Huohuo | Honkai: Star Rail

Overview

Huohuo is a premium healer / Energy battery whose Novaflare significantly improves her uptime and SP economy. She is especially valuable with modern high-Energy characters such as Saber, Yao Guang, Evanescia, and The Herta.

Role

Sustain / Energy Support / ATK Buffer

Playstyle

Maintain Divine Provision through Skill or Ultimate, then Basic ATK when the team is safe. Use Skill for immediate healing and cleanse, and time Ultimate to restore teammates' Energy while refreshing the healing state.

Why It Works

Huohuo's Energy restoration scales with the ally's maximum Energy, so expensive Ultimates benefit disproportionately. Her Ultimate also grants 40% ATK, increased to 64% ATK for allies with 160+ Max Energy.

Watch For

Huohuo lacks strong one-shot protection at E0. Against heavy burst damage, spend SP on Skill proactively instead of relying entirely on Divine Provision.

Playstyle

Combat Flow

Start with Divine Provision → Basic/Skill → allies act + receive healing/cleanses → Ultimate → restore team Energy → refresh Divine Provision → repeat.

Key Notes

Aim for roughly 5600–6400+ HP and 143+ SPD, with 160 SPD being an excellent high-investment target. Use Outgoing Healing Body, SPD Boots, HP Sphere, ERR Rope.
Skill or Ultimate grants Divine Provision for three turns. Its heals trigger on ally turn starts or Ultimates, while its six cleanse triggers reset whenever the state is granted again.
Ultimate grants 40% ATK, or 64% ATK to allies with 160+ Max Energy.

Build & Investment

Light Cones

Alternative

Post-Op Conversation

Used for Energy Regeneration Rate. Its Ultimate-specific healing bonus does not improve Huohuo's non-healing Ultimate.

Primary

Night of Fright

Signature energy, healing, and ally ATK support.

Relics

Primary

Messenger Traversing Hackerspace

Speed and team tempo for her Ultimate cycle.

Alternative

Passerby of Wandering Cloud

Healing and starting Skill Point alternative.

Planars

Primary

Fleet of the Ageless

HP and team ATK for general use.

Alternative

Broken Keel

Team CRIT DMG after Effect RES.

Main Stats

Body

Outgoing Healing Boost
AlternativeHP%

Default healing body.

Bulk-focused alternative when healing is already sufficient.

Feet

SPD

Improves healing access and Skill Point generation.

Sphere

HP%

Supports HP-scaled healing and durability.

Rope

Energy Regeneration Rate

Preferred for dependable Ultimate cadence.

Recommended Substats

SPD
HP%
Effect RES
DEF%

Build SPD for the chosen rotation and HP for healing, then defensive Effect RES/DEF. ERR comes from the rope, Light Cone or set rather than relic substats. Match speed to the team's SP needs and healing windows instead of treating 160 SPD as mandatory.

Eidolon Investment

E0 now refreshes Divine Provision through both Skill and Ultimate. E1 extends it and adds healing/SPD; E2 offers two killing-blow rescues per battle while the state is active. They are optional comfort or team-speed upgrades.

Night of Fright combines ERR, healing when allies use Ultimates and stacking ATK for healed allies. Its ATK portion matters less to HP or Elation carries, so compare the actual team's Energy and sustain needs before upgrading.

Extends Divine Provision by one turn; while active, gives Huohuo 20% Outgoing Healing and all allies 12% SPD.

While Divine Provision is active, prevents a killing blow and restores 50% Max HP, reducing the state by one turn. Limited to two triggers per battle.

Teams

Recommended Teammates

Premium DoT sustain

Kafka and Black Swan value Ruan Mei's amplification and Huohuo's team energy.

HuohuoCore character
Kafka
Black Swan
Ruan Mei

Saber

Saber's large Energy pool benefits from Huohuo's percentage-based Energy restoration, while her ATK-scaling damage uses the Ultimate buff.

Aglaea

Aglaea's 350-Energy Ultimate benefits from Huohuo's percentage restore; healing and ATK support help sustain Supreme Stance rotations.

Best Huohuo Teams

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Skills

Basic ATK

Banner: Stormcaller

Single AttackLv. 6

Deals Wind DMG equal to 50% of Huohuo's Max HP to one designated enemy.

Lv. 6

Skill

Talisman: Protection

RestoreLv. 10

Dispels 1 debuff(s) from one designated ally and immediately restores this ally's HP by an amount equal to 24.0% of Huohuo's Max HP plus 640. At the same time, restores HP for allies that are adjacent to this target ally by an amount equal to 19.2% of Huohuo's Max HP plus 512.

Lv. 10

Ultimate

Tail: Spiritual Domination

SupportLv. 10

Regenerates Energy for all teammates (i.e., excluding this unit) by an amount equal to 20.0% of their respective Max Energy. At the same time, increases their ATK by 40.0% for 2 turn(s).

Lv. 10

Talent

Possession: Ethereal Metaflow

RestoreLv. 10

After using her Skill or Ultimate, Huohuo gains "Divine Provision," lasting for 3 turn(s). This duration decreases by 1 turn at the start of Huohuo's every turn. When Huohuo has "Divine Provision" at the start of an ally target's turn or when they use their Ultimate, restores HP for that ally target and the ally target with the lowest HP percentage by an amount equal to 4.5% of Huohuo's Max HP plus 120. Then, restores HP for every ally with a current HP percentage at or below 50% by an amount equal to 4.5% of Huohuo's Max HP plus 120.

When "Divine Provision" is triggered to heal an ally target, dispels 1 debuff(s) from that target. This effect can be triggered 6 time(s). Gaining "Divine Provision" again resets the effect's trigger count.

Lv. 10

Technique

Fiend: Impeachment of Evil

ImpairLv. 1

Huohuo terrorizes surrounding enemies, inflicting "Horror-Struck" on them. Enemies in "Horror-Struck" will flee away from Huohuo for 10 second(s). When entering combat with enemies in "Horror-Struck," there is a 100% base chance of reducing every single enemy's ATK by 25% for 2 turn(s).

Traces

Major Traces

Fearful to Act

When battle starts, Huohuo gains 30 Energy and "Divine Provision," lasting for 2 turn(s).

The Cursed One

Increases the chance to resist Crowd Control debuffs by 35%. When using Ultimate, if an ally target's Max Energy is 160 or higher, additionally increases their ATK by 24%.

Stress Reaction to Horror

When her Talent is triggered to heal ally targets, Huohuo regenerates 1 Energy.

Minor Traces

Effect RES Boost+18%
HP Boost+28.0%
SPD Boost+5

Eidolons

Anchored to Vessel, Specters Nestled

The duration of "Divine Provision" produced by the Talent is extended by 1 turn(s). When Huohuo possesses "Divine Provision," her Outgoing Healing increases by 20%, all allies' SPD increases by 12%.

Sealed in Tail, Wraith Subdued

If Huohuo possesses "Divine Provision" when an ally target is struck by a killing blow, the ally will not be knocked down and their HP will immediately be restored by an amount equal to 50% of their Max HP. This reduces the duration of "Divine Provision" by 1 turn. This effect can only be triggered 2 time(s) per battle.

Cursed by Fate, Moths to Flame

Ultimate +2
Talent +2

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

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

Tied in Life, Bound to Strife

When healing an ally target via Skill or Talent, the less HP the target ally currently has, the higher the amount of healing they will receive. The maximum increase in healing provided by Huohuo is 80%.