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Lightning Element and Lightning Characters in Honkai: Star Rail

Welcome to the complete guide for the Lightning Element in Honkai: Star Rail. This page covers everything you need to know about Lightning Elemental Weaknesses, the characters who use this element, and the achievements you can unlock with it.

Last updated on Jun 20, 2025 at 12:00 by Holster

TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE

1. Introduction to Lightning Element

2. All Playable Lightning Characters

Introduction to Lightning Element

Lightning is one of the seven elemental types featured in Honkai: Star Rail.

All Playable Lightning Characters

Acheron Aglaea Arlan Bailu Jing Yuan Kafka Moze Serval Tingyun

2.1.

Combat - Elemental Weakness

When an enemy’s Toughness is broken with the Lightning element, they take Lightning damage and are afflicted with Shock. This debuff deals Lightning damage over time at the start of each turn for 2 turns, equal to 2 × Base Break Damage.

If a Weakness Break happens during a Lightning attack, the damage dealt is: 1 × Base Break Damage × the target’s Max Toughness Multiplier.

2.2.

Lightning Type Achievements

There are a number of achievements that can be obtained:

Electric Dreams - "Defeat 3 enemies with Lightning Break DMG in a single battle"
Lightning Breaker I - "Defeat 20 enemies with Lightning Break DMG"
Lightning Breaker II - "Defeat 60 enemies with Lightning Break DMG"
Fulguration Beckoner - "Win 10 battles with a team that has 4 Lightning-Type characters"

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