Step 2 Honkai: Star Rail Version 2.5 introduces Lingsha, a Fire-Abundance unit focused on destroying weak points. She shares a niche, path, and elements with Gallagher, a 4-star character who currently holds the top slot in the Firefly and Boothill combination. She also has a stronger Break DMG debuff and more consistent healing. Therefore, some players expect Lingsha to replace Gallagher in that team. But others think he can still keep up with his five-star counterpart and is better than her in one respect.
Gallagher has become a mainstay of the Firefly and Boothill teams due to his Besotted debuff, which can be triggered using his ultimate or skills, increasing the Break DMG received by enemies by up to 13.2%. Additionally, his skills, ultimate, and enhanced basic attacks can provide significant healing to allies. He can also deal massive toughness damage to enemies weak to fire, especially when Eidolon is level 6. However, the traits that make him superior to standard and limited 5-star upkeep units are: Honkai: Star RailThe current Endgame Mode tier list features abilities that become a battery of energy and skill points for your team.
What makes Gallagher a powerful skill point and energy generator?
Gallagher's A4 Major Trace Organic Yeast improves behavior by 100% after using the ultimate Champagne Etiquette. This is a great way to inflict extra healing and damage with basic attacks boosted by Nectar Blitz. It's also an excellent tool for generating skill points or energy for your team with the right light cones.
Gallagher's selection of excellent, affordable light cones
Players can tailor Gallagher's playstyle by equipping one of three great LCs:
- quid pro quo: At 5 stacks, at the start of the wearer's turn, regenerates 16 Ultimate Energy to a random ally below 50% Energy. Gallagher can take an extra turn after using his ultimate, essentially giving two allies 16 energy each, or giving one ally 32 energy. Players can purchase Quid Pro Quo at: Honkai: Star RailSince this is a Forgotten Hall store, purchases and upgrades are basically free.
- multiplication: At S5, this 3-star light cone advances the wearer's actions by 20% after using a basic attack. This simply makes the Gallagher attack more during each encounter, generating skill points for DPS and support that need it. Three-star light cones like Multiplication are abundant in Limited and Standard Pulls, making it easy to get copies for stacking.
- Post-operative conversation: This increases the wearer's energy regeneration rate by 16% and increases outgoing healing by 24% after using the ultimate at stack 5. This allows Gallagher to gain his ultimate and progress through those actions more quickly, while also providing a healing boost. This is a 4-star only obtainable in full, making copies more difficult to obtain than previous LCs.
Firefly needs the maximum uptime of her ultimate to be effective, but has a 240 energy requirement that cannot be regenerated quickly after exiting the combustion state. Quid Pro Quo Gallagher can give you the energy boost you need to level up your ultimate as quickly as possible. Meanwhile, Multiply Gallagher is helpful for premium follow-up teams as he can quickly stack Feixiao's Flying Aureus while preserving the team's skill points. For players struggling to keep their team together during boss battles, post-surgery chat is the answer.
Gallagher's best light cone allows players to customize him to use only his basic attacks and A4 Trace's Action Advance to give his team the resources they need. This is why it has an edge over Lingsha in the SP and energy renewable departments. She can only develop the summon's actions and the summon's attacks cannot generate skill points. Therefore, she cannot maximize rewards and multiplication like her 4-star counterpart. Players can also earn these great LCs by grinding the game's quests and end-game modes, allowing them to unleash Gallagher's full potential.
