Argenti in Honkai Star Rail: guide to the best builds

In Honkai: Star Rail, Argenti is a 5-star character with a Physical combat type and belongs to the Erudite path. In a team, he can play the role of the main or secondary damage dealer. In this guide you will learn about his best builds, light cones and relics. We will also tell you about the recommended commands with it.

Main features of Argenti

How to get Argenti

This hero can only be obtained during the event Jump called “The Thorny Crown of Courage.” In the near future, this banner will be launched as part of the second phase of patch 1.5 (December 6, 2023). If you want to be one of the first to know about his next rerun, we advise you to bookmark this article.

We would like to add that HoYoverse has never given 5-star characters for completing various events, so you will be able to unlock Argenti only with the help of Jumps.

Progression of Argenti's characteristics

In the table below you can see how the basic parameters of a beauty knight change as its level increases.

Note that its critical damage, critical hit chance and taunt are 50%, 5% and 75 units respectively at any level, and its energy reserve is 180 units.

Advantages and disadvantages of Argenti

Thanks to his unique abilities, the beauty knight can quickly deal with entire groups of ordinary mobs. Its advantages also include:

• It has a relatively high base attack, which simplifies its use as a damage dealer, since the damage of this fighter is mainly scaled by this parameter.
• Makes it easier to create a physical mono-pack with the Silver Wolf, since until this point there were no legendary physical packs in the game. damage dealers that cause significant direct damage. Many enemies in the game are vulnerable to this type of damage, and with a brilliant hacker you can increase their number even more, so with such a squad you will be comfortable playing in many modes.
• Ideal for destroying large groups of enemies, therefore it simplifies the farming of many leveling materials and battles with bosses who constantly call upon their assistants.
• So far, the only character who has the mechanics of a two-level superpower, which allows you to significantly increase your ultimate when spending more energy.
• Able to independently restore energy to himself using his skills and traces, which is extremely important given the high cost of the ultimate.
• With his talent, he can increase his own chance of a critical hit, which is very important for damage dealers, and therefore makes it easier to assemble a character, allowing players to pay more attention to other parameters.
• It can perfectly perform its function without opening Eidolons or purchasing a signature light cone.< /li>
• It makes it easier to explore locations filled with enemies, since you can use your technique to stun them for 10 seconds, preventing them from attacking your group.

However, there are some downsides, some of which follow directly from its advantages:

• Characters of the Erudite path are often too narrowly focused and are not suitable for fighting strong single enemies, unlike the more versatile fighters of Destruction. Heroes of the Hunt (for example, Zele) are often able to effectively deal with even large groups of enemies. Therefore, when the battle is against 1-2 strong opponents, the amount of Argenti's outgoing damage will be relatively low.
• The dual superpower system is, of course, interesting, but activating level 2 requires 180 units of energy, which Argenti will accumulate on his own for a very long time even with all his buffs. Therefore, it is very desirable to have a support in the team who can help him accumulate energy (for example, Hoho or Tingyun).
• Considering the not very high damage indicators from the skill and the basic ultimate, you will have to play with the advanced ultimate. This kind of gameplay may not appeal to all players. Plus, in auto combat he will not be able to realize his full potential, since the AI ​​will activate the superpower immediately after accumulating 90 units of energy.

Argenti's abilities

When using a basic attack “Fleeting Fragrance”, it inflicts physical damage on the enemy equal to 50~130% of his attack power. At the same time, it restores 20 units of energy and penetrates 30 units of durability.

After using the “Here Justice Blooms” skill, he deals physical damage equal to 60~150% of his attack power to all enemies in the arena. At the same time, the skill restores 30 units of energy and penetrates only 30 units of durability.

Argenti's superpower has two levels of strength. The first time, he performs the attack “Beauty Itself has endowed this garden”, which spends 90 units of energy, causing physical damage in the amount of 96-192% of his attack power to all enemies in the arena. The ultimate penetrates 60 points of durability and restores 5 energy.

At the second level, the beauty knight performs the attack “Greatness placed in my garden”, which already spends 180 energy, inflicting physical damage to all enemies in the amount of 168-336% of hero's attack power. Argenti also performs 6 additional hits, each of which deals physical damage to a random mob, the amount of which is 57-114% of the character's ATK. A group strike removes 60 stamina points, and a single strike removes 15 points.

As for the hero’s passive talent – “Object of Veneration”, it allows him to receive 3 units of energy from each enemy that was hit by a simple blow, skill or ult. He also gains one level of the Apotheosis effect, increasing his critical hit chance by 1-3.25%. This bonus can be stacked up to ten times.

It is also impossible not to mention the “Manifesto of Purest Virtue” technique, the use of which creates a special zone around the character, when hit, enemies become dizzy for 10 seconds, due to which they cannot attack the player’s squad in the open world.

< p>If you use a technique and then enter into battle with an enemy who has dizziness, Argenti will immediately inflict physical damage to all mobs in the amount of 80% of his ATK and restore 15 units of energy to himself.

Traces of Argenti

In addition to the above abilities, the hero leveling tree also includes other enhancements that provide passive bonuses or permanent increases to characteristics. They mainly increase attack power and physical damage. You can see them all in the picture below.

Eidolons of Argenti

To unlock them, you need materials of the same name, issued when duplicates of the hero appear, which, of course, is random. And considering the rarity of 5-star character drops, be prepared to spend a lot of money and time on this. Fortunately, even without eidolons, Argenti can easily function as a primary or secondary damage dealer on a team.

If you plan to knock out only E1-E2, then we advise you to better spend these resources on getting the signature weapon of the beauty knight, since it will be much more useful. For example, on the first cast of crit. The signature does a little less damage (and even more on the second), but it also significantly increases the damage from the ult, which is more useful than increasing the attack power with certain conditions.

1. The flaw in the realm of aesthetics is critical damage additionally increases by 4% for each stack of Apotheosis.
2. Agate's Humility – increases attack power by 40% for one turn while using the ult, if the number of enemies on the battlefield is equal to or greater than 3.

< li>The thorny path to glory – the level of skill and talent increases by two. The maximum level for both increases to 15.

3. Offering a forge – immediately gives 2 levels of Apotheosis at the beginning of the battle, and the maximum status level increases to 12.
4. Somewhere in the universe it is snowing – the level of the ult increases by two, and the level of the basic attack – by one. The maximum level for the first increases to 15, and for the second – to 10. Significantly increases overall damage.
5. Your magnificence – using your ult allows you to ignore 30% of the enemy’s defense. Allows you to deal enormous damage with an enhanced superpower, even to those enemies who do not have physical vulnerability.

How to play as Argenti

Basic attacks and the beauty knight skill deal relatively little damage, so they will have to play with a superpower, and we are not talking about its basic version, which, although it consumes quite a bit of energy (90 units), nevertheless deals ridiculous damage. So you’ll have to save up for “The greatness laid in my garden” (180 units).

Help in accumulating energy will be: the talent “Object of Veneration” (the main thing is to hit enemies as often as possible), the trace “Generosity” (the more the enemy walks, the faster Argenti’s energy will be restored) and the character’s skill. So even though the skill does little damage, you still have to use it as often as possible.

Plus, you can speed up energy recovery with supports (for example, you can take Hoho or Tingyun into your squad) and relics. By maintaining the Apotheosis status and opening E1 (or purchasing a signature), you will be able to pay less attention to crits, concentrating all your efforts on increasing VE.

Let’s add that the enhanced ultimate also works well against strong single opponents, because 6 additional hits in this case will be dealt not to random enemies, but to one monster located on the battlefield. This is another reason to use the 2nd level of superpower, and not the first.

As for rotation, a lot here depends on the current situation on the battlefield. If the boss has very little health left, and Argenti can die in half a hit, then, of course, there is no need to wait for his ultimate to be fully charged and hit with what you have. However, if we consider the optimal option, it will look like this:

1. Try to use Argenti's technique so that he can immediately restore 15 units of energy to himself (this is even more important than his first group strike).
2. If the team has characters that “infuse” energy, then be sure to use their abilities on the beauty knight.
3. When Argenti’s turn passes, use his skill to gain additional energy. By this point in time, you will probably have the basic version of the ult available for use. If we are talking about a protracted battle with strong enemies, then under no circumstances activate it.
4. Continue to accumulate energy until you have the 2nd level of your super power active, and immediately use it to deal giant damage to your enemies. Then start collecting energy points again.

If you take a second damage dealer to your team, it is advisable to give preference to those characters who do not spend a lot of skill points (for example, Blade and Clara), since Argenti you need to use your skill whenever possible.

Best builds for Argenti

Best light cones

When selecting weapons for a beauty knight, you should pay attention to those options that can increase his attack power, critical damage, physical damage, or energy recovery. The table below presents the most interesting examples.

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As for the 3-star light cones , then all options are suitable for him, but the most preferable is “Database”. You can use this weapon at the beginning of the game, replacing it later with something more interesting.

Best relics

The best option for Argenti would be the full “Street Boxing Champion” set, 2 parts of which increase physical strength. damage by 10%, and 4 parts – increase attack power by 5% when the hero receives or performs a hit. This bonus can be stacked up to five times. Both buffs will be useful for the beauty knight.

If you have not yet managed to collect a complete set with the necessary characteristics, then you can use two incomplete sets:

• Street Boxing Champion – increases physical damage by 10%.
• Wild Wheat Shooter – increases attack power by 12%, which will increase the damage of all Argenti abilities.

Now let's move on to planar jewelry, which is mined in the Virtual Universe. The list below shows the recommended options (the numbers indicate the priority of choice):

Regarding characteristics of relics, then you must choose as follows:

• Body: critical damage or chance of a critical hit (in the absence of E1 or signature, always choose critical damage)
• Legs: speed or attack power (choose the first option if you use the Glatiramer Skyfront to gain the necessary speed indicators)
• Planar sphere: physical damage
• Connecting rope: attack power or energy recovery (choose the second option if the energy for the ult takes too long to gain)
• Additional characteristics: critical damage > critical hit chance > speed > attack power %.

Best teams for Argentina

As we noted above, a beauty knight can serve as both a primary and secondary damage dealer, but in the second case it is better to combine him with fighters who spend few skill points. If he plays the role of main DD, then you should strengthen him as much as possible with supports who can increase attack power, “inject” energy and increase speed. The table below shows the most interesting units.

Upgrading Argenti

How to increase abilities (what to upgrade first)

The pictures below demonstrate the materials and their quantities required to maximally level up your basic attack, skill, superpower and talent.

• The key to inspiration, the key to knowledge and the key to wisdom are obtained from the sepal “Bud of Erudition”, located in Zaklepkograd (Yarilo-VI), or using Synthesis.
• Fade Core, Glimmer Core, and Writhing Core are dropped from Fragmentum monsters, as well as from quests and enemies in the Virtual Universe. They can be purchased for unquenchable ashes or created by Synthesis.
• Repentance of the Eternal False Body – obtained from the Echoes of War, located in the Scaled Gorge (Lofu Xianzhou).
• Imprints of Fate – obtained in the Virtual Universe , are issued with a battle pass and can be purchased for unquenchable ashes in the Pom-Pom store. Sometimes they are rewards in temporary events.

As for the priority of leveling up abilities, we advise you to focus on superpowers, since they are the main source of character damage. Then pump up your talent and skill (they may lag behind your ultimate by 1-2 levels). You will rarely use Argenti's basic attack, so upgrade it according to the residual principle.

How to elevate a character

At certain levels you will need to elevate the hero, spending a large amount of resources and credits:< /p>

• Exaltation (level 30): x4000 credits and x5 extinct core
• Exaltation (level 40): x8000 credits and x10 extinct core
• Exaltation (50 level): x16000 credits, x6 flickering core and x3 ghost pass
• Ascension (level 60): x40000 credits, x9 flickering core and x7 ghost pass
• Ascension (level 70): credits x80000, x6 wriggling core and x20 ghost pass
• Ascension (level 80): x160000 credits, x9 writhing core and x35 ghost pass

Ghost pass can be obtained from the Stagnant Shadow “Shape of Perdition”, located in the Garden of Serenity (Lofu Xianzhou).