How to play Yunli in Honkai Star Rail

The Honkai Star Rail 2.4 update saw the official debut of Yunli, a 5-star character from Destruction Path who sports a solid counterhit that some might find difficult to get used to. You must maintain her rotations based on the enemy's turn to capitalize on the effect and maximize her attack power. Furthermore, she can unleash powerful strikes this way, dealing massive Physical DMG on multiple foes.

Here's a quick guide outlining the optimal way to play Yunli in Honkai Star Rail.

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Exploring Yunli’s kit and role in Honkai Star Rail

Yunli takes on the role of a DPS in Honkai Star Rail. She has access to powerful counter-attack mechanics and self-sustenance, which sets her apart from any other unit in this segment. The following section briefly outlines every element in her kit.

Basic Attack

Yunli's Basic Attack preview (Image via HoYoverse)

This ability deals Physical DMG to a single target, scaling off Yunli’s attack.

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Skill

Yunli's Skill deals damage and heals her (Image via HoYoverse)

She restores some HP and inflicts Physical DMG on a single target. Her Skill also deals additional damage to adjacent enemies, and it scales on her ATK stat.

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Talent

The counterhit is embedded in her Talent (Image via HoYoverse)

When Yunli gets attacked by an enemy, she regenerates an extra 15 energy and immediately launches a counterattack on them, which deals AoE Physical DMG. In the absence of an immediate target on the battlefield, she will hit a random opponent.

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Ultimate

Yunli conjures a sword bigger than herself (Image via HoYoverse)

The character consumes 120 Energy to enter a Parry mode and Taunts all enemies until the end of the next ally's or opponent’s turn. In this state, the Counter effect from her Talent will also transform into "Intuit: Cull." She can unleash the attack to remove the Parry effect or launch the "Intuit: Slash" on a random target.

While both the counterattacks hit multiple targets inflicting Physical DMG, the "Intuit: Cull '' additionally deals six instances of damage, which makes it a lot stronger in comparison.

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How to play Yunli optimally in Honkai Star Rail

With a proper Yunli build in Honkai Star Rail, you can clear all the end-game contents, including Memory of Chaos, Pure Fiction, and the like. Her gameplay loop is quite straightforward once you learn how to set up her counterattacks optimally. Here are the steps for an ideal Yunli rotation in HSR:

• First, wait for Yunli to generate her Ultimate with regular counterattacks. She can cast this ability at half the energy cost, so it wouldn't take a while to get there.
• In the meantime, save the crucial buffs from the support characters to snowball Yunli's damage.
• Do not use the Ultimate the moment it is available; instead, exhaust all allies' turns and activate all the necessary enhancements. The key here is to wait until the enemy's turn.
• Once the opponents are ahead in the action order, activate Yunli's Ultimate to enter the parry state. Now, every time the enemy attacks her, she can successfully strike them down with her "Intuit: Cull'' counterhit.
• Keep repeating the above steps to deal maximum damage throughout the battle.

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