Honkai Star Rail Herta Build: Best Light Cones, Relics & More

Herta is a powerful 4-star Ice damage dealer in Honkai Star Rail. With the right build, she can provide strong AoE damage to help wipe out groups of enemies. This guide will cover the best Herta build, Light Cones, Relics, skills, and team composition to maximize her potential.

Best Star Rail Herta Build

Herta's abilities focus on AoE Ice damage:

Basic Attack - Deals Ice damage to a single target.
Skill - Damages all enemies with Ice, increasing damage if they have over 50% HP.
Ultimate - Hits all enemies with high Ice damage.
Technique - Boosts Herta's ATK for 3 turns after use.

Her Eidolon talents also boost her Ice damage and critical hits.

Best Light Cones for Herta

The 5-star Light Cone Before Dawn is ideal for increasing Herta's critical damage. The 4-stars Today Is Another Peaceful Day and The Seriousness of Breakfast are good alternatives, providing damage boosts.

There are going to be new light cones coming in HSR 2.0, but for now, these are the best light cones for Herta:

Increases the wearer's CRIT DMG by 60%.
Increases the wearer's Skill and Ultimate DMG by 30%.
After the wearer uses their Skill or Ultimate, they gain Somnus Corpus. Upon triggering a follow-up attack, Somnus Corpus will be consumed and the follow-up attack DMG increases by 80%.

After entering battle, increases the wearer's DMG based on their Max Energy.
DMG increases by 0.40% per point of Energy, up to 160 Energy.

Increases the wearer's DMG by 24%.
For every defeated enemy, the wearer's ATK increases by 8%, stacking up to 3 time(s).

Best Relics for Herta

The best relics for Herta in HSR are:

Hunter of Glacial Forest 2-piece set boosts Ice damage and critical damage after Herta's Ultimate.
Musketeer of Wild Wheat 2-piece improves ATK and basic attack damage.

For Planar Ornaments, the best options are:

Space Sealing Station raises ATK based on Speed.
Insert Salsotto increases critical damage if her critical rate exceeds 50%.

Recommended Team Setup

A team of Herta, Himeko, March 7th, and Natasha focuses on follow-up attack damage.

Natasha provides healing while Herta, Himeko, and March 7th dish out damage.
Serval and Asta can also work instead of March 7th and Natasha.

Also read: Honkai Star Rail 2.0 Leaks Free Pulls, Events & More

Summary

Stack Ice damage and critical with Hunter of Glacial Forest Relics and Before Dawn Light Cone.
Space Sealing Station and Insert Salsotto are top Ornaments.
Use alongside Himeko, March 7th and Natasha for follow-up attack synergy.
Eidolon talents improve Ice damage and criticals.
Skill and Ultimate provide devastating AoE Ice damage.

By optimizing her Relics, Light Cones and team composition, Herta can unleash devastating multi-target Ice damage to swiftly eliminate groups of foes in Honkai Star Rail.