Best Honkai Star Rail Arlan Build

While not ranking the highest on our Honkai Star Rail tier list due to his complexity in the early game, our best Honkai Star Rail Arlan build will transform him into a strong DPS unit among the full roster of Honkai Star Rail characters. However, the best units to pair him with can typically be found in the latest banners, so we highly recommend checking out our up-to-date list of HSR codes to scoop up any free Stellar Jade going spare. All that said, here’s the best Arlan build you can craft in Honkai Star Rail.

What is the best Honkai Star Rail Arlan build?

The best build for Arlan is:

Light Cone – On the Fall of an Aeon Relics – Band of Sizzling Thunder Planar Ornaments – Space Sealing Station set Eidolons – Turn the Tables Team comp – Arlan, Tingyun, Gepard, Bronya

Arlan’s risky passive is his strength, which we can capitalize on by choosing equipment that offers multiple boosts to his ATK stat, where the main goal is to pull off the biggest ultimates possible on the first turn. By entering fights at low HP and with his energy fully charged, we can pair him with lightning and ATK-aligned equipment, and even aim for some later Eidolon survivability to get the most out of him.

Best Arlan Light Cones

The best Light Cones for Arlan are: While some may think A Secret Vow meshes well with Arlan’s kit, we wouldn’t wholly disagree. He’s meant to be run at low HP, so the extra damage increase when attacking those with more HP than him is solid. However, On the Fall of an Aeon allows you to stack multiple attack boosts, on top of an added weakness break damage buff, making it overall the more consistent Honkai Star Rail Light Cone option.

Best Arlan Relics

The best Arlan Relics are: It’s a simple choice for Arlan, we want to increase damage across the board for him, which the lightning-aligned Band of Sizzling Thunder set provides. The key is timing the usage of his ultimate directly after his skill in order to take full advantage of that 20% increase provided by the Honkai Star Rail relics in this set. With some good support or defense debuffs applied to the enemy, Arlan’s Frenzied Punishment will shock your foes into quick submission.

Best Arlan Planar Ornaments

The best Arlan Planar Ornaments are: Our choice for Arlan’s best planar ornaments is the easily acquirable Space Sealing Station set, which is an equally easy jump in his attack stat, pairing him with a speed-increasing support unit like our best Asta build will help Arlan pop off quickly.

Best Arlan Eidolon

The best Eidolon for Arlan is: Arlan’s passive talent lines him up to be one of the quintessential glass cannon builds in Honkai Star Rail, so ideally, we want to increase his viability through survivability with Turn the Tables. With Arlan requiring low HP to maximize his DPS, the first turns of any battle will be the most crucial, so working towards this later Eidolon level increases his ability to stay alive. Without the Eidolon, running a tank like Gepard or the fire Trailblazer can be a good alternative in the meantime.

Arlan Ascension Materials

The Ascension Materials for Arlan are:

Lightning Crown of the Past Shadow (Ascension only) Destroyer’s Final Road Worldbreaker Blade/Lifeless Blade/Shattered Blade Squirming Core/Glimmering Core/Extinguished Core

As always, Worldbreaker Blades and Lifeless Blades can be the more worrisome of drops to guarantee from Calyx (Crimson): Path of Destruction. If you’ve been participating in the gacha side of things, you’ll likely have some Undying Embers left over that you could use to purchase the base Shattered Blades and synthesize them forward to use in Arlan’s valuable Trace upgrades.

Best Arlan team comp

Arlan’s best team comp is: Arlan is best situated amongst plenty of attack-boosting support, provided in spades by the damage buffs attached to Tingyun and Bronya’s ultimates. When popped in tandem, Arlan’s DPS soars into explosive territory, with Gepard nearby to tank and keep our little lightning nuke from getting fried on the enemy’s upcoming turn, should they even survive. There’s plenty of energy regeneration at play here from our support units too, which should end any battle quickly and resolutely in Arlan’s favour.
Now, that’s everything you’ll need to put together the best Honkai Star Rail Arlan build. While chasing his level four Eidolon is all down to luck, it’s made easier by spending your Honkai Star Rail Undying Starlight on Star Rail passes for bonus Warps. We also recommend checking out the likes of Blade and Kafka as we approach the Honkai Star Rail 1.2 release date for more damage-dealing synergy.