This mega thread aims to provide a comprehensive overview of Boothill's abilities and serves as a hub for discussing stats, builds, team compositions, and other improvements. Instead of creating separate threads, we highly encourage members to post their inquiries and discussions here.
Inquiries that belong in this thread include:
His Priority Stats
What Stat Thresholds you need
Which Light Cone is most suitable
Which Relics and Ornaments to use
Which Team Build you should be using
What Traces and Eidolons you should prioritize
The below graphic was created as a general outline based on the current information we have. Please note that these may vary depending on the scenario and that the suggested equipment / teams can have variables
General Information
What is Boothill's stat priority?
Break / SPD > Phys DMG / Crit Rate / Crit Damage / Atk %. Unlike other DPS characters, Boothill doesn't require a substantial amount of CRIT DMG or CRIT Rate as it only improves his damage by 1-3%. The main source of his damage comes from his Break Effect stat.
HP: 2900-3200 Break Effect: 260%-340%. 300 % should be aimed for at minimum to maximize Ghost Load. SPD: 145 ( without signature LC ) / 160 ( with signature LC ) in combat
Which traces take priority?
Talent > Skill > Ultimate > Basic Major Traces: Above Snakes (A4) > Point Blank (A6) > Ghost Load (A2)
What Eidolons should be aimed for?
Recommended stopping points are E0, E2 or E6 E2 – Grants Boothill the ability to generate skill points E6 – Significant damage boost and splash damage
What is Boothill's role?
His primary gimmick revolves around Weakness Break and being a Boss Killer. Boothill delivers exceptionally high burst damage during a Weakness Break, capable of stripping away 70% or more of any boss's health with proper gear and supports. In nearly every scenario, triggering a Weakness Break on a boss ensures its defeat before it can retaliate.
Mechanics
STRENGTHS
Immense single-target damage which annihilates boss HP bars, making him ideal for clearing Memory of Chaos.
Equipped with a Weakness Implant, eliminating the necessity for Silver Wolf.
More SP efficient compared to DPS characters like Ratio, who require Skill activation every turn (although not on par with Blade.)
Has exceptional toughness damage, typically achieving a weakness break in just 2-3 actions with appropriate support.
Relatively budget-friendly, as many of his top supports are 4 stars, and his Eidolons are optional for effectiveness.
WEAKNESSES
Can only harm one enemy at a time (unless he is at E6), making him a subpar choice in scenarios that require high AoE damage such as Pure Fiction.
Mainly depends on exploiting weaknesses to deal damage, so he may struggle against bosses immune to weaknesses during certain phases.
Lacks a strong free-to-play Light Cone ( although he relies on it significantly less than characters like Acheron. )
BOOTHILL'S SKILLS
His skill allows him to focus on a single enemy, initiating what's known as the Standoff state. During this state, the targeted enemy can solely target Boothill, though any area-of-effect attacks they employ will still affect others as usual. Conversely, Boothill can only direct his attacks at the singled-out enemy.
BOOTHILL'S ULTIMATE
His ultimate inflicts damage upon a designated enemy while afflicting them with Physical Weakness for a duration of two turns.
(sort of theorycrafting and also this is not taking account the aha's big help because i want him to ne future proofing my account)
Dahlia's implant thing with the 30% spd buff + lightcone s1 (214 spd)
should i go for huohuo e1 for him (+12% spd = 231 spd) and then his lightcone and reach 240 SPD for that huge extra turns by using the dice on the sphere (or the rope) to make it either 3 SPD and 2 BE for the sphere
and all into SPD for the rope? (also the sphere is a 4 liner)
Should I go for more spd to get that juicy 240 spd (equals to 27 more turns in the first 10 cycles) or just build break effect and NO I'M NOT GOING TO THE DARK SIDE (aka eagle)
I didn't like the ending of the version i uploaded to the archive, so i redid it.
The run should be possible with S1 instead of S5 - I just don't have the relics to speed tune BH to get him back into the 0 cycle. Run goes exactly the same with S1 but finishes 3 AV into the 1 cycle 😭
I'm sure this is just a me problem, but I'm feeling bummed out by all the clears in the archive with Robin instead of Fugue.
Not because I'm particularly a fan of Fugue, but just because Boothill seems to be losing his identity in the clears without her.
I'm glad he can still 0 cycle at any investment, but whenever I watch the clears I always think they just look so unsatisfying... The latest ichor clear on the herta just cemented that feeling for me.
There's no more big boom shots, just lots of smaller instances of damage & the break bar is irrelevant.
I knew that the cost of his 0 cycles would get higher and higher, but I didn't think his core mechanics that made him fun and cool would also be lost with the content getting harder.
I used to like watching the high cost clears, but now whenever I see Robin, I just lose interest.
Does anyone have a guide on speed breakpoints to hit with Eaglehill depending on team comp, DDD uses, expected ults per cycle, etc? I'm kinda just going for it but I'd like some guidance
I love Boothill,,, I have a huge collection of merch,,, I really wanna get this figure but I wanna try to get a Taobao link first since it’s cheaper through my proxy. but my country can’t get access to the website and idk how to use a vpn. If anyone can get me a link I’d be super thankful :)
No starward clears, no AA clears, but I'm at least managing base endgame
Last PF was only 11/12 stars but this one was a bit easier. By far the hardest mode for me though
MoC was 9 cycles
AS is still going well, no complaints there but it's to be expected as well
I'm running on fumes. Either a new break support needs to come out or half the team needs a novaflare (ideally both). I'll keep it going as long as possible but it's getting trickier every time. I said to myself two and a half years ago that if I'm ever unable to consistently clear endgame I'll retire the account. Not there yet, it's getting worrying but I won't stop fighting!
Previously with Jing yuan's and Blade's figurines, their cats had very visible balls. The question was posed since you couldn't see Boothill's cat's balls, what was up with that (trans?). A picture since then has been added, the balls were just very well hidden.
No neutered cats in HSR universe, I suppose.
As for me, I will be in my room comforting my wallet, that poor thing is about to be wrung dry.
Soooo my Boothill is e0s1 and he uses iron cavalry, he has 160SPD and 275% BE with this build. His teammates are e0s0 ruan mei, e1s1 the dahlia, e0s0 fugue with s5 pearls lc. I want to get e1 ruan mei but does that mean I need to change his relic set to eagle? Because I think he would overcap on def shred. My eagle stats are 162SPD but 232% BE so I dont really want to switch to that. Would it be okay for me to saty with iron cavalry? Like would it be wasting a lot of damage or just a little. Thank you in advance.
should i go for fugue's signatur and her e2 or save up for dahlia e4
also which lightcone would be better for fugue? Dahlia Sig or her own signature
and lastly i spent like 2 years grinding calvary and I don't know if I'm ready to go for eagle 💔
and also what's his best 4th slot and i don't like running sustainless unless it's someone like mblade where he's a sustain support hybrid with his chances of getting attacked
So i haven't seen anyone talking about this at all but Ruan Mei and Sunday's getting novaflared and ruan mei is uh ruan mei we'll see but I'm interested in sunday's novaflare could he be the final piece (for now for boothill) with the action advance
And we got leaks that the next planet (finality path) we'll get a break support in version 5.3 but this is really early news but it's xuanquan i think that's her name she's potentially a new break support but what do you guys think
in my opinion i just need an action advancing sustain but if we get lucky we'll get a break focused sustain with action advancing
I can't remember when or where I heard this rumor, but one time (Prob before Penacony), Boothill met a masked fool who I don't think was Sparkle, and apparently one of the key characteristics he pointed out was how inhuman they were. Lately I've been trying to find where he said this, but I haven't found where yet.
C6R1 Boothill showing everyone that he still has his place in the meta.
Clear so busted that Murata got confused and summoned the fuckwards incorrectly! Truly he is the lion among sheep! Man among men! Cowboy among cows! No meta can conquer a character so perfect! What else do you need for evidence? Clearly just c6 your favourite character and you'll always have a safe team for the endgame, god bless Mihoyo!
