The Herta Profile, Skills, Traces and Eidolons

Introductions

The Herta is a 5★ character with the Ice element who follows the Path of Erudition.
Esteemed Genius Society #83, human, female, young, beautiful, attractive.
It's said that she lives in the far edge of the Cosmos, almost never leaving. Sounds like her appearance this time...
...must be for some issue that requires a personal touch, right?

Skills

Basic ATK

Did You Get It

Single Target

Lv. 6

Energy gain: 20

Break: Main: 10.0

Deals Ice DMG equal to 100% of The Herta's ATK to one designated enemy.

Skill

Big Brain Energy

Blast

Lv. 10

Energy gain: 30

Break: Main: 15.0 / Adjacent: 5.0 / AoE: 10.0

Deals Ice DMG equal to 70.0% of The Herta's ATK to one designated enemy, and inflicts 1 stack(s) of "Interpretation." Deals Ice DMG equal to 70.0% of The Herta's ATK to the targets hit by this instance of Skill and their respective adjacent targets. This effect can repeat 2 times.

Skill

Enhanced

Hear Me Out

AoE

Lv. 10

Energy gain: 30

Break: Main: 20.0 / Adjacent: 5.0 / AoE: 10.0

Consumes 1 stack of "Inspiration." Deals Ice DMG equal to 80.0% of The Herta's ATK to one designated enemy and inflicts 1 stack(s) of "Interpretation." Deals Ice DMG equal to 80.0% of The Herta's ATK to the targets hit by this instance of Skill and their respective adjacent targets, repeating 2 times. At the end, deals Ice DMG equal to 40.0% of The Herta's ATK to all enemies.

Ultimate

Told Ya! Magic Happens

AoE | 220 energy cost

Lv. 10

Energy gain: 5

Break: Adjacent: 20.0

Rearranges the numbers of "Interpretation" stacks on all enemies, prioritizing the transfer of the higher numbers of "Interpretation" stacks to Elite-level targets and above. Then, deals Ice DMG equal to 200% of The Herta's ATK to all enemies. When using Ultimate, increases The Herta's ATK by 80.0%, lasting for 3 turn(s). After the use, The Herta immediately takes action and gains 1 stack of "Inspiration." "Inspiration" can stack up to 4 time(s). While having "Inspiration," enhances Skill to "Hear Me Out."

Talent

Hand Them Over

Enhance

Lv. 10

Energy gain: 30

When enemy targets enter battle, The Herta inflicts 1 stack of "Interpretation" on them. At the start of each wave, applies 25 stack(s) of "Interpretation" to a random enemy target, prioritizing Elite-level targets and above. When the Enhanced Skill's primary target has "Interpretation," the multiplier for the DMG dealt increases, with each stack granting an increase of 8.0%/4.0% on the primary target/other targets respectively. If 2 or more characters follow the Path of Erudition in the team, each stack grants an additional increase of 8.0%/4.0% on the primary target/other targets respectively. "Interpretation" can stack up to 42 time(s). When using the Enhanced Skill, resets the number of "Interpretation" stacks on the primary target to 1. After the enemy target leaves the field or gets defeated by any unit, "Interpretation" will be transferred, prioritizing the transfer to Elite-level targets and above.

Technique

Vibe Checker

Enhance

Energy gain: -

After using Technique, increases The Herta's ATK by 60.0% at the start of the next battle, lasting for 2 turn(s).
If there are Basic Treasures in this current map, using Technique can mark up to 3 Basic Treasures' locations.
After entering battle by using Technique in Simulated Universe or Divergent Universe, at the start of each wave, deals True DMG to enemy targets lower than Elite-level by an amount equal to 99.0% of the targets' Max HP, and deals True DMG to enemy targets at Elite-level and above by an amount equal to 30.0% of the targets' Max HP.

Major Traces

Aloofly Honest

Major trace

When ally targets attack, inflicts 1 stack of "Interpretation" on the hit enemy target. After attacking, for every 1 target hit by this attack, regenerates 3 fixed Energy for The Herta, counting up to a maximum of 5 targets. When using Enhanced Skill, if the primary target's "Interpretation" stack reaches 42, increases the Ice DMG dealt by The Herta by 50.0%, lasting until the end of this attack.

Message From Beyond the Veil

Major trace

When entering battle, if the team has 2 or more Erudition characters, increases all allies' CRIT DMG by 80.0%. And the Trace "Aloofly Honest" counts at least 3 target(s) when calculating the number of targets hit. After attacking, applies 1 "Interpretation" stack(s) to the target that has the highest existing "Interpretation" stacks among the hit enemy targets. If the attacker is an Erudition character, then additionally applies 2 "Interpretation" stack(s).

Starved Landscape of Vacua

Major trace

For every 1 stack of "Interpretation" inflicted on enemy targets, The Herta gains 1 stack of "Answer," up to a max of 99 stack(s). When using Ultimate, each "Answer" stack increases this instance of Ultimate's DMG multiplier by 1.0%.

Minor Traces

Ice DMG Boost

+22.4%

ATK

+18.0%

SPD

Eidolons

Night at Shorefall

Eidolon 1

When the Enhanced Skill calculates the number of "Interpretation" stacks, additionally counts 50.0% of the number of "Interpretation" stacks on the 1 target with the most stacks among the primary target and adjacent targets. When "Interpretation" is reset by using the Enhanced Skill, its stack number is reset to 15 instead.

Wind Through Keyhole

Eidolon 2

After The Herta enters battle or uses Ultimate, additionally gains 1 "Inspiration" stack. After using Enhanced Skill, advances The Herta's next action by 35.0%.

Door into Summer

Eidolon 3

Skill Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
Talent Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.

The Sixteenth Key

Eidolon 4

The SPD of Erudition characters in the team increases by 12.0%.

Bitter Pill of Truth

Eidolon 5

Ultimate Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 10.

Sweet Lure of Answer

Eidolon 6

The Herta's Ice RES PEN increases by 20.0%. When the number of enemy targets on the field is 3 (or more)/2/1, Ultimate's DMG multiplier increases by 140.0%/250.0%/400% respectively.

Stats and Ascension Materials

Lv. 1

Base Stats

158

ATK

DEF

SPD

Ascension Materials

Credits

308000

Extinguished Core

Glimmering Core

Dream Fridge

Squirming Core

The Herta Voice Actors

PJ Mattson

Yamazaki Haruka

Hou Xiaofei

Kim Seo-yeong

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This guide has been written by Shikhu (Discord - Shikhu). A long-time Honkai Star Rail player since launch experiencing everything the game has to offer from building his favourite characters to clearing MoC, PF and AS on the regular.