BEST ARGENTI BUILD IN HONKAI: STAR RAIL
Honkai: Star Rail just had its first unofficial crossover with Fate/Grand Order, bringing Tristan from Camelot over to join the Astral Express Crew! Argenti is the newest addition to the roster, and he packs a punch. If you like romantics, or characters with long red hair (I will never forgive Hoyo for Diluc), Argenti is your man. And in this quick article, I’m going to teach you how to build him!
But first, what does Argenti actually do?
Argenti is essentially a 5-target damage dealer that focuses on clearing TONS of lower HP enemies at once. As a physical Erudition, he’s the first limited AoE Physical character, meaning he fills a much needed niche in Star Rail.
Argenti not only has self-buffs for Crit Rate and Energy, but he has a two-tiered ultimate that deal different amounts of damage. His ultimates cost 90 and 180, and the 180-cost ultimate deals much higher damage. Most of the time, you want to save up 180 energy unless you have the chance to save a wave by using the 90 cost one.
Ultimately, Argenti performs best in 5 target combat, but he’s pretty good with 3 targets as well.
So how do you build him?
Argenti wants 4 pieces of Streetwise Boxing, a mix of 2 piece physical damage, ATK%, or SPD bonus sets, or 4 pieces of Genius of Brilliant Stars. All of those sets get high damage on Argenti, with the 4 piece Streetwise Boxing getting the most!
For Planar sets, aim for Firmament Frontline: Glamoth for a solid damage bonus, but if you already have a good Rutilant Arena, Space Sealing Station, or Inert Salsotto set, those also work.
These are the main stats you want:
Chest – Crit Rate / Crit Damage (1:2 Ratio of Crit Rate:Crit DMG is ideal)
Boots – SPD / ATK%
Sphere – Physical DMG
Rope – ATK% / Energy Regen
Argenti gets a lot of value from Energy Regen rope, but it depends on the content you’re in. ATK% rope generally performs better unless you’re up against many waves of low HP enemies.
For Light Cones, here’s what I recommend:
His signature is going to be best, however, if you have Jing Yuan’s Light Cone, it’s also great on Argenti.
If you have the Battle Pass Light Cone Another Peaceful Day, that’s going to be his best 4-star Light Cone by a long shot, since it gives him damage bonus for having a high cost ultimate.
Geniuses’ Repose and Night on the Milky Way are solid runner ups, and lastly, for free to play players, Seriousness of Breakfast is your best option if you don’t have any of the others.
Unfortunately, Argenti isn’t the most free to play friendly character in terms of Light Cones, but he’s a solid damage dealer regardless of the weapon you give him.
The last piece you need for Argenti is teams.
Argenti is pretty flexible since he’s an ATK% scaling DPS character. All you need to do is pair him with ATK%, SPD, Crit, and Damage buffs, as well as DEF% shredders, and you’ll have a strong team.
One character I highly recommend with Argenti is Huohuo, since she can regenerate 36 of Argenti’s energy with her ultimate if you have it at trace level 10.
Bronya is going to be the best pairing for all the DPS in the game, and Argenti is no exception. Pairing him with Bronya allows him to get more damage and more attacks, which leads to more energy and more ultimates!
Lastly, Hanya is a great pairing with him due to her being an incredibly SP positive character, and also having ATK% and SPD buffs!
Here’s my favorite teams with Argenti.
