Self-Enshrouded Recluse: Is Self-Enshrouded Recluse worth farming in Honkai Star Rail?

In Honkai Star Rail version 3.6, two new Relics have made their way into the title: World-Remaking Deliverer and Self-Enshrouded Recluse. While the former synergizes well with Remembrance characters, the latter is effective on units that can grant shields. Some Relic sets in HSR can be farmed for most Preservation characters, but Self-Enshrouded Recluse is the first one that directly boosts shields.

Although very situational, the Self-Enshrouded Recluse Relic is worth farming in Honkai Star Rail. Read on to learn more.

Note: Some aspects of this article are subjective and solely reflect the writer’s opinion.

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Should you farm Self-Enshrouded Recluse in Honkai Star Rail?

Self-Enshrouded Recluse is effective on Dan Heng Permansor Terrae (Image via HoYoverse)

Self-Enshrouded Recluse features two- and four-piece set effects for the wearer to use. While the two-piece is usually a passive stat boost, you must fulfill some requirements to trigger most four-piece effects, as detailed here:

Two-piece effect: The wearer’s Shield Effect receives a 10% boost.
Four-piece effect: The user’s Shield Effect receives an extra 12% boost on top of the passive 10% from the two-piece effect. Allies with Shields will get an extra 15% CRIT DMG.

As mentioned above, Self-Enshrouded Recluse in Honkai Star Rail is the first Relic set that directly helps Shield/Preservation characters. With the extra Shield strength, your adversaries will have a hard time breaking them, allowing all allies to utilize the additional CRIT DMG boost.

With Dan Heng Permansor Terrae’s release nearing and since the character will be given away for free, players are definitely farming for this set. Moreover, you can farm this set for other Preservation units, such as Aventurine. While the extra Shield Effect will benefit the wearer and their allies, it's also somewhat situational, depending on the DPS character and the activity you are trying to complete.

When challenging endgame activities, all allies can use the extra CRIT DMG only if you ensure the Shield stays active all the time. However, if the enemy nukes the DPS or any other unit, they can't get the buff. Additionally, if the team's damage dealer tends to take action very frequently, it's only a matter of time before the Shield breaks and they lose the CRIT DMG buff.

If you can ensure these things do not happen while your team is engaged in a fight, Self-Enshrouded Recluse is worth farming in Honkai Star Rail.

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Argha Halder is a gaming & esports Journalist at Sportskeeda. He has been a video game enthusiast leaning mostly towards multiplayer FPS and story-rich games for almost a decade. He likes to spend his time reading light novels, manga, watching anime.

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