With the amount of Relics there are available inHonkai: Star Rail, it can be difficult to decide which ones are right for which characters. When it comes to characters who rely on follow-up attacks, the Ashblazing Grand Duke is the best choice. This Relic set is perfect for follow-up DPS characters because it provides lots of damage boosts that target follow-up attacks.
The Ashblazing Grand Duke Relic set is best on characters like Jing Yuan, Himeko, Topaz, Dr. Ratio, and Herta. These characters deal a lot of damage through their follow-up attacks, enabling these characters to deal damage even when it’s not their turn. These characters are great additions on most teams, which is why they need a great Relic set to accompany them.
What Are Relics?
Relics are items thatgive your characters stat boosts. Relics come in sets. By applying Relics of the same set to a character, they will get more stat bonuses.A two-piece set will give them a small stat bonus, while a four-piece set will give them a larger bonus effect.
you’re able to obtain Relics by challenging Caverns of Corrosion scattered throughout the world. You can also obtain some by defeating certain enemies and by opening chests.
What Does The Ashblazing Grand Duke Do?
The Ashblazing Grand Duke is an artifact set for characters who dofollow-up attacks.It’s an especially valuable Relic set for these characters who are also main and sub-DPSs.
Where To Find Ashblazing Grand Duke
You can obtain the Ashblazing Grand Duke by challenging theCavern of Corrosion in theFyxestroll Garden map of Xianzhou Luofu.It may also be available as quest and treasure chest rewards.
Jing Yuan
The Ashblazing Grand Duke is the best Relic set for Jing Yuan if you want tocapitalise on his Lightning Lord and its follow-up attacks.
A big part of Jing Yuan’s kit is theLightning Lord, an entity he can create with his Talentwhich functions kind of like a fifth character. The Lightning Lord will dofollow-up attacks,which deal 33 percent of Jing Yuan’s Attack as Lightning damage.
The Ashblazing Grand Duke is one of the best ways to power up the Lightning Lord. Not only is its damage increased, but the Relic set alsoincreases Jing Yuan’s Attack stat after the Lightning Lord attacks.This, in turn, helps both Jing Yuan and the Lightning Lord inflict more damage.
These are the substats you should focus on:
Himeko
For this Himeko build, you’re going to want to keep an eye on herCharge stacks. She can gain these stacks by using herTalentandby inflicting Weakness Breaks.She also gains one at the start of battles.When the total number of Charge stacks reaches three,she will doa follow-up attack.
Himeko’s follow up attacks deal70 percent of her total Attack stat,making them pretty strong. Her attacks also scale off her Attack stat, meaning the Ashblazing Grand Duke will increase her overall damage every time she does a follow-up attack.
Here are the substats you should focus on:
Topaz
One of your main focuses with this Topaz build will be her Trotter,Numby.The other mechanic to focus on is a status calledProof of Debt.
Begin first with Topaz’s Skill. ThisSkill will inflict an enemy with Proof of Debt,which will make themtake 25 percent more damage from follow-up attacks.If Proof of Debt isn’t active at the start of an ally’s turn, Topaz will inflict it onto an enemy at random. When Numby does a follow-up attack, it willdeal damage based on 75 percent of Topaz’s Attack stat.
Proof of Debt can only be inflicted onto one enemy at a time.
When you want to make Numby stronger, use Topaz’s Ultimate.Her Ultimate increases Numby’s damage by 75 percent, its Crit Damage by 12 percent,andit will advance its action forward when an ally attacks an enemy.This effect lasts two turns.
Topaz is mostly geared towards powering up Numby to damage opponents, and the Ashblazing Grand Duke does just that. It help makes Numby stronger, while at the same time making Topaz stronger in turn. This is very helpful becauseNumby’s attacks arescaled offTopaz’s own Attack stat.
Dr. Ratio
Use Dr. Ratio’s Skill to inflict a debuff onto an enemy.You want to do this becauseDr. Ratio’s follow-up attacks are more powerful on enemies who are currently affected by debuffs.You can also include a debuffer on your team like Guinafen, Sampo, or Black Swan to debuff enemies.
Here’s how you can trigger Dr. Ratio’s follow up attacks:
Dr. Ratio is an extremely good attacker, especially in boss fights where the battle entails continuously attacking a single target. His follow-up attacks are very easy to trigger once you get going, so theAshblazing Grand Duke’s four-piece ability will create a kind of feedback loop where his Attack stat will be continuously buffed,thus powering up his follow-up attacks, which will give him more Attack buffs.
Herta
Herta is best when she’s damaging enemies. By running her with Ashblazing Grand Duke, she’ll not only receive an Attack bonus, but she’ll be ableto continuously power up herself and her follow-up attacks.
You can trigger Herta’s follow-up attacks whenan ally drops an enemy’s HP to below 50 percent. It’s good to have another character who can do a lot of damage alongside her so you can get to that 50 percent HP mark sooner. Her follow-up attacks hit multiple enemies at once, so she may be just what you need to quickly finish a long battle.
