The NEW Dan Heng SP, makes his debut in the upcoming Honkai Star Rail version 3.6 as one of the best universal sustain and support characters.In this guide, we will go over how players can best build Dan Heng Permansor Terrae to maximize both his sustain and support capabilities for end game contents in Honkai Star Rail.

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Catalogue

  • Skill Kit & Leveling Priorities
    •  General Introduction
    • Dan Heng Permansor Terrae Skill Kit Details
    • Dan Heng Permansor Terrae Level Up Priorities
  • Best Lightcones & Relic Builds
    • Dan Heng Permansor Terrae Recommended Lightcones
    • Dan Heng Permansor Terrae Best Relic & Ornament Sets
  • Eidolons Priorities
    • Dan Heng Permansor Terrae Recommended Eidolons
    • Dan Heng Permansor Terrae Eidolons VS Signature Lightcone Pulling Priorities
  • Best Team Recommendations
    • Phainon Hypercarry Team
    • Dan Heng Permansor Terrae Sunday Combo Teams
  • Conclusion
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Skill Kit & Leveling Priorities

 General Introduction

Dan Heng Permansor Terrae is a Physical character that follows the path of Preservation. He specializes in boosting the damage output of a single ally by providing them with a special summon while also helping to boost the team’s survivability by providing the team with shields proportional to his attack stat.

Element

Path

Keywords

Role

Physical

Preservation

Shield/ Follow Up Attacks

Sustain/ Support

 Dan Heng Permansor Terrae Skill Kit Details

Dan Heng Permansor Terrae’s main gimmick lies in his ability to assign an ally on the field as his Bond Mate, providing the ally with an attack boost and a summon that can deal follow up attack proportional to Dan Heng Permansor Terrae’s attack stat. Additionally, Dan Heng Permasor Terrae can help the team survive by granting the entire team shields.

The summon’s damage is considered for Dan Heng, however, the summon is considered the Bond Mate ally’s own summon, meaning certain effects like Sunday buffs will be able to trigger fully when used on the Bond Mate ally. Additionally, this skill will provide a shield to all allies when used, with shield value stacking up to 300% of his attack stat.

When using his Ultimate, Dan Heng will deal Physical damage to all enemies, granting a shield to all allies and enhancing his summon. When enhanced, upon taking action, the summon will deal enhanced follow up attack to all enemies and deal an additional instance of damage based on The Bond Mate Ally’s attack stat.

 Dan Heng Permansor Terrae Level Up Priorities

As a Sustain/ Support Hybrid Character, Dan Heng Permansor Terrae’s abilities and trace level up priorities are as followed:

- Players should focus on maxing out Dan Heng Permansor Terrae’s Skill as high as possible to maximize his shield value.

- HisUltimate should be the 2nd order of leveling as it helps to boost his damage output and help improve his shield value further.

- Players need to unlock all of Dan Heng Permansor Terrae’s 3 Bonus Abilities as quickly as possible to maximize his support capability and help to improve his overall damage rotation.

- Players do not need to level up Dan Heng Permansor Terrae’s Basic Attack.

 Best Lightcones & Relic Builds

 Dan Heng Permansor Terrae Recommended Lightcones

As a Sustain/ Support character who can boost the attack of an ally proportional to his own attack stat while also dealing good damage and providing the team with shields, Dan Heng Permansor Terrae wants to have as much Attack as possible to maximize his support potential.

For Dan Heng Permansor Terrae, players should focus on Lightcones that boost his attack stat instead of

lightcones that boost his shielding ability.

The best in slot lightcone for Dan Heng Permansor Terrae is of course, his Signature Lightcone:
- Though Worlds Apart

Though Worlds Apart (5* Limited)

  • Attack: 529
  • HP: 1164
  • Defense: 463

Increases the wearer's ATK by 24% and Shield Effect provided by 30% . When the wearer uses Ultimate, restores HP equal to 10% of the wearer's ATK to all allies, and additionally restores HP equal to 10% of the wearer's ATK to the ally character with the lowest HP, and grants "Redoubt" to all allies for 3 turn(s). Targets with "Redoubt" deal 24% more DMG, which further increases by 12% if they have summons.

Alternatively, another great Lightcone that boost Dan Heng Permansor Terrae’s Max HP and own damage output is Inherently Unjust Destiny:

- Inherently Unjust Destiny

Inherently Unjust Destiny (5* Limited)

  • Attack: 529
  • HP: 1270
  • Defense: 396

Increases the wearer's DEF by 40% . When the wearer provides a Shield to an ally, the wearer's CRIT DMG increases by 40%, lasting for 2 turn(s). When the wearer's Follow-up ATK hits an enemy target, there is a 100% base chance to increase the DMG taken by the attacked enemy target by 10%, lasting for 2 turn(s).

Some of the best 4 Stars Lightcones that Dan Heng Permansor Terrae can use includes:

- Journey, Forever Peaceful

Journey, Forever Peaceful

(4* Battle Pass)

  • Attack: 529
  • HP: 1270
  • Defense: 396

Increases the wearer's provided Shield Effect by 12%. When an ally target has a Shield, the DMG dealt increases by 12%.

- Landau's Choice:

Landau's Choice (4*)

  • Attack: 370
  • HP: 1058
  • Defense: 396

The wearer is more likely to be attacked, and DMG taken is reduced by 16%.

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Dan Heng Permansor Terrae Best Relic & Ornament Sets

For Dan Heng Permansor Terrae, his best Relic set is his dedicated Relic set - the Self-Enshrouded Recluse set, which boosts the amount of shield he provides to allies as well as providing a critical damage boost to all allies that have a shield on them.

Self-Enshrouded Recluse

2pcs

Increases Shield Effect by 10%.

4pcs

Increases Shield Effect provided by the wearer by 12%. When an ally target has a Shield provided by the wearer, the ally target's CRIT DMG increases by 15%.

Dan Heng Permansor Terrae’s best Ornament set is Lushaka, the Sunken Seas, which grants Dan Heng Permansor Terrae a slight Energy regen boost and allow him to boost the attack of the ally on the team’s 1st position, helping to boost the team damage.

Lushaka, the Sunken Seas

2pcs

Increases the wearer's Energy Regeneration Rate by 5%. If the wearer is not the first character in the team lineup, then increases the ATK of the first character in the team lineup by 12%.

For Main Stats and Sub Stats, players should prioritize Attack and Critical Stats on Dan Heng Permansor Terrae to maximize his damage output and his Shield amount as all of his shield and damage scales off his own Attack stat. Additionally, players should invest in some critical stats and energy regen for him to both help him trigger his Ultimate as frequently as possible and help boost his overall damage output

- For Dan Heng Permansor Terrae, players should focus on these stats:

 

Main Stat

Sub Stats

Body

Critical Damage% or Critical Rate%

- Priority #1: Attack%, Critical Rate% & Critical Damage%

- Priority #2: Other Stats

Feet

Speed

Rope

Energy Regen% or Attack%

Orb

Attack%

Eidolons Priorities

 Dan Heng Permansor Terrae Recommended Eidolons

E1 - Shed Scales of Old

Dan Heng Permansor Terrae’s 1st Eidolons is his must have supporting Eidolons that allow him to support the team by recovering the team’s Skill point when he uses his Ultimate in addition to allowing the Bond Mate ally to deal more damage to enemies by increasing their Res Pen stat.

Rating: Highly Recommended (Further Boost Dan Heng’s Team Support capability and boost the damage of the Bond Mate Ally)

E2 - Watch Trails to Blaze

Dan Heng Permansor Terrae’s 2nd Eidolons massively improves the damage output of Dan Heng himself and his summon, allowing the summon to deal massive amounts of damage for a longer period of time and help improve his damage rotation by advancing the action of the summon by 100% whenever he uses his Ultimate. Furthermore, these eidolons also boost his shield effect.

Rating: Highly Recommended (Improves Dan Heng Permansor Terrae’s own damage output and his summon’s damage output by improving his rotation and shielding effects)

E4 - By Oath, This Vessel Is I

Dan Heng Permansor Terrae’s 4th Eidolons straight up reduce the damage taken by the Bond mate ally by 20%. It's a straightforward effect that doesn’t actually provide much utility worthy of investment.

Rating: Not Recommended (Only provide a single simple effect that is not worth that investment)

E6 - One Dream to Enfold All Wilds

Dan Heng Permansor Terrae’s 6th Eidolons is his best Eidolon by far, helping to maximize his team support capability while being a sustain unit by making all enemies on the field takes more damage, increasing the damage dealt by the Bond Mate ally and even grants an additional damage instance to enemies whenever the Bond Mate Ally attacks.

Rating: Most Recommended (Improves the team’s damage output and massively boost the Bond Mate ally’s damage)

 Dan Heng Permansor Terrae Eidolons VS Signature Lightcone Pulling Priorities

In terms of pulling investment for Dan Heng Permansor Terrae and the balance between getting his Eidolons and his signature Lightcone, there are certain considerations players should make:

- Dan Heng Permansor Terrae’s Lightcone is the only Lightcone in the game that boosts the attack stat of the wearer, which Dan Heng Permansor Terrae scales off. Additionally, the lightcone offer immense team damage boosting and even helps heal allies, making it one of the best all rounder lightcones that players should have in general.

- Dan Heng Permansor Terrae’s 1st and 2nd Eidolons are moderately strong and help boost his potential as a Sustain, with the 1st Eidolon boosting his team support ability while the 2nd boost his overall damage output. So if players want to invest, stopping at E2 is a wise choice.

- Dan Heng Permansor Terrae’s best Eidolon is his E6, which massively boost his team support capability, but it will require heavy investment, so players should consider carefully before committing.

Therefore, with these considerations, players should invest in Dan Heng Permansor Terrae in this order:

E0 + S1 > E1 + S1 > E2 + S1 > E6 + S1 > E6 + S5.

 Best Team Recommendations

As a Sustain/Support character that can boost the attack of an ally while dealing decent damage himself while providing the entire team with shield, realistically speaking, Dan Heng Permansor Terrae can be slotted into any team as long as that team is not Max HP based or doesn’t want shield as a form of sustain. However, there are certain teams in the game that takes the most advantage with having Dan Heng Permansor Terrae.

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Therefore, some of Dan Heng Permansor Terrae’s best team include:

 Phainon Hypercarry Team

As a character that is designed mainly to go alongside Phainon, Dan Heng Permansor Terrae serves as the main and best sustain option for a Phainon hypercarry team by providing Phainon with extremely good buffs while also allow Phainon to deal extra damage even when he is in his Solo mode.

Phainon

Sunday

Cerydra

Dan Heng Permansor Terrae

Main DPS

Sustain/ Support

Damage Support

Sustain/ Support

Phainon serves as the team’s main DPS option with his strong damage output when buffed by the other strong buffers in the team to enter his solo mode.

Cerydra is Phainon’s best in slot damage support with her ability to grant massive amounts of Skill Damage and Critical Damage buff to Phainon. Sunday is the best secondary buffer in the team to boost Phainon’s damage even further and thanks to the fact that Dan Heng Permansor Terrae’s summon is considered the Bond Mate’s summon, Phainon can enjoy the full benefit of Sunday’s buffs when an ally has a summon.

Finally, Dan Heng Permansor Terrae is the team’s sustain and last support option, boosting the attack of Phainon while also supplementing his damage output when he is in his solo form by providing him with a summon that can go alongside him in his Solo mode to deal damage with him.

 Dan Heng Permansor Terrae Sunday Combo Teams

General speaking, Dan Heng Permansor Terrae can be slotted into hypercarry teams that relies on Attack based main DPS characters to boost the hypercarry character’s attack while also allow him to combo with Sunday to provide the Main DPS with all of Sunday’s strong buffs

Some of the team variations that players can run Dan Heng Permansor Terrae in includes:

- The Herta Dual Carry Team:

The Herta

Anaxa

Sunday

Dan Heng Permansor Terrae

Main DPS

Sub DPS

Support

Sustain/ Support

- Feixiao Hypercarry Team:

Feixiao

Topaz

Sunday

Dan Heng Permansor Terrae

Main DPS

Sub DPS

Support

Sustain/ Support

- Archer Hypercarry Team:

Archer

Sparkle

Sunday

Dan Heng Permansor Terrae

Main DPS

Support

Support

Sustain/Support

 Conclusion

With that, we hope that we have been able to provide players with the best information regarding Dan Heng Permansor Terrae and how they can best invest in Dan Heng Permansor Terrae to make him one of the best universal sustain and support Preservation characters in the game.

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