Honkai Star Rail 3.5 Hysilens: Kit, Builds, and Teams

Key Features:

• DoT Powerhouse: When allies attack, Hysilens slaps enemies with DoT effects like Wind Shear, Bleed, Burn, or Shock, mixing it up each time.
• Damage Boosts: Her Ultimate creates a Zone that cuts enemy DEF, and her Skill makes enemies take more damage.
• DoT Synergy: Her Zone triggers extra DoT damage when enemies are hit by DoTs, and her traces let her detonate DoTs for big damage early on.

Limitations:

• She’s super focused on DoT teams, which limits her flexibility since there aren’t many DoT units out there.

Hysilens Character Profile

★ Rarity: 5-star
★ Combat Types: Physical
★ Path: The Nihility

Signature Light Cone

Why Does the Ocean Sing

HP: 953 | ATK: 635 | DEF: 463

Boosts the wearer’s Effect Hit Rate by 40%. When the wearer hits an enemy with a debuff, there’s an 80% chance to apply "Enthrallment" for 3 turns (doesn’t stack with same-type effects). While in Enthrallment, each debuff the wearer adds increases the enemy’s DoT damage taken by 5%, stacking up to 6 times. Allies attacking enthralled enemies get a 10% SPD boost for 3 turns. If the wearer is knocked out, Enthrallment ends.

This is the top pick for a Hysilens build, making it easier to hit Effect Hit Rate goals and amping up DoT damage for DoT team strategies.

Basic ATK

Aeolian Mode: Echoes in Still Waters

Deals Physical DMG equal to 100% of Hysilens’s ATK to one enemy. Simple but effective when you need to save SP.

Skill

Overtone Hum: Chorus After Dark Tides

100% chance to make all enemies take 20% more damage for 3 turns, plus deals Physical DMG equal to 140% of Hysilens’s ATK to all enemies. Great for setting up your team’s damage.

Ultimate

Maelstrom Rhapsody: Dance of Raging-Tides and Devoured Souls

Creates a Zone that cuts enemy ATK by 15% and DEF by 25%, while dealing Physical DMG equal to 200% of Hysilens’s ATK to all enemies.

Enemies in the Zone take Physical DoT (80% of Hysilens’s ATK) when hit by other DoTs, up to 8 times per turn or ally action (won’t trigger off itself). The Zone lasts 3 turns but disappears if Hysilens is knocked out. A must-have for any Honkai Star Rail guide focused on DoT teams.

Talent

The Sea Siren Sings: Sirenic Serenade

When an ally attacks, there’s a 100% chance to apply Wind Shear, Bleed, Burn, or Shock, switching between them.

• Wind Shear, Burn, Shock: Enemies take Wind, Fire, or Lightning DoT (25% of Hysilens’s ATK) at the start of each turn for 2 turns.
• Bleed: Enemies take Physical DoT equal to 20% of their Max HP (capped at 25% of Hysilens’s ATK) each turn for 2 turns.

Technique

At Ocean’s Abode: Oceanic Abode

Hysilens creates a Special Dimension for 20 seconds that moves forward, putting enemies in a "Soulstruck" state where they don’t attack allies and follow the dimension.

In battle, Soulstruck enemies have a 100% chance to get 2 of her Talent’s DoTs (Wind Shear, Bleed, Burn, or Shock). Only one ally’s Dimension Effect can be active at a time.

Bonus Abilities (Major Traces)

1. The Gladiorum of Conquest

At battle start, Hysilens creates a Zone like her Ultimate’s, lasting 3 turns. She also recovers 1 Skill Point when creating a Zone, making your DoT team strategies more SP-efficient.

2. The Bubble of Banquets

When Hysilens uses her Ultimate, enemies with DoTs take 150% of their current DoT damage instantly, perfect for frontloaded damage.

3. The Fiddle of Pearls

If Hysilens’s Effect Hit Rate is over 60%, every 10% above that boosts her DMG by 15%, up to 90%. Key for optimizing a Hysilens build.

Stat Boosts

♦ +18% ATK
♦ +14 SPD
♦ +10% Effect Hit Rate

Eidolons

1. You Ask Why Hearts Cry: Why My Heart Grieves, You Inquire

When Hysilens is on the field, allies deal DoT equal to 116% of the original DoT damage. Her Talent’s DoTs also have a 100% chance to apply an extra identical DoT state (coexists with the original).

2. Tell Me Why Waves Roar High: Why the Waves Roar, You Entreat

While the Zone is active, the DMG Boost from The Fiddle of Pearls applies to all allies.

3. Why Do Lights Bid Goodbye: Why the Lamplights Forget, You Postulate

Ultimate Lv. +2, up to Lv. 15.
Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to Lv. 10.

4. Lo, How Time Flows By: Behold, For What Does Time Flow

While the Zone is active, enemies’ All-Type RES drops by 20%.

5. In Ablution, I Hum and Sigh: In Ablution, I Hum

Skill Lv. +2, up to Lv. 15.
Talent Lv. +2, up to Lv. 15.

6. When Will You Return, Sunken One

Zone’s Physical DoT trigger count increases to 12. Her Talent’s DoTs have a 100% chance to apply an extra DoT state, calculated separately.

Hysilens Trace Priority

• Basic ATK: Only level up if SP is tight; her focus is on supporting DoT damage.
• Skill: Boost this after Ultimate and Talent for more enemy damage taken.
• Ultimate: Top priority for DEF shred and DoT multipliers.
• Talent: Second priority for stronger DoT debuffs.

Hysilens Recommended Light Cones

1. Best

Why Does the Ocean Sing
Boosts Effect Hit Rate by 40%, applies Enthrallment (80% chance, 3 turns) for 5% DoT damage increase per debuff (up to 6 stacks), and gives allies 10% SPD when attacking enthralled enemies. Best relics for Hysilens include this for easier stat builds and team synergy.

2. Good

Reforged Remembrance
40% Effect Hit Rate, grants Prophet stacks (up to 4) for each DoT type, boosting ATK by 5% and ignoring 7.2% enemy DEF per stack. Great for her multi-DoT kit.

Eyes of the Prey
40% Effect Hit Rate and 48% DoT DMG. Solid free-to-play option for a Hysilens build.

Hysilens Recommended Relics & Planar Ornaments & Stats Priority

1. Relics

Prisoner in Deep Confinement
2-Pc: +12% ATK.
4-Pc: Ignores 6% enemy DEF per DoT (up to 3). Best relics for Hysilens for DEF shred.

2. Planar Ornament

Revelry by the Sea
2-Pc: +12% ATK, +12%/24% DoT DMG at 2400/3600 ATK.

Pan-Cosmic Commercial Enterprise
2-Pc: +10% Effect Hit Rate, +ATK (25% of Effect Hit Rate, up to 25%).

Firmament Frontline: Glamoth
2-Pc: +12% ATK, +12%/18% DMG at 135/160 SPD.
Choose based on your stats; Revelry is great for high-ATK DoT builds.

3. Stats Priority

Main Stats:
- Body: Effect Hit Rate or ATK (if >120% Effect Hit Rate).
- Feet: ATK or SPD (ATK preferred with trace SPD).
- Planar Sphere: Physical DMG Boost or ATK.
- Link Rope: ATK.

Sub Stats: 120% Effect Hit Rate > ATK > SPD.

Hysilens Recommended Teams

Triple DoT Team

Core: Hysilens (DoT applicator/detonator), Black Swan (DoT applicator; or Sampo, Luka, Guinaifen), Kafka (main detonator).
Sustain: Gallagher, Luocha, or Aventurine (low SP, frequent attackers).

Double DoT Team

Core: Hysilens, Kafka (key for DoT detonation).
Supports: Robin (attack frequency, damage buffs), Asta (SPD, Burn), Ruan Mei (SPD, damage buffs), Tingyun (Energy, ATK), Tribbie (general buffs).
Sustain: Gallagher, Luocha, Aventurine.

Conclusion

Hysilens is a game-changer for DoT teams in Honkai: Star Rail, pairing perfectly with Kafka and Black Swan. With the right Hysilens build—focusing on Effect Hit Rate, ATK, and best relics for Hysilens like Prisoner in Deep Confinement—she turns DoT strategies into a dominant force. This Honkai Star Rail guide helps you maximize her potential for consistent, high-damage output.