Honkai Star Rail: The Herta Build Guide

The Herta is the newest 5-star character to join the Honkai: Star Rail roster. She is an Ice Erudition character who focuses on dealing a ridiculous amount of damage to multiple enemies. The Herta works by stacking up a unique effect known as [Interpretation] that greatly boosts her damage depending on how many stacks of this effect you have applied. Below you can learn more about The Herta and how to build her.

The Herta Overview

	Name	The Herta
	Rarity	5-star
	Element	Ice
	Path	Erudition
	VA	Yamazaki Haruka (JP)
Stats for Level 80
HP		1164
ATK		679
DEF		485
Speed		99

The Herta is a 5-star Ice character following the Path of Erudition. She is a powerful burst DPS unit that focuses on stacking up a unique effect known as [Interpretation]. This effect allows The Herta to buff herself in various ways, greatly increasing her damage against multiple enemies. The Herta’s full potential shines when she’s facing a full row of enemies, but that does not mean she is weak even against single targets. She is a great unit to use in both Memory of Chaos, but there is no doubt that she shines the most in Pure Fiction, as do any other Erudition characters, to be honest. All in all, The Herta is a great unit to have on your roster if you’re looking for an amazing Ice Erudition damage dealer who is self-sufficient and future-proof.

The Herta Best Light Cones

For Light Cones, The Herta generally benefits the most from her signature Light Cone, the [Into the Unreachable Veil]. This Light Cone gives The Herta all of the stats she desperately needs while also greatly buffing her damage after she uses her Ultimate and additionally recovers a Skill Point, making it not only a decent DPS stick but also a utility Light Cone. That being said, if you aren’t set on pulling for [Into the Unreachable Veil], there are some other options you can use on The Herta.

Rank	Light Cone	Effect
1	Into the Unreachable Veill	Increases the wearer's CRIT Rate by 12%. When the wearer uses Ultimate, increases the Skill and Ultimate DMG dealt by the wearer by 60%, lasting for 3 turn(s). After the wearer uses Ultimate, if this instance of Ultimate consumed 140 or more Energy, recovers 1 Skill Point.
2	Today Is Another Peaceful Day	After entering battle, increases the wearer's DMG based on their Max Energy. Each point of Energy increases DMG by 0.2%. A max of 160 Energy will be taken into account for this.
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3	Eternal Calculus	Increases the wearer's ATK by 8%. After using an attack, for each enemy target hit, additionally increases ATK by 4%. This effect can stack up to 5 times and last until the next attack. If there are 3 or more enemy targets hit, this unit's SPD increases by 8%, lasting for 1 turn(s).

The Herta Best Relics

As for Relics, your best bet is to go straight to the [Scholar Lost in Erudition] set and farm that for the foreseeable future. This set is just a great addition to The Herta’s kit, as she can benefit from all of its effects by just using her kit normally. The set is a great choice for The Herta, and you won’t go wrong with it. As for Planar Ornaments, the best choice is the [Izumo Gensei and Takama Divine Realm]. Given that you always want to run The Herta with another Erudition character to maximize her potential, the [Izumo Gensei and Takama Divine Realm] is a great set that will make building the CRIT Value for The Herta easier.

Relic Set
Scholar Lost in Erudition x4
Main Stats
Body	Feet
CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG%	ATK% / Speed
Substat priority
SPD > CRIT Rate > CRIT DMG > ATK%
Planetary Set
Izumo Gensei and Takama Divine Realm x2
Main Stats
Phanar Sphere	Link Rope
Ice DMG%	ATK%
Substat priority
SPD > CRIT Rate > CRIT DMG > ATK%

Skill Priority

Lastly, for skill priority, you first want to level up The Herta’s talent, followed by her skill, then ultimate, and lastly her basic attack. When it comes to the major traces, you generally want to go for her A4 first, the A2, and lastly the A6.