Locha in Honkai Star Rail: Build Guide

Locha in Paths of Abundance, in squads takes the role of a healer and attacks opponents with an imaginary type of damage. The main feature of the character is talent zone "Circle of Life", which is created after receiving two charges of "Abyssal Flower".

While the area is active, every time an ally deals damage to enemies, they are healed for a certain amount of health. For this reason, the unit becomes increasingly important in teams whose mechanics are built around absorption и HP consumption (own meaning and/or associates).

Otherwise, the hero, who acts as a "traveling merchant" in the game, is considered a top-tier unit and has the typical functions for a representative of Abundance: good mass and individual healing in active and ive ways, the ability to remove various types of debuffs from the team, and also to get rid of enemy buffs.

Rating	S-position in dash list
Rarity	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Damage type	Imaginary
Path	Abundance
when added to the game	June 28, 2023 (patch 1.1)
How to get a character	Event "Search for the Mundane" (type banner "Event Jump: Character)
Gender	Male
Home region	Unknown
Role in the squad	Sustain (healer)
Role in the game	Itinerant merchant
Signature light cone	Weapon of the Path of Abundance "Echoes from the Coffin"
Voice actors	English voice actor: Craig Lee Thomas; Japanese voice actor: Ishida Akira; Chinese voice actor: Zhao Lu; Corresponding voice actor: Shin Yong-woo

Hero's story

First appears at the beginning of the Exploration story campaign. Lofu Xianzhou and introduces himself as a traveling merchant, citing business as the purpose of his visit to the large star yawl. However, it is difficult to understand whether he is telling the truth or lying: the true intentions of the mysterious man remain a secret until the very end. On the merchant's back there is always a coffin, which, according to his confessions, was a gift from an old acquaintance, who sent him to Lof, having bound him with a common oath.

In conversations, the man often mentions demons, the church, and illness. In the distant past that the merchant lived through, people would form groups and try to climb higher to watch their city fall. One day, someone asked him: "Why are you still wearing clothes from your home world?"To this the man replied: "She reminds me of the path I have to take.".

The development of the hero's storyline can be learned through his personal companion mission "Outlander Knight".

How to get a character

At the moment, there are two ways to add the hero in question to your collection of legendary characters.

Event Leap: Search for the Mundane

The banner from which you can get Locha is called "Search for the Worldly". First of all, the hero can be obtained after launching the so-called "Jump".

If you don't want to miss the rerun of Lochi and other limited characters, keep an eye on banner schedule.

Star Merge: Character Exchange

Additionally, 5⭐ units can be purchased in the in-game store "The Golden Spirit of the Fellow Traveler".

Features

The main basic characteristics of the character are HP, attack power and defense. Speed ​​and taunt remain unchanged throughout the entire leveling. The exact parameters of each indicator are presented in the table:

Level of	Health	ATK	DEF	Speed	Taunt
1	174	102	49	101	100
20	340	200	96	101	100
40	653	386	185	101	100
50	810	478	230	101	100
60	967	571	274	101	100
70	1124	664	319	101	100
80	1281	756	363	101	100

How skills work

Abundance's abilities are aimed at providing to the team in the form of restoring health, removing negative effects from allies and positive bonuses from enemies. Dealing damage is not a strong point, but the superpower will be useful in some situations for high penetration of imaginary vulnerability.

The ability to ively heal turns the character into a that is not demanding of action points, and the powerful HP restoration by active skills and the area from "Abyssal Flowers" allows for cooperation with DPS representatives who play from consuming and/or absorbing health. They are prioritized Wind Blade.

The activities that a traveling merchant can cover are extremely extensive: the hero will become an excellent within the framework of the age "virtual universe" under the corresponding bonuses and blessing cards.

Active skills

The character's active skills include:

• technique - when entering battle, activates the effect of the talent;
• basic attack - deals damage to the selected enemy;
• skill - restores the health of the selected ally, additionally, if during the battle the ally loses a significant percentage of health, heals him without spending action points;
• superpower - Deals massive damage, removing buffs from attacked targets.

In the following sections, we will go into more detail about the description of each ability, and also consider the hero's eidolons, hidden talents, and the order of skill upgrades, so that you can understand which skills you can save on upgrade materials.

ive skills

The healer's ive abilities include: талант, when activated, a special zone appears on the battlefield, otherwise known as "Magic Circle".

The order of leveling abilities

Talent ≥ skill > superpower > basic attack

Talent is the key link that is responsible for the effectiveness of the character's healing art. Emboldening Salvo — an additional source of health restoration, as a result, both skills are recommended to be pumped in parallel with each other. If there is a shortage of resources, priority is given first of all "The circle of life", after - "Prayer of the Flower of the Abyss".

Main purpose superpowers — remove the buff from enemies and deal massive damage. Due to the fact that the ult elevation does not affect the effectiveness of removing the positive bonus, and third-party DPS is not a key mechanic of the Abundance representative, the level "Death Wishes" increases after talent and skill. In turn, basic attack It is only needed to restore action points and is rarely used.

Tracks

All traces of the legendary unit:

Attack Power +4.0% (lvl 1)
"Cleansing Resurrection" (A2): When the skill effect is triggered, 1 debuff is removed from the targeted ally.	Health +4.0% (A2)	Attack Power +4.0% (A3)	Defense +5.0% (A3)
"Sanctified" (A4): When any enemy in the area is attacked by an ally, the entire squad except the attacking hero will recover HP equal to 7% (+93 units) of the attack power of the traveling merchant.	Attack Power +6.0% (A4)	Health +6.0% (A5)	Attack Power +6.0% (A5)
"Through the length" (A6): Chance to avoid crowd control is increased by 70%.	Defense +7.5% (A6)
Health +8.0% (lvl 75)	Attack Power +8.0% (lvl 80)

The total increase in characteristics will be:

• attack power - + 28.0 %
• health - + 18.0 %
• protection - + 12.5 %

Eidolons

All consts of the follower of Abundance:

E1	While the zone is active, all allies' attack power is increased by 20%.
E2	When the skill effect is triggered, if the target ally's HP is below 50%, outgoing healing hero's HP is increased by 30%. If the selected ally's HP is greater than or equal to 50%, a buff is placed on him. shield, which can absorb damage equal to 18% (+240 units) of the Intergalactic Trader's attack power.
E3	Skill level +2. Max level - 15. Base attack level +1. Max level is 10.
E4	While the zone is active, enemies are inflicted with the Powerlessness status, reducing their damage dealt by 12%.
E5	Superpower level +2. Max level - 15. Talent level +2. Max level - 15.
E6	Using the super ability has a fixed 100% chance to reduce all enemies' resistance to any type of damage by 20% for 2 turns.

Lochi's best eidolons are - first, second и sixth:

• E1 — makes the character not only a healer, but also a buffer who can increase the attack power of allied heroes, which will be useful for most representatives of DPS classes.
• E2 — increases the hero's outgoing healing or places a shield on an ally depending on the amount of HP of the ally on which the skill effect is triggered. Despite the fact that the shield from "The Gift of Purification" While it cannot compete with the defensive effects of Preservation units in of durability, it can still delay the sudden death of a team member. It will be especially useful in high-level modes, where incoming damage may be distributed unevenly.
• E6 — the ability to weaken opponents by reducing their resistance to any type of damage is added to the functions of the healer and buffer. Thus, at the time of receiving the constellation "Ashes to Ashes" the hero becomes a universal unit, capable of partially satisfying the need in three directions at once.

How to Play Locha in HSR

The Intergalactic Trader skill restores health to one ally, the skill also works immediately if the ally's HP drops below 50%. At the same time, using the skill and super ability allows you to accumulate charges "Flower of the Abyss"After receiving two levels of the named status, a special "Magic Circle".

Whenever a team member attacks an enemy that is within the Magic Circle, they are instantly healed for a certain amount of health. Thus, Locha's rotation boils down to consistent application "Prayers of the Flower of the Abyss" и "Death wish". As a result, for the full disclosure of the character within the framework of battles, we recommend adhering to the following rules:

1. At the beginning of the battle, use the technique "Fool's Mercy"to instantly activate the talent "Circle of Life" and create a zone that will ively heal allies when they attack enemies.
2. When it's a character's turn, use a basic attack (especially if you need to restore action points and the team's health is at an acceptable level).
3. If one of your allies has a low HP percentage, use the skill "Prayer of the Abyss Flower", to not only heal, but also to get 1 level of "Abyssal Flower".
4. that when two charges are reached, a "Magic Circle" is created, within which allies' attacks heal them. In turn, if you have a hidden talent "Sanctified", while using attack skills, the entire squad will restore health.
5. Depending on the battlefield situation, either use the skill twice or combine the skill and basic attack/superpower to keep the zone in the arena at all times. Since the unit only has the skill as an active healing ability, this sequence will effectively maintain the survivability of the group.
6. Try not to use the superpower unnecessarily, especially in situations where the "Magic Circle" is active. The reason is that when the zone is active, the "Abyssal Flower" charges do not accumulate.

All about character leveling

In this section we will consider what resources are required to fully strengthen a character, including increasing his level, as well as improving skills and traces.

Elevation materials

In order to raise the maximum level 80, you need to:

Skills Improvement Materials

Fully enhancing active and ive skills will require:

The order of pumping traces

Hidden talents that affect additional combat bonuses and overall stats will cost the following components:

Total amount of materials needed to level up, upgrade skills, and improve traces:

• loans (×3 888 000);
• travel guides (×289), adventure journals (×6), meetings during travels (×16);
• artificial mechanical components (×56), mechanical cylindrical wheels (×71), mechanical hearts of chaos (×73) - complete the activity levels "Sepal (golden)" in the territory Lofu Xianzhouto obtain this consumable;
• seed of abundance (×18), sprout of life (×69), flower of eternity (×139) - a reward for completing "Sepal (Crimson): Bud of Abundance", located in In the drainage age Luofu Xianzhou, next to the spatial anchor "Recreation Square";
• golden crowns shadows of the past (×65) - defeat an elite enemy in the dungeon "Stagnation Shadow: Mirage Form", which is in the Sewer age near the "Transport Hub" teleporter, to obtain a certain amount of the named resource;
• guardian's sorrow (×12) - a reward for killing Kokolia in the mode "Echoes of War: The End of Permafrost".
• imprints of fate (×8).

Advantages and disadvantages

The Abundance representative in question, like many other characters of the named class, has strengths and weaknesses:

Advantages	Disadvantages
Restores health both with skill and ively (without spending skill points): firstly, when an ally's HP drops to 50% or lower; secondly, when an ally attacks an enemy if "Magic Circle" is active.	Many enemies have power-ups that cannot be dispelled, which does not allow you to use the superpower effect on an ongoing basis. This applies to a greater extent to elite monsters.
Removes one buff from all enemy targets with a super ability, which is especially useful when going through difficult combat content.	Since the character heals from attack power instead of HP, he becomes more vulnerable to damage.
It will be a great purchase for the heroes Memory due to overall versatility, or in squads that play from absorbing and/or consuming HP.	Unstable Mass Heal: Can only gradually restore health to the entire team, provided that the "Hallowed" trace is upgraded and the enemy takes damage during the "Magic Circle" effect.
The super's healing effect and damage depend on attack power, which simplifies the selection of characteristics - it is enough to focus on ATK for stable health recovery and acceptable damage from Death Wish.
After leveling up the talent, "Purifying Resurrection" removes the debuff from the target ally when the skill effect is triggered. In certain situations, this can save a squad member from death.

Best Lochi Builds in Honkai: Star Rail

When selecting equipment for a character, consisting of cave/planar relics, emphasis should be placed on the development of the following characteristics:

• Attack Power — the amount of health restored to allies, as well as the damage inflicted by the basic attack and super ability, depends on the increase in this indicator;
• healing bonus - increases the overall efficiency of HP restoration;
• speed - affects how often the hero can make a move and use active skills (can be accelerated to extreme parameters thanks to sets of artifacts, which will allow generating action points and maintaining the team's health at a high level);
• energy recovery - Allows you to accumulate energy faster to activate your ultimate skill.

The main role of the character is healing allies, at the same time he is able to deal damage in an area with the help of the ultimate skill. However, the latter is only a pleasant addition and expansion of functionality. In the position, the wandering merchant shows himself much better, therefore, the priority build of Lochi in HSR should not be concentrated on increasing damage, this is inappropriate. However, due to scaling active skills and healing from attack power indicator, the hero will, one way or another, increase his personal DPS.

Recommended Specs

The main indicators that are recommended to look for in cave relics and planar jewelry:

Relic	Main characteristic
Head	HP (permanent)
Arms	Attack Power (Permanent)
Body	Healing Bonus
Legs	Speed
planar sphere	ATK
Connecting rope	Energy recovery (priority) or attack power (alternative)

The priority regarding additional characteristics is based on:

Speed ≥ Attack Power (%) > protection/HP (%) > effect resistance

Optimal stat values ​​when reaching hero level 80:

• HP — from 3 units and more;
• protection — from 800 units, being a non-priority characteristic;
• Attack Power — from 2-400 units and above;
• speed — 134 / 143 / 160;
• energy recovery — 119.4% through connecting rope.

Light Cone Rating

When choosing a weapon, give preference to the Abundance Light Cones, which will provide the character with attack power, with an increase to outgoing healing и energy recovery:

In addition, the unit can be equipped with the following weapon options:

• "Time waits for no one" (Leg.) - an alternative that increases health and outgoing healing, and will additionally allow you to the squad with third-party "recorded" damage.
• "Hey, I'm here!" (Free Epic) - Offers HP and healing bonus boosts. The latter bonus will force you to activate the skill every two turns, which can be costly in of action points.
• "Ripe fruit" (ed.) and "Cornucopia" (ed.) - budget equipment for beginners.

What relics and decorations are needed

Cave relics and planar decorations, in turn, must have characteristics that increase outgoing healing и attack power. Alternatively, you can consider sets that provide increases to energy and speed recovery. The latter is especially important if you want to increase this indicator to 160 units and higher.

cave relics

planar decorations

Squad Guide

Given the set of active and ive skills, Locha plays the role of a healer in the team, in other words, a sustainer, and accordingly, he takes the last fourth slot when creating a squad. We will prioritize several points that make the hero the best choice for a certain type of character:

• thanks to the ive health recovery feature that is built into the skill "Prayer of the Abyss Flower" and talent "Circle of Life", works well with units that play from summoning spirits of memory, or representatives who act as the “tank” in the group;
• The skill effect, which is triggered when the health of team is reduced to 50%, will be useful for heroes whose abilities are tied to the consumption/absorption of HP (their own value and/or allies).

Which characters are suitable?

Given the above, the list of "ideal" allies for a traveling merchant can be narrowed down to the following heroes:

However, this does not mean that the traveling merchant will not be able to provide adequate to other heroes. Considering that the man is a healer of the highest tier, most DPS units will feel comfortable under his supervision:

Representatives of Harmony and Non-Existence will also appreciate the healing abilities of the Abundance character:

Examples of the best teams

The following squads can be formed with the listed characters:

The table only shows examples of possible squads where the unit acts in the sustain position. Based on them, you can create your own team, if difficulties arise, write to comments, so that the author or players can help assemble a good group to complete various content.

Is it worth knocking out?

Locha is a legendary rarity character who specializes in healing allies. Unlike other heroes of the same class, he focuses on gradual healing due to the "Magic Circle" mechanic. In addition to this, the intergalactic merchant is able to deal AoE damage, the damage multiplier depends entirely on attack power indicator. The named characteristic also affects the effectiveness of healing properties, which greatly simplifies the assembly of the hero.

A DPS-focused superpower forces the male to sacrifice having instant healing for all allies, such as 4⭐ Natasha — the ultimate skills of the listed heroines restore HP en masse, which turns them into more stable sustainers. However, the peculiarity "Death Wishes" does not prevent the wanderer from Lofu from remaining one of the strongest and most relevant representatives of his class after many updates. Especially considering the fact that the mechanics of his healing in certain situations wins and becomes more in demand.

Thus, when answering the question of whether it is worth spending Special Star es or Golden Spirit of the Companion on a given Abundance hero, it is important to take into the above nuances. For example, if there are heroes on the that play from HP consumption (Swordsman Blade), then the healer will be a great acquisition, which will eliminate the need for a good sustain for a long time. Similarly, it is recommended to take the character if the profile needs a stable unit responsible for the survival of the group.

Which is better: signal or E1

The hero's first eidolon, "Bath of the Living", is responsible for additional increases to the attack power of allies while the talent zone is active. This acquisition can be called good, but not all DPS representatives need an increase in ATK. For example, it will be completely useless for units whose damage scales from other parameters, be it defense or HP.

In contrast, signature weapons "Echoes from the Coffin" offers many pleasant bonuses:

• increased attack power carrier - it is this characteristic that influences the healing properties of the traveling merchant;
• additional energy recovery - to get a bonus, it is enough to attack opponents when possible;
• speed increase allies after using the ult, which will significantly speed up their actions in the battle cycle.

Therefore, it is recommended to give preference to the signature light cone.

Achievements with character

The hero is also associated with a number of open and hidden achievements:

Name	Condition
"Coffin Dancer"	Witness the hidden side of the character by completing the companion mission objectives "Outlander Knight".
"The Diversity of Life"	Play 10 different HP recovery voice lines for characters when the Abundance hero heals.
"The Star Saga of the Split Sword"	Win 1 battle with Locha, icy Yanqing in the squad.
"Martial Arts Ceremony: Rapier"	Use the Traveling Merchant to deal the final blow and defeat the icy Yanqing.

We hope this Honkai: Star Rail character build guide helped you make the best Locha build. comments Ask any questions regarding the character so that the author or other players can help.

Trailers

Character trailer "The Oath of the Wanderer":

Анимация "The Riddle of the Coffin" from the category "Closer to the Stars":