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Aglaea is a Remembrance Path Lightning DPS agent in Honkai Star Rail who excels as a pure damage dealer paired with her Garmentmaker summon. Her gameplay revolves around building speed, landing crits, and unleashing Enhanced Basic Attacks where both she and her Garmentmaker strike together for massive Lightning damage. With her rerun now live, here’s a comprehensive guide to building her for maximum damage output and team synergy.

How Aglaea Works

Aglaea’s kit emphasizes frequent actions, high speed, and strong crit damage. When her Ultimate is active, she enters a Supreme Stance that increases her Attack Speed and enables Enhanced Basic Attacks where both she and her Garmentmaker attack in unison. The Garmentmaker itself scales with Aglaea’s stats and frequently gains speed and crit bonuses when attacking, which fuels Aglaea’s damage potential.

Best Light Cones (Weapons)

Selecting the right Light Cone amplifies Aglaea’s rotation and damage output:

Best-in-Slot Light Cone

Time Woven into Gold
This is Aglaea’s signature Light Cone. It grants a base Speed bonus and builds stacks of Brocade each time she and her Garmentmaker attack, significantly boosting CRIT DMG and Basic ATK damage as stacks grow. It synergizes perfectly with her Enhanced Basic Attack playstyle.

Other Recommended Light Cones

• Sweat Now, Cry Less: A strong 4-star choice that increases crit rate and damage.
• Geniuses’ Greetings: Provides buffs after using a Light Cone.
• Victory In a Blink, Reminiscence, or Shadowburn: Budget alternatives that still help her rotation.

Relics and Ornaments

Best Relic Set

Hero of Triumphant Song (4-Piece)
This is Aglaea’s top damage relic set. It increases ATK and, when her Garmentmaker is on the field, increases Aglaea’s Speed and gives both Aglaea and her Garmentmaker major CRIT DMG boosts when the Garmentmaker attacks. This set dramatically increases her overall DPS potential.

Planar Ornament Recommendation

The Wondrous BananAmusement Park (2-Piece)
This ornament boosts Aglaea’s CRIT DMG greatly, and further increases it when a summoned unit (like Garmentmaker) is present, which synergizes perfectly with how Aglaea deals damage.

Stat Priorities

To ensure Aglaea reaches her damage ceiling, focus on the following stats across relics and ornaments:

Main Stats

• Relic Body Piece: CRIT DMG or CRIT Rate
• Feet Relic: Speed or ATK%
• Planar Sphere: Lightning Damage Bonus%
• Link Rope: Energy Regeneration Rate (to help charge her Ultimate)

Substat Priorities

• Speed: to act more often and build up Enhanced Basic Attack stacks.
• CRIT Rate & CRIT DMG: get close to 100% CRIT Rate for frequent crits.
• ATK%: boosts her raw damage output.
• Energy Regen: aids in reliably using her Ultimate.

A common target players aim for is around 135–160+ Speed before buffs so that Aglaea can keep up with turn advance supports and maximize her action frequency.

Best Team Compositions

Aglaea thrives when she has turn advance and damage buffs to push her and her Garmentmaker into action and boost crit performance.

Hypercarry Team

• Aglaea (Main DPS)
• Sunday (Imaginary Support): Provides turn advance and energy management to keep Aglaea active.
• Cyrene (Support/Buffer): Offers team-wide damage buffs and synergy with Garmentmaker.
• Permansor Terrae (Sustain/ATK Buff): Sustains through fights and increases Aglaea’s ATK.

This team maximizes Aglaea’s action windows and overall damage output by combining turn advance, crit and damage buffs, and sustain.

Free-to-Play Friendly Lineup

• Aglaea
• Remembrance Trailblazer (Ice): Provides CRIT DMG and True Damage buffs with action advance.
• Asta (Support): Boosts ATK and Speed.
• Lynx (Sustain): Offers healing and debuff cleansing to keep Aglaea alive.

This approachable team focuses on speed and crit buffs without needing premium characters, making it ideal for many players.

Gameplay Tips

• Focus on Enhanced Basic Attacks: After using her Ultimate, Aglaea’s Enhanced Basic Attacks become her core damage source, so ensure her Speed, CRIT, and ATK stats are high to maximize each hit.
• Use Turn Advance Supports: Characters like Sunday or Remembrance Trailblazer help Aglaea take more turns and cycle her Ultimate more frequently.
• Balance Energy Regen: Enough energy regen ensures her Ultimate uptime is consistent, which is key to keeping Enhanced Basic Attacks active.

Aglaea’s damage scales particularly well when she’s supported by characters who can consistently give her turns and boost her crit performance.

Aglaea is one of Honkai Star Rail’s most explosive damage dealers when built right, combining speed, lightning damage, and crit synergy with her summon. If you want deeper dive DPS builds, team templates, and optimization strategies for every character and patch, subscribe to The Gamers Cut for expert guides delivered straight to your inbox.