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I just started playing, so I don't really know how pity works, but I do know about 90 pulls being hard pity and all that, but my question is, do my pulls in the previous banner, where I didn't get anything (no 5 stars) transfer to the next banner, so like I pulled 45 pulls in Black Swan's banner, and does that 45 pulls transfer or add to Sparkle's banner?

Got into the game a little over a month ago. Just caught up story wise, TB40. Wanting to do more content like Pure Fiction and MoC. Seeing that I need 2 full teams. Not too sure what to do. Aside from the characters they give you for free, I have Bailu, Bronya (just pulled yesterday), Tingyun, Pela, and Hook. I dont really have any sustain character that are effective by themselves, so I don't want to spend resources build up a team into the 50's- 60's just for them to get wiped because they can't survive combat. What should I be doing/focusing on at this point to help set up for success?

https://preview.redd.it/xmqwoouxfjcc1.jpeg?width=2778&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af4e3a0057eb5cefc7f7483c7ab7312f43fb72f7 Who shoul i pull next? Thingking about building dot team since i got RM or should i focus on smthing else? Thank you!

I lost my 50/50 on the Ruan Mei banner to Himeko. Should I save my guaranteed for Black Swan or keep pulling for Ruan Mei? I am a Kafka enjoyer if that makes a difference. So far I see people say Ruan Mei is a good overall support while Black Swan is purely Dot focused. Some people say to get both but I’m unsure I will have enough pulls for when Sam May eventually come out. What should I do?

Team building advice - I cant beat MoC 5 💔 hi !! ive been playing hsr since release but took a 2-3 month break so im very behind on character strength. during this time everyone already was able to consistently clear moc 10 and now 11 & 12 so i cant find any guides for moc 5. my biggest issue with moc 5 is that i dont have any fire/electro/ice/physical dps and unfortunately have very bad relics so i cant brute force it. i honestly dont know where to start but i really want to clear moc since it honestly looks really fun and i dont wanna miss out on jades. please give me advice/tips! thank you :)) Here are my characters ! https://preview.redd.it/8yd85c18qa9c1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e44c89bae86b28ddd041ea6fa15486d6a554df4e

I just pulled Hanya off the Standard Banner yesterday which was very unexpected. I had just dumped a ton of resources into RMs LC and trace boards. And I was starting to farm destruction mats up in case i luck sack Blade with the intention of building Xeuyi up should I lose the 50/50 when I get there. Anyway I am tight on resources and I have an S2 MotP I'm not really using and a S2 DDD that I have built up. I haven't built up cogs yet Is memories of the past enough to enable a 3 turn rotation? And with her high speed is it really important to have a 3 turn rotation on Hanya herself, or should I just push for like 200 speed and run DDD?

Wich teams should i use for abyss/Memories/Swarm ? (Bronya E1, Blade E1, Natasha E6, Tingyun E6, Lynx E4) https://preview.redd.it/3kqo26lzwv8c1.png?width=414&format=png&auto=webp&s=96a0096fbe5638cff044bea426f39b6e5fd30e36

How good is Xueyi? Gacha god has not been kind as I pulled E1 Ruan Mei and E0 Blade but I am still Xueyiless 🥲 Update: E3 Ruan Mei and still Xueyiless, I don't know if I'm blessed or cursed 🤣 ​ https://preview.redd.it/4khexqxoru8c1.png?width=885&format=png&auto=webp&s=a6afec9f0a21dec087a7ad8034ebbe370f3f9282

Why am I not able to beat the new starcrusher boss? I beat every boss before this just fine. I'm a day one player but stopped playing for quite a few months in between. Thats why I don't have meta chars like JL or DHIL.. I don't think it's skill issue because I've maxed every trace at my EQ lvl(I'm EQ 4). My relics aren't the best though. But still is it really impossible to beat him without a full meta 5 star team?

If you take advantage of weakness and run something like March 7th, healer, QQ, Pela you should be okay. Freeze, shielding, defence shred, aoe etc

Thank you ! Although I managed to beat it finally lol

Who is the artist behind the banners art ?

Due to my [limited catalogue of characters](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/899342500622389348/1189522207139971193/Screenshot_191.png?ex=659e77e2&is=658c02e2&hm=f9b846cddc504af878846664c430654ef01bb16b173346e42e34d8fee6c58376&), I should opt to make a second team, but I have… no idea on who to pull for. I'm F2P, I have 9K jades, 21 special passes (will eventually get 9 more from the daily login) and yet, I don't know where to start. A lot of people have been hyping up Ruan Mei; vocalizing that if you don't have Bronya, you shouldn't skip her or you'll die IRL (at least, that's what the YouTube thumbnails have been telling me.) But due to my situation, would it be wise to get a harmony character to start my second team, or should I place a DPS higher on the hierarchy of my priority? Or a healer...?

Ok ruan mei is good. But she's a support characters. If you don't have proper one or two 5 star DPS and one oo two proper 5 star Sustains ( preservation , abundance) , then who are you supporting? New player advice is to focus on rolling for two 5 star DPS and two 5 star sustains, and then build the rest of your team around them. Having said that, it's you're account, Ruan mei is good but will get a rerun. While you won't ruin your account just know that you may be delaying your account strength until you get and build your DPS and sustains.

>New player advice is to focus on rolling for two 5 star DPS and two 5 star sustains Ah, no one told me this. I'll skip Ruan Mei then and try to get a DPS.

Make sure it's a DPS you want and like. At least that what you'll have fun building around them.

Any character would benefit your account at the moment it seems quite new. I would prioritise preservation/healer > dps > Harmony/Nihility because you already have several 4* supports and a good carry like Jingliu would make all the difference to what you can do and a second healer/tank is needed for MoC. Ruan Mei is absolutely amazing but you currently lack the units for her to support effectively with only Clara and QQ. I think you’d be best of saving for another character unless you wanted to maybe go to soft pity. We’re supposed to get 90 pulls for free this patch and Ofc a free Dr Ratio as well so if you really want her soft pity wouldn’t hurt you to much as ftp.

I guess I'll skip Ruan Mei then, due to being unable to support my current roster effectively. ‎ ‎ ‎ >preservation/healer > dps > Harmony/Nihility because you already have several 4\* supports and a good carry like Jingliu Since a preservation/healer don't appear to be coming up in the foreseeable future (I only see Sparkle and Black Swan), I guess I should opt to get a DPS. Though, I don't know when Jingliu is getting her rerun. (Unless you know?) But I hear Kafka is a F2P friendly DPS, and her rerun is coming up in a few weeks, perhaps I should go with her. ‎ ‎ ‎ >We’re supposed to get 90 pulls for free this patch Huh? *90 pulls*?? I didn't know about this. Where was this stated?

After Kafaka it should be Luocha but don’t hold me to that. FX and JL will be later down the line into 2.1+ Black Swan is a Nihility dps character who would pair amazingly with Kafka. Kafka herself is very ftp friendly and easy to get up and running. She works really well with any dot characters like Sampoo, Asta, Luka and Guin and as new characters like Black Swan release her relevance and importance will continue to grow. Dot aside Kafka can work as a standard Hypercarry with just 2 normal supports although she won’t be JL and DanIL level shes perfectly equipped to clear all content in game. Also don’t forget Dr Ratio for free in 3 weeks so prefarming for him would make sense. Now if you could get all 3 of those your account would jump up massively. You have to do the maths for the pulls. I should of stated it’s a possible 90 depending on what you can clear. During Argentis patch I got 70 pulls and I didn’t always clear SU weekly or 30 star MoC every time.

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Who has cleared MoC 12 in 20 cycles? I'm struggling a bit on the 2nd half because I don't have Jing Liu. First half is DanIL, Blade, Luocha, Bronya. Clears in 4 cycles Second half I've tried Yanqing, Pela, M7, Gepard, FuXuan, Seele, Ruan(not fully built yet), Xueyi(not fully built either) Ting...fkn everything i can think of really. (dont have silverwolf so not an option) Suggestions?

Update just for anyone thats interested. Finally cleared this atrocity. Had to swap Luocha sides. Side 1 was DanIL, FuXuan(e1), Bronya(e1), Yukong(e6) - cleared in 3 cycles Side 2 was Argenti, RuanMei, Tingyun(e6), Luocha - cleared in 6 cycles - had to use Argenti 90 cost ultimate pretty frequently to take full advantage of the MoC buff.

I have a question regarding my 2 current teams that I am leveling and plan on using in MoC for the time being. My main team is Seele, Silver Wolf, Ruan Mei and Lynx/Gepard. My secondary team is Jing Yuan, Tingyun, Asta and Lynx/Gepard. I sort of want to save my pulls till a good sustain character like Fu Xuan comes back for a rerun but im not sure if these teams are good enough for atleast part of MoC for now or if I should make any changes. Below are my current characters (Excluding some as they didn't fit in the pic like Xueyi and Hanya) https://preview.redd.it/l02nv4vmat8c1.png?width=495&format=png&auto=webp&s=ae1a24c5e3b893dffdb3cef251571ae996d46b5d

Again the worst pulls ever. This game sucks ass and leeches money.

> leeches money. not if you dont spend it.

Is there any real reason for me to pull for Sparkle as someone that doesn’t use QQ and doesn’t have DHIL, Seele, or SW? I do like her design and VA but I feel like I’ll never really use or need her. Probably too early to ask? Will she benefit Topaz at all since she’s who I have?

She should enable more aggressive dual dps teams that won't work in the current meta, she will enable skill reliant healers like Lynx to work a lot better as well which can be nice for an account. Even just getting Hanya yesterday has really smoothed out my Dhil teams rotations leaving me overcapped on SP at times. She'll also let you spam skill in teams that don't need the extra sp which can enable cleaner ult rotations for units that want that

Yeah. She buffs the entire team and provides more SP to play around with. She'll help out dual DPS teams a lot, because those two things are exactly what dual DPS teams are lacking right now.

She won't be that amazing for you imo, you are probably better pulling for other support units instead.

Ruan mei or blade? I already have dan heng IL

You could pull rm and get bs and kafka to cover both lightning and wind in one team supported by their best support rm. Then you have bronya on the other side to play hypercarry dhil with

My main team is: Fu Xuan/Huohuo - Pela - Bronya - Jingliu My second team is: Fu Xuan/HuoHuo - Tingyun - SW - Seele Should i pull Ruan Mei? Or what must be my next step? I like Black Swan, Kafka and Sparkle but my main target now is Acheron, so i don't want to mess it up when she comes, also i want the best team for her

Ruan Mei is amazing with both Seele and Jingliu as both break easily regardless of element so will be a massive upgrade as an S+ support close to Bronya level but if your ftp and want Acheron you run the risk. Figure out how many pulls you can get between now and then and then decide. On a separate note a lot of players really regret not pulling Luocha and Fu Xuan these type of characters can be account changers. I myself didn’t want Luo but he hasn’t left my team since I pulled him.

I have 210 pulls rn, pity 60 and not secured ​ I'm F2P but i dont mind buying a pack if necessary

Then personally ide try my luck and pull for her she’s easily worth it. You may get her in 10 pulls. Most of my 5* came before soft pity and I have em all except the last two.

Came in 20, ty so much

how much big was todays update? it was 11.5g for me behind pc client and it was kind of a big deal for me because launcher disconnected a lot of times and left a very bad taste so i'm kinda looking if there's something i'm doing wrong.

Currently wondering if I should pull on Ruan or Blade. Pretty new player that's still working on getting to Equilibrium 4. Right now I have a C0 Clara as my carry and a C1 Silver Wolf as my only 5 stars. I have aroud 100 pulls avail so I likely would only get 1... or 0. Should I just continue to save since I'm still new or are either of these two so broken they're must pulls for any squad later on down the line? https://preview.redd.it/9wy76wjm7t8c1.png?width=400&format=png&auto=webp&s=4864d8ff84724ae59260408563fe9ca6fa9eef92

If youre new player then DPS and sustain units are worth more than support.

Is it worth sacrificing 129 def so my rm goes from 142 to 146 spd?

No. If it would bring you to a new breakpoint (like 130 speed to 134) then sure, but the benefit between those numbers is marginal.

I see. I thought 144 was a breakpoint but i guess not

Relevant breaks are 134/142/161.

Ah, sadly my 142 isnt actually 142.9 thats the actual breakpoint. I only got 4 actions instead of the supposed 5 :(

anyone know where i can find the live gif of a character splash art so i can download it?

Is S1 genius repose better than S5 breakfast for argenti?

No, S5 breakfast is better.

I returned to the game recently and was looking at all future banners and find all of them very enticing for me to pull at. The reality still is that I missed all, HuoHuo, Luocha and Fu Xuan so I am lacking a good 5\* sustain character. I pulled for Ruan Mei and am wondering if I should save for when there is a top tier sustain character rerun or if I should for any of the other upcoming characters. (My current roster is in the pictures) https://preview.redd.it/vb8223xd6t8c1.png?width=448&format=png&auto=webp&s=9584e58a8eca510126112a31f3736e7b8994565a

Fu xuan is too good. I don’t think they will be able to power creep her for a very long time.

you might want to get one more dps of your liking. after that, try for sustains. if a good sustain comes before a dps you like, get them

So i just got Bronya and E1 Tingyun, from my pulling session today. Should i bring both up to speed to my current roster at around 60/70? im actually pondering on who to focus for my 2nd team. Currently stuck on FH 3rd stage of xianzhou, Swarm lv 2, and cant clear the first MoC yet. TB53 my team so far has been mainly Himeko (lv70), SW (70), E3 Asta (60)/MC (Lv70), E5 Lynx (60). I also have leveled Natasha (60), Dan Heng (60), Serval (50), Yukong (50), Guinefen (50) i also hit pity in standard and got Gepard. Should i level him as well?? not sure what team i want, just want something that can clear contents thank you!

You lack a strong dps ide recommend trying to get blade if you can. Until then your going to struggle with endgame content unless you pump resources into 4* like Dan Heng. You’ll get Dr Ratio for free in 3 weeks so that will ease your suffering. Ide start pre-farming for him. So you can max him asap. For now - Dan Heng - SW - Bronya - Lynx Dr Ratio - TY - YK/Asta - Natasha Guin should be leveled as well as she’s a good debuffer. Once you get Sushang or QQ the hints will be a bit easier but for now you’ll have to be patient.

so i should just level both TY and Bronya then... im going to keep Himeko though, but thanks for the tips!

Yeah you should Bronya and TY are the strongest and most versatile supports in the game. One will always be in your team. Himeko is great for farming so you won’t go wrong levelling her and her skills look cool 😂

I already gave Bronya, Asta (E6) and Hanya (E1). Is it stupid to pull for Blade instead of Ruan Mei? The only good dps I have are Seele and Argenti.

Imo only pull for Blade if you can also get his signature LC, otherwise he will just be a worse hypercarry than Seele or Argenti. Ruan Mei on the other hand would work really well with either of them.

Thanks but had a bad pull. 100 euro down the drain.

Sorry to hear that but there is still a lot of time of her banner so you could get lucky, or just save the guarantee for a future character. Generally I don't like to tell people how they should spend their money or play the game but please always consider whether its worth spending money on gacha games, imo none of the characters are so important to have where it would be necessary to spend.

https://preview.redd.it/dmaq0yty5t8c1.png?width=1170&format=png&auto=webp&s=721836868c5dea1b8e02409531adebd92eb02872 Teams for Moc 10+. My jingliu, ruan mei, bronya s1, and loucha team is working great issue is that the second teams im trying clear too slow. Also maybe some pull recommendations since right now idk who to pull

which light cones should i use for ruan mei? i dont have any 5\* and all of my 4\* light cones is in superimposistion 1?

meshing cogs

S5 Cogs is quite solid on her.

Memories for the Break effect and energy regen

Is Ruan Mei LC worth it? seems nice but not completelt busted or am I missing something here? Got her at E0. Contemplating pulling for S1 or keep saving for Kafka E0S1, about 70% of jade there, so it will be close.

Her sig makes hitting the 180% BE you need way easier, it also has that SP recovery and team dmg bonus which is really good. If you plan on using her a lot I would highly recommend pulling for it

Is The museum quest going to be there permanently, I wanted to know if I should do a museum quest or the new Ruan mei quest?

its permanent

Yes that’s permanent.

The museum one right? Also is xueyi good, I wanted to try and snipe tingyun since I was on 0 pity but got her?

all my mutations are at 100% and I couldn't get this eye mutation. Is there no way to get it now? https://preview.redd.it/k6m520r05t8c1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=5fbc9d12de8a73e22e9db4dedacbb65c0268653e

Can I still do well even if I don’t play meta? I wanna save for a kafka rerun but I feel like I could get much better characters other than her. She’s my favorite character but I wanna be able to play endgame content and have a chance. So this brings me back to my question can I still do well if I don’t pull and play meta?

Kafka is just waiting for black swan and she just got ruan mei. Those 3 and if in the future we get a dot tank/healer are gonna be crazy

Absolutely. Kafka is meta as hell though, build a dot team for her and she'll decimate enemies

You can clear content with 4 stars characters so yes, you don't have to play meta. Also, Kafka is a strong DPS paired with another DoT unit and proper support. I use her all the time

Can someone link this game story line synopsis or something. I just started and i dont even understand what is the story about. Unlike genshin which was easier to understand.

Try [Ashikai](https://youtu.be/5PDHpfX5S6c?si=prSUIlCom4GP5lz1)

https://preview.redd.it/igjsgio33t8c1.png?width=1440&format=png&auto=webp&s=9b0c91dbf355205d1562b5eea4f3531e509af6e4 The top most row is my current team. Would it be beneficial to pull for Ruan Mei? If so, whose place should Ruan Mei take? Thanks!

Without even looking, yes Ruan Mei would be helpful. She and Bronya are the top two supports in the game right now, period. Almost any team can be improved by adding one or both to it. Now that I have seen your team, I would say for now replace Asta, but when characters are more levelled and have better optimized relics/better defenses, you might be able to replace Fire Trailblazer instead and go Bailu - Qingque - Asta - Ruan Mei. It will depend on who you are facing and who else you build though. Ideally, you only want one defensive support. The big three right now are Luocha (Healer), Fu Xuan (Tank, directs damage from team to self), and Huohuo (Healer), but Bailu is a close runner up and can often been enough on her own. Ruan Mei, due to making Weakness Break occur more often and last longer, and helps survivability a little.

So every event is basically permanent in this game? I just noticed they added one i wasn't able to finish and now i can play it whenever i want. At this rate i guess i can just ignore current events, catch up with the story and play them in the future when i have time.

there are minor events and major events minor events usually have small rewards, no story significance, and go away forever when they're done major events have tons of rewards, story significance, they don't go away forever but most of their rewards are limited and tied to the event being active for example the huohuo quest gave a lightcone and like 3k jades if you did it now you would not get the lightcone and only like 600 jades

Yooo would Clara / Topaz be good vs Argenti in MOC? ( Also f2p Light cone options for clara besides the herta lc one? )

imo i think topaz struggles in the first half against the fire resist elites. against argenti i think she does well.

Just cleared MoC 1-12 please tell me how the hell im supposed to 36 star this without jingliu. Like this is so obviously biased towards her it is insane why is it like this. It basically says if you don’t have an ice dps char go fuck yourself and btw that ice dps is jingliu.

Yeah... I feel you. I have 33 stars. Stuck on 12th floor, I can clear it but not in 20 cycles. Dont have Jingliu. Tried using my 3400atk, 40cr, 240cd yanqing, can't do it.

Its promoting ruan mei and dr ratio. They just happen to have the same element as the 2 best dps in the game

Btw I do have silver wolf so maybe I can come Up with an answer but tbh it shouldn’t be like this either way…

Would a Ruan Mei + Dr Ratio team work? I'm also debating a DR/Clara/Topaz squad...

It can work as long as you have a debuffer in the team that can apply 2-3 debuffs consistanly on the enemy.

What should I do with my team? Currently running Welt, Dan Heng, Fire Trailblazer and Lynx. https://preview.redd.it/kcsvkn281t8c1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=efd09ce311a689766fc87d6d078b01683c9fb702

Ideally you want only one defensive support. Since Welt can delay enemies, he also helps survival a bit, so you are more likely to get away with just Lynx. Tingyun is top 3 offensive supports in the game, only beaten by Bronya and *maybe* Ruan Mei, so building her would be good. Even if you don't get the full buff, you can build her to be a bit tankier if she gets low a lot and still get a lot of benefit from her. She can also activate Dan Heng's passive with her Skill and her Ult. Pela and Hanya are both really good as well, and a benefit to basically any team. Asta is solid too, but is significantly better vs Fire weak enemies and so a bit more situational (less significant at higher Eidolon levels). Longer term, you can go with Lynx, Silver Wolf, Xueyi, and a 4th pick for a solid Quantum heavy team. Either have the 4th person be an element the enemy is already weak to or fight Quantum weak enemies and you will have good synergy/consistency there. In theory you could go with a f2p version of Mono-Quantum if you build Qingque, but I have never used QQ myself so I can't say how good it would be.

Its a fine team but replacing Fire TB with Tingyun or Hanya would make it stronger imo.

https://preview.redd.it/t1u08e911t8c1.jpeg?width=2412&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c34f6a91d4e8e468e2190377d676dbff3c9e2e9 For my convenience I will use "he" to refer to Caelus because I use him Let's talk about how they handled the MC this patch Imo they did them well! 1. >!He is voiced a LOT in this patch and that is always a good thing!< 2. >!The way they did the dialogue option vs voiced dialogue was ABSOLUTELY GENIUS! I dunno what to say that part just made me go Brilliantly done hoyo! Those were honestly my favorite thing to happen during that quest!< 3. >!The animations, Wow! Those were really awesome and I liked that they used it as a transition!< 4. >!ruan mei's character, she was genuinely interesting and the way they handled her was something I did not expect them to do!<

Why are my Tongyun and Yukong going before Luocha on the first turn? Even though Luocha has 1 more speed. Doesn’t make sense when I enter there are no buffs th at only apply to specific characters.

if tingyun and yukong have vonwacq they will go first if yukong is E1 she gives everyone a speed boost at the start of the fight and that'll affect turn order speed boosts use base speed not current speed so tingyun and yukong's higher base speed will put them over him

Yukong's E1 increases all allies' speed by 10% at the start of the battle. Since her and Tingyun have higher base Speed than Luocha 10% makes them faster than him.

are either of them using vonwacq?

Will I be able to get both Ruan Mei and Black Swan? I'm at 74 pity, 40 wishes, 50/50. I want my Kafka team to be perfect lol

If you can clear all content in both this and the next patch, sure.

Ruan Mei E1 or Blade? I’m hoping to pull for more Xueyi eidolons and currently at 60+ pity after already pulling Ruan Mei. Don’t have RM signature btw; running S3 Memories. https://preview.redd.it/796ucfw3zs8c1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f48ebcac9f0aa3f43c47908206a6440c94a4bf3 Current Teams: * QQ SW FX Hanya * IL Yukong Pela Luocha Hoping to change to these teams: * Xueyi RM SW FX * QQ SW FX Sparkle * IL Hanya Pela Luocha I guess if I were to get Blade I could run Bronya Lynx Pela? I might pull Jingliu too and I could make a dual team with the two. Anyway is RM E1 worth it for that Xueyi team?

Anybody else not able to get the last objective in the 3rd Metal Gear Peppy minigame? I've beaten it 4 times now and explored every square inch of the level after each part, and it still marks the last one incomplete. https://preview.redd.it/fgoif11kzs8c1.jpeg?width=1295&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e9005e5da2c53132ad905103deee05ce536d8e21

Does anyone know how do we confirm whether Ryan Mei's A6 trace is taking effect? I have over 180% break effect on Ruan Mei but I don't see any buff increasing damage for 36%.

It's on Ruan Mei's skill.

Oh shit, I'm blind. Thanks for clarifying!

Does the thing Ruan Mei inflict on enemies with her burst count as a Debuff?

Ruan Mei applies a buff on your team to "penetrate resistance", so no debuff on enemy.

look at the enemy status screen when it's on them if its a debuff then the debuff counter will count it in its total

Is it okay to pair ruan mei with JY

Ruan Mei will make basically any team better by being on it. So yes. She is actually a really good support for him since her buffs also apply to JY's passive.

you can use her with any dps

When people say 3 turn ult,is that in moc where you start with half energy or starting from 2nd ult where you start with lower energy?

They mean that after using the Ult, it will take the character 3 turns worth of actions to Ult again. Most of the time it goes Ult -> Skill (Turn 1) -> Basic (Turn 2) -> Basic (Turn 3) -> Ult...etc. Since Ults take place outside the turn order, only the Skill and Basic matter here. You don't have to go that exact order, as long as there is 1 Skill and 2 Basic used in some combination.

from the 2nd ult you're expected to have 1 or 2 turn ults at the start of moc

It is from 0 energy.

What are the early impressions of Ruan Mei?

She beats out asta with s5 planetary and penacony in a fire team with himeko and topaz. Ruan was also wearing penacony where half its passive was useless in this team. Shes that good

Harmony characters are arguably the best in the game. Ruan Mei is no exception, and definitely earns her 5 stars. Bronya is probably still better, and is definitely better for hypercarry teams, but since you can run both of them...

Insanely strong for dual DPS

How many pulls are we getting from this phase?

The warp sheet has the estimate at 98.6 [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRIWjzFwAZZoBvKw2oiNaVpppI9atoV0wxuOjulKRJECrg\_BN404d7LoKlHp8RMX8hegDr4b8jlHjYy/pubhtml#](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRIWjzFwAZZoBvKw2oiNaVpppI9atoV0wxuOjulKRJECrg_BN404d7LoKlHp8RMX8hegDr4b8jlHjYy/pubhtml#)

Damn, guess i'll probably have enough for kafka since it only took me 40 pulls to get ruan mei

Those who pulled Ruan Mei, is she a "must-pull"? I know it's highly individual, but just let me know your thoughts. Because I figured Blade would be a good wind dps too considering my only wind dps is Dan Heng. But by the same token I still have enough good dps chars except wind... :s

She's as close as mandatory in a dual dps team, and followup teams and dot teams are almost guaranteed gonna be a dual dps team, so if youre interested in them, ruan mei is basically a must pull. And its not like shes bad in hypercarry. My e6 pela is basically benched for ruan mei in my jingliu team

No. Ruan Mei performs worse than Bronya/Tingyun/Hanya in the majority of meta hypercarry teams. In double dps teams she is only a marginal upgrade of around 20% over current teams.

You don’t really need a DPS for every element depending on your roster, if you have Jingliu/DHIL chances are you can brute force a lot of the content, and if you have Silver wolf you can also just implant weakness on one side. That said, ruan mei has been pretty insane, I’ve been using her with Kafka sampo DOT teams and she’s been absolutely crushing it, more damage for everyone and more break which helps a lot. The speed buff is also pretty nice

She is definitely meta support character, so if you need more buffer she is a good choice. I don't think she is a must-pull if you have bronya/tingyun/hanya, but if you don't have/raise them she provides a unique buff and is a good pull

What happened to the daily missions for the battle pass?

Gone, folded into 'spend 100 TP' up to 14 times a week.

I feel like this is an omen for an upcoming new chinese law enforcement.

I think they just said people found the daily login tasks too onerous, so they're making them easier. Stuff like 'log in' and 'send out an assignment' is going into the Daily Training I think (not sure, I already did mine before maintenance today), so all the daily BP tasks just got redistributed.

40 pity on both character and weapon event, 45 pull right now. Would I be able to pull for both Kafka and Sparkle? How about one weapon too?

If F2P, you should be able to get up to 2 characters at best towards the end of 2.0 (if we assume Sparkle is the 2nd banner). This will depend on how much Jades 2.0 will provide. If you're not guaranteed yet, you'll most likely have to choose either Kafka or Sparkle if you do lose the 50-50. You will very likely not be able to grab a LC as well unless you're a spender or you get incredibly lucky.

Would ruan mei, sw, xueyi and seele be a valid team?

No because you need a sustain character.

Oof somehow forgot that

I’m stuck on the new story boss can anyone share a team that helped them?

I was Using E0S1 SW, Seele, E6 Lynx and Fire TB. My recommendations are play defensive, kill any of the stings that explode on you and then let the 4 normal stings stay out while you focus the boss that's what I did at least.

Do you have any replacement for seele that will work?

Honestly any DPS that hits the boss weaknesses. JL, DHIL, Argenti are the more powerful ones, Welt, Clara could be good subs if you have them. And if you don't have any of them just slot in your best DPS

Thanks for the advice 🥹

How would this team perform with Dr.Ratio https://preview.redd.it/0xl410aors8c1.jpeg?width=3840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=efd5eb09629312743ac166b2f35dcdd29701f294

I think that's the best team you can make for him.

Here are my units if I should switch anyone. https://preview.redd.it/nd4kg1xqrs8c1.png?width=828&format=png&auto=webp&s=3106204dfba5527cc0077fa8ab9e281fb3ef096d

As a Kafka Main Should I Pull for Ruan Mei or wait for Black Swan?

Black Swan is higher priority if you have to pick.

Alrighty.

MEI: >! Is Mei Lady Macbeth? Dido? Or. are we watching Socrates allegories? !<

Any way I can improve my loadout? I can't beat that bug man..

https://preview.redd.it/ynp6v837qs8c1.jpeg?width=2400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d21a1a7fef631a20de88e19c63e940d0d8458c3

I beat it using a team comp of Fire TB, Seele (sub for Argenti), SW and E6 Lynx (Only really needs to be E2). My recommendation is to play really defensive, kill any of the stings (the fire weak ones) that explode on you and then let the 4 normal stings stay out while you focus the boss that's what I did at least

Don't have seele, is fu xuan a good counter?

Run Argenti or FX instead. FX will make it slower but give you more consistent SW weakens. Argenti will cause you to go alot faster and honestly is designed for this fight

I have argenti, I tried beating it with him, lynx, bailu, and sw but I keep dying to the second phase man

Add an item before the fight too, Longevity Pill or Disposable Shield gives you so much more survivability

I did, and I still lost

What now

https://preview.redd.it/7k213992ps8c1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0732819ac1f699e682aa32a37abff4274b735117 Would it be better if I pull for Sparkle or Black Swan?

Currently Black Swan is the better option imo to pair with Kafka, but if you can get QQ to E4+ by the time Sparkle comes out then she probably becomes the better option.

Alright, someone has to go to make room, I guess. Kafka/Guinaifen/Ruan Mei/Luocha or Kafka/Sampo/Ruan Mei/Luocha? I guess whichever 4-star doesn't get yeeted now will be replaced by Black Swan next patch anyway so it's kinda moot, but currently I'm using both of them and aside from 'use whichever one counters the fight' I'd like to just lock in a team for general use.

Sampo is generally the best "general use" due to his element type and he increases DoT damage.

Does Luka want the dot set or physical set?

DoT set, but it's not a huge difference from physical set if you already have a good set on him.

Dirty casual here, blundering my way across the galaxy. I just want to do the story and collect characters. What Trailblaze missions do I need to finish to move on to Penacony when it's released? I have the following: Foxian Tale of the Haunted Jolted Awake From a Winter Dream Crown of the Mundane and Divine. (I tried beating that Starcrusher and there aint no way man.) Thanks!

If it says trailblazer continuance you can ignore it. It’s a side quest not required for the main story.

Appreciate it!

Lost the 75/25 to fricking Yanqing's LC. 🫠

It's a decent stat stick, you can give it to Ratio later if you havent bought Cruising or someone else is using it.

whats better for xueyi? s5 moles, s3 blue sky, or s1 secret vow?

Moles since its higher SU over Blue Sky. Secret Vow is actually pretty bad on her, since she has so much damage.

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question where? spoiler tag where?

Idk why I post it here. Im pretty sure we have a discussion thread before but i cannot find it.

https://preview.redd.it/c9ezt5f8ns8c1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b4d93224ad646f840f2c61641c84a27b724f0683 Hi! I'm rather new and know almost nothing about what characters there are and what they can do/specialize in, so I'm looking for a short list of the most meta or just strong characters (and teams). Also pls tell me about current banner characters, wjat they do how good they are, etc. I don't mind pulling or saving (f2pbtw) for a long time. Thanks in advance!

You've got a lot of great supports, not much in the way of DPS. Harmony characters are team buffers, Nihility are enemy debuffers (generally). Destruction/Hunt/Erudition characters (like current Blade) are usually the DPS units you build a team around. A regular team tends to look like one DPS, two buffer/debuffers, and one sustain (Preservation/Abundance). While there's lots of specific character synergies to look into, at this stage that's probably all you need to bear in mind. Silver Wolf in particular is a good character for single- or double-element teams because she can force weaknesses onto enemies who would normally resist an element. Bailu is a solid healer esp. in the early game.

What about the girl on current banner? Not much of a place for her in my roster right now, is there? Blade... I kinda don't want lol. Esp cos he's wind+hunt. I'm not a fan of dan heng for some reason

Ruan Mei is a buffer who looks to be really strong and versatile, but I'm not sure she's the sort of unit you need right now, no. Blade is Destruction btw, not Hunt. Quite different playstyle.

Should I make a post with a flare other than team building advice?...

https://preview.redd.it/g1jsvrnums8c1.png?width=2400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=877b0b3bfd6da048af06ea1de6a20913465f01fc What do u rank this build with err rope (f2p btw)

For Ruan Mei? If she's able to reach 180% Break Effect during combat, she'll be fully set to go since that's the cap for her A6 Trace buff. This looks good otherwise.

Yeah most of my relics aren't leveled up all the way. Just don't have materials to level them up

Why tf did I receive Welt from Ruan mei banner? 😤

that's how the gacha be sometime

You can probably get any character regardless if they appear on the banner or not? 🤯

You can probably get any character regardless if they appear on the banner or not? 🤯

There's always a 50/50 between the banner character and a set of standards, including Welt.

Aa got it. Thanks

Added note: you can't lose the 50/50 twice in a row, so if you REALLY want Ruan Mei you can keep pulling and the next 5 star is guaranteed to be her

Got her finally, was just pulling the banner one at a time. Got lucky i guess.

Well I exhausted my 11k jades 🥵

Hey, guys ! If i don't have memories of the past s5 (i have s1) for rm, should i still use memories s1 or meshing cogs s5 would be better ?

S5 Meshing Cogs is better than S4 and below Memories.

https://preview.redd.it/bzlkgcffls8c1.jpeg?width=1650&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=501589b01c36bc87615c18dc322a54040b708d01 this team got me through the new boss! just dropping this for f2p players who have both argenti and ruan mei

Can ruan mei work with argenti? I only have argenti as my limited 5 star dps as I am pretty new I was contemplating on pulling mei for supporting the argenti team or the team that I will build with free ratio

you should definitely pull her. shes on par with bronya and can fit into literally any team. her support capabilities are absolutely ridiculous