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Honkai Star Rail Waveflair materials, kit, and Eidolons

Ascension and Trace materials for Aventurine Waveflair.

Aventurine Waveflair's splash art from Honkai Star Rail is shown.
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Waveflair is a 5-Star Quantum character of The Elation path likely coming to Honkai Star Rail in version 4.5.

While Waveflair will likely be featured as the boosted 5-Star character on his Banner in version 4.5, he will eventually return to Honkai Star Rail at some point in the future when the Banner schedule cycles back to him.

If you want to prepare for him, we've detailed reliable leaks of Waveflair's Ascension materials and Trace materials so you can level him up to his full potential right away. To understand how you might play him, we've also detailed what we know about Waveflair's kit and Eidolons.

Keep in mind that this is leaked beta information, so Waveflair's materials and kit might change upon his official release.

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Waveflair's kit

Waveflair is a 5-Star Quantum character of The Elation path, and keeping in mind that this is leaked beta information from honeyhunterworld that could change upon his official release, and that all of the percentages mentioned below are based on Level 1 Traces, here's a summary of Waveflair's kit in Honkai Star Rail:

Waveflair Element and Path

  • Element: Quantum.
  • Path: The Elation.
  • Rarity: 5-Star.

Waveflair Basic Attack (Single Target)

Torrent, Bullseye Hit : Deals Quantum damage equal to 50% of Waveflair's attack to one designated enemy.


Waveflair Skill (AOE)

Fatal Shot, Boiling Sands: Deals Quantum damage equal to 120% of Waveflair's attack to all enemies, and gains two Punchline, and four points of 'Fervor'.


Waveflair Technique

Stirring Waves in Still Waters: Moves forward rapidly for a set distance, attacking all enemies in contact and blocking all incoming attacks. After entering combat via attacking enemies, Waveflair deals Quantum damage equal to 100% of his Attack to all enemies, and gains two points of 'Fervor' and 20 points of 'Certified Banger'.


Waveflair Talent (Enhance)

Place Your Bets, Hear the Deep: The duration of Waveflair's 'Certified Banger' increases by one turn. After a teammate uses an attack, Waveflair gains one point of 'Fervor' and one Punchline. The max limit for 'Fervor' is 30 points.
When 'Fervor' reaches 10 points, Waveflair uses the 'Cheers! To Blazing Summer' Elation Skill once, which takes 20 fixed Punchlines into account. After this use, the Elation Skill used by this unit in the next Aha Instant is enhanced into 'All In! To the Blazing Summer.'
While Waveflair has 'Certified Banger', his Skill additionally deals 20% Quantum Elation damage to all enemies, and his Ultimately additionally deals 36% Quantum Elation damage to all enemies.


Waveflair Ultimate (AOE)

Winning Hand, Over the Tempest: Deals Quantum damage equal to 240% of Waveflair's attack to all enemies, and gains five Punchlines and eight points of 'Fervor'. Increases this unit's Speed by 10% for three turns.


Waveflair Elation Skills

  • Cheers! To the Blazing Summer (AOE): Deals 30% Quantum Elation damage to all enemies, and additionally deals ten instances of damage, with each instance dealing 7.5 Quantum Elation damage to one random enemy.
  • All in! To the Blazing Summer (AOE): Deals 30% Quantum Elation damage to all enemies, and additionally deals ten instances of damage, with each instance dealing 7.5% Quantum Elation damage to one random enemy. Consumes all 'Fervor' upon use. For each point of 'Fervor' consumed, additionally deals one instance of 7.5% Quantum Elation damage to one random enemy.

Waveflair Bonus Traces

  • Bonus Trace 1: Party of Euphoria - When Speed is 160 or higher, increases this unit's Elation by 30%. For every one Speed exceeded, additionally increases this unit's Elation by 1%. Up to a max of 200 excess Speed can be taken into account for this effect.
  • Bonus Trace 2: Revel in Surging Waves - At the start of the battle, if there are other Elation characters in the team besides Waveflair, Waveflair's Elation increases by 100%. At the start of the battle, if Wasveflair is the only Elation character in the team, after a teammate uses an attack, Waveflair gains two points of 'Certified Banger' and one Punchline, and increases Aha's Speed by 25. The Speed boost effect lasts until the end of Aha Instant.
  • Bonus Trace 3: Old Dream's Gold Rush - Increases Critical damage by 48%. After a teammate uses a Basic Attack, Skill, Follow-Up Attack, or Ultimate, Waveflair's Critical damage increases by 48%, lasting for three turns. He additionally gains one point of 'Fervor'. This effect can be triggered up to six times, and the trigger count resets when Waveflair uses his Skill.

Waveflair Ascension materials

You need to use Waveflair Ascension materials to upgrade stats like his health, attack, defence, and Critical hit effectiveness.

With the latest beta information sourced from honeyhunterworld, it looks like you need to get a lot of Sneering Harlequin and Tatters of Thought-based materials for Waveflair to fully upgrade his capabilities.

In total, the Waveflair Ascension Materials in Honkai Star Rail are:

  • x15 Tatters of Thought
  • x15 Fragments of Impression
  • x15 Shards of Desires
  • x65 Sneering Harlequin
  • 308,000 Credits

For more details, here's what Waveflair Ascension materials you need per level:

Waveflair Ascension level Waveflair Ascension materials Credit cost Reward
Level 20 x5 Tatters of Thought 4,000 x1 regular Star Rail Pass
Level 30 x10 Tatters of Thought 8,000 None
Level 40 x6 Fragments of Impression, x3 Sneering Harlequin 16,000 x1 regular Star Rail Pass
Level 50 x9 Fragments of Impression, x7 Sneering Harlequin 40,000 None
Level 60 x6 Shards of Desires, x20 Sneering Harlequin 80,000 x1 regular Star Pass
Level 70 x9 Shards of Desires, x35 Sneering Harlequin 160,000 None

Remember, this is leaked beta information that could change upon Waveflair's official release.

Waveflair Trace materials

Just like Ascension, to get the most out of using Waveflair you will have to level-up his attacks and passive abilities by using Trace materials, which vary from character-to-character.

With thanks to honeyhunterworld again for sourcing the information, for Waveflair it looks like you'll need to use a lot of Tatters of Thought and Fluffy Hand-Drawn Storyboards-based materials to fully upgrade his capabilities.

In total, to upgrade all of his abilities, the Waveflair Trace Materials you need are:

  • x8 Tracks of Destiny
  • x12 High Hopes of the Falsely Enlightened
  • x18 Fluffy Hand-Drawn Storyboards
  • x41 Tatters of Thought
  • x56 Fragments of Impression
  • x58 Shards of Desires
  • x69 Fluffy Serialization Memorial Issue
  • x139 Fluffy Collector's Edition
  • 3 million Credits

Once again, this is leaked beta information, so Waveflair's materials could change upon his official release.


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Waveflair Eidolons

By getting duplicates of Waveflair from Warping on his Banner, you will receive his Eidolon. This material allows you to unlock Eidolon levels, with each upgrade either improving an existing attack or passive ability.

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With beta information sourced from honeyhunterworld, here are all of Waveflair's Eidolons in Honkai Star Rail:

Waveflair Eidolons

  • Vacation At Stake (E1): Increases All-Type Res Pen by 24%. Every time Waveflair gains 10 points of 'Fervor', he can trigger his Talent to use the 'Cheers! To the Blazing Summer' Elation Skill.
  • Tidal Fluctuations of Leisure (E2): Increases the max limit of 'Fervor' to 50 points, and additionally grants two points of 'Fervor' after using Skill, Ultimate, or Elation Skill.
  • Chilled Afternoon Rendezvous (E3): Increases the level of Waveflair's Skill and Talent by two, with a maximum upgrade level of 15. Also increases the level of his Elation Skill by one, with a maximum upgrade level of 15.
  • No Deals with the Sun (E4): Damage dealt by Waveflair ignores 18% of the enemy target's Defense.
  • Dive into the Jackpot Gale(E5): Increases the level of Waveflair's Ultimate by two and Elation Skill by one, with a maximum upgrade level of 15. Also increases the level of Waveflair's Basic Attack by one, up to a maximum upgrade level of 10.
  • Cashing the Past for a Wild Ride (E6): Elation damage dealt by Waveflair merrymakes by 25%. After Waveflair uses his Ultimate two times, all subsequent Elation Skills used become 'All In! To the Blazing Summer', and when using this Elation Skill to additionally deal damage outside of Aha Instant, it no longer consumes 'Fervor'.

Good luck levelling up Waveflair in Honkai Star Rail!

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