7 Best 3-Star Light Cones In Honkai: Star Rail

Summary

Understanding your character's kit is crucial when picking the best Light Cone in Honkai: Star Rail.
Hunt units like Seele and Yanqing benefit from the ATK buff provided by Darting Arrow, but the Base ATK stat is weak.
Data Bank is a good choice for Erudition units like Argenti, but it's better to replace it with a higher star Light Cone for maximum damage.

Light Cones are extremely important for any character’s build in Honkai: Star Rail. One of the main reasons why it’s crucial is the difference in the wielder’s performance during combat. Simply put, the better the Light Cone is, the more damage its user will deal.

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By Nahda Nabiilah

When players are picking the best Light Cone for their characters, they have to fully understand their unit’s kit since it plays a major role in making a weapon works or not. For example, a 3-star Light Cone like Collapsing Sky performs much better than many 5-star ones for Blade.

7 Hunt - Darting Arrow

Stats	Base HP: 740 Base ATK: 370 Base DEF: 264
S5 Effect	When the wearer defeats an enemy, increases ATK by 48% for 3 turn(s).
Best Wielder	Seele and Yanqing

Since Hunt units in Honkai: Star Rail can easily take out at least one enemy from existence, they’re able to easily activate the condition of Darting Arrow’s effect. Once they defeat an opponent, their ATK will be increased by 48%. Of course, for the character to take full advantage of such a powerful passive, they have to scale with ATK, or else the buff is worthless.

Additionally, it’s important to understand that although the ATK% buff is nice, the Base ATK stat of the Light Cone is weak. 4-star and 5-star Light Cones offer much more Base ATK, which makes them instantly better. But, as a last resort before getting a better weapon, Darting Arrow is a decent choice for Hunt units that scale with ATK% like Seele or Yanqing.

6 Erudition - Data Bank

Stats	Base HP: 740 Base ATK: 370 Base DEF: 264
S5 Effect	Increases the wearer's Ultimate DMG by 56%.
Best Wielder	Argenti, Herta, Jing Yuan, Serval

Since most Erudition units in Honkai: StaR Rail focus on their Ultimate, Data Bank comes in to be a healthy pick for them if you don’t have a replacement. Even the Light Cone’s Base ATK is a little high compared to other 3-star Light Cones. The best character who can take full advantage of Data Bank is Argenti, since he heavily relies on his Ultimate to deal damage.

However, even if a 56% damage increase sounds nice, the Light Cone still suffers from low Base ATK and it’s better to replace it with a 4-star or 5-star one if you’re planning to maximize the damage of your unit.

5 Harmony - Mediation

Stats	Base HP: 846 Base ATK: 317 Base DEF: 264
S5 Effect	Upon battle entry, all allies receive 20 increased SPD for 1 turn(s).
Best Wielder	All Harmony units

Having your entire team get an SPD head start over the enemy is crucial to make them start attacking first, especially if you’re running some slowpokes in the team. Additionally, most Harmony units in Honkai: Star Rail don’t scale their buffs with their stats, so the low stats on the Light Cone don’t hurt them that much.

4 Nihility - Loop

Stats	Base HP: 846 Base ATK: 317 Base DEF: 264
S5 Effect	Increases DMG dealt from its wearer to Slowed enemies by 48%.
Best Wielder	Welt and Silver Wolf

While Nihility users in Honkai: Star Rail can do so much more than just slowing enemies, 3-star Light Cones don’t really offer better than what Loop has in its passive. Dealing 48% extra damage to slowed enemies can be massive. Welt and Silver Wolf are the perfect choices to use Loop since they’re able to slow enemies. However, it doesn’t have to be a Nihility unit to slow opponents. As long as the monster is slowed, Loop’s effect will be triggered.

3 Destruction - Collapsing Sky

destruction collapsing sky in honkai star rail

Stats	Base HP: 952 Base ATK: 317 Base DEF: 198
S5 Effect	Increases the wearer's Basic ATK and Skill DMG by 40%.
Best Wielder	Blade, Imbibitor Lunae, Hook, Trailblazer

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By Nahda Nabiilah

Having their Basic ATK and Skill DMG increased by 40% when using Collapsing Sky is a crazy enhancement for all Destruction units in Honkai: Star Rail. What’s even better is a character like Blade that doesn’t fully scale with ATK% and leans more into HP% can really benefit from what Collapsing Sky has to offer. The Light Cone also works on characters like Dan Heng, Hook, and Trailblazer.

2 Abundance - Multiplication

abundance multiplication in honkai star rail

Stats	Base HP: 952 Base ATK: 317 Base DEF: 198
S5 Effect	After the wearer uses their Basic ATK, their next action will be Advanced Forward by 20%.
Best Wielder	Bailu, Luocha, and Natasha

Nothing better than making the Healer able to continuously play in Honkai: Star Rail. Multiplication definitely helps in that regard since it constantly Advances Forward the actions of Abundance units. Additionally, the Light Cone’s Base HP is high for a 3-star weapon, which is very convenient for most healers who rely on their HP to heal during combat.

1 Preservation - Amber

Stats	Base HP: 846 Base ATK: 264 Base DEF: 330
S5 Effect	Increases DEF of its wearer by 32%. If the current HP of its wearer is less than 50% of Max HP, increases DEF by an extra 32%.
Best Wielder	Gepard, March 7th, and Trailblazer

As a Preservation Light Cone, Amber offers a decent amount of Base DEF. Not only that, it further buffs DEF% by up to a whopping 64%, which can be extremely useful for any Preservation unit in Honkai: Star Rail, especially those who grant shields based on DEF.