 | Concepts | Kafka |
| Faction | Stellaron Hunters | |
| Rarity |  | |
| Path |  Nihility | |
| Combat Types |  Lightning | |
| Chinese | 徐慧 | |
| English | Cheryl Texiera | |
| Korean | 사문영 | |
| Japanese | 伊藤静 | |
| Character Materials |  308K 15 15 65 15 | |
| Trace Materials | 3M 1841 6956 13958 12 8 | |
| Story | A member of the Stellaron Hunters. A dashing, collected, and professional beauty. Used the enchantment of Spirit Whisper to set up Trailblazer to absorb the Stellaron. Her hobby is shopping for and organizing her collection of coats. |
| Table of Contents |
| Stats |
| Skill |
| Traces |
| Eidolons |
| Light Cones |
| Inventory |
| Gallery |
| Voice |
| Story |
Stats
| Level | ATK | DEF | HP | SPD | CRIT Rate | CRIT DMG | Taunt | Energy | Character Materials |
| 1 | 92.4 | 66 | 148 | 100 | 5% | 50% | 100 | 120 | |
| 20 | 180.18 | 128.7 | 288 | 100 | 5% | 50% | 100 | 120 | 40005 |
| 20+ | 217.14 | 155.1 | 347 | 100 | 5% | 50% | 100 | 120 | |
| 30 | 263.34 | 188.1 | 421 | 100 | 5% | 50% | 100 | 120 | 800010 |
| 30+ | 300.3 | 214.5 | 480 | 100 | 5% | 50% | 100 | 120 | |
| 40 | 346.5 | 247.5 | 554 | 100 | 5% | 50% | 100 | 120 | 1600063 |
| 40+ | 383.46 | 273.9 | 614 | 100 | 5% | 50% | 100 | 120 | |
| 50 | 429.66 | 306.9 | 687 | 100 | 5% | 50% | 100 | 120 | 4000097 |
| 50+ | 466.62 | 333.3 | 747 | 100 | 5% | 50% | 100 | 120 | |
| 60 | 512.82 | 366.3 | 821 | 100 | 5% | 50% | 100 | 120 | 80000620 |
| 60+ | 549.78 | 392.7 | 880 | 100 | 5% | 50% | 100 | 120 | |
| 70 | 595.98 | 425.7 | 954 | 100 | 5% | 50% | 100 | 120 | 160K935 |
| 70+ | 632.94 | 452.1 | 1013 | 100 | 5% | 50% | 100 | 120 | |
| 80 | 679.14 | 485.1 | 1087 | 100 | 5% | 50% | 100 | 120 |
Skill
 | Midnight Tumult - Basic ATK | Single Target |
| Energy Regeneration : 20 | |
| Weakness Break : Single Target : 30 | |
| Deals Lightning DMG equal to Deals minor Lightning DMG to a single enemy. | |
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 | Caressing Moonlight - Skill | Blast |
| Energy Regeneration : 30 | |
| Weakness Break : Single Target : 60 / Blast : 30 | |
| Deals Lightning DMG equal to If the target enemy is currently receiving DoT, all DoTs currently placed on that enemy immediately produce DMG equal to Deals Lightning DMG to a single enemy and minor Lightning DMG to adjacent targets. If the primary target is currently afflicted with a DoT effect, the DoT deals DMG 1 extra time. | |
| Level | |
 | Twilight Trill - Ultimate | AoE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy Regeneration : 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weakness Break : AoE : 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deals Lightning DMG equal to While Shocked, enemies receive Lightning DoT equal to Deals minor Lightning DMG to all enemies, with a high chance of Shocking them. If the enemies are currently Shocked, the Shock status deals DMG 1 extra time. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | Gentle but Cruel - Talent | Single Target | ||||||||||||||||
| Energy Regeneration : 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Weakness Break : Single Target : 30 | |||||||||||||||||
| After Kafka's teammate uses Basic ATK on an enemy target, Kafka immediately launches Follow-up ATK and deals Lightning DMG equal to After a teammate uses Basic ATK on an enemy, Kafka immediately launches Follow-up ATK and deals Lightning DMG with a high chance of inflicting Shock to that target. This effect can only be triggered 1 time per turn. | |||||||||||||||||
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 | Attack |
| Energy Regeneration : 0 | |
| Weakness Break : Single Target : 30 | |
| Attacks an enemy, and when the battle starts, reduces their Toughness of the corresponding Type. | |
 | Mercy Is Not Forgiveness - Technique |
| Energy Regeneration : 0 | |
| Weakness Break : Single Target : 60 | |
| Immediately attacks all enemies within a set range. After entering battle, deals Lightning DMG equal to Attacks all enemies within range. After entering battle, deals minor Lightning DMG to all enemies, with a high chance to Shock them. | |
Traces
 | Torture |
| Requires Character Ascension 2 | |
| When the Ultimate is used, enemy targets will now receive DMG immediately from all currently applied DoT sources instead of just receiving DMG immediately from the currently applied Shock state. | 500031 |
 | Effect Hit Rate Boost (Effect Hit Rate) |
| Requires Character Ascension 2 | |
| Effect Hit Rate increases by | 500036 |
 | ATK Boost (ATK) |
| Requires Character Ascension 3 | |
| ATK increases by | 1000033 |
 | HP Boost (HP) |
| Requires Character Ascension 3 | |
| Max HP increases by | 1000033 |
 | Plunder |
| Requires Character Ascension 4 | |
| If an enemy is defeated while Shocked, Kafka additionally regenerates | 20000511 |
 | ATK Boost (ATK) |
| Requires Character Ascension 4 | |
| ATK increases by | 2000054 |
 | Effect Hit Rate Boost (Effect Hit Rate) |
| Requires Character Ascension 5 | |
| Effect Hit Rate increases by | 4500033 |
 | ATK Boost (ATK) |
| Requires Character Ascension 5 | |
| ATK increases by | 4500033 |
 | Thorns |
| Requires Character Ascension 6 | |
| The base chance for target enemies to be Shocked by the Ultimate, the Technique, and the Talent-triggered Follow-up ATK increases by | 160K811 |
 | HP Boost (HP) |
| Requires Character Ascension 6 | |
| Max HP increases by | 160K88 |
 | Effect Hit Rate Boost (Effect Hit Rate) |
| Requires Character Lv. 75 | |
| Effect Hit Rate increases by | 160K88 |
 | ATK Boost (ATK) |
| ATK increases by | 25002 |
 | ATK Boost (ATK) |
| Requires Character Lv. 80 | |
| ATK increases by | 160K88 |
Eidolons
 | Da Capo |  |
| When the Talent triggers a Follow-up ATK, there is a |
 | Fortississimo |  |
| While Kafka is on the field, DoT dealt by all allies increases by |
 | Capriccio |  |
| Skill Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. |
 | Recitativo |  |
| When an enemy target takes DMG from the Shock status inflicted by Kafka, Kafka additionally regenerates |
 | Doloroso |  |
| Ultimate Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. Talent Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. |
 | Leggiero |  |
| The Shock inflicted on the enemy target by the Ultimate, the Technique, or the Talent-triggered Follow-up ATK has a DMG multiplier increase of |
Light Cones
| Concepts | Rarity | Path | ATK | DEF | HP | Skill | Character Materials | |
 | Void | 3 | nihility-class | 317.52 | 264.6 | 846.72 | At the start of the battle, the wearer's Effect Hit Rate increases by |  |
 | Loop | 3 | nihility-class | 317.52 | 264.6 | 846.72 | Increases DMG dealt from its wearer to Slowed enemies by | |
 | Hidden Shadow | 3 | nihility-class | 317.52 | 264.6 | 846.72 | After using Skill, the wearer's next Basic ATK deals Additional DMG equal to |  |
 | Good Night and Sleep Well | 4 | nihility-class | 476.28 | 330.75 | 952.56 | For every debuff the target enemy has, the DMG dealt by the wearer increases by |  |
 | Eyes of the Prey | 4 | nihility-class | 476.28 | 330.75 | 952.56 | Increases the wearer's Effect Hit Rate by | |
 | Resolution Shines As Pearls of Sweat | 4 | nihility-class | 476.28 | 330.75 | 952.56 | When the wearer hits an enemy and if the hit enemy is not already "Ensnared," then there is a | |
 | Fermata | 4 | nihility-class | 476.28 | 330.75 | 952.56 | Increases the wearer's Break Effect by | |
 | We Will Meet Again | 4 | nihility-class | 529.2 | 330.75 | 846.72 | After the wearer uses Basic ATK or Skill, deals Additional DMG equal to | |
 | Before the Tutorial Mission Starts | 4 | nihility-class | 476.28 | 330.75 | 952.56 | Increases the wearer's Effect Hit Rate by |  |
 | In the Name of the World | 5 | nihility-class | 582.12 | 463.05 | 1058.4 | Increases the wearer's DMG to debuffed enemies by | |
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Inventory
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Gallery
Voice
Language
| Title | loc_sound |
| First Meeting | * |
| Greeting | * |
| Parting | * |
| About Self | * |
| Chat: Fear | * |
| Chat: Violin | * |
| Hobbies | * |
| Annoyances | * |
| Something to Share | * |
| Knowledge | * |
| About Silver Wolf | * |
| About Blade | * |
| About Sam | * |
| Eidolon Activation | * |
| Character Ascension | * |
| Max Level Reached | * |
| Trace Activation | * |
| Added to Team With Trailblazer | * |
| Added to Team With Silver Wolf | * |
| Added to Team With Blade | * |
| Added to Team With Himeko | * |
| Battle Begins: Weakness Break | * |
| Battle Begins: Danger Alert | * |
| Turn Begins 1 | * |
| Turn Begins 2 | * |
| Turn Idling | * |
| Basic ATK | * |
| Hit by Light Attack | * |
| Hit by Heavy Attack | * |
| Ultimate: Activate | * |
| Ultimate: Unleash | * |
| Talent 1 | * |
| Talent 2 | * |
| Downed | * |
| Return to Battle | * |
| Health Recovery | * |
| Technique | * |
| Battle Won | * |
| Treasure Opening 1 | * |
| Treasure Opening 2 | * |
| Precious Treasure Opening | * |
| Successful Puzzle-Solving 1 | * |
| Successful Puzzle-Solving 2 | * |
| Enemy Target Found | * |
| Returning to Town | * |
Story
| Title | Text |
| n/a | On the Interastral Peace Corporation's wanted list, Kafka's record only shows her name and a note about her "interest in collecting coats." Little is known about this Stellaron Hunter aside from her being one of "Destiny's Slave" Elio's most trusted members. In order to achieve Elio's envisioned future, Kafka gets to work. |
| n/a | "Kafka, female human. Hails from New Babylon of Pteruges-V. Core member of the Stellaron Hunters, the next-in-command of 'Destiny's Slave.' Responsible for the following infractions: The Pier Point Incursion, two counts; The Pier Point Heist; The Trovys Disappearance; The Stellaron events of Jemorse, Bayjhana, Shilla Wanted Level: Highest. Dead or alive." |
| n/a | "...Due to the investigation's needs, the suspect's basic information is published as follows: Suspect Kafka (Wanted Serial No.: L The suspect has been reported to be connected to multiple non-natural disasters occurring on the Luofu in the recent past. She is currently at large, and is now publicly wanted on the Luofu. Any department and unit who detected said suspect are encouraged to contact the local Cloud Knights. At the same time, we encourage the suspect to turn herself in and to not take any chances." |
| n/a | "...This woman's name is Kafka, a new Hunter without any information on file, and belongs to no particular organization. She has an ability called Spirit Whisper that allows her to hypnotically manipulate others through language. Recently, she has appeared in Riverland, New Babylon. She was seen communicating with its overchief, Shilde, and absconded with him in witness of |
| n/a | "...Go to Pteruges-V and locate an abandoned building at coordinates There is also a chance that Kafka will ignore the can. In that case, just throw the ball away. You will die, but death will come for everyone. As for the future that you yearn for - I will realize it." |
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378 responses to “Kafka”
Bruh, they just completely redesigned her entire kit. Wth…
By the way, her LC is now even more garbage than it was before.
This article lags behind the current changes to her kit. They have already nerfs and remade Kafka:
For example, her Talent, instead of amplifying all DoT damage, now imposes Shock, similar to what her Ult imposes (alas, they do not add up).
Her Technique now states that the Shock imposed on her is similar to what Ult imposes.
Also, her Eidolons and Traces have been changed.
The only good news is that the activation of all DoT damage (both through Skill and Ult) is now in the basic kit, Not in Eidolon.
New video of kafka run. She just casually doing 20k+ damage up to 70k+. DoT team is really fun to build and more easy too. And those are just early units.
Did something happen to Kafkas kit? Seems like it’s been reverted to the old kit before 1.2 beta? But with lower numbers. Such as E2 only with 20% Break Efficiency? And the changed A2 trace being moved back to E1?
its a bug or mistake on honey hunter end. there is a video on youtube from current 1.2 beta where her ult proc all dots.
It’s not a bug on our end, we humbly provide, what exact client version has inside and not a single byte of information is touched by human hand. If only CHS has proper skill description, then in current version listed, only CHS will have proper description.
It’s bugged for English.
And other languages too, except CHS.
Dont know what the fuss is all about. Don’t forget she’s a nihility. Because looks like meta peeps here forgot how to think and are waiting for something so she can do one big pp damage.
Can anyone tell how many xp books it takes to level up her to 70-80?
should be 138 purple books and 3 green books
Hey all, so as of the time of this comment (granted it takes a hot minute for my comment to show up on this website) there is a video on YouTube that is showcasing a bit of Kafka on CN beta. If you are reading this comment, you may wanna stop reading and go look for it on YouTube- I mention this because the user tends to upload leak footage and either privates or deletes it within 24 hours to 48 hours. They did the same thing with Blade a day or so ago.
Now with that out the way… I’m happy to report that the previous A2 and Eidolon changes from before have remained in tact! I know people were saying that the changes on here were wrong, but for me seeing is believing. Unfortunately that was the biggest thing I got from that video because the video showcased Kafka in a “Hypercarry Team” setup which isn’t the most ideal TC’d team, not to mention the build of the Kafka was a little sus considering they had a Hypercarry team. For example they were running a ER Rope on Kafka (which you don’t need if you are running Tingyun like they were) and EHR Body piece which is overkill at A6… A6 gives 120% BASE chance for DoT increase and 130% BASE chance for Ultimate Shock DoT to be applied, which means you really only need about 30-ish% EHR which you can get from substats (in fact, the uploader already had met the requirement from substats alone) the substats from the body piece was the only thing useful at that point.
I mention all that because the uploader at the end of the video says that they tried other teams like with Sampo and that the current video shows the best they can do… Just take what they say with the smallest grain of salt if their Kafka build is *anything* to go by… I’m not go out and say Kafka will outperform anyone but I absoutely believe she is capable of more than the leaked video provided. Plus the video doesn’t mention Luka who may not been available during their test. All I’m saying is, I really can’t see how Kafka, Sampo and third DoT (Luka) with Healer/Shielder tank isn’t going to top what was showcased in that video.
Yeah, its obvious that they didnt revert her
The numbers on the A2 are all messed up and if you change the language to cn, you can still see the buffed A2 and E1
But people for some reason just dont think for a second “maybe if the a2 has a 0% scaling, its a bug”
Yeah, no I get you. I remember you posted under my other comment that the changes most likely haven’t changed and that left me hopeful (personally). Granted in that post I remember saying the A2 0% looked like a bug or human error so I totally understand that those changes might not be real but as I mentioned before those could be human error and (in my mind) those changes could always take effect. In that same post I mention *nothing* is set in stone until we get the official announcement and that still applies now.
That is all to say I think it’s fine to have some level of skepticism.
the same guy uploaded new video with dot team (kafka, sampo, sw and bailu), and he said that dot team performs better than hypercarry. there was a bug with kafka and because of that dot team was worse soooo. also he changed her build a little bit from ehr to atk. you cant find the video on youtube right now, but its still on hsr leaks reddit.
Those videos are horrendous. Thanks god people finally catch up on how absolutely shit the op was at the game.
Like holy fuck anything that could go wrong went fucking wrong at this point.
ER rope kafka. Lightning ball sampo. Max physicals ERR Luka. Borderline Autoplay skill point management. 0 care of how to break. My fucking god. It is almost as if he intentionally want to troll people which I hope so since there is no way OP can survive day to day basis with this level of abysmal IQ.
I don’t want to use Sampo and Luka, but it looks like she unplayable without them, as far as I understand. 6(
Does anyone have at least approximate damage calculations how much will her damage drop without these two in the team?
You could try a crit and break builds for Serval and Kafka, add SW, and a healer/shielder.
From there you could start transitioning to other DoT teams when new DoT units come.
that’s exactly the team that i have planned with seele, kafka, bronya y gepard
F skill points
Totally unbalanced and absolutely pointless.
Does it really matter? Judging by your name it seems you’ll pull for her regardless, yeah? Will it be ideal to run her against DoT comps, no. Can she still perform as a sub DPS, most likely yes. Look at it this way, if people (such as myself) are using Sampo as a main/sub dps in a non optimal team comp (until Kafka arrives) and perform with him Kafka will do well enough, just don’t be shocked (heh) that she isn’t pumping big PP damage is all.
There is a video on YouTube that showcases her in a hypercarry team. Please be aware however (as the video may be taken off by the time you read this) their build on Kafka for that particular team isn’t exactly optimized but her DoTs by herself was doing 20k damage.
Seen some tests, which say that the best team for her for now is SW, Fox and Bailu.
That team was performing better due to a bug where Kafka wasn’t detonating dots other than Shock, but after the bug was resolved dot teams outperform that team
Replying to second what was just said from Pepega. DoT team will outperform but you can still run her in a more “traditional” team if you want, it’s definitely playable.
Let’s put aside doomposts. Do you think it would be the best 4* choice on Kafka – Good Night and Sleep Well?
On A5, it gives a 58-72% increase in damage:
– Kafka imposes at least one weakening from Talent.
– If she plays with Sampo (and DoT-Kafka is not playable without Sampo) then this is at least 58% of the total damage, which is better than Fermata or EotP.
Alternatively, mono Electro with SW and Serval/Tingyun, then SW alone will be able to support GNoSW, giving Kafka 72% of all damage, both normal and DoT.
If you’re running Sampo and Luka, Good Night and Sleep Well is almost as good as Patience is All You Need, and if you have Good Night and Sleep Well at max rank, it will do more damage than Patience is All You Need
Patience is All You Need would still be better because 14% speed is really good, but if you want pure damage, Good Night and Sleep Well is the best you can do
She is playable and can deal even higher DMG without Sampo/Serval/etc, judging by test revievs.
The same thing happened in genshin they nerfed Ayaka to hell because she was too popular and other character stans got mad. Don’t trust Mihoyo they will nerf and disappoint.
What? She ended up having one of the most buff, her burst is so fast at beta so they slow it so you can control it better on freeze, she also gets multiple scaling get increased and having a very good weapon + goated C2 and C4 even the first limited character that have skin, same goes to Raiden that also got a multiple buff by being a popular character and ended up having one of the best C2 in the game like Nahida.
The one who get nerfed to hell is Xiao plunging attack speed, Al-Haitham multiplier before they tried to increase it a little bit or Yelan Hydro GU at her burst that get reduced.
The guy doesn’t know what he is talking about.
And Ayaka even got Mist, one of best weapons out there.
I don’t know for Xiao because I started Genshin in 1.4.
For Yelan, it was just a test during the beta, they added it then removed it, noone knows if it was for Yelan or a test for future chars, since Nahida does have 1.5 GU on her skill. It was just a test, not a nerf.
For AlHaitham, they started with too high scalings. They corrected and AlHaitham is still a T0 DPS. And TCs said that even if the number reduction was huge, the team DPS loss was around 9-12% IIRC so not that huge. For me, it’s not really a nerf but a pre-realease ajustment, it didn’t ruin the char, he is still really strong.
Nilou too lost some damage during the beta and it wasn’t a nerf but an ajustment too. Nilou lost damage on burst for more damage for SuperBlooms. It sad because she is less efficient in other team than her archetype but she is T0 in it.
Ajustements aren’t always nerf. Real nerf I have in mind is Dehya. She was weak, she became weaker for no reason since her tanking capacities are still average at best.
Btw, Former Ayaka Mains is a well known troll here, don’t bother to reply to him =)