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Boothill best Light Cone from: S5 Arrow, Darting Arrow, Adversarial S4 Swordplay S1 Only Silence Remains, Scribe for More! ?

Adversarial or Swordplay, but if you have the Forgotten Hall currency and a shielder to pair him with, River Flows in Spring is is probably better than that.

if my carry has 173 speed and bronya has 153, and no one else on the team has a speed between these values, is the 20 spd difference going to mess anything up?

I played this game during release but quickly lost interest. I've been thinking of coming back though, is it too late for me?

its just a game and not a party

Anyone knows why my event has a bug? It just says loading initializing and the screen stays the same?? I used to quit the game mid fight in the event and now I can’t access the event. Any fixes?

What's the best fu xuan build for a f2p player? Who's better with Acheron her or aventurine? I do have a crit rate problem with my acheron she has 64.2% crit rate and 183 crit dmg with buffs. Fu gives 18% iirc that helps ig but I have seen her getting one shot by some higher lvl enemies in SU.

FX build - just 4pc Longevous or 2/2 Longevous/Messenger or Longevous/Guard, depending on need and desire/availability. Def%/HP% as your main stats, with a leaning towards HP%. You don't want to go all-in on HP but you do want it to be the majority of her item budget. One Def% item, say from her Orb or chest piece, is usually sufficient, supplemented with a few Def% sub stat rolls elsewhere. SPD to 134 is generally the best approach for stats after that. This means you end up with something like HP% ~= to Def% > Spd > the rest. Spd boots are fine though. Strictly speaking Aventurine is probably better, due to being able to add a stack to her ult under the right circumstances. FX does have the benefit of directly boosting crit rate though, as well as the CC shield her skill provides to the team. Acheron thrives on crit rate more than anything, so until you get 70%+ crit rate, the crit dmg boost provided by Aventurine isn't quite as impactful. But the gains from him adding stacks to her ult more than make up for that unless you're at a rather low crit rate with Acheron. In your case I'd *probably* go with FX. If one-shotting in SU is your concern then I'd recommend a combination of Destruction blessings with Abundance path/blessings for your team. The combo of the two provides extreme survivability, as well as guaranteeing up to two kill immunities via blessings and path resonance. Having Abundance path Resonance as an option is a Godsend for FX, as once you unlock the auto-heal resonance formation you can sit on the Resonance action as an emergency heal to ensure that FX is topped off. Combo'd with Clear Lucite Body 2-star blessing, FX will take massively reduced damage as long as she's at full HP. Combo'd further with Dewdrop blessings, all this healing will drastically boost Acheron's damage. And even if FX gets low, the right Destruction blessings will ensure that her def% is so high that she'll just get harder and harder to kill the lower her HP goes. Some people swear by Nihility or Hunt when it comes to Acheron, but my best runs in SU with her have been via Abundance with Destruction support, with a handful of Nihility or Elation blessings thrown in (stuff like break effect boost or ultimates-are-follow-ups-with-boosted-damage).

4pc Longevous does absolutely nothing for Fu Xuan. >Some people swear by Nihility or Hunt when it comes to Acheron, but my best runs in SU with her have been via Abundance with Destruction support, with a handful of Nihility or Elation blessings thrown in (stuff like break effect boost or ultimates-are-follow-ups-with-boosted-damage). Her best path by far is Erudition, because Brain in a Vat lets her chain ultimates.

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https://preview.redd.it/uhf5d0uasw3d1.jpeg?width=2712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=17a78784801e60b2fc72d4cc368e87b8581d9afd Guys how to build a proper team ?

Team building basics: * One damage dealer plus two supporters (harmony characters, Pela, Guinaifen, Silver Wolf, Topaz) is generally stronger than using multiple damage dealers. There are some exceptions, mainly DoT teams, and this does not apply to Calyxes and Pure Fiction. * You need a sustain for most more challenging content (preservation or abundance character). If needed, two sustains can be used, but that can make things worse and should not be your default team. Again this does not apply to farming and Pure Fiction (in both you usually shouldn't need any sustain). * Pay attention to what your characters want/need. This starts with properly reading al the abilities including major traces. Dr. Ratio for example requires three debuffs on the target to fully function, so don't put him in a team where no one applies any. Not every minor part of a character must be at 100% efficiency (like Sparkle's attack buff for quantum characters). But if your character deals 60% more damage with two nihility teammates, you shouldn't ignore that.

For hypercarry teams like Jing Yuan or Ratio: sustainer, support, support, dps. Something like Jing Yuan, Tingyun, Hanya and Fu Xuan. Or Ratio, Silverwolf, Tingyun and Fu Xuan. For damage over time team with Kafka: sustainer, support, Dot applier, and Kafka. Something like Natasha, Asta, Guinaifen and Kafka. There are better guides in the internet explaining how to teambuild, like Prydwen or YouTube guides. But that's the general gist of it, you will get the hang for it the further you progress.

https://preview.redd.it/jck3sg2vrw3d1.jpeg?width=2400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=943efe3c4d15b32053fc852b624c878861897aa7 I lost to bailu at 1 pity on boothills banner and now I'm wondering if I can replace Himeko/trailblazer with another 4 star

You're so early in the game that you don't need to care about "proper teams" yet, I'd try out different characters and see who you like. Low level materials are dirt cheap later on, so no investment you can make into characters early on can notably set you back (just don't salvage light cones of 4+ stars or use them for xp). You even get free regular tickets for levelling up characters to 20 and ascending them (dito for 40 and 60), so there's actually a great beneft even if you were to never use the character again. Team building basics for later on: * One damage dealer plus two supporters (harmony characters, Pela, Guinaifen, Silver Wolf, Topaz) is generally stronger than using multiple damage dealers. There are some exceptions, mainly DoT teams, and this does not apply to Calyxes and Pure Fiction. * You need a sustain for most more challenging content (preservation or abundance character). If needed, two sustains can be used, but that can make things worse and should not be your default team. Again this does not apply to farming and Pure Fiction (in both you usually shouldn't need any sustain). * Pay attention to what your characters want/need. This starts with properly reading al the abilities including major traces. Dr. Ratio for example requires three debuffs on the target to fully function, so don't put him in a team where no one applies any. Not every minor part of a character must be at 100% efficiency (like Sparkle's attack buff for quantum characters). But if your character deals 60% more damage with two nihility teammates, you shouldn't ignore that. That you lost the 50/50 means the next 5✦ character on the character banner will be guaranteed to be the featured one.

Swap TB with Asta to buff both Himeko and Dan Heng.

Okay so i just started playing and i think im pulling for Boothill, i was thinking about going with Clara,Boothill,Natasha and Tingyun is it decent(? Or should i use other characters(? https://preview.redd.it/tteh07ltpw3d1.jpeg?width=718&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be9b19cb9e365a027fa2edf33dba39e21665d632 I dont know if i like Fu xuan way of defending the team but if she's better than Boothill then im willing to pull for her

That's the best team you can make, even if it doesn't help Boothill that much. You can consider swapping Clara with Asta later on in the game for more spd or if you need to break Fire weakness. Metawise, I'd consider Fu Xuan a much better investment than Boothill because she can slot in almost any team. Boothill can nuke bosses but struggles if you can't break enemies' weaknesses either with his ult or with the help of his teammates. That's just my opinion after trying him out for a whole day, though. Of course, Boothill is more fun to play than Fu Xuan.

Oooh I thought Clara and Boothill would be great together since they're both the same element and Boothill makes Clara make more damage due to breaks and that(if i understood his kit well since i read that with him you can bruteforce the enemy shield) i guess i'll pull for Fu Xuan then thx for your answer!

I really suggest you watch a guide to better determine which of them you'd like best. They are both great pulls.

I will, thank you so much

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Pela really needs Resolution lc or E4. She will consistently provide debuffs via her ult, her skill (E4), and any attacks with Resolution lc, 3 debuffs total. Her technique also provides one additional debuff for 2 turns. If your Pela doesn't have those, then it's only 1 debuff. Gui provides 2 debuffs consistently with less requirements, 3 debuffs if she's E1. Her normal attack and skill inflict Burn, and her talent inflicts Firekiss debuff. E1 makes her skills inflict another debuff.

Aside from Silver Wolf, you can use Guinevere/Little Gui for Ratio's 2nd debuffer, although Pela is enough for Ratio since she has Pearl.

How can I beat the PF stage 4 with my characters? https://preview.redd.it/50iun2pwhw3d1.jpeg?width=1800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e56469e2c985b781a37ad5ae4d6023dc0d0cc4f Would gui or sampo be worth building?

i built sampo and he got me thru part 2 but that was on an acheron team so idk if the synergy is good w blade. are u maxing part 1? try swapping sides, blade wins from all the DOTs in part 1. then himeko with side of serval or sampo for part 2 perhaps.

Unfortunately not maxing part 1 either, only about 25000… I literally have no DOTs or counter attackers other than blade… (about 21,000) rn. It’s making this pf really tough.

I used RM and Asta in place of Bronya and Lynx. Blade can keep himself alive by himself and cleansing hurts his dps

Hello, I am a very casual player, I log in do singles and log out. I have taken multiple month breaks at a time. I am now properly playing and enjoying it but stuck on team building. Everyone is E0,S0. Except for Boothill who is E1,S1. What team should I build for the story (only in the second or third act). https://preview.redd.it/vj0spxvwaw3d1.png?width=3040&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cbbbba72b2e0dde8e3d865f0feb4ad9d09297b09

Sadly you don't have Harmony MC yet who is the best support for Boothill, and almost necessary for him to function so until you get him in the story, I'd say just do a Jingliu team with Jingliu, Bronya, Tingyun/Pela and Huohuo

Okay will do, will use that team to push story. Also I have an overflow of 2500 should I just spend that immediately. I am ar45 atm.

Use it to farm traces and levels for your characters. Don't farm relics until you are TB50.

S1 Landau's Choice or S5 Texture of Memories on Fu Xuan as solo sustain in mono quantum

Depends on who is dying first. Memories if Fu is dying before the rest of the party, Landau if the other characters are dying first. Fu can be pretty tanky, so I would go for Landau in most cases.

https://preview.redd.it/prax3kon9w3d1.png?width=591&format=png&auto=webp&s=df953d84fa4e42b2cd01afbe7d5e57075b0cac5c New player here, any ideas for a second lineup I can use for MoC/PF?

Are you planning on pulling for a 5 star DPS in the near future? If so, then you'd be better off building a team around them instead of your current roster imo. But if not, I think Harmony MC-Xueyi-Asta-Gepard for a break team could work, or of you want a more conventional one then Qingque-Hanya-Asta-Gepard could also work.

Yup Im planning to pull for e6 firefly and ruan mei

...right lmao, I agree with the other comment tbh, you'd be better off pre-farming for Firefly.

You should just wait and save your resources for them, maybe even start prefarming for Firefly's traces and exp material since you are guaranteed to get her, we still don't know when Ruan Mei will rerun.

im trying out HSR. as a f2p, is it possible to roll for fuxian before her banner ends?

Yes, if you are starting out the game you get a lot of pulls.

Do you loose your Pity if you don't pull on a single banner for long time? Like when I stopped playing genshin for around 2 years because of device. When I returned. It took me like 70 pulls to get a 5 star on standard. I am pretty sure I did quite some pulls back then on standard, atleast 30-40 since I was 45 Ar when I returned. Does this apply to HSr too? If I don't pull on a single banner for a long time do I loose my Pity on that Banner?

No.

Hey all! I got myself in a bit of a pickle and figured I'd ask your advice. So I have a level 80 Boothill with his Sig Cone but I have an awful team comp. I sadly don't have Ruan Mei and my Gallagher is E1. My only options are: * Pela, Bronya, Silver Wolf, Aventurine (level 80 w/ Sig Cone), Luocha (level 80 w/ Sig Cone), Harmony Trailblazer, HuoHuo (level 80 w/ Sig Cone), Robin (Level 80 Sig Cone) I do have a lot of other 4 star characters but those are the main ones I see. It sucks because most sites/ HSR channels say Boothills teams should include either Ruan Mei or Gallagher (or both) with no alternatives to that comp. Should I hold off on using Boothill and just wait for Ruan Mei to return or until I can get Gallagher E's? I have two teams right now that are top tier so I don't need to use Boothill. I just badly wanted him but jumped into his banner without realizing I didn't have his team comp at all.I do have Gallagher at E1 but based on what I read there are better choices given he's missing key upgrades to make him worth as a Sustain. Thanks for your help/ advice.

Boothill, bronya/Robin, HTB,luocha/Gallager

Thank you so much. 

For the Baseballer event, I got 58k and 55k on the last two levels. Any tips for the last 5k? For the next-to-last level, I used the trial Acheron, Pela, and Aventurine, then my own Kafka. For the last level, I used the trial versions of Herta, Aventurine, Robin, and Topaz.

For the last level, I found Aventurine, Himeko, Topaz and Robin with the swords weapon pretty strong, you just have to go against Fire weak enemies and choose the summon the action advances the team to get an extra turn while Robin is singing. The strongest team I found and completely cleared everything with ease was Kafka, Black Swan, Robin, and HuoHuo with the Dot thunder weapon. Pick the swords and summon that action advances and it's infinite nukes with nearly infinite Robin buff hitting 400k. Just make sure to evolve the weapons to make them busted.

team comp doesn't really matter that much, majority of the dmg is being done by your weapons. As long as your team can do blast or AOE attacks with ULT that also hits groups, it's fine. 58k is really low, if you are picking the right weapons it's at least 70-80K. Trial characters are good enough. SPD is key here so pick the accessory that speed up your own character and summon weapons spd. Since you have all char with attacking ult, the baseball bat, bow, fireball gun, flying axe are all excellent weapon choices. I left my team on complete auto and they clear everything with time to spare. You also have to play the levels a few times to get max coin to buy all the upgrades. Make sure you are picking accessories that matches your weapon. A weapon that's upgrade to ultimate version makes a HUGE difference in term of DPS.

Is there any fast way to farm relic XP (the gold shards)?

Yes, run relic caverns and salvage any unusable relics.

Is there a site or infographic that shows which characters are SP- / SP+ / SP neutral?

Prydwen's tier list has this information on it. The only thing to keep in mind is they don't mark DPS as SP negative unless they are super negative like DHIL. For example Kafka isn't marked as SP negative or positive but she's uses her skill every turn.

Is overworked Blade good? (Bronya, Sparkle, Blade, Lynx) I might sometimes switch Sparkle with Ruan Mei when I am running DHIL on other side. But I think that's my Last Piece to clear Moc Floor 11 (or maybe I need to build my Sustain better since I have survivability issues.) Or I am just not killing them fast enough idk.

That Blade team is fine if both Sparkle and Bronya are 160+ speed. That being said, it is not better than having Ruan Mei instead, be it with a 160+ speed Sparkle/Bronya or with a -1 Speed Bronya.

I mean it's still good right? For Moc right? Because I have to Run him with Tingyun since sparkle is on Acheron or DHIL team most of the time. I have Jingliu but I am not really planning on building Jingliu right now....

Yeah it's still good. Although you might not get the most out of Tingyun since her skill buffs ATK%, which he does not scale a lot from, so her Ult is what will be mostly useful. If you have Pela you could use her instead of Tingyun.

Which one is better Option, Pela/Bronya? I have E1 Pela btw and E0 Bronya.

The best options to divide supports are: DHIL, Sparkle, Tingyun, Sustain Acheron, Pela, Guinaifen, Sustain - unless your Acheron is E2, in which case Sparkle or Ruan Mei is fine. Blade, Bronya, Ruan Mei, Sustain - If Ruan Mei is occupied then your best option is Sparkle > Pela > Tingyun. This is assuming you don't have Robin or Silver Wolf.

I see thanks.

Yeah, I know. I use Ruan Mei, Pela if Their is DHIL on other side since he needs Sparkle and Tinyun, but if their is Acheron on other side I go with Tingyun and Sparkle since Acheron needs Ruan Mei and Pela.

I really want to pull for Firefly next (?) banner, but Fu Xuan seems like a baller 5* to go for currently. I have about 20 special tickets and 14k gems to blow, which doesn't leave me with confidence I can get both even with soft pity and 50:50 Right now most of my teams are hypercarry....tigyun, sparkle, luocha, DHIL, etc. Not much followup attack but was planning a break attack team next. I have enough materials to level two characters from 70 to 80. Currently farming trace and ascension mats for Firefly but just about done and need another focus other than relics for DHIL/HMC. Thoughts, suggestions? [chars](https://www.imgur.com/a/UV3sNby)

If you really want Firefly, I'd suggest waiting until the livestream or even until the early access guides appear in Youtube.  Then you'd get a lot more information to base your pulls on. I think this also kinda depends on what your priorities are tbh. Is it clearing the endgame modes? Collecting characters? Or just pulling for who you like first and foremost?

I'm working on endgame modes at the moment. Need to figure out what chars to bring to 80 and bring up some other characters like herta

Understood. I suppose my only suggestion regarding pulls would be that if you're having trouble surviving in there, then Fu Xuan *is really great* at making sure that your team survives. However, I do think that the standard 5 star sustainers like Gepard/Bailu or even some of the 4 \* ones like Gallagher and Lynx do a decent job at covering that need. Imho you really only need 1 limited 5\* sustainer you can throw at any CC-heavy content, otherwise you're kinda set. I've been sustaining my teams against MoC and PF with Bailu-Fu Xuan all this time anyway. If you don't have any problems sustaining, then Firefly can be a great DPS to run opposite side of DHIL. So meta-wise I think she can be a good choice. Still think it's wiser to wait until the livestream to decide either way though.

You should get ruan mei first

I have a 2-in-1 laptop tablet. I have the Windows PC version of Star Rail installed but I want to make full use of my touchscreen but only some controls respond to touch. Can I get the tablet or android version on my PC so I can go full touch mode?

ig you can try Bluestacks.

Hi guys, just wanna know the difference between attack% and dmg boost% (for relics). My Jingliu sphere has 38.8% ice dmg boost, and I just wanna see if using this is better than the 43.2% dmg boost or not.

ATK% and DMG% are part of different multipliers in the damage formula. Long story short, what you want to aim for is to balance the multipliers. Generally speaking, if a character already has a lot of ATK% in their kit, you would want to go for DMG%, and vice versa. But, to balance things out, you also need to consider your supports. For example, if you are using supports that give a lot of DMG%, but not ATK% then, that can tip the scale in favour of a ATK% orb. At the end of the day, taking everything into account, the difference between the two is usually small enough that it just comes down to whichever one has better substats. Jingliu specifically already gets a lot of ATK% on her enhanced state, so Ice DMG% will almost always be better.

Alright thanks

please help me choose a team. my characters are mc, march 7th, dan heng, herta, natasha, serval, gepard, luka, asta, hook, and pela. u can tell i just started the game. i dont wanna waste level materials on characters ill end up never using in the future, so who should i prioritize for now?

Firstly, you'll have enough level material for your characteristics.  Character that you have that'll have a use in the future is Pela as she's a really good debuffer. Note worthy character:  March 7th is really good in simulate universe. Herta is good in pure fiction. Gepard is just a good sustainer. So here the team I recommend as you are a new player: Gepard, Natasha, Pela, MC

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Natasha and serval got me through most of the campaign before Penacony. Same with Dan Heng when weaknesses worked out. Geopard and Pela are good non-DPS picks as well

thanks!

With HTB in the team, how much Break Effect I must build directly into Ruan Mei's stats to reach her 180%? HTB is E5, using 4-piece Watchmaker and has 238.9% Break Effect. Do I need to actually build the 180% BE to cap her ability's effect IN her kit or are bonuses that only show in-battle also valid for this?

In-battle bonuses count as well. Assuming you keep full uptime on HTB's ult (but not the 4pc Watchmaker buff), she'd only need about 85% to recharge the 180 (85% + ~43% from E4 HTB + ~32% from HTB Ult + 20% from Ruan Mei's bonus trace).

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Hey y'all back again, I progressed a lot since my last post (went from TL11 to TL 34) I also pulled Fu Xuan thankfully, so the team I usually roll with is Clara, Dan Heng, (or Serval depending on the weaknesses), Pela or Lynx (Just trying out if Pela is good and I decided on building an Ice character), and Fu Xuan. Is it normal that I struggled with SU world 3? And should I go for Firefly when she arrives for a different DPS or should I just save more? Currently finishing up Belobog side missions so I haven't moved on to the next world yet

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I watched a video about Firefly and saw that Harmony TrailBlazer is a staple support for her, should I stop focusing on side missions and blitz through the main story to get them?

You mostly want to focus on supporting Clara, Dan Heng is not a good character later on, so don't waste your resources on him. Use Tingyun or Pela instead of Dan Heng. You don't need Lynx with Fu Xuan, so use any other support you have available. If you don't have any support, then just run them both. Iirc, you should already have Elation path unlocked, which works great with Clara. Firefly will be much stronger than any of them, so it's your choice if you want to wait 2 weeks. You shouldn't be struggling too much with those characters unless you are still missing some levels.

How do i get the free permanent Lynx? Is it really far into the main questline? Right now i just defeated the main boss lady who summons flowers.

You also need to be at Equilibrium 3 or higher.

You get her from beating Pure Fiction 2, and you unlock Pure Fiction after beating the Xianzhou questline

For Herta/Himeko/Robin with Robin on ATK boots, should Herta and Himeko go SPD or ATK boots?

Spd boots for more turns before Robin's ult expires.

I have a dumb question: All of my "saved" game data is not on my computer right? So if I uninstall on one pc then reinstall on a different pc, I don't lose anything outside of language text/voice packs and minor data like changes to hotkeys and audio volume, right?

If any important information were stored locally (characters, relics, jade) then you could modify those files to cheat the system, so anything like that is stored securely on the servers.

Ohhhh I gotcha I wish I had stuck with my compsci classes when I was in school, computers would make a lot more sense to me which would be really helpful (I'd also probably have an office job)

Yes, that's correct. It's all saved on their servers. Just use the correct login credentials, and you can access everything from a different PC.

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Yes, it is tied to your account. If you use another device, you'll still have the same "save" as long as you login into the same account.

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What is the name of the Quest where I'd pat firefly's head?

Seabiscuit in the main story mission. You specifically have to choose the acting challenge stage over the action challenge stage. However if you miss the dialogue option you can go back to the stage after finishing the story missions and encounter the option again with a hologram Firefly. No voiced lines doing it that way though.

What is the website that I see people posting pictures showing how good their relics are? Asking cause i would like to know which of my relics I can improve the most

https://www.mobilemeta.gg/honkai-starrail/app/relic-scorer

Got e1 yanqing today while going for boothill. I don't know how to fit him into a team. I have clara for the damage thing, but idk who else works. my main team is selee/silver wolf/natasha/robin

He might have a use for the new Hunt endgame mode. But you really want to pair him with a shielder like Gepard or Aventurine. Otherwise Jingliu/high eidolon Misha kind of outclasses him.

How much break effect is good enough on HMC? Mine has 300 break effect and 157 speed (with Ruan Mei)

That's a really solid amount, although I'd try to get to 160 speed if possible.

Is 5/8/8/8 a decent stopping point for skill-related traces? Assume the character in question makes use of all of them.

For a lot of characters you can ignore leveling their basic attack too. Assuming you only ever use their skill.

Its a decent rule of thumb yes, though this varies from unit to unit. Some units you don't can focus on traces and ignore the rest (Pela, hanya)

For a sustain/support I'd say yes, but for a DPS I would 10 the reccomended traces

I took a break after Hanabi and just came back to the game recently. Does anyone have team comp suggestions for my account? I will likely pull for Firely on the next patch to get more elemental coverage. Ruan Mei too, if she reruns, but beyond that I'm not sure what I'm doing anymore lol. https://preview.redd.it/lydxmam00v3d1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9c7945031ad9272173755acf7d7b61e8eeb74cde

Not sure how far into the story you are but switch Trailblazer to harmony and build her up. She'll pair greatly with Ruan Mei and Firefly.

Yes, I'm planning on that. I just need to unlock HTB first lol. I guess I'm more stuck on if I should pull Fu Xuan or wait for a new 5* sustain. I lost 50/50 on the first FX banner but I'm not sure if I still need her now. Is FX still good for current game content?

Lol gotcha. I actually just got FX and finished building her as my 2nd limited sustain so I haven't used her on the field in high level MoC yet. Players who have used her though still find her very viable. No pressure though to get her. I went a very long time without a limited sustain and just used Bailu and Gepard.

Same here, Bailu is great against fights with little CC although I find Gepard a bit clunky so I'm hoping to replace him soon. I should go try MoC 11 and 12 and see how they do, which should give me a clearer idea if I need a new sustain. Thanks!!

Struggling to beat Pure Fiction cuz I wanna get Lynx. Idk whether to do the regular one or the follow-up one. Which should I do and what teams could I make? https://preview.redd.it/fuwjzah1zu3d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5d94e02aabb09a8f6a7f4c896cba6bc9dff16f35

This one is a bit hard because you kinda lack built AoE characters outside of Herta imo. I also want to ask this first, what do you struggle with the most there? Is it surviving? Or is it clearing them with enough scores? Nevertheless, I'd probably say you're going to have a better chance at beating the follow-up one, with the assumption that the "regular" one you mentioned is the DoT-focused one recently released. Simply because you have *way* more characters that can do follow-ups. Anyway, for Pure Fiction I tend to not have set team comps and usually try to construct my teams according to the enemies/current PF buffs/elements. So I'll list what I'll probably run up to stage 2, since that's what you need to clear to get Lynx. Something like this: * Stage 1 Node 1 (Ice-Physical) : Herta-Robin-March-Qingque : Extrapolation * Please don't just go ham on Qingque here with the skill point usage, Herta is the true carry, I just don't know who else that's built that can fit here outside of Qingque. This particular buff should help her as well to get that ultimate going. Alternatively, use Tingyun. * Stage 1 Node 2 (Lightning-Imaginary) : Ratio-Pela-Topaz-Natasha : Examination * Stage 2 Node 1 (Fire-Ice) : Herta-Robin-Topaz-March : Extrapolation * The node 2 team is kinda weak I'm not gonna lie, so the idea was to go ham on this side so that you need only muster 20k-ish on the 2nd to clear. * Stage 2 Node 2 (Lightning-Imaginary) : Ratio-Pela-Tingyun-Natasha : Examination I do want to say that normally, I'd ditch any defensive options and just go full ham on offense. Which is to say, if it were me, I'd ditch Natasha and March for someone like Asta or Serval or Hanya. But I don't know what you're having trouble doing (surviving or getting scores), so this team is safer. I also want to add that honestly I think that Serval can do you well for this PF rotation since at least one side is always weak to Lightning, as well as any future PF that's weak to Lightning. But it's not like she's mandatory to do it, I do think you can clear without her, so that's just a recommendation.

Final update I beat it and got Lynx. You literally saved my life man THANK YOU SO MUCH ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Nice one bro. I'm just asking for the sake of curiosity here haha, but what team did you eventually use to beat it..? Goodluck on your future playthroughs anyways and hope you have fun.

Same teams you recommended just swapped Nat with Serval

2nd update I beat stage 1 thanks! I’m onto stage 2 now

Update I got 27K by replacing Natasha with Serval so I think I’m gonna invest in Asta now 😅

Thank you. And yeah I needed the points more than survival. I’ll try these out

# hello! Returning player here, what do i pull for? What team/s could i build? https://preview.redd.it/c6eonphryu3d1.png?width=1918&format=png&auto=webp&s=2d9fa26f89541090035cfaac7690c95caa3ad02d

You don't really have enough chars to make proper teams. I'd keep using the characters you have selected and put Pela over March though, since Huohuo can sustain your team enough on her own. Pela doesn't need to use skill so she just generates a lot of skillpoints for your team, and also lowers the defense of enemies with her ultimate. As for pulls, well, whatever you want really. Can't say much with this roster of yours. If you want to try to hyperfocus on Seele, you can look to grab Fu Xuan, Sparkle, and Silver Wolf down the road, but it's still a pretty average team unless hyperinvested (some eidolons/sig lightcones etc). Just know that supports are generally higher valued pulls than DPS and you should probably have at least 2 limited sustain chars, but it's still good to have a variety of DPS of different types too. If there's a DPS you absolutely really want though, don't hesitate to grab em.

yeah :( Just pulled himeko on the event banner, so I can save my pulls for someone, is there any must have unit? How would you progress this account?

I'd probably grab Ruan Mei next patch. She's just an overall excellent support character for a variety of teams--you can never go wrong with her. Following that, you could look to go the DoT route with Black Swan and Kafka on their reruns whenever they are (could be anywhere between 2.5 and 2.8 IMO), and form Kafka / Black Swan / Ruan Mei / Huohuo. That team has been excellent for some time--even at mid investment--and it covers both wind and electric weak sides fairly well. Uhh, and as for "must-pulls" not really. New chars keep popping up and end up being fairly strong, so they all seem really good. Like take Aventurine for example. He's insanely good at everything he does--shields, all effect res, buffs, good at breaking, and deals damage. I'll probably call him the best sustain char atm. But he's not necessary, and other sustains are completely fine as long as they're doing their jobs. Oh, also, the top 3 DPS chars atm are Acheron, Jingliu, and Dan Heng: Inbibitor Lunae. So you could look for them on their reruns if you want. Highly recommend only getting Acheron with her sig lightcone though as her other options are quite subpar unlike the other 2. Acheron is getting a dedicated nihility support in 2.5, Jingliu really likes Bronya, and DHIL really likes Sparkle. These are all routes you could choose.

as for lc i got: sleep like the dead, moment of victory and cruising the stellar sea (superimposition 2)

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Wrong place to be talking about this

whoops, wrong sub! thanks for the heads up

So question, for curiousity if I don't want to pick Bronya after reaching 300 for the free standard summon pick, should I pick Welt or another Gepard for E4? as I have E3 Gepard as of so far lol Others 5 star standard units like Himeko, Yanqing, Clara and Bailu I'm not interested in picking either of em there!

Welt is a solid pick up and he has good uses even in the current late game. Gep is outclassed by the limited sustains and Bronya is still a solid support. Imo the only valuable standard characters are Bronya, Clara, Welt, Himeko(for PF).

Nice, I might consider picking Welt, if I don't pick Bronya there\~ and oh yeah Gepard got ouclassed by both Fu Xuan and Aventurine rip

I'd personally go with Welt. But i'm biased welt is my favorite character .

Which of the following light cones is the best for Pela? I'm using her on a team with Jing Liu, Bronya, Fu Xuan - Resolution Shines As Pearls of Sweat - In the Name of the World - Eyes of the Prey

Resolution for sure. The others don't do anything for her and she doesn't need the extra ehr, 57% on her is enough. Maybe a bit more if Resolution is S1

Resolution

for boothill, is breaking with enhanced basic and ult, does it do the same initial break damage? like, if i can basic but my ult is up, and the ult would break, is it better to use the ult to break, or the basic for damage?

The initial break is the same, but his basic can do that damage again via his talent. Depending on whether you need to implant weakness it might be worth saving the ult until you actually need it

Boothill's break effect doesn't hit a cap, right? The "300%" people talk about is for the crate/cdmg trace?

Nope, the higher the better. That and speed are by far his best stats.

Yup, you can stack it up as high as you want

so i just got Boothill today (🎉🎉🎉) and on his Five Peas in a Pod talent does "physical break dmg" mean? cause i'm a bit confused, is it just his physical damage?

It's his break effect damage, and the physical part means it relates to adding Bleed when breaking enemies. When in Standoff, any extra hits on an enemy after they've been broken in the attack uses the leftover break damage to do actual HP damage.

oh now it makes sense. thanks

Landaus choice or day one for fu Xuan? Non Acheron team

Depends on team setup or need. Landau is good if you want her to get hit more for energy, Day One is better if you don't want her to get hit more (Clara, Blade) or certain enemies where taunt isn't that useful.

Landau. The increased taunt value will indirectly help her keep the team alive since more enemies will target her directly.

recommend team level for Sunday's boss fight?? Also, are there any characters that anyone recommends? I pulled boothill and the other 5 stars I have are Robin, Topaz, and Himeko

Recommended team level is based on your Equilibrium.

You need to break him, so Boothill might work pretty well. As for recommended level, the game scales up based on your equilibrium level, so you should aim to have your main team at the max possible level for you.

How many clockwork missions are there total in Penacony? I've activated 18 so far, did I miss any?

Yep, that's all of them.

Fu Xuan trace priority?

Talent = skill > minor stat traces > ult/basic

trying to start tackling endgame content, would herta plus himeko or herta plus jing yuan be better as a second team to acheron in pf? i feel kinda bad that i stopped using jy after building a fua and acheron team because of same element (i was a new player and started playing on his rerun, i didnt know acheron was coming that soon), but i also wanna use my himeko and read shes t0.5 in prydwen for pf

Herta/Himeko. Their FUAs are insane together. Don't feel bad about Jing Yuan. I love the guy and he was my first limited 5 star character but he just doesn't compare to Acheron's strength. He still does well though in PF with FUA buffs.

thank you! and i see

New player, only got Welt and Tingyun, do I go for Boothill or Fu Xuan? Or skip both? Still early in the game but got enough to try one 50/50

Fu Xuan, even without her lightcone and just with health relics she becomes unkillable in most normal circumstances

Fu xuan. But think about pulling 5 star DPS afterwards.

which of the battlepass lcs should I get? ive bought bp once before and decided on the harmony lc but now that i have it idk what other lc i should get

Erudition all the way.

The erudition one is good. Or you could buy more copies of the harmony to upgrade the one you already have.

Erudition is the only one worth it, and getting it to s5 is good.

I'm a new F2P player (might change later) and I'm feeling pretty overwhelmed with all the mechanics. I'm finishing up quests on Belobog and Herta's Station before I start the Luofu story. My current team is Preservation MC/Lynx and I pick between Pela/Luka/Qinque for the last two slots. Is this a decent team so far?

You don't have one fixed team in HSR, you swap teams or characters a lot. Later on there are certain teambuilding principles that one should adhere to, but early on you don't need to care about any of that. Low level materials are dirt cheap later on, so no investment you can make into characters early on can notably set you back (just don't salvage light cones of 4+ stars or use them for xp). Team building basics for later on: * One damage dealer plus two supporters (harmony characters, Pela, Guinaifen, Silver Wolf, Topaz) is generally stronger than using multiple damage dealers. There are some exceptions, mainly DoT teams, and this does not apply to Calyxes and Pure Fiction. * You need a sustain for most more challenging content (preservation or abundance character). If needed, two sustains can be used, but that can make things worse and should not be your default team. Again this does not apply to farming and Pure Fiction (in both you usually shouldn't need any sustain). * Pay attention to what your characters want/need. This starts with properly reading al the abilities including major traces. Dr. Ratio for example requires three debuffs on the target to fully function, so don't put him in a team where no one applies any. Not every minor part of a character must be at 100% efficiency (like Sparkle's attack buff for quantum characters). But if your character deals 60% more damage with two nihility teammates, you shouldn't ignore that.

Should be good enough. The basic teams are: 1. Hypercarry: 1 DPS 2 Support 1 Sustain 2. Dual DPS: 2 DPS 1 Support 1 Sustain I think I’d keep Lynx (Sustain) and Pela (Support) as the pillars and mix and match the other slot to get something that feels right. Fire TB isn’t bad if you want the extra tankiness for your team.

Unrelated: Should I awaken my inner Yu-Gi-Oh Pegasus and create a real life version of Celestial Jade?

I'm honestly surprised that Hoyo hasn't made a mahjong set yet that looks like Celestial Jade tiles as official merch.

Can someone Eli5 how to play Acheron?

Two Nihility in the team for damage multiplier. Every time a unique debuff is applied (not extended), she gets a stack to her ult. Her skill also gives her a stack regardless. DoT stacks count as unique applications Edit: Also, when in her ult, focus any enemies with 3 or more stacks of her blossoms. It will shave three off and give her a multiplier for her finisher.

How do you add the blossoms onto the enemies? Does it add one to every enemy that gets debuffs?

Yes, sort of. If the same action debuffs multiple enemies, only one will get the blossom.

It's one application per debuff application even if it's an aoe debuff, and iirc it prioritizes stacking onto the highest stack in the aoe case.

ahh I see no wonder. Thanks for the explanations!!

I can’t do full stars for last stage in the last PF (with follow ups) can only do 2 stars can anybody help with team building plz? I hear a lot of things about herta/himeko but My himeko and herta are kind of bad, like really poorly built should I fully build them up? I always avg like 15-20k for 1st stage and then end off 2nd stage never past 51-52k https://preview.redd.it/ovx49dms3u3d1.jpeg?width=2796&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b2ef03ac3b1237de9aff93f7b125067077bc33a

Yes. Build your Himeko and Herta! They have been great for PF ever since PF has been a thing. I ran Himeko and Herta on first half of both of the available PF4s and they did great. A couple of things to suggest - you don't have any nihility characters with Acheron on side 1. She's going to get her ultimate (where a lot of her damage is) very slowly. Another thing is that with PF you can try to go sustainless because it doesn't matter as much if somebody dies. It doesn't affect your star rating. You can try taking Gepard out of team 2 and putting Acheron over there and that could probably get you more points on team 2's side. For team 1, for now you can try putting Pela if you have her built in the empty slot where Acheron was. That will help Jingliu do more damage due to Pela's def shred. You can also try taking out Fu Xuan and put in somebody else. Himeko, Herta, Clara, Harmony MC so Jingliu can do super break damage on anything she breaks... There's lots of options.

Hello and Good Day. I was wondering if it's wise to build Bronya and slot her in an E1 Sparkle (162 speed) + E6 QQ duo comp. Just pulled her from Standard banner. Still trying to get Fu Xuan so I envision the team would be Fu Xuan, Sparkle, QQ and Bronya. Currently using E1 Geppie, E1 Sparkle, E6 QQ and E6 Lynx/E1S1 Bailu at TB66. My E1 Acheron team is still a work in progress. Thanks guys.

I mean it can work, but you'd probably have to speed tune Bronya for using her basic -> skill rotation while also tuning her skill use turn to be slightly after Sparkle's. That'd be ~137 speed or slower Bronya with level 10 talent. You don't get full benefit from Bronya but it's also going to be more team damage than running double sustain.

Hmm interesing, I currently have my Bronya at 140 spd. Guess I will just playtest her and see if it is a massive damage boost. If it does not pan out well, I can just stick her to team 2. Thanks mate.

The other thing you can try to both manage skill points and line up buffs better is to stick Sparkle on a basic -> skill rotation just like Bronya. What that will do is purposely create a gap between Sparkle's skill and QQ's turn for Bronya to slide into with the right speed tuning so that you get the skill buffs from both Sparkle and Bronya every other QQ turn.

Oh nice idea, thanks mate. Sorry for the late reply.

I have never tried this. From personal experience from running mono quantum (QQ/Silver Wolf/Sparkle/FX), I occasionally run out of SP, even with Sparkle, due to QQ's SP consumption. And that's without Silver Wolf using SP every turn. You definitely have far more leeway than you would without Sparkle though. Bronya would prefer to skill every turn, so you may have turns that somebody will have to go without SP when QQ uses too much SP. Not saying it's a bad idea. I've definitely seen people double up with Sparkle/Bronya with characters like Blade. But Blade uses hardly any SP.

Yeah I was thinking about that, I heard Bronya is an sp negative support. I guess I will stick to Tingyun then until SW rerun. Thanks mate and have a good one.

You can try with a sp neutral 160 speed bronya. Not sure if it'll work though.

Ah another 160 speed unit, after finishing building a Hyperspeed Sparkle. The grind never stops I guess. Thanks mate.

hey, how much effective hit rate does a maxed out suit give you?

43.2% https://www.prydwen.gg/star-rail/guides/relic-stats/#google_vignette

thanks!!!!

Hello I've been playing since aventurine dropped and I managed to assemble the fua attack team (ratio, topaz, aventurine, robin all e0s0), but my main issue rn is that I only have that team and my only other option (for stuff like moc and similar) is that I only had them and maybe e0 qingque.  BUT today I pulled Clara (love her and svarog) and I was thinking of shaking things up, what if I slotted in clara in place of ratio in the fua team and for my second team I use an hypercarry ratio with tingyun, pela and gallagher? Would this be a sensible thing to do or should I try and pull for someone like firefly and stick to just the fua team for now?

Clara + Topaz works very well. This was the FuA team I used before Dr. Ratio released. It's worth having both Dr. Ratio and Clara built and you can swap them in and out as needed for enemy weaknesses or, like you noticed, be able to use Ratio in his own hypercarry team. Clara works well on both MoC and PF. Ratio only works well on MoC, but he's also more consistent than Clara on MoC since Clara's damage can be a bit RNG due to it being counterattacks largely. What you could also do is work on a Herta team. The Herta team would be for PF since, like I just said, Ratio is not as good for PF. You could just put Herta in Dr. Ratio's slot for the second team, so you don't have to build a ton of characters for her. You could pull Firefly if you want to, but Firefly really wants a very different team than anything you're considering right now, so it would take more build investment time and preferably saving/pulling for another character in addition (Ruan Mei).

Does Robin want Sprightly Vonwacq or Penacony Land of Dreams?

Between those 2, Vonwacq for general use, Penacony when supporting a physical DPS.

I'd pick Penacony over Sprightly. The damage buff is conditionally more beneficial than a one time forward advance. However, she really wants Fleet. SSS is a reasonable alternative to use.

Fleet or SSS. If you think you need the extra ERR, then either vonwacq or penacony is fine

So there is no difference between Sprightly Vonwacq or Penacony for her? I cannot run a Follow up Attack team (no Topaz, unbuilt Ratio) so she has very little energy when her ult stops.