The Dahlia Skill Kit & Playstyle Analysis

General Introduction

The Dahlia is a 5-star character of the Fire Element and Nihility path. She serves as a brand new Break support character that provides massive benefits to the Break team’s main DPS if they are of the Fire Element as well. She is intended as a substitute for Ruan Mei in the Firefly break team or can be slotted alongside other Break supports to massively boost the damage output of Break teams.

Skill Analysis & Leveling Priority

	Deal 1 instance of Fire Damage to 1 enemy
	Leveling Priority: Low
Basic Attack
Reason: The Dahlia rarely uses her Basic Attack unless necessary, so players do not need to level this up in most cases.

	Deploys a Zone that lasts for 3 turn(s), with the Zone’s duration decreasing by 1 at the start of The Dahlia’s turn. Then, deals 1 instance of Fire DMG to an enemy and their adjacent targets. While the Zone is active, increases all allies’ Weakness Break Efficiency by 50%. Toughness Reduction taken by enemy targets while not Weakness Broken can be converted into Super Break DMG.
	Leveling Priority: Medium
Skill
Reason: The Dahlia’s main support ability. However, leveling this up only increases the damage modifier of this ability, which doesn’t affect The Dahlia’s overall ability too much, so only level this up if you have the resources.

	Inflicts “Wilt” state on all enemies, lasting for 4 turn(s). Then deal Fire Damage to all enemies. Reduces DEF of enemy targets in the “Wilt” and applies Weakness of all “Dance Partners'” Types to enemy targets.
	Leveling Priority: High
Ultimate
Reason: Increasing The Dahlia’s Ultimate helps improves her Wilt’s defense reduction effect, making it important to be leveled up to maximize her support capability.

	When entering combat, designate the character that starts the combat as the “Dance Partner” and generates Energy for them. If there’s no one to start the fight, select the character with the Highest Break Effect instead. After the “Dance Partner” attacks a weakness broken enemy, they deal an additional instance of damage as Super Break Damage. When the “Dance Partner” attacks enemies, The Dahlia triggers a Follow Up Attack against one random enemy. When attacking a weakness broken enemy, deal an additional damage instance of Super Break Damage.
	Leveling Priority: Highest
Talent
Reason: The Dahlia’s talent that both supports the main DPS and allows The Dahlia to deal good damage to supplement the team’s damage output. Should be the leveling priority.

	When entering combat, increases other characters’ Break Effect equal to 24% of The Dahlia’s Break Effect plus 50% for 1 turn(s). This effect triggers again lasting 3 turn(s) when The Dahlia receives healing or a Shield from a teammate, but cannot be triggered repeatedly within a single turn.
	Unlock Priority: Highest
Bonus Ability 1
Reason: Allows The Dahlia to boost the entire team’s Break Effect proportional to her own Break Effect, helping to supplement the team’s stat requirements.

	When using Talent’s Follow-Up ATK, recovers 1 Skill Point for allies. This effect can be triggered once for every 2 Talent’s Follow-Up ATKs used.
	Unlock Priority: High
Bonus Ability 2
Reason: An effect that allows the Dahlia to become Skill Point Neutral and help to allow the team to use their Skill Point more effectively.

	When an ally target adds Weakness to an enemy target, increases SPD by 30% for 2 turn(s). If an ally Fire character implants a Weakness when using an attack, deals 20 fixed amount of Fire Toughness Reduction after the attack for every target with Weakness implanted. Also, regenerates Energy equal to 10% of Max Energy. The maximum amount of Energy regenerated through this effect is capped at 50% of Max Energy.
	Unlock Priority: High
Bonus Ability 3
Reason: Grants The Dahlia an additional supporting capability to her “Dance Partner” and help her Dance Partner to cycle their Ultimate much faster if they are of the Fire Element.

Playstyle Guide & Rotation

The Dahlia serves as a Sub DPS Support character in a Break-centric team comp with her powerful effect to allow all teammates to deal Super Break Damage regardless of whether or not the enemies’ weakness bar have been broken on top of being able to provide the team’s main DPS with massive benefits.

The Dahlia’s Skill allow her to set up a special zone that increases the team’s Weakness Break Efficiency by 50% and allow all teammates to deal Super Break Damage to enemies not under weakness break while the zone lasts, making it so that the Break team no longer have downtime. 

The Dahlia’s Talent allows her to designate the team’s highest Break Effect character as her dance partner, allowing them to deal an additional instance of Super Break damage against weakness broken enemies and grants them energy and speed if the Dance Partner is a Fire Elemental character. Whenever an ally apply Weakness on enemies, they will gain this speed boosting effect. Her talent also grants the entire partner a massive Break Effect buff proportional to her own Break Effect.

Finally, The Dahlia herself can also deal a decent amount of Break damage by herself by triggering her Follow up Attacks whenever her dance partner attacks enemies, reducing the enemies’ weakness bar. Her Ultimate also applies a debuff on all enemies and makes them take more Break damage from the team.

The Dahlia Best In Slot And F2P Lightcones

The Dahlia Best Lightcone Choices

Some of The Dahlia’s Best Lightcone Choices are:

Never Forget Her Flame	Long Road Leads Home	Holiday Thermae Escapade
Limited 5* Lightcone	Limited 5* Lightcone	4* BP Lightcone

	Attack: 529
	Defense: 463
	HP: 1164
Never Forget Her Flame	Lightcone Rating: Best In Slot
Effect: Increases the wearer’s Break Effect by 60%. When entering combat, increases Break DMG dealt by the wearer and another teammate who triggered combat by 32%. If there is no teammate who triggered combat, apply this effect to the wearer and the teammate with the highest Break Effect. Effects of the same type cannot be stacked. When the wearer applies Weakness to an enemy target, recovers 1 Skill Point. This effect can only trigger once, and trigger count resets when using Ultimate.
Explanation: The Dahlia’s signature Lightcone and her best in slot Lightcone that grant both her and the ally with the highest Break Effect a massive Break Effect boost to allow both of them to deal more Break damage. Additionally, this Lightcone effect allows The Dahlia to become Skill Point Neutral and does not eat up Skill Point for the team.

	Attack: 476
	Defense: 661
	HP: 952
Long Road Leads Home	Lightcone Rating: Best Alternative
Effect: Increases the wearer’s Break Effect by 60%. When an enemy target’s Weakness gets broken, there is a 100% base chance to inflict the “Charring” state on it, which increases its Break DMG taken by 18% , lasting for 2 turn(s). This effect can stack 2 time(s).
Explanation: An Alternate Lightcone for The Dahlia that grants her Break Effect stat in addition to allowing her to debuff enemies and help the team deal more Break Damage against enemies.

	Attack: 529
	Defense: 396
	HP: 1058
Holiday Thermae Escapade	Lightcone Rating: Best BP Alternative
Effect: Increases the wearer’s DMG dealt by 16%. After the wearer attacks, there is a 100% base chance that the attacked target is inflicted with Vulnerability, increasing the DMG they receive by 10% for 2 turn(s). The same effect type cannot be stacked.
Explanation: An overall good optional Lightcone for The Dahlia that simply boosts her damage output and increases the damage taken by all enemies, helping to supplement the entire team’s damage output. Players can use this as a budget Lightcone for The Dahlia if you already have it in your inventory.

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The Dahlia Best Relics, Ornament Set and Stats

The Dahlia Best Relics And Ornament Sets

In terms of Relics, The Dahlia should use the Iron Cavalry Against the Scourge relic set, which allows her to deal additional damage that ignores enemies’ defenses while boosting her break effect.

	Iron Cavalry Against the Scourge
2-pc: Increases Break Effect by 16%.
4-pc: If the wearer’s Break Effect is 150% or higher, the Break DMG dealt to the enemy target ignores 10% of their DEF. If the wearer’s Break Effect is 250% or higher, the Super Break DMG dealt to the enemy target additionally ignores 15% of their DEF.
Explanation: The signature set for The Dahlia that massively boost her Break Effect while also allowing her to ignore a portion of the enemies’ defense while attacking.

For Ornaments, The Dahlia should use the Forge of the Kalpagni Lantern set to boost her Break Effect and Speed.

	Forge of the Kalpagni Lantern
2-pc: Increases the wearer’s SPD by 6%. When the wearer hits an enemy target that has Fire Weakness, the wearer’s Break Effect increases by 40%, lasting for 1 turn(s).
Explanation: The set grants The Dahlia her much needed Speed ​​and Break Effect stat when she attacks Fire Weakness enemies, which essentially has a permanent uptime if The Dahlia is running alongisde a team filled with Fire Element allies.

The Dahlia Best Main Stats & Sub Stats

As a Sub DPS Support for the Break Team, The Dahlia needs 3 different types of stats to maximize her damage output: Break Effect, Speed ​​and Attack%. Players can also use HP% and Def% for her body and Orb if you want her to do less damage but survive longer on the field.

Piece	Main Stats
Body	Attack% or HP%
Feet	Speed or Attack%
Orb	Attack%, HP% or Fire Damage%
Rope	Break Effect%

Priority	Sub Stats
1st	Break Effect%
2nd	Speed
3rd	Attack

Important Stat Threshold:

– Since Break damage can’t deal critical damage, players do not need to invest in The Dahlia’s Critical stats.

– The Dahlia wants as much Attack and Break Effect stats as possible to be able to deal as much Super Break Damage as possible as a sub DPS in the team. If players want her to survive longer but do less damage, then players can also invest in HP or Defense as main stats for some of her relics.

– Players should invest in The Dahlia’s speed as much as possible to allow her to take turns quickly to reduce enemies’ weaknesses efficiently.

The Dahlia Best Teams 

Firefly Hypercarry Team

Firefly	The Dahlia	Fugue	Lingsha
Main DPS	Sub DPS/Support	Support	Support/Sustain

This team is The Dahlia’s best team as it fully utilizes The Dahlia’s supportive effects to help elevate Firefly’s damage to the maximum. The Dahlia allows Firefly to gain additional Break Efficiency boost while she is on the field in addition to providing her with massive Break Effect and Energy boost thanks to her Dance Partner effect. Meanwhile, Fugue can make all enemies take double the Super Break Damage by making enemies gain an additional break bar and help boost Firefly’s Break Efficiency with her Skill. Lingsha serves as the team’s main sustain option with her powerful debuff that boost Break Damage dealt by all allies on enemies and her high Fire Break efficiency.

Generic Break Team

Lingsha	The Dahlia	Ruan Mei	Fugue
Main DPS/Sustain	Sub DPS/Support	Support	Support

Aside from the Firefly break team, which is her main best team, The Dahlia can realistically go alongside any other Break DPS characters like Rappa or Boothill. However, her dance partner buff won’t be able to provide these Break DPS with the energy effect since they are not of the Fire Element. Alternatively, if players don’t have Firefly but want to play a Fire Break Team, they can build a dedicated Break DPS Lingsha as the main DPS option and go with 3 dedicated supports to maximize Lingsha’s damage output.

Conclusion

The promised brand new support for Break Teams, The Dahlia’s amazing abilities and skill kit opens the way for break teams to remain relevant in Honkai Star Rail, making her an amazingly valuable character to try for. Therefore, if you want to get your hands on this amazing character, don’t forget to top up at Enjoygm for amazing discount deals on Honkai Star Rail and other games!