Best characters for Eternal Calculus in Honkai Star Rail

Eternal Calculus in Honkai Star Rail is the newest addition to the Simulated Universe Herta Store. The Light Cone can be used by any of the characters in this title as long as they are treading on the Path of Erudition. Since some of the Erudition characters scale with dissimilar stats, their BiS (Best in Slot) Light Cone’s stats differ from the other. This means the Erudition characters are not compatible with every Light Cones of the same Path.

With that being said, let's take a look at the Erudition characters who are the best choices for Eternal Calculus in Honkai Star Rail.

Note: Some aspects of this article are subjective and solely rely on the writer’s opinion.

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Best Erudition characters for Eternal Calculus in Honkai Star Rail

Before jumping into the best characters for Eternal Calculus in Honkai Star Rail, let’s take a look at its unique effect, Boundless Thought:

• Boosts 8% ATK of the Erudition character wearing this Light Cone. Additionally, after they use any of their attacks, their ATK stat gets boosted depending on the number of adversaries they hit. This unique effect can be stacked up to five times. If the character hits three or more opponents, their SPD will also be boosted by 8%

Having said that, the best characters for Eternal Calculus in Honkai Star Rail are as follows:

1) Jade

Jade (Image via HoYoverse)

Jade is the newest addition to the Path of Erudition character roster as she saw her debut along with version 2.3’s second phase. Since Jade’s passive scales with her ATK stat, Eternal Calculus’s unique effect can be extremely effective for her.

As her ultimate ability hits all adversaries on the field, the Light Cone’s ability can be easily activated and boost her follow-up attack’s damage.

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2) Jing Yuan

Jing Yuan (Image via HoYoverse)

Coming second on this list is Jing Yuan. Since his Lightning Lord’s hits depend on how many enemies he attacks before it activates, Eternal Calculus is the best free-to-play option for him. As Jing Yuan is an Erudition character, he can easily gain the ATK and SPD boost from the Light Cone and grow his Lightning Lord’s power even more.

The ATK boost amplifies LL’s (Lightning Lord) damage while the SPD boost allows Jing Yuan to trigger LL more frequently.

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3) Herta

Herta (Image via HoYoverse)

Another character you can use in Eternal Calculus in Honkai Star Rail is Herta. Since her popularity skyrocketed after the launch of Pure Fiction, she is one of the most used characters in the aforementioned activity.

As Herta’s most abilities scale with ATK, this 5-star Light Cone from the Simulated Universe Herta Store will be quite effective on her. The ATK boost can benefit her since it boosts her damage a lot while the SPD boost allows her to gain more stacks quickly after they run out.

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4) Himeko

Himeko (Image via HoYoverse)

Lastly, as a follow-up attack Erudition unit, Himeko is another character you can use Eternal Calculus on if you don't have the abovementioned characters. Himeko can use Eternal Calculus’ ATK boost to amplify her follow-up attack’s damage.

Meanwhile, the SPD boost can create an exceptional synergy with the other DPS unit, allowing Himeko to get the Points of Charge to launch her follow-up attacks.