Huohuo in Honkai Star Rail: guide to the best builds

In Honkai: Star Rail Huohuo is 5 star character, having a Wind type of combat and related to the path of Abundance. In a squad, she can serve as a support healer, not only healing allies, but also strengthening them. In this guide we will tell you about her best builds, light cones and relics. You can also learn about the optimal commands with it.

Main features of Huohuo

How to get Hoho

This heroine can only be obtained during the event Jump called “Gloomy Bloom”. In the near future, this banner will be launched as part of the first phase of patch 1.5. If you want to be one of the first to know about her next rerun, we advise you to bookmark this article.

Let's add that HoYoverse has never given 5-star characters for completing various events, so you can only unlock Hoyo with the help of Jumping.

Progression of Hoho Characteristics

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

Note that her critical damage, critical hit chance and taunt are 50%, 5% and 100 units respectively at any level, and her energy reserve is 140 units.

Advantages and disadvantages of Hoho

Using her unique abilities, Hoho is able to quickly heal her allies, preventing them from dying even in the most difficult battle. Its advantages also include:

• Has a high base health value, which also increases as new Traces are opened. All this significantly simplifies the construction of her build, considering that all the heroine’s abilities depend precisely on her maximum HP.
• Even the Trainee Judge's basic attack is based on HP rather than attack power. This allows her to deal relatively high damage to enemies with regular strikes.
• An excellent healer, capable of healing several allies at once using his skill and talent. At the same time, the effectiveness of treatment exceeds the magnitude of healing from the superpower of some healers.
• She is able to remove weakening from her allies using not only her skill, but also her talent, which is extremely important when fighting some bosses.
• An extremely versatile support that can not only heal and remove debuffs, but also buff squad members and even weaken enemies. With it, the rest of the squad will be able to use their ultimates much more often. For this reason, it can be used in almost any pack.
• It can perfectly fulfill its role without opening Eidolons, which will certainly appeal to F2P players.

However, there are some downsides, some of which follow directly from its advantages:

• The superpower is very expensive, but it is extremely important for strengthening allies. The Stress Response to Fear trail improves things a bit, but you'll still need to pay a lot of attention to energy recovery if you want to use Hoho as a buffer as well as a healer.
• Low base speed, which even Traces cannot save. Therefore, again you will have to increase it with relics.
• Cannot heal all characters in the team at once.
• Although Hoho has an automatic healing system similar to Locha's mechanics, it restores much less health.

Hoho Abilities

When using a basic attack "Flag: Call of the Storm" it deals wind damage equal to 25~65% of its maximum health to the enemy. At the same time, it restores 20 units of energy and penetrates 30 units of durability.

Note: In theory, the scale from HP, and not attack power, should allow the trainee judge to inflict quite a lot of damage on enemies with regular blows. Maybe not as high as damage dealers, but definitely more than other healers.

After using the skill "Talisman: Protection" she removes one weakening from the selected team member and immediately regenerates his health in the amount of 14% ~ 25.5% of the heroine’s maximum HP + 140~ 718 units. Health is also restored to nearby allies in the amount of 11.2%~19.6% of Hoho's maximum HP +112~574 units.

Using a superpower "Tail: Spiritual Domination", she restores all party members excluding herself 15%~22.5% of their maximum energy, and increases their attack power by 24~48% for two turns.

As for the heroine’s passive talent - "Obsession: The Metaphysical Connection", then he imposes the “Sacrifice of Life” status on her, lasting two turns, after using his skill. Its duration is reduced by one turn after the start of Hoho's turn. If this effect is present, during the start of an ally's turn or when he uses a superpower, his health is restored in the amount of 3%~5.25% of the trainee's maximum health +30-154 units. In addition, all squad members with 50% health or below receive treatment.

Let's add that healed allies also have one debuff removed. This effect can work up to 6 times. Repeated use of the skill resets the bonus activation counter.

It is also impossible not to mention the technology "Demon: Evil Unmasked", the use of which puts the “Soul in the heels” effect on enemies, which is why they jump away from Hoho for 10 seconds (that is, they themselves do not attack the heroine). If a battle begins with opponents who have the above status, the judge has a 100% chance of reducing their attack power by 25% for two turns.

Traces of Hoho

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

Eidolons Hoho

To unlock them, materials of the same name are required, which are issued when duplicates of the heroine appear, which, of course, is random. And considering the rarity of 5-star character drops, be prepared to spend a lot of money and time on this. Luckily, even without eidolons, Hoho can effectively serve as a buffer/healer on a team.

If you still plan to knock them out, then we advise you to go for E1, which will significantly strengthen the trainee as a buffer and allow her to save skill points. However, if you do not have suitable light cones, we recommend that these resources be better spent on knocking out the Hoho signature.

1. Heliobi Possession, Home of Evil – after using the skill, the speed of all allies increases by 12% for one turn. After activating the ult, the next use of the skill does not consume skill points.
2. The spirit in the tail, sealed by the judges – when healing is activated by a talent, 0.5 weakening is removed from the target.
3. Destructive flesh is like a flame for moths - the level of ult and talent increases by two. The maximum level for both increases to 15.
4. In the eternal conflict, without parting, increases the outgoing healing of the heroine depending on how low the target’s health has fallen (the maximum can rise to 80%).
5. Getting rid of evil, by decree of ten lords - the skill level increases by two, and the basic attack - by one. The maximum level for the first increases to 15, and for the second – to 10. Slightly increases overall damage.
6. Common goal, common destiny – when healing an ally, increases the damage they deal by 50% for two turns.

How to play as Hoho

Everything here is quite simple and clear. It is necessary to achieve the activation of the trainee judge's superpower as soon as possible in order to strengthen allies earlier and give them the opportunity to activate their own ultimates earlier, which again will cause more damage due to increased attack power.

When team members begin to lose health or receive negative effects, you can take up the use of the Hoho skill, which will become the main source of healing in the pack. Above in the cons, we have already noted that the automatic healing system restores health is not very effective, but it should be enough to keep allies alive for two turns.

Thus, even when fighting strong enemies, you are unlikely to need to use a healing skill every turn. However, you need to make sure that the heroine does not gain too much speed, since the duration of Sacrifice of Life is reduced by one turn each time Hoho moves, so it is advisable for her to do this last in the pack.

Best builds for Hoho

Best Light Cones

Considering that the effectiveness of the heroine’s abilities depends on her maximum HP, and she requires a large amount of energy to use her ultimate, we advise you to choose a weapon that increases the wearer’s health, energy recovery, and outgoing healing.

You can also take “guns” that give various bonuses to the team to strengthen the trainee as a buffer. The table below presents the most interesting options.

The best relics

Among the complete options you can take a set "A Messenger Wandering in Hacker Space", 2 parts of which increase the speed by 6%, and 4 parts increase the speed of all allies by 12% for one turn after the wearer uses the ult. Essentially, this set does almost the same thing as the Trainee's first Eidolon, and therefore significantly increases her buffing capabilities.

If this kit or its suitable characteristics are not available, you can take a closer look at incomplete kits. The option below allows you to maximize the heroine's healing abilities.

• Wandering Cloud Wanderer – 2 pieces increase outgoing healing by 10%.
• Long-Living Apprentice – 2 pieces increase maximum health by 12%.

Now let's move on to planar jewelry, which is mined in the Virtual Universe. The list below shows the recommended options (the numbers indicate the priority of choice):

Concerning characteristics of relics, then you need to choose as follows:

• Body: Outgoing Healing or HP (choose the latter if low on health)
• Legs: speed or HP (take the second option if the heroine’s speed is already 120 units)
• Planar Sphere: HP%
• Connecting rope: energy recovery
• Additional characteristics: resistance to effects > HP% > speed > defense.

Best commands for Hoho

We have already noted above that, thanks to her healing and enhancing abilities, she is suitable for almost any team. In addition, the wind type of damage will simplify the creation of a corresponding mono-pack with the participation of Silver Wolf. The table below shows the most optimal units with Hoho.

Pumping Hoho

How to increase abilities (what to download first)

The pictures below demonstrate the materials and their quantities required to maximize the basic attack, skill, superpower and talent.

• The Seed of Abundance, Sprout of Life, and Flower of Eternity are obtained from the Bud of Abundance sepal located in the Sewer Passage, or through Synthesis.
• Sprouts of Immortality, Ethereal Flowers of Immortality, and Branches of Immortal Glory are obtained from Abundance Abominations, Quests, and Enemies in the Virtual Universe or through Synthesis. Can also be purchased with unquenchable ash.
• Repentance of the Eternal False Body - obtained from the Echo of War located in the Scaly Gorge (Lofu Xianzhou).
• Imprints of Fate - obtained in the Virtual Universe, issued with a battle pass and purchased for unquenchable ashes in the Pom-Pom store. Sometimes they are a reward in temporary events.

As for the priority of leveling up abilities, if healing is more important to you, then first level up the skill and talent, and then the ultimate (with a gap of 1-2 levels). If buffs are more valuable to you, then first of all increase your superpower. Are you short on resources and want to use Hoho as both a healer and a buffer? Then download everything at the same time. You don't have to upgrade your basic attacks.

How to level up a character

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

• Exaltation (level 30): credits x4000 and sprouts of immortality x5
• Exaltation (level 40): credits x8000 and sprouts of immortality x10
• Ascension (level 50): credits x16000, ethereal flower of immortality x6 and ashes of the Ascended x3
• Ascension (level 60): credits x40000, ethereal flower of immortality x9 and ashes of the ascended x7
• Ascension (level 70): credits x80000, branch of immortal glory x6 and ashes of the ascended x20
• Ascension (level 80): credits x160000, branch of immortal glory x9 and ashes of the ascended x35

The Ascended Ashes can be obtained from the Stagnant Shadow located in the Alchemy Commission (Lofu Xianzhou).