As a seasoned HoYoverse traveler, I’ve had the pleasure of encountering countless characters, each with their unique abilities and quirks. Among them, Fugue, the Foxen Venerate, has truly left an indelible mark on my gaming journey.

Initially, upon the debut of Honkai: Star Rail, the playstyle centered around Break hadn’t been established because there were no characters that derived benefits from it. The rare instance when you would enhance a character’s Break Effect was to inflict a significant Damage Over Time (DoT) on enemies, but this tactic soon became outdated in the game’s meta.

It’s astonishing how this strategy has become one of the most powerful ones in the game, especially with Fugue’s introduction. Fugue is a high-tier Fire Nihility character who is straightforward to grasp and employ.

Best Fugue Relics And Planar Ornaments

Regarding Fugue’s artifacts, similar to other characters based on the Break mechanic, she possesses limited versatility in her options. Here are some particular selections that would be ideal for you to consider:

Type Name Synergy With Fugue
Relics Iron Cavalry Against the Scourge If you’re playing Fugue in her best team, you’ll likely have over 250 percent Break Effect quite easily. This set allows you to ignore 25 percent of the enemy’s DEF for Super Break DMG when that happens.
Thief of Shooting Meteor On the other hand, if you’re using her in an F2P team or would like to get her Ultimate back faster, you can use this set as you’d get a ton of energy from it with her constant Weakness Break.
Planar Ornaments Forge of the Kalpagni Lantern If you want to get some more damage out of Fugue, you can use this set to increase her Break Effect further since there’s a high chance that you’ll be fighting an enemy with Fire Weakness.
Penacony, Land of the Dreams You’ll likely use Fugue with other Fire characters in most cases, which makes this set the perfect one for her as it’ll increase her Energy Regen while also giving other Fire characters extra DMG.

Fugue Relic Stat Priority

Type Main Stat Priority Sub Stat Priority
Head HP Break Effect > SPD > Effect Hit Rate > ATK Percent
Hands ATK Break Effect > SPD > Effect Hit Rate > ATK Percent
Body ATK Percent Break Effect > SPD > Effect Hit Rate
Feet SPD Break Effect > Effect Hit Rate > ATK Percent
Planar Sphere Fire DMG Bonus Break Effect > SPD > Effect Hit Rate > ATK Percent
Link Rope Break Effect SPD > Effect Hit Rate > ATK Percent

On Fugue, you don’t necessarily require a large amount of Electronic Health Record (EHR), but having some of it can be beneficial for consistently applying the DEF reduction effect.

Best Fugue Light Cones

Unlike her artifacts, Fugue boasts a fair number of options regarding her light cones. Notably, her signature offers a considerably more valuable advantage compared to any other choice, as you would anticipate.

Long Road Leads Home Fugue’s signature light cone massively boosts her Break Effect while also increasing the Break DMG taken by the enemy when they’re Weakness Broken. This happens a lot with her in team, making it the perfect choice.
Those Many Springs This light cone gives you a ton of Effect Hit Rate, which makes it useful to get her DEF reduction applied regularly. Moreover, it makes the opponents take increased damage when they’re applied by DoT.

Breaking an enemy’s weakness with a Fire attack applies this DoT on them, allowing you to benefit from this light cone’s passive.

Resolution Shines As Pearls of Sweat Since you’ll already have some EHR on Fugue, this cone is a great four-star choice for its DEF reduction, which stacks with her skill.
Before the Tutorial Mission Starts If you have this F2P-friendly light cone, you can use it to get a ton of extra energy on Fugue since she’ll consistently be attacking Def-reduced enemies.
Fermata Finally, if you don’t have any of the above choices, you can also try Fermata simply for the Break Effect it provides.

Best Fugue Team Compositions

Despite the inclusion of several Break-based characters in the game currently, it remains relatively straightforward to predict which teams she would align with. These teams include:

Fugue Main Team

  • Fugue
  • Firefly/Robin/Boothill
  • Ruan Mei/Harmony Trailblazer
  • Lingsha

In this setup, your team primarily consists of a primary Damage Per Second (DPS) character and secondary sub-DPS characters. After extensive observation, Firefly remains the top choice for this role due to her ability to match Fugue’s Weakness trait and significantly outpace her in exploiting the enemy’s vulnerabilities, thus dealing more damage overall.

Firefly has the ability to inflict Fire damage on opponents, which facilitates Lingsha and Fugue in effectively removing their shields. In this scenario, Ruan Mei is a more suitable choice for the second support as she amplifies the team’s Weakness Break Efficiency, making it simpler to break through targets.

As a dedicated fan, I wholeheartedly believe that Lingsha is the ideal choice in this scenario because of her extraordinary ability to deal immense damage and share her combat type with the majority of my team.

Fugue F2P Team

  • Fugue
  • Himeko/Xueyi/Misha
  • Pela/Asta
  • Gallagher

When discussing a team suited for Free-to-Play players, you’ll often find yourself utilizing the top tier four-stars in combination with Fugue. Yet, there’s always a possibility that any player could obtain Himeko when they encounter a 50-50 situation on the limited banner or draw a five-star character from the standard banner. Under fortunate circumstances, this makes Himeko a viable Free-to-Play-friendly character.

She’s equally effective when teamed up with Fugue, as her consistent vulnerability-inducing abilities accumulate numerous stacks for her passive. Furthermore, in game modes like Pure Fiction, she can be paired with Herta; however, in any other situation, Pela will make an excellent support unit thanks to her defense reduction capabilities.

Absolutely, Gallagher is your top choice for this task because he possesses Break skills in his arsenal.

Fugue Traces Overview And Priority

Previously stated, Fugue is straightforward to grasp, and this is a breakdown of her powers:

  • With her skill, you can apply Foxian Prayer on an ally for three turns, increasing their Break Effect and having a chance of reducing the enemy’s DEF when they attack. During this, your basic attack is buffed to hit three enemies instead of one.
  • The ally with Foxian Prayer can deal Weakness damage to enemies without their corresponding weakness at a 50 percent rate.
  • When Fugue is on the field, all enemies have a second toughness bar equal to 40 percent of their original Toughness, and breaking this makes them take full Break DMG.
  • When allies attack enemies with their weakness broken (excluding the special Toughness from Fugue), they deal an instance of Super Break DMG to them.

If you intend to enhance Fugue’s abilities, it would be advisable to begin with upgrading her Talent, followed by her Skill, and then her Ultimate. While her Basic Attack is crucial to upgrade as well, consider focusing on the other aspects first, and then improve her Basic Attack while also unlocking any available bonus traces and other nodes whenever you can.

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2024-12-26 14:05