In Honkai Star Rail, each character follows a certain Path like Class that defines their role in battle. Different characters also specify their damage types. People who are familiar with Paths and Damage Types are easy to build balanced teams in the game. Do you want to know more information about them? You can read this article for guidance. Players can use Cheap Star Rail Stellar Jade to get more characters and upgrade them quickly in the game.

What are Paths in Honkai Star Rail?

Paths are essentially the type of role a character will play during combat. You can think of them as Honkai: Star Rail’s version of classes or roles. Each character has a specific path denoting how they will function in battle. Some characters will excel at attacking foes while others are suited to protecting the team.

Dedicated paths that directly outline the kind of role a character is designed for are quite an upgrade in comparison to Genshin where players must remember the individual skillsets and roles of each character for themselves.

Paths are an immensely useful feature that makes team building and general understanding within Honkai: Star Rail extremely accessible for players who have been part of HoYoverse for years and those who are joining for the first time with Honkai: Star Rail.

All Paths in Honkai Star Rail

Honkai: Star Rail has seven paths in total. These Paths are the Destruction, the Hunt, the Erudition, the Harmony, the Nihility, the Preservation, and the Abundance.

The Destruction: Generalist DPS. Characters of the Destruction Path are formidable damage dealers that serve as a party’s generic damage dealer. Other offensive Paths specialize in a specific kind of damage, but the Destruction’s characters are jacks of all trades.

Characters: 5-star: Blade, Trailblazer, Clara 4-star: Arlan, Hook

The Hunt: Single-target DPS. Characters that follow the Hunt Path are specialized single-target damage dealers.

Characters: 5-star: Seele, Yanqing 4-star: Dan Heng, Sushang

The Erudition: Crowd Control, AoE. Characters that follow the Erudition Path excel at AoE damage.

Characters: 5-star: Himeko, Jing Yuan 4-star: Qingque, Serval, Herta

The Harmony: Buff Support. Characters from the Harmony Path buff their allies, sacrificing personal damage to boost the overall damage dealt by the team.

Characters: 5-star: Bronya 4-star: Asta, Tingyun

The Nihility: Debuff Support. Characters of the Nihility Path are the opposite of the Harmony Path. They give their allies an advantage by weakening enemies through debuffs.

Characters: 5-star: Welt, Silver Wolf 4-star: Kafka, Pela, Sampo Unknown: Kafka

The Preservation: Shield. Characters of the Preservation Path have defensive kits that let them shield their teammates from incoming damage.

Characters: 5-star: Fu Xuan, Gepard, Trailblazer 4-star: March 7th

The Abundance: Healer. The Abundance Path’s characters are healers.

Characters: 5-star: Bailu, Luocha 4-star: Natasha

All Damage Types in Honkai Star Rail

Likewise, there are seven different Damage Types characters can use. Unlike in Genshin Impact, there are no elemental reactions that occur from the interaction of these types. Once you break an enemy’s resistance by depleting its white HP bar through applying a Damage Type it's weak against, that Damage Type's Weakness Break effect will get triggered.

Ice – applies Freeze to the enemy, which stuns them and deals damage once the effect runs out.

Physical – applies Bleed to the enemy, which deals damage over time.

Fire – applies Burn to the enemy, which deals damage over time.

Lightning – applies Shock to the enemy, which deals damage over time.

Wind – applies Wind Shear to the enemy, which deals damage over time.

Quantum – applies Entanglement to the enemy, which delays their next action, and damages them on the start of their next turn. This damage increases with each hit the target suffers in the meantime (the Damage Type of those hits doesn't matter).

Imaginary – applies Imprisonment to the enemy, which delays their next action and reduces their Speed.

Players can figure out each path or damage type of characters and build the best team in the game. In order to unlock more characters, players can Buy Honkai Star Rail Oneiric Shards to get more characters in the latest banners.