Honkai: Star Rail – Luka build and ascension guide
Bring your iron fist to a gunfight with the best Honkai: Star Rail Luka build and unleash punches that do more than just break some jaws or achieve a one-hit knock-out in the ring. Luka is from Belobog’s underworld and is the reigning champion of Boulder Town’s fight club, but the boxer also has a sensitive side: He’ll often hang out with the Moles and assist Wildfire in helping out the town. Following the Path of The Nihility, Luka deals Physical Damage and specializes in DoT effects.
Luka’s Skill, Lacerating Fist, deals Physical Damage based on his Attack stat to a single target with a 100% base chance to cause Bleed for three turns. The amount of DoT taken by enemies from Luka’s Bleed is based on their own maximum HP and can’t exceed a certain threshold based on Luka’s Attack.
Using his Skill or Basic Attack creates a stack of Fighting Will for Luka, of which he can have up to four. If Luka has two or more stacks of Fighting Will, his Basic Attack is enhanced. Enhanced Basic Attacks will activate Bleed on targets affected by that status one additional time.
Luka has the grindset of a champion.
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His Ultimate, Coup de Grâce, not only creates two stacks of Fighting Will, but has a 100% base chance to debuff the target for three turns, making it take more damage from all sources. It also deals Physical Damage based on his Attack to the target.
Luka’s Eidolon Levels, which can be increased by obtaining additional copies of him, modify his abilities. Eidolon 1 increases his damage by 15% for two turns when his target is affected by Bleed. Eidolon 2 grants Luka an additional stack of Fighting Will for hitting enemies with the Physical Weakness through his Skill. Eidolon 4 boosts his Attack by 5% for every stack of Fighting Will he has obtained. Finally, Eidolon 6 increases the damage done by enhanced Basic Attacks.
Honkai: Star Rail – Luka: best Light Cones
Luka can make great use of any 5-Star Light Cone that The Nihility has to offer so far, benefiting greatly from their Attack and Effect Hit Rate buffs. In terms of more widely available 4-Star Light Cones, his signature weapon Resolution Shines As Pearls of Sweat is a solid option, allowing him to lower the Defense of his targets. Before the Tutorial Mission Starts is another fantastic option for those without a 5-Star Light Cone.
Best Light Cones for Luka:
- Patience is All You Need (5-Star)
- Solitary Healing (5-Star)
- Incessant Rain (5-Star)
- In the Name of the World (5-Star)
- Before the Tutorial Mission Starts (4-Star)
- Resolution Shines As Pearls of Sweat (4-Star)
- Eyes of the Prey (4-Star)
- Void (3-Star)
Luka is a disciplined fighter, who can make use of any 5-Star Light Cone from The Nihility released so far.
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Honkai: Star Rail – Luka: best Relics
All of Luka’s moves deal Physical Damage and depend on his Attack stat, so it’s pretty clear what you have to concentrate on when it comes to his Relics. Getting his Effect Hit Rate % boosted is another priority to make those important Bleeds stick.
Best Relic Sets for Luka:
- Prisoner in Deep Confinement (4) – +12% Attack, the wearer ignores 6% of the enemy's Defense when dealing damage to them for each DoT affecting them. This effect is valid for up to three DoT effects.
- Champion of Streetwise Boxing (4) – +10% Physical Damage, +5% Attack after the wearer attacks or is hit (can stack up to five times).
Best Planar Ornaments for Luka:
- Firmament Frontline: Glamoth (2) – +12% Attack, +12%/18% more damage when the wearer's Speed reaches 135/160 or higher.
- Pan-Galactic Commercial Enterprise (2) – +10% Effect Hit Rate, up to 25% of the wearer’s Effect Hit Rate are added to Attack.
Prioritize the following Relic and Planar Ornament stats for Luka:
- Head – HP (Primary), Effect Hit Rate %, Speed, Attack %, Critical Hit Damage % or Critical Hit Rate %
- Hands – Attack (Primary), Effect Hit Rate %, Speed, Attack %, Critical Hit Damage % or Critical Hit Rate %
- Body – Attack % (Primary), Effect Hit Rate %, Speed, Critical Hit Damage %, Critical Hit Rate %
- Feet – Speed (Primary), Effect Hit Rate %, Attack %, Critical Hit Damage %, Critical Hit Rate %
- Planar Sphere – Physical Damage % (Primary), Effect Hit Rate %, Speed, Attack %, Critical Hit Damage % or Critical Hit Rate %
- Link Rope – Energy Regeneration Rate % (Primary), Effect Hit Rate %, Speed, Attack %, Critical Hit Damage % or Critical Hit Rate %
Honkai: Star Rail – Luka: best teams
Luka is perfect to complement a DoT-centric line-up as a damage dealer and Physical breaker.
This team comes with several abilities that increase the amount of DoT enemies take, stacking them up to deal tons of damage between their turns thanks to all of these debuffs. Add Luocha, Natasha, Lynx, Huohuo, or Bailu in the healer slot and you’ll have a strong team together. Be aware that you need to carefully tune your Speed when playing this composition, since everybody should act before Kafka to maximize her damage.
Luka can also be used as a debuff character in teams that don’t focus on DoT, as his Ultimate is perfect to soften up a single enemy for all kinds of damage.
It's heavily recommended to not end up on the wrong side of Luka's Ultimate.
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Honkai: Star Rail – Luka: ascension materials
Here’s everything you need to know to get Luka ascended to the maximum level and upgrade all of his talents.
Luka requires the following ascension materials to get to level 80 in addition to the necessary XP:
- Credits x246,000
- Ancient Part x12
- Ancient Spindle x13
- Ancient Engine x12
- Broken Teeth of Iron Wolf x50
You can collect Ancient Parts, Spindles, and Engines from Automaton enemies in the Robot Settlement or the Great Mine as well as the Simulated Universe. You can create or exchange them through the Omni-Synthesizer on the Astral Express, too. Ancient Parts are one of the base materials you can easily farm through the Daily Assignments to your characters, making for a steady income of the material. Broken Teeth of Iron Wolf are dropped by the Stagnant Shadow in the Great Mine or gained through exchange. The best source of Credits is the Golden Calyx in the Great Mine.
Luka requires the following materials to upgrade his combat abilities and Traces:
- Credits x2,400,000
- Ancient Part x28
- Ancient Spindle x42
- Ancient Engine x42
- Obsidian of Dread x12
- Obsidian of Desolation x54
- Obsidian of Obsession x105
- Regret of Infinite Ochema x12
- Tracks of Destiny x5
For the materials already mentioned, check above. Obsidians can be farmed in the Crimson Calyx found in the Great Mine. As usual, you can create the high-level materials by using lower-level materials in the Omni-Synthesizer on the Astral Express.
Regret of Infinite Ochema is a rarer material only gained from the Echo of War (Scalegorge Waterscape) domain by beating Phantylia, while Tracks of Destiny can be obtained during time-limited events, the Embers Exchange, the Nameless Honor, or as a Simulated Universe Points Reward.
