Honkai: Star Rail – Should You Pull For Acheron Or Jingliu?

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Honkai: Star Railcontinuously comes up with new mechanics for their characters to bring more variations into the gameplay. Acheron is one of the most interesting characters so far. She has no Energy bar for her Ultimate, but instead requires her team to build up her “Energy” by applying debuffs.

Considering Acheron’s demanding playstyle, players may wonder whether theyshould pull for Acheron or Jingliu, given Jingliu is far friendlier to build and use compared to Acheron. Fortunately, for those wondering,is Acheron good?Oris Jingliu good?The answer to both questions is yes,both Acheron and Jingliu are good and worth getting. However, before you pull for either of them, you must first understand what you need to invest in each character and how they may or may not fit in your current lineups.

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Pulling for Acheron or Jingliu is arguably thehardest decision inHonkai: Star Rail. Both units are exceptional damage dealers who can clear content quickly. Luckily, there are enough differences between the two units to be able to compare them and ease that decision. The best way to compare both DPS units is by comparing their roles, builds, and teams.

Roles

Being adecorated DPS inHonkai: Star Raillike Jingliu and Acheron ensures they’re the main damage dealer in their teams. Their role is to carry the entire team’s damage by being at the end of all the buffs and debuffs their team can offer. However, their playstyle greatly changes how both can handle this responsibility.

For Acheron, she wants her team to cast debuffs continuously to build up her Ultimate. She also wants to be paired with Nihility units inHonkai: Star Railto get an enormous damage buff from her Trace’s passive. This is crucial for her playstyle and makes it difficult for anyone else to deal damage other than her. But, despite all the limitations, Acheron can still play her role perfectly and deal a massive amount of damage.

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On the other hand, Jingliu doesn’t consume Skill Points, nor require a certain unit to be in her party to perform better. She’s a classical DPS that depends on buffers like Tingyun and debuffers likePela inHonkai: Star Rail. The freedom Jingliu gives allows you to include another DPS in the team.

In terms of roles, the main difference between the two is thatJingliu will move often due to her ability to advance her own actions, whileAcheron is an Ultimate-bot who only waits until her Ultimate is available to attack.

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Builds

While beingamazing at dealing damage, Jingliu suffers from a hurtful low Base SPD, which makes building her on SPD even harder. Even with her Traces covering some SPD back, she still needs many SPD sub-stats to go along with her speedy shoes to keep up with others’ SPD. Building Jingliu on4pc Hunter of Glacial ForestandRutilant Arenawith a good F2P 5-star Destruction Light Cone likeOn the Fall of an Aeonshould be enough to make her one of the best damage dealers in the game.

For Acheron, it’s not that easy either. In fact, Nothing can come close to her best-in-slot Light Cone, Along the Passing Shore, when it comes to damage. All other Light Cones massively underperform under her BiS, which makes it hard to settle with her second-best. As for Relics,4pc Pioneer Diver of Dead Watersis her best since it keeps her buffed against debuffed enemies, which is exactly what she needs. For Planar Ornaments, go forIzumo Gensei and Takama Divine Realmsince she will always be teamed with anotherNihility unit inHonkai: Star Rail.

In terms of build,Jingliu is far more F2P friendly than Acheron.

Teams

Both Acheron and Jingliu must have the team revolve around them, but Jingliu can be less selfish and include another DPS. She’s also apart of an amazing synergy with Bladesince she can continuously consume his HP and take a massive buff to her ATK. Both units barely use any Skill Points which gives Supports the freedom to use their Skills regularly without any setbacks.

As for Acheron, she’s more restricted since she requires at least one other Nihility character in her team. Players can go for Pela for this slot, or combine Kafka + Black Swan with Acheron. For the sustainer slot, you’re able to use Aventurine orGallagher inHonkai: Star Rail, since both can apply debuff in some ways. Powerful Harmony like Sparkle can also offset the bonus Acheron gains from having two Nihility in the team.