Gallagher in Honkai Star Rail: guide to the best builds

In Honkai: Star Rail Gallagher is 4 star hero Path of Abundance, dealing fire damage. A mysterious officer of the Hound clan, who also works as a bartender, serves as a healer and debuffer in the squad. In this guide, we will take a detailed look at all the character's skills, and also tell you about his best options equipment.

Gallagher's Main Features

How to get Gallagher

For the first time, an officer from the Hound clan will appear in the banner in the first half of version 2.1, along with Acheron and Locha. Gallagher can also be collected as a reward from the “Stories at the Bottom of a Glass” event. After the release of update 2.2, it will be able to drop both from the character’s event jumps, as well as from the weapon and standard banners.

Gallagher Characteristics Progression

In the table below, we looked at how the basic stats of a character will change as his level increases.

In addition to the above characteristics, Gallagher has a 5% critical chance. hit and 50% crit. damage His taunt is 100, and to use his ultimate you need to accumulate 110 units of energy.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Gallagher

Gallagher is a pretty enjoyable budget heeler. The following positive aspects can be highlighted in its gameplay:

• Can passively heal outside of its turn, thereby constantly maintaining a stable level of health among allies. This will be especially appreciated by characters who often use bonus attacks and superpowers.
• Not picky about consuming action points.
• Can remove weakens from allies.
• Inflicts debuffs on enemies, which pairs especially well with damage dealers like Acheron and Dr. Ratio.
• Can use the emergency healing option, pushing his action forward with an ultimate, and then using the desired skill, healing a specific ally or the entire squad.
• At the maximum level of the skill, it can easily heal almost fatal damage from most heroes.

But there were some disadvantages:

• To perform one of the most important functions of a healer - removing weakenings, he needs to get a second eidolon.
• It is quite difficult to accelerate the healing, since it depends only on the penetration effect and the healing bonus, which are not so easy to collect in large quantities.
• Has difficulty finding suitable cones.
• Due to the fact that he does not collect HP and defense, it can be quite difficult for him to stay alive throughout the entire battle against particularly powerful opponents.
• Characters who do not use offensive skills, such as Harmony heroes, will not be able to receive passive healing, which may make it difficult for them to survive.

Gallagher's abilities

Normal basic attack Corkage fee Inflicts pyro damage to one enemy equal to 50~130% of the attack power. It also restores 20 energy and drains the enemy's stamina by 30.

Enhanced Basic Attack Nectar blitz Deals 125~325% fire damage to one enemy and reduces their attack power by 10~18% for 2 turns. Her energy regeneration remains at 20, and her toughness penetration increases to 90.

Explanation: Gallagher's regular shots are fairly simple and unremarkable. But their increased variation deserves special attention. After using the ultimate, the officer's next attack will receive a bonus. It will not only cause increased damage to the enemy's durability, but will also reduce his attack. This effect is considered a debuff and is one of the ways to protect the squad by reducing all incoming damage.

Skill Special recipe restores 200~2020 HP to the selected ally. At this moment, 30 units of Gallagher's energy are replenished.

Explanation: The healing that an officer provides as part of this skill is not scaled by any stat and is a fixed value. You can increase your healing only by pumping up your skill and increasing the value of the healing bonus.

Ultimate Champagne etiquette Deals pyro damage to all enemies in the amount of 75~187.5% of attack power and depletes their stamina by 60 points. Also applies a special debuff to enemies for 2 turns and strengthens the next basic strike.

Explanation: The main purpose of the ultimate is not to cause damage, but to enhance the next basic strike and impose a weakening on the enemy, which subsequently affects the healing of the entire squad.

Thanks to talent drunken fight Each ally who attacks an enemy weakened by Gallagher's ultimate will restore 80~808 HP. Additionally, enemies with this debuff will receive 6~15% more penetration damage.

Explanation: is another source of Gallagher's healing. Just like in the skill, the heal here has a fixed value. It lasts two turns of the enemy, and each time they attack it, the allies will replenish their HP. The bonus to penetration damage will be a nice increase in the overall damage of the squad.

Activating the technique Master Elixir, Gallagher hits the enemy, dealing 50% of their attack damage and draining their vulnerability by 60 points. He also applies a debuff to all enemies for two turns, which has a similar effect to the weakening from the ultimate. This skill will be especially useful if at the beginning of the battle he does not have a fully charged superpower.

Gallagher's tracks

In the image below you can see the effects of Gallagher's other footprints. Basically, they increase the penetration effect, resistance to various effects and the officer’s own HP.

It is worth noting that as Gallagher levels up, he receives an increase in outgoing healing from the penetration effect, which makes it necessary to set this particular stat. You should also note that the officer will have the opportunity to make a move immediately after activating his ultimate, thanks to which he will be able to either use the skill and restore the HP of the most injured ally, or use an enhanced basic attack, healing the entire squad.

Gallagher's Eidolons

Another way to strengthen your character is with eidolons. They open when receiving copies of the hero. Next, we will look at what bonuses each of the shards gives Gallagher.

1. Salty Dog – at the beginning of the battle, restores 20 units of energy and receives a 30% bonus to resistance to effects.
2. Lion's Tail – removes the debuff from the ally to whom the skill was applied and increases his resistance to effects for 2 turns.
3. Corpse Reviver – increases the skill level by 2 and the basic attack by 1. Maximum level: 15 and 10, respectively.
4. The Last Word – extends the effect of the weakening effect of Gallagher's ultimate by 1 turn.
5. Death in the Afternoon – increases the level of ult and talent by 2. Their maximum level is 15.
6. Blood and Sand – increases the penetration effect and the efficiency of breaking through vulnerabilities by 20%.

The best and most necessary eidolon is the second. Healers are most often required to remove weakenings, which Gallagher can only do if he has E2. E4 will also be very useful, which will allow you to maintain the debuff on enemies longer and take the rope on penetration efficiency, rather than energy recovery. E6 will come in handy to increase outgoing healing, which in this case is not so easy to overclock.

How to play as Gallagher

To effectively use the skills of a Hound clan officer and keep all members of the squad alive, it is worth considering the following points.

1. If Gallagher's ultimate is not fully charged, then start the battle with his technique. Since both of these skills have the same effect, in the opposite situation using an officer's special attack to start the battle can be quite wasteful. It is better to make the first strike as another, more suitable hero, and activate the superpower at the very beginning to impose a negative effect on opponents.
2. Gallagher's typical rotation goes like this: base hit - skill - base hit. During this time, he must have time to accumulate an ultimate, while restoring one skill point.
3. Gallagher's ultimate advances his action 100% forward. If you see that in the near future the enemy will inflict particularly heavy damage or impose a negative effect on an ally, then it is better to wait for this blow in order to get rid of the consequences of this attack after it.
4. After the ultimate, it is better to use the skill if you need to heal large-scale damage or remove a weakening from one specific ally. A stronger basic attack is good for evenly healing the entire squad.
5. Try to use an enhanced basic attack on the most powerful enemy to lower their attack power and reduce incoming damage. This action will also apply a debuff, which is important to consider when planning the next attacks of heroes like Dr. Ratio and Acheron.

Best builds for Gallagher

Best Light Cones

Gallagher has trouble choosing the right weapon. At the moment there is only one cone in the game, the passive of which is entirely consistent with the officer’s skills. For this reason, in the absence of the best option, the hero will be suitable for any equipment aimed at characters of the Path of Abundance, increasing the healing and survivability of the wearer, as well as providing bonuses for his allies.

Next we will look at several suitable options. In the absence of rarer specimens, any 3* cones will do for the first time.

The best relics

Among the cave relics, any combination of sets that provide a bonus to the penetration effect, speed and healing bonus will suit Gallagher. In the table below we have looked at some suitable options.

Among the planar decorations farmed in Virtual universe, it is better to choose those that provide a bonus not only for Gallagher himself and his survivability, but also for all his allies.

At selection of characteristics you will need to look for the following items:

• Body: healing bonus.
• Legs: speed.
• Sphere: HP/defense. If Gallagher's survivability is not that important, then attack power can be considered.
• Connecting rope: energy recovery, if you have E4, you can set the penetration effect.
• Additional characteristics: penetration effect → resistance to effects → speed → HP%/defense%/attack power%.

Note that you should not collect the penetration effect for Gallagher more than 150%, since this value is the limit for receiving a healing bonus

Best teams for Gallagher

Since the Hound clan officer is a healer, you are unlikely to form a squad around him. In addition, with his skills he does not interfere with other heroes performing their functions. Characters that play from bonus attacks or require the application of debuffs to opponents will work especially well with Gallagher. Below you can see several teams that a bartender can join.

Pumping Gallagher

How to increase abilities (what to download first)

In the image below you can see how many materials will be required to fully upgrade the basic attack and skill/ultimate/talent.

• Noble Tree Seed, Nourishing Honey, and Diversity Fruit are obtained from the sepal in the Garden of Serenity in Luofu Xianzhou.
• The Dream Collection Component, Dream Stream Valve, and Dream Engine are dropped from some Nightmare Troupe monsters, quests, and enemies in the Virtual Universe.
• Past disasters of the wormhole fall after the battle with Starbreaker: Skarakabaz as part of the Echo of War challenge.
• Fateprints are obtained by completing quests in temporary events, the Virtual Universe, and Honor of the Nameless.
• To get the missing items, you can use a synthesis machine or purchase them from the Pom-Pom store for unquenchable ash.

If we talk about the order of leveling up skills, then first level up talent and basic strike. The amount of healing depends on the first, and the reduced attack of opponents depends on the enhanced version of the second. Don't neglect your skill to increase your targeted treatment. Lastly, download your ultimate. Since Gallagher doesn't deal damage, his ultimate will be used primarily to inflict negative status on enemies, which can be done at any level.

How to level up a character

Every few levels you will need to elevate Gallagher to continue enhancing the hero's skills.

• Exaltation (level 30): credits x3200 and dream collection component x4;
• Exaltation (level 40): credits x6400 and dream collection component x8;
• Exaltation (level 50): credits x12800, dream flow valve x5 and flaming heart x2;
• Exaltation (level 60): credits x32000, dream flow valve x8 and flaming heart x5;
• Exaltation (level 70): credits x64000, dream engine x5 and flaming heart x15;
• Ascension (level 80): credits x128000, dream engine x7 and flaming heart x28.

The Burning Heart is obtained from the Stagnant Shadow standing on Penaconia in the Morning Dew Residence.