The best Honkai: Star Rail Sparkle build

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Thebest Sparkle buildinHonkai: Star Railcentres around buffing her crit damage so she can provide an even more potent crit damage boost with her skill. Sparkle is really just an enabler for damage-dealers who eat through your skill points, since she grants two extra points for the team, and can recover four through her ultimate.

Add to this her skill that buffs team-wide crit damage based on her own crit damage, and you have a rather scary support for the most powerful DPS characters in the game. Personally, I’m planning on running her with Qingque, since Sparkle is especially potent in a mono-Quantum setup, due to her skill that increases partywide attack based on having other Quantum characters in the squad.

She might not be the DPS star of the 2.0 update likeBlack Swan, but Sparkle is perhaps even more valuable. Like Yukong, it’s hard to pass up a crit-boosting Harmony character, since they’ll provide value in any team you shove them in. All that said, here’s my best build for Sparkle in Honkai: Star Rail.

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Honkai: Star Rail Sparkle in the Dreamscape

Sparkle’s main strength is being both a crit-booster for your squad and an invaluable support character for skill-point hungry damage-dealers like Inhibitor Lunae or Qingque. She increases the max number of skill points available to six, recovers four skill points with her ultimate, and buffs party damage when other characters consume skill points.

Sparkle is the ideal mono-Quantum support character; she provides up to 30% increased attack based on being in a team with other Quantum characters due to her Nocturne bonus ability. A strong Sparkle build focuses around increasing her crit damage and energy regen rate, so she can provide powerful buffs and use her ultimate often, while adding bonus effects to the party via her Light Cone and relics.

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In terms of primary stats, crit damage is most important, so you should look for that on the chest-piece if possible, while getting a speed bonus on the feet is ideal if you want Sparkle to act lots. Energy regen is also valuable so she can use her ultimate plenty, and you’ll want at least 20% effect res if you’re using Broken Keel to get that extra crit damage bonus for the squad.

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Relic stat priorityBodyCrit damageFeetSpeed

There are two pretty good Planar Ornament sets for Sparkle. The first isBroken Keel, providing 10% effect res and a buff of 10% to allied crit damage when you reach 30% effect res. That extra crit damage is very useful for Sparkle’s skill, but effect res is also a strong stat for reducing the chances of her being incapacitated.

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Planar Ornament stat priorityPlanar SphereQuantum Damage BoostLink RopeEnergy Regeneration Rate

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Sparkle Ascension materials

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Honkai: Star Rail Sparkle build - Sparkle in Penacony

Here’s what you’ll need to ascend Sparkle besides XP materials:

You can getTatters of Thoughtvia the new Penacony assignment called Tranquillity of Vimala-Bhumi, as well as through all three of the new Golden Calyx on Penacony if you want to earn some XP materials or credits at the same time. You’ll then be able to craft the higher-tierFragments of ImpressionandShards of Desirethat you need.

TheDream Flamermaterial comes from the Crimson Calyx, Shape of Roast, on Penacony in the Dreamscape. Lastly, if you need credits or XP materials, you can always farm them via each of the Golden Calyx.

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