Combat Types & Paths | Honkai Star Rail

Combat Types and Paths are two different terms that define your characters in Honkai Star Rail. Combat Type is fighting skills and abilities the hero uses to defeat turn-based fights in the game, whereas Paths means the nature of the character.

Honkai Star Rail: Combat Types

There are seven types of combat in Honkai Star Rail, and they are as follows:

Physical	Using Physical attacks to trigger Weakness Break will deal Physical Damage and apply the Bleed effect, dealing Physical DoT.
Fire	Using Fire attacks to trigger Weakness Break will deal Fire Damage and apply the Burn effect, dealing Fire DoT.
Ice	Using Ice attacks to trigger Weakness Break will deal Ice Damage and Freeze the target, immobilizing the enemy and dealing Additional Ice Damage.
Lightning	Using Lightning attacks to trigger Weakness Break will deal Lightning Damage and apply the Shock effect, dealing Lightning DoT.
Wind	Using Wind attacks to trigger Weakness Break will deal Wind Damage and apply the Wind Shear effect, dealing Wind DoT.
Quantum	Using Quantum attacks to inflict Weakness Break will deal Quantum Damage and cause Entanglement, delaying the enemy’s action and dealing Additional Quantum Damage to the affected enemy at the start of the next turn. When the enemy is hit, this extra Damage will increase.
Imaginary	When using an Imaginary attack to inflict Weakness Break on target enemy, the attack will deal Imaginary Damage and additionally inflicts Imprisonment. Imprisoned enemies suffer from delayed action and SPD reduction.

Honkai Star Rail: Paths

There are seven types of Paths in Honkai Star Rail, and they are as follows:

Destruction	Deals an outstanding amount of damage and possesses great survivability. Suitable for various combat situations.
The Hunt	Deals extraordinary amounts of single-target damage. The main damage dealer against Elite Enemies in Star Rail.
Erudition	Deals a remarkable amount of Multi-target damage. The main damage dealer against groups of enemies.
Harmony	Applies Buffs to allies to improve the team’s combat capacities.
Nihility	Applies debuffs to enemies to reduce their combat capacities.
Preservation	Possesses powerful defensive abilities to protect allies in various ways.
Abundance	Heals allies and restore HP to the team.

So, those are the paths and combat types you can choose for your heroes in the game.