Jade | Honkai: Star Rail

Overview

Jade is a powerful Quantum Erudition sub-DPS who excels in AoE through constant Follow-Up Attacks. She is especially strong with The Herta and other characters who hit many enemies frequently.

Role

AoE Sub-DPS / Follow-Up DPS

Playstyle

Apply Debt Collector to your fastest or most frequent AoE attacker, then mostly Basic ATK with Jade. Let the Debt Collector rapidly generate Charge while Jade's Follow-Ups continuously build her own damage.

Why It Works

Jade gains one Charge per enemy hit by her or the Debt Collector's attacks, except that Jade's Talent follow-up cannot generate Charge. At eight Charge she launches that AoE follow-up, so frequent multi-target attacks from the Debt Collector drive the loop.

Watch For

Jade becomes noticeably weaker when there are few enemies. At E0, prioritize Debt Collectors that can consistently hit 3–5 targets rather than single-target attackers.

Playstyle

Combat Flow

Skill Debt Collector → ally AoE attacks → build 8 Charge → Jade FuA → gain Pawned Asset → Ultimate → enhanced FuAs → repeat.

Key Notes

Aim for roughly 2700–3000+ ATK, 75–100% CRIT Rate, and 100–120%+ CRIT DMG before Pawned Asset. Jade generally prefers ATK Boots and base SPD, since her Debt Collector drives most of her Charge generation.
Debt Collector attacks deal additional Quantum damage to every enemy hit.
The Herta is an excellent Debt Collector because her frequent AoE attacks rapidly generate Jade's Charge.

Build & Investment

Light Cones

Primary

Yet Hope Is Priceless

Signature option tailored to her CRIT and follow-up damage.

Alternative

Before Dawn

Strong premium general Erudition alternative.

F2P

The Seriousness of Breakfast

Accessible AoE damage fallback.

Relics

Primary

Genius of Brilliant Stars

Reliable Quantum and DEF-ignore set in relevant matchups.

Alternative

The Ashblazing Grand Duke

Strong follow-up alternative with frequent Debt Collector triggers.

Planars

Primary

Duran, Dynasty of Running Wolves

Jade's and teammates' follow-ups build Merit; five stacks grant the full follow-up damage and CRIT DMG bonuses.

Alternative

Inert Salsotto

Stable follow-up and Ultimate option after meeting the CRIT requirement.

Main Stats

Body

CRIT Rate
AlternativeCRIT DMG

Default until the build reaches a stable CRIT ratio.

Alternative with sufficient CRIT Rate.

Feet

ATK%

Preferred because the Debt Collector drives most Charge frequency.

Sphere

Quantum DMG Boost
AlternativeATK%

Default offensive sphere.

Alternative with stronger substats.

Rope

ATK%

Default damage rope.

Recommended Substats

CRIT Rate
CRIT DMG
ATK%
SPD

Prioritize CRIT Rate while counting Pawned Asset's ramping CRIT DMG, then improve CRIT DMG and ATK. Extra SPD is secondary in the usual Debt Collector setup: charges also arrive through the chosen ally's attacks.

Eidolon Investment

E0 already supplies the Debt Collector and AoE follow-up loop. E1 is a distinct choice for lower-target-count encounters because it changes charge generation, rather than being required for every AoE team.

Yet Hope Is Priceless adds CRIT Rate, scales follow-up damage with in-combat CRIT DMG, and gives Ultimate/follow-up DEF ignore after Basic ATKs. Count Pawned Asset and maintain the Basic-ATK trigger before judging its value.

Adds follow-up damage and extra charges when the Debt Collector hits one or two enemies, reducing her reliance on large enemy groups.

Grants 18% CRIT Rate once Pawned Asset reaches 15 stacks. Include that conditional bonus when balancing CRIT.

Teams

Recommended Teammates

The Herta Debt Collector

The Herta supplies wide, frequent attacks while Robin amplifies both carries.

JadeCore character
The Herta
Robin
Lingsha

Best Jade Teams

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- The Herta
- Tribbie
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- Lingsha
- The Herta
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- Aventurine
- The Herta
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Skills

Basic ATK

Lash of Riches

BlastLv. 6

Deals Quantum DMG equal to 90% of Jade's ATK to one designated enemy target, and Quantum DMG equal to 30% of Jade's ATK to adjacent enemies.

Lv. 6

Skill

Acquisition Surety

SupportLv. 10

Makes a single target ally become the Debt Collector and increases their SPD by 30, lasting for 3 turn(s).

After the Debt Collector attacks, deals 1 instance of Quantum Additional DMG equal to 25% of Jade's ATK to each enemy target hit, and consumes the Debt Collector's HP by an amount equal to 2% of their Max HP. If the current HP is insufficient, reduces HP to 1.

If Jade becomes the Debt Collector, she cannot gain the SPD boost effect, and her attacks do not consume HP.

When the Debt Collector exists on the field, Jade cannot use her Skill. At the start of Jade's every turn, the Debt Collector's duration decreases by 1 turn.

Lv. 10

Ultimate

Vow of the Deep

AoE AttackLv. 10

Deals Quantum DMG equal to 240% of Jade's ATK to all enemies. At the same time, Jade enhances her Talent's Follow-Up ATK, increasing its DMG multiplier by 80%. This enhancement can take effect 2 time(s).

Lv. 10

Talent

Fang of Flare Flaying

AoE AttackLv. 10

After Jade or the "Debt Collector" unit attacks, gains 1 point of Charge for each enemy target hit. Upon reaching 8 points of Charge, consumes the 8 points to launch 1 instance of Follow-Up ATK, dealing Quantum DMG equal to 120% of Jade's ATK to all enemies. This Follow-Up ATK does not generate Charge.

When launching her Talent's Follow-Up ATK, Jade immediately gains 5 stack(s) of "Pawned Asset," with each stack increasing CRIT DMG by 2.4%, stacking up to 50 times.

Lv. 10

Technique

Visionary Predation

ImpairLv. 1

After using the Technique, inflicts enemies within a set area with Blind Fealty for 10 second(s). Enemies inflicted with Blind Fealty will not initiate attacks on allies. When entering battle via actively attacking enemies inflicted with Blind Fealty, all enemies with Blind Fealty will enter combat simultaneously. After entering battle, deals Quantum DMG equal to 50% of Jade's ATK to all enemies, and immediately gains 15 stack(s) of Pawned Asset.

Traces

Major Traces

Reverse Repo

When an enemy target enters combat, Jade gains 1 stack(s) of Pawned Asset. When the Debt Collector character's turn starts, additionally gains 3 stack(s) of Pawned Asset.

Collateral Ticket

When the battle starts, action advances Jade by 50%.

Asset Forfeiture

Each Pawned Asset stack from the Talent additionally increases Jade's ATK by 0.5%.

Minor Traces

ATK Boost+18%
DMG Boost: Quantum+22.4%
Effect RES Boost+10%

Eidolons

Altruism? Nevertheless Tradable

The Follow-Up ATK DMG from Jade's Talent increases by 32%. After the "Debt Collector" character attacks and the number of the enemy target(s) hit is either 2 or 1, Jade additionally gains 1 or 2 point(s) of Charge respectively.