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Honkai: Star Rail gives you a few free characters when you start playing. One of these is Dan Heng, a four-star character who specializes in single-target Wind damage, belonging to the Path of the Hunt. As a free character, Dan Heng is surprisingly decent; he is also the only Wind character you get for free.

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As a single-target DPS, Dan Heng can deal substantial damage with his Ultimate and inflict Break on enemies with a weakness to Wind. His Skill reduces enemy SPD when it crits, which is excellent for manipulating the turn order, and whenever he receives a buff, his next attack will do more Wind damage to his target.

Updated on October 09, 2023, by Sanyam Jain: Even after various updates, Dan Heng has stayed as one of the best Wind DPS characters. Some of the recent Planar Ornament sets also go quite well with his skill set.

Best Relics And Planar Ornaments For Dan Heng

Honkai: Star Rail - Dan Heng's relic and planar ornament screen in the main menu

Dan Heng benefits a lot from equipping ATK, Wind DMG, and SPD-based Relics. He also needs to have a healthy supply of Critical Rate to ensure his Skill inflicts a SPD penalty on his enemies.

Due to this, you can pick between two main Relic sets for Dan Heng, namely the Musketeer of Wild Wheat and the Eagle of Twilight Line. The latter can only be obtained later in the game, so you should use the Musketeer set until you can switch it out.

Type

Name

Reason

Relics

Eagle of Twilight Line

This is the best in slot Relic set for Dan Heng due to both its two-piece and four-piece bonus. Dan Heng already buffs his Ultimate DMG if he applies slow on the enemies.


This set gives it an extra boost by allowing him to get a turn faster after using his Ultimate.

Musketeer of Wild Wheat

As mentioned above, this Relic set is a decent substitute for Dan Heng until you can get the Eagle of Twilight Lane. Dan Heng can make use of all the bonuses provided by this set.

Planar Ornaments

Rutilant Arena

This set can be farmed in the seventh World of the Simulated Universe, and it gives you some Crit Rate for free. However, you need to have over 70 percent Crit Rate to get the Basic ATK and Skill DMG boost.


Dan Heng already wants to have a high Crit Rate for his Skill, so this set becomes the best in slot for him when it comes to Ornaments.

Space Sealing Station

This can be a great early-game Ornament set for Dan Heng since it gives you some much-needed ATK while also being easy to farm because of the lower World.

Inert Salsotto

Inert Salsotto can be a decent choice for Dan Heng since it increases his Crit Rate and Ultimate DMG. However, the follow-up DMG increase is useless to him.

When looking for Main Stats on your Relics, Dan Heng should be built like any other DPS character.

Your Head and Hand Relics will always have the same Main Stat, and here are the stats you should be looking for on other gear pieces:

Gear Type

Main Stat Priority

Body

Crit Rate/DMG

Feet

SPD

Planar Sphere

Wind DMG Bonus

Link Rope

ATK Percent

SPD is an important stat for Dan Heng, especially when paired with the four-piece Eagle of Twilight Line Relics. Giving him more SPD means he can act again faster after his turn while slowing enemies when scoring critical hits with his Skill.

Best Light Cones For Dan Heng

Honkai: Star Rail - Dan Heng's Light Cone in the character screen

There aren't many free-to-play Light Cones that are great for Dan Heng, which means he will benefit most from the four and five-star Light Cones you get from pulling on the Gacha Banners.

If you don't have any of his better Light Cones, his best F2P option is Darting Arrow. Otherwise, you should consider some of the following Light Cones for Dan Heng:

In the Night

Due to the benefit this provides based on your SPD, you will find it synergizes extremely well with Dan Heng's Relic choices. It increases your Crit rate, and your ATK based on how much SPD you have.


Not to mention, it increases the Crit DMG of your Ultimate by 12 percent, all of which can stack six times. Perfect for Dan Heng.

Cruising in the Stellar Sea

Crit Rate is quite an important stat for Dan Heng, and you need over 70 percent if you're using the Rutilant Arena set. This set gives you a straight 16 percent Crit Rate boost at Superimposition Five, which is quite easy to get since it's free-to-play friendly.


You can get an extra 16 percent Crit Rate against enemies with low HP, but this isn't counted for the 70 percent of the Ornament set. Finally, your ATK increases whenever you defeat an enemy, which makes him better against a group of smaller enemies.

Only Silence Remains

This Light Cone fits Dan Heng perfectly since it increases your ATK while giving you a Crit Rate boost when there are two or fewer enemies on the field. He isn't particularly good against a horde of enemies so this is perfect for him.

Return to Darkness

Return to Darkness is an excellent option for Dan Heng, but the problem is that it's only obtained from buying the Battle Pass. It does focus on Crit rate, but the real benefit is the chance to remove one enemy buff when scoring a Crit on them.

Darting Arrow

The pickings are slim when it comes to decent three-star Path of the Hunt Light Cones. It's simple but effective, Darting Arrow increases your ATK when you defeat an enemy.


The best thing is that you will possibly have multiple copies, meaning you can Superimpose this to rank five with ease.

Dan Heng Traces Overview And Priority

Honkai: Star Rail - Dan Heng's Traces in the character screen

Each character in Honkai: Star Rail has several Traces that enhance their abilities. Basic Attacks, Skills, Talents, and Ultimates can be leveled several times. There are also three Bonus Abilities for each unit, which grant them various positive effects in combat.

When leveling and unlocking Traces for Dan Heng, you should focus on his Skill, Ultimate, Basic Attack, and Talent in that order.

Ability Name

Type

Description

Cloudlancer Art: North Wind

Basic Attack

Deals Wind DMG to a single enemy.

Cloudlancer Art: Torrent

Skill

Deals Wind DMG to a single enemy, stronger than a Basic Attack. This Skill hits multiple times. If this attack crits, there is a 100 percent chance to reduce the target's SPD by 12 percent.

Ethereal Dream

Ultimate

Deals huge Wind DMG to one enemy. If the target is slowed, the attack deals even more damage.

Superiority of Reach

Talent

When Dan Heng is the target of any ability – shield, buff, or healing – his next attack has Wind Resistance Penetration increased by a certain amount. Can only be triggered once every two turns.

Splitting Spearhead

Technique

Increase Dan Heng's attack by 40 percent at the start of the next battle.

Faster Than Light

Bonus Ability

After attacking, Dan Heng has a 50 percent chance to increase his SPD by 20 percent for two turns.

High Gale

Bonus Ability

Dan Heng's Basic Attack does 40 percent more damage to Slowed enemies.

Hidden Dragon

Bonus Ability

When your HP is lower than 50 percent, Dan Heng's chance of being targeted is reduced.

As you can see from his abilities, his playstyle is extremely geared toward dealing damage, slowing enemies, and increasing his SPD. His other Traces increase his ATK and Wind DMG and should be unlocked according to your preference.

The more you can slow enemies, the more damage Dan Heng will do to them.

This is why Crit Rate is such an important stat for him.

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