Detailed guide to the Black Swan in Honkai: StarRail with tips for creating the best build, including selecting the best light cones of various rarities, planar decorations and cave relic, squad assemblies. The guide provides an overview of abilities, tracks and eidolons, as well as an analysis of the heroine's advantages and disadvantages. The materials necessary for upgrading the Black Swan are considered separately.
Black Swan is a mysterious clairvoyant who is the memory keeper of the Garden of Memories. She loves to travel the worlds and search for original memories woven with her Path and Aeons - this is the main passion of the fortuneteller, but her true motives are not so easy to decipher. Capable of manipulating memory and even clearing it completely. As a playable character, Black Swan follows Paths of Nothingness and owns the wind element.
Rating | S+ position in dash list |
Rarity | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
Element [type] | Windmill 🌪️ |
Path | Nihility |
when added to the game | February 6, 2024 (Version 2.0) |
How to get a character | Banner "Event Jump: Character" |
Gender | Female |
Home region | Unknown |
Role in the squad | Primary or secondary DPS character |
Role in the game | Memory Keeper of the Garden of Memories |
signature light cone | "Altered Memories" |
Voice actresses |
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Biography of Black Swan in Honkai: Star Rail
Black Swan from Honkai: Star Rail is the fortune teller and memory keeper of the Garden of Memories. A warm smile often plays on the girl’s face as she carefully listens to her next interlocutor in order to cover the entire flow of necessary information. Her main hobby is traveling through countless worlds and planets in order to collect unique memories.
According to the matter, in childhood the clairvoyant was an unusual child, “as if nature itself welcomed her appearance. The birds began to sing, and both the sun and the moon rose in the sky at the same time.” She always tried to understand where people came from, who created them, and even when this world arose. With the onset of amnesia, her mother gradually began to forget recent events and even her relatives. The girl stayed with her until the very end and saw how memories melted away, and a loved one slipped further and further away.
One day she met the Memory Keeper, who saw her as her follower. The glory of the past has always been attractive to her, and without a doubt, Black Swan followed the stranger to devote her life to collecting memories, abandoning her physical shell and accepting transformation. Keepers try not to leave traces and not attract attention. Except when they meet a person who is capable of becoming one of them.
The development of the Black Swan storyline can be seen in her companion mission "Waltz at the Masquerade".
Black Swan Trailer
How to get the Black Swan in Honkai: Star Rail
Black Swan can be knocked out in Event Jump: Character in the first half updates 2.0. Character release date 6 February 2024 year. The fortune teller banner will be available until February 29th.
In order not to miss the rerun of Black Swan or other limited heroes, we recommend following banner schedule.
Features
The main indicators that increase when leveling up the Black Swan are HP, attack power and defense. Speed and taunt remain constant stats and do not change as you level up. The exact values of each parameter can be found in the table.
Level of | Basic HP | Basic Attack | Basic protection | base speed | Basic taunt |
1 | 147 | 89 | 66 | 102 | 100 |
10 | 214 | 130 | 95 | 102 | 100 |
20 | 288 | 175 | 128 | 102 | 100 |
30 | 421 | 255 | 188 | 102 | 100 |
40 | 554 | 336 | 247 | 102 | 100 |
50 | 687 | 417 | 306 | 102 | 100 |
60 | 820 | 498 | 366 | 102 | 100 |
70 | 953 | 578 | 425 | 102 | 100 |
80 | 1086 | 659 | 485 | 102 | 100 |
Basic skills of the Black Swan
Black Swan is a follower of the Path of Nothingness, whose mechanics focus on applying debuffs. Skillami attacks one or more enemies with wind damage and applies the Weathering status, due to which damage is dealt to the affected monsters at the beginning of each turn. At the same time, she is able to reduce defense using a skill and increase the damage received by enemies with her superpower.
The main feature of the Memory Keeper is accumulation of Arcana levels - This is a weakening that provides additional damage if applied to a lane. damage. In addition, she can inflict all existing DoT statuses (Weathering, Bleeding, Burning, Shock) through her ultimate, making her a great character for squads that play through damage over time.
Next, we’ll look in detail at how the Black Swan’s abilities work, and in what order it’s best to level them up. We will also consider the traces and eidolons recommended for obtaining.
Active skills
- Technique «Accepting truth, rejecting appearances" | Gain
After using a technique at the beginning of the next battle there is a base chance 150% impose 1 level of Arcana status on all opponents. After the Arcana is successfully triggered, there is a chance that the enemy will gain an additional level. Each time you apply it again, the base chance becomes equal to 50% from the base chance of the previous successful use of the Arcana to this target. The effect repeats until the cast attempt fails.
Apply a buff to yourself. While it is active, there is a high chance that at the beginning of the battle all enemies will receive 1 stack of Arcana. If an enemy target receives this debuff, it will be applied again, but each time with half the chance of the previous one. This continues until the effect resistance triggers and the chance fails. In most cases, 2-3 levels are given.
- Basic Attack "Epiphany, Dawn of Silence" | Single attack
Deal wind damage to the selected enemy equal to 30-78% on attack power, and also has a base chance 50-74% apply lvl 1 Arcana status. If the target has Weathering, Bleeding, Burning or Shock statuses, there is a base chance 50-74%, that the enemy will receive an additional Arcana level for each of these effects.
Deals wind damage to one enemy and has a chance to apply 1 stack of Arcana to him. If the selected target is currently under any damage over time statuses (Weathering, Bleeding, Burning, Shock), each of these statuses gives a chance to apply another stack of Arcana.
- Emboldening Salvo "Decadence, sunset of lies" | Explosive Attack
Deals wind damage equal to the selected enemy and adjacent targets. 45-112,5% on attack power, and also has a base chance 100% apply lvl 1 Arcana status and base chance 100% lower protection by 14,8-23,8% for 3 moves.
Deals wind damage to one enemy and nearby targets. With a high chance, it can cast 1 stack of Arcana on attacked enemies and lower their defense.
- Superpower "Embrace of the Other World" | Group attack | Energy: 120 units.
Deals wind damage equal to 72-144% on the attack power, and imposes the Epiphany status for 2 turns. This status increases the target's damage taken by 15-30% during the course. If an opponent has Arcana levels, they are also considered to have Weathering, Bleeding, Burning, and Shock statuses. In addition, when Arkan deals damage at the beginning of the turn, the number of its levels is not reset. While Insight is active, the effect of saving Arcana levels can only work 1 time. The number of times this effect is triggered is updated when the enemy is re-cast with Insight.
Deals wind damage to all enemies and inflicts the Epiphany status on them. The damage received by targets during this turn increases, and the Arcana status becomes an effect from the first. damage of all types, that is, Weathering, Bleeding, Burning and Shock. In other words, characters who interact with a specific DoT status will be able to interact with the Arcane status (for example, Kafka, Serval, Guinaifen, Luke). In addition, damage dealt at the beginning of the next turn does not reset Arcana stacks.
Passive skills
- Talent "Caprice of the Weaving of Fate" | Weakening
Each time an opponent takes damage over time at the start of their turn, there is a base chance 50-72,5%, that level 1 will be imposed. Arcana. In this case, enemy targets receive a lane. wind damage equal to 96-300% on the strength of the attack. Each level increases Arcane status damage multipliers by 4,8-15%. After dealing damage, all stacks are reset to 1. Arcana status can stack up to 50 times.
When Arcanum is triggered at the beginning of an enemy target's turn, Black Swan activates additional effects depending on the number of stacks collected:
- 3 levels or more: Deals periodic wind damage equal to 72-225% on the strength of the attack, to adjacent targets, and also has 50-72,5% base chance to cast 1 lvl on them. Arcana status.
- 7 levels or more: Current damage dealt over time ignores an additional 20% of the enemy's and nearby enemy targets' defense.
When the enemy gets lane. damage at the beginning of the turn, there is a chance that the Arcana status will be applied to it. This debuff will also deal periodic wind damage at the start of the target's turn (if an ult was used, damage from all other statuses will be dealt), while Black Swan activates additional effects depending on the number of Arcana levels gained. Please note that other DoT statuses are triggered first, then a stack is added, and only after that the damage from the debuff itself is dealt.
Procedure for leveling up Black Swan abilities
The chance of imposing the Arcana status in one way or another depends on each skill of the Black Swan. In addition, all abilities deal damage and are directly involved in rotation. For this reason, it is necessary to upgrade all skills without exception. The priority can be set as follows:
- Talent – affects the damage from the “explosion” of the Arcanum, and also increases the multipliers for each stack. In addition, it deals additional damage depending on the number of stacks.
- Superpower – area attack and Insight status, which increases damage taken by enemies.
- Emboldening Salvo – damages several targets, allows you to apply lvl. Arcana status and reduce defense.
- Basic Attack although it has the lowest damage, it also affects the chance of using the Arcana, and there is a chance of hanging several stacks at once.
Tracks
All traces of the Black Swan:
Attack power +4% (lvl.1) | |||
Troubled insides: After using the skill, if the enemy has DoT statuses (Weathering, Bleeding, Burning, Shock), each of these debuffs with a base chance of 65% will apply an additional lvl. Arcana status. | Wind damage +3,2% (A2) | Attack Power +4% (A2) | Effect Hit Chance +4% (A3) |
Outlines on the bottom of the cup: When it's an enemy's turn, there is a base 65% chance of inflicting 1 lvl on them. Arcana. Each time the target receives a lane. damage from an ally's attack, there is additional. base chance to cast 1 lvl. Arcana. Maximum – 3 stacks per 1 attack. | Attack Power +6% (A4) | Wind damage +4,8% (A5) | Attack Power +6% (A5) |
A sign in the shadow of a candle: The character's damage is increased by an amount equal to 60% of the effect's hit chance. Maximum – 72%. | Effect Hit Chance +6% (A6) | Wind damage +6,4% (level 75) | |
Attack power +8% (lvl.80) |
After pumping all the tracks, the total increase in characteristics will be as follows:
ATK | 28% |
Wind Damage | 14,4% |
Effect Hit Chance | 10% |
Eidolons [Constellations]
All Black Swan eidolons:
number | Name | <font><font>Materials</font></font> |
1 | Seven Pillars of Wisdom | While Black Swan is active, enemies hit by Weathering, Bleeding, Burning, or Shock have 25% reduced resistance to Wind, Physical, Fire, or Electric damage types, respectively. |
2 | Don't cry for me, my lamb | After killing an enemy target under the Arcana status, there is a base chance of 100% that adjacent targets will gain 6 Arcana levels. |
3 | As above, so below | Skill level +2. Talent level +2. The maximum level is 15. |
4 | Tears are also a gift | While the enemy is under the Epiphany (ultimate) status, his resistance to effects is reduced by 10%. Also, at the beginning of the enemy's turn or after his death, Black Swan restores 8 units. energy. The effect can only trigger once during the duration of Insight. The number of triggers is reset when the status is reapplied. |
5 | Along the path of migratory birds | Superpower level +2. The maximum level is 15. The level of basic attack +1. The maximum level is 10. |
6 | The gods are praised, the martyrs are consigned to oblivion | When one of your allies attacks an enemy, there is a base chance of 65% to cast Arcana on that target. Each time an enemy receives a stack, there is a fixed 50% chance to increase the number of Arcana status levels applied that time by 1. |
The best eidolons of the Black Swan – E1, E4 и E6:
- First eidolon – applies a debuff that reduces enemy resistance to elements depending on their status with periodic damage. For example, if the target is under the Burning effect, its resistance to fire decreases. Considering that Arcana is considered Weathering, the Diviner receives a buff on an almost constant basis.
- Fourth Eidolon – reduces resistance to enemy effects while the Epiphany status from a superpower is active, which increases the chance of inflicting all negative statuses, including Arcanum. In addition, Black Swan will be able to additionally restore energy at the beginning of an enemy's turn or after killing him.
- Sixth Eidolon – with a certain chance, places a stack of Arcana on the enemy target after any attack by an ally. Another nice bonus is that there is always a 50% chance of hanging an extra stack. It works on approximately the same principle as E2, but is much simpler to implement and allows you to gain all 50 levels during the battle.
Advantages and disadvantages of the Black Swan
Let's take a closer look at the strengths and weaknesses of the Black Swan.
Advantages | Disadvantages |
Can apply debuffs. Following the Path of Nothingness, she is able to lower the defense of opponents with her skill, which is one of the highest multipliers in the game, and increases the damage they receive with her superpower. In addition, it uses the special Arcana status and other DoT effects that deal damage at the beginning of each turn. | Damage sags without allies with DoT mechanics. When playing as a fortuneteller, it is highly advisable to constantly maintain other statuses with periodic damage on opponents. This is necessary to accumulate levels of the Arcana debuff, which is the main source of DPS. |
An excellent character for squads through periodic damage. Cancels not only Weathering, but also other DoT statuses due to the superpower. At the same time, it increases the damage received and, as mentioned earlier, reduces defense. Black Swan herself receives a lot of benefits from an alliance with heroes who master similar mechanics. | You need to gain Arcana status levels. From the first “minus” it follows that the Black Swan is quite dependent on the number of Arcanum stacks. In addition, accumulated levels are always reset to 1 after the debuff is triggered, so they will have to be constantly accumulated again. |
Built-in damage bonuses. Depending on the accumulated Arcana status levels, the damage multipliers of this debuff increase. In addition, the Omen in the Shadow of a Candle trail increases all of the character's damage from her own effect hit chance. | In fact, the Black Swan build is simple, as there is no need to balance crits. In the same time you need a lot of chance to hit effects, since the indicator affects the probability of stacking and bonus damage from the trail. Added to this is the need for attack power and speed. |
No crits needed in the build. Since DoT effects cannot crit, the Farseer does not need to collect and balance these stats. Her skills have instant damage, but it is not a priority and generally does not cause serious damage. | It is advisable to have max. level on character and allies. On the lane the damage that occurs after breaking through an enemy vulnerability has a significant impact on level. Although heroes with DoT mechanics predominantly inflict statuses without penetration, the opposite situation can also arise. |
Suitable for F2P players. Memory Keeper doesn't need to knock out eidolons or signature cone for her to cover any high-level content. While wakeups and signals make the game more comfortable, she can cope without them. |
Leveling up the Black Swan in HCP
This item presents all the materials necessary to upgrade the Black Swan.
Elevation materials
Level of | Material 1 | Material 2 | Material 3 |
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30 | Credits ×4 000 | Extinct Core ×5 | |
40 | Credits ×8 000 | Extinct Core ×10 | |
50 | Credits ×16 000 | Glimmer Core ×6 | Ashes of the Ascended ×3 |
60 | Credits ×40 000 | Glimmer Core ×9 | Ashes of the Ascended ×7 |
70 | Credits ×80 000 | Wriggling Core ×6 | Ashes of the Ascended ×20 |
80 | Credits ×160 000 | Wriggling Core ×9 | Ashes of the Ascended ×35 |
To raise Black Swan to level 80, you will need the following resources:
- Credits (×1 690 000).
- Extinct Core (×15), flickering core (×15), wriggling core (×15) are consumable components that are dropped by killing Fragmentum monsters.
- Ashes of the ascended one (×65) is a material that can be obtained by completing the Stagnant Shadow: Celestial Form challenge.
- Traveler's Guides (×289), adventure journals (×6), meetings while traveling (×3).
Skill Leveling Materials
Emboldening Salvo | Material 1 | Material 2 | Material 3 | Material 4 |
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Basic Attack "Epiphany, Dawn of Silence" | Credits ×240 000 | Extinct Core ×6Glimmer Core ×7Wriggling Core ×7 | Fire Spirit ×3Starfire Essence ×8Heavenly Cremator ×11 | |
Emboldening Salvo "Decadence, sunset of lies" | Credits ×652 500 | Extinct Core ×9Glimmer Core ×13Wriggling Core ×7 | Fire Spirit ×3Starfire Essence ×15Heavenly Cremator ×30 | Tracks of Destiny × 2Past Wormhole Disasters ×3 |
Superpower "Embrace of the Other World" | Credits ×652 500 | Extinct Core ×9Glimmer Core ×13Wriggling Core ×7 | Fire Spirit ×3Starfire Essence ×15Heavenly Cremator ×30 | Tracks of Destiny × 2Past Wormhole Disasters ×3 |
Talent "Caprice of the Weaving of Fate" | Credits ×652 500 | Extinct Core ×9Glimmer Core ×13Wriggling Core ×7 | Fire Spirit ×3Starfire Essence ×15Heavenly Cremator ×30 | Tracks of Destiny × 2Past Wormhole Disasters ×3 |
To upgrade all the abilities of the Black Swan, you need to collect the following materials:
- Credits (×2 196 000).
- Extinct Core (×33), flickering core (×46), wriggling core (×28).
- Fire Spirit (×12), starfire essence (×53), heavenly cremator (×101) is a component that can be obtained by completing the Sepal: Alchemy Commission challenge.
- Tracks of Destiny (×6) – an item that is awarded for completing weekly tasks in Simulated Universe , pumping Honor of the Nameless and the passage of events.
- Past Wormhole Disasters (×9) – reward received for defeating the boss Bug Lord: Skarakabaz.
The sequence of pumping traces
Skill / Stat | Material 1 | Material 2 | Material 3 | Material 4 |
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Attack Power +4% | Credits ×2 500 | Extinct Core x2 | ||
Troubled insides | Credits ×5 000 | Fire Spirit ×3 | Past Wormhole Disasters ×1 | |
Wind damage +3,2% | Credits ×5 000 | Fire Spirit ×3 | Extinct Core ×6 | |
Attack Power +4% | Credits ×10 000 | Starfire Essence ×3 | Glimmer Core ×3 | |
Effect Hit Chance +4% | Credits ×10 000 | Starfire Essence ×3 | Glimmer Core ×3 | |
Outlines on the bottom of the cup | Credits ×20 000 | Starfire Essence ×5 | Past Wormhole Disasters ×1 | Tracks of Destiny × 1 |
Attack Power +6% | Credits ×20 000 | Starfire Essence ×5 | Glimmer Core ×4 | |
Wind damage +4,8% | Credits ×45 000 | Heavenly Cremator ×3 | Wriggling Core ×3 | |
Attack Power +6% | Credits ×45 000 | Heavenly Cremator ×3 | Wriggling Core ×3 | |
A sign in the shadow of a candle | Credits ×160 000 | Heavenly Cremator ×8 | Past Wormhole Disasters ×1 | Tracks of Destiny × 1 |
Effect Hit Chance +6% | Credits ×160 000 | Heavenly Cremator ×8 | Wriggling Core ×8 | |
Wind damage +6,4% | Credits ×160 000 | Heavenly Cremator ×8 | Wriggling Core ×8 | |
Attack Power +8% | Credits ×160 000 | Heavenly Cremator ×8 | Wriggling Core ×8 |
List of resources used to upgrade tracks:
- Credits ×802 500.
- Extinct Core (×8), flickering core (×10), wriggling core (×30).
- Fire Spirit (×6), starfire essence (×16), heavenly cremator (×38).
- Tracks of Destiny (×2).
- Past Wormhole Disasters (×3).
Best Black Swan Builds in Honkai: Star Rail
The Memory Keeper, being a representative of the Path of Nothingness, specializes in weakening opponents and gaining special levels of Arcane status, which is considered Weathering or all DoT effects at once after using the ultimate. Taking into account the features of mechanics and gameplay, the Black Swan build is based on the selection of the following characteristics:
- ATK – increases overall DPS, including abilities and statuses that cause periodic damage.
- Effect Hit Chance – increases the likelihood of inflicting debuffs, affects the bonus damage from the “Omen in the Shadow of a Candle” trail.
- Speed – allows you to perform actions more often and use a skill/basic attack to accumulate Arcane status levels.
If we talk about penetration effect, then only the damage received by enemies after their white durability bar (armor/shield) is completely reduced depends on it. Mostly the fortune teller applies Weathering due to the debuff, but the opposite situation can also arise, so it is best to look for the indicator in the lower stats. Next, we will look in detail at how to collect the Black Swan in Honkai: Star Rail.
Recommended characteristic values
Relic | Main characteristic |
Head | HP (permanent) |
Arms | Attack Power (Permanent) |
Body | Chance to hit effects (priority) / attack power (situational) |
Legs | Speed |
planar sphere | Wind damage, attack power |
Connecting rope | Attack Power (priority) / energy recovery (situational) |
Priority auxiliary characteristics (sub-stats):
- chance of hitting effects;
- attack power and speed;
- penetration effect;
- Crete. damage and crit. chance (affects only instant damage from skills).
The optimal final values of stats that are recommended to have on a character:
- ATK: from 2-900 units.
- Speed: 134/142/161 units.
- Effect Hit Chance: from 120% – this value will allow you to get the maximum bonus to damage from the “Omen in the Shadow of a Candle” trail. In the initial stages of pumping, it is advisable to achieve at least 100%.
- HP (health): from 3000 units.
- DEF: from 900 units.
- Penetration effect: from 20-30%.
- Energy recovery: from 100%.
Best Light Cones [Weapon]
When choosing a weapon for Black Swan, note that it must match the character's class - in this case Paths of Nothingness. The priority characteristics in this case are as follows:
- chance of hitting effects;
- increased damage dealt, including periodic damage;
- Attack Power.
Name | Description | Recommendation |
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Altered Memories ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ HP 48-1058 ATK 26-582 DEF 21-463 | Increases the chance of hitting effects on 40-60%. When the owner deals damage to enemy targets with Weather, Bleed, Burn or Shock, gain 1 lvl. Foreteller status. Maximum - 4 stacks. During one battle, each type of periodic damage can only add 1 level. Foreteller status. Each level increases attack power by 5-9%, and also allows the lane. damage ignore 7,2-10% protection. | Black Swan Signa significantly increases the hit chance of effects, and also provides an increase in attack power if the attacked opponents are under DoT status. An additional and no less important point is to ignore enemy defense when applying lane. damage The fortune teller is able to get max. number of stacks independently due to the superpower, thanks to which the Arcane status becomes not only Weathering, but also all other DoT debuffs. |
Patience Is All You Need ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ HP 48-1058 ATK 26-582 DEF 21-463 | Damage dealt is increased by 24-40%. Each attack increases your speed by 4,8-8%. The effect can stack up to 3 times. When the wearer hits an enemy without the Gossamer status, has a base 100% chance to inflict this status on the target. An opponent with the Gossamer status is also considered to have the Shock status. An opponent with the Web status takes periodic electrical damage equal to 60-100% from the attack power of the owner, at the beginning of each turn for 1 turn. | Light Cone buffs all damage dealt and speed after making an attack, making it easier to reach certain speed "spots". However, first of all, the “card” is interesting because it allows you to apply the Cobweb status to the enemy. Since this status counts as damage over time from Shock, it will help Black Swan gain levels of her own Arcana status faster and more consistently. |
Eyes of the Prey ⭐⭐⭐⭐ HP 43-952 ATK 21-476 DEF 15-330 | Increases the chance of hitting the equipped character's effects by 20-40% and damage over time 24-48%. | An excellent weapon with a simple but extremely useful passive effect. The main advantage of the “card” is that it does not have any conditions for activating bonuses or restrictions on their duration, steadily increasing the chance of effects hitting and periodic damage. This, in turn, has a positive effect on the final DPS. |
Good Night and Sleep Well ⭐⭐⭐⭐ HP 43-952 ATK 21-476 DEF 15-330 | Damage dealt is increased by 12-24% for each Debuff that the target enemy has. The bonus stacks up to 3 times and applies to periodic damage. | Depending on the negative effects present on the enemy, the weapon increases the damage dealt. In a classic DoT team, the heroine will constantly gain full stacks, receiving a 36% bonus to damage. However, she can add up the bonus without outside help by lowering the defense from the skill, as well as the Arcanum and Epiphany debuffs. |
The show begins (F2P) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ HP 48-1058 ATK 21-476 DEF 12-264 | When the wearer applies a debuff to an enemy, that target gains a Trick status level. Each level of Trick increases damage by 6-10%. The maximum number of stacks is 3. If the owner's effect hit chance is greater than or equal to 80%, his attack power increases by 20-36%. | A powerful F2P weapon that allows you to gain levels as the wielder applies debuffs to enemy targets, including damage over time effects. These stacks increase all damage dealt by up to 30% at R5. Light Cone has additional synergy with Black Swan, as it increases attack power depending on the hit chance of effects, which is one of the main characteristics of the character. |
Incessant Rain ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ HP 48-1058 ATK 26-582 DEF 21-463 | Increases the chance of hitting effects on 24-40%. When the wearer deals damage to an enemy whose number of Debuffs is greater than or equal to 3, their Crit. chance increases by 12-20%. After using a basic attack, skill, or superpower, there is a 100% chance to apply an Ethereal Code status to the target. Damage taken by an enemy under this status is increased by 12-20% for 1 turn. | Light Cone provides a consistent hit chance for effects, which already makes it a decent option. Although crit. the chance is not particularly needed by the Memory Keeper, since she primarily specializes in periodic rather than instant damage types, she will also benefit from an overall increase in DPS. To do this, you need to use any skill, and then with a 100% chance the Ethereal Code status will be assigned to the target, which will receive increased damage. |
Before the start of the training mission (F2P) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ HP 43-952 ATK 21-476 DEF 15-330 | Increases the chance of hitting effects on 20-40%. When the owner attacks an opponent with reduced defense, he recovers 4-8 units energy. | A good F2P option that increases the hit chance of effects that affect the likelihood of applying debuffs, and bonus damage from the Omen in the Shadow of a Candle. Considering that she can reduce defense with her skill, she does not require certain heroes to trigger the second part of the passive, which restores energy. |
Fermata (F2P) ⭐⭐⭐⭐ HP 43-952 ATK 21-476 DEF 15-330 | The wearer's penetration effect is increased by 16-32%. The wearer's damage dealt to Shock and Weathered enemies is increased by 16-32%. This effect also applies to damage over time. | A free weapon that increases the penetration effect and damage dealt, including periodic damage, against enemies with the Shock or Weathering status. Since the Arcana debuff is considered Weathering, and under the super ability also Shock (and all other DoT statuses), Black Swan can easily get a % bonus to damage even without outside help. At the same time, in alliance with Kafka or Serval it will become even easier. |
Solitary Healing (F2P) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ HP 48-1058 ATK 24-529 DEF 18-396 | The wearer's penetration effect is increased by 20-40%. Using a superpower increases the wearer's periodic damage by 24-48% for 2 turns. Defeating an enemy with a damage over time effect applied by the owner restores 4-8 units his energy. | Free cone of shop in Hertha. By default, it increases the penetration effect, which allows you to deal more damage over time after reducing the enemy's durability, but most importantly, it provides an increase in all DPS after using the super ability. The additional bonus to energy recovery will further speed up the process of charging the ult, which activates the main buff of the weapon. |
In the Name of the World ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ HP 48-1058 ATK 26-582 DEF 21-463 | Increases damage dealt to debuffed enemies by 24-40%. When the wielder uses a skill, the chance to hit the effects of that attack is increased by 18-30%, and the attack power is 24-40%. | Considering that periodic damage is considered a weakening, and in addition, Black Swan is able to lower the defense of opponents with her skill (sometimes with her ult), she can easily activate the first part of the passive. Having an increase in the chance to hit effects will similarly be beneficial, since it will increase the likelihood of casting an Arcana. However, this only applies to the skill. |
Determination shines like pearls of sweat ⭐⭐⭐⭐ HP 43-952 ATK 21-476 DEF 15-330 | When the owner hits an enemy that does not have the Trapping status, he has a base chance 60-100% impose the status of Capture on this opponent. The defense of the enemy with the status of Trapping is reduced by 12-16% for 1 turn. | The weapon allows you to apply the special status Capture. In combination with the Black Swan skill, the total defense cut can be approximately 32% if the cone is R1, and the heroine’s ability is pumped up to level 9-10. Since the debuff lasts only a turn, so that the clairvoyant herself can use it, it is necessary to apply the Catching status with an attack or skill and, before the turn ends, use the ultimate (if it has time to charge). |
We'll meet Again ⭐⭐⭐⭐ HP 38-846 ATK 24-529 DEF 15-330 | After the owner uses a basic attack or skill, he deals 48-96% from attack power as additional damage to a random enemy hit by attacks. | Light cone that can be picked up at battle pass. When the Farseer uses a basic attack or skill, additional damage is dealt to a random enemy on the battlefield. The passive is quite inferior to all other weapons, since it does not provide key bonuses for the character. Although it makes no sense to specifically take a weapon for the Black Swan if it is already available, but there are no options discussed above, it can be used as an alternative. |
Void ⭐⭐⭐ HP 38-846 ATK 14-317 DEF 12-264 | At the start of combat, increases the chance of the wearer's effects hitting 20-40% for 3 moves. | Weapons for beginners. Gives a chance to hit effects in a fairly large number, especially at maximum awakening. However, the main drawback is that the buff only lasts 3 turns. Often, at the beginning of the game, battles are not that long, so the boost can be enough for the entire battle. However, you can equip any other 3-star “card”. |
Best Relics [Artifacts]
When choosing relics for the Black Swan, as in the case of the light cone, you should give priority to kits that provide an increase in its main parameters, which include, respectively:
- Attack Power;
- wind damage;
- chance of effects hitting.
Cave Relics [Main Artifacts]
Name | Effects | Recommendation |
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Prisoner of a dark dungeon ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | 2 parts: Increases attack power by 12%. 4 parts: For each damage over time effect an enemy has (up to max 3), the owner ignores 6% of that enemy's Defense when dealing damage. | The best relic set for Black Swan. Increases attack power and allows you to ignore up to 18% defense if enemies are under Weathering, Bleeding, Burning or Shock, which is a powerful buff and synergizes well with the skill. Taking into account the fact that the clairvoyant can supernaturally apply all statuses with periodic damage at once, the passive will work on an almost constant basis, especially in alliance with other DoT characters. |
Discoverer of dead watersPrisoner of a dark dungeon (or Musketeer of Wild Wheat) | 2 parts: Increases damage dealt to enemies with Debuffs by 12%. 2 parts: Increases attack power by 12%. | An excellent 2x2 option with bonuses to increase all damage depending on the number of applied debuffs, and attack power, from which not only skills, but also periodic damage are scaled. Pathfinder outperforms Eagle of Twilight by about 2% due to the constant debuffs on enemies. The difference in percentage between all the considered relic combinations is not that big, so give preference based on sub-stats. |
Musketeer of Wild WheatPrisoner of a dark dungeon | 2 parts: Increases attack power by 12%. 2 parts: Increases attack power by 12%. | Since Black Swan receives quite a bit of bonus damage from his Omen in the Shadow of a Candle trail, it is possible to combine 2 pieces of relics for attack power. It is also a good choice in a team with ruan mei, since it already provides quite a bit of additional percentage buff. |
Discoverer of dead watersTwilight Eagle | 2 parts: Increases damage dealt to enemies with Debuffs by 12%. 2 parts: Increases wind damage by 10%. | Another optimal combination aimed at increasing overall damage. It is recommended to use, for example, if there is a planar sphere for attack power, and not wind damage, in order to balance the characteristics, or if there is no Ruan Mei in the squad. |
Musketeer of Wild Wheat ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | 2 parts: Increases attack power 12%. 4 parts: Increases speed by 6% and basic attack damage by 10%. | A good set that is available almost from the start (drops from chests and bosses). All offered bonuses are useful to the character in one way or another, so the set can be successfully used up to the point of receiving the “Prisoner of the Dark Dungeon” or combined with other sets. |
Twilight EagleHerald wandering in hacker space | 2 parts: Increases wind damage by 10%. 2 parts: Increases speed by 6%. | The combination of sets for wind damage + speed is an equally suitable option, which will allow Black Swan to perform actions more often, therefore, more actively use his abilities and impose the Arcana status on opponents. |
Twilight Eagle ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | 2 parts: Increases wind damage by 10%. 4 parts: After using the superpower, the action moves forward by 25%. | Alternatively, you can use a full wind kit, which advances the action after using the ultimate. Thanks to this, Black Swan will start his next turn earlier, which will generally be beneficial, but at the same time it can lead to desynchronization in the team. It's worth using only if you know how to set up the rotation correctly. |
Planar Ornaments [Additional Artifacts]
Name | Effects | Recommendation |
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Pan-Galactic Commercial Enterprise
⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | 2 parts: Increases the chance to hit effects by 10%. Attack power is increased by an amount equal to 25% of the effect's hit chance, up to a maximum of 25%. | The hit chance of effects is one of the key parameters for the character due to the need to constantly apply the Arcana status and other debuffs, as well as the % bonus to damage from the third trace “Omen in the Shadow of a Candle”. At the same time, the set increases attack power depending on this characteristic. Please note that to receive the maximum bonus, you need at least 100% chance to hit the effects. |
Skyfront Glatiramer ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | 2 parts: Increases the wearer's attack power by 12%. If the owner's speed is higher than or equal to 135/160 units, then the damage they deal increases by 12%/18%. | An excellent planar decoration for increasing DPS if you can get 120% chance to hit effects from other sources. If the minimum speed value is not enough, you can put it in a squad Astu, Hanyu or ruan mei. Since the difference between min. and max. The bonus is small, the set performs well in any situation. |
Space Sealing Station ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | 2 parts: Increases attack power by 12%. When speed reaches 120 or higher, attack power is increased by an additional 12%. | Optimal kit available on one of the starting worlds Simulated Universe (World 3). Provides an increase in attack power, and also doubles the increase if the speed of the fortuneteller is above 120 units. Since this is the minimum threshold that is achieved thanks to leg equipment. speed boots, Black Swan will receive 24% attack power without any problems. |
Sprightly Vonwacq ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | 2 parts: Increases energy recovery rate by 5%. If the owner's speed is at least 120 units, at the beginning of the battle the action immediately advances by 40%. | A good option if you have enough attack power and chance to hit effects to sacrifice some of the damage increase from other planar decorations for a faster energy gain. If the character has low speed (but not lower than 120 units) and takes a long time to gain ult, and at the same time you do not want to put the rope on recovery. energy, the set will help balance the situation a little. |
Thalia - the land of bandits ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | 2 parts: Increases penetration effect by 16%. If the owner's speed is greater than or equal to 145 units, then his penetration effect increases by an additional 20%. | If for some reason the sets listed above are missing, but there are good parts of this planar decoration, then it will be suitable for the first time. The penetration effect in any case is not an unnecessary characteristic and will even allow you to apply more feathers. damage after breaking through an enemy vulnerability, but still loses to other stats in importance. |
Troops for the Black Swan
Black Swan in HSR is a damage dealer/debuffer who plays the role of the main or secondary damage dealer in the team. Since she needs to gain levels of the Arcana, which also triggers when dealing periodic damage, she is primarily recommended for characters who can impose DoT statuses.
At the same time, the Memory Keeper can gain stacks on her own, albeit more slowly, and apply all the effects from the lane at once. damage with the help of an ult, while at the same time increasing the damage received by opponents. Potentially, she is capable of playing outside of such squads, although this definitely does not contribute to the disclosure of her maximum potential.
Best characters
The following are the characters for Black Swan that she has the best synergy with.
Character | Path | Damage type | Features |
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Kafka | Nihility | Электрический | A squad consisting of Kafka and Black Swan has the highest damage rates when compared to other Stellaron Hunter combinations. She is able to inflict the Shock status with a bonus attack and ultimate, as well as activate all DoT effects applied with a skill outside of a turn. This will allow Black Swan to gain additional Arcana stacks and deal more damage. |
Guinaifen | Nihility | Fiery | Specializes in the Burning effect, which applies a skill to multiple enemies and a basic attack to a single target (with a trail). Like Kafka, he can explode the DoT status with an ultimate, but only one - Burning. The talent increases the damage received by the enemy due to the Fiery Kiss status written in the talent. |
Sampo | Nihility | Wind | Focuses on inflicting Weathering with any attacks (basic strike, skill, ultimate), helping to gain Arcana stacks. With his superpower, he deals wind damage to all enemies and increases the periodic damage they receive. The last step is to increase the duration of Weathering, which Black Swan also applies, by 1 turn. |
Luke | Nihility | Physical | A character with a physical type. damage - Bleeding. Inflicts this status by using a skill, but only on one enemy target. At the same time, it increases the damage received by an enemy attacked by his superpower. Instantly deals Bleed damage when a Supported Basic Attack is triggered. |
sang | Nihility | Ice | An excellent support hero for the Path of Nothingness. Does not apply DoT effects, but removes a buff from one enemy, and also reduces the defense of all enemy targets on the battlefield. Combined with the Black Swan skill, you get a pretty powerful defense cut. Next, “Secret Strategy” increases the chance of hitting the effects of all teammates by 10%. |
Silver Wolf | Nihility | Quantum | Has various debuffs: reduced defense, attack power and speed. With a certain chance, creates vulnerability in the target to an element owned by one of the allies. In addition, the next “Note” additionally reduces resistance to damage of any type if the enemy has 3 or more weakens while using the skill. |
Welt | Nihility | Imaginary | The Starlight Express Crew Chief focuses on reducing speed and inflicting the Imprisonment status, which delays the action of enemies. Damage received by enemies after using a superpower is buffed if the first Retribution trail is open. |
Acheron | Nihility | Электрический | A damage dealer with a special ultimate mechanic that requires Shattered Dream charge points to use. Points are gained through debuffs placed on enemies. In addition, the heroine receives a large increase in damage from the “Abyss” trail if there are allies of the Path of Nothingness in the squad. Swan, in combination with another DoT character, will provide Acheron with everything she needs, and she, in turn, will increase the DPS of the entire squad. |
Hook | Destruction | Fiery | A damage dealer with damage to one or several targets. Capable of inflicting the Burning status with a skill, gaining Arcana status levels for the Black Swan. Acts as an additional source of damage, but can occupy the position of the core of the group if all eidolons are present and high stats are present. |
Serval | Erudition | Электрический | Applies the Shock status to several enemies with a skill, causing additional electrical damage to them. With his superpower, he damages the area and extends the effect of Shock for another 2 turns. Due to the fact that the status is applied to several enemies, more stacks of Arcana are given for the Black Swan. |
Himeko | Erudition | Fiery | Has excellent massive damage and performs a bonus attack outside of its turn. When opening a Starfire trail using an attack at 50%, it also puts the Burning status on the enemy target for 2 turns. |
Doctor Ratio | Hunting | Imaginary | Despite Doctor Ratio's lack of any effects from the lane. damage, there is a certain synergy between the heroes. In particular, Black Swan applies debuffs that are incredibly important to Veritas. At the same time, he can also offer the clairvoyant pleasant bonuses: the “Inference” trace allows the skill to reduce the target’s resistance, and the “Inference” trace increases the damage dealt to the enemy. |
ruan mei | Harmony | Ice | One of the best supports for squads consisting of two or more damage dealers, as her buffs apply to all allies. Increases the overall damage and speed of team members, as well as their effectiveness and penetration effect. In addition, it increases the penetration of resistance of all types of elements. |
Sparkle | Harmony | Quantum | Generates skill points and also increases their max. quantity, which will allow Black Swan and her allies to use their skills on an ongoing basis. For each consumption of skill points, it additionally increases all damage, and with a skill it advances the action forward by 50%, making it possible to “go away” earlier. |
Armor | Harmony | Wind | Buffer from a standard banner. Increases the team's attack power and critical damage with the help of a superpower. The skill allows you to immediately perform an action on the selected ally, while simultaneously removing the weakening from him. Thanks to this, Black Swan will be able to make more moves in one cycle. |
Asta | Harmony | Fiery | Provides increased attack speed and attack power, key stats for the Farseer. In addition, with a basic attack it can apply the Burning status to the enemy after opening the Spark trail. |
tingyun | Harmony | Электрический | Restores energy, allowing you to consistently use your superpower without equipment. rope or planar jewelry for energy. In addition, it increases the attack power by imposing the Blessing status from the skill, which deals additional electrical damage. |
Hanja | Harmony | Physical | It buffs attack power and speed with a superpower, and with a skill, like Sparkle, it generates action points, which allows allies to use the skill much more often. In the Black Swan squad, such a bonus is especially in demand, since it will allow you to more actively gain Arcana status levels. |
Yukong | Harmony | Imaginary | Offers the team an increase in attack power by applying the Roaring Bowstring status. The superpower can also cause imaginary damage to one enemy. |
Fu Xuan | Preservation | Quantum | Creates a Matrix of Foresight, which transfers part of the damage received by allies to the head of the Prediction Commission, and increases health and crit. chance. If the track "Dunjia Divination, Metamystic" is open, restores HP by using a superpower. |
Cheetah | Preservation | Ice | Places a strong shield that extends to all allies and blocks incoming damage. With a certain chance, it freezes the enemy with the skill, which is why the target cannot perform actions. The Cheetah is an excellent tank, capable of being revived after being killed once per battle. |
Aventurine | Preservation | Imaginary | Places shields and during the battle, renews them after activating a superpower, as well as performing a bonus attack. Virtually no demands on skill points. In addition to providing protective functions, it helps the squad with damage. The ideal squad for a character is the cooperation of several heroes who can perform a bonus attack. In other teams he is just as good, but takes bonus shots a little less often. |
Fire. hero | Preservation | Fiery | Using the taunt mechanics contained in the skill, it attracts the attention of opponents. With any attack, puts a small shield on allies. When the Will of Magma accumulates, it deals fiery damage to several targets, and with its superpower it damages the area. |
March 7 | Preservation | Ice | Places a shield on one ally using a skill. The ultimate deals area damage and activates the Freeze effect with a certain chance. When an enemy hits an ally under a shield, performs a bonus attack. |
Hoho | Abundance | Wind | One of the best healers for the Black Swan. In addition to stable healing from the skill and status, Sacrificial Offering of Life is a talent that heals at the beginning of an ally’s turn and after using an ult, restores energy with a superpower and increases the attack power of all squad members. |
Locha | Abundance | Imaginary | Passively heals thanks to the Magic Circle, which is triggered by any attack from an ally. Can instantly heal the skill if a teammate's health drops to half or below. The ultimate deals imaginary damage in an area, removing one buff from enemies. |
Bailu | Abundance | Электрический | Healer from a standard banner. Restores health with skill and superpower. Has a special status: Vigor, which resurrects fallen squad members from the dead, but no more than once during the battle (2 times on E6). |
Lynx | Abundance | Quantum | The researcher has both instant and periodic treatment in her arsenal. With his ultimate skill, he heals each ally and at the same time removes from them weakenings imposed by opponents (for example, control). |
Gallagher | Abundance | Fiery | A unique representative of the healer class, whose healing depends on the negative status “Dead Drunk” imposed on enemies. When hitting opponents with this effect, health is restored. The character's skill set also includes instant healing with a skill and massive healing with an enhanced basic attack. |
Natasha | Abundance | Physical | Restores the HP of one ally with a skill, removing 1 debuff followed by “Calm” upon activation and additionally healing over the next 2 turns. Using a superpower heals the entire squad. |
Top Teams
Based on the characters discussed above, you can create the following squads for the Black Swan:
Character 1 | Character 2 | Character 3 | Character 4 | Features |
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Kafka | Black Swan | ruan meiAstaHanja | HohoNatasha | The Stellaron Hunter helps Black Swan gain Arcana status levels with the help of his ult and bonus attack, and activates imposed DoT statuses outside of his turn. The Farseer, in turn, applies Weathering and other effects from the lane. damage, lowers defense and increases damage taken by enemies. You can put Ruan Mei, Asta or Hanyu in the support role, and Hoho or Natasha in the healer position. |
Kafka | Black Swan | tingyunSparkleArmor | LochaLynx | An alternative squad with characters from the Path of Harmony. Depending on the situation, boosts are applied to Swan or Kafka. For example, after using Black Swan's ultimate, you can advance Kafka's action so that she uses the skill and instantly activates all DoT statuses. In the situation with Armor and Tingyun, a little more skill points are consumed, so it is beneficial to use more “economical” healers such as Locha or Lynx. |
Kafka | Black Swan | SampoGuinaifenLuke | Fu XuanFire. hero Path of Abundance | In this case, instead of supports, characters are used that impose statuses with periodic damage. This way you can quickly accumulate stacks of Arcana for the Black Swan. Moreover, each hero in one way or another offers reinforcement in the form of increased damage. Fu Xuan, the Fiery Pioneer or any other representative of the Path of Conservation or Abundance would be suitable for the support position. |
Kafka | Black Swan | sangSilver Wolf | Path of Abundance or Conservation Path | Another squad option with Kafka, Black Swan and support from Path of Oblivion debuffers. Sang, like the Memory Keeper, lowers the defense, but of all enemy targets at once; Silver Wolf reduces attack power, speed, defense and causes the enemy to have a weakness to the element of one of the allies. You can use any available character as a healer or protector. |
Acheron | Black Swan | Kafka | Gallagher | Instead of the usual character of the Path of Harmony, Acheron is placed, who receives a lot of benefits from the union of Kafka and Swan – permanent debuffs that allow you to quickly gain a charge of Shattered Dream. Although it itself only provides a decrease in all types of resistance, it significantly increases the overall DPS of the team, which completely compensates for the lack of a buffer. |
Black Swan | SampoGuinaifenLuke | ServalHookHimeko | Hoho | Black Swan can interact with other heroes playing from DoT effects if Kafka is not present. For example, a strong build option: Black Swan, Sampo, Guinaifen, healer/shieldman. The squad works according to the following principle: secondary damage dealers impose statuses from the lane. damage, inflicting a clairvoyant debuff, causing her to deal increased damage. |
Black Swan | SampoGuinaifenLuke | Any hero Ways of Harmony | Natasha | A DoT team with support from buffering supports who use their abilities to strengthen Black Swan and the rest of the squad. You can install any Harmony support available on your account. However, if we talk specifically about builds of this type, then Ruan Mei and Asta are best suited here, since their buffs affect all allies. |
Black Swan | SampoGuinaifenLuke | sangWelt | Lynx | An excellent addition will also be the Path of Oblivion debuffer characters, which apply weakening effects to opponents. For example, Pela lowers defense, and Welt applies the Imprisonment status, which delays the actions of enemy targets. All this has no less impact on the results of the battle. |
Black Swan | Sampo | Silver Wolf | Fu XuanLynx | A team built on the mechanics of creating a weakness in the enemy to the wind or quantum element. This is achieved thanks to the skill of the Silver Wolf, which is also an excellent sub-dd. This build does not depend on the vulnerabilities of enemy targets, but it performs best in battles against elite monsters or bosses. |
Ratio | Black Swan | Guinaifen | Locha Gallagher Aventurine | Non-standard, but quite working squad. Since Ratio depends on the weaknesses available on the enemy, it combines well with Black Swan, which will provide him with a number of debuffs: Arcana DoT status, the Epiphany effect from the ult, and a decrease in the enemy’s defense from the skill. You can complement the build with Guinaifen, which is perfect for both heroes. This team is most effective against enemies with a weakness to an imaginary element. |
Budget teams consisting of free or epic characters:
Character 1 | Character 2 | Character 3 | Character 4 | Features |
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Black Swan | SampoGuinaifen | AstaYukong | Lynx | Black Swan takes the position of the main damage dealer, while Sampo/Guinafen act as an additional source of damage and helpers in gaining Arcana status levels. Among the free buffers, Asta is an excellent support, but she can be replaced with Yukun. If Tingyun or Hanya are available, they also fit well into this squad. The last slot is closed by Lynx, which heals with skill and ult. |
Black Swan | SampoServal | GuinaifenLuke | Gallagher | A team of three characters who deal periodic damage. While there is a debuff on reducing the defense from the Black Swan skill, if there is a shortage of action points, give preference to the basic attack, since it also allows you to receive Arcana stacks - the main thing is that there are DoT effects on the opponents. |
Black Swan | Dan HengPhys. hero | AstaSampoGuinaifen | March 7 | If you have recently started traveling with the Star Express, you can add starting characters Dan Heng or Fiz to the Black Swan squad. Pioneer. Although they do not impose statuses from the lane. damage, can cause a penetration that will deal damage from Weathering or Bleeding. For a more stable DoT status, you can use Asta, which inflicts Burning with a basic attack if the first trace is open. |
How to play as Black Swan
The principle of playing for Black Swan is to set levels Arcana status, which defaults to wind damage over time, but can convert to all DoT effects including Bleed, Burn, and Shock after using the super. The Memory Keeper of the Garden of Memories can gain Arcana stacks in the following ways:
- Technique – 1 level or several. If an enemy receives a stack, there is a 50% chance that they will receive it again. Each subsequent stack has a chance of being applied half as much as the previous one. On average, 2-3 levels are given depending on the target’s resistance to effects.
- Basic Attack – up to 5 levels. With a certain chance, 1 stack is hung and 4 more if the enemy is under statuses with periodic damage.
- Emboldening Salvo – 1st level. Deals damage to three targets, each of which receives a stack of debuffs.
- Talent – 2 levels. After dealing periodic damage and triggering an additional effect when the enemy receives damage from the Arcana at the beginning of the turn. In the latter case, the target must have at least 3 stacks.
- Trace "Restless Insides" – up to 4 levels. After using the skill, if the enemy has DoT statuses, each of these effects can apply an additional stack.
- Trace "Outlines on the bottom of the cup" – up to 4 levels. When it's the enemy's turn, or when the target takes periodic damage from an ally's attack. In the latter case, no more than 3 stacks are given per attack.
- 2nd eidolon – 6 levels. After killing an enemy who is under the Arcana status, the targets closest to him receive 6 stacks.
- 6nd eidolon – from level 1 and more. Any ally's attack provides a fixed 50% chance to apply an additional stack.
It is worth considering that each overlap of Arcana levels has its own chance. For this reason, the methods listed above do not guarantee 100% receipt. This is affected by both resistance to enemy effects and the hit chance of character effects. In addition, after the debuff is triggered, all stacks are reset to 1.
Rotation
Let's take a closer look at the Black Swan rotation:
- Before the start of the battle, use support techniques, as well as "Accepting truth, rejecting appearances". This will allow you to apply 1 or more levels of Arcane debuff with a certain probability. You can start the battle with any attack.
- When it's Memory Keeper's turn, use the skill "Decadence, sunset of lies" on the central enemy to cover as many targets as possible. After this, with a certain chance, the skill will give 1 level and reduce the defense of enemies for 3 turns.
- While other characters with DoT mechanics are active, use skills that inflict damage over time statuses to provide additional stacks. If the enemy is under DoT effects, they can be activated, which will also give up to 3 levels from one attack (trace “Outline on the bottom of the cup”).
- If there are several enemies on the battlefield, use your superpower "Embrace of the Other World", to cause wind damage in the area and apply Epiphany to all targets for 2 turns - opponents under this debuff will begin to receive more damage. At the same time, the Arcanum will immediately become all the effects from the lane. damage, and the number of accumulated stacks will not be reset in the next turn.
- Afterwards, try to always use a skill or basic attack exclusively on targets that are under damage over time. This is important for quickly accumulating levels until the effect itself triggers.
Conclusion on the character
Black Swan in HSR is a representative of the Path of Nothingness, whose mechanics are related to periodic damage. In particular, the character's gameplay is based on a set of levels of the Arcana special status, which, in parallel, is the main source of her DPS. Every time the Memory Keeper attacks enemies with DoT effects or allies activate imposed statuses, special stacks accumulate - the more there are, the higher the Communion debuff multipliers.
However, this is not all the heroine’s capabilities. It is also capable of lowering enemy defenses, increasing the damage they receive, and inflicting all DoT effects at once. Black Swan is an ideal complement to classic squads Kafka or will manifest itself in combination with other characters that use similar mechanics. While crits are optional, the build can be tricky due to the need for a lot of attack power, speed, and effect hit chance. However, budget light cones are quite accessible to a clairvoyant and there is no strong need for eidolons.
We hope we helped you put together the best Black Swan build in Honkai: Star Rail. IN comments ask any questions about the character so that the author or other players can help. Follow useful articles on the game in the relevant sections of our website: passing, guides, builds.
Achievements with Black Swan
The achievement cannot be obtained in a test run, only when using your own or someone else’s heroine.
- Everything is predetermined — Place at least lvl 20 on your opponents. Arcana status when the Black Swan uses the Acceptance of Truth, Rejection of Appearance technique to enter into battle. Reward: star jade ×5. To unlock the achievement, travel to Stagnant Shadow: Shape of Doom. Then use your or someone else’s Black Swan and activate her technique. If everything worked, then at the beginning of the battle the achievement will open, otherwise, restart.
Black Swan Questions and Answers
How to get Black Swan in Honkai: Star Rail?
You can knock out the Black Swan from the limited event Jump: Character banner.
What are the main skills of the Black Swan?
Black Swan's skills focus on weakening enemies by lowering defense and dealing damage over time thanks to the Arcana status, which is Weathering by default. In turn, the superpower makes “Arcane” all existing DoT effects, and also increases the damage received by opponents.
What active skills does Black Swan have?
Technique “Accepting Truth, Rejecting Appearance”, basic attack “Epiphany, Dawn of Silence”, skill “Decadence, Decline of Lies”, superpower “Embrace of the Other World”, talent “Caprice of Weaving Fate”.
What is the order of leveling up Black Swan's abilities?
Talent > Superpower = Skill = Basic Attack.
What are the best eidolons for Black Swan?
The best eidolons of the Black Swan are the first, fourth and sixth.
How many resources are needed to upgrade the Black Swan?
4 credits; 688 traveler's guides; 500 adventure logs; 289 travel meetings; 6 extinct cores; 16 flickering cores; 56 writhing kernels; 71 fire spirits; 73 starfire essences; 18 heavenly crematoria; 69 ashes of the ascended; 139 imprints of fate; 65 past wormhole disasters.
What is the signature cone of the Black Swan?
Signa of the Black Swan - "Altered Memories."
What is the best light cone for Black Swan?
Black Swan Signature "Altered Memories", "Just Gotta Wait", "Victim's Look", "Good Night and Peaceful Sleep", "The Show Begins", "The Constant Rain", "Before the Training Mission Begins", "Lonely Healing", " In the name of peace", "Fermata", "Determination shines like pearls of sweat."
What are the best relics for Black Swan?
Cave Relics: Prisoner of the Dark Dungeon, Wild Wheat Shooter, Twilightward Eagle, or 2x2 combinations of the above sets with Pathfinder of the Dead Waters. Planar Ornaments: Pan-Galactic Business Enterprise, Glatiramer Skyfront, Space Sealing Station, Living Wonwak, or Thalia Bandit Land.
What are the best characters for Black Swan?
Kafka, Sampo, Luca, Guinaifen, Serval, Himeko, Hook, Silver Wolf, Acheron, Sang, Velt, Ruan Mei, Sparkle, Armor, Asta, Tingyun, Hanya, Yukun, Fu Xuan, Cheetah, March 7, Hoho, Locha, Bailu, Lynx, Natasha.
Would a squad of Jin Liu, Swan, Tingyu and Locha be appropriate?
and the Jin Yuan, Black Swan, Hanya and Hoho squad are ok?
Is the swan playing with armor?
not really, armor for pillboxes is useless
ratio with signa, swan with signa, guy and galagher imba well
So I went to Honkai today after a long break. To rejoice that they had poured in a lot of freebies, he ran to spin the Swan. I fell on the 35th turn, looked at what relics needed to be collected and so on, and then I went to read its mechanics and was disappointed. For me, this Swan is as useless as possible, and I’m not going to collect Sampo and Gui just for the sake of the Swan. The wasted time, resources, twists - it’s a great pity.
wildly I apologize, the spent gems is 35 cools? I knocked out a swan on spin 97-98, and God she’s such an imbecile, an excellent damage dealer even without self and guy, I have her e0 and without a signal, she’s still a wonderful character
I don't know how you like it, but for me it breaks the cabins of enemies. Into the abyss I take a pack of swan, locha, ratio and Kafu (ration is optional, depending on vulnerability). If you also take something to restore points from the attack bonus, it’s absolutely gorgeous.
In the hall of oblivion, everything is also very beautiful, in general.
Is it possible to collect it with 80% chance of hitting without it in the body?
Just for fun, I want to pump it all up into attack power))
What's better: the show begins or peaceful healing? no overlays
peaceful healing of course
Does it make sense that the chance of hitting an effect is greater than 120%?
No, 120% will be enough. It's better to try to increase your attack speed or power.
Please tell me! Two signals fell on Swan at once and the question is what to do with the second one?
There is Kafka but without his own sign. Kafka's cone Good night peaceful sleep. Should we give the swan sign to Kafka? Or for example Guinaifen? Is she better for Good Night on these Persians? Or do an overlay?
This cone can be given to other characters if they are playing in a group with Swan. In other cases, the cone will be ineffective, and specifically for Kafka’s “Good night peaceful sleep” level 5 overlay will be even more useful.
You can add one more clarification.
Ultimate Guy, like E4 Sampo, activates the statuses "Combustion»/«Weathering", which are considered to be the activation of the lane. damage, and accordingly activate the trace
swanTroubled insides«.
There is this clarification about Kafka, I think it would be good to add it to these two characters too.
Correction! I did not notice this clarification in Gui.
normal pack will be Kafka, swan, Ruan Mei and cheetah?
Which cone is better to wear, the look of the victim, good night or lonely healing?
Is it possible to slip a swan into a packet of Jing Yuan? If there is no Kafka, will Jing be a normal replacement for Sampo, or is the old man worse than Sampo for a swan?
which team will be better? swan, sampo, velt, locha or swan, sampo, guinaifen, locha?
The second one is obvious. Welt can sometimes be taken as a vulnerability, but there will not be much profit
What is better than her signal or the “glance of the victim” p4 (both exist) I was a little confused by the second part of the passive with which cone will she hit more? Otherwise, this effect on the enthusiasm for pillboxes made me doubt a little whether it was necessary to knock out the signal
a signal
The character's signal will be stronger in 99% of cases, and the swan is no exception. A direct increase in dots is weaker than 28% protection cut from the sign (cutting/ignoring protection gives the strongest damage bonus among buffs/debuffs) + 20% atk. So signa is a must-have on a swan.
Take a look because her e1 is better than the signals
Hello! What is better: to knock out the constellation for Cygnus or its Cone? The squad hasn't been picked yet.
I think we should put Velt and little Guy
First I knocked out the cone, then the constellation.
No, I wrote a little unclearly, I apologize.
I meant with which light cone the damage will be greater:
With her sign
Or “The Look of the Victim” (signa Sampo)?
Both weapons are just thinking right now that it’s a waste of time to knock out the sign, like Sampo’s sign has the effect of entraining periodic damage and the damage can be more than with its own sign, but I’ve already screwed myself up..
It’s not for nothing that Signa gives 23% more damage than c5 Signa Sampo. And it will give even more damage if in battle there is an opportunity to further reduce the enemy’s defense
Hello, will she fit into Argenti's squad?
won't go
What is better, knocking out C1 or its cone? Squad: Kafka (C0 - Cone) - Swan (now H4 “the look of the victim”) - Dr. Ratio - Hoho
Kafka and Ratio do not get along in the same squad, since both of their damage is directly tied to skills and their points will very quickly become insufficient, there is no one to generate, Hoho and Lebed also want to use skills, especially Hoho, who without a skill simply does not have the ability to heal .
In this regard, I would recommend replacing Ratio with one of the dota players (Sampo/Guynaifen/Luka) and then you can knock out e1, it will significantly increase the damage of each member of the squad, reducing the protection from its element.
However, since you have Hoho, the second way is also possible: knock out the sign, give the rope for recovery and/or put Tingyun in place of Ratio. The fact is that Signa greatly accelerates Swan’s personal damage, but for maximum exposure it is necessary to ult as often as possible.
In general, it all comes down to who you replace Veritas with. But if you really want to leave him and remove Kafka, then there is no alternative to twisting the signal and the rope for recovery by Swan.
Is it possible to put a black swan instead of a herta in a Seele/Gerta/Klara/March 7 pack?
Of course, you can put it on, but, excuse me, why the hell? For WiFi gaming? Well, here you are the master. And if you want damage, then Lebed needs to assemble a squad of doters. There are not many of them in the game, but there is still a choice: Kafka (out of competition), Sampo, Gwenivera and Luka. Choose - I don’t want to, especially since Sampo Guinaifen is now free for the event
Who is better to put in the support position in a pair with Kafka and Swan: Astu, Pella, Gui or Velta?
Gwenivera has no options: burning for lasso from hand and skill and “fiery kiss” - what else is needed? And if there are asterisks, then there is also a minus protection. Only this will still be a sub-dd, not a support, she also does a fair amount of damage
I'm more concerned about how they will behave in the car. Swan almost always leaves skill points for Kafka and gives a basic attack on the last point, and Asta often starts to drizzle and use the eshka in a solo target. I'm afraid that Gui will imagine himself to be a full-fledged DD and will also steal skill points from Kafka. Kafka is the last one in the rotation in order to activate all the pillboxes and get all the buffs, and it is very important that she is left with a skill point, otherwise the damage sags greatly.
There is Asta with 30% breakdown and 8% attack for the entire team, but she is a hooligan at times.
Well, I can only say one thing: you have to try. It’s not even necessary to pump it yourself, just go to any sepal for 4-6 waves and drive it there, renting it from support.
But in any case, little Gui, of those listed, is the only candidate: Asta and Welt eat up skill points like crazy (and Welt also brings little benefit to the players), Pela seems to be less gluttonous (she’s not leveled up for me, I don’t know for sure), but ice again does not combine well with pillboxes and all the benefits from it are cutting off protection and removing buffs, which work noticeably worse on the last floors of the same mirror due to the high resistance of bosses and buffs that cannot be removed. But if you are not interested in this and the goal is purely to run around the world, then you don’t care who you place, the only problems will be with the bosses guarding large chests.
But no, I already only have problems with bosses in high LVL activities. Got too lazy to poke my hands. Cheetah relaxes in sustain, yet the shield hangs for three turns, and the healing only works for a moment.
I tested Gui, plus or minus it works just like Asta, except that on a solo target it behaves more adequately. I tried to put her at the beginning of the rotation and right in front of Kafka, she doesn’t eat points on several targets. If you use it, then poke it in front of the Swan, it doesn’t offend Kafka. Still, a poke with a base from Lebed and a Kafka eater is much better than a poke with a Lebed base and a Kafka base.
Which is better: the Sampo cone with the first overlay or the Wolf cone (4⭐ before the start of the training mission) with the fifth overlay?
Depends on how much chance of hitting you have already collected and how far it is from the standard 120%: if you collect it like that, then the victim’s gaze is a priority, the second part of the passive is really good. Otherwise, get the chance to hit with whatever you have, it is extremely important in the case of Swan
Is it worth using Ratio with it? How effective is it?
The guide has an answer to this question: and about the character separately. and an example of a detachment with him, we read carefully.
Would the command be normal:
Doctors Ratio, Kafka, Black Swan and Natasha?
Definitely not: Kafka, Ratio, and Swan love to eat skill points, which Natasha will also eat from time to time. And if Swan is still able to live on one basic attack by force, then Ratio and Kafka are definitely not. So there’s a fork here: either Ratio or Kafka will be forced to leave, the two of them can’t
Sadly. I just, no matter how it sounds, don’t like either Pela or Astra as supports. I just don’t want to bet Sampo or anyone else out of abundance, but there are no other Persians. But okay, thanks
Sampo - abundance, and even support?! I apologize, but you are confusing something, Sampo is not called the “four-star Swan” for nothing, because he is the same doter as Swan, Kafka, Luka and Guinaifen (Gwenivera).
So put Sampo, he will inflict a decent amount of weathering on his own (even with a basic attack, which is not given to everyone), and will extend the duration of the weathering afterwards (both for himself and for Swan), and will increase the damage of all pillboxes, including arcana, with his ult.
Likewise Gwenivere and Luke. Moreover, Sampo or Gwenivere can now be obtained for free for the event. I myself like the fire streamer better, thanks to the variety of elements, which has a positive effect on arcana stacks, but in reality, if Sampo already has stars, and Gwenivera does not exist at all, then of course Sampo will be better
Okay, thanks for the advice. I have 3 stars for Guanfen, so I’ll try to play with her then.
Is Arcana damage considered periodic damage? Does the Sampo cone work for her fully, or only half (since she doesn’t seem to apply much weathering, and she doesn’t damage them), or would it be more useful to give her a “good night”/new cone from Penaconia for damage ?
We carefully read the description of the talent:
«Each time an opponent takes damage over time at the start of their turn, there is a base chance 50-72,5%, that level 1 will be imposed. Arcana. In this case, enemy targets receive a lane. wind damage equal to 96-300% on the strength of the attack."
Clear and precise: arcana is dot damage.
What kind of Sampo cone is this? Victim's look? He is specially placed first of the four, because he suits Swan in all respects, he is tailor-made for her
Got it
Please tell me, I want to collect a pack
-Fu Xuan
-Kafka
-Black Swan
-Armor (Ting Yun)
I'm confused by slot 4, which is better than Armor or Tin Yun, according to Tin Yun's logic because... it increases damage for several turns and with a periodic damage trigger there will be more of it, but Armor gives additional damage. a move that will allow you to stack more arcana.
Please tell me who is better?
An important thing to know about dot mechanics: they DO NOT crit. Because of this, it is possible to place Armor in this squad, but it will lose almost half of its support potential, because the increase in critical damage from the ult will be unclaimed.
But in general. Now for the event they give free of charge to Sampo and Gwenivere, who know how to apply dots from everything: from hand, skill and ult. If you want to apply more lassoes, then here is an excellent option for you, because thanks to the trace, arcanas can be applied both from the attacks of allies and from the activation of pillboxes in principle. Because of this, I would say that Gwenivere is a priority, since she imposes burning - a status that is different from Kafka's shock and the weathering of Swan herself
can you put it on Blade?
It's possible, but why? No, it will add damage to him, of course, by cutting off his armor and increasing damage to opponents, but the Swan itself will open weakly, since it was created for dot-commands
what does dot command mean?
The Dot character adds negative statuses to enemies that remove the enemy's health every turn.
Teams playing against periodic damage. That is, from the statuses of bleeding, weathering, shock, burning. Kafka and Swan are created precisely for such packs, since Kafka increases his damage from the number and strength of these statuses, and Swan, every time the enemy receives periodic damage, has a chance to impose a “lasso” effect on the enemy, which is her basic damage mechanics
Question about the “good night” cone, why is it written that the maximum bonus is 35%, if even on the 0th awakening it should be 36%, and on the 5th awakening 72%?
There was a typo, 36% correct. Thank you for pointing it out, corrected it
Please tell me, is it possible to use General Jin Yuan instead of Kafka?
Swan is my dream, but I don’t know the team..
Locha definitely has a wolf, and the swan and the general thought. And if it doesn’t work, tell me why, thank you!
Hello! No, the mechanics of Jing Yuan and Swan do not combine; he cannot in any way replace Kafka, all of whose abilities are aimed primarily at strengthening the DoT of teams. Kafka will help Swan gain Arcana stacks faster, can activate all the effects imposed by Swan’s ult, and itself adds shock status.
Of course, you can put the General and Lebed on the same team, they will clear easy content, but in such a group they simply limit each other’s potential.
Jing Yuan is implemented through bonus attacks when he is the main damage dealer and the whole team plays for him.
Did you change the order of planar decorations for her today?) Pangalactic was in second place (I gave her Glatiramer today at 138 speed and +122% SPE, I’ll test it)
Yes, Pangalactic was set higher, because with it it is easier to gain the required percentage of the chance of effects hitting, and the attack power is definitely useful. Glatiramer becomes more profitable provided that you already have 120% SPE. Just in your case it will be a priority)