Best Aventurine Honkai Star Rail build: Relics, Light Cone, team comp, more

Aventurine is a 5-star Imaginary Preservation unit in Honkai Star Rail and he can function both as a sustain as well as a sub-DPS depending on the team and the build.

Aventurine is one of the best units you can pull in Honkai Star Rail. He is the most reliable shielder you can go for in the game, but he also deals damage. Aventurine’s follow-up attacks are very good and they work exceptionally well even in Memory of Chaos and Simulated Universe.

Therefore, if you lack a sustain, you should pull for Aventurine. In case you do, we have you covered with everything you need to build him at the best possible level.

Best Aventurine build in Honkai Star Rail

Light Cone	Relic	Ornament	Stats	Team Comp
Inherently Unjust Destiny	Knight of Purity Palace	Broken Keel	Body: DEF% Feet: SPD Sphere: DEF% Rope: DEF% Substats: DEF%, Crit DMG, SPD	Feixiao, Robin, Topaz, Aventurine

Best Light Cone

The best Light Cone for Aventurine is the 5-star weapon Inherently Unjust Destiny. This Light Cone increases the DEF of the wearer by 40%. Once the wearer provides a shield to an ally, the CRIT DMG of the wearer will increase by 40% and last for 2 turns.

Whenever the wearer will hit an enemy with a follow-up attack, the damage taken by that target is increased by 10% for a 100% base chance. This Light Cone is catered towards Aventurine and can only be obtained from the gacha.

If you do not intend to pull for his dedicated Light Cone, you can go for a 5-star substitute, Moment of Victory. This Light Cone can be pulled from the standard gacha, or purchased from Starlight Exchange for 600 Undying Starlight.

Among the 4-star options, you can go for the Light Cone Concert for Two. Additionally, you can also go for the Trend of the Universal Market. This particular Light Cone will allow Aventurine to add debuffs to enemy targets, which in turn, will synchronize quite well with characters like Acheron and Kafka.

Best Relics and Ornaments

The best Relic set for Aventurine is Knight of Purity Palace. This Light Cone is catered towards increasing the DEF of Aventurine which synergizes with his kit. The set bonuses have been discussed below:

• 2-piece bonus: Increases DEF by 15%.
• 4-piece bonus: Increases the max DMG that can be absorbed by the Shield created by the wearer by 20%.

There is also the option to go for a broken set in case you want to increase Aventurine’s DPS. In such a case you can go for 2 piece Knight of Purity Palace and 2 piece The Ashblazing Grand Duke. The set bonuses for these are as follows:

• 2-piece bonus (Knight of Purity Palace): Increases DEF by 15%.
• 2-piece bonus (The Ashblazing Grand Duke): Increases the DMG dealt by follow-up attacks by 20%.

The Ornament set you should go for is Broken Keel. This Ornament set will enhance the CRIT DMG of both Aventurine and party members which will synergize with his kit. It is easy to activate this Ornament set using his Skill ability.

Best Team Comp for Aventurine

Aventurine being a shielder can function in a wide range of teams. However, there are two where he will excel the most:

Aventurine follow-up team

The best team comp for Aventurine includes Feixiao, Topaz, and Robin. In this team, the entire party can chain follow-up attacks one after another and take down enemies very quickly.

In fact, Aventurine and Topaz’s follow-up moves trigger Feixiao’s passive which helps her get stacks for her Ultimate while also triggering the follow-up attacks. Additionally, Robin is the best support for follow-up teams and she buffs up the entire party massively.

This team is extremely powerful but is also quite costly since it needs four limited 5-star units.

Aventurine Nihility team

Aventurine can function exceptionally well with Nihility teams. This team will consist of Aventurine, Acheron, Pela, and Silver Wolf. The reason why this works is because Aventurine increases Acheron’s Slashed Dream Count through his ultimate.

Additionally, using the Trend of the Universal Market helps Aventurine to apply debuffs on the enemies. This further helps enable Acheron, thereby creating wonderful synergy between the two units.

Aventurine abilities

Basic ATK – Straight Bet

Deals Imaginary DMG equal to 50% of Aventurine’s DEF to a single enemy.

Skill – Cornerstone Deluxe

Provides all allies with a Fortified Wager shield that can block DMG equal to 16% of Aventurine’s DEF plus 80, lasting for 3 turn(s). When repeatedly gaining Fortified Wager, the Shield effect can stack, up to 200% of the Shield provided by the current Skill.

Ultimate – Roulette Shark

Randomly gains 1 to 7 points of Blind Bet. Then inflicts Unnerved on a single target enemy, lasting for 3 turn(s). And deals Imaginary DMG equal to 162% of Aventurine’s DEF to the single target enemy. When an ally hits an Unnerved enemy target, the CRIT DMG dealt increases by 9%.

Talent – Shot Loaded Right

The Effect RES increases by 13% for a single ally with Fortified Wager. And when this allied character gets attacked, Aventurine gains 1 point of Blind Bet. When Aventurine has Fortified Wager, he can resist Crowd Control debuffs.

This effect can trigger again after 2 turn(s). Aventurine additionally gains 1 point(s) of Blind Bet after getting attacked. Upon reaching 7 points of Blind Bet, Aventurine consumes the 7 points to launch a 7-hit follow-up attack, with each hit dealing Imaginary DMG equal to 25% of Aventurine’s DEF to a single random enemy. Blind Bet is capped at 10 points.

Technique – The Red or the Black

After using the Technique, 1 of the following effects will be granted:
There is a chance for DEF to increase by 24%.
There is a high chance for DEF to increase by 36%.
There is a small chance for DEF to increase by 60%.
Only the latest effect will be kept. After entering the next battle, increases all allies’ DEF by the corresponding amount, lasting for 3 turn(s).

Traces

• Leverage: For every 100 of Aventurine’s DEF that exceeds 1600, increases his own CRIT Rate by 2%, up to a maximum increase of 48%.
• Hot Hand: When battle starts, grants all allies a Fortified Wager shield, whose Shield effect is equal to 100% of the one provided by the Skill, lasting for 3 turn(s).
• Bingo!: After an ally with Fortified Wager launches a follow-up attack, Aventurine accumulates 1 Blind Bet point. This effect can trigger up to 3 time(s). And its trigger count resets at the start of Aventurine’s turn.
  • After Aventurine launches his Talent’s follow-up attack, provides all allies with a Fortified Wager that can block DMG equal to 7% of Aventurine’s DEF plus 96, and additionally grants a Fortified Wager that can block DMG equal to 7% of Aventurine’s DEF plus 96 to the ally with the lowest Shield effect, lasting for 3 turns.

Aventurine Eidolons

• Level 1 – Prisoner’s Dilemma: Increases Crit Damage for allies with Fortified Wager by 20%. Also provides a Fortified Wager Shield to the entire team, with the shield effect equaling 100% of that provided by Aventurine’s Skill, lasting for three turns.
• Level 2 – Bounded Rationality: When using his basic attack, Aventurine reduces the target’s All-Type Resistance by 12% for three turns.
• Level 3 – Droprate Maxing: Increases the level of Aventurine’s Ultimate by two with a maximum upgrade level of 15, and increases the level of his Basic Attack by one, with a maximum upgrade level of 10.
• Level 4 – Unexpected Hanging Paradox: When triggering Aventurine’s talent’s follow up attacks, his defence first increases by 40% for two turns. The follow up attack’s Hits Per Action triggered by his talent also increases by three.
• Level 5 – Ambiguity Aversion: Increases the level of Aventurine’s Skill and Talent by two, with a maximum upgrade Level of 15.
• Level 6 – Stag Hunt Game: For each ally with a shield, the damage dealt by Aventurine increases by 50%, up to a maximum increase of 150%.

Aventurine Pros and Cons

Aventurine is an exceptional unit, but he also has his weaknesses. Here are the pros and cons of the unit:

Pros	Cons
Reliable shielder with no downtime	Difficult to build if going for Sub-DPS, need DEF, Crit, and SPD
Deals DMG through follow-up attacks	Resource heavy unit as all his traces need leveling-up
Multiple Light Cone options
Does not need Eidolons and hence f2p friendly

Aventurine trailer

On April 16, 2024, Honkai Star Rail officially launched a trailer for Aventurine. If you missed it, do not forget to check it from the link below:

So, there you have it, that’s everything we know about Aventurine in Honkai Star Rail. If you want to learn more about Honkai Star Rail, check out our guides for codes, Twitch drops, and voice actors.