Honkai: Star Rail Gallagher Character Guide

Gallagher is a support character with offensive capabilities. His ultimate can attack all enemy targets, causing them to fall into the "Besotted" state while also enhancing Gallagher's next Basic ATK. When allies attack Besotted enemies, the attacker's health is restored.

Introduction

Gallagher is a support character with offensive capabilities. His ultimate can attack all enemy targets, causing them to fall into the "Besotted" state while also enhancing Gallagher's next Basic ATK. When allies attack Besotted enemies, the attacker's health is restored.


Skills Overview

Basic Attack - Corkage Fee

Deals Fire DMG equal to 50%—110% of Gallagher's ATK to a single target enemy.

Basic Attack - Nectar Blitz

Deals Fire DMG equal to 125%—275% of Gallagher's ATK to a single target enemy. Reduces the target's ATK by 10%—16%, lasting for 2 turn(s).


Skill - Special Brew

Immediately heals a target ally for 200—1768 HP.


Ultimate - Champagne Etiquette

Inflicts Besotted on all enemies, lasting for 2 turn(s). At the same time, deals Fire DMG equal to 75%—165% of Gallagher's ATK to all enemies, and enhances this unit's next Basic ATK to Nectar Blitz.


Talent - Tipsy Tussle

The Besotted state increases the Break DMG that targets receive by 6%—13.2%. Every time a Besotted target is attacked by an ally, the attacker's HP gets restored by 80—707.2.


Technique - Artisan Elixir

Immediately attacks the enemy. Upon entering battle, inflicts Besotted on all enemies, lasting for 2 turn(s). And deals Fire DMG equal to 50% of Gallagher's ATK to all enemies.


Ascension 2 - Novel Concoction

Increases this unit's Outgoing Healing by an amount equal to 50% of Break Effect, up to a maximum Outgoing Healing increase of 75%.


Ascension 4 - Organic Yeast

After using the Ultimate, immediately Advances Forward this unit's Action by 100%.


Ascension 6 - Bottoms Up

When Gallagher uses Nectar Blitz to attack Besotted enemies, the HP Restore effect of his Talent will also apply to other allies for this time.


Traces Priorities

Talent > Skill > Ultimate > Basic ATK


Recommended Light Cones

  1. Night of Fright (5⭐)
  2. Post-Op Conversation (4⭐)
  3. Perfect Timing (4⭐)
  4. Multiplication (3⭐)
  5. What Is Real? (4⭐)
  6. Echoes of the Coffin (5⭐)
  7. Quid Pro Quo (4⭐)

1) Night of Fright (5⭐)

Increases the wearer's Energy Regeneration Rate by 12~20%. When any ally uses their Ultimate, the wearer restores HP for the ally currently with the lowest HP percentage by an amount equal to 10~14% of the healed ally's Max HP. When the wearer provides healing for an ally, increases the healed ally's ATK by 2.4~4.0%. This effect can stack up to 5 times and lasts for 2 turn(s).

2) Post-Op Conversation (4⭐)

Increases the wearer's Energy Regeneration Rate by 8~16% and increases Outgoing Healing when they use their Ultimate by 12~24%.

3) Perfect Timing (4⭐)

Increases the wearer's Effect RES by 16~32% and increases Outgoing Healing by an amount that is equal to 33~45% of Effect RES. Outgoing Healing can be increased this way by up to 15~27%.

4) Multiplication (3⭐)

After the wearer uses their Basic ATK, their next action will be Advanced Forward by 12~20%.

5) What Is Real? (4⭐)

Increases the wearer's Break Effect by 24~48%. After using their Basic ATK, restore HP for the wearer by an amount equal to 2.0~4.0% of their max HP plus 800.

6) Echoes of the Coffin (5⭐)

Increases the wearer's ATK by 24~40%. After the wearer uses an attack, for each different enemy target the wearer hits, regenerates 3~5 Energy. Each attack can regenerate Energy up to 3 time(s) this way. After the wearer uses their Ultimate, all allies gain 12~20 SPD for 1 turn.

7) Quid Pro Quo (4⭐)

At the start of the wearer's turn, regenerates 8~16 Energy for a randomly chosen ally (excluding the wearer) whose current Energy is lower than 50%.


Recommended Relics & Planar Set

  1. Relics
    • Thief of Shooting Meteor
    • Passerby of Wandering Cloud
    • Passerby of Wandering Cloud + Messenger Traversing Hackerspace
    • Passerby of Wandering Cloud + Thief of Shooting Meteor / Watchmaker, Master of Dream Machinations
  2. Planar Set
    • Broken Keel
    • Fleet of the Ageless
    • Sprightly Vonwacq
    • Penacony, Land of the Dreams
    • Talia: Kingdom of Banditry

Relic Set (Thief of Shooting Meteor)

2 Piece: Increases Break Effect by 16%.
4 Piece: Increases the wearer's Break Effect by 16%. After the wearer inflicts Weakness Break on an enemy, regenerates 3 Energy.

Relic Set (Passerby of Wandering Cloud)

2 Piece: Increases Outgoing Healing by 10%.
4 Piece: At the beginning of the battle, immediately regenerates 1 Skill Point.

Relic Set (Messenger Traversing Hackerspace + Passerby of Wandering Cloud)

2 Piece: Increases SPD by 6%.
2 Piece: Increases Outgoing Healing by 10%.

Relic Set (Passerby of Wandering Cloud + Thief of Shooting Meteor / Watchmaker, Master of Dream Machinations)

Planetary Set (Broken Keel)

2 Piece: Increases the wearer's Effect RES by 10%. When the wearer's Effect RES is at 30% or higher, all allies' CRIT DMG increases by 10%.

Planetary Set (Fleet of the Ageless)

2 Piece: Increases the wearer's Max HP by 12%. When the wearer's SPD reaches 120 or higher, all allies' ATK increases by 8%.

Planetary Set (Sprightly Vonwacq)

2 Piece: Increases the wearer's Energy Regeneration Rate by 5%. When the wearer's SPD reaches 120 or higher, the wearer's action is Advanced Forward by 40% immediately upon entering battle.

Planetary Set (Penacony, Land of the Dreams)

2 Piece: Increases wearer's Energy Regeneration Rate by 5%. Increases DMG by 10% for all other allies that are of the same Type as the wearer.

Planetary Set (Talia: Kingdom of Banditry)

2 Piece: Increases the wearer's Break Effect by 16%. When the wearer's SPD reaches 145 or higher, the wearer's Break Effect increases by an extra 20%.

Main Stat PrioritySub Stats Priority
Body: Outgoing Healing Boost
Feet: SPD
Planar Sphere: HP / DEF
Link Rope: Energy Regeneration Rate
SPD
Break Effect
Effect RES

Team Recommendations

As a healer, he can be used in most teams, but the best team would be where the main DPS requires debuffs, like:

DPS + Buffer/Debuffer + Buffer/Debuffer + Healer

Acheron: Main DPS
Silver Wolf / Guinaifen / Sampo: Nihility Slot
Pela: Nihility Slot + Debuffer
Gallagher: Healer

Dr. Ratio: Main DPS
Topaz & Numby: Sub-DPS
Ruan Mei: Buffer
Gallagher: Healer


Eidolons

Best Eidolons: E1, E2, E4 & E6

E1: Salty Dog ⭐
When Gallagher enters the battle, regenerates 20 Energy and increases Effect RES by 50%.

E2: Lion's Tail ⭐
When using the Skill, removes 1 debuff(s) from a target ally. At the same time, increases their Effect RES by 30%, lasting for 2 turn(s).

E3: Corpse Reviver
Skill Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 10.

E4: Last Word ⭐
Extends the duration of the Besotted state inflicted by Gallagher's Ultimate by 1 turn(s).

E5: Death in the Afternoon
Ultimate Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.
Talent Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15.

E6: Blood and Sand ⭐
Increases Gallagher's Break Effect by 20% and Weakness Break Efficiency by 20%.

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