Best Yunli Honkai Star Rail build: Relics, Light Cones & team comp

Yunli is a 5-star Physical Destruction unit in Honkai Star Rail. Here is the best build for this unit, including her Relics, Light Cones, and team comp.

Yunli is an interesting unit in Honkai Star Rail. She’s a mix between Clara and Blade and primarily functions as a follow-up unit. She’s pretty strong but needs units like Robin and Topaz to deal efficient damage.

Additionally, she relies on getting hit by enemies, which can make her a bit inconsistent. However, she is still not very far from some of the top DPS characters in the game.

If you’re interested in pulling for Yunli, we have you covered with the best build guide for the character.

Best Yunli build in Honkai Star Rail

Light Cone	Relic	Ornament	Stats	Team Comp
Dance at Sunset	The Wind Soaring Valorous (4-pc)	Inert Salsotto (2-pc)	Body: Crit Rate Feet: ATK% Sphere: Physical DMG Rope: ATK% Substats: Crit Rate, Crit DMG, ATK%	Yunli, Topaz, Robin, Huohuo

While this is the best build for Yunli, if you’re interested in learning about each of the components within the setup, we have discussed those in the following sections. There’s a lot of context on why these have been selected and she also has some really good alternative options.

Best Light Cones for Yunli

Dance at Sunset

This is the best Light Cone for Yunli in Honkai Star Rail and synergizes best with her kit. This weapon increases the chances of the wearer getting attacked and provides a 36% CRIT DMG boost. Additionally, using the Ultimate ability grants the wearer a stack of Firedance and it lasts for 2 turns.

Every Firedance stack provides a 36% boost to the wearer’s follow-up attack damage. Since Yunli is a follow-up unit, this weapon directly buffs those attacks, thereby providing a massive boost to her overall output.

The Unreachable Side

This is Blade’s 5-star signature Light Cone, but it works quite well on Yunli. This is because, upon equipping Light Cone, the wearer gains an 18% Crit Rate boost and an 18% HP boost. Additionally, upon getting attacked or consuming their own HP, the wearer gains a 24% DMG boost.

Something Irreplaceable

This Light is also decent on Yunli, even though its damage output does not match the ones mentioned above. Upon equipping this Light Cone, the wearer gains a 24% ATK boost and restores 8% HP when they get hit or defeat an enemy.

The wearer also gains a 24% damage boost until the end of their turn. Since Yunli is all about follow-up attacks and getting focused on by the enemy, this Light Cone can be a viable choice if you lack anything else.

Best Relic and Ornament set for Yunli

Relics

The Wind-Soaring Valorous is the best Relic set for Yunli in Honkai Star Rail. The set bonus for this Relic set is as follows:

Set Piece	Set Bonus
2-pc	ATK increases by 12%.
4-pc	Increases the wearer’s CRIT Rate by 6%. After the wearer uses a follow-up attack, increases the DMG dealt by their Ultimate by 30%, lasting for 1 turn(s).

This Relic set provides a lot of stat boost for Yunli, which greatly enhances her damage output. However, if you have a 4-pc Ashblazing Grand Duke with good stats, you can also use those until you farm The Wind Soaring Valorous.

Ornament

The best Ornament set for Yunli in Honkai Star Rail is Inert Salsotto. The set bonus for this set is as follows:

Set piece	Set Bonus
2-pc	Increases the wearer’s CRIT Rate by 8%. When the wearer’s current CRIT Rate reaches 50% or higher, the wearer’s Ultimate and follow-up attack DMG increases by 15%.

However, you can also go for Duran, Dynasty of Running Wolves, provided your team is running other follow-up units like Himeko or Jade.

Yunli Ascension and Trace level-up materials

Ascension

Yunli in Honkai Star Rail needs Artifex’s Module and its upgrades and IPC Work Permit for ascension. The exact number of materials she needs is as follows:

• Artifex’s Module x15
• Artifex’s Cogwheel x15
• Artifex’s Gyreheart x15
• IPC Work Permit x65

Traces

Yunli’s Traces in Honkai Star Rail need Borisin Teeth and its upgrades, Artifex’s Module and its upgrades, and Regret of Infinite Ochema. The exact number of materials she needs is as follows:

• Borisin Teeth x18
• Lupitoxin Sawteeth x69
• Moon Rage Fang x139
• Artifex’s Module x41
• Artifex’s Cogwheel x56
• Artifex’s Gyreheart x58
• Rage of Infinite Ochema x12

Best Yunli team comp

Yunli is a mix of Blade and Clara when it comes to her kit. If you want to make the most out of this character, the best units to pair alongside Yunli are Topaz, Robin, and Huohuo. In this team, Topaz functions as a sub-DPS who also happens to assist in the follow-up attacks. Robin is the best Harmony unit for follow-up characters, and Huohuo provides heals, cleanse, and ATK buffs.

Alternatively, you can also run a team of Yunli, Robin, Tingyun, and Huohuo. In this team, Tingyun is the additional Harmony unit who will further boost Yunli’s damage. Finally, if you are free-to-play, a team of Yunli, Imaginary March 7th, Pela, and Lynx will also work quite well.

Yunli Traces

Yunli’s Traces in Honkai Star Rail are as follows:

Basic Attack

ABILITY NAME	DESCRIPTION
Galespin Summersault	Deals Physical ATK equivalent to 50% of Yunli’s ATK to a single enemy.

Skill

ABILITY NAME	DESCRIPTION
Bladeborne Quake	Restores HP equal to 20% of Yunli’s ATK plus 50. Deals Physical DMG equal to 60^ of Yunli’s ATK to a single target enemy and 30% to adjacent targets.

Ultimate

ABILITY NAME

DESCRIPTION

Earthbind, Eatherbreak

Consume 120 Energy. Yunli gains Parry and taunts all enemies, lasting until the end of the next turn of an allied or enemy unit. While Block is active, Yunli’s Crit DMG increases by 60%. When the Counter Talent effect is triggered while block is active, it will be switched to a Counter Intuit: Cull Effect and also dispel Parry. If no Counters are triggered while Block is active, when the effect ends, Yunli will immediately launch a Counter Intuit: Slash effect on a random target. When an Intuit: Slash is inflicted, it will cause the next Intuit: Slash to become Intuit: Cull. Intuit: Slash- Deals Physical DMG to a target equal to 132% of Yunli’s ATK, and deals Physical DMG to adjacent targets equal to 66% of Yunli’s ATK. Intuit: Cull- Deals Physical DMG to a target equal to 132% of Yunli’s ATK to the target, and deals Physical DMG to adjacent targets equal to 66% of Yunli’s ATK. Additionally, deal 6 instances of DMG, with each instant dealing Physical DMG equal to 43% of Yunli’s ATK to a random single target.

Talent

ABILITY NAME	DESCRIPTION
Flashforge	When Yunli is attacked by an enemy target, additionally generates 15 energy and immediately launches a Counter on the attacker, dealing Physical DMG equal to 60% of Yunli’s ATK, and Physical DMG to adjacent targets equal to 30% of Yunli’s ATK.

Technique

ABILITY NAME	DESCRIPTION
Posterior Precedence	Gains the Ward Effect for 15 seconds. When entering combat by attacking enemies or receiving an attack, immediately inflicts Intuit: Cull on a random enemy, and increases this ATK’s DMG by 80%.

Passives

ABILITY NAME	DESCRIPTION
Fiery Wheel	After each use of Intuit: Slash, the next Intuit: Slash will be replaced by Intuit: Cull.
Demon Quell	While in the Parry state, resists Crowd Control debuffs received and reduces DMG received by 20%.
True Sunder	When using a Counter, increases Yunli’s ATK by 30%, lasting for 1 turn.

Yunli Eidolons

Here are the Eidolons for Yunli in Honkai Star Rail:

• Level 1- Weathered Blade Does not Sully: DMG from Intuit: Slash and Intuit: Cull increases by 20%, and Intuit: Cull’s extra DMG Hits increases by 3.
• Level 2- First Luster Breaks Dawn: When Yunli deals DMG via launching a Counter, ignores 20% of the target’s DEF. Yunli increases her own CRIT Rate by 18% at the end of the turn, lasting until the beginning of the next turn.
• Level 3- Mastlength Twirls Mountweight: Ultimate Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 10.
• Level 4- Artisan’s Ironsong: After launching Intuit: Slash or Intuit: Cull, increases this unit’s Effect RES by 50% for 1 turn.
• Level 5- Blade of Old Outlasts All: Skill Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Talent Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
• Level 6: Walk in Blade, Talk in Zither: While Parry is active, if an enemy actively uses their abilities, regardless of whether it attacks Yunli or not, it will trigger “Intuit: Cull” and remove the “Parry” effect. When dealing DMG via “Intuit: Slash” or “Intuit: Cull”, increases CRIT Rate by 15% and Physical RES PEN by 20%.

Yunli pros and cons

While Yunli is strong, she has a few glaring problems. Here are the pros and cons of Yunli in Honkai Star Rail:

Pros	Cons
Powerful DPS unit	Kit can be inconsistent at times
Can work in follow-up teams	Deals low Toughness damage
Works in both single-target and AoE scenarios

Yunli trailer

On July 30, 2024, HoYoverse released the official trailer for Yunli on their YouTube channel. If you did not check it out yet, you can do so from the link provided below:

If you are looking to know more about Honkai Star Rail characters, check out our guides on Boothill and Fu Xuan. For more on the game in general, check out our guides on banners, codes, and the version 2.4 update.