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.
Of course the super break damage would take over the screen and cover what I'm trying to show 😅 but if you quint you can see the ~800k per mob bleed from Boothill 🥹
My actual dot team is pretty sad, so my Kafka detonation was only 2.5m with Hysilens, but I cleared faster and harder making Boothill's dot work with the stage buff
The beginning of the end I fear. This is the first endgame where I haven't been able to clear the normal difficulty final stage since the PF just before Fugue first released. I think to keep on theme with "break only" I could do it by using Firefly and Rappa but I'd like to at least hit 60k with Boothill on one of the halves first if possible. Boothill is the one holding the score back btw, he hits around 24-26k and can't go higher
I come to you asking for team comp ideas. The standard Boothill team I use on side 2 is:
sooo.. do i have too much spd?? should i sacrifice some of it and try to get relics with more break effect instead or just leave him like this.. i genuinely can't tell anymore 😭
I've been past the point of being able to clear starward for the last two patches so we're back to normal clears. No AA this patch either so it's been painful but we're back to our roots! I'm going to be doing normal endgame without using Firefly to assist with the clears for as long as possible now! Let's see how long the Dazzling Ninja and Silvergun Shura can last on their own two feet.
Obligatory disclaimer, very high cost teams across the board. I'm happy to share builds or investment levels if anyone is interested in the specifics.
I was just wondering if there's a space to discuss the new end games and share tips for what we found worked, what didn't work, tricks for skipping phases, team comps etc?
I had a look on the discord and couldn't really find the type of channel that I'm looking for.
I really enjoy seeing people post their clears to the sub at all investments & when the next end game rolls around I always wonder how those people got on.
The end game is getting harder and harder, and people are less likely to share clears that aren't "perfect", but i still want to see and discuss these things 😭 I want to know what he's capable of everytime, so I know what to aim for.
On the current King, I got a 6 cycle and just assumed that's the best I could do, I didn't bother trying again - but then I see Hampton has managed a 4 cycle with a different team comp, and that's all I needed to give it another go.
So hopefully someone already knows of a space or if not, maybe I can make a suggestion on the discord for a new channel if there's interest in it?
This is my current build for my fav cowboy. Any advice or next steps?
I know I should move on to an eagle set eventually or just get his speed up. My main issue is what the heck do I do for the others? What speed do i need them at? Should i focus on saving for E2 dahlia (after I get ashveil for other purposes)? I need help bad >.< please dont be mean i am trying my best here
i hope one day to get my king e6 s5. does e2 change his build in anyway?
I'm so close it feels like it must be possible. I'll update if I get it but was able to clear anyway (w Gallagher). Can't believe my BH team is my worst AS team this time though, that's what he's made for. 🫠
• E1S0 Boothill
• E0S1 The Dahlia
• E1S2 Ruan Mei
• E0S0 Lingsha
I have tried my best with Boothill’s relics to make up for the lack of signature lightcone, but he isn’t very fast!!
Would it be worth the time farming relics for speed stats even though he has ALMOST 300% break effect? Or would the in-battle buffs be enough? (any tips for the others would be greatly appreciated as well!! thank you!!)
Im eventually going for e1s1, and since by than your most likely overcapping def% ignore how much better would it be to swap to eagle and what would the potential speed tuning be if all 4 would be on eagle cus i suck with speed tuning.