character.

How Firefly's Skills Work

The heroine plays from penetration effect and belongs to the class of universal damage dealers of the Path of Destruction, therefore it has high single and mass damage. Its specificity consists in consuming health to recharge the super ability, which costs 240 units of energy. In the enhanced state of the ultimate, buffs are active, and the skill and basic attack are replaced by other skills with increased damage and the ability to cause fire weakness in the enemy.

A regular skill helps fill the energy of the super ability by half, while taking away health. After switching to the ultimate stance, the skills gradually restore the spent HP, at the same time reducing the resistance of enemies with greater efficiency and can inflict "super-penetration damage". The fact that the heroine has two states - normal and enhanced, forces you to understand how her abilities work and track the relationship of skills.

Active skills

First of all, it is worth examining the main skills of the character, which include: technique, base hit, skill и superpower.

ive skills

ive skills include: талант, which is aimed at increasing its survival rate.

The order of leveling abilities

Superpower > Skill = Talent > Basic Attack

The overwhelming majority of damage comes from penetration and “super-penetration”, for which it is important to upgrade ultimate. Accordingly, you can spend resources on other skills as you wish. Improving the talent is necessary if there is no healer or shielder in the team.

Tracks

The final increase for each characteristic:

• penetration effect - 37,3%;
• resistance to effects - 18%;
• speed - 5 units.

Eidolons

Let's look at all the character's consts:

number	Name	<font><font>Materials</font></font>
1	I rested in a red cocoon	When using the enhanced skill "Firefly Type-IV: Death Star Overload", 15% of the enemy's defense is ignored. The enhanced skill does not consume command skill points.
2	I fell from a broken sky	Using a Basic Attack or Skill Empowered in the Full Burn state to finish off an enemy or break through their vulnerability will trigger an additional action. This effect can be triggered again after 1 turn.
3	I sleep among the silent stars	Skill level +2, maximum - 15. Basic strike level +1, maximum - 10.
4	I saw a firefly fire	In the Full Burn state, resistance to effects increases by 50%.
5	I shine in a sleepless night	Superpower level +2, talent level +2. The maximum level is 15.
6	I blossom into tomorrow	In the "Full Burn" state, Fire Resistance Penetration increases by 20%. Using a strengthened Basic Attack or Skill increases the Penetration efficiency by 50%.

Firefly's best eidolons are E1, E2 и E6:

• First eidolon is aimed at increasing damage and reducing the consumption of command skill points. Due to the constant progression of the action, increased speed and the need to use the skill, the girl spends a significant part of the command resource in the normal state and in the ultimate stance.
• Second eidolon is the strongest, as it creates the opportunity to perform two actions in a row. Provided that the heroine is in the "Full Burn" stance and has penetrated the vulnerability or completely destroyed the enemy, an additional blow can be made. Considering the high efficiency of penetration and the constant imposition of weakness to its element, in a scenario of a battle with a large group of enemies, it is possible to get quite a few consecutive moves.
• Sixth Eidolon in general, it increases all damage dealt by ignoring enemy fire resists. In addition, in addition to the initial 50% penetration efficiency, the heroine receives another +50%, which has a positive effect not only on reducing durability, but also on damage from the “Module β: Instant Armor” trail.

For F2P players, it is not recommended to go beyond the first two eidolons.

How to play as Firefly

The Stellaron Hunter focuses on damage and penetration in the enhanced state of "Full Combustion". The heroine's transition to a stance is helped by a skill that fills the energy of the super ability by 50%, while the basic strike is only needed to restore skill points.

While in "Full Burnout", gains updated abilities with high durability bar reduction and damage, significantly increases own speed and can deal "super penetration damage". In addition, the skill begins to damage the area and impose a fire type of vulnerability on enemies.

Based on the characteristics of skills in stances, Firefly’s rotation is based on the following principle:

1. If there are buffers in the party, use their techniques before launching Sam.
2. Thanks to the Pyronexus Shell talent, Sam's ultimate energy is always half full at the beginning of the battle. On your turn, use a skill to fully charge your superpower.
3. Wait until all s activate buffs and ultimates.
4. Use your ultimate and get 100% action progression. Perform a skill attack to apply a fire weakness to an area and remove most of the vulnerability bar.
5. In the following turns, when choosing between the basic core and the skill at E0, proceed from the needs of the team, so as not to end up in a deficit of skill points. With E1, the enhanced skill does not spend team action points.
6. After exiting the Full Burn state, use the skill in the next two turns to repeat the rotation from step #3.

All about character leveling

In this section you can see the full list of consumables that will be required to level up, traces and talents.

Elevation materials

Total amount of materials for leveling up to level 80:

• Burning Heart (×65) - reward for the Stagnant Shadow challenge in Morning Dew Residences;
• pieces of thoughts (×15), fragments of impressions (×15), fragments of wishes (×15) is a resource dropped from Memes in the memory zone on "virtual universe"Additional ways to obtain: completing tasks, synthesizing resources, reward for completing "Sepal (gold)", purchase for Everlasting Ash;
• loans (×1 690 000);
• traveler's guide (×290) or adventure journal (×1 160).

In addition, you will need character experience materials: Traveler's Guide (×289); adventure journal (×6); meeting while traveling (×16).

Skill Leveling Materials

To upgrade skills, you need the following number of consumables:

• pieces of thoughts (×33), fragments of impressions (×46), fragments of wishes (×28);
• teeth of Borisin residents (×12), lupotoxic fangs (×53), fangs of lunar brutality (×101) — reward for completing the “Sepal (crimson)” test in Scaly Gorge;
• lost echo of unity of desires (×9) - reward for winning weekly activity "Echoes of War: A Tribute to the Politeness of Mortal Dreams";
• Battle , a collection of points in the “Virtual Universe”, as well as in exchange for Unquenchable Ash in the in-game store;
• loans (×2 197 500).

The order of pumping traces

To learn the hidden skills represented by the traces, you will need:

• pieces of thoughts (×8), fragments of impressions (×10), fragments of wishes (×30);
• teeth of Borisin residents (×6), lupotoxic fangs (×16), fangs of lunar brutality (×38);
• lost echo of unity of desires (×3);
• imprint of fate (×2);
• loans (×802 500).

Advantages and disadvantages

Having considered the entire set of active and ive abilities, we can draw the following conclusions about the advantages and disadvantages of the character:

Advantages	Disadvantages
Despite the high cost of the superpower, it accumulates energy for the ultimate for 2 uses of the “Order: Air Bombardment” skill.	Needs proper distribution of skill points in order to activate a skill every turn and generate energy for the ultimate in the shortest possible time.
When assembling, you do not need to balance various characteristics; it is enough to bring the penetration effect, attack power and speed to high values.	Strongly reduces one's own HP with a normal skill and, without timely healing or a shield, is in a dangerous position.
A powerful set of buffs for E0, which includes increased speed, penetration efficiency and damage.	Doesn't benefit from alliances with s that increase crits and damage. Due to this trait, you'll need to upgrade attack power buffers, False GG, or knock out Ruan Mei/Fugue.
Applies a Fire Vulnerability to an area and converts attack power into EP, simplifying gameplay and build.	Inevitably loses damage against enemies with the ability to protect the stamina bar.
The best is completely free "On the Fall of the Aeon".

 

Best Firefly Builds in Honkai: Star Rail

The girl adheres to the style of play through reducing the durability of enemies and then inflicting "super-penetration damage". The ability to attack with this type of damage is provided in the state of "Full Combustion", which can be entered after activating the ultimate. Despite the high cost of the super ability, there is no need to collect the energy recovery rate: all 240 units of energy are accumulated in two uses of the skill.

Accordingly, the Firefly build in XSR should take into the damage dealer's needs in both the normal and reinforced stances. To enter the "Full Combustion" state, you need to wait for the queue and use the skill, so you will need to swing penetration effect, since the "super penetration damage" depends on this parameter. The characteristic is pumped through relics and cones, as well as through the "γ Module: Core Overload" trace, which requires Attack Power.

Since crit. indicators do not affect the damage of penetration and "super penetration", they are not a priority. These parameters affect the direct DPS of abilities and complicate the balance of stats, so it is more advisable to direct efforts to building a build and a squad from depletion of vulnerability. As for survivability - through traces and talent Sam gets high resistance to effects, so only health and protection are additionally collected.

Recommended characteristic values

Main characteristics of cave relics and planar jewelry:

Relic	Main characteristic
Head	HP (permanent)
Arms	Attack Power (Permanent)
Body	ATK
Legs	Speed
planar sphere	ATK
Connecting rope	Penetration effect

Below are the characteristics to look for in relic parts:

• penetration effect;
• Attack Power;
• speed;
• HP/Def.

Optimal final values ​​of all indicators:

• penetration effect (EP): bring to 250% or, ideally, to 360% to activate the "Beta Module" trace and the "Iron Cavalry" set ive;
• Attack Power (ATK): from 2;
• speed: 143-150 units. excluding the ultimate buff;
• health: from 2 units and above.

How to collect 360% penetration effect

Since EP is the most important characteristic in a damage dealer's build, let's take a closer look at the methods for gaining a high value for this parameter:

• Trace studies: 37,3%.
• Iron Cavalry Cave Relics: 16%.
• Planar decorations "Lotus Lantern of the Palace": 40%.
• Connecting rope: 64,8%.
• Ruan Mei: 20% (traces).
• Pathfinder (Imaginary): 52,5% (EP 150%, E4, active ultimate level 10) or Fugue: 60% (trace "Essence of Phecda" and skill).
• “Watchmaker of Sleepy Shenanigans” on : 30%.
• Light cone, body and sphere on attack power, trace "Gamma module": "Where dreams should rest" R1 - 93,3%; “On the Fall of an Aeon” R5 – 95%.

Сonclusion: 353,9-355%.

For further pumping, it is necessary to look for EP and ATK in percentages in the lower parts of relics. From additional sources, one can single out the Pioneer (Imaginary) with the ability to pump the characteristic up to 300%, as well as third-party bonuses that can be implemented through the equipment of Harmony characters.

Light Cone Rating

 

The weapon must belong to the Path of Destruction. Otherwise, the heroine will not be able to activate the effects of the ive ability, but will only receive bonuses to the basic characteristics. As for the bonuses in the ive, options for increasing will do penetration effect or attack power.

What relics and decorations are needed

Like weapons, artifacts are designed to enhance a key stat. penetration effect and alternative parameter attack power. Since the mechanics of reducing durability are enhanced by cutting off protection, specialized sets can be additionally considered. ignoring resists.

cave relics

planar decorations

Squad Guide for Firefly in XSR

In the team, Firefly plays the role of a damage dealer and plays from a specific mechanic tied to reducing the vulnerability scale and inflicting "super-piercing damage" on enemies in a state of destroyed durability. Because of this feature, he requires narrowly focused s in the team, but plays well with classic buffers. Throughout the battle, he imposes a weakness to the fire element on enemies, which opens up the possibility of building a mono-fire group with sub-DD and secondary damage dealers of this element. Shielders and healers are equally well suited for the defensive slot.

Best characters

Let's look at the heroes with whom you can form strong teams:

Top Teams

The best girl squads tend to include Ruan Mei, Pathfinder (Imaginary), and/or Fugu, but there are other acceptable alternatives:

Is it worth knocking out?

Firefly is a representative of the Path of Destruction with the fire element. In combat, she relies on the enhanced state of Sam's combat armor, which more effectively penetrates the vulnerability of enemies and provides the opportunity for a "super-penetration" attack. The key advantage that ensures comfortable gameplay in any circumstances is the ability to impose a vulnerability to an element of its type on enemies. Due to its independent gameplay, it can act as both a primary and secondary damage dealer, gathering mono-elemental groups around itself. However, it demonstrates the greatest effectiveness in specialized builds focused on the penetration mechanics.

Path of Destruction DPS characters are in high demand when completing a variety of content, so those who want to get a universal damage dealer should knock out the heroine. The unit differs from representatives of its class by its independence in any battle scenario due to the independent imposition of vulnerabilities and a stable decrease in durability. Despite the high compatibility with the limited "On the Fall of the Aeon".

Which is better: signal or E1

The first eidolon seems to be a better investment than a signature weapon. In "Full Combustion" state speed the heroine effortlessly reaches 200 units. with fully upgraded boots for speed, tracks and superpowers. In this case, before the counter goes off, you can perform up to 4 actions - alternate between a basic strike and a skill, or use up most of the team skill points. With the first eidolon, the enhanced skill can be used constantly, since it does not consume action points, in addition, it ignores the enemy’s defense.

The advantage of the light cone is the high bonuses to EP and damage of the corresponding mechanics. However, the "Gamma Module" trail offers an alternative way to gain the main characteristic through attack power. In such a situation, you can find a worthy replacement for the signature weapon, compensating for the less profitable ive by increasing the damage of the eidolon.

Knock out Ruan Mei or E1?

ruan mei is a valuable acquisition for the and a priority , so it is knocked out first. The buffer fills the group with important speed and EP characteristics, but, most importantly, increases the effectiveness of penetration by 50% and does not allow enemies to restore durability. The scientist is friendly to skill points, so she will help compensate for the lack of the first duplicate.

After getting the buffer, you can target the Stellaron Hunter Eidolons 1 and 2, which greatly simplify the turn-based battle. Investments such as Ruan Mei's E1 and Firefly's signal are equally important for the group, so the choice can be made in favor of either heroine.

Achievements

There is one achievement associated with the character:

• I... will make the seas burn! - Use Firefly IV: Death Star Overload 4 times before Sam's Total Burnout status ends in a single battle. Reward: star jade ×5. To unlock the achievement, you need to use the enhanced skill 4 times while the effect of the superpower is active.

We hope our Honkai: Star Rail guide helped you put together the best Firefly build. comments Ask any questions about the character so that the author or other players can help.

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