Honkai Star Rail Yunli: Best Build, Kit, and Relics

Jul. 20, 2024

Yunli is the 5-star character being added in the Honkai Star Rail 2.4 version, and her kit is completely counterattack-focused. She is a mixture of Tank and DPS, having very similar abilities to Clara, the standard banner 5-star Physical Destruction character. Yunli is a very strong hypercarry unit and she is also quite versatile with her Teams, Light Cones, and Relics. If you are planning to get Yunli, or already have pulled her, here is a complete guide for the best Yunli build.

Honkai Star Rail Yunli: Path, Damage Type & Lore

Yunli is a 5-star Destruction character with the Physical Damage typeand she acts as both a Tank and DPS. Her kit is focused on Counter Attacks,which are also considered Follow-up attacks,and she is very similar to Clara.

When it comes to her Lore and Backstory, she is a Sword Hunter from the Xianzhou Zhuming and thedarling granddaughter of General Huaiyan— The Flaming Heart. She has practiced swordsmanship and forging from Huaiyan since a young age, becoming thesecond-youngest prodigy swordmasterof the Flamewheel Octet. She has an intense hatred for cursed swords and has vowed to hunt down and wipe out all cursed swords in existence. Yunli is described as frank and straightforward.

Yunli’s kit resembles Clara’s,with similar best builds, almost following the same playstyle with few differences. Her kit is completely focused on Follow-up Counter Attacks, andher Ultimate is the majority of the damage outputfrom her kit. Yunli’s Ultimate sends her into a Parry state, taunting all enemies until her ally’s or enemy’s next turn. When attacked in the Parry state, she unleashes the Intuit: Cull counterattack, which deals Blast Physical damage and 6 additional damage instances on one Random target,a bit similar to Argenti’s enhanced Ultimate.

If she doesn’t get attacked during her Parry state, she immediately launches her counterattack Intuit: Slash on a random enemy, which deals only the Blast Physical damage. The main difference between Yunli andClarais that — Yunli can self-heal with her Skill and her normal counterattacks deal Blast damage.

Yunli’s idealcycle rotations dependon her Ultimate usage. Make sure Yunli gets hit as often as possible, as her Counterattacks also generate Energy for her Ultimate. Until you have her Ultimate charged, use her Skill to self-heal and continue dealing blast damage.

The 4-piece Ashblazing Grand Duke is the best Relic set for Yunli, although it isn’t far behind her best alternative. This relic set gives a good increase to her Follow-up attack damage and further increases her Attack by 6% (max 8 stacks) with each Follow-up attack, lasting for 3 turns.

Alternatively, the4-piece Wind-Soaring Valorous is also a great optionfor Yunli, increasing her Attack% and Crit Rate. This relic set also increases her Ultimate’s damage by 30%, for 1 turn, after using a Follow-up attack.

Another decent option can be the 4-piece Champion of Streetwise Boxing, however, this is the weakest set for her compared to the other two mentioned above and not suited for Yunli’s best build.

Both Duran, Dynasty of Running Wolvesand Inert Salsotto are great Planar Ornaments for thebest Yunli buildin Honkai Star Rail.

The Duran, Dynasty of Running Wolves setincreases damage dealt by 5% with each Follow-up attack(max 5 stacks) and further increases the wearers’ Crit Damage by 25% at complete 5 stacks.

Inert Salsotto on the other handincreases the wearer’s Crit Rate by 8%and furtherincreases thewearer’s Ultimate and follow-up attack DMG by 15%when the wearer’s Crit Rate is 50% or higher.Sadly, the damage increases buff of the Ultimate and Follow-up attack doesn’t stack for Yunli, even though her Ultimate does a Follow-up attack.

When it comes to Yunli’s main Relic and Planar Ornament stats,use a Crit Rate Bodyas she already gets a 100% Crit Damage boost after using her Ultimate,Attack % Feet,Physical Damage % Planar Sphere,andAttack or ERR% Link Rope.

For Sub stats, focus onreaching 100% Crit Rate. Maximizing the Crit Rate on Yunli will allow her to do consistent high damaging counterattacks. Other than that,focus on Crit Damage and Attack %, followed by Speed or HP%.

The Dance at Sunset is the best Light Cone for the best Yunli build,and it is also her Signature Light Cone. This Light Cone greatly increases the odds of the wearer getting attacked, which is great for Yunli as she lacks Aggro-increasing abilities other than her Ultimate for that one attack. This Light Cone further increases Crit Damage by 36% and additionally increases Follow-up Attack damage by 36% (max 2 stacks) after using their Ultimate.

Besides her Signature Light Cone,On the Fall of an Aeonat Superimposition 5 is both thebest Alternative and F2P option for Yunli. This Light Cone at S5 is very close to her Signature Light Cone, only lacking the Aggro increasing capability. Alternatively, Clara’s Signature Light Cone is also a good option for Yunli.

For 4-star Light Cone options,A Secret Vow,Nowhere to Run,andUnder the Blue Skyare all good options for Yunli.

Yunli’s Eidolons are not particularly impressive, with only her E1 and E2 increasing her damage by around 20% each. The next big upgrade is her E6, which is clearly not worth it for Yunli. Compared to her Eidolons, Yunli’s signature light cone is much more important and should take priority ahead of her E1.

At the end of the day, Yunli is self-sufficient to clear the hardest challenges in the game without her Eidolons.Yunli’s best build is not dependent on her Eidolons.

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Yunli is predominantly a hyper-carry unit and she is best paired with amplifying support characters.Yunli’s best team would feature Robin, Topaz,andAventurine.

Robinis a clear favorite among amplifierswhen it comes to buffing Follow-up attack-focused DPS units. The extra physical damage with her Ultimate would also benefit Yunli a lot.Topaz is another favorite for increasing Follow-up attack damageandAventurineis easily able to keep the team protected with his shields while doing Follow-up attack damage himself.

Other than that, you can also useSparkleand Tingyun as support units, or nihility units like Pela and Silver Wolf. For Sustains, Fu Xuan and Lynx are both good options, withLynx being able to increase Aggro on Yunli.

Yunli is a strong hypercarry DPS and I personally love the counter-attack playstyle.Yes, she is worth pulling but only if you don’t have Clara already.If you already have Clara, then it makes no sense to go after Yunli as both of them have almost the same kit, with Yunli only being slightly better than Clara (unless you have Clara E6). Still, Clara is well-equipped to clear the hardest challenges in the game and is very close to Yunli in terms of damage output.

But, the decision is still up to you. Yunli is a great character, and her playstyle is super fun. If you have any further questions about Yunli’s best build, ask us in the comment section and we will try to help you out.

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