In Honkai: Star Rail, having diverse elemental characters is valuable for exploiting enemy weaknesses and maximizing damage. While there are no specific interactions between elements, exploiting weaknesses matters. The game emphasizes team strategy through weakness break mechanics.
Argenti, a limited-time 5-star Physical Erudition character, stands out among the substantial DPS character lineup. For players lacking a Phys DPS character like Clara, Argenti could be a beneficial addition due to his unique abilities, especially his Ultimate move, which suits team-focused playstyles. However, fully utilizing Argenti's potential depends on proper character development and synergy within the team.
Best Argenti build in Star Rail
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Argenti review
Argenti captures attention with his charismatic appearance and a touch of delightful awkwardness. The rising appreciation for Erudition characters aligns well with his potential for success. He stands out as a potent damage dealer, armed with a straightforward yet impactful set of abilities.
His Skill inflicts damage on all enemies, scaling up to 120% of his ATK at its highest Trace level. While it may not be the flashiest move, it boasts the highest multiplier among similar Erudition Skills. Despite the seemingly small difference from the standard 100%, the increase becomes notably significant, especially against multiple enemies.
His Ultimate is groundbreaking. It operates at two Energy thresholds: 90 and 180. At 90 Energy, it deals decent damage to all enemies at a low cost. However, unleashing it at 180 Energy unleashes substantially greater damage on all enemies and triggers six additional single-target attacks. These bonus attacks, similar to Asta or Sampo’s skills, ignore 'dead' targets, ensuring no wasted damage on already defeated foes.
The combined effect of Argenti’s 180-cost Ultimate is staggering, especially against multiple foes, reaching almost unprecedented levels of damage. Even against a single target, its potency remains impressive, inflicting 120 Toughness damage akin to Imbibitor Lunae’s Fulgurant Leap.
Using his max-cost Ultimate frequently is ideal, though the hefty 180 Energy requirement presents a challenge. Fortunately, Argenti's Talent partially mitigates this issue. Each enemy struck by his attacks restores 3 Energy. While seemingly modest, when combined with Energy gains from his Skill and the potential of gaining an additional 15 Energy per turn against five enemies, this Talent significantly eases the otherwise steep cost of his full Ultimate.
Best relics for Argenti
Argenti, a straightforward DPS character relying on ATK for damage, aligns with common DPS builds, especially concerning sub-stats. The preferred relic set for him is the Champion of Streetwise Boxing, amplifying his Physical DMG and providing up to a 25% ATK boost as stacks accumulate from attacking or taking hits. This straightforward condition makes the set highly beneficial for Argenti. For players without access to this relic or uninterested in further farming, combining it with Musketeer of Wild Wheat is an option.
However, since Argenti's primary damage output stems from his Enhanced Ultimate fueled by more Energy usage, the Inert Salsotto set proves most effective. This planar ornament set bolsters Crit Rate, synergizing with Argenti's ability to enhance his own Crit Rate. Reaching a manageable 50% Crit Rate significantly amplifies his Ultimate's damage. Alternatively, a Speed-focused Argenti might benefit from the Firmament Frontline Glamoth set, boosting overall damage and ATK%. Optimizing this set involves sacrificing ATK% boots for Speed boots, demanding a balance in Argenti's stats, particularly ATK and Crit values. Given that Argenti's ascension traces often prioritize ATK, prioritizing Crit values through substats over ATK and Speed is advisable, along with equipping a Crit DMG or Crit Rate piece for the Body.
Interestingly, while main stats generally follow the standard for Argenti and similar DPS characters, choosing an Energy Regeneration Rate piece for the Link Rope is highly recommended. This choice aids in speeding up his energy gain, complementing his innate talent for energy regeneration.
Best teammates for Argenti
Argenti, this Knight of Beauty, shines in his simplicity, which might just be his greatest strength. Unlike other characters needing stacks, Skill Points, or primed enemies, Argenti simply gets the job done—it just works™. While some might find this straightforwardness limiting, especially in team compositions, its inherent value becomes clear over time.
Pairing him with units that alleviate his high Ultimate cost, like Tingyun and Huohuo, proves beneficial. Characters enabling Argenti to take more actions, such as Asta, Bronya, and Hanya, indirectly reduce the Ultimate's cost by leveraging his Energy-restoring Talent, significantly boosting his total damage. Due to Argenti's simplicity, team setups become flexible, allowing for various combinations that can work effectively.
Light Cones for Argenti
Fortunately, players have several viable options when it comes to building Argenti, allowing him to wield a range of different weapons of various rarities, whether they're obtainable through F2P means or otherwise. Generally, Argenti thrives with light cones that bolster stats like Crit Damage, ATK, and overall or Ultimate damage.
His signature light cone, An Instant Before A Gaze, stands as the top choice, amplifying his Crit Damage and further boosting Ultimate damage based on the maximum energy consumed. Yet, alternative weapons exist that can either enhance Ultimate damage or elevate his stats such as Crit or ATK:
- Make the World Clamor: Obtainable through Gacha or via participation in the Honkai: Star Rail launch web event, this light cone grants initial energy generation for Argenti at the battle start and persists with increased Ultimate Damage, especially potent with superimpositions.
- Today Is Another Peaceful Day: A Battle Pass light cone for Erudition, this option increases damage based on maximum Energy requirements, providing a significant boost to both Skill, Basic Attack, and Ultimate damage despite a cap on its effectiveness.
- Before Dawn: Jing Yuan's signature light cone boosts Crit DMG, Skill DMG, and Ultimate DMG, though its follow-up attack effect doesn't align with Argenti's mechanics.
- Night on the Milky Way: Effective in battles with multiple enemies, enhancing damage especially when focusing on triggering weakness breaks frequently.
- The Seriousness of Breakfast: An accessible option obtainable through Echoes of War and Forgotten Hall, offering an all-around damage increase without conditions, further boosting ATK upon defeating enemies.
- Data Bank: Despite being a 3-star light cone, it significantly enhances Ultimate damage by 56% at max superimposition, presenting a relatively F2P-friendly alternative.
- Geniuses' Repose: As a last resort, this option provides an unconditional ATK boost, along with a conditional Crit DMG increase upon defeating enemies, effective in battles involving bosses spawning additional enemies.