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Himeko Nova
Honkai: Star Rail

Himeko Nova build

Equipment options · Main stats · Team examples

Your build plan

For Himeko Nova, compare A Star That Lights the Night while keeping the recommended CRIT Rate > CRIT DMG · ATK% > Speed · ATK% >= Fire DMG setup fixed. A weapon or set change is easier to judge when you do not also change the team and skill timing.

Equipment options

12 options

Start with equipment you can actually obtain. These are alternative recommendations, not pieces to equip together. Refinement, set size and team restrictions change the result.

Light Cones

A Star That Lights the Night
A Star That Lights the Night(S 1 )
Into the Unreachable Veil
Into the Unreachable Veil(S 1 )
Night on the Milky Way
Night on the Milky Way(S 1 )
Today Is Another Peaceful Day
Today Is Another Peaceful Day(S 5 )
+2 options
The Day The Cosmos Fell
The Day The Cosmos Fell(S 5 )
The Seriousness of Breakfast
The Seriousness of Breakfast(S 5 )

Relic sets

As Navigator Isee Sees It
As Navigator Isee Sees It( 4 -PC)
Scholar Lost in Erudition
Scholar Lost in Erudition( 4 -PC)
Wavestrider Captain
Wavestrider Captain( 4 -PC)

Planar ornaments

Fallen Star Anchorage
Fallen Star Anchorage( 2 -PC)
The Wondrous BananAmusement Park
The Wondrous BananAmusement Park( 2 -PC)
Rutilant Arena
Rutilant Arena( 2 -PC)

Main stats

Use the slot recommendations to make your first functional setup. When several stats are listed, choose the one that fills the gap in your current team rather than mixing every option.

BodyCRIT Rate > CRIT DMG
FeetATK% > Speed
Planar SphereATK% >= Fire DMG
Link RopeATK%
Substats

CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG > ATK% > SPD

Skill priority

Follow the skill order below for your next upgrade. Compare one rank at a time, and keep the same team and enemy so equipment changes do not hide the result.

Skills priority: Talent > Ultimate > Skill > Basic
Major Traces priority: Whither, the Last and First Men? (A2) > Soul, Hark! The Express's Pulse Roars (A4) > The Silver Rail, Hushed in Antiquity (A6)

Abilities

Check ability names and unlock information against your current game form. Level, upgrades and variants can change skills.

Enkindle the First Lodestar

Ability type / unlock: Single Target · Energy gain: 20 Break: 10

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

ParameterValueCondition markers
Fire DMG50%Fire DMG · DMG

Upraise the Vanward Cresset

Ability type / unlock: Support · Energy gain: 30 Break: -

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

ParameterValueCondition markers
turn3
Parameter10%all allies · DMG
Parameter1at the start

We, Too, Stride the Stars

Ability type / unlock: AoE | 150 energy cost · Energy gain: 5 Break: 16

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

ParameterValueCondition markers
times6per · up to · Fire DMG · DMG · Energy
Fire DMG381%up to · Fire DMG · DMG · Energy
Fire DMG126%up to · Fire DMG · DMG · ATK
Parameter3each · Fire DMG · DMG
Fire DMG40%each · Fire DMG · DMG

Enhanced Ultimates

Ability type / unlock: AoE | 150 energy cost · Energy gain: 0 Break: -

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

ParameterValueCondition markers
point1Fire DMG · DMG · Energy
Fire DMG10%Fire DMG · DMG · Energy
point1when · Fire DMG · DMG · Energy
Fire DMG1Fire DMG · DMG · Energy
Fire DMG15%Fire DMG · DMG · Energy
Fire DMG16%per · Fire DMG · DMG
point1all enemies · ATK · Energy
Energy3maximum · Energy

Of Fire and Far Faring

Ability type / unlock: Enhance · Energy gain: 0 Break: -

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

ParameterValueCondition markers
CRIT DMG10%DMG · CRIT DMG · RES PEN
Parameter40%DMG · CRIT DMG · RES PEN
Energy4Energy

Starcharter Cruise

Ability type / unlock: Enhance · Energy gain: 0 Break: -

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

Displayed version

ParameterValueCondition markers
seconds30after
Parameter2all enemies
time1each · after · at the start

Whither, the Last and First Men?

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

Displayed version

ParameterValueCondition markers
Energy5maximum · Energy

Hark! The Express's Pulse Roars

The Silver Rail, Hushed in Antiquity

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

Displayed version

ParameterValueCondition markers
point3when · if · Energy
point3when · if · DMG · Energy
Parameter30%DMG

That Which We Stride Is the Trailblaze

Ability type / unlock: Eidolon 1

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

Displayed version

ParameterValueCondition markers
Parameter3Charge
Parameter1DMG

The Colors We Never Strike

Ability type / unlock: Eidolon 2

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

Displayed version

ParameterValueCondition markers
DMG2DMG
Parameter130%DMG
Parameter1each · at the start
Parameter1when

We Who Are Starborn Muse Starward

Ability type / unlock: Eidolon 3

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

Displayed version

ParameterValueCondition markers
Parameter+2maximum · up to
Parameter+1maximum · up to

Let No Skyward Hand Stay Unheld

Ability type / unlock: Eidolon 4

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

Displayed version

ParameterValueCondition markers
Parameter10%RES PEN

To Cross the Cosmos and Beyond

Ability type / unlock: Eidolon 5

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

Displayed version

ParameterValueCondition markers
Parameter+2maximum · up to

Ours Is the Oath to Sail Starward

Ability type / unlock: Eidolon 6

Skill parameters

Check the selected level and any upgrade requirements. Separate values can belong to different targets, triggers or phases; they do not necessarily apply together. These tables summarize numerical parameters, while some effects still require a complete gameplay explanation.

Displayed version

ParameterValueCondition markers
Parameter20%RES PEN
point6when · DMG · Energy
Parameter75%when · DMG · Energy
point1DMG · Energy
point1when · per · Energy
point6all enemies · when · if · Fire DMG · DMG · ATK
Scaling / ATK160%all enemies · if · Fire DMG · DMG · ATK
time1all enemies · Fire DMG · DMG · ATK

Displayed stats

Level 80

HP 1124
ATK 756
DEF 485
Speed 98

Team examples

A lineup is a starting point: check that each teammate is available and that your team can repeat its resource cycle. Replacing a unit also changes buff timing and defensive coverage.

GACHABUILDS

Test your setup

Balance critical rate with critical damage. A large damage number is less useful when critical hits are inconsistent; evaluate the complete setup rather than a single item.

Choose one option, run the same encounter twice, and change one variable. Record whether the next rotation starts on time and whether the team survives without losing its damage window.

Checked · 2026-10-13 · Patch 4.4

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