Honkai Star Rail Jade: Best Build, Kit and Relics

Jul. 9, 2024

Jade is the latest addition to Honkai Star Rail’s ever-increasing character roster, and her kit is extremely strong against multi-target scenarios. She is amixture of support and DPS character, having abilities that are best paired alongside other Erudition units. Jade is one of the best picks for Pure Fiction, having the ability to cause pure mayhem in her enemy node. If you are planning to get Jade, or already have pulled her, here is a complete build guide to get the best out of her kit.

Honkai Star Rail Jade: Path, Damage Type & Lore

Jade is a 5-star Erudition character with the Quantum Damage typeand she acts as a buffer for other Erudition characters and also has a strong DPS kit. She also scales on Attack, and her Basic Attack does blast damage.

When it comes to her Lore and Backstory, she is asenior manager in the IPC Strategic Investment Departmentand one of the Ten Stonehearts, likeAventurine. She is a cold and elegant moneylender, skilled at understanding the human heart. Her personal hobby, Bonajade Exchange, is to fulfill her clients’ wishes in exchange for some of equal value from them.

Jade’s main role in the team is going to bea support for other Erudition units. Her Skill should be used on another Erudition character on the team,best with Argenti, buffing their speed and quickly allowing her Charge stacks to reach 8, allowing her to use the AoE Follow-up attack.

She is pretty simple to play, all you need to do isuse her Skill on an Erudition Ally and trigger her Follow-up attacks as much as possible, which also increases her Crit Damage to get the best out of Jade’s build. Having a Blast Basic attack also makes her very Skill Point efficient. Jade’s Ultimate also enhances her Follow-up attack damage, so make sure to use it just before triggering her Follow up attack.

The 4-piece Ashblazing Grand Duke relic set is the best Jade, as it increases the Follow-up attack damage by a lot, also buffing the wearer’s attack by 6% every time it does damage, up to a max of 8 stacks. This is the best Relic set for Jade in all circumstances except against Quantum weakness enemies, where it falls a little short of her other alternative.

The 4-piece Genius of Brilliant Stars is the best alternative for Jade, however, it is the best against Quantum weakness enemies. This set increases Quantum Damage and allows the wearer to ignore 20% of the enemy defenses.

The 2-piece Duna, Dynasty of Running Wolves is the perfectPlanar Ornament set for Jade’s best build.It increases Follow-up attack damage of the wearer and further increases the Crit Damage after the wearer uses 5 Follow-up attacks.

Other than that, the 2-piece Sigonia, the Unclaimed Desolation, and 2-piece Izumo Gensei and Takama Divine Real Planar Ornament Sets are also good for Jade, especially if you have better sub-stats on them.

When it comes to the best Relic and Planar Ornament stats for Jade, try to reach between2.5k and 3k Attack, around120 Speed(134 with Speed Boots),more than 70% Crit Rate, and around120% Crit Damage.

As Jade naturally stacks a lot of Crit Damage through her kit, it is best tofavor Crit Rate in sub-stats over Crit Damage. Use a Crit Rate body, Attack Boots, Quantum Damage or Attack Sphere, and Attack Rope to get the best out of Jade’s build.

Yet Hope is Priceless is Jade’s best Light Cone, which is also her Signature Light Cone, increasing her Follow-up damage by 48% at max stack. This Light Cone also increases her Crit Rate and allows her to ignore 20% of enemy defenses from the Ultimate or Follow-up attack after using her Basic Attack.

Besides that,Today is Another Peaceful DayandGeniuses’ Reposeare also great 4-star Light Cone options for Jade. Eternal Calculus and The Day the Cosmos Fell are also really good F2P light cones for Jade.

When it comes to Jade’s Eidolons,her E1 is the best and almost a must-getif you are focused on building her completely. Her E1 increases the Follow-up attack damage significantly, making her damage output much stronger. Other than that, her other Eidolons are decent but not that necessary to get the best out of her kit.

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When it comes to the best teams, Jade is best paired alongside other Erudition DPS units.Argenti is Jade’s best damage partner, getting the best out of her Support skill. Other than that,Himeko,Herta, and even Qingque are good partners for Jade.

When it comes to Support units,Robinis the best for Jade, however,Ruan Meiis not far behind. For F2P teams, you can use Herta, Asta, and Gallagher, next to Jade.

No,unless you don’t have a strong unit for Pure Fiction, I don’t recommend you pull for Jade.Currently, her kit is only good alongside other Erudition units, which are also considered the weakest characters in the game. She is only worthwhile to pull if you already have Argenti and plan on using him more effectively.

But, the decision is still up to you. Jade is a great character, even though she is only useful in very specific scenarios. If you have any further questions about Jade’s best build, ask us in the comment section and we will try to help you out.

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