Honkai: Star Railhas a wide selection of Relics that you’re able to apply to your characters, allowing you to experiment with different builds and team compositions. But some Relics, like Band of Sizzling Thunder, work better for some characters than others. Because there is such a wide selection of Relics and characters, it can be difficult to decide which characters should receive what.

Band of Sizzling Thunder is a fantastic Relic set that works best for main DPS Lightning characters. It focuses on increasing a character’s Skill, attack, and Lightning damage. These characters are the stars of your team: they rely on teammates and their Relics to give them buffs that will help them dish out powerful attacks to quickly take down enemies.

The Relics menu in the Bag, displaying many kinds of relics.

What Are Relics?

Relics are items that you can give to a character whichgives them stat buffs. Each Relic will have certain stats that they will increase.

Relics also come in sets. When you apply sets of Relics to a character,they will give your character additional bonuses.

A Band of Sizzling Thunder Relic: a rock and roll style leather jacket.

What Does Band of Sizzling Thunder Do?

Band of Sizzling Thunder is a great Relic setfor Lightning characterswho specialise in single-target or multi-target attacks.The 2-piece Increases Lightning damage by ten percent. This makes it essential forLightning DPSs, and it provides a nice boost for Lightning characters who deal a fair amount of damage but aren’t always going to be your main attacker.

If your character isn’t your main DPS, you can pair the 2-piece with another Relic set to get the damage bonus and pair it with another 2-piece Relic set that gives you a different bonus.

Serval stands in front of the Cavern of Corrosion opening.

Here are some great complimentary 2-pieces:

The 4-piece set gives your character a +20 Attack bonus on their next turn after they use their Skill.This makes it a fantastic choice for a main DPS because if you continuously use their Skill, they get a near-permanent +20 attack bonus.

Where to Find It

This Relic set can be found in theCavern of Corrosion: Path of the Holy Hymn in Cloudford, Xianzhou Luofu.Each challenge costs 40 Trailblaze Power.

If you’ve reached Xianzhou Luofu, it’s in one of the first areas you can access.

Serval’s splash art. It depicts her sitting onstage with her guitar, surrounded by electricity.

The enemies in this Cavern of Corrosion include:Blaze Out of Space, Imaginary Weaver, Thunderspawn,andMask of No Thought.

Serval

Both aesthetically and in terms of stats, Band of Sizzling Thunder is practically made for Serval. She’s good as a multi-target main DPS but can also be very useful as a sub-DPS.

The 2-piece buffs all her attacks, so even if she isn’t always using her Skill in a main DPS role, she still retains some valuable buffs from this Relic set.

Kafka stands in a crowd of people holding umbrellas.

The 4-piece enables her to benefit from constantly using her Skill while she is in a main DPS role. Her Skill is also multi-target, so you’ll be constantly shocking many of the enemies you find in front of you.

Thesubstatsyou will want to focus on areAttackandLightning Damage.Both of these stats compliment a multi-target DPS like Serval, and they compliment the benefits she receives from her artifact set.

Arlan sits sheltered with a dog under cloak blowing in the wind.

Kafka

Kafka is another great choice for Band of Sizzling Thunder. She focuses a lot on dealingDamage Over Time (DoT)by constantly applying Lightning to enemies through her attacks and follow-up attacks. Theten percent Lightning damage bonusis useful for her in every aspect of a fight.

Like Serval, herSkill hits multiple enemies at oncewith Lightning anddeals extra damage if they have DoT appliedto them, whether from her or another ally. If you have your team set up soDoT is being consistently applied to enemies, that sets up Kafka to continually deal damage from her Skill, allowing it to be increased by her Relic 4-piece nearly every turn.

Jing Yuan leans on a white lion.

Your Relics' substats should focus onAttack, Lightning Damage, and Effect Hit Rate.Attack and Lightning Damage are essential because it makes all of her moves and her DoT bonus more powerful. Her attacks also need a good Effect Hit Rate to get the most out of them.

Arlan

Arlan is all about dealing damage and thankfully Band of Sizzling Thunder delivers. All Arlan’s attacks rely ondealing Lightning damageto enemies, so it’s great that this Relic set does exactly that.

His Skill consumes some of his HP each time it is used.When you activate his Talent, his damage will be calculated according to how much damage he has already lost. This means that if you use his Talent directly after using his skill,he will deal out +20 percent damageon top of the HP calculation.

Tingyun lays on the floor, surrounded by boxes and foxes.

To increase the amount of damage he can take and thus deal out, verify yourRelics’ substats includeHP bonuses. More HP means he has more HP he can lose.Attack and Lightning Damage Bonusare also always a great focus for attackers.

Jing Yuan

Jing Yuan’s Talent allows him tocreate another being in battle called the Lightning Lordwhich will help attack enemies, consistently dealing Lightning damage. The Band of Sizzling Thunder 2-piece is useful here, providing damage buffs for both the Lightning Lord and Jing Yuan. It’s kind of like using one artifact set for two characters.

Jing Yuan’s Skill hits multiple enemies and increases the Lightning Lord’s attack count next turn. With or without the Lightning Lord, that Skill damage bonus from the 4-piece is great to have. Now you can power up the Lightning Lord on top of what you were already doing.

Thesubstatsyou should look for areAttack and Lightning Damage Bonus.These stats give him an extra leg up for both him and his Lightning Lord.

Tingyun

Tingyun is a fantastic support character and not much of a DPS, so for most of her builds, Band of Sizzling Thunder is not the best choice.

However, if you don’t have an artifact set that you’re happy with and want something to give her in the meantime, if you want to build her to be a bit moreoffensive,a2-piececan work great byincreasing her Basic Attack damage. If she uses her Talent and Skill on herself, she receives Attack and that means even more damage.

Tingyun’s Skill doesn’t deal damage, soa 4-piece is not helpful on her. It would be more worthwhile to pair Band of Sizzling Thunder withanother 2-piece setlikeMusketeer of Wild Wheat(+12 percent Attack),Messenger Traversing Hackerspace(plus six percent Speed), orGuard’s Uniform of Old(reduces damage taken by eight percent).

Whether you use her as a support role, or if you want to walk off the beaten trail and use her as an attacker, it’s important to choose Relics that give herstat boosts in Attackbecause a lot of her abilities scale off it.Speedis also important because it’s always handy for support characters to move first.Defenseis also a good focus because it keeps her on field longer.