Over a year after Honkai: Star Rail's initial announcement of collaboration with Fate's Ultimate Blade Works season, it has finally arrived in the game during the Version 3.4 update. Apart from an exclusive event for the collab involving Saber, Archer, and Lancer, you can also get the first two characters as playable units in the game.

While Archer is free, Saber is a five-star Wind Destruction unit that you can only acquire from her featured banner. She's one of the best AoE DPS units in the game, and with the right build and team members, she can clear your endgame content in the blink of an eye.

Best Saber Light Cones

After mustering up enough passes and getting Saber from her banner in Honkai: Star Rail, you'll first have to decorate her with a synergistic light cone. These cones are usually acquired from the gacha as well, but you can get a few of them for free from different modes and also if you buy the premium tier of the battle pass.

To get the most value on Saber, you'd want to equip one of the light cones with a Destruction path on her, since you can't use the cone's passive otherwise. Her best light cone is undoubtedly A Thankless Coronation, which is her signature that can be acquired from the Fate light cone banner.

Light Cone

Synergy With Saber

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A Thankless Coronation

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This is Saber's signature light cone, and it gives her a whopping 36 percent Crit DMG boost just by being equipped. However, the main boosts you get from this for Saber only happen after you use your Ultimate.

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On the Fall of an Aeon

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This light cone can be acquired for free by taking part in the Simulated Universe of Honkai: Star Rail. Once you get it to maximum Superimposition, it can give Saber up to 64 percent ATK simply by attacking the enemies.

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A Trail of Bygone Blood

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If you're buying the premium tier of the battle pass, this can also be a decent light cone for Saber as it gives her an additional 12 percent Crit Rate along with extra damage for her Skill and Ultimate.

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The Moles Welcome You

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At the maximum superimposition, this can be a decent four-star choice for Saber as it gives her 24 percent ATK whenever she attacks an enemy with any attack.

Best Saber Relics And Planar Ornaments

Once you reach a high enough level on your Honkai: Star Rail account, you can start equipping Relics and Planar Ornaments on your character. At the start, the set bonuses from these won't matter much and you can simply equip the pieces that have the recommended stats mentioned below.

However, as you get to the mid-game, you'll have to start thinking about getting the right four-piece and two-piece on your gear to get the respective bonuses. For Saber, the best relic and planar ornament sets are Wavestrider Captain and Inert Salsotto, respectively. However, you have some other options as well:

Saber Relics, Ranked

Rank	Name	Synergy With Saber
1	Wavestrider Captain	While playing Saber in Honkai: Star Rail, you'll likely use two Harmony support units with her, making this set the best in slot. It gives her an extra 16 percent Crit DMG as soon as you get two of its pieces on Saber.
2	Eagle of Twilight Line	This is the second-best relic set for Saber, and also a great early-game choice as it can give her a nice ten percent Wind DMG bonus as long as you have two of its pieces on her.
3	Scholar Lost in Erudition	Finally, while not the greatest choice, you can still use this set on Saber to get some decent benefits. It gives her eight percent Crit Rate and 20 percent Ultimate/Skill DMG as long as you have four pieces.

Saber Planar Ornaments, Ranked

Rank	Name	Synergy With Saber
1	Inert Salsotto	This ornament set serves as the best in slot for Saber and it's also available early in the game. It gives you eight percent Crit Rate and some Ultimate DMG as long as you have 50 percent Crit Rate on her.
2	Sigonia, the Unclaimed Desolation	Alternatively, you can also use this set, especially if you're using Saber in the Pure Fiction game mode. It gives her four percent Crit Rate for free as soon as it's equipped.

Saber Stat Priority

Body	Crit Rate/DMG
Feet	SPD / ATK Percent
Sphere	Wind DMG Bonus
Rope	ATK Percent
Sub-Stats	Crit DMG/Rate > ATK Percent > SPD

Best Saber Team Compositions

Saber Best Team	Saber, Sunday, Tribbie/Robin, Huohuo
Saber Alternate Team	Saber, Sunday, Tingyun, Huohuo/Gallagher
Saber F2P Team	Saber, Remembrance Trailblazer, Tingyun, Lynx

Thankfully, unlike most DPS characters in Honkai: Star Rail, Saber is quite flexible when it comes to her team. She's largely a self-sufficient character since she gets a bunch of Crit Rate and DMG from her kit along with an action advance. However, any character who can further advance her action will always fit well.

Hence, Sunday becomes the best in slot support unit for Saber since he can not only give her a bunch of stats and advance her movement, but also single-handedly get both the stacks for the Wavestrider Captain relic set. One of Sunday's buffs is also a passive Crit DMG boost, which fits perfectly with Saber.

Saber Overview And Trace Priority

	Rarity	Five-Star
	Path	Destruction
	Combat Type	Wind
	Overworld Rating	S Tier
	Memory of Chaos Rating	S Tier
	Pure Fiction Rating	A Tier
	Apocalyptic Shadow Rating	S Tier

As a special character coming to the universe of Honkai: Star Rail from the Fate series, Saber was bound to be a great unit to have. It's also important to mention that while her banner lasts for a long time, you likely won't be able to get her once it ends. If you do get her, Saber is easily one of the top DPS contenders on your team.

Apart from dealing a ton of damage with her Ultimate, she can also deal a significant amount with the Skill and the buffed Basic Attack. However, the heavy damage from her Ultimate makes her slightly low-tier on Pure Fiction since you need consistent damage there, and your Ultimate won't be ready all the time.

Saber's Kit, Explained

Saber is the only character in Honkai: Star Rail that shows two different Energy bars for her Ultimate. While this can be a little confusing at first, it's quite simple to understand in practice:

• Until now, Aglaea had the highest Energy requirement in the game. However, Saber took it over by having an extra ten requirement, totaling up to 360. Of course, you have things to help you reach this Energy, but it can still be quite difficult with the right support characters. You need at least one support to advance Saber's movement.
• To help with this Energy requirement, Saber has the Core Resonance stacks. You can get two of these from her enhanced Basic Attack, two from her Technique, three whenever an ally target uses their Ultimate, and one when she enters the battle.
• Each Core Resonance stack gives Saber eight Energy on use, but it can only be used when you have enough stacks to fill her Energy bar and ready her Ultimate. You can see the amount of Energy you'll fill up with your Core Resonance stacks as the gray color on her Energy bar.
• Once you have enough Core Resonance stacks, Saber's next Skill will be enhanced and activate her Ultimate after use. This Skill also gets a damage boost based on the amount of Core Resonance stacks consumed.
• Saber gets an enhanced basic attack right after her Ultimate, which lets her deal damage to every enemy on the field.
• When Saber enters the battle or uses her enhanced basic attack, she gains the Mana Burst effect. When this effect is active and you have enough Core Resonance stacks to ready her Ultimate, she instantly gets a turn and a Skill Point so that you can use her enhanced Skill.
• You can get the Mana Burst effect, 20 percent Crit Rate, and 82 percent Crit DMG only after unlocking Saber's bonus abilities. The third bonus ability also lets her store 120 Energy as access once her Ultimate is ready. When the Ultimate is used, she converts the excess energy back to her Ultimate Energy.

Saber Trace Priority

Being a DPS character who deals high damage from her Ultimate, Skill, and basic attack, all of Saber's abilities are important for upgrades. Of course, you can prioritize her Ultimate for the most damage. After that, you can upgrade her Talent, Skill, and basic attack in that order.

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