Anaxa | Honkai: Star Rail

Overview

Anaxa is a flexible Erudition DPS / Sub-DPS who implants Weaknesses and rewards teams for hitting enemies with many Weakness Types. He works especially well beside another Erudition unit, but can also function as a hypercarry.

Role

DPS / Weakness Enabler

Playstyle

Spam Skill to spread Weaknesses and trigger Qualitative Disclosure. Once enemies reach enough Weakness Types, Anaxa gains extra damage and can automatically launch an additional free Skill.

Why It Works

Every hit can implant a new Weakness, while each different Weakness also increases Anaxa's damage through DEF Ignore. His Ultimate instantly gives enemies all 7 Weakness Types, immediately enabling his strongest effects.

Watch For

His Weakness Implant does not remove enemy RES, so brute-forcing resistant enemies still loses damage. Also, his AoE scaling is weaker than you might expect from an Erudition character.

Playstyle

Combat Flow

Skill → stack Weaknesses → trigger Qualitative Disclosure → free Skill → Ultimate → exploit all 7 Weaknesses → repeat

Key Notes

He brings strong Bounce damage, universal Weakness Implant, DEF Ignore, crowd control, and team amplification in double-Erudition setups.
Ultimate applies all 7 Weaknesses and can prevent enemies from acting.
With 2+ Erudition characters, the whole team gains 50% DMG.

Build & Investment

Light Cones

Primary

Life Should Be Cast to Flames

Signature option tailored to his repeated Skill and weakness-based damage.

Alternative

Into the Unreachable Veil

Strong premium Erudition damage alternative with broad offensive value.

F2P

The Great Cosmic Enterprise

Accessible option that benefits his multi-weakness combat pattern.

Relics

Primary

As Navigator Isee Sees It

Entry and Skill uses stack Skill and Ultimate DMG. Anaxa's additional Skill helps build stacks; one stack is removed at turn start or after Ultimate.

Alternative

Scholar Lost in Erudition

Strong Skill-focused alternative with good farming overlap.

Planars

Primary

Izumo Gensei and Takama Divine Realm

Excellent when paired with The Herta or another Erudition unit.

Main Stats

Body

CRIT Rate
AlternativeCRIT DMG

Default choice when the build needs CRIT consistency.

Use when CRIT Rate is already covered.

Feet

SPD

Supports more weakness applications and Skills.

Sphere

Wind DMG Boost
AlternativeATK%

Increases Wind damage from Anaxa's attacks.

Competitive with stronger substats.

Rope

ATK%
SituationalEnergy Regeneration Rate

Default damage rope.

Rotation-specific alternative for faster Ultimate access.

Recommended Substats

SPD
CRIT Rate
CRIT DMG
ATK%

Meet the chosen action order, then balance CRIT and ATK. Imperative Hiatus supplies personal CRIT DMG only when Anaxa is the sole Erudition character; a double-Erudition team receives a different bonus, so do not assume the same CRIT balance in both teams.

Eidolon Investment

E0 can implant Weaknesses and launch its additional Skill against Qualitative Disclosure targets. E1 and E2 add team-facing debuffs, but the base loop still depends on reaching enough Weakness Types.

Life Should Be Cast to Flames regenerates Energy at turn start, increases damage against enemies with a wearer-implanted Weakness, and reduces DEF when he attacks. It adds both personal damage and team amplification.

The first Skill refunds one Skill Point, and Skill hits reduce enemy DEF by 16% for two turns.

Enemies entering the field immediately receive a Talent Weakness Implant and 20% All-Type RES reduction.

Teams

Recommended Teammates

Double Erudition

The Herta rewards Erudition pairing while Tribbie supplies broad AoE amplification.

Core partners (not a full team)

Anaxa hypercarry

Cerydra and Sunday concentrate action and Skill buffs on Anaxa.

AnaxaCore character
Cerydra
Sunday
Huohuo

Best Anaxa Teams

10,238 observed teams36 recent contexts

Most Played With

Most Played Teams

#118.1%1,852 teams
- Anaxa
- The Herta
- Tribbie
- Dan Heng • Permansor Terrae
#215.4%1,572 teams
- Anaxa
- Cerydra
- Dan Heng • Permansor Terrae
- Cyrene
#36.6%679 teams
- Anaxa
- The Herta
- Tribbie
- Hyacine
#46.0%618 teams
- Anaxa
- Sunday
- Cerydra
- Dan Heng • Permansor Terrae

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Skills

Basic ATK

Pain, Brews Truth

Single AttackLv. 6

Deals Wind DMG equal to 100% of Anaxa's ATK to one designated enemy.

Lv. 6

Skill

Fractal, Exiles Fallacy

BounceLv. 10

Deals Wind DMG equal to 70% of Anaxa's ATK to one designated enemy and additionally deals 4 instance(s) of DMG. Each instance of DMG deals Wind DMG equal to 70% of Anaxa's ATK to one random enemy, prioritizing Bouncing to enemy targets that have not been hit by this instance of Skill.

When used, for each attackable enemy on the field, this Skill has its DMG dealt increased by 20%.

Lv. 10

Ultimate

Sprouting Life Sculpts Earth

AoE AttackLv. 10

Inflicts the "Sublimation" state on all enemies, then deals Wind DMG equal to 160% of Anaxa's ATK to all enemies.

In the "Sublimation" state, the targets will be simultaneously inflicted with Physical, Fire, Ice, Lightning, Wind, Quantum, and Imaginary Weaknesses, lasting until the start of the targets' turn. If the targets do not have Control RES, they are unable to take action in the "Sublimation" state.

Lv. 10

Talent

Tetrad Wisdom Reigns Thrice

ImpairLv. 10

Each time Anaxa lands 1 hit on enemy targets, inflicts 1 Weakness of a random Type to the targets, lasting for 3 turn(s), with priority to the Weakness Type that the target doesn't already possess.

While Anaxa is on the field, inflicts the "Qualitative Disclosure" state on enemy targets that have at least 5 different Types of Weaknesses. Anaxa deals 30% increased DMG to targets afflicted with the "Qualitative Disclosure" state. In addition, after using Basic ATK or Skill on them, unleashes 1 additional instance of Skill on the targets. This additional Skill does not consume any Skill Points and cannot trigger this effect again. If the target has been defeated before the additional Skill is used, it will be cast on one random enemy instead.

Lv. 10

Technique

Prism of the Pupil

ImpairLv. 1

After using Technique, inflicts the Terrified state on enemies in a set area. Terrified enemies will flee in a direction away from Anaxa for 10 second(s). When allies enter combat via actively attacking a Terrified enemy, it will always be considered as entering battle via attacking a Weakness. After entering battle, Anaxa applies 1 Weakness of the attacker's Type to every enemy target, lasting for 3 turn(s).

Traces

Major Traces

Roaming Signifier

When using Basic ATK, additionally regenerates 10 Energy.

At the start of the turn, if there are no enemy targets in the "Qualitative Disclosure" state, immediately regenerates 30 Energy.

Imperative Hiatus

Based on the number of "Erudition" characters in the team, one of the following effects will be triggered in the current battle:

1 character: Increases Anaxa's CRIT DMG by 140%.

At least 2 characters: Increases DMG dealt by all allies by 50%.

Qualitative Shift

For every 1 different Weakness Type an enemy target has, the DMG that Anaxa deals to that target ignores 4% of their DEF. Up to a max of 7 Weakness Types can be taken into account for this effect.

Minor Traces

CRIT Rate Boost+12%
DMG Boost: Wind+22.4%
HP Boost+10%

Eidolons

Magician, Isolated by Stars

After using Skill for the first time, recovers 1 Skill Point(s). When using Skill to hit enemy targets, decreases the targets' DEF by 16%, lasting for 2 turn(s).

Soul, True to History

When enemy targets enter the battlefield, triggers 1 instance of the Talent's Weakness Implant effect, and reduces their All-Type RES by 20%.

Pupil, Etched into Cosmos

Basic ATK +1
Ultimate +2

Ultimate Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.

Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 10.

Blaze, Plunged to Canyon

When using Skill, increases ATK by 30%, lasting for 2 turn(s). This effect can stack up to 2 time(s).

Embryo, Set Beyond Vortex

Skill +2
Talent +2

Skill Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.

Talent Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.

Everything Is in Everything

The DMG dealt by Anaxa is 130% of the original DMG. The 2 effects in the Trace "Imperative Hiatus" will be triggered directly and will no longer depend on the number of "Erudition" characters in the team.

Stats

Level 80

Maximum ascension

HP970

ATK757

DEF558

SPD97

Level	HP	ATK	DEF	SPD
1	132	103	76	97
20	310	242	178	97
30	429	335	247	97
40	548	427	315	97
50	667	520	383	97
60	785	613	452	97
70	904	705	520	97
80	970	757	558	97

Level	HP	ATK	DEF	SPD
1	132	103	76	97
20	310	242	178	97
30	429	335	247	97
40	548	427	315	97
50	667	520	383	97
60	785	613	452	97
70	904	705	520	97
80	970	757	558	97

Level	HP	ATK	DEF	SPD
1	132	103	76	97
20	310	242	178	97
30	429	335	247	97
40	548	427	315	97
50	667	520	383	97
60	785	613	452	97
70	904	705	520	97
80	970	757	558	97

Level	HP	ATK	DEF	SPD
1	132	103	76	97
20	310	242	178	97
30	429	335	247	97
40	548	427	315	97
50	667	520	383	97
60	785	613	452	97
70	904	705	520	97
80	970	757	558	97