Kafka, a fantastic 5-star Lightning Nihility character in Honkai: Star Rail, has been around since the beginning. She started as a character in the tutorial, and she’s become incredibly popular among fans over time. After Blade’s banner has run its course, players finally have the opportunity to go for Kafka in Honkai: Star Rail version 1.2. We’ll walk you through everything you need to know about the best build for Kafka, from her Light Cones to her Relics and more.
The Best Kafka Build in Honkai: Star Rail
Meet Kafka, a remarkable 5-star character with Lightning Nihility powers. In the Path of Nihility, her specialty lies in putting troublesome debuffs on enemies, making it a breeze for you and your team to bring them down. But before diving into the details of her best build, let’s first explore her unique abilities.
- Basic Attack: Midnight Tumult – deals Lightning DMG to a single enemy.
- Skill: Caressing Moonlight – deals Lightning DMG to an enemy and those adjacent to it. Additionally, if the enemies hit by the skill currently have DoTs on them, they will immediately deal a portion of their original DMG on the enemy.
- Ultimate: Twilight Trill – deals Lightning DMG to all enemies, with a high chance of applying Shocked on the enemy. It also deals with a portion of the DoT DMG from Shocked immediately.
- Talent: Gentle but Cruel – lets Kafka do a follow-up attack when an ally does a Basic ATK. This has a chance to increase the DoT damage inflicted on an enemy.
- Technique: Mercy Is Not Forgiveness – has Kafka immediately attacking an enemy. All enemies have a high chance of becoming Shocked once the battle starts.
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Remember that this guide is tailored to the Light Cones and Relics currently available in-game. You’ve got until August 29, 2023, to get Kafka. So be sure to make your move before that date rolls around.
Best Kafka Light Cones
To be able to utilize Kafka’s damage from her abilities fully, you need to use the best Light Cones available for her:
Patience is All You Need
Here we have Kafka’s iconic Light Cone, perfectly tailored to her strengths. It amps up Kafka’s damage output, boosts her attack speed, and throws in a neat bonus – the Erode effect. This setup suits Kafka like a glove, as the increased damage and added damage-over-time (DoT) effects work complementarily with her ability to amplify the impact of DoT effects.
- Increases DMG dealt by the wearer by 24%/28%/32%/36%/40%.
- After every attack launched by the wearer, their SPD increases by 4.8%/5.6%/6.4%/7.2%/8%, stacking up to 3 times.
- If the wearer hits an enemy target not afflicted by Erode, there is a 100% base chance to inflict Erode on the target.
- Enemies afflicted with Erode are also considered to be Shocked and will receive Lightning DoT at the start of each turn equal to 60%/70%/80%/90%/100% of the wearer’s ATK, lasting for 1 turn(s).
Fermata
Here’s the runner-up among the Light Cones for Kafka. When she uses this, the damage she dishes out gets a boost, whether from her direct hits or those DoT effects. But the real magic happens when her Ultimate comes into play. Since it gives all her foes a Shock effect, this Light Cone ensures she’s packing extra damage for most of the battle.
- Increases the Break Effect dealt by the wearer by 16%/20%/24%/28%/32%
- Increases their DMG to enemies afflicted with Shock or Wind Shear by 16%/20%/24%/28%/32%. This also applies to DoT.
Best Kafka Relics
Aside from Light Cones, you also need to use the best Relics available for her if you want the best outcome from Kafka:
4-piece Band of Sizzling Thunder
This is currently the best Relics set for Kafka.
- The added 10% Lightning damage boost actually cranks up all her damage output.
- That 4-piece set is pretty great when you weave your Skills in between turns.
- Plus, it opens up a clever strategy: you can give Kafka a power boost before she unleashes her Ultimate by playing her Skill just before it, giving her Ultimate even more impact.
2-piece Pan-Galactic Commercial Enterprise
Despite the new Planar Ornaments arriving in Version 1.2, the Pan-Galactic Commercial Enterprise remains the top choice for a Nihility Planar Ornament set.
- That 10% bump in Effect Hit Rate comes in handy because Kafka’s debuffs are not fully guaranteed to hit.
- Boosting her Effect Hit Rate makes a world of difference, ensuring she can consistently hit those debuffs onto her targets without a problem.
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