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Part 2 Teambuilding

Updated for Version 8.5

Part 1 Teambuilding

  1. In Part 1, teams are built based on elements.

  2. Valkyries, equipment and ELFs usually provide buffs for one specific element + some Total DMG buff.

  3. Most valks are either a DPS or a Support. Some supports can also be a dps, but not the best dps, just decent. There’s an exception to this - In Part 1.5, we got Lunar Vow and Herrscher of Rebirth, who are actually good at both DPS and support.

  4. A valkyrie usually only has ONE best team lineup, consisting of DPS + S-rank Support + SP Support.

  5. For equipment, most of the time equipment are gacha-only. There are farmable options (G3 or G4 Stigma from Foundry), but these take a few months to forge.

Part 2 Teambuilding

  1. In Part 2, teams are built based on ASTRAL RING Specializations.
  2. Valkyries, equipment and Astral Ops provide buffs for ALL elements, but most of the buffs are restricted to specific AR types.
  3. All S-ranks can be a DPS and a support, based on the position in the lineup. Example:
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  1. There are MULTIPLE OPTIMAL TEAM LINEUPS. You are not just restricted to only two specific supports now. Every support has her own unique abilities. For example:
  • For Wheel of Destiny teams, Senadina can provide powerful buffs like Elemental Breach while staying off-field the entire battle.
  • For Wheel of Destiny teams, Thelema provides shieldbreak, huge freeze trauma and evasion spam ar regen.
  • For World Star teams, Herrscher of Finality provides super quick resonance trigger.

But of course, Honkai Impact is complex. Not all Astral Ring teams have multiple optimal lineups. There are some teams that still only have one best lineup. For example:

  • Herrscher of Finality DPS: Needs Herrscher of Truth and Herrscher of Origin.
  • Vita Lone Planetfarer DPS: Needs team members with Astral Ring: Rite of Oblivion (RoO) to activate buffs like Elemental Breach, buffs and stronger Ult.
  1. For equipment, you only need to gacha for weapon, 60 pulls guarantee max. Stigma is forgeable. You also get a lot of stigma if you pull weapon from gacha. In addition, when a new valkyrie debuts, you will get one stigma selector box.