Building characters inHonkai: Star Railis usually a fairly straightforward process, as there are almost always build options that cater directly to each character’s kit. Picking the right Relics and Light Cones for a character like Moze, for instance, is a simple prospect thanks to his kit taking advantage of a set of popular mechanics.
Moze is all about follow-up attacks, and he applies enough debuffs that there are a few different build and Light Cone options that work well and a few that work the best. Let’s learn how to build Moze in this guide.
The Best Relic Sets For Moze
The core of any build in Honkai: Star Rail is the Relics you equip on a character and the stats they require on those Relics.Moze is a follow-up attack specialist who applies debuffs to his opponentsto execute those follow-ups, meaning you’ll want Relics that improve one or both of those abilities and that provide a main DPS’s default desired stats.
Chest: Crit Rate/Crit Damage
Boots: ATK%
The two-piece 12% flat damage bonus and thefour-piece Crit Rate and Crit damage bonuses with debuffsmake this set a no-brainer for Moze.
The Ashblazing Grand Duke
Thefollow-up set,Grand Duke provides a flat 20% bonus to follow-up damageand a stacking ATK% bonus with each follow-up. The only thing holding it back is a lack of Critical stats.
2-piece Ash Blazing + 2 piece Pioneer
If you don’t have four optimal pieces of the above sets,you can settle for two-pieces each. Your damage will be less, but if your substats are better, it all comes out in the wash.
Like his best Relics, Moze’s Planar Ornament selection is easy: if it improves follow-up attacks, you want it, and there’s a best-in-slot choice for those, as well.
Sphere: Lightning Damage (ATK% if nothing else)
Rope:ATK%
The follow-up planar ornament set, with a maximum25% bonus for follow-up attacks and critical damage. This set obviously gets better the higher your Crit Rate goes, so look for pieces with as high a Crit Rate stat as you’re able to.
Izumo Gensei and Takama Divine Realm
A solid option if your team focuses more on debuffs, witha flat 12% ATK% buff and a 12% Crit Rate bonusif you have another Hunt unit on the team (Moze’s Path).
Inert Salsotto
Also worthwhile, Salsotto provides a flat 8% Crit Rate bonus, and you geta 15% Ultimate and follow-up attack buffif Moze’s Crit Rate is over 50%.
Best Light Cones For Moze
There are several worthwhile Light Cones options for Moze, butthe best of them outperform the restby a wide margin.
Description
Worrisome, Blissful (Topaz Signature)
Topaz’s signature Light Cone is bound to be one of the first to come to mind because, like her,it improves both personal and team follow-up attack damage. It provides a base 18% Crit Rate buff and base 30% follow-up damage buff, and applies the Team debuff, increasing the Crit damage dealt to that enemy by a base 12%.
Cruising in the Stellar Sea
The go-to free-to-play Hunt Light Coneincreases Moze’s Crit Rate by 8%at base, plus an additional 8% base if they’re at 50% health or lower. The ATK% buff only applies if Moze can keep defeating enemies, which against bosses isn’t ideal, but the Crit bonuses are enough to put it on the list.
Baptism of Pure Though (Dr. Ratio Signature)
Between the flat Crit damage bonus, additional bonuses against rebuffed targets, andmaking follow-up attacks ignore at least 24% of an enemy’s Defense and granting a flat damage bonus after an Ultimate, there are few better single-target choices on the market.
Swordplay
If you’re lacking any of the above five-star options, Swordplay can provide a suitable, if less optimal, replacement,providing up to a 16% flat damage bonus, stacking up to five times, so long as you keep attacking a single target. Rated lower here because that bonus resets when Moze switches targets.
Moze’s playstyle focuses on single-target damage, so he’s best on teams that either complement that specialty or cover for his weaknesses. With the right build, he is a worthwhile hypercarry or supplemental DPS to a five-star damage dealer.
