The Silvermane Guards are not to be trifled with, and that's mostly due to their formidable captain, Honkai Star Rail's Gepard. This upstanding young man may look as cold as the ice he wields, but his sense of duty to both his work and the guards he oversees is admirable. Plus, he's a really good shielder.
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Here's everything in our HSR Gepard build:
What's the best Gepard build?
Gepard is a five-star character who uses the ice element and follows the path of the Preservation. He dishes out some great ice damage and has the ability to freeze enemies, but we believe he truly excels in a tank sub-DPS role, and shield support. Gepard's ultimate offers an extremely strong shield to help his allies get out of all manner of sticky situations, and his passive allows him to hop back into the game for a last stand when he's struck with a killing blow.
Here's a brief overview of our best Gepard build:
| Rarity | ★★★★★ |
| Element | Ice |
| Path | Preservation |
| Best light cone | Moment of Victory |
| Light cone substitutes |
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| Best relic set | Self-Enshrouded Recluse |
| Best planar ornaments | Belobog of the Architects |
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Gepard's best light cone is Moment of Victory. His best relic set is Self-Enshrouded Recluse, and his best planar ornament set is Belobog of the Architects. Build him with as much defense as possible, as well as effect resistance to help with his survivability.
How do I use Gepard?
Really, the only way you want to use Gepard is as a tank and a shielder. If you get enough energy regeneration on him, his ultimate will come back nice and quick to provide more shields for your team. He can deal a bit of ice damage, but it's not what he's made for.
Gepard can withstand a lot given his defense stat is what you aim to build, along with his talent that can heal himself, and resist killing blows.
What are the best light cones for Gepard?
Moment of Victory is a five-star light cone tailored to Gepard's kit. Its skill complements his being in a tank role, as it increases his defense and taunts enemies, allowing him to absorb hits so his teammates can survive longer.
If the RNG gods don't smile on you and you can't get your hands on Moment of Victory, Journey, Forever Peaceful is the best four-star alternative. It increases the efficiency of Gepard's shield, and grants those that he is shielding a damage boost.
Day One of My New Life and Landau's Choice are both respectable alternatives, offering defense boosts, taunts, and damage mitigation.
Here are the best HSR Gepard light cones:
| Moment of Victory | Increases Gepard's defense by 24% and effect hit rate by 24%. Increases the chance for enemies to attack Gepard. When he is attacked, increases Gepard's defense by an extra 24% until the end of his turn |
| Journey, Forever Peaceful | Increases Gepard's provided shield effect by 12%. When an ally target has a shield, their damage dealt increases by 12% |
| Day One of My New Life | Increases Gepard's defense by 16%. After he enters battle, allies' damage resistance rises by 8%. Effects cannot stack |
| Landau's Choice | Gepard is more likely to be attacked, but the damage he takes is reduced by 16% |
What are the best relics for Gepard?
We recommend equipping Gepard with the Self-Enshrouded Recluse relic set, as it further enhances his shielding abilities. When it comes to substats, you should prioritize defense above all else, then aim to increase his HP, ice damage, attack, and energy restoration.
Alternatively, Knight of Purity Palace, as a four-piece set, or paired with Guard of Wuthering Snow, is a great defensive option, increasing Gepard's defense and his shield's damage absorption.
As a tank, the best planar ornament set for Gepard is Belobog of the Architects. It might take you a while to unlock this set, so you can use Fleet of the Ageless in the meantime to buff his HP, or use Broken Keel to up Gepard's effect resistance.
Here are the best HSR Gepard relic sets:
| Self-Enshrouded Recluse | Two equipped: increases shield effect by 10% Four equipped: increases the shield effect that Gepard provides by 12%. When an ally target has a shield from Gepard, the ally target's crit damage increases by 15% |
Obtain from: Carvern of Corrosion: Path of Hidden Salvation in Amphoreus' "Universal Matrix" Great Tomb of the Nameless Titan |
| Knight of Purity Palace | Two equipped: Increases defense Four equipped: when Gepard creates a shield, it can absorb an additional 20% max damage |
Obtain from: Cavern of Corrosion: Path of Holy Hymn in the Xianzhou Luofu's Cloudford |
| Guard of Wuthering Snow | Two equipped: Reduces damage taken Four equipped: at the beginning of the turn, if Gepard's HP is equal to or less than 50% of his max HP, he restores HP equal to 8% of his max HP and regenerates five energy |
Obtain from: Cavern of Corrosion: Path of Providence in Jarilo-VI's Everwinter Hill |
Planar ornaments
| Belobog of the Architects | Increases Gepard's defense by 15%. When Gepard's effect hit rate is 50% or higher, he gains an extra 15% defense | Obtain from: World 6 of the Simulated Universe or Divergent Universe: Permafrost |
| Fleet of the Ageless | Increases Gepard's max HP by 12%. When his speed reaches 120 or higher, all allies' attack increases by 8% | Obtain from: World 3 of the Simulated Universe or Divergent Universe: Untoppled Walls |
| Broken Keel | Increases Gepard's effect resistance by 10%. If his resistance is 30% or higher, all teammate's crit damage increases by 10% | Obtain from: World 7 of the Simulated Universe or Divergent Universe: Fruit of Evil |
Stat recommendations
When choosing which relics to equip Gepard with, look at their sub-stats and main stats as well as the set they're on.
Main stats:
- Body: defense or effect hit rate
- Feet: speed
- Planar sphere: defense
- Link rope: energy regeneration rate
Sub-stats:
- Speed
- Defense
- Effect resistance
What are the best Gepard team comps?
As a shielder - and a very good one at that - Gepard can slot into almost any team. If you want a couple of suggestions, though, we've got you. Pair him with a DPS, a buffer, and a sub-DPS (or a healer), and you've got a very strong team to take on any threat.
Here are some examples of strong Gepard team comps:
 Gepard |
 Seele |
 Tingyun |
 Pela |
| Gepard |
Flex DPS slot | Flex sub-DPS slot |  Bronya |
| Gepard |
 Yanqing |
Tingyun |
Bronya |
What are Gepard's abilities?
Here's what you can expect from Gepard's ice skills and shield abilities.
Active skills
| Basic attack | Fist of Conviction Deal 50% of Gepard's attack as ice damage to a target enemy |
| Skill | Daunting Smite Deal 100% of Gepard's attack as ice damage to a target enemy. At the same time, there's a 65% base chance to freeze that enemy for one turn. While frozen, the enemy can't move and takes 30% of Gepard's attack as ice DoT each turn |
| Ultimate | Enduring Bulwark Apply a shield to all allies, absorbing damage equal to 30% of Gepard's defense plus 150 for three turns |
Talent
| Unyielding Will | When struck with a killing blow, instead of becoming capacitated, Gepard's HP immediately restores back to 30% of his max HP. This effect can only trigger once per battle |
Technique
| Comradery | For the next battle after Gepard uses his technique, the defense of all allies increases by 24% of Gepard's defense plus 150 for two turns |
Traces
| Integrity | Gepard has a higher chance of being attacked by enemies |
| Commander | After Gepard triggers 'Unyielding Will', his energy restores to 100% |
| Fighting Spirit | Gepard's attack increases by 35% of his current defense. This refreshes at the beginning of each turn |
What are Gepard's eidolons?
Honkai Star Rail eidolons, much like Genshin Impact constellations, are special buffs and upgrades that you unlock by obtaining more than one copy of a character. Here are all of Gepard's eidolons.
| E1 | Due Diligence Gepard's basic attack has a 75% base chance to taunt the target for one turn |
| E2 | Lingering Cold After an enemy frozen by Gepard's skill is unfrozen, their speed reduces by 25% for one turn |
| E3 | Never Surrender Increases the level of Gepard's ultimate by three, up to a maximum of level 15. Also increases the level of his basic attack by one, up to a maximum of level ten |
| E4 | Faith Moves Mountains When Gepard is in battle, all allies' effect resistance increases by 20% |
| E5 | Cold Iron First Increases the level of Gepard's skill by three, up to a maximum of level 15, and the level of his basic attack by one, up to a maximum of level ten |
| E6 | Unyielding Resolve When his talent triggers, Gepard's action advances forward by 100%, and his HP restoration increases by 50% of his max HP |
What are Gepard's ascension materials?
Gepard, as a Silvermane man, unsurprisingly needs the corresponding items to ascend. On top of these, you need a lot of horns of snow. These drop in the Robot Settlement's Honkai Star Rail stagnant shadow domain.
| 20➔30 | 4k credits Five silvermane badges |
| 30➔40 | 8k credits Ten silvermane badges |
| 40➔50 | 16k credits Three horns of snow Six silvermane insignia |
| 50➔60 | 40k credits Seven horns of snow Nine silvermane insignia |
| 60➔70 | 80k credits 20 horns of snow Six silvermane medals |
| 70➔80 | 160k credits 35 horns of snow Nine silvermane medals |
What are Gepard's trace materials?
- 41 Silvermane badges, 56 Silvermane insignia, and 58 Silvermane medals
- Obtain from Silvermane guards and Everwinter shadewalker enemies, purchase from the Jarilo-VI world shop and the Embers Exchange, and the syntheziser
- 15 endurance of bronze, 72 oath of steel, and 139 safeguards of amber
- Obtain from the Bud of Preservation, purchase from the Embers Exchange store, Herta Space Station world shop, and Jarilo-VI world shop
- 12 Guardian's Lament
- Obtain from the Cocolia, Mother of Deception weekly boss located in Everwinter Hill
- 11 tracks of destiny
- Obtain from events, as rewards in the Simulated Universe, from the Embers exchange, and Nameless Honor (battlepass) rewards
- Three million credits
Skill trace priority
- Ultimate > skill > basic attack > talent
Major trace priority
- Integrity > Commander > Fighting Spirit
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