Yeehaw, we’ve got a cool new upcoming Star Rail character and he’s a cyborg cowboy from space who wears chaps. Please welcome Honkai Star Rail’s Boothill, and take a look at what we know of his potential kit, his role in the story, and how to build him, if you pardon the phrase.
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Alright partner, here’s what we know about Honkai Star Rail’s Boothill.
Honkai Star Rail Boothil release date
Boothill releases in the second half of Honkai Star Rail’s 2.2 update, alongside Honkai Star Rail Fu Xuan‘s rerun banner.
What do we know about Boothill’s build?
Boothill is a follower of the Hunt path and uses the physical element. His splash art features guns and a whip, which likely means they’ll show up in his attack animations. As a Hunt character, he’ll focus on dealing damage, likely to one target at a time.
Boothill’s signature light cone, Sailing Towards a Second Life, will be his best in slot and tailored to his kit. We recommend stocking up on physical boosting relics like the Champion of Streetwise Boxing set ahead of his release.
What are Boothill’s skills?
Here are the rootin’ tootin’ cowboy’s skills in battle. He can apply physical weakness to enemies, which will definitely help in shooting them down in one fell swoop.
- Skill – Sizzlin’ Tango
- Targets a single enemy and starts a duel. During this, he taunts the enemy and enhances his own basic attack
- Enhanced basic attack – Fanning the Hammer
- Both parties in the duel take increased damage from each other
- Talent – Five Peas in a Pod
- Each time Boothill defeats a target or breaks a weakness, he gains a stackable enhancement
- Ultimate – Dust Devil’s Sunset Rodeo
- Inflicts a physical weakness on the enemy, and deals damage, while delaying the target’s action.
- Technique – 3-9 x Smile
- Boothill inflicts physical weakness on an enemy when using his skill for the first time in battle.
Who is Honkai Star Rail’s Boothill?
Anyone who keeps up with leaks has seen Boothill around, but so far, he’s not been seen in the game so far. We know now that he’s a five-star character that’s a mix of Zenless Zone Zero’s Billy and Genshin Impact’s Arlecchino.
Boothill is a cyborg cowboy, with a very optimistic outlook on life, and not much restraint. He’s part of the Galaxy Rangers alongside Honkai Star Rail’s Acheron. The group follows the Hunt and its aeon Lan and travels to different planets to uphold justice. Thanks to Boothill’s drip marketing, we know that he, specifically, dislikes the Interastral Peace Corporation.
We actually hear him in the story during the 2.1 update – though it’s not confirmed, a mysterious male voice talks about bullets and finding a casket store, which has to be Boothill. Fun fact, a boot hill is the name for cemeteries in the Western United States, so, it fits.
Boothill’s English voice actor is Andrew Russell, known for work on Octopath Traveler II, World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, and Resident Evil Village.
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