Best Saber Honkai Star Rail build: Relics, Light Cones & team comp

Saber is a 5-star Wind Destruction DPS unit arriving in Honkai Star Rail on July 11, 2025 as part of the super hype Fate crossover event.

Saber brings huge damage potential and a uniquely energy-positive kit that rewards smart rotations and tempo control. She’s here to slay and then slay again. Her kit is absolutely stacked with scaling, burst windows, and ways to loop her Ultimate over and over if you play your cards right.

If you’re building Saber in Honkai Star Rail, here’s everything you need to know about her best Light Cones, Relics, stats, and team comps to bring out her full saber-sharp potential.

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Saber build overview

Light Cone	Relic Set	Ornament Set	Main Stats	Team Comp
A Thankless Coronation	Wave Strider Captain	Glamor of Shared Sight	Body: Crit Rate / Crit DMGFeet: SPDOrb: Wind DMG / ATK%Rope: ATK%	Saber, Sunday, Sparkle, Silver Wolf

We break down each component of this build below.

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Best Light Cones for Saber

A Thankless Coronation

This Light Cone increases Crit DMG by 36%, and after using an Ultimate, boosts ATK by 40%. If Saber has 300 or more energy, she regains 10% of her max energy and gains an additional 40% ATK for 2 turns.

Crit DMG is just a bonus here: Saber already has plenty in her kit. The real value is the massive ATK stacking and energy refund. Her kit naturally pushes her above 300 energy thanks to overflow mechanics, so she can fully benefit from every effect.

F2P & Alt options

• Fine’s Light Cone: Gives +12 SPD, ignores 18% DEF, and adds a 60% DMG buff after Ultimate. Fantastic for shaving DEF with debuffers like Silver Wolf or Sparkle.
• Herta’s Store Cone: Stacks ATK up to 64% and buffs DMG on Weakness Breaks. Great synergy with Saber’s multi-hit skills.

Best Relic and Ornament Sets

Relics

• Wavestrider Captain Relic: +16% Crit DMG (2pc), and after being the target of buffs (e.g. Sunday), Saber gains up to 48% ATK after using her Ultimate.
• Alternative: Scholar Lost in Erudition: Easier to farm, adds 8% Crit Rate and boosts Skill/Ultimate DMG. It’s only slightly behind Wave Strider in performance.

You can also run 2pc combinations like Scholar + Wavestrider or Eagle of Twilight Line for extra Wind DMG.

Ornaments

• Firmament Frontline Glamoth: +12% ATK baseline, with an extra 12%/18% DMG if Saber reaches 135/160 SPD. Ideal for speed-tuned comps.
• Space Sealing Station: Free 24% ATK if Saber hits 120+ SPD.
• Rutilant Arena: +8% Crit Rate and +20% Skill/Basic DMG if Crit Rate is 70%+. Focused on enhancing her Enhanced Basic.
• Inert Salsotto: Boosts Ultimate DMG by 15% (ignore follow-up portion). Strong if you want her nuke to hit even harder.

Saber relic stats

• Body: Crit Rate or Crit DMG depending on your balance
• Feet: SPD (aim for 135–140 to sync with Sunday)
• Orb: Wind DMG or ATK%, depending on substats
• Rope: ATK%, unless Energy Regen guarantees extra Ultimates

Priority substats

1. Speed (to match support units)
2. Crit Rate (aim for 100% in combat factoring buffs)
3. Crit DMG
4. ATK%

If running Saber + Sunday, you typically want 60% Crit Rate in relics since Saber gets +20% from her kit and another +20% from Sunday.

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Best team comp for Saber

• Saber (DPS)
• Sunday (buffer/advance)
• Sparkle (ATK buffer/CR boost)
• Silver Wolf (DEF shred/Weakness implant)

Saber thrives in setups where she can receive buffs and get turns quickly. Sunday is optimal for both speed and buff triggering her relic set. Sparkle helps cap Crit and recycle energy, while Silver Wolf ensures Saber can hit Weakness regardless of enemy types.

Other budget comps can include Tingyun, Asta, or Pela, but you’ll see a drop in total synergy and rotation speed.

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Saber Abilities

Basic Attack

ABILITY NAME	DESCRIPTION
Invisible Air	Deals Wind DMG equal to 100% of Saber’s ATK to a single enemy. After using her Ultimate, this becomes enhanced.

Enhanced Basic Attack

ABILITY NAME	DESCRIPTION
Release, the Golden Scepter	After using Ultimate, Saber’s Basic becomes Enhanced. It deals Wind DMG to all enemies. If 2 enemies are present, it deals 150% of ATK. If only 1 enemy is on the field, it deals 220% of ATK. Grants 2 Core Resonance stacks.

Skill

ABILITY NAME	DESCRIPTION
Strike Air: Hammer of the Wind King	Deals Wind DMG equal to 150% of Saber’s ATK to a designated enemy and 75% to adjacent targets. If Core Resonance is consumed, each stack adds 14% more damage and Energy is fully restored. All stacks are then consumed. If not empowered, Saber gains 3 Core Resonance.

Ultimate

ABILITY NAME	DESCRIPTION
Excalibur	Deals 280% Wind DMG to all enemies, then launches 10 follow-up attacks at random enemies, each dealing 110% of Saber’s ATK as Wind DMG. After using Excalibur, Saber’s next Basic becomes Enhanced.

Talent

ABILITY NAME	DESCRIPTION
Dragon Reactor Core	Grants 1 Core Resonance on battle start. When allies use their Ultimates, Saber gains 3 additional Core Resonance and a 60% DMG boost for 2 turns. Each Core Resonance consumed restores 8 Energy.

Technique

ABILITY NAME	DESCRIPTION
Behold, the King of Knights	Upon entering battle, Saber gains +35% ATK for 2 turns and 2 Core Resonance.

Saber Eidolons

LEVEL	EIDOLON NAME	DESCRIPTION
E1	The Lost White Walls	Increases Ultimate DMG by 60%. Basic and Skill generate an additional Core Resonance.
E2	The Lost Oath of the Round Table	Each Core Resonance grants 1% DEF Ignore (max 15%). Triggering empowered Skill boosts damage multiplier by 7% per stack.
E3	A Wish Across Fifteen Centuries	Increases Ultimate level by +2 and Basic ATK by +1 (up to caps).
E4	The Saga of Sixteen Winter Days	Ultimate grants +8% Wind RES PEN. Each use stacks an additional 4%, up to 3 times.
E5	The Dreamed Utopian Dawn	Increases Skill and Talent levels by +2.
E6	The Long Fated Night	Ultimate DMG ignores +20% RES. Overflow Energy cap raised to 200. After entering battle, first Ultimate grants 300 fixed Energy (once every 3 Ultimates).

Saber trailer

On May 2025, HoYoverse released the official trailer for Saber on their YouTube channel. If you did not check it out yet, you can do so from the link provided below:

If you want to learn about the game, check out our guides for codes, Twitch drops, and voice actors.