Honkai: Star Rail is the latest RPG game created by gaming developers miHoYo. With millions of players taking up the mantle of the Trailblazer and the game receiving regular patches and updates, Honkai: Star Rail’s Astral Express is well on its way to being one of the best games released this year.
Speaking of updates, Honkai: Star Rail has included special characters with each big updated and has already gone through three limited-time banners that featured Seele, Jing Yuan, and Silver Wolf.
The fourth and current banner features Luocha who boasts supportive abilities and is one of only three healers in the game currently. Read on to see a general overview of Luocha along with his best build, Relics, and Light Cones!
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Character Overview
Luocha Character Summary
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As mentioned above, Luocha is one of only three healers available in the current version of Honkai: Star Rail, making him a fantastic pick for anyone who doesn’t already have a Bailu or Gepard. His Skill allows him to heal a single target and can be upgraded through Traces to add a cleansing effect.
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At the time of writing, Luocha’s Ultimate is the only skill in the game that has an AoE debuff effect, allowing you to cleanse buffs from groups of enemies like Mara-Struck in one go.
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If you’re looking for a defensive option for your 2nd team in the Memory of Chaos, definitely consider pulling for Luocha while he’s still available.
Abilities and Traces
Luocha Abilities
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The debuff resist is especially notable since plenty of enemies apply some form of crowd control, and if your healer happens to be the one that gets disabled, it usually leads to a game over.
Eidolons
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If you’re hard set on pulling for more copies of Luocha for Eidolons, we suggest aiming for E2, as it significantly increases the amount of healing Luocha does with his skill and even adds a Shield which Luocha previously did not have any access to.
Luocha Best Build and Relics
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Luocha Best Cavern Relics
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Passerby of Wandering Cloud allows Luocha to focus more on a supportive role and increases his overall healing while Musketeer of Wild Wheat provides a smaller bonus to his healing in the form of attack boosts, but grants him more damage for when you’re trying to clear content within a set number of turns.
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Alternatively, you could equip your Luocha with a mixed set with two pieces of Musketeer of Wild Wheat and two pieces of Passerby of Wandering Cloud, allowing your Luocha to deal damage and heal a little bit better at the cost of doing either maximally. Building Luocha this way also becomes significantly more convenient since both Cavern Relic Sets can be farmed from the same Cavern of Corrosion.
Best Cavern Relic Stats
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Both Planar Ornament sets also have a secondary effect trigger that relies on the Speed stat, which reinforces the need to equip Speed on our Feet slot.
If your team is lacking in damage, go for the Space Sealing Station to boost Luocha’s Attack. Otherwise, Fleet of the Ageless is the better supportive option since it boosts not only Luocha’s HP but also the Attack of the entire team once you have enough Speed.
Luocha Best Planar Ornament Stats
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Some notable and more readily available alternatives are the 4-star Light Cones such as Warmth Shortens Cold Nights and Shared Feeling. Since our Luocha build has a good amount of Speed, he can perform an abundance of basic attacks, making Warmth Shortens Cold Nights a good choice for consistent healing.
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Shared Feeling helps allies regain their Energy for their Ultimate Abilities, making it useful in essentially any team composition, while also increasing the wearer’s outgoing healing.
Alternatively, the 3-Star Light Cone, Multiplication is the best option amongst the other 3-Star Abundance Light Cones since it is still unconfirmed whether or not Luocha’s auto-heal Talent procs the Prosperity effect from the Cornucopia Light Cone.
Conclusion
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Luocha is a unique character, the likes of which Honkai: Star Rail has never seen before. He can simultaneously act as an Attacker and a Healer, allowing you to clear levels in the Forgotten Hall while hitting the turn count objectives.
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Additionally, Luocha is of the Imaginary Combat Type with the only other Imaginary characters being Welt who is locked behind Gacha or Yukong who was also just recently released. If you need a second healer or coverage for the Imaginary type against the likes of enemies like Kafka, definitely consider pulling for Luocha.
