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Hook Build Guide
Honkai: Star Rail

Hook Build Guide

Discover the best build for Hook in Honkai: Star Rail! Learn about her recommended Light Cones, Relics, Ornaments, Traces, and team compositions to maximize her damage output.

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Discover the best build for Hook in Honkai: Star Rail! Learn about her recommended Light Cones, Relics, Ornaments, Traces, and team compositions to maximize her damage output.

Hook is a 4-star Pyro Destruction character who excels at dealing consistent damage, especially against single targets. Her kit revolves around her Skill, which deals significant Pyro DMG, and her Ultimate, which enhances her next Basic Attack and Skill. This guide will help you build Hook to her full potential in Honkai: Star Rail.

Recommended Light Cones

  • The MOTH: Against the Cold (5-star Destruction): Hook's signature Light Cone, providing a significant ATK boost and DMG bonus.
  • On the Fall of an Aeon (5-star Destruction): A strong general-purpose Destruction Light Cone that increases ATK and DMG based on defeating enemies.
  • Under the Blue Sky (4-star Destruction): Offers a substantial ATK boost and increases DMG when defeating enemies.
  • The Savior’s Timeline (4-star Destruction): Provides an ATK boost and increases DMG based on the number of debuffs on the target.

Recommended Relics

Body

  • ATK%
  • Crit Rate%

Feet

  • ATK%
  • SPD

Planar Ornaments

  • Musketeer of Wild Wheat (4-piece): Increases ATK and Basic ATK DMG.
  • Fire-forged Cinders (4-piece): Increases Pyro DMG and ATK after using Ultimate.

Recommended Traces

Prioritize Traces in the following order:

  1. Skill
  2. Ultimate
  3. Talent
  4. Basic Attack

Team Compositions

Hook works well in teams that can provide buffs and debuffs to amplify her damage. Consider pairing her with:

  • Bronya: Provides buffs to ATK, DMG, and CRIT DMG, as well as an extra turn.
  • Tingyun: Buffs Hook's ATK and Energy Regeneration, allowing for more frequent Ultimates.
  • Pela: Reduces enemy DEF, significantly increasing Hook's damage output.
  • Welt: Applies Imprisonment and Weakness Break, further enhancing Hook's effectiveness.

A sample team could be: Hook, Bronya, Tingyun, and a shielder like March 7th or Gepard.

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