The Herta

Erudition

Find the best builds and teams for The Herta in Honkai: Star Rail, including recommended Light Cones, Relics, and team compositions.

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Aoe Dps Build

Best Light Cone

Into the Unreachable Veil

Relics and Ornament

Scholar Lost in Erudition

Izumo Gensei and Takama Divine Realm

The Herta Best Stats

Body: crit-ratecrit-dmg

Feet: spdatk%

Sphere: ice-dmg

Rope: atk%

The Herta Best Substats

crit-dmg

crit-rate

atk%

spd

The Herta Best Relics

Scholar Lost in Erudition

Hunter of Glacial Forest

The Herta Best Ornaments

Izumo Gensei and Takama Divine Realm

Rutilant Arena

Sigonia, the Unclaimed Desolation

The Herta Best Light Cones

Into the Unreachable Veil

Today Is Another Peaceful Day

Geniuses' Repose

Night on the Milky Way

Eternal Calculus

The Seriousness of Breakfast

The Herta Best Teams

The Herta + Anaxa + Sparkle + Permansor Terrae (F2P)

For the F2P team, you can use The Herta with Anaxa and Sparkle. Anaxa fulfills the Erudition character requirements of The Herta and can apply Ice Weakness to any enemy. Anaxa's frequent attacks also help charge up The Herta's stacks and Ultimate. Sparkle provides SP for the team and advances The Herta forward, giving her more turns. Permansor Terrae buffs The Herta's ATK and provides shields for the party.

The Herta + Serval + Trailblazer (Ice) + Lynx (Beginner)

For beginners who don't have any limited 4-Star or 5-Star characters yet, The Herta has access to two Erudition units in the form of her Herta puppet and Serval. We recommend using an Energy Regen rope and the Passkey Light Cone for your other Erudition DPS. This is so they can use their Ultimates to attack and build up Interpretation consistently. As for your Support unit, you can use the Remembrance Trailblazer to do a turn advance with Memosprite Skill and have The Herta deal additional True DMG.

The Herta

DPS

Serval

DPS

Trailblazer Remembrance

Support

Lynx

Sustain

The Herta + Anaxa + Tribbie + Permansor Terrae (Best Team)

The Herta's best team should always consist of another Erudition DPS to maximize her kit. Anaxa will be The Herta's best party member since he can use two Skills in one turn and is helpful in single-target scenarios. Tribbie is great for buffing all party members and unleashing Follow-up attacks to restore The Herta's energy. Permansor Terrae provides The Herta with shields, an ATK buff, and the Souldragon which can easily build up Interpretation.

The Herta

DPS

Anaxa

DPS

Tribbie

Support

Dan Heng • Permansor Terrae

Sustain

Skills

Did You Get It

Basic ATK

Single Target

Deals Ice DMG equal to 140% of The Herta's ATK to one designated enemy.

Lv. 10

Big Brain Energy

Skill

Blast

Deals Ice DMG equal to 88% of The Herta's ATK to one designated enemy, and inflicts 1 stack(s) of "Interpretation." Deals Ice DMG equal to 88% of The Herta's ATK to the targets hit by this instance of Skill and their respective adjacent targets. This effect can repeat 2 times.

Lv. 15

Told Ya! Magic Happens

Ultimate

AoE

Rearranges the numbers of "Interpretation" stacks on all enemies, prioritizing the transfer of the higher numbers of "Interpretation" stacks to Elite-level targets and above. Then, deals Ice DMG equal to 250% of The Herta's ATK to all enemies. When using Ultimate, increases The Herta's ATK by 100%, lasting for 3 turn(s). After the use, The Herta immediately takes action and gains 1 stack of "Inspiration." "Inspiration" can stack up to 4 time(s). While having "Inspiration," enhances Skill to "Hear Me Out."

Lv. 15

Hand Them Over

Talent

Enhance

When enemy targets enter combat, The Herta inflicts 1 stack of "Interpretation" on them. At the start of each wave, applies 25 stack(s) of "Interpretation" to a random enemy target, prioritizing Elite-level targets and above. When the Enhanced Skill's primary target has "Interpretation," the multiplier for the DMG dealt increases, with each stack granting an increase of 10%/5% on the primary target/other targets respectively. If 2 or more characters follow the Path of Erudition in the team, each stack grants an additional increase of 10%/5% on the primary target/other targets respectively. "Interpretation" can stack up to 42 time(s). When using the Enhanced Skill, resets the number of "Interpretation" stacks on the primary target to 1. After the enemy target leaves the field or gets defeated by any unit, "Interpretation" will be transferred, prioritizing the transfer to Elite-level targets and above.

Lv. 15

Vibe Checker

Technique

Enhance

After using Technique, increases The Herta's ATK by 60% at the start of the next battle, lasting for 2 turn(s).
If there are Basic Treasures in this current map, using Technique can mark up to 3 Basic Treasures' locations.
After entering battle by using Technique in Simulated Universe or Divergent Universe, at the start of each wave, deals to enemy targets lower than Elite-level by an amount equal to 99% of the targets' Max HP, and deals to enemy targets at Elite-level and above by an amount equal to 30% of the targets' Max HP.

True DMG

Non-Type DMG that is not affected by any effects. This DMG is not considered as launching 1 attack.

Traces

DMG Boost: Ice+3.2

Lv1

DMG Boost: Ice+6.4

Lv80

Aloofly Honest

When ally targets attack, inflicts 1 stack of "Interpretation" on the hit enemy target. After attacking, for every 1 target hit by this attack, regenerates 3 fixed Energy for The Herta, counting up to a maximum of 5 targets. When using Enhanced Skill, if the primary target's "Interpretation" stack reaches 42, increases the Ice DMG dealt by The Herta by 50%, lasting until the end of this attack.

ATK Boost+4

DMG Boost: Ice+3.2

SPD Boost+200

Message From Beyond the Veil

When entering battle, if the team has 2 or more Erudition characters, increases all allies' CRIT DMG by 80%. And the Trace "Aloofly Honest" counts at least 3 target(s) when calculating the number of targets hit. After attacking, applies 1 "Interpretation" stack(s) to the target that has the highest existing "Interpretation" stacks among the hit enemy targets. If the attacker is an Erudition character, then additionally applies 2 "Interpretation" stack(s).

DMG Boost: Ice+4.8

ATK Boost+6

DMG Boost: Ice+4.8

Starved Landscape of Vacua

For every 1 stack of "Interpretation" inflicted on enemy targets, The Herta gains 1 stack of "Answer," up to a max of 99 stack(s). When using Ultimate, each "Answer" stack increases this instance of Ultimate's DMG multiplier by 1%.

SPD Boost+300

ATK Boost+8

Lv75

Eidolons

Night at Shorefall

When the Enhanced Skill calculates the number of "Interpretation" stacks, additionally counts 50% of the number of "Interpretation" stacks on the 1 target with the most stacks among the primary target and adjacent targets. When "Interpretation" is reset by using the Enhanced Skill, its stack number is reset to 15 instead.

Wind Through Keyhole

After The Herta enters combat or uses Ultimate, additionally gains 1 "Inspiration" stack. After using Enhanced Skill, The Herta's next action by 35%.

Action Advance

Reduces the target's waiting interval before the next action.

Door into Summer

Skill Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
Talent Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.

The Sixteenth Key

The SPD of Erudition characters in the team increases by 12%.

Bitter Pill of Truth

Ultimate Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 10.

Sweet Lure of Answer

The Herta's Ice RES PEN increases by 20%. When the number of enemy targets on the field is (≥3)/2/1, Ultimate's DMG multiplier increases by 140%/250%/400% respectively.