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Ever since he was first tested in the closed beta ofHonkai: Star Rail, Jing Yuan has been one of the most anticipated characters in the game. He was nerfed because of how broken the character was in the test, but he still stayed one of the strongest characters in the game on the official release.
Jing Yuan is an Erudition character with Lightning as the combat type. Apart from having strong AoE damage, he also has an entity called the Lightning Lord who does his bidding occasionally. He can easily carry you through the hardest content if you build him properly.
Updated on July 25, 2025, by Sanyam Jain:While Jing Yuan might have gone down in the meta ranks with better character releases, there have been various new Light Cones and Relics that still make him good enough to beat the hardest content.
Best Relics And Planar Ornaments For Jing Yuan
you’re able to summon Jing Yuan quite early in the game since the pity system unlocks after a bit of story. On the other hand,Relics and Planar Ornaments are unlocked after progressing in the story for quite a bit. These items can be found in the Relics section of your character information screen.
Each Relic and Planar Ornament is part of a set, andyou get a bonus ability if you use two or four pieces from the same set. Here are some of the best sets for Jing Yuan:
Reason For Synergy With Jing Yuan
The Ashblazing Grand Duke
This is the best in slot Relic set for Jing Yuan as it increases his follow-up attack DMG with the two-piece. You can alsoget a massive ATK boost whenever your Lightning Lord deals DMG.
Relics
Thief Of Shooting Meteor
While this might seem like an uncanny choice for Jing Yuan, it can be quite good because of the Lightning Lord. The Relic setgives you up to 32 percent Break Effect and regenerates some Energyon triggering Weakness Break.
If you build the stacks properly,Lightning Lord is great at shredding the enemy’s weakness bar. Moreover, it’s quite important to get your Ultimate as fast as possible on Jing Yuan, and this set helps with that.
Band Of Sizzling Thunder
This is a Lightning Relic set thatincreases the DMG of that combat type by ten percent and also gives you an ATK boostfor one turn when you use your Skill. Both of these stats can be quite good for Jing Yuan.
On the other hand, you’ll also becompletely fine if you use two pieces of this set and two pieces of some other setlike Thief of Shooting Meteor or Musketeer Of Wild Wheat.
Planar Ornaments
Space Sealing Station
This is one of theeasiest Ornament sets to acquire for Jing Yuan since it’s available in World Three itself. It gives you a 24 percent ATK boost as long as you have 120 SPD or higher, which is quite necessary for this character.
Talia: Kingdom Of Banditry
This Ornament set is perfect to use with the Thief of Shooting Meteor Relicsince it also gives you a lot of Break Effect. However, you’ll need to have up to 145 SPD on Jing Yuan for this, which is quite hard.
If you want to use this set, you’ll be looking for SPD on both main and sub-stat for Relics and Ornaments wherever possible.
Inert Salsotto (BIS)
Found in World Six of Simulated Universe, Inert Salsotto can be considered the best in slot for Jing Yuan. It gives you an eight percent Crit Rate boostalong with an increase to your Ultimate and follow-up DMG.
These are the two main damage sources for this character, which makes the set perfect for him.
The best way to farm Planar Ornaments for Jing Yuan is by unlocking World Six as fast as possible andfarming a ton of Inert Salsotto set.
Jing Yuan Relic Stat Priority
Other than the set bonuses,it’s also important to pay attention to each piece’s main and sub-stats. These are the main source of stats on your character, and here’s the priority for each gear:
HP (guaranteed)
ATK (guaranteed)
Link Rope
ATK Percent
For the sub-stats,you will always be looking for some Crit Rate and a lot of Crit DMG. Jing Yuan gets around 24 percent Crit Rate from his Traces, which makes it a lesser priority. Other than those, you’re able to also look for ATK Percent, SPD, and Break Effect. Ideally, you’d want to have around 130-140 SPD on him.
Best Light Cones For Jing Yuan
There are a bunch of Erudition Light Cones ready to be used on this beautifully designed character. Youcan’t use the Light Cones of any other path since their special ability won’t triggerif the path doesn’t match the character’s path. Here are the best Light Cones for Jing Yuan:
Before Dawn (BIS)
When it comes to the best in slot Light Cone, Jing Yuan’s signature weapon takes the victory. As soon as you put this on your character, they’llget a massive 36 percent Crit DMG and 18 percent Skill and Ultimate DMG boost.
Furthermore, you get a stateafter using your Skill or Ultimate, which increases your next follow-up attack’s DMG by 48 percent. This makes it one of the best Erudition Light Cones for most characters.
The Day The Cosmos Fell
Apart from Jing yuan’s Basic Attack, you cantrigger the passives of this Light Cone from all his other abilities. You can also get it to Superimposition Five quite easily through the MoC store.
The ATK and Crit DMG bonus makes it the best four-star Light Cone for him.
The Seriousness Of Breakfast
Jing Yuan performs best when you’re fighting a horde of multiple enemies, which means that you’ll constantly be defeating them. This Light Coneincreases your base DMG by 24 percent at Superimposition five.
It also increases your ATK by eight percent every time you defeat an enemy. Since this is a free-to-play Light Cone,you can easily get it to Superimposition fiveand get all its buffs.
The Birth Of The Self
This Light Cone is based on increasing the damage of your follow-up attacks. It gives you a24 percent DMG boost for these attacks by default, and another 24 percent if the enemy is 50 percent HPor below.
The Lightning Lord’s attacks are considered as follow-up DMG, which makes this one of the best Cones for Jing Yuan.
Today Is Another Peaceful Day
Jing Yuan’s Energy cost is 130, andthis Light Cone increases your DMG by 0.20 percent for each Energy. It can only be obtained from Battle Pass, but a 26 percent DMG boost at Superimposition one is quite good.
Passkey
If you’re new to the game and don’t have any of the Light Cones mentioned above, Passkey can be a good one for Jing Yuan. Itincreases the Energy you regenerate upon using your Skill by 12at Superimposition five.
Jing Yuan Traces Overview And Priority
In the Traces section of Jing Yuan’s character information,you’ll see a total of eight main abilities including some actives and passives. Other than that, some nodes give you a stat boost like Crit Rate, DEF, and ATK. Here’s what his main Traces do:
Glistening Light
Basic Attack
Deals a certain amount of Lightning DMG to a single enemy.
Rifting Zenith
Skill
Triggering this will deal some Lightning DMG to all the enemies on the field andincrease the Lightning Lord’s Hits Per Action by twofor its next turn.
Lightbringer
Ultimate
Deals massive Lightning DMG to all enemies andincreases the Lord’s Hits Per Action by threefor its next turn.
Prana Extirpated
Talent
If Jing Yuan is in the party, Lightning Lord will be summoned in battle with abase SPD of 60 and three Hits Per Action by default. Its hits are considered follow-up attacks.
The Hits Per Action can be increased to a maximum of ten, and thisdecides the number of hits done by the Lord when it takes its turn. When the Hits Per Action is increased, the Lord’s SPD is also increased.
Spirit Invocation
Technique
The Lightning Lord’sHits Per Action are increased by threefor the first turn in the next battle.
Battalia Crush
Bonus Ability
If you have over six Hits Per Action for the Lord’s next turn,its Crit DMG is increased by 25 percent. you may see the number of Hits Per Action you possess beside Jing Yuan’s portrait at the bottom.
War Marshal
Using the Skill increases your Crit Rate by ten percent for two turns.
As you can see, all of Jing Yuan’s Traces are importantsince they all feed into the Lightning Lord’s overall DMG. Although, the level of these Traces doesn’t increase the overall Hits Per Action you can get. Ideally, you’d want toupgrade your Talent first since that increases the overall DMG of the Lightning Lord.
This can be followed up by the Ultimate and then the Skill. Youwouldn’t want to use your Basic Attacks on Jing Yuan since it doesn’t increase your Hits Per Action, but it’s still recommended to upgrade it to level four.
Are Jing Yuan’s Eidolons Worth It
Jing Yuan is already a broken character at zero Eidolons, andyou’ll be able to clear most of the content quite easily without any of them. With that said, Jing Yuan’s Eidolons still make him far stronger than he is without them. These Eidolons can give him the following buffs:
If you’re planning to go for any character’s Eidolons, Jing Yuan is your character becausehe’s unstoppable with all six of his Eidolons and the signature weapon. But if you’re a free-to-play or low-spending player, you can stay at zero Eidolons and fight everything just fine.
