Among the awesome group of unique characters in this game, Honkai Star Rail’s Clara and Svarog still manage to stand out. Our Clara build guide takes a close look at all of her skills and eidolons and explains the best role, light cones, and relics to equip her with. Mr. Svarog is her family, and maybe you can be too.
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Here’s everything in our Honkai Star Rail Clara build guide:
What’s the best Honkai Star Rail Clara build?
Clara uses the physical element and follows the Destruction path. She’s a five-star available in the standard pool of characters.
Best light cone | Something Irreplaceable |
Light cone substitutes | The Moles Welcome You, On the Fall of an Aeon |
Best relic set | Champion of Streetwise Boxing |
Planar ornaments | Space Sealing Station |
Main stats | Body – Crit rate/damage Feet – Attack Link rope – Attack Planar sphere – Physical damage bonus |
Sub stats | Attack, crit rate, crit damage, speed |
With a bit of help from Svarog, Clara makes for a great physical, multi-target DPS and tank. When building Clara, we recommend you prioritize increasing her attack and physical damage as most of her skills scale with these stats.
Her best light cone is her signature five-star, Something Irreplaceable, and we recommend you give her a set of Champion of Streetwise Boxing relics that improve her attack and physical damage.

How do I use Clara?
Clara, while also being a DPS, is a great tank unit if you know you’re in a battle for the long haul. She can heal herself with her kit, and Svarog’s Mark of Counter allows her to dish out plenty of damage with counterattacks between her turns. Her ultimate sees her and Svarog taunt enemies and soak up some of the damage that could otherwise be taken by a teammate with lower HP or defense. So, if you have a particularly squishy unit on your team, take Clara with you.
What are the best light cones for Clara?
Something Irreplaceable is a five-star light cone designed specifically for Clara. It increases her attack and damage dealt and heals her when she’s hit by an enemy, which perfectly compliments her playstyle and ultimate.
But five-star light cones are hard to get your paws on as they require a sprinkling of luck from the RNG gods. If you can’t get hold of Something Irreplaceable, you can, ironically, replace it with another light cone – preferably one that increases her attack or buffs her counterattacks. Just be sure to equip her with one that aligns with the path of Destruction in order to activate its skill.
Something Irreplaceable | Increases Clara’s attack by 24%. After she receives an attack, Clara immediately restores HP equal to 8% of her attack and increases her damage dealt by 20%. This effect is valid until the end of Clara’s turn. It can’t stack and can only trigger once per turn | Standard and light cone banners |
Dance at Sunset | Greatly increases Clara’s chance of getting hit during battle, and increases her crit damage by 36%. After using her ultimate, she gains a stack of Firedance that lasts two turns. This can stack twice. Each stack increases the damage of her follow-up attack by 36% | Light cone banner (alongside Yunli) |
On the Fall of an Aeon | When Clara attacks, her attack increases by 8% in the current battle, up to four times. If she inflicts a weakness break on the enemy, her damage increases by 12% for two turns | Herta Shop in the Simulated Universe |
The Moles Welcome You | When Clara uses her basic attack, skill, or ultimate to attack enemies, she gains one stack of Mischievous. Each stack increases her attack by 12% | All banners |
Nowhere to Run | Increases Clara’s attack by 24%. Whenever she defeats an enemy, she restores HP equal to 12% of her attack | Nameless Glory battle pass reward |
Collapsing Sky | Increases Clara’s basic attack and skill damage by 20% | All banners |