How to Do Follow-Up Attacks

Follow-Up attacks deal additional damage to enemies without having to manually trigger them in Honkai: Star Rail. See how to perform a Follow-Up attack and all the characters who have this ability!

How to Do Follow-Up Attacks

Performed When Certain Conditions Are Met

Follow-Up attacks are automatically performed when pre-defined conditions are met with a character's talent.

This mechanic grants the opportunity for your characters to counter-attack the enemies' moves even though your party's turn is over, often turning the tide of a battle.

Not to mention that the game's turn-based battle system requires you to conscientiously consider your actions, but due to the ability to perform an extra attack, most situations tend to become in your favor — ending the battle with victory at your hands.

Battle System Explained and Combat Tips

All Characters With Follow-Up Attacks

Character	Talent
Blade	Shuhu's Gift When Blade sustains DMG or consumes his HP, he gains 1 stack of Charge, stacking up to 5 times. A max of 1 Charge stack can be gained every time he is attacked. When Charge stack reaches maximum, immediately launches a follow-up attack on all enemies, dealing Wind DMG equal to 22% of Blade's ATK plus 55% of his Max HP. At the same time, restores Blade's HP by 25% of his Max HP. After the follow-up attack, all Charges are consumed.
Clara	Because We're Family Under the protection of Svarog, DMG taken by Clara when hit by enemy attacks is reduced by 10%. Svarog will mark enemies who attack Clara with Mark of Counter and retaliate with a Counter, dealing Physical DMG equal to 80% of Clara's ATK.
Dr. Ratio	Cogito, Ergo Sum When using his Skill, Dr. Ratio has a 40% fixed chance of launching a follow-up attack against his target for 1 time, dealing Imaginary DMG equal to 135% of Dr. Ratio's ATK. For each debuff the target enemy has, the fixed chance of launching follow-up attack increases by 20%. If the target enemy is defeated before the follow-up attack triggers, the follow-up attack will be directed at a single random enemy instead.
Herta	Fine, I'll Do it Myself When an ally's attack causes an enemy's HP to fall to 50% or lower, Herta will launch a follow-up attack, dealing Ice DMG equal to 25% of Herta's ATK to all enemies.
Himeko	Victory Rush When an enemy is inflicted with Weakness Break, Himeko gains 1 point of Charge (max 3 points). If Himeko is fully Charged when an ally performs an attack, Himeko immediately performs 1 follow-up attack and deals Fire DMG equal to 70% of her ATK to all enemies, consuming all Charge points. At the start of the battle, Himeko gains 1 point of Charge.
Jing Yuan	Prana Extirpated Summons Lightning-Lord at the start of the battle. Lightning-Lord has 60 base SPD and an attack count of 3. Lightning-Lord's attack deals Lightning DMG equal to 33% of Jing Yuan's ATK to a random enemy, and deals Lightning DMG to any adjacent enemies equal to 25% of the DMG dealt to the target enemy. Every time Lightning-Lord's attack count increases by 1, Lightning-Lord's SPD increases by 10. After the action has ended, Lightning-Lord's SPD and attack count return to their original values. When Jing Yuan has fallen, Lightning-Lord will disappear. When Jing Yuan is knocked downed, Lightning-Lord will also be unable to take action.
Kafka	Gentle but Cruel After an ally of Kafka's uses Basic ATK on an enemy target, Kafka immediately launches 1 follow-up attack and deals Lightning DMG equal to 42% of her ATK to that target, with a 100% base chance to inflict Shock equivalent to that applied by her Ultimate to the attacked enemy target for 2 turns. This effect can only be triggered 1 time per turn.
March 7th	Girl Power After a shielded ally is attacked by an enemy, March 7th immediately Counters, dealing Ice DMG equal to 50% of her ATK. This effect can be triggered 2 times each turn.
Topaz	Trotter Market!? Summons Numby at the start of battle. Numby has 80 SPD by default. When taking action, Numby launches follow-up attacks on a single enemy target afflcited with Proof of Debt, dealing Fire DMG equal to 75% of Topaz's ATK. When enemies afflicted with Proof of Debt receive an ally's follow-up attacks, Numby's action is Advanced Forward by 50%. The action Advance Forward effect cannot be triggered during Numby's own turn. When Topaz is downed, Numby disappears.
Xueyi	Karmic Perpetuation When Xueyi reduces enemy Toughness with attacks, Karma will be stacked. The more Toughness is reduced, the more stacks of Karma are added, up to 8 stacks. When Xueyi's allies reduce enemy Toughness with attacks, Xueyi gains 1 stack(s) of Karma. When Karma reaches the max number of stacks, consumes all current Karma stacks and immediately launches a follow-up attack against an. enemy target, dealing DMG for 3 times, with each time dealing Quantum DMG equal to 45% of Xueyi's ATK to a single random enemy. This follow-up attack will not add Karma stacks.
Yanqing	One With the Sword When Soulsteel Sync is active, Yanqing is less likely to be attacked by enemies. His CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG increases by 15%. After attacking an enemy, there is a 50% chance to do a follow-up attack dealing Ice DMG equal to 25% of his ATK. Enemy has a 65% chance to be Frozen, and will take Additional Ice DMG equal to 25% of his ATK.

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