The guide on Path of Nihility in Simulated Universe for Honkai: Star Rail. Learn how to unlock Resonance Formation, enhance Path Resonance, and list of Blessings of Nihility
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Features of Nihility Path
- Blessings that greatly enhance "DoT"
- A good match for characters inflicting Wind Shear and Shock
- Works well with Low-ranked builds
Greatly Enhances DoT!
The Blessings of Nihility enhance DoT, making them ideal for high-HP boss battles, despite being less powerful than instant damage.
Also, many characters with DoT are AoE DPS and can deal with weaker enemies quickly.
What Is DoT?
DoT (Damage Over Time) is the damage dealt by status debuffs such as Bleed, Wind Shear, Burn, and Shock. When inflicted, each time the enemy's turn comes, it takes Physical/Wind/Fire/Lightning damage. DoT can be inflicted by breaking an enemy's weakness or using specific skills.
| Note! | Damage caused by Icing and Quantum Entanglement is not DoT but additional DMG, which cannot be fully enhanced by Blessings of Nihility. |
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Path Resonance Inflicts 4 Debuffs On All Enemies
The Path Resonance: Nihility can apply Burn, Shock, Bleed, and 2 stacks of Wind Shear on all enemies when triggered. The base chance is unstable at 80%, and the elemental DMG is not that high, but it can maximize the blessings triggered by the DoT.
Compatible Characters & Best Nihility Team Comps
Compatible Characters
Build A Team Around Sampo
The most powerful of the DoTs is Wind Shear, which can be stacked up to 5. Sampo, who can inflict Wind Shear, is especially recommended as he is a Nihility Path that can increase DoT with Ultimate and use DoT-boosting Light Cones.
Recommended Team Comps
Sampo Serval DoT Team
| DPS | DPS | Healer | Support |
|---|---|---|---|
 Sampo | Serval | Natasha | Fire Trailblazer |
| Role | |||
| Sampo | A powerful DoT DPS. | ||
| Serval | The 2nd DoT DPS. | ||
| Natasha | Restores HP. | ||
| Fire Trailblazer | Boosts the durability with Shield and Taunt. | ||
| Description | |||
A team of two DoT DPS that increase DoT with blessings and Sampo's Ultimate.
Note that in the early stages, it's better to have another DPS instead of the Fire Trailblazer to save time since durability is not crucial.
| Note! | Sampo is enough for dealing DoT DMG. You can replace Seval with a normal DPS. |
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How To Use Path Resonance And Best Resonance Formation
Path Resonance: The Nihility
| Resonance Formation | Effect |
|---|---|
| Path Resonance: The Nihility | Spend 100 points of Energy to use this ability and resonate with the Path of Nihility, with 80% base chance to apply Burn, Shock, Bleed, and 2 stacks of Wind Shear on all enemies for 2 turn(s). |
Resonance Formation Priority
The Resonance Formation is an ability effect in the Simulated Universe and can be selected and obtained when 6/10/14 Blessings of the Nihility have been obtained.
| Resonance Formation | Recommendation/Enhanced Effect |
|---|---|
| The Doubtful Fourfold Root | ★★★ When using Path Resonance, increases the base chance of applying statuses by 100% and the duration of statuses by 1 turn, and adds 1 stack to all stackable statuses. |
| Outsider | ★★・ When entering battle, Path Resonance regenerates 40% Energy. When an enemy receives DoT, Path Resonance additionally regenerates 2% Energy. |
| Suffering and Sunshine | ★★・ The attacks of Path Resonance: The Nihility have 100% base chance to inflict 2 stacks of Confusion and 2 stacks of Devoid on all enemies for 2 turn(s). Confusion: When enemies are Weakness Broken, every stack of Confusion will cause all DoTs currently on the enemy to immediately deal DMG equal to 30% of their original DoT. Consumes 1 stack of Confusion. Confusion can stack up to 5 times. Devoid: Each stack reduces Toughness regeneration by 10% stacking up to 5 times. |
Priority Is To Increase The Infliction Rate
When enhancing Path Resonance, start with the Four Roots of Doubt. It makes the DoT infliction stable and increases its duration and limit of stacks, greatly improving its usability.
For the second one, you can choose "Outsider" to regenerate Energy or "Suffering and Sunshine" for bonus effects of Weakness Break.
| Note! | Choose "Suffering and Sunshine" if you have "The Doctor's Robe" that regenerates energy. Otherwise, choose "Outsider." |
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Recommended Blessings To Obtain
Best Resonance Blessings
The Primary Focus Is On DoT
| Blessing | Effect |
|---|---|
| Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? | At the beginning of an enemy's turn, trigger extra DoT 1 times, dealing DMG equal to 90~135% of the original DoT. |
| The Man in the Cover | Every time an enemy is afflicted with DoT, apply 3 stack(s) of Suspicion. Suspicion is an effect that increases DoT taken by 1% for each stack. Stacks up to 99 times, but loses 2 stacks at the end of the turn. |
| Funeral of Sensory Pursuivant | Every time an enemy takes DMG from a DoT, applies 1 stack(s) of Suspicion. Suspicion will not be reduced. |
All of the 3-Star Blessings of Nihility are exclusive effects that increase DoT. Obtaining all 3-Stars will make the effect more potent, so reset the blessing when possible.
The main priority is to enhance the "Funeral of Sensory Pursuivant". Maintaining the "Suspicion" debuff will make the final boss fight a lot easier.
Low-Ranked Blessings Are Also Powerful
| Blessing | Effect |
|---|---|
| Ignosticism | Gains a 6%/8% DoT increase for each Nihility Blessing. This effect can stack up to a max of 6/9 time(s). |
| Tragic Lecture | Increases DoT taken by enemies by 10%/15%. |
| Emotional Decluttering | Every time an enemy target is afflicted with a DoT status, the DMG taken by them increases by 3%/4%. This effect can stack up to 4/5 time(s). |
| Offerings of Deception | Every time an enemy takes DMG from a DoT, all allies restore HP equal to 1.0%/1.5% of their respective Max HP. |
| Before Sunrise | Every time an enemy receives a DoT, 2.0/3.0 Energy is regenerated for a random ally. |
Some 1-Star blessings can enhance DoT and work well with the Path Resonance, which can apply 4 DoT on all enemies.
| Note! | The 2-Star blessings and the 1-Star blessings not listed above are also effective. To enhance Path Resonance, collect all Blessings of Nihility, and if none are available, reset and search for it. |
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Blessings of Nihility
| Blessing | Effect Enhanced Effect |
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| Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared? | At the beginning of an enemy's turn, trigger extra DoT 1 times, dealing DMG equal to 90% of the original DoT. At the beginning of an enemy's turn, trigger extra DoT 1 times, dealing DMG equal to 135% of the original DoT. |
| The Man in the Cover | Every time an enemy is afflicted with DoT, apply 3 stack(s) of Suspicion. Every time an enemy is afflicted with DoT, apply 3 stack(s) of Suspicion. Every time the DoT refreshes, apply 1 stack(s) of Suspicion. |
| Funeral of Sensory Pursuivant | Every time an enemy takes DMG from a DoT, applies 1 stack(s) of Suspicion. Every time an enemy takes DMG from a DoT, applies 1 stack(s) of Suspicion. Suspicion will not be reduced. |
| Night Beyond Pyre | Increases Weakness Break efficiency by 30%. Increases Weakness Break efficiency by 45%. |
| Hell is Other People | When a character Breaks the Weakness of an enemy, the same type of Weakness Break effect is applied to enemies adjacent to it. When a character Breaks the Weakness of an enemy, the same type of Weakness Break effect is applied to all enemies. |
| All Things are Possible | If an enemy is attacked while under any DoT statuses, a random DoT will be triggered, dealing DMG equal to 100% of the DoT. If an enemy is attacked while under any DoT statuses, a random DoT will be triggered, dealing DMG equal to 150% of the DoT. |
| Twilight of Existence | When hitting a Weakness Broken enemy, there is a 75% base chance to apply Burn, Shock, Bleed or Wind Shear on the enemy for 2 turn(s). When hitting a Weakness Broken enemy, there is a 75% base chance to apply Burn, Shock, Bleed or Wind Shear on the enemy for 2 turn(s), and dispels 1 debuff currently on the attacker. |
| Café Self-Deceit | When an enemy has Suspicion on them, inflicts 1 extra stack(s) of Suspicion. When an enemy is inflicted with Suspicion, the stacks it gains are doubled. |
| Beginning and End | When an enemy inflicted with Suspicion is defeated, inflicts the same number of stacks of Suspicion the defeated enemy has on 1 random enemy target(s). When an enemy inflicted with Suspicion is defeated, inflicts the same number of stacks of Suspicion the defeated enemy has on 2 random enemy target(s). |
| Call of the Wilderness | For every stack of Suspicion the enemies have, reduces their ATK by 0.3%, up to a max of 30%. For every stack of Suspicion the enemies have, reduces their ATK by 0.3%, up to a max of 30%, and reduces their Effect RES by 0.4%, up to a max of 30%. |
| Ignosticism | Gains a 6% DoT increase for each Nihility Blessing. This effect can stack up to a max of 6 time(s). Gains a 8% DoT increase for each Nihility Blessing. This effect can stack up to a max of 9 time(s). |
| Tragic Lecture | Increases DoT taken by enemies by 10%. Increases DoT taken by enemies by 15%. |
| Sensory Labyrinth | Extends the duration of Wind Shear, Bleed, Shock, and Burn on enemies by 1 turn(s). Extends the duration of Wind Shear, Bleed, Shock, and Burn on enemies by 2 turn(s). |
| Questioning of Purpose | Increases characters' Break Effect by 50%. Increases characters' Break Effect by 75%. |
| Offerings of Deception | Every time an enemy takes DMG from a DoT, all allies restore HP equal to 1.0% of their respective Max HP. Every time an enemy takes DMG from a DoT, all allies restore HP equal to 1.5% of their respective Max HP. |
| Before Sunrise | Every time an enemy receives a DoT, 2.0 Energy is regenerated for a random ally. Every time an enemy receives a DoT, 3.0 Energy is regenerated for a random ally. |
| Emotional Decluttering | Every time an enemy target is afflicted with a DoT status, the DMG taken by them increases by 3%. This effect can stack up to 4 time(s). Every time an enemy target is afflicted with a DoT status, the DMG taken by them increases by 4%. This effect can stack up to 5 time(s). |
| Blind Vision | Reduces enemies' Effect RES by 12%. Reduces enemies' Effect RES by 18%. |
Honkai: Star Rail Related Guides
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 Level Up Guide |  Ascension Guide And Materials |
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| Settings Guide | Consumables Guide |
| How To Change Profile | How To Add Friends |
| Data Bank Explained | Messages Guide |
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