As part of Kafka’s banner, they will officially launch Luka in Honkai Star Rail 1.2 on August 8th. So let’s take a look at his Kit, Relics, Teams and Light Cones in this guide to get up to speed on this character.

Kit

Luka has a stacking mechanism called Fighting Will. He gains stacks at the start of combat and after using his techniques, abilities, basic attacks or ultimates. When he has 2 stacks, it boosted his basic attack. The ultimate attack inflicts additional Bleed damage to opponents who have already inflicted Bleed.

Luka’s skills can cause damage to an opponent and cause Bleed effect on it, which lasts for 3 rounds. And the enemy will also suffer physical damage at the beginning of each round. His ultimate deals damage to a single enemy and has a chance to cause all allies to take more damage for 3 turns.

Since Bleed is one of his strongest weaknesses, and he has it built into his gear, he’s also a lot of fun to play.

Stats

For stats, I recommend Effect Hit Rate, Crit, Speed Boots, Physical Damage Sphere and Energy Rope.

Also, using Attack Rope will also increase Luka’s damage. But his ultimate makes enemies take more damage from all teammates. If you don’t use his abilities every turn, he won’t generate as much power as your other teammates. So I pay more attention to Energy Rope.

From the perspective of Effect Hit Rate, he needs to reach at least 67% to ensure that the skill will cause Bleed effect and use the ultimate to apply Debuff to the opponent. He gets 18% from Traces, so he only needs to give him another 49% in his build to guarantee Bleed and Debuff effects.

As I mentioned earlier, his gear will give him a 43% Effect Hit Rate, but I recommend building this into his sub-stat. The only exception is if you give him a low stacking Light Cone, such as Resolution Shines As Pearls of Sweat. Here, I’d give him Effect Hit Rate.

Also Read: Mechanics Explained You Need To Know In Honkai Star Rail! - DOT, Debuff & Break Effect

Relics

Next, we entered his Relics. For Planar Ornament sets, I’d give him Pan-Galactic Commercial Enterprise for 10% Effect Hit Rate and up to 25% Attack Scaling Effect Hit Rate.

I think this 2-PC is a must if you’re running Effect Hit Rate principals. But if you’re not running Effect Hit Rate, the extra 10% here means you don’t have to build as much into his sub-stats.

If you don’t have a Pan-Galactic Commercial Enterprise set, Space Sealing Station is also a good option, and it provides a lot of attack.

For the major set, 4-PC Champion will be his most popular set, which grants extra physical damage and attack damage. If you want to give him a Break Effect build, you need 4-PC Thief for Break Effect and energy. Both sets are in the same domain, so that’s handy.

Teams

As for the team, you can choose his most common team, namely Kafka, himself, Sampo and a defensive unit. As far as defensive units go, none of the characters have outstanding synergy with Luka.

But if you’re running a Kafka team, you can stick Trend of The Universal Market on Preservation units for a chance to burn enemies. Alternatively, you can use Natasha with 4-PC Messenger to increase team speed and 2-PC Fleet of The Ageless to give the team more attack.

Serval can replace Sampo to apply more impact and extend Kafka’s impact. Asta will be one of the major roles used in this Kafka team. Because of the massive speed buff she has and the attack power she brings to the team.

Luka’s ultimate increases the damage all allies take for 3 turns. So you can use him as Skill Points positive support for any DPS.

If you want to form a Mono Physical team, then Sushang, Natasha and Clara will be your best choices. You can also replace Clara with Silver Wolf. If you have a character like Luka in your Honkai Star Rail Account. Then no matter what your DPS build is, you can make the enemy take more damage.

You can also try Luka as a DPS. Then Tingyun would be his reliable partner, and Silver Wolf or Pela would work well with other units. Then you can use whoever can keep your team alive in the last position.

Light Cones

Finally, I just want to talk about Light Cones I think are the most suitable for Luka. Among them, Resolution Shines As Pearls of Sweat will be his most popular Light Cone. It smashes 16% of the enemy’s defense. Coupled with Luka’s ultimate, it will increase the team’s damage output.

Incessant Rain is also a powerful Light Cone for him that increases his Effect Hit Rate, Crit Chance and causes enemies to take more damage.

In addition, Herta Store added a new Light Cone in Honkai Star Rail 1.3, which can increase Break Effect, DoT and provide energy. This is very useful for F2P players.

Final Thoughts

Now, is Luka worth pulling? If you want to manage a DoT team and choose Kafka, then he is definitely a good unit to choose. If you’re looking for support for single-purpose stuff like a boss, I think he’ll provide value to your Account as well.

If you don’t want to choose Kafka and already have the guarantee of the next 5-Stars, I think you should prioritize 5-Stars roles you want. Eventually you’ll get them, anyway.