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Honkai Star Rail - Yukong Best Builds and Rating

Yukong is an Imaginary Element character in Honkai: Star Rail. Check out Yukong's best builds, teams, Light Cones, Relics, Trace priority, kit, and gameplay guide here!

Yukong Character Information

Yukong Basic Info and Rating

Star Rail - YukongYukong Rarity
Element
Path
Tier List Rating
Star Rail - A Overall

Star Rail - A Support

Ratings are based on E0.

How do you rate Yukong?

SS 5431
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S 788
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A 200
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B 36
Votes
C 58
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Character Tier List

Yukong Base Stats

HP ATK DEF SPD
Lvl. 1 124 81 51 107
Lvl. 80 917 599 374 107

Should You Pull for Yukong?

A free copy of Yukong is available after clearing Memory of Xianzhou Stage 1, so pulling for Yukong isn't necessary if you only want one copy of her.

How to Get Yukong

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You can get Yukong at a standard rate by pulling from any of the Warp Banner shown above.

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Yukong's Best Builds

Hybrid Support and Damage Dealer

Base Build
Alternative Cones
Best Light Cone Relics and Ornament
Star Rail - Memories of the Past Light Cone Memories of the Past
Main Stats Sub Stats
Body: HP% / CRIT Rate
Feet: SPD or ATK%
Sphere: HP% or Imaginary DMG
Rope: Energy Regen / ATK%
SPD ★★★
HP% ★★★
CRIT Rate ★★
CRIT DMG ★★

Harmony characters are usually built for survivability and improving their utility. However, Yukong's build should be a mix of survivability and dealing damage.

Since Yukong's support buffs doesn't scale with any of her stats, we can lean more towards dealing damage since she has a damage dealing Ultimate and enhanced Basic Attacks (which is rare for Harmony characters).

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Yukong's Best Team

Yukong F2P Team (Free to Play)

Support DPS DPS Healer
Star Rail - YukongYukong Star Rail - Dan HengDan Heng Star Rail - ServalServal Star Rail - NatashaNatasha

This Free-to-Play Yukong team will have two DPS units who can benefit from Yukong's Skill buff. It's important for Yukong to either take her turn first (right before the two DPS units) or go last (just before the DPS units take their turn again).

Standard Support Yukong Team

Support DPS Flex Healer
Star Rail - YukongYukong Star Rail - SeeleSeele Star Rail - TingyunTingyun Star Rail - LuochaLuocha

The team posted is just one sample of possible team comps.

Yukong can fit in any team comp since she provides buffs that increase stats relevant to dealing damage. Ideally, you will want a second damage dealer to benefit from the ATK% Yukong will provide from her Skill. You can also settle for a support that can deal damage.

Alternative Explanation
Hunt, Destruction, or Erudition
Characters
DPS and Flex Replacement
Any Hunt, Destruction, or Erudition character can act as the Main DPS or Sub-DPS on the team. You are not restricted in needing to have an Imaginary damage dealer.
Star Rail - WeltWelt Flex Replacement
Welt as a Sub DPS in the team can take full advantage of Yukong's buffs since she also provides a bonus to Imaginary DMG.
Star Rail - PelaPela Flex Replacement
Any support that can deal some damage (like Pela) through their Skills and Ultimate can also benefit from Yukong's damage buffs.
Preservation or Abundance Characters Healer Replacement
Any defensive support that can keep the team alive is perfectly fine in Yukong's team. These characters will ideally only take their action outside of Yukong's buff window anyways.

Yukong Imaginary Team

Support DPS Support Healer
Star Rail - YukongYukong Star Rail - Dr. RatioDr. Ratio Star Rail - Silver WolfSilver Wolf Star Rail - LuochaLuocha

A Yukong Imaginary team can be effective if all of the characters in it are built with a bit of damage dealing potential. All Imaginary characters in this team will want to use Wastelander of Banditry Desert to maximize their damage.

Yukong's Best Relics and Ornaments

All Recommended Relics and Ornaments

Relics Rating & Merits
Wastelander of Banditry Desert Wastelander of Banditry Desert x2
Musketeer of Wild Wheat Musketeer of Wild Wheat x2
★★★★★ - Best
- The best set combination for Yukong that increases her damage while also being usable in any type of team comp.
Wastelander of Banditry Desert Wastelander of Banditry Desert x4 ★★★★☆ - 2nd Best
- Yukong's go-to set for maximizing her damage. She will need to be paired with a debuffer to receive the full benefits of this set.
Musketeer of Wild Wheat Musketeer of Wild Wheat x4 ★★★☆☆ - Early Game Set
- Yukong's general purpose Relic that slightly increases her damage and speed.
Ornaments Merits
Broken Keel Broken Keel ★★★★★ - Best
- Best Ornament for increasing the party's overall DPS.
- Best support Ornament for non DoT party members.
- Increases Yukong's resistance to debuffs.
Fleet of the Ageless Fleet of the Ageless ★★★★☆ - Great
・ Increases the Party's ATK%.
- Increases Yukong's Health.
・120 Speed requirement is easily reachable.
Inert Salsotto Inert Salsotto ★★★☆☆ - For DPS Build
- Yukong's go-to Ornament if you want to maximize the damage output of her Ultimate.

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Yukong's Best Light Cones

All Recommended Light Cones

Recommended Light Cones How to Get
Gacha
Gacha
Battle Pass
Echo of War
Forgotten Hall
Gacha
Gacha
Forgotten Hall
Gacha

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Yukong Gameplay Guide

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Speed Tuning Yukong

Below is a table of how a team comp's turn order should flow with Yukong in the team

Order Fast Yukong Slow Yukong
1st Yukong Flex / DPS
2nd Flex / DPS Flex / DPS
3rd Flex / DPS Healer / Shielder
4th Healer / Shielder Yukong

You can speed tune Yukong in two ways, either going first in the team (Fast Yukong) or going last (Slow Yukong).

Fast Yukong

Fast Yukong will require more Speed stats in order to activate her Skill buff at the start of the fight. The advantage of this is being able to maximize damage in the fight early, which can be important to time-sensitive challenges.

Slow Yukong

Slow Yukong will require her to go last in the team but also requires your DPS and Flex characters to be the first two units in the turn order. The advantage of this is needing fewer Speed stats on Yukong, letting you invest more into damage dealing stats instead.

SP Generation VS Skill Spamming

The main issue of Yukong is how dependent her buffs are on her Skill's uptime. We highly recommend going with an SP-neutral attack rotation, alternating between her Skill and Basic Attack.

This will let you maintain SP regen at an even level while also not negatively impacting her energy regeneration.

Yukong's Trace Priority

Trace Priority & Explanation
Basic Attack ★★☆☆☆ - Low Priority
Upgrading this trace only increases her Basic Attack damage. This should be the last Trace leveled up.
Skill ★★★★★ - Highest Priority
Improving Yukong's Skill increases ATK% she provides.
Ultimate ★★★★★ - Highest Priority
Improving Yukong's Ultimate increases the CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG she provides. It also increases the damage dealt.
Talent ★★★☆☆ - Mid Priority
Improves Yukong's Basic Attack damage and its damage to the Toughness bar of enemies with Imaginary Weaknesses.

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Yukong's Recommended Eidolons

Why We Recommend It
E2 ★★★★★ - Great
Great Eidolon that significantly helps Yukong's Energy Regeneration rate, which is useful for spamming her Ultimate.
E4 ★★★★☆ - Good
Generally improves her damage dealt from all sources.
E6 ★★★★☆ - Good
Essentially removes the requirement of needing to have Roaring Bowstrings active before using her Ultimate.

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Yukong's Traces (Skills and Passives)

Active Abilities

Level 1
Level 6
Level 8
Level 10
Trace Scaling and Explanation
Basic ATK Arrowslinger: Deals 50% of Yukong's ATK as Imaginary DMG to a target enemy.
Skill Emboldening Salvo: Obtains 2 stack(s) of "Roaring Bowstrings" (to a maximum of 2 stacks). When "Roaring Bowstrings" is active, the ATK of all allies increases by 40%, and every time an ally's turn (including Yukong's) ends, Yukong loses 1 stack of "Roaring Bowstrings." When it's the turn where Yukong gains "Roaring Bowstrings" by using Skill, "Roaring Bowstrings" will not be removed.
Ultimate Diving Kestrel: If "Roaring Bowstrings" is active on Yukong when her Ultimate is used, additionally increases all allies' CRIT Rate by 21% and CRIT DMG by 39%. At the same time, deals Imaginary DMG equal to 228% of Yukong's ATK to a single enemy.
Talent Seven Layers, One Arrow: Basic ATK additionally deals Imaginary DMG equal to 40% of Yukong's ATK, and increases the Toughness-Reducing DMG of this attack by 100%. This effect can be triggered again after 1 turn(s).
Trace Scaling and Explanation
Basic ATK Arrowslinger: Deals 100% of Yukong's ATK as Imaginary DMG to a target enemy.
Skill Emboldening Salvo: Obtains 2 stack(s) of "Roaring Bowstrings" (to a maximum of 2 stacks). When "Roaring Bowstrings" is active, the ATK of all allies increases by 60%, and every time an ally's turn (including Yukong's) ends, Yukong loses 1 stack of "Roaring Bowstrings." When it's the turn where Yukong gains "Roaring Bowstrings" by using Skill, "Roaring Bowstrings" will not be removed.
Ultimate Diving Kestrel: If "Roaring Bowstrings" is active on Yukong when her Ultimate is used, additionally increases all allies' CRIT Rate by 24.5% and CRIT DMG by 52%. At the same time, deals Imaginary DMG equal to 304% of Yukong's ATK to a single enemy.
Talent Seven Layers, One Arrow: Basic ATK additionally deals Imaginary DMG equal to 60% of Yukong's ATK, and increases the Toughness-Reducing DMG of this attack by 100%. This effect can be triggered again after 1 turn(s).
Trace Scaling and Explanation
Skill Emboldening Salvo: Obtains 2 stack(s) of "Roaring Bowstrings" (to a maximum of 2 stacks). When "Roaring Bowstrings" is active, the ATK of all allies increases by 80%, and every time an ally's turn (including Yukong's) ends, Yukong loses 1 stack of "Roaring Bowstrings." When it's the turn where Yukong gains "Roaring Bowstrings" by using Skill, "Roaring Bowstrings" will not be removed.
Ultimate Diving Kestrel: If "Roaring Bowstrings" is active on Yukong when her Ultimate is used, additionally increases all allies' CRIT Rate by 26.3% and CRIT DMG by 58.5%. At the same time, deals Imaginary DMG equal to 342% of Yukong's ATK to a single enemy.
Talent Seven Layers, One Arrow: Basic ATK additionally deals Imaginary DMG equal to 70% of Yukong's ATK, and increases the Toughness-Reducing DMG of this attack by 100%. This effect can be triggered again after 1 turn(s).
Trace Scaling and Explanation
Skill Emboldening Salvo: Obtains 2 stack(s) of "Roaring Bowstrings" (to a maximum of 2 stacks). When "Roaring Bowstrings" is active, the ATK of all allies increases by 80%, and every time an ally's turn (including Yukong's) ends, Yukong loses 1 stack of "Roaring Bowstrings." When it's the turn where Yukong gains "Roaring Bowstrings" by using Skill, "Roaring Bowstrings" will not be removed.
Ultimate Diving Kestrel: If "Roaring Bowstrings" is active on Yukong when her Ultimate is used, additionally increases all allies' CRIT Rate by 28% and CRIT DMG by 65%. At the same time, deals Imaginary DMG equal to 380% of Yukong's ATK to a single enemy.
Talent Seven Layers, One Arrow: Basic ATK additionally deals Imaginary DMG equal to 90% of Yukong's ATK, and increases the Toughness-Reducing DMG of this attack by 100%. This effect can be triggered again after 1 turn(s).

Basic ATK is maxed out at Level 6.

Technique and Bonus Abilities

Trace Scaling and Explanation
Technique Chasing Wind: After using the Technique, Yukong enters Sprint mode for 20 seconds. In Sprint mode, her Movement SPD increases, and she gains 2 stacks of Roaring Bowstrings when she enters battle via attacking enemies
Stat Bonus:
1. Imaginary DMG +3.2%
2. ATK +4.0%
3. Imaginary DMG +4.8%
Bonus Ability Archerion: Yukong can resist 1 debuff application for 1 time. This effect can be triggered again in 2 turn(s).
Stat Bonus:
1. Max HP +4.0%
2. Imaginary DMG +3.2%
Bonus Ability Bowmaster: When Yukong is on the field, Imaginary DMG dealt by all allies increases by 12%.
Stat Bonus:
1. Imaginary DMG +4.8%
2. Max HP +6.0%
Bonus Ability Majestas: When "Roaring Bowstrings" is active, Yukong regenerates 2 additional Energy every time an ally takes action.
Stat Bonus:
1. ATK +6.0%
2. Max HP +8.0%
3. Imaginary DMG +6.4%

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Yukong's Eidolons

All Eidolon Resonance Effects

E1 Aerial Marshal
At the start of battle, increases the SPD of all allies by 10% for 2 turn(s).
E2 Skyward Command
When any ally's current energy is equal to its energy limit, Yukong regenerates an additional 5 energy. This effect can only be triggered once for each ally. The trigger count is reset after Yukong uses her Ultimate.
E3 Torrential Fusillade
Skill Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Basic ATK Lv. +1. up to a maximum of Lv. 10.
E4 Zephyrean Echoes
When "Roaring Bowstrings" is active, Yukong deals 30% more DMG to enemies.
E5 August Deadshot
Ultimate Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Talent Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
E6 Bowstring Thunderclap
When Yukong uses her Ultimate, she immediately gains 1 stack(s) of "Roaring Bowstrings."

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Yukong Ascension and Trace Materials

Total Ascension Materials

Ascension Material Total
12
13
12
50
246,400

Total Trace Materials

All Trace Node Materials Total
12
28
54
42
105
42
12
5
2,400,000

Lvl Basic ATK Ascension Materials
2 Honkai: Star Rail - Harmonic Tune x2 Honkai: Star Rail - Artifex x4 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x4000
3 Honkai: Star Rail - Ancestral Hymn x2 Honkai: Star Rail - Artifex x2 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x8000
4 Honkai: Star Rail - Ancestral Hymn x4 Honkai: Star Rail - Artifex x3 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x16000
5 Honkai: Star Rail - Stellaris Symphony x2 Honkai: Star Rail - Artifex x2 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x36000
6 Honkai: Star Rail - Stellaris Symphony x6 Honkai: Star Rail - Artifex x3 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x128000
Lvl Skill, Talent, & Ult Ascension Materials
2 Honkai: Star Rail - Artifex x2 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x2000 - -
3 Honkai: Star Rail - Harmonic Tune x2 Honkai: Star Rail - Artifex x4 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x4000 -
4 Honkai: Star Rail - Ancestral Hymn x2 Honkai: Star Rail - Artifex x2 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x8000 -
5 Honkai: Star Rail - Ancestral Hymn x4 Honkai: Star Rail - Artifex x3 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x16000 -
6 Honkai: Star Rail - Ancestral Hymn x6 Honkai: Star Rail - Artifex x5 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x24000 -
7 Honkai: Star Rail - Stellaris Symphony x2 Honkai: Star Rail - Artifex x2 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x36000 -
8 Honkai: Star Rail - Destroyer x1 Honkai: Star Rail - Stellaris Symphony x4 Honkai: Star Rail - Artifex x3 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x64000
9 Honkai: Star Rail - Destroyer x1 Honkai: Star Rail - Stellaris Symphony x6 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x128000 -
10 Honkai: Star Rail - Tracks of Destiny x1 Honkai: Star Rail - Destroyer x1 Honkai: Star Rail - Stellaris Symphony x11 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x240000
Nodes Bonus Stat and Abilities Materials
Ability 1 Honkai: Star Rail - Harmonic Tune x2 Honkai: Star Rail - Destroyer x4 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x4000 -
Ability 2 Honkai: Star Rail - Ancestral Hymn x4 Honkai: Star Rail - Destroyer x1 Honkai: Star Rail - Tracks of Destiny x1 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x16000
Ability 3 Honkai: Star Rail - Stellaris Symphony x6 Honkai: Star Rail - Destroyer x1 Honkai: Star Rail - Tracks of Destiny x1 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x128000
Stat 1 Honkai: Star Rail - Artifex x2 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x2000 - -
Stat 2 Honkai: Star Rail - Harmonic Tune x2 Honkai: Star Rail - Artifex x4 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x4000 -
Stat 3 Honkai: Star Rail - Ancestral Hymn x2 Honkai: Star Rail - Artifex x2 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x8000 -
Stat 4 Honkai: Star Rail - Ancestral Hymn x2 Honkai: Star Rail - Artifex x2 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x8000 -
Stat 5 Honkai: Star Rail - Ancestral Hymn x4 Honkai: Star Rail - Artifex x3 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x16000 -
Stat 6 Honkai: Star Rail - Stellaris Symphony x2 Honkai: Star Rail - Artifex x2 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x36000 -
Stat 7 Honkai: Star Rail - Stellaris Symphony x2 Honkai: Star Rail - Artifex x2 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x36000 -
Stat 8 Honkai: Star Rail - Stellaris Symphony x6 Honkai: Star Rail - Artifex x6 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x128000 -
Stat 9 Honkai: Star Rail - Stellaris Symphony x6 Honkai: Star Rail - Artifex x6 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x128000 -
Stat 10 Honkai: Star Rail - Stellaris Symphony x6 Honkai: Star Rail - Artifex x6 Honkai: Star Rail - Credit x128000 -

Additional Yukong Information

Yukong's Voice Actors

English VA Dawn M. Bennett
Japanese VA Yumi Tōma

Yukong's In-Game Lore

Faction The Xianzhou Luofu
Background Head of the Sky-Faring Commission on the Xianzhou Luofu. Yukong was a seasoned pilot and a deadshot. Since heading up the commission, she's been buried under mountains of paperwork.

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