Sampo Excels in DoT Teams in Honkai: Star Rail

In Honkai: Star Rail, Sampo is one of the best DoT inflicters in the game, which means that when building teams for him, you should try to work around that. In general, you should not think of Sampo as a Wind DMG DPS.

As a reminder about DoT teams, you will need to focus on more ATK and Break Effect. Crit stats and Wind DMG do not really help. Kafka is also one of the best characters you can run with Sampo thanks to her ability to instantly trigger DoTs with her Skill and Ultimate. However, if you don’t have her, you can also use characters like Serval or Luka to make a DoT party.

When playing Honkai: Star Rail, you should make sure you separate your teams by function, so Sampo should only ever be on a team that focuses on DoT. For example, you should not run him on a team with Seele and Bronya, with him acting as a sub-DPS. This will not mesh together, since you’re limiting how much damage Sampo can do and taking away a valuable slot. In other words, when thinking of what team to put Sampo on, you should prioritize characters that also inflict DoT, will help Sampo with his DoT, or will help keep him alive.

Here are the Best Teams For Sampo in Honkai: Star Rail

• Kafka | Sampo | Ruan Mei | Fu Xuan
  As of Version 1.6, this is the “it” team when it comes to dealing DoT damage. Kafka is the queen of DoT and Sampo can help her with his ability to inflict Wind Shear. Ruan Mei is a fantastic support for DoT teams because she can buff Weakness Break Efficiency, which makes it easier for Kafka and Sampo to inflict their debuffs. You can use other Harmony or Nihility characters, such as Tingyun, so long as they will help Kafka and Sampo’s ATK. Finally, Fu Xuan is there to work as a sustain. You can also replace her with any other Abundance or Preservation.
• Serval | Sampo | Asta | Huohuo
  This is a very similar team to the above except you won’t be able to use Kafka’s ability to instantly trigger DoTs. To compensate, you can use Asta’s SPD boost from her Ultimate to give your attackers more turns. Serval is, like Sampo, a character who leans more on inflicting DoTs than straight damage. This is why she works well with him, since more DoTs equal more damage. Aside from buffing their SPD, Asta can also inflict Burn with her Skill. Huohuo runs double duty as a sustain and an additional buffer, but you can replace her with a more dedicated sustain if she can’t keep your team alive.
• Kafka | Sampo | Pela | Luocha
  This is incredibly similar to the first team except with Pela, you’re not going to be buffing your own party. Instead, you’ll be using Pela’s Ultimate to lower your enemy’s DEF. This in turn helps to deal more damage via DoTs. You won’t want to run the Kafka and Sampo combo without a sustain, so you’ll need to decide from your characters whether a Nihility or a Harmony is more viable.

Honkai: Star Rail is readily available for the PS5, Windows PC, and mobile devices. Because he’s a 4-star character, you always have the chance to get Sampo from the gacha.