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11 Min read Gallagher is a Standard 4 Star Abundance Character that was available since Patch 2.1. As his class implies, Gallagher is a Healer who comes with a strong but highly effective gimmick. Despite being designed more around the Break archetype, Gallagher is a great substitute for many meta endgame teams before they get their dedicated limited sustain units.
Gallagher’s main healing tools are his Skill and Ultimate. His skill, Special Brew, is unique amongst Healers in that it will always heal a fixed amount of 1,600 HP at level 10 to a specific ally, with no additional effect. His Ultimate – Champagne Etiquette, however, is more interesting.
This is an AoE Attack with good Toughness Damage that inflicts a status called “Besotted” onto all enemies. After use, Gallagher’s basic attack will be transformed into a new version called Nectar Blitz, which has higher damage and also reduces the target’s Attack by 15% for 2 turns.
Gallagher’s second major trait – Organic Yeast will also advance himself by 100% when he uses his Ultimate. Enemies with “Besotted” will take 12% more Break Damage, and any ally attacking these enemies will recover their HP by 640 at Ultimate’s level 10.
Gallagher’s first major trace – Novel Concoction – increases his Outgoing Healing by an amount equal to 50% of his Break Effect, with a cap at 75% Outgoing Healing increase, or 150% Break Effect. His third trait – Bottoms Up – allows him to heal the entire team by triggering the Besotted healing effect when attacking with his Enhanced Basic Attack – Nectar Blitz.
Gallagher’s Technique is an attacking one that immediately enters battle upon use. It will inflict Besotted onto all enemies for 2 turns and deal some minor damage to all of them.
Gallagher’s skillset and playstyle are quite simple. As most of his healing comes from triggering “Besotted”, Gallagher can be played extremely SP positive, relying solely on his Ultimate for teamwide healing.
Furthermore, as his Ultimate action advances him immediately, Gallagher moves and attacks much more frequently compared to most sustain units, which allows him to both deplete the enemy’s Toughness quickly (provided they are Fire-weak) and trigger effects like Quid Pro Quo Light Cone or charge Ultimates for units like Feixiao or Acheron.
A lot of Honkai Star Rail mechanics often boil down to how often one can move. In this aspect, Gallagher truly masters the basics and becomes a jack-of-all-trades sustain for many team archetypes.
Basic Attack – Corkage Fee: Deals Fire DMG equal to 100% of Gallagher’s ATK to one designated enemy target.
Enhanced Basic Attack – Nectar Blitz: Deals Fire DMG equal to 250% of Gallagher’s ATK to one designated enemy target. Reduces the target’s ATK by 15%, lasting for 2 turn(s).
Skill – Special Brew: Immediately heals a target ally for 1600 HP.
Ultimate – Champagne Etiquette: Inflicts Besotted on all enemies, lasting for 2 turn(s). At the same time, deals Fire DMG equal to 150% of Gallagher’s ATK to all enemies, and enhances his next Basic ATK to Nectar Blitz.
Talent – Tipsy Tussle: The Besotted state makes targets receive 12% more Break DMG. Every time a Besotted target gets attacked by an ally, the attacking ally’s HP is restored by 640.
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.
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%.
Organic Yeast: After using the Ultimate, immediately advances action for this unit by 100%.
Bottoms Up: When Gallagher uses Nectar Blitz to attack Besotted enemies, the HP Restore effect of his Talent will also apply to teammates for this time.
Gallagher’s best early Eidolon is E2, which gives him some cleanse capacity, an effect that is highly pivotal in difficult battles. All of his other Eidolons are quite good. His E1 notably increases his resilience against debuffs via Effect Res, a trait highly valued in Healers.
His E4 further extends the duration of Besotted by 1 turn, which helps against fast enemies. His E6 increases his Break Effect, which translates to a small Healing output boost and Break Efficiency.
Overall, it’s never worth pulling specifically for 4 Star Eidolon, but player can consider buying Gallagher’s copy from the shop for his E2 if they are unlucky, otherwise Gallagher is perfectly fine at base.
Light Cones
Main Stats
Relics
Planar Set
Scent Alone Stays True: Increases the wearer’s Break Effect by 60% / 70% / 80% / 90% / 100%.
After the wearer uses Ultimate to attack enemy targets, inflicts the targets with the “Woefree” state, lasting for 2 turn(s). While in “Woefree,” enemy targets take 10% / 12% / 14% / 16% / 18% increased Damage. The effect of increasing Damage taken is additionally boosted by 8% / 10% / 12% / 14% / 16% if the wearer’s current Break Effect is 150% or higher.
Lingsha’s Signature Light Cone provides a massive Break Effect boost and provides another way for Gallagher to boost the team damage via its unique debuff. Getting 150% Break Effect is quite easy for Gallagher so he should not have problem fulfilling the condition.
Quid Pro Quo: At the start of the wearer’s turn, regenerates 8 / 10 / 12 / 14 / 16 Energy for a randomly chosen ally (excluding the wearer) whose current Energy is lower than 50%.
Gallagher is the best user of Quid Pro Quo thanks to his cheap Ultimate that action advances him upon use, giving him ample trigger opportunities. This Light Cone is generally best-in-slot for him, as not just Damage Dealers, but many Support units highly appreciate extra Energy, albeit RNG-reliant.
What Is Real?: Increases the wearer’s Break Effect by 24% / 30% / 36% / 42% / 48%. After using Basic Attack, restores HP for the wearer by an amount equal to 2% / 2.5% / 3% / 3.5% / 4% of Max HP plus 800.
What Is Real? is an acceptable pure Break Effect stat stick but offers no further utility for Gallagher.
Multiplication: After the wearer uses their Basic Attack, their next action will be Advanced Forward by 12% / 14% / 16% / 18% / 20%.
Multiplication is essentially a Speed boost for Gallagher, as he will most of the time use Basic Attack, thus generating more Skill Points for the team. This is good when paired with SP-hungry Damage Dealers like Archer.
It’s not worth building Gallagher for damage, as the only team he can contribute meaningful damage to is the Super Break team, which does not necessitate him building offensive stats.
Instead, the players should focus on building Speed, Energy Regeneration, and Healing% on Gallagher. More action and Ultimate usage will generate a lot more Skill Points, Energy (via Quid Pro Quo), Toughness Damage, and even Ultimate stacks for other units.
As such, Gallagher’s main stats options are straightforward: Speed for boot and Energy Regeneration for Rope. Outgoing Healing % is generally best for Body, but he can run HP% or even Def% to increase his tankiness. Similarly, HP% for Orb is recommended to keep him healthy in endgame content.
Speed and Break Effect give the most improvement to Gallagher’s general performance.
Beyond that, HP% or Effect Res% for more survivability are recommended.
Warrior Goddess of Sun and Thunder:
This set gives a very large Speed boost, which is highly appreciated, and also increases Gallagher’s ability to support Crit-based Damage Dealers.
Sacerdos’ Relived Ordeal:
Gallagher can trigger this set 4-pc effect via his Skill, but it does require him to constantly maintain a Skill – Basic – Skill – Basic rotation.
Thief of Shooting Meteor:
This set gives the most amount of Break Effect, which converts to more healing output for Gallagher, and the occasional Energy refund from breaking enemies can be quite helpful.
Forge of the Kalpagni Lantern:
The Speed boost is very helpful for Gallagher, even if he can’t trigger the secondary effect that often.
Lushaka, the Sunken Seas:
Both of Lushaka’s effects are highly valuable and easy to take advantage of for Support units.
Talia: Kingdom of Banditry:
Gallagher mostly builds Speed, so triggering Talia’s secondary effect is quite easy for him, so in practice, this set should give the highest amount of Break Effect.
Gallagher is never the Best-in-slot option for any team, but he is always a great substitute for the sustain slot due to how versatile he is, so players can definitely use him as a placeholder until they can afford more premium sustain options.
Firefly: Firefly is the premium Fire Break Damage Dealer with the best synergy to Gallagher. Firefly’s team is quite Skill Point hungry, and she also has some problems with Energy between her transformations, which Gallagher can help with. Furthermore, Firefly will implant Fire weakness onto all enemies so Gallagher can easily contribute to Breaking and dealing Super Break damage.
Castorice / Mydei: Gallagher’s healing output is quite strong when properly built and can rival some 5-star healers. This allows him to carve a niche as an F2P healer option for both Castorice and Mydei if they don’t have the premium alternatives like Hyacine or Luocha.
Feixiao / Acheron: These units build stacks via special mechanics, with Feixiao being how often her teammates hit, and Acheron being how often debuffs are applied. Gallagher can fulfill both these conditions as he attack very frequently and can inflict debuff via both his Enhanced Skill and B.
Anaxa / Archer: Anaxa and Archer are representatives of SP-intensive Damage Dealers, which makes Gallagher a fantastic sustain option to facilitate their Skill spam. Anaxa can even implant Fire Weakness which allows Gallagher to contribute in terms of breaking.
Fugue: Fugue is the cornerstone of the Break team. Fugue offers SuperBreak support, the extremely potent Exo-Toughness mechanic, and even shares her element with Gallagher, meaning they are often a fantastic duo.
Harmony Trailblazer / Ruan Mei: Both units are good backup Break units for this archetype if they don’t have The Dahlia or Fugue, and thus have natural synergy with Gallagher.
Robin: Gallagher has good attack frequency so he can deliver Robin’s additional attack effectively. Furthermore, Gallagher’s strong Quid Pro Quo usage can helps Robin a lot with her Energy charging.
Gallagher Superbreak Team
The standard Fire Break team with premium and F2P teammates. Both versions can make great use out of Gallagher.
Castorice Team
Mydei Team
Acheron Team
Feixiao Team
Archer Team
Anaxa Team
Amongst 4-star characters, Gallagher has been one of the most useful and evergreen units, thanks to his exceptionally simple but effective mechanics. Furthermore, Gallagher is also very cheap to build and can function with scrap. For any players who do not have enough premium sustain options, Gallagher is a fantastic replacement and placeholder, and should definitely be raised until they can finally afford more specialized units.
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