Star Rail: Optimal Team Synergy with the Herta Unit

Mastering The Herta in Honkai: Star Rail

The Herta, a highly anticipated 5-star character, finally joins the Honkai: Star Rail roster. Unlike her 4-star puppet counterpart, The Herta boasts a unique playstyle centered around "Interpretation" stacks, significantly boosting her damage output. This guide explores her optimal team compositions, focusing on maximizing stack generation and synergy.

Key to The Herta's Success: Interpretation Stacks

The Herta's damage scales directly with Interpretation stacks, gained whenever an ally attacks enemies. To maximize her potential, prioritize team compositions with frequent AoE attacks, especially follow-up attacks.

Herta's Bonus Ability: Message From Beyond the Veil

This ability grants all allies an 80% Crit DMG boost if another Erudition character is present. This makes duo DPS compositions particularly effective.

Top-Tier Team Compositions:

Premium Team: The Herta + Jade + Robin + Lingsha

This team excels due to its synergy with The Herta's mechanics. Jade, as an ideal Erudition companion, provides frequent follow-up attacks, perfectly complementing The Herta's stack generation. Lingsha offers crucial AoE follow-up attacks and healing, mitigating The Herta's HP drain as the Debt Collector. Robin provides essential team-wide buffs to follow-up attacks and overall damage.

• Team Roles:
  • The Herta: Main/Sub DPS
  • Jade: Sub-DPS, Support
  • Robin: Support, Buffer
  • Lingsha: Sub-DPS, Healer, Debuffer

F2P Team: The Herta + Herta + Remembrance Trailblazer + Gallagher

This F2P-friendly team utilizes two Herta units for optimal stack generation. Remembrance Trailblazer offers valuable True DMG and Crit DMG buffs, while Gallagher provides consistent AoE damage and healing. Serval can replace one Herta, and Pela or Tingyun offer alternative support options.

• Team Roles:
  • The Herta: Main/Sub DPS
  • Herta: Sub-DPS
  • Remembrance Trailblazer: Support, Sub-DPS, Buffer
  • Gallagher: Healer, Debuffer

Further Considerations:

Remember to optimize your Light Cones and level-up materials to further enhance The Herta's performance. Experiment with different team compositions based on your available characters and resources.