Seele in Honkai Star Rail: a guide to the best builds

The Honkai: Star Rail Seele is 5 star character, possessed by the Quantum combat type and belongs to the Hunting path. In the team, she perfectly performs the function of the main damage dealer, representing a powerful hypercarry. In this guide you can learn about her best builds, light cones And relics. We will also indicate the optimal units for her.

The main features of Seele

How to get Seele

This heroine can only be obtained as part of the event Jump called "Butterfly on the Edge". The last time this banner was active was during the first phase of patch 1.0. If you want to be one of the first to know about her future rerun, then we advise you to bookmark this article.

We add that HoYoverse has never given 5-star characters during the course of events, so the only way to get Zele is with the help of Jumps.

Seele characteristic progression

In the table below, you can see how the basic parameters of the heroine change as her level increases.

Advantages and disadvantages of Seele

Thanks to his special abilities, Zele can effectively deal with both groups of ordinary mobs and strong single opponents. Its advantages also include:

• Has the potential to deal the most single target damage in the game, making her a very valuable asset when fighting elite enemies and bosses.
• Despite the fact that she belongs to the Hunt path, Zele can also effectively show herself in the battle with multiple targets, as she can attack enemies several times in one turn.
• It can deal a lot of damage even to enemies that do not have quantum vulnerability, as few mobs in the game have high resistance to this type of damage.
• She has a high base speed, which she can increase by herself with the help of a skill, which makes it much easier to activate bonuses on some light cones and relics.
• It is able to perfectly perform its main function without opening Eidolons, and one of the best 5-star cones for it can be obtained for free. So it is quite suitable for F2P players.
• Performing several actions at once in one turn allows her to quickly accumulate energy to use her superpower.
• She can turn invisible using the Illusion Technique, making it much easier to evade enemies and reduce the chance of being ambushed.

However, it was not without its minuses, some of which directly follow from its pluses:

• In one turn, she can “eat” up to three skill points alone, so she needs characters to support them that can generate them.
• She has relatively low base health and defense parameters, so she will not live long without a good healer and / or shielder in the team.
• When fighting enemies that are superior to her level and do not have quantum vulnerability, she almost completely loses her potential, as she is not able to defeat the enemy with a single blow. This disadvantage can be partially leveled with the help of supports that can strengthen Zele or weaken opponents.

Seele's abilities

When using a basic attack "Plaque" she deals quantum damage equal to 50~130% of her attack power to the enemy. At the same time, it restores 20 units of energy and breaks through 30 units of resistance.

After using the skill "Sheathed Blades" She deals quantum damage equal to 110~275% of her attack power to the opponent and increases her speed by 25%. The bonus is valid for two turns. At the same time, she restores 30 units of energy and breaks through 60 units of resistance.

Using superpower "Whirlwind of butterflies", she enters an empowered mode and deals 255~510% of her attack power quantum damage to the enemy.

As for the passive talent of the heroine - "Reappearance", then he grants Zele one additional turn after the destruction of the enemy with a basic blow, skill or ult. Plus, the character enters an enhanced mode, in which his damage is increased by 40~100% for one turn.

Not to mention technology "Phantom Illusion", which makes the heroine invisible for 20 seconds. In this state, she cannot be detected by enemies in the open world. If you hit them from this mode, Zele instantly gains a buff.

Seele's footprints

In addition to the above abilities, the heroine’s leveling tree also includes other buffs that provide passive bonuses or permanent increases to characteristics. You can see them all in the picture below.

Eidolon Seele

To unlock them, the materials of the same name are required, issued when duplicates of the heroine drop out, which, of course, is random. And given the rarity of 5-star character drops, be prepared to spend a lot of money and time on it. Fortunately, even without eidolons, Zele can perfectly play the role of a damage dealer in the team.

If you still aim to knock out these buffs, then we advise you to take a closer look at E1 and E2, as the former will simplify the crit collection. chance in the build, and the second will allow you not to look for the speed parameter in the stats of relics at all. Naturally, the best eidolon is E6, but getting to it is very difficult.

1. Cutoff - Increases critical hit chance by 15% after damaging an enemy with less than or equal to 80% health.
2. Butterfly Dance - The speed buff granted by this skill can stack up to 2 times.
3. Spinning in a whirlwind - skill level increases by two. Maximum level: 15th.
4. Flickering Shadow - after the destruction of the enemy, the heroine recovers 15 units of energy.
5. Penetrating Gaze - Increases your ultimate by two and your basic attack by one. The maximum level for the first one increases to the 15th, and for the second - to the 10th.
6. Disintegration - after using the ult, the enemy is inflicted with the Whirlwind of Butterflies status for one turn, during which he receives additional quantum damage in the amount of 15% of the damage of superpower. The effect is removed if Zele dies.

How to play Seele

Although this deadly Butterfly belongs to the path of the Hunt, which specializes in dealing damage to single targets, in reality it reaches its full potential when fighting with several opponents. All thanks to her extremely useful passive talent.

Recall that after killing an opponent, Zele gets a boost and an additional move, which allows her to actually destroy two opponents in a row at once. Or you can kill one ordinary mob, and then attack the elite enemy, causing him increased damage. We add that an additional action is given when killing an enemy with a superpower. Thus, this heroine may well resemble four times in just one round.

Kills made during extra turns do not count towards the talent, so you can only take Zele four turns at the most. However, if you are fighting waves of enemies and the Butterfly is first in the action bar, then it will be able to perform one more turn after the destruction of the last mob from the previous group.

If we consider the ideal rotation for this heroine, then it will look like this:

1. Use your superpower (if charged) on an enemy to instantly kill them and go into boosted mode. Choose a thicker opponent so as not to waste damage.
2. Attack the second enemy with a skill during an additional turn to increase your speed. It will be good if you can kill him.
3. Attack the third (or unfinished second) enemy with a basic attack.
4. Attack with a skill on a fourth and/or third enemy to extend the speed buff again. By this point, you will most likely have 70-80% energy for the ult, so you can use it in the next round.

Note: You don't need to constantly spam the skill, otherwise you will quickly run out of skill points. Alternate them with basic attacks, which will often be enough to kill wounded mobs.

Trick: If you activate your ult during the attack animation that will kill the enemy, and then destroy the second enemy with the super ability, then in theory you can get a double boost (see gif below).

If your ultimate isn't ready at the beginning of the fight, just deal with the opponents using the skill and the basic attack, and then use the ult as soon as it is charged to perform another extra turn.

We also recommend that you use the heroine's Technique before the fight to immediately put her into a boosted mode, especially if the enemy is vulnerable to quantum damage and you don't have your ult ready yet. Of course, do not forget to buff the heroine with the skills of supports or weaken enemies. Then you are guaranteed to kill mobs with one attack.

The best builds for Seele

The best light cones

A weapon related to the path of the Hunt suits her. We advise you to pay attention to instances that increase the attack power, critical damage and the probability of inflicting a critical hit of the character. The table below shows the best options.

Best Relics

The best option among the usual relics mined in the caves of corrosion is a full set "Genius of Diamond Stars", two parts of which increase quantum damage by 10%, and four parts allow you to ignore 10% of the enemy's defense in case of damage to him. If the enemy has a quantum vulnerability, then another 10% of protection is ignored. This set is obtained in the Path of Providence.

If you have not yet been able to get a complete set with the characteristics you need, then you can combine it with two parts "Wild Wheat Arrow", which increase attack power by 12% and are obtained from the Wandering Path. At the beginning of the game, you can even use this entire set, the four elements of which increase the damage from the basic strike by 10%, and the speed by 6%.

Now let's move on to planar decorations that are mined in the Virtual Universe. The list below shows the recommended options (the numbers indicate the priority of the selection):

1. Space Sealing Station - Increases attack power by 12%. Increases this stat by an additional 12% if the character's speed is equal to or greater than 120. A great option for Zele, as her passive will work most of the fight thanks to her skill.
2. Waist - the edge of the bandits - increases the penetration effect by 16%. Gain an additional 20% if the hero's speed is equal to or higher than 145 units. A very useful set that will strengthen Zele when fighting enemies with quantum vulnerability. This set will also be very useful if the squad has a Silver Wolf.
3. Frozen Salsotto - Increases critical strike chance by 8%. If this parameter is equal to or greater than 50%, then the damage from the ult increases by 15%. You can take if you do not have enough crits.

As for the characteristics of relics, then you need to choose as follows:

• Body: Critical Hit Chance or Critical Damage (Depends on what you're missing at the time; ideally should be 50-60%/110-150%)
• Legs: attack power %
• Planar Sphere: Quantum Damage
• Connecting rope: attack power % or penetration effect
• Additional stats: Critical Hit Chance > Critical Damage > Attack Power % > Speed.

Considering that critical damage can be increased by opening Zele's footprints, we advise you to try to increase the chance of critical hits with relics. Then comes the attack power, on which the size of the damage of the heroine directly depends.

The best teams for Seele

There is no one-size-fits-all Zele unit that can be used anytime, anywhere, as in the later stages you will encounter opponents that require different paths and elements to destroy. Still, putting the Butterfly against enemies that she is not able to kill quickly enough is not the best solution.

However, you will be able to assemble a powerful team that can quickly deal with many monsters. Most often, Armor will be present in it, since its ult increases attack and critical damage, and its skill allows you to advance an ally's turn. With a support like that, in theory, you can perform eight actions for Zele before the turn returns to the enemy.

Other good supports for Zele should be to protect or heal her, or apply debuffs to opponents. Your main goal will be to keep this heroine alive and buff or debuff mobs so she can keep dealing massive damage by doing multiple actions in a single round.

When choosing a support character, you should consider the vulnerabilities of the opponents you have to fight. Asta (Fire) increases speed and attack, Pela (Ice) reduces enemies' defense and dispels debuffs, Welt (Imaginary) slows enemies, Cheetah and March 7 (Ice) can freeze enemies and provide allies with shields, and Tingyun (Electric) - restores energy and increases attack.

However, if the squad has a Silver Wolf, then this condition can be skipped, since this hacker will be able to impose a quantum vulnerability on enemies.

If you're looking for a healer, Baylu is the perfect option, as she can resurrect one ally per fight if needed, giving Zele a second chance at victory. However, Natasha can also play the role of a healer quite well, especially if you need a character to accumulate skill points. The table below shows a few optimal units with Seele.

Pumping Zele

How to increase abilities (what to download first)

The pictures below show the materials and their amount required for the maximum pumping of the basic attack, skill, superpower and talent.

• Hunter Arrows, Demon Slayer Arrows, and Star Hunter Arrows are obtained from the "Hunting Bud" sepals or through Synthesis.
• The Thief's Instinct, Conqueror's Warped Ambition, Will is looted from the Antimatter Legion, Quests, and Enemies in the Virtual Universe, or through Synthesis.
• Guardian's Sorrow - Dropped from the War Echo "The End of Permafrost".
• Imprints of Destiny - obtained in the Virtual Universe, issued with a battle pass and bought for inextinguishable ashes in the Pom Pom store. Sometimes they are a reward in temporary events.

As for the priority of pumping abilities, we advise you to give priority to the skill. At the same time, the ult should not lag behind him by more than one level. Talent should be pumped in parallel with superpower. Download the basic attack last, but you should not completely forget about it, since Zele will often use regular attacks as well.

How to level up a character

At certain levels, you will need to raise the heroine by spending a large amount of resources and credits:

• Ascension (level 30): x4000 credits and x5 thief instinct
• Ascension (level 40): x8000 credits and x10 thief instinct
• Ascension (level 50): credits x16,000, warped ambition x6, and void cast iron x3
• Ascension (level 60): credits x40000, warped ambition x9 and void iron x7
• Ascension (level 70): credits x80000, will of the conqueror x6 and void cast iron x20
• Ascension (level 80): credits x160000, will of the conqueror x9 and void cast iron x35

Void Cast Iron can be obtained from the Quantum Shape stagnant shadow located in the Base Zone of the Hertha Space Station.