Greeting, Trailblazer!
As Version 3.x gradually draws to a close, The Dahlia makes her debut, bringing us the true conclusion of Penacony.
Honkai: Star Rail is set to rerun the Fire-element support who specializes in Break—Lingsha. Before deciding whether to pull for her, it's worth understanding her true value.
Lingsha's strength largely revolves around the Resilience Break and Break Effect mechanics, making her particularly outstanding in Break-focused teams, especially when paired with Firefly. In other team compositions, her performance depends on the specific build and playstyle.
Before investing your Stellar Jade, it’s important to gain a comprehensive understanding of Lingsha's skill mechanics, Light Cone choices, Relic setups, and team synergy. If you're unsure how to make the most of her versatility—whether as a survival unit or an AoE main DPS—this guide will help.
This guide systematically explains Lingsha's optimal development path in Version 3.8, including her signature Light Cone, recommended Relics, required upgrade materials, and core team-building strategies.
If you're interested in Fire Break Team's detaile, be sure to check out my previous post for more information:
HSR 3.8 Fugue Best Build: Lightcone, Relic, Materials & Team Comps
HSR 3.8 Dahlia Pull Guide: Is She Worth Pulling for Firefly Teams?
HSR 3.4 Firefly Best Builds & New Skin: Relics, Light Cones and Teams
Without further ado, let's jump right in!
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| HSR 3.8 Lingsha Overview
Lingsha
Combat Type: Fire / Path: The Abundance
HP: 1358 / ATK: 679 / DEF: 437 / SPD: 98 / Max Energy:110
The new Cauldron Master of the Xianzhou Luofu's Alchemy Commission is one perceptive and intelligent Vidyadhara healer.
With a keen sense of smell, she diagnoses ailments and calms minds with aromatic therapy.
Adept at navigating complex social relationships, she can remain impeccably composed even when turmoil rages within.
Lingsha is an Abundance character centered around the toughness break and Break Effect system.
Her core gameplay revolves around summoning and commanding her incense beast to provide team-wide healing, cleansing, and sustain, with her abilities gaining additional value when enemies are weakness-broken. Her kit strongly rewards Break Effect, allowing her to convert successful breaks into stronger healing and supportive benefits.
She is not a traditional pure healer, but rather a break-oriented sustain/support, excelling at maintaining team survivability while synergizing with weakness break strategies.
Overall, if you’re running a break-focused team that values stability and continuous pressure, Lingsha is a highly valuable pick who enhances both survivability and break efficiency.
| HSR 3.8 Fugue Lightcone
>Signature Lightcone
Scent Alone Stays True
Rarity: ★★★★★ Path: The Abundance
HP: 1058 / ATK: 529 / DEF: 529
>Effect：
Increases the wearer's Break Effect by 60/70/80/90/100%. After the wearer uses Ultimate to attack enemy targets, inflicts the targets with the "Woefree" state, lasting for 2 turn(s). While in "Woefree," enemy targets take 10/12/14/16/18% increased DMG. The effect of increasing DMG taken is additionally boosted by 8/10/12/14/16% if the wearer's current Break Effect is 150% or higher.
> Alternative:
Echoes of the Coffin
Rarity: ★★★★★ Path: The Abundance
HP: 1164.2 / ATK: 582.12 / DEF: 396.90
>Effect：
Increases the wearer's ATK by 24% / 28% / 32% / 36% / 40% . After the wearer uses an attack, for each different enemy target the wearer hits, regenerates 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.5 / 5 Energy. Each attack can regenerate Energy up to 3 time(s) this way. After the wearer uses their Ultimate, all allies gain 12 / 14 / 16 / 18 / 20 SPD for 1 turn.
Quid Pro Quo
Rarity: ★★★★ Path: The Abundance
HP: 952.6 / ATK: 423.36 / DEF: 396.90
>Effect:
At the start of the wearer's turn, regenerates 8 / 10 / 12 / 14 / 16 Energy for a randomly chosen ally (excluding the wearer) whose current Energy is lower than 50%.
What Is Real?
Rarity: ★★★★ Path: The Abundance
HP: 1058.4 / ATK: 423.36 / DEF: 330.75
>Effect:
Increases the wearer's Break Effect by 24% / 30% / 36% / 42% / 48% . After using Basic ATK, restores HP for the wearer by an amount equal to 2% / 2.5% / 3% / 3.5% / 4% of Max HP plus 800.
Overall, aside from her signature Light Cone, Lingsha's best alternative is Luocha's signature Light Cone, Echoes of the Coffin.
- Lingsha's signature Light Cone provides crucial vulnerability amplification and Break Efficiency, allowing the team to receive more healing while dealing increased damage.
- Echoes of the Coffin helps Lingsha with Energy regeneration and increases the entire team’s Speed, making it a strong and versatile option for team utility.
- Quid Pro Quo is a familiar choice, offering additional Energy support to help other teammates alleviate their Energy needs.
- Meanwhile, What Is Real? focuses more on Lingsha herself, providing Break Efficiency and self-healing, making it better suited for scenarios where Lingsha is played as a main DPS.
In practice, Lingsha's signature Light Cone is actually more compatible with Gallagher, as his Ultimate is used more frequently, theoretically resulting in higher buff uptime. However, pulling Lingsha's signature Light Cone solely to enhance Gallagher is generally not a wise investment; the overall team improvement brought by pulling Lingsha herself is far more significant.
That said, this also opens up another option: if your Lingsha team is strong enough, you can freely pass her signature Light Cone to Gallagher on your second team.
| HSR 3.8 Fugue Materials
- Credit x3888100
- Travel Encounters x21
- Adventure Log x8
- Traveler's Guide x287
- Alien Tree Seed x18
- Nourishing Honey x69
- Myriad Fruit x139
- Immortal Scionette x56
- Immortal Aeroblossom x71
- Immortal Lumintwig x73
- Tracks of Destiny x8
- Raging Heart x65
- Auspice Sliver x12
| HSR 3.8 Fugue Relics
>Main Relic Set:
Iron Cavalry Against the Scourge (Recommand)
2P Increases Break Effect by 16%.
4P If the wearer's Break Effect is 150% or higher, the Break DMG dealt to the enemy target ignores 10% of their DEF. If the wearer's Break Effect is 250% or higher, the Super Break DMG dealt to the enemy target additionally ignores 15% of their DEF.
Thief of Shooting Meteor
2P Increases Break Effect by 16%.
4P Increases the wearer's Break Effect by 16%. After the wearer inflicts Weakness Break on an enemy, regenerates 3 Energy.
>Planar Ornament:
Forge of the Kalpagni Lantern (Recommand)
2P Increases the wearer's SPD by 6%. When the wearer hits an enemy target that has Fire Weakness, the wearer's Break Effect increases by 40%, lasting for 1 turn(s).
Talia: Kingdom of Banditry
2P Increases the wearer's Break Effect by 16%. When the wearer's SPD reaches 145 or higher, the wearer's Break Effect increases by an extra 20%.
When building Lingsha, the best relic setup depends on the team she is placed in.
- When Lingsha serves as the sustain unit in a Firefly team, Iron Cavalry Against the Scourge (4-pc) + Forge of the Kalpagni Lantern (2-pc) is the preferred choice.
- When Lingsha is used in other teams, it is recommended to run Iron Cavalry Against the Scourge (2-pc) + Thief of Shooting Meteor (2-pc) + Talia: Kingdom of Banditry (2-pc).
Main Stat:
- Body: ATK
- Feet: SPD
- Planar Sphere: Outgoing Healing Boost
- Link Rope: Break Effect / Energy Regeneration Rate / ATK%
Subsidiary Stats Priority:
- Break Effect> SPD > ATK
| HSR 3.8 Lingsha Team Comps
As a relatively flexible and universal sustain unit, Lingsha can be slotted into most teams that require a sustain role, with her best synergy being Firefly’s Fire-element break-focused team.
At present, Firefly's strongest team is: Firefly + Fugue + The Dahlia + Lingsha
Beyond her role as a sustain unit, Lingsha has also been developed as an AoE main DPS, a playstyle that was further strengthened after the release of The Dahlia.
For example, Lingsha + The Dahlia + Fugue + Sunday performs notably well when facing more than three enemies.
It is difficult to exhaustively list all of Lingsha's possible team compositions due to her excellent versatility. If you have fewer than three limited sustain characters, I strongly recommend pulling an E0S0 Lingsha. She not only makes your team building far more flexible, but can also provide crucial AoE damage in certain scenarios, ultimately leading to a better overall gameplay experience.
| Conclusion
Overall, Lingsha stands out as one of the most flexible sustain units in HSR 3.8. Whether supporting Firefly's break-focused teams or branching into AoE main DPS setups, she offers both reliability and strategic depth.
For players lacking multiple limited sustain characters, investing in an E0S0 Lingsha is a safe and impactful choice that greatly enhances roster flexibility and overall gameplay comfort.
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