After some training on board the Xianzhou Luofu, Honkai Star Rail’s March 7th • The Hunt has joined our team as a whole new girl. Taking up the sword, this four-star, imaginary damage-dealing version of our peppy pal can certainly pack a punch, so let’s dive into our best Swordmaster March 7th build, including her top light cones, relics, and more.
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Here’s everything in our best HSR March 7th • The Hunt build.
What’s the best March 7th • The Hunt build?
March 7th • The Hunt is a four-star Hunt character who deals imaginary damage. She’s a surprisingly powerful and versatile support sub-DPS hybrid, and synergizes really well with some of the strongest DPS in the game, making her very flexible in terms of team comps.
Here’s a brief overview of our best HSR March 7th • The Hunt build:
| Best light cone | In the Night |
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| Best relic set | Musketeer of Wild Wheat |
| Best planar ornament set | Rutilant Arena |
| Main stats | Body: crit rate/damage Feet: speed/attack% Planar sphere: imaginary damage/attack% Link rope: attack% |
| Sub-stats | Speed > crit rate/damage > attack% |
March 7th • The Hunt’s best light cone is the five-star In the Night, and her best relic set is four pieces of Musketeer of Wild Wheat combined with the Rutilant Arena planar ornaments.
When building March 7th • The Hunt, we recommend focusing on both speed until you hit break point (at least 123), as well as crit rate and damage. Aside from that, she benefits from attack% and, if possible, an imaginary damage main stat sphere to boost her overall damage output.
When leveling up March 7th • The Hunt’s skills, we recommend prioritizing her basic attack first, followed by her skill and talent, then her ultimate. In terms of major traces, you should level up Swan Soar (A2) first, followed by Tide Tamer (A6), then Filigree (A4).
How to use March 7th • The Hunt
Naturally, March 7th • The Hunt treads the path of The Hunt, but is a surprisingly powerful and versatile support slash sub-DPS. As such, she’s quite flexible, and is capable of providing back-up for some of the best main DPS characters in the game.
She deals a significant amount of single-target damage and can reduce the toughness of any enemies that aren’t resistant to imaginary damage. Therefore, she has great potential as either a crit carry or breaker, making her a great option for a variety of different teams.
Her skill allows her to target a single ally and boost their speed. At the same time, she gains her own basic attack buff based on the path of the character she targeted. If she targets a character that follows the path of the Erudition, Destruction, or The Hunt, her enhanced basic attack deals additional damage. Alternatively, if she targets someone who follows the path of the Harmony, Nihility, Preservation, or Abundance, her enhanced basic attack deals more toughness damage. The speed buff she provides lasts until she recasts her skill.
March 7th’s enhanced basic attack is the bread and butter of her kit. It initially unleashes three hits, each dealing up to 80% of her attack to a single enemy. After the final hit, there’s a 60% chance to trigger up to three additional hits. The only downside of this enhanced basic attack is that it doesn’t recover skill points or extra energy with the additional hits. However, it does restore 30 energy per use.
Her ultimate costs 110 energy, meaning you can use it quite frequently in most fights. It deals up to 240% of her attack to a single enemy, while also increasing the initial number of her enhanced basic attack hits by two. It also increases the fixed chance of getting extra hits by 20% (so a total of 80%).
This all combines to make a genuinely powerful four-star sub-DPS with buffing capabilities. She can be a little tricky to use, but once you get your head around her skill and enhanced basic attack system, she’s incredibly worthwhile. Essentially, if you want to use her to break enemies quickly, aim to use her skill on Harmony, Nihility, Preservation, or Abundance characters. If you want to increase her personal damage and use her as a crit carry, use her skill on Erudition, Destruction, or Hunt characters. Aside from that, you should aim to use her ultimate frequently, then use her enhanced basic attack to reap the benefits.
What are the best March 7th • The Hunt light cones?
The best light cone for March 7th • The Hunt is In the Night. It’s the most consistent option and is often the best for her personal damage, offering a great boost to both her speed and crit. Additionally, as she prefers a speed-focused relic set and gains additional speed from her first eidolon, it should be relatively easy to satisfy the speed requirement with only a few speed sub-stats or buffs from allies.
Baptism of Pure Thought is also a great light cone for March 7th • The Hunt in teams that apply debuffs to enemies. If you can manage to maintain two to three debuffs with relative consistency, its crit damage boost is very potent, increasing her personal damage dramatically. However, we don’t recommend using this light cone if there are no debuffers on her team.
Swordplay at S5 is a relatively strong four-star light cone for March 7th • The Hunt, but
