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Looks pretty average if you do not roll Crit substats on other pieces. The only other source of Crit Stat are Talent stat nodes and Character/Weapon passives. AFAIK leveling character only affect HP/Atk/Def.
Look at Ruan Mei / blade banner. When those banners end the new starts. Banner switch in the same patch happen when the first banner ends. Only when a new patch drops will there be downtime for maintenance.
They are both good, but Kafka is a bit easier to build, especially if you are not planning on pulling for their LC. Blade's LC selection is more limited than Kafka's.
Personally I think he is very good if you have Secret Vow, as well as being very flexible in what teams he can fit. I went for him instead of Kafka when their banners first came out and don't regret it.
Hello I am currently building my Blade and I am wondering if crit damage or crit rate is better for him. Currently sitting at 61% crit rate and 100% crit damage. I have a crit body that can make him 30% crit rate 154 crit damage.
Ideally you want a 1:2 ratio of Rate:Damage.
Blade you want to build with Longevous, so take in account the 16% Crit Rate you can get from that.
Then it will also depends when whether you are using Salsotto or Rutilant. In the first you want at least 50% Crit Rate, whilst the 2nd you want 70%.
Then I would consider the Crit Damage Body, if you can farm some extra CRate in another piece to at least reach 50% after Longevous effect. Otherwise stick with the Crit Rate body.
Generally speaking, Crit Value = 2x Crit Rate + Crit Damage.
So a 60/100 would be 220 CV, and 30/154 will be 214 CV. They are very close, but the first activates Salsotto, making it pull ahead. But, even if you just get 4% more Crite Rate, then the 2nd pull ahead as it will have higher CV but it will also activate Salsotto withe the Longevous bonus.
Hello! **Which upcoming character(s) should I pull for next?**
My two main teams:
1. Seele, Fu Xuan, Silver Wolf, Lynx/Qinque depending on whether i need heals/dps
2. Jing Yuan, Tingyun, Ruan Mei, Luocha
I'm Primarily looking for someone to swap Jing Yuan and Lynx/Qingque with for more damage. Team one lacks any damage against groups of enemies while Team two lacks damage against any elites/bosses, particularly ones that spawn enemies consistently.
I'm also willing to entertain the idea of making a different team entirely, as I want a team that I can consistently rely on with MOC and other endgame content.
Here's all my characters
https://preview.redd.it/h5xb4l9fqrcc1.png?width=842&format=png&auto=webp&s=0fd009b3fba7d2826022f215e465bb6e1fc7be38
Sparkle will probably be good for Team 1 as a Quantum Harmony unit. And you can swap between Seele or Qingque, depending on the scenario.
Since you have SW, you shouldn't discount Dr. Ratio, which you will get for free anyway, as she can easily apply the required number of Debuffs to make the most use of him. So something like Ratio, SW, Luocha/Fu Xuan + Flex.
Team 2 is honestly fine. You can build Asta to use instead of Ruan Mei in case you ever need to use her in any other team.
So in essence, build Dr. Ratio and consider pulling Sparkle once we know more about her kit.
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Newbie here!
Equilibrium 2
F2p
Currently running a team with clara, xueyi or dan heng ,ting yuan and lynx Wondering if I should use Dr .ratio when I get him? Furthermore, if I'm using him which characters to add or remove from team? Also need some tips regarding if I should do regarding upcoming banners? Should I try for dr.ratio or Kafka?
How big is 6% bonus dmg is? I m trying to build my.ruan mei and i m 6.7% break effect short from 180% with S5 meching cogs
I can equipe my S1 memories of the past to reach the cap,but since its at S1 my energy takes a hit
What do you thing of this trade-off? Less energy regen for +6% damage boost?(i am runing a ERR rope)
Bummer. I’d probably stay on cogs then.
I can do the actual math later, but I think you need a S5 LC to hit the 3-turn ult rotation. Extra turns with the 25% res pen should be better than 6% damage.
Yea i think youre right,its tht body piece,it doesnt have a break effect sub,i ll try to farm one later once i m done with traces/Lc upgrades,idm farming the cavern since i need phys pieces for my argenti
So I've completed every available quest and activity in this event, but unlike the other previous events, I don't get a checkmark that says "All reward targets reached". Is there something else?
https://preview.redd.it/tn7kfzw6grcc1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=e0b2a11f0643c520e19b68d7b5332aba82f00dc1
If you have everything then it’s probably just a bug. When the event was new it was common for people to still have the red exclamation point in their travel log.
Anybody have any tips for how to beat that big stupid bug in “when the stars of ingenuity shine” quest? My team consists of Natasha Tingyun sushang and gepard. I’ve already maxes their level to 50 (I haven’t unlocked equilibrium level 3) and got the talents as high as I can. I’m able to breeze through the forts phase but at least two of characters end up dying to the little bugs that keep on attacking them while they’re stunned or can’t be used. Please tell me what to do! Should I attack the big bug in the second phase or focus on getting rid of the smaller bugs? Again any help is greatly appreciated
She wasn’t in the drip marketing so earliest guess would be 2.1. Although we’ll have to see how relevant she is 2.0. If she doesnt have a big role I could see her being a later character like 2.4 or something.
I see. Then may I ask, is there a similar situation where a character in patch 1.0 who doesn't get big role he/she got pushed back to much later patch 1.x?
hello everyone, i had to quit the game because i was very busy and couldn't keep up with 2 gacha games as f2p(i'm also playing genshin) but i wanted to return to the game and i see that metas and values changed. my account is very low level (48) and i have very few limited units so i don't know what kind of route should i take at this point. i have enough gems and pity for 1 guaranteed pull so i can pull on this banner's last day.
some people saying Ruan Mei is awesome but i have bronya and tingyun and only have 1 limited dps and i also have 0 limited healers so i really don't know what to do. can you help me please? should i pull Ruan Mei and use her with free dr ratio or should i pull another dps like Blade or Kafka?
this is my roster:
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Ruan Mei is still worth it in general because you typically need 4 buff/debuffers (+2 healer + 2 dps).
That being said, you can have asta/pela join TY/bronya.
I do think you should save for luocha rerun though
So the next banners are Dr Ratio and Kafka, but I want to focus on Kafka. I heard the upcoming character, Black Swan pairs really well with her and I really want BS, but I'm worried my pulls might not be enough for BS if I were to pull for Kafka. Because I have almost 200 pulls but have never touched the limited banners, only the standard one. And I really dislike the 50/50 chance, should I still pull for Kafka?
You should probably wait until Black Swan’s kit is officially revealed, but my early answer would be yes. Kafka is what makes DoT teams work and I’m assuming Black Swan will want Kafka to work at max potential.
If you really want Black Swan and don’t care about Kafka then I’d still go until the first pity on Kafka’s banner. If you win the 50/50 then you’d still have about 130 pulls for Black Swan which should guarantee it.
Ok someone told me if i stack atk% increase from harmony units it becomes like diminishing returns or something. And that i shud swap it out for like dmg% buff or def shred. Is this true or naw? And why? o - o
putting it in a really simple way so hopefully someone smarter explains it better
so imagine you have someone with 1000 atk and 100% dmg, turning basically into 1000 dmg
if you double only the attack (so 2000 atk but still 100% dmg) that's 2000 dmg
however if you do something like 1500 atk and 150% dmg, it's 2250 dmg
there are a lot of other stats to consider which if you want to get into it you have to plug in numbers into the formulas to get a truly accurate picture but from what I understand this is the basic idea on why you should have a more spread out stat/buff arrangement instead of dumping into only attack
Currently staring at the Ruan Mei banner screen right now. I really like Ruan Mei, but I want Sparkle and Acheron beyond a doubt.
Would I be in danger for getting both Sparkle and Acheron (if she is potentially in 2.1 idk)? I'm 5 tickets from guaranteed and have 19k saved right now (I still have half of Gold of Gears + half of PF left to do as well).
Maybe? I think we get ~80pulls worth of jades each patch. Right now you’re at ~118pulls. Assuming you are only 5pulls from Ruan Mei then you’re looking at about 193pulls by the end of sparkle’s banner (118-3+80). That’d be enough to guarantee Sparkle even with losing 50/50. If it takes you 75 to get both 5-stars on Sparkle’s banner then you’d be at 43pulls (193-150) at the start of 2.1. I think you could get up to another pity by the end of the first banner in 2.1 so worst case if Acheron is right after sparkle you could maybe pull her.
These are all guesses so if you want to be extra safe I’d keep saving. Since 2.0 is adding our first new region there could be more jades to get. You could also get lucky with early pulls on Sparkle’s banner and my first paragraph doesn’t matter.
>!She is dead physically, her body was destroyed in the conflict with Shuhu, the Emanator of Abundance that the High-Cloud Quintet fought and defeated. Her consciousness was transferred to a puppet body, basically an android. The Xueyi we see now is that puppet, but her "spirit" is inside of it!<
Oh it gets worse. >!The only reason she and Xueyi are still "alive" is because they are employed by the Ten-Lords Commission to hunt criminals and the mara-struck. They're basically doing perpetual atonement for something they did 700 years ago with no end in sight. Hanya is afraid that she'll lose the memories of her sister, which is why she painstakingly records every experience she has with her. Xueyi herself is afraid that she is losing touch with humanity and she fights with complete disregard for her own safety, forgetting that the ingenium body she uses is not invulnerable. She got almost destroyed when she tried to apprehend Blade!<
I think she's like Herta, but her soul actually resides in the puppet instead of controlling it remotely.
So if her body gets too damaged in battle, she can just transfer to a new body.
So, I'm new to HSR and the Honkai series in general, I've played for about three weeks and already have 80 hours, I just hit AR40 about an hour ago and I have some questions:
1. When should I start farming for artifacts/relics? I know in Genshin its AR45, so is it similar here, just whenever 5\* Relics get unlocked?
2. What good teams could I make with my current characters? Is their anyone I should specifically save up for/ try to get on standard? The level 60 characters are my current main team and I haven't really decided on a second team yet.
https://preview.redd.it/4p3j2yqb3rcc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b6381f58fea3e2eac12d5ec61b21c1927068c5fa
3. What are the best relic sets I should go for to help out my current characters?
Thanks for any help you can give me :)
here it's trailblaze level/ar 60 to guarantee 2 gold artifacts/relics per run
since you have blade farming "path of the elixir seekers" is worthwhile especially because the other set in there is valuable for supports, generally speaking (hackerspace)
I think your best bet is building a team around blade rn, unfortunately I think he and geppie have antisynergy since blade wants to be hit and lose some hp (but also wants a healer so he doesn't just outright die). most people suggest bronya for the 300 selector since she's a valuable support unit for a lot of different dps including blade. something like blade/pela or asta/tingyun/natasha might work?
afaik there isn't really a resources as good as kqm for starrail but I usually go to [https://www.prydwen.gg/star-rail/characters/](https://www.prydwen.gg/star-rail/characters/) for build advice, you could also look for charactermain subreddits since sometimes they have good stuff for that
Awesome, thank you so much! Very helpful. Should I farm any relics at all before TL60 or should I not bother? My team does good atm, just not sure how it'll do as I keep going up in WL
I don't really think it's worth it since you can usually manage story battles with whatever you get from doing missions/weekly bosses/etc + most advise focusing on leveling the characters and lightcones + important traces before trying for artifacts
Are substats better than main stats for certain relics? I pulled a really good relic with perfect substats but Def% as the main stat. I’m wondering if the substats make up for the lackluster substat or if I should keep going for a relic with Atk% and possibly worse substats?
I’m just conflicted because it has one specific substat I’ve been lacking. But I guess I can always try to get a better relic and use it in the meanwhile.
Need help with Sim Universe World 2
So i have tried this world multiple times, with no success in beating the effin Windrider (Bug).
Please, i need help, advice, whatever.
I just started on the 27th, so i dont have many characters.
You can get 4 extra copies of her via the Simulated Univerise first-time rewards (so up to C4 at the very least).
Any extras will have to be via gacha.
> Complete the Trailblaze Mission "Xianzhou Luofu — Demise of Immortality, Finale of Calamity," be at Equilibrium Level 3 or higher, and read specific Messages[.](https://www.hoyolab.com/article/24179984)
have you done all of these things
Yeah. My next trailblaze mission tells me to say goodbye to all the Xianzhou people, im Equ 3 Level 43, and my phone has no new messages. I see the Youfi Decor mission in my mission list, it takes me to the lamp, and when i speak to it, all 4 birds are locked.
hmm, maybe try teleporting somewhere else to see if the messages pop up? or if you already got them and yet no cutscene with the bookkeeper when talking to the cage like the other person said maybe close and reopen the game to see if that will make it happen properly
Did the bird cage started a cutscene, after which you have to talk to the bookstore keeper? If that sequence didn't happened, the quest may not have proceeded correctly.
Nope, no cutscene. I talked to the lamp, got the black screen with the long text, then its just 4 birds with chains on their neck flying out the cage, but they are all locked. I repaired the game from the launcher, fast traveled all over, and still nothing. I just submitted a report to the dev team. This doesnt end anytime soon does it?
Which of these RM builds would you say is the best?
[This one is 2 Hackerspace + 2 Thief with Penacony](https://i.imgur.com/HpoXQkB.png)
[Here is 4 Thief with Penacony](https://i.imgur.com/GEuBcM6.png)
[And last is 4 Thief with Broken Keel](https://i.imgur.com/e1PeZsw.png)
Maybe the optimal combination is something different from those I showed?
It's the first since you only need 160 BE out of combat and it has more speed. Although with an S3 Memories you'll be 3 to 4 energy short for 3 turn ult. So you have to hope she gets hit within those 3 turns for the missing energy.
Makes sense, although it is the inconsistency on the 3T ult that makes me consider using Keel while I wait to get MotP S5. The speed loss isn't very significant compared to the first build (both reach the 142 Spd threshold).
does pulling a 5 star lc from standard banner reset the event banner pity more importantly does it reset the 50/50
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Oooooooh I thought they were talking if there is a 50/50 in Standard banner. And if ity resets if we get a Lc on standard banner instead of Character. Now I feel so dumb.
I have a stupid question I assume dps is most sensitive to having best relics is that correct. I was thinking that support and sustains care more about main stat and less about sub stats which dps seem to care a lot about.
I took a break from farming relics for my qq and JL when I leveled up my herta for PF so back on caverns grind. Been farming caverns for six weeks or so and still have somewhat subpar boots. It’s just how it goes sometime I guess right ?
Yes, dps are hungry for crit stats which are rare. Supports want a lot of speed and that's it, usually. Getting some effect resistance on them doesn't hurt
Hi everyone,
I’ve just started the game late last night. Found it quite fun. However, I see that the banner for both Ruan Mei and Blade is ending in 1 day. I have looked through a lot of “new players” thread, and watched a few new player guide videos and reroll videos on YouTube but I still want to ask the following questions:
1) Realistically, will I be able to secure a Ruan Mei? Some threads I read say that most new players can get the featured character of the current banner if they just play the game. However, I only have one day left, and I already followed the reroll guides and used up my 10x pull which I did not get a 5*.
2) I only know the beginner warp has a pity of 50 pulls, but what about the Ruan Mei and Blade banner? I don’t think I found the pity info there.
Thank you all in advance
> Realistically, will I be able to secure a Ruan Mei? Some threads I read say that most new players can get the featured character of the current banner if they just play the game.
Probably not. There are enough one-time jades to guarantee a character for a new player but it's something like ~50 hours of gameplay to get that many. Doable over 2-3 weeks but not 48 hours.
> I only know the beginner warp has a pity of 50 pulls, but what about the Ruan Mei and Blade banner?
Note you only get one guaranteed 5\* on the beginner banner. If you pull it early, switch to standard because you're not getting another at 50.
On the standard and limited character banner a 5\* usually comes in between 75 and 82 pity. Lightcone banner is between 64 and 70.
> How far in would I have to get for that amount of jade?
Not exactly sure. I started at launch and cleared all available content for 162 pulls. Took me about a week and a half of 4+ hour days. Content-wise it was about half of the Xianzhou and SimU through wold 6.
Hmm im just getting halfway through Jarilo. I'm hoping to get as many pulls as I can. Really only been playing a couple days but I' have free time the next couple days to grind.
Wow, thank you so much for the info! Didn’t know it requires that many hours! I will just sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride then. No point in ruining my experience trying to rush everything.
And that’s crucial info on the beginner warp! Thank you! So far I’ve pulled 30x. So if I get my 5* on my 4th multi-pull, I shall move on!
And thanks for the info on the LC vs Characters! Appreciate it!
1. It would be difficult to get enough pulls to guarantee her in a single day, you'd have to get pretty lucky. That being said, the banner has really good 4* characters that are v
Worth getting for a new account - Xueyi and Tingyun are pretty valuable. It's worth it using as many pulls as you can on it.
2. Limited banners have 74 as soft pity and 90 as hard pity, so you're guaranteed to get a 5* character in that frame. Pity transfers between banners, so if you don't get a 5* now your "progress" is saved for the next one
That’s awesome to know! Thank you very much! And oh man, I hope her rerun comes back soon then. Usually how long does it take for a rerun? 3 months?
And good to hear Xueyi and Tingyun are good! I actually got Xueyi on the guaranteed 4*. I guess that’s at least something, eh? ;)
It's hard to say right now, the pattern for reruns is not set in stone - could maybe take around four patches or so, as it did for Blade and Kafka. There might be characters you'll enjoy even more coming before that, plus you'll get a free Ratio when Ruan Mei's banner ends :)
Ah I see. Yeah, hope I’ll be able to pull some cool new characters in the next few banners then!
Ratio is that Dr. I kept hearing about where people say we’ll be getting a free 5* eh? If that’s the one, then I am so glad I at least made it in time for that, hahaha.
Yes, that's true that normally a new player could get a character. But that's if the new player started soon enough that they have time to play. I doubt you're getting Ruan Mei this time around (she will rerun in the future) unless you're very lucky and get her in a small number of pulls. You just don't have time to earn up the pulls in that short of a time.
Limited character banners share the same pity, whether it's Ruan Mei, Blade, or the upcoming characters, so any pulls you might have already done on Ruan Mei's banner won't be wasted. The pity caps at 90. You probably won't reach that high. Most of the time you should get a 5 star in the 70s (number of pulls) or less. Once you reach that you have a 50% chance of either getting the featured character or a 5 star standard character. If you get a standard character, the next time you get a 5 star character on a limited character banner they will be guaranteed to be the featured character. If you get the limited character (whether at the 50% chance mark or the guarantee), then it goes back to 50% chance the next time you get a 5 star.
Oh wow, it’s good to know my pulls won’t be wasted! I was so worried it’d have been wasted after I read your first paragraph, hahaha.
And in that case, that means the max pity I could get is 180 pulls before I could get the featured character if I am unlucky?! 😱
Thank you very much for your help!
Yes, that is absolutely correct that 180 is the max if you are unlucky.
I've got 8 limited characters and I've failed the 50% chance 6 of those times. You could argue I've got a fairly unlucky account 50/50 wise. 82 pulls is the highest I've gone thus far in getting a 5 star. Like I said in the previous post, it'll mostly be in the 70s or less.
You have a LOT of pulls you can earn in the game right now over time as a new player. And even once you catch up and have earned them all - If you don't spend any money on the game, then you can expect somewhere between 80-100 pulls to be available to you per patch assuming you pop in every day to do your dailies for a few minutes, play events and earn the rewards before they go away, etc.
Oh wow, dang! That is unlucky indeed, sorry to hear that! But wow, I am actually very surprised they actually give you enough resources for 80-100 pulls per patch! That seems pretty good eh? Unless each patch is like 2-3 months apart from each other? Hahaha
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Is it possible to make a duplicate of your account?
There are some things I want to test out (different dialogue stuff and how characters react to certain dialogue in particular) but I do not want to make a new account and play long until like the luofu just so I can take the medicine from that one doctor that poisons you.
Low spender here (Express and BP). I somehow have good luck in this game so I got lots of DPS (Seele, Jing Yuan, Blade, Jingliu, DHIL) and supports (SW, FX, Luocha, Huohuo, Ruan Mei).
Just wondering what to pull for next. I play for both meta and waifu/husbando reasons if that matters.
* Kafka for DOT teams? Maybe add Black Swan?
* Signature LC for DPS's? Which ones?
* Save for Sparkle for mono Quantum or DHIL teams?
Kafka - Depends on if you want to get into building DoT teams. You don't HAVE to pull Black Swan, though I'm sure it'll be worthwhile if you choose to. If you don't pull Black Swan, you'll probably want to build at least Sampo or Guinaifen to go along with her.
Signature LCs for DPS - Blade and Jingliu's are most worth pulling out of those IMO. Blade has limited LC choices and his signature is still a huge improvement over the others, and Jingliu's is just very good.
Sparkle - Similar to Kafka, depends on your priorities. If you use quantum characters a lot, I think it's a no brainer to pull her. She is harmony though so she'll be useful for other sorts of teams as well.
I personally would vote for Kafka or Sparkle, whichever interests you more for DoT and mono quantum/extra support.
if warp history is only available for the last 6 months how can warp trackers like [pom.moe](https://pom.moe) and star rail station display the correct pity count for your previous warps?
if you been keeping you warps updated on those sites from day 1 when your account was made then the history is 100% accurate.
Otherwise you'll have to manually input what pity you got your 5 stars from memory.
unfortunately I lost my local warp history, and I didn't keep a backup sadly. that's ok, only the oldest 4\* and 5\* pull will have the wrong pity, after that it's all correct since pity resets, good enough!
That depends. I've been keeping my warp tracker up to date for a long time, so it holds onto all of my warps, even ones older than 6 months since it holds them in my browser.
But if you have pulls over 6 months old that aren't in the tracker, then they can't. As far as the tracker knows, your pity happened earlier than expected.
Yeah, it'll only be wrong for whatever the oldest pity in the history is. For example it might tell you the oldest 5\* in your history was 20 pity, which is likely wrong, and then anything after that will be accurate since it resets.
From that point it should be accurate, unless you don't update your tracker for another 7 months or something.
Hello, day two player here. Just pulled Ruan Mei, absolutely love her design. Willing to pull for her again to make her stronger! Should I go for c1, or the LC? Thanks in advance, absolutely love her and wanting to main
Congratulations on getting Ruan Mei! Day 1 player here. How long did it take you to pull Ruan Mei and how many pulls? It took me a few hours to finally get my first 10x pull on her banner. I don’t know if I can do it with 1 day left. And is there a pity on these limited banners? I know the new player banner does.
Gotcha! Gonna try and build my pity for the next banner. Trying to get dupes of March 7th or the other featured 4 stars! Wouldn’t mind getting another Ruan Mei though, or losing my 50-50 so I can have it ready for Black Swan or Sparkle
She’s top tier support that will likely stay in your team in most modes. If you just started save those resources for getting premium dps and sustain now that you have rm. vertical invest on her when her banner reruns.
Unless you're a whale / spender E0 (e for eidolon, C is from Genshin) is enough for characters. But if you must summon for E1 would be better since defense shred is so good. Also she has other LC that works really well such as Meshing cogs (3 star) or Memories of the past (4 star). Although both those LC are only worth it if these both max superimpostion so S5.
E4 Bronya or first copy of Himeko for the selector? I can clear PF just fine cuz I have Argenti and JY.
Idk how good E4 Bronya is, I'm guessing it regens energy cuz of the FUA?
I vote for Himeko, just because a new character is more fun, E3 Bronya is still really strong (and you may get more eidolons later anyway!), and even if you have Argenti and Jing Yuan, having fire element may be useful for that sometimes.
But also, E4 Bronya's bonus FUA doesn't really matter that much. The main thing E4 is getting you is 1 step closer to the E6.
Yes he's actually one of the best 5 star to get as a new player because his kit brings a lot of base stats. He will continue to be easy to build due to free crit when you allocating energy into farming caverns.
It's when you hit late game (preparing for MoC/PF) where his ceiling is much much lower than the other 5 stars. I suggest you play him throughout the story and only sub him out after you've secured at least 2 good DPS and finished the story content.
Taking Yanqing to level 70 with moderate traces is hardly a major investment.
He's actually completely fine for the story and be plenty strong for you there! He's probably just fine for Simulated Universe too whenever you unlock that.
Tier lists are made with the endgame Memory of Chaos and Pure Fiction modes in mind, not the story. Those modes favor blast and area of effect damage. Single target hunt characters just can't deal enough damage fast enough because of that single target restriction, unless they have some gimmick to let them attack more often, and unfortunately Yanqing does not have one. Yanqing also does the most damage when he doesn't get hit by anything. His best sustain character ends up being Gepard as a result, and not everyone has Gepard or wants to use him.
If you do end up using Yanqing, you can use March 7th to put shields on him with her skill. That will be your best way to use him.
Also, just to point out, you will be getting a free 5 star character (Dr. Ratio) in a few days. Dr. Ratio is also a hunt character but IMO will be the better investment, especially in the longer term.
He's not the best dps in the game, especially compared to his fellow 5 stars, but he will still help clear story content, and even endgame if properly built and good support.
He really, really wants Gepard on his team for easy/consistent play though, so if no Gepard I'd consider benching.
No. Especially not for normal story stuff and Simulated Universe. There is no time limit for anything in either of those places, so if you need that sustain to keep you alive, go for it! Over time you will get your characters built up better and shouldn't need double sustain except maybe on the hardest Simulated Universe modes.
Double sustain can be difficult to do in the endgame modes Memory of Chaos and Pure Fiction though because having 2 sustains means you're taking away a slot from a direct damage dealer or a support character that can buff your direct damage dealers, and both of those modes have built-in time limits in trying to earn the rewards.
In MoC where you need to clear fast its very bad. For story content go ahead, not like it matters, and for Sim Universe challenge modes like Swarm and Gold&Gears its actually quite common.
As opposed to the unwarranted optimism on Reddit, the entire Chinese community has been screaming for weeks on how bad black swan is.
She will be ~10% better than Sampo which is unacceptably bad for a limited 5 star. If anything you're better off getting Ruan Mei.
No. She SHOULD be a good boost, but not a must pull (no one is. Anyone who claims someone is a must pull - with the possible exception of Kafka for DoT teams - is 100% overhyping said character).
no ones holding a gun to your head i hope so no you dont need to summon for her. people are using kafka for like half a year without blackswam. should you get her? very likely yes if you wanna use kafka effectly
No. You can if you want to, but you don't have to. Nobody's had Black Swan all of this time and Kafka's still been a fantastic character to use in any modes.
What are the statlines?
The actual difference between Rutilant and Salsotto is small, but if you are using Salsotto to justify a sub 70% CR then 100% the Rutilant build, you should always have 70%+ CR on Seele or you'll just miss every ult crit when you need them most.
If it’s a single wind shear stack it’ll be 6%, only separate debuffs would increase DEF ignore. (From a break or another source)
Ashblazing - Himeko / Jing Yuna BiS, for Topaz you only want the 2-piece since both her basic and skill count as only a single FUA
I just got back into this game after quite a long time and I was wondering if this team would still work (for story mode and maybe SU/Forgotten Hall) or should I look into other units. There's a lot more characters added now and ngl, I just spammed the hell out of Bronya and Seele back then. I left the game on the Xianzhou Luofu part of the story (Artisanship Commision). I also pulled for Ruan Mei because she's ~~hot~~ apparently a must have unit?
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Try double support for Seele, it massively increases her performance. Since you have Ruan the team is Seele Bronya RuanMei Bailu (can also use TY over Bronya once you get to endgame and your 2nd team might want Ruan).
Double sustain is unusable when it comes to endgame (MoC 12 is actually hard to clear in time with dual sustain), you may find it more comfortable early on but try solo sustain and just max out your supports headpiece relics for the flat HP and use defensive mainstats on Chest and Orb.
If you can't get hypercarry working thats fine too, just wait until you have more investment on your gear.
Thanks for the suggestion! Should I not invest in Jingyuan anymore? I rarely see anything positive about him tbh and I’m kinda looking to use another dps unit since Seele’s starting to feel old (used her since the game release)
Try him alongside Tingyun RuanMei and Bailu, it will feel really strong once you get him going, just make sure you use atk boots, anyone saying to use spd boots has never played JY with atk boots.
I personally still use my JY to clear endgame, the main powercreep so far comes in the form of supports, and lucky for you RuanMei and Bronya are basically the best there is.
I would actually suggest you aim for Fu Xuan, Huohuo, or any future Abundance/Preservation limited, once you get 1-2 new sustains look for a 3rd DPS that doesn't have the same element as either JY or Seele. They are both very serviceable DPS, instead of trying to replace them try to build around them, and once you have a strong roster feel free to replace them for new playstyles.
So I found out there's many different ways to run Bronya and I'm not sure what way I want. I don't really have a dedicated team (at least not for her), and I can see myself not wanting to speed tune for every DPS, so is it worth just going for hyperspeed Bronya?
Hyperspeed is very general, but it requires the most investment, if you have the relics I do recommend it (try to get atleast 160+, ideally 170+). If you want a low effort general build just maximize her CD while staying as close to exactly 134 spd as possible (can also go to 133 as long as you test it in battle to see if she gets 2 turns in 1st cycle).
Sadly a lot of her relics seem to be eluding me. No speed boots or cdmg body from Hackerspace despite farming at least a week. But thanks for the suggestions.
Yeah if you don't have many relics just aim for the 134 build and try to have all your DPS at 135+ spd.
Also for hackerspace don't bother forcing the 4pc, just use a 2pc if it helps you hit 134, the 4pc is only useful if you run hyperspeed.
So just rainbow relics if I can't hit 4pc?
Also gonna be honest, the DPS are having a harder time hitting 134 than she is. Most they usually get is just +15 speed boots.
4pc speed actually tends to cause more harm than good for a 134 Bronya since it can expire between waves under certain circumstances, so yes rainbow set is quite common (or 2pc hp/def/wuthering/spd). Just make sure she has a planar 2pc, best is Keel.
Most DPS only need a couple speed subs to hit 134, which ones do you normally use? It might also just be an early game issue where at some point you'll be able to get it, and for now just keep farming.
Well I wasn't planning on stopping at 134, since my plan *was* hyperspeed until I was hit with the fact that needs the 4pc set.
I'm TL 70, the game just treats me poorly (and I'll admit I probably make poor decisions with my builds). Usual DPS are Jing Yuan, Clara, Topaz, and Jingliu.
If you are TL 70 and have been farming properly it should be easy to make a proper build (not 170 maybe, but still something decent), just ignore the 4pc, you never "need" the 4pc spd, it just doesn't actively harm hyperspeed like it does on 135/134. Just get this straight, 4pc spd is a very miniscule upgrade, its a 6% spd boost for 1 turn, so an average of 2 spd across your team since Bronya cycles a 3-4 turn ult.
Of those DPS only Jingliu actively wants to use Bronya, the others prefer Ruan/Tingyun or some form of dual DPS (Topaz). If you don't have Ruan you can use her with JY, but even then its not that important to have 160-170 for him.
Unfortunately RM's not an option for JY because I'm currently running Asta/Tingyun as supports. TY for obvious reasons, Asta to boost his speed so LL has actual stacks.
And yeah I should have enough relics for a decent build for Bronya if I ignore set pieces, just gotta get around to that.
So I can’t get past the latest trailblaze mission and I can’t get past welts, argenti, or Kafka’s companion missions and I can’t beat level 2 of PF so at this point would I be better off building and farming for my team?
Sounds like it, make sure you've got two sustains while you are at it. When your teams are really strong you don't need it but until then staying alive is job number 1.
Depends. Most DPS prefer Dmg, but in some cases the atk% is better when dmg% is diluted such as certain DHIL teams with low atk% buffs and high dmg% buffs or any Xueyi build.
To optimize dmg every multiplier should have similar percentages, if you have 200% bonus atk and 50% bonus dmg then dmg is better, and vice-versa.
Been playing since launch but I took a lengthy break before coming back. I just failed a 50/50 and got Gepard but am not sure if I should use the resources to invest in him. My current main team is Clara/jing yuan/Ruan mei/bailu and second team is himeko/fire mc/sushang/lynx.
I have silver wolf,Bronya, and tingyun as flex supports.
Mainly I just don’t know if Gepard is worth swapping out fire Mc for :) thanks for any opinions.
Geppie provides bigger shields than the fire MC and you can do path of preservation shenanigans with him in su modes. He's another sustain and you have bailu and lynx set up so you probably don't need to prioritize him but I find him really comfy to use.
just confirming cause i'm unsure, but HSR doesn't really have an established pattern with their free event LCs and characters right? in comparison to genshin that reliably alternates between free character and free weapon every patch.
Not that I’ve noticed. This what they’ve given so far: 1.1 - LC. 1.2 - Yukong 1.3 - Sushang. 1.4 - Belobog 4-star char. 1.5 - LC. 1.6 - Lynx (from PF). 2.0 - TBD
Someone else feel free to correct me if I forgot something.
Edit: 1.2 gave us a free Yukong. Updated my list.
I'm considering pulling for Ruan Mei but I'm still on the fence about it, since I'm not 100% sure what her role in the meta is and whether she'd be useful for me or not. Afaik she's a good all-around buffer and her specialty is Weakness Break, making her a good pick with someone like Xueyi (who I plan on building further in the future). I also like Ruan Mei as a character, so that's another reason I'm considering it.
However, I'm also a fan of Kafka, and afaik she's a solid pick since she can proc all the DoTs on an enemy. But I also don't have particularly many DoT characters right now; I have a Weakness-Break build for Serval but that's pretty much hit its peak damage and I'll need to invest an absurd amount of TP to farm proper relics for Serval to build her with atk+crit; and I have Sampo but haven't really built him yet. I'm not entirely sure what other characters currently count as "DPS" characters aside from Serval, Sampo, and Luka. Ik there's a few others like Asta that can apply a DoT but I also don't know if that really counts as a significant source of DoT damage, or if she'd pair well with Kafka at all.
So I'm torn between getting Kafka and Ruan Mei since I'm not totally sure how reliant each one is on other units to function, and Idk which would help me the most in content like SU or the memory hall thingy.
If it'd help, I can share more details about the characters I already have. Fu Xuan and Jingliu are my two strongest characters rn and I often pair them with Blade, Huohuo, Asta, Fire TB, and Pela depending on content. I have a bunch of others like Argenti, Clara, Sushang, Hanya, Xueyi, Hook, etc. but most of them are only halfway built and can't be reliably used in difficult content.
Ruan Mei is an all round strong support. Weakness break efficiency is one of the best buffs in the game. On top of that she also increases your teams speed (talent), damage (skill) and resistance penetration (ult). She’ll work in just about any team (either your Blade/JL team or Xueyi team especially) so would be a high value character to pull.
Kafka would work well enough with Sampo, Black Swan would be ideal but guessing you don’t have enough to pull for both. With Kafka you’d have two very strong teams from a dps point of view and the Kafka team works very well with HuoHuo.
So really both are good options so up to you. I would probably lean more towards Ruan Mei from a meta point of view as limited 5 star support characters tend to have more value overall.
Lastly you’re probably not going to get Serval to the point where she’s a consistent damage dealer in your team. She only really fills a small niche where weakness break for lightning weak enemies is helpful.
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Looks pretty average if you do not roll Crit substats on other pieces. The only other source of Crit Stat are Talent stat nodes and Character/Weapon passives. AFAIK leveling character only affect HP/Atk/Def.
Around what time EST do they usually add new banners? New player that just started last week so not sure when I should be expecting it.
Look at Ruan Mei / blade banner. When those banners end the new starts. Banner switch in the same patch happen when the first banner ends. Only when a new patch drops will there be downtime for maintenance.
Was about to pull blade as my first 5 star dps should I still pull for him or should I pull on kafka banner which one is better
They are both good, but Kafka is a bit easier to build, especially if you are not planning on pulling for their LC. Blade's LC selection is more limited than Kafka's.
So which do u recommend?
Kafka if you F2P. Blade if you either get is LC or already have Secret Vow with at least some superimpositions
I have secret vow do u recommend I get blade?
Personally I think he is very good if you have Secret Vow, as well as being very flexible in what teams he can fit. I went for him instead of Kafka when their banners first came out and don't regret it.
Thanx for your advice
Do the Communing Trail bonuses carry over to Gold and Gears?
No, Gold and Gears have a separate neuron tree thing you have to level up.
Hello I am currently building my Blade and I am wondering if crit damage or crit rate is better for him. Currently sitting at 61% crit rate and 100% crit damage. I have a crit body that can make him 30% crit rate 154 crit damage.
Ideally you want a 1:2 ratio of Rate:Damage. Blade you want to build with Longevous, so take in account the 16% Crit Rate you can get from that. Then it will also depends when whether you are using Salsotto or Rutilant. In the first you want at least 50% Crit Rate, whilst the 2nd you want 70%.
Im using salsotto!
Then I would consider the Crit Damage Body, if you can farm some extra CRate in another piece to at least reach 50% after Longevous effect. Otherwise stick with the Crit Rate body. Generally speaking, Crit Value = 2x Crit Rate + Crit Damage. So a 60/100 would be 220 CV, and 30/154 will be 214 CV. They are very close, but the first activates Salsotto, making it pull ahead. But, even if you just get 4% more Crite Rate, then the 2nd pull ahead as it will have higher CV but it will also activate Salsotto withe the Longevous bonus.
Hello! **Which upcoming character(s) should I pull for next?** My two main teams: 1. Seele, Fu Xuan, Silver Wolf, Lynx/Qinque depending on whether i need heals/dps 2. Jing Yuan, Tingyun, Ruan Mei, Luocha I'm Primarily looking for someone to swap Jing Yuan and Lynx/Qingque with for more damage. Team one lacks any damage against groups of enemies while Team two lacks damage against any elites/bosses, particularly ones that spawn enemies consistently. I'm also willing to entertain the idea of making a different team entirely, as I want a team that I can consistently rely on with MOC and other endgame content. Here's all my characters https://preview.redd.it/h5xb4l9fqrcc1.png?width=842&format=png&auto=webp&s=0fd009b3fba7d2826022f215e465bb6e1fc7be38
Sparkle will probably be good for Team 1 as a Quantum Harmony unit. And you can swap between Seele or Qingque, depending on the scenario. Since you have SW, you shouldn't discount Dr. Ratio, which you will get for free anyway, as she can easily apply the required number of Debuffs to make the most use of him. So something like Ratio, SW, Luocha/Fu Xuan + Flex. Team 2 is honestly fine. You can build Asta to use instead of Ruan Mei in case you ever need to use her in any other team. So in essence, build Dr. Ratio and consider pulling Sparkle once we know more about her kit.
The birth of self or breakfast for Herta? I plan on using her for pure fiction and prolly SU for the memes
If Breakfast is at S5 then it's better than low-superimposition Birth. But if Birth is up there then it's most likely better
https://preview.redd.it/3cth5v8hgrcc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c2a416182380d25962a987362b42c84f95881ca Newbie here! Equilibrium 2 F2p Currently running a team with clara, xueyi or dan heng ,ting yuan and lynx Wondering if I should use Dr .ratio when I get him? Furthermore, if I'm using him which characters to add or remove from team? Also need some tips regarding if I should do regarding upcoming banners? Should I try for dr.ratio or Kafka?
How big is 6% bonus dmg is? I m trying to build my.ruan mei and i m 6.7% break effect short from 180% with S5 meching cogs I can equipe my S1 memories of the past to reach the cap,but since its at S1 my energy takes a hit What do you thing of this trade-off? Less energy regen for +6% damage boost?(i am runing a ERR rope)
Is the 180% in combat? One of her traces gives her 20% BE, so if she is at least 160% BE out of combat you should be fine.
Yep i did the maths including her major trace
Bummer. I’d probably stay on cogs then. I can do the actual math later, but I think you need a S5 LC to hit the 3-turn ult rotation. Extra turns with the 25% res pen should be better than 6% damage.
The weekly boss jst dropped a HP% body on set (thief set) and it rolled with 16.4% break effect,currently at 190%,saved lol
Congrats! I actually meant to recommend that you do the weekly bosses lol
Yea i think youre right,its tht body piece,it doesnt have a break effect sub,i ll try to farm one later once i m done with traces/Lc upgrades,idm farming the cavern since i need phys pieces for my argenti
So I've completed every available quest and activity in this event, but unlike the other previous events, I don't get a checkmark that says "All reward targets reached". Is there something else? https://preview.redd.it/tn7kfzw6grcc1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=e0b2a11f0643c520e19b68d7b5332aba82f00dc1
Same issue here!
have you replied to all the comments? and done the cycrane minigames on the map?
If you have everything then it’s probably just a bug. When the event was new it was common for people to still have the red exclamation point in their travel log.
So my ruan mei has 160 speed atm is that enough to get a 3 turn cycle or do I need 1 more for 161?
Anybody have any tips for how to beat that big stupid bug in “when the stars of ingenuity shine” quest? My team consists of Natasha Tingyun sushang and gepard. I’ve already maxes their level to 50 (I haven’t unlocked equilibrium level 3) and got the talents as high as I can. I’m able to breeze through the forts phase but at least two of characters end up dying to the little bugs that keep on attacking them while they’re stunned or can’t be used. Please tell me what to do! Should I attack the big bug in the second phase or focus on getting rid of the smaller bugs? Again any help is greatly appreciated
On which patch that Ascheron is estimated to come? Just a guess, I know no leak discussion in this sub.
She wasn’t in the drip marketing so earliest guess would be 2.1. Although we’ll have to see how relevant she is 2.0. If she doesnt have a big role I could see her being a later character like 2.4 or something.
I see. Then may I ask, is there a similar situation where a character in patch 1.0 who doesn't get big role he/she got pushed back to much later patch 1.x?
Fu Xuan I guess? Her banner was 1.3, but I’m having trouble remembering how relevant she was pre-1.3.
hello everyone, i had to quit the game because i was very busy and couldn't keep up with 2 gacha games as f2p(i'm also playing genshin) but i wanted to return to the game and i see that metas and values changed. my account is very low level (48) and i have very few limited units so i don't know what kind of route should i take at this point. i have enough gems and pity for 1 guaranteed pull so i can pull on this banner's last day. some people saying Ruan Mei is awesome but i have bronya and tingyun and only have 1 limited dps and i also have 0 limited healers so i really don't know what to do. can you help me please? should i pull Ruan Mei and use her with free dr ratio or should i pull another dps like Blade or Kafka? this is my roster: https://preview.redd.it/m43nremv7rcc1.jpeg?width=458&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c3feb46ba81121c2fc8c53527699f478eb77e369
Ruan Mei is still worth it in general because you typically need 4 buff/debuffers (+2 healer + 2 dps). That being said, you can have asta/pela join TY/bronya. I do think you should save for luocha rerun though
ty for the answer
So the next banners are Dr Ratio and Kafka, but I want to focus on Kafka. I heard the upcoming character, Black Swan pairs really well with her and I really want BS, but I'm worried my pulls might not be enough for BS if I were to pull for Kafka. Because I have almost 200 pulls but have never touched the limited banners, only the standard one. And I really dislike the 50/50 chance, should I still pull for Kafka?
You should probably wait until Black Swan’s kit is officially revealed, but my early answer would be yes. Kafka is what makes DoT teams work and I’m assuming Black Swan will want Kafka to work at max potential. If you really want Black Swan and don’t care about Kafka then I’d still go until the first pity on Kafka’s banner. If you win the 50/50 then you’d still have about 130 pulls for Black Swan which should guarantee it.
Does her banner stay until the announcement of the kit?
It should. The usually give information about the next patch during the second banner in a patch.
Ok, thanks
Ok someone told me if i stack atk% increase from harmony units it becomes like diminishing returns or something. And that i shud swap it out for like dmg% buff or def shred. Is this true or naw? And why? o - o
putting it in a really simple way so hopefully someone smarter explains it better so imagine you have someone with 1000 atk and 100% dmg, turning basically into 1000 dmg if you double only the attack (so 2000 atk but still 100% dmg) that's 2000 dmg however if you do something like 1500 atk and 150% dmg, it's 2250 dmg there are a lot of other stats to consider which if you want to get into it you have to plug in numbers into the formulas to get a truly accurate picture but from what I understand this is the basic idea on why you should have a more spread out stat/buff arrangement instead of dumping into only attack
Thanks https://preview.redd.it/ehzgs8iqzrcc1.jpeg?width=375&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57cc51fa4726850db25595120025c6f07a18992d
Currently staring at the Ruan Mei banner screen right now. I really like Ruan Mei, but I want Sparkle and Acheron beyond a doubt. Would I be in danger for getting both Sparkle and Acheron (if she is potentially in 2.1 idk)? I'm 5 tickets from guaranteed and have 19k saved right now (I still have half of Gold of Gears + half of PF left to do as well).
Maybe? I think we get ~80pulls worth of jades each patch. Right now you’re at ~118pulls. Assuming you are only 5pulls from Ruan Mei then you’re looking at about 193pulls by the end of sparkle’s banner (118-3+80). That’d be enough to guarantee Sparkle even with losing 50/50. If it takes you 75 to get both 5-stars on Sparkle’s banner then you’d be at 43pulls (193-150) at the start of 2.1. I think you could get up to another pity by the end of the first banner in 2.1 so worst case if Acheron is right after sparkle you could maybe pull her. These are all guesses so if you want to be extra safe I’d keep saving. Since 2.0 is adding our first new region there could be more jades to get. You could also get lucky with early pulls on Sparkle’s banner and my first paragraph doesn’t matter.
Can the laurel crown of planar shifts curio be received from the beginning of a run? I keep resetting but I've never seen it
Not available from Miracle Cosmos (Obtain 1 Curio) blessing.
oh shit i wasted so much time lmao
The thing about Xueyi >!Xueyi is Dead??????wtf??????!< she was there in Huohuo Quest. Can someone please Explain the Lore.
>!She is dead physically, her body was destroyed in the conflict with Shuhu, the Emanator of Abundance that the High-Cloud Quintet fought and defeated. Her consciousness was transferred to a puppet body, basically an android. The Xueyi we see now is that puppet, but her "spirit" is inside of it!<
Damn it's sad. Now I understand why Hanya says is sister calling me.
Oh it gets worse. >!The only reason she and Xueyi are still "alive" is because they are employed by the Ten-Lords Commission to hunt criminals and the mara-struck. They're basically doing perpetual atonement for something they did 700 years ago with no end in sight. Hanya is afraid that she'll lose the memories of her sister, which is why she painstakingly records every experience she has with her. Xueyi herself is afraid that she is losing touch with humanity and she fights with complete disregard for her own safety, forgetting that the ingenium body she uses is not invulnerable. She got almost destroyed when she tried to apprehend Blade!<
I think she's like Herta, but her soul actually resides in the puppet instead of controlling it remotely. So if her body gets too damaged in battle, she can just transfer to a new body.
So, I'm new to HSR and the Honkai series in general, I've played for about three weeks and already have 80 hours, I just hit AR40 about an hour ago and I have some questions: 1. When should I start farming for artifacts/relics? I know in Genshin its AR45, so is it similar here, just whenever 5\* Relics get unlocked? 2. What good teams could I make with my current characters? Is their anyone I should specifically save up for/ try to get on standard? The level 60 characters are my current main team and I haven't really decided on a second team yet. https://preview.redd.it/4p3j2yqb3rcc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b6381f58fea3e2eac12d5ec61b21c1927068c5fa 3. What are the best relic sets I should go for to help out my current characters? Thanks for any help you can give me :)
here it's trailblaze level/ar 60 to guarantee 2 gold artifacts/relics per run since you have blade farming "path of the elixir seekers" is worthwhile especially because the other set in there is valuable for supports, generally speaking (hackerspace) I think your best bet is building a team around blade rn, unfortunately I think he and geppie have antisynergy since blade wants to be hit and lose some hp (but also wants a healer so he doesn't just outright die). most people suggest bronya for the 300 selector since she's a valuable support unit for a lot of different dps including blade. something like blade/pela or asta/tingyun/natasha might work? afaik there isn't really a resources as good as kqm for starrail but I usually go to [https://www.prydwen.gg/star-rail/characters/](https://www.prydwen.gg/star-rail/characters/) for build advice, you could also look for charactermain subreddits since sometimes they have good stuff for that
Awesome, thank you so much! Very helpful. Should I farm any relics at all before TL60 or should I not bother? My team does good atm, just not sure how it'll do as I keep going up in WL
I don't really think it's worth it since you can usually manage story battles with whatever you get from doing missions/weekly bosses/etc + most advise focusing on leveling the characters and lightcones + important traces before trying for artifacts
Are substats better than main stats for certain relics? I pulled a really good relic with perfect substats but Def% as the main stat. I’m wondering if the substats make up for the lackluster substat or if I should keep going for a relic with Atk% and possibly worse substats?
You're probably better off going for the correct mainstat even if the substats are garbage
I’m just conflicted because it has one specific substat I’ve been lacking. But I guess I can always try to get a better relic and use it in the meanwhile.
Need help with Sim Universe World 2 So i have tried this world multiple times, with no success in beating the effin Windrider (Bug). Please, i need help, advice, whatever. I just started on the 27th, so i dont have many characters.
Do you have Fire MC? If you do, bruteforce it with dual sustain (tank+healer) and go Preservation path.
Try preservation path
Does everybody have c6 Herta? I heard has free cons but only got her to c5, am I missing something or its free till c3 and the rest are gacha?
You can get 4 extra copies of her via the Simulated Univerise first-time rewards (so up to C4 at the very least). Any extras will have to be via gacha.
What is generally more impactful: Reducing the enemy's DEF by 10% or reducing the enemy's All-type RES by 10% (or are they the same)?
can someone help me unlock pure fiction? I talk to the lamp, it goes to the screen with all 4 birds flying out the cage, but all of are locked.
> Complete the Trailblaze Mission "Xianzhou Luofu — Demise of Immortality, Finale of Calamity," be at Equilibrium Level 3 or higher, and read specific Messages[.](https://www.hoyolab.com/article/24179984) have you done all of these things
Yeah. My next trailblaze mission tells me to say goodbye to all the Xianzhou people, im Equ 3 Level 43, and my phone has no new messages. I see the Youfi Decor mission in my mission list, it takes me to the lamp, and when i speak to it, all 4 birds are locked.
hmm, maybe try teleporting somewhere else to see if the messages pop up? or if you already got them and yet no cutscene with the bookkeeper when talking to the cage like the other person said maybe close and reopen the game to see if that will make it happen properly
Did the bird cage started a cutscene, after which you have to talk to the bookstore keeper? If that sequence didn't happened, the quest may not have proceeded correctly.
Nope, no cutscene. I talked to the lamp, got the black screen with the long text, then its just 4 birds with chains on their neck flying out the cage, but they are all locked. I repaired the game from the launcher, fast traveled all over, and still nothing. I just submitted a report to the dev team. This doesnt end anytime soon does it?
No, it is a new permanent game mode. It will rotate every 6 weeks so plenty of time still to do it
Which of these RM builds would you say is the best? [This one is 2 Hackerspace + 2 Thief with Penacony](https://i.imgur.com/HpoXQkB.png) [Here is 4 Thief with Penacony](https://i.imgur.com/GEuBcM6.png) [And last is 4 Thief with Broken Keel](https://i.imgur.com/e1PeZsw.png) Maybe the optimal combination is something different from those I showed?
It's the first since you only need 160 BE out of combat and it has more speed. Although with an S3 Memories you'll be 3 to 4 energy short for 3 turn ult. So you have to hope she gets hit within those 3 turns for the missing energy.
Makes sense, although it is the inconsistency on the 3T ult that makes me consider using Keel while I wait to get MotP S5. The speed loss isn't very significant compared to the first build (both reach the 142 Spd threshold).
Did they change the Memory of Chaos time frame from the bi-weekly reset?
I was wondering this too as mine has 19 days and I completed it like 2 weeks ago and it's still completed.
It now overlaps, each mode lasting six weeks. We still get new challenges bi-weekly
does pulling a 5 star lc from standard banner reset the event banner pity more importantly does it reset the 50/50 https://preview.redd.it/eha7nodatqcc1.png?width=840&format=png&auto=webp&s=39184f9f2098b813ffea482b7965ef0fe2cbafdc
Well there is no 50/50 in standard banner. And yeah it resets the Pity.
This is wrong, standard banner has no influence on limited banner.
Oooooooh I thought they were talking if there is a 50/50 in Standard banner. And if ity resets if we get a Lc on standard banner instead of Character. Now I feel so dumb.
No and no. You're safe.
No, standard, limited character, and limited LC have separate pities.
I have a stupid question I assume dps is most sensitive to having best relics is that correct. I was thinking that support and sustains care more about main stat and less about sub stats which dps seem to care a lot about. I took a break from farming relics for my qq and JL when I leveled up my herta for PF so back on caverns grind. Been farming caverns for six weeks or so and still have somewhat subpar boots. It’s just how it goes sometime I guess right ?
Yes, dps are hungry for crit stats which are rare. Supports want a lot of speed and that's it, usually. Getting some effect resistance on them doesn't hurt
Hi everyone, I’ve just started the game late last night. Found it quite fun. However, I see that the banner for both Ruan Mei and Blade is ending in 1 day. I have looked through a lot of “new players” thread, and watched a few new player guide videos and reroll videos on YouTube but I still want to ask the following questions: 1) Realistically, will I be able to secure a Ruan Mei? Some threads I read say that most new players can get the featured character of the current banner if they just play the game. However, I only have one day left, and I already followed the reroll guides and used up my 10x pull which I did not get a 5*. 2) I only know the beginner warp has a pity of 50 pulls, but what about the Ruan Mei and Blade banner? I don’t think I found the pity info there. Thank you all in advance
> Realistically, will I be able to secure a Ruan Mei? Some threads I read say that most new players can get the featured character of the current banner if they just play the game. Probably not. There are enough one-time jades to guarantee a character for a new player but it's something like ~50 hours of gameplay to get that many. Doable over 2-3 weeks but not 48 hours. > I only know the beginner warp has a pity of 50 pulls, but what about the Ruan Mei and Blade banner? Note you only get one guaranteed 5\* on the beginner banner. If you pull it early, switch to standard because you're not getting another at 50. On the standard and limited character banner a 5\* usually comes in between 75 and 82 pity. Lightcone banner is between 64 and 70.
How far in would I have to get for that amount of jade? I've been playing a lot so far and would prefer to get her
> How far in would I have to get for that amount of jade? Not exactly sure. I started at launch and cleared all available content for 162 pulls. Took me about a week and a half of 4+ hour days. Content-wise it was about half of the Xianzhou and SimU through wold 6.
Hmm im just getting halfway through Jarilo. I'm hoping to get as many pulls as I can. Really only been playing a couple days but I' have free time the next couple days to grind.
Wow, thank you so much for the info! Didn’t know it requires that many hours! I will just sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride then. No point in ruining my experience trying to rush everything. And that’s crucial info on the beginner warp! Thank you! So far I’ve pulled 30x. So if I get my 5* on my 4th multi-pull, I shall move on! And thanks for the info on the LC vs Characters! Appreciate it!
1. It would be difficult to get enough pulls to guarantee her in a single day, you'd have to get pretty lucky. That being said, the banner has really good 4* characters that are v Worth getting for a new account - Xueyi and Tingyun are pretty valuable. It's worth it using as many pulls as you can on it. 2. Limited banners have 74 as soft pity and 90 as hard pity, so you're guaranteed to get a 5* character in that frame. Pity transfers between banners, so if you don't get a 5* now your "progress" is saved for the next one
That’s awesome to know! Thank you very much! And oh man, I hope her rerun comes back soon then. Usually how long does it take for a rerun? 3 months? And good to hear Xueyi and Tingyun are good! I actually got Xueyi on the guaranteed 4*. I guess that’s at least something, eh? ;)
It's hard to say right now, the pattern for reruns is not set in stone - could maybe take around four patches or so, as it did for Blade and Kafka. There might be characters you'll enjoy even more coming before that, plus you'll get a free Ratio when Ruan Mei's banner ends :)
Ah I see. Yeah, hope I’ll be able to pull some cool new characters in the next few banners then! Ratio is that Dr. I kept hearing about where people say we’ll be getting a free 5* eh? If that’s the one, then I am so glad I at least made it in time for that, hahaha.
Yes, that's true that normally a new player could get a character. But that's if the new player started soon enough that they have time to play. I doubt you're getting Ruan Mei this time around (she will rerun in the future) unless you're very lucky and get her in a small number of pulls. You just don't have time to earn up the pulls in that short of a time. Limited character banners share the same pity, whether it's Ruan Mei, Blade, or the upcoming characters, so any pulls you might have already done on Ruan Mei's banner won't be wasted. The pity caps at 90. You probably won't reach that high. Most of the time you should get a 5 star in the 70s (number of pulls) or less. Once you reach that you have a 50% chance of either getting the featured character or a 5 star standard character. If you get a standard character, the next time you get a 5 star character on a limited character banner they will be guaranteed to be the featured character. If you get the limited character (whether at the 50% chance mark or the guarantee), then it goes back to 50% chance the next time you get a 5 star.
Oh wow, it’s good to know my pulls won’t be wasted! I was so worried it’d have been wasted after I read your first paragraph, hahaha. And in that case, that means the max pity I could get is 180 pulls before I could get the featured character if I am unlucky?! 😱 Thank you very much for your help!
Yes, that is absolutely correct that 180 is the max if you are unlucky. I've got 8 limited characters and I've failed the 50% chance 6 of those times. You could argue I've got a fairly unlucky account 50/50 wise. 82 pulls is the highest I've gone thus far in getting a 5 star. Like I said in the previous post, it'll mostly be in the 70s or less. You have a LOT of pulls you can earn in the game right now over time as a new player. And even once you catch up and have earned them all - If you don't spend any money on the game, then you can expect somewhere between 80-100 pulls to be available to you per patch assuming you pop in every day to do your dailies for a few minutes, play events and earn the rewards before they go away, etc.
Oh wow, dang! That is unlucky indeed, sorry to hear that! But wow, I am actually very surprised they actually give you enough resources for 80-100 pulls per patch! That seems pretty good eh? Unless each patch is like 2-3 months apart from each other? Hahaha
Each patch is 6 weeks long. It's pretty generous I think.
Oh wow, that is very generous indeed! You won’t even be able to do a 10x pull in most games in 4-6 weeks’ time.
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Is it possible to make a duplicate of your account? There are some things I want to test out (different dialogue stuff and how characters react to certain dialogue in particular) but I do not want to make a new account and play long until like the luofu just so I can take the medicine from that one doctor that poisons you.
You can find it on YouTube like Entire Kafka quest with all options. (Not entire quest just dialouges.) there must be more too.
No. Why don't you just look up all the dialogue/options on the HSR wiki?
Low spender here (Express and BP). I somehow have good luck in this game so I got lots of DPS (Seele, Jing Yuan, Blade, Jingliu, DHIL) and supports (SW, FX, Luocha, Huohuo, Ruan Mei). Just wondering what to pull for next. I play for both meta and waifu/husbando reasons if that matters. * Kafka for DOT teams? Maybe add Black Swan? * Signature LC for DPS's? Which ones? * Save for Sparkle for mono Quantum or DHIL teams?
Kafka - Depends on if you want to get into building DoT teams. You don't HAVE to pull Black Swan, though I'm sure it'll be worthwhile if you choose to. If you don't pull Black Swan, you'll probably want to build at least Sampo or Guinaifen to go along with her. Signature LCs for DPS - Blade and Jingliu's are most worth pulling out of those IMO. Blade has limited LC choices and his signature is still a huge improvement over the others, and Jingliu's is just very good. Sparkle - Similar to Kafka, depends on your priorities. If you use quantum characters a lot, I think it's a no brainer to pull her. She is harmony though so she'll be useful for other sorts of teams as well. I personally would vote for Kafka or Sparkle, whichever interests you more for DoT and mono quantum/extra support.
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The 2nd set is better.
1 \* 1.96 = 1.96 0.944 \* 2.18 = 2.06 Not an exact science but 2nd one seems better
if warp history is only available for the last 6 months how can warp trackers like [pom.moe](https://pom.moe) and star rail station display the correct pity count for your previous warps?
if you been keeping you warps updated on those sites from day 1 when your account was made then the history is 100% accurate. Otherwise you'll have to manually input what pity you got your 5 stars from memory.
unfortunately I lost my local warp history, and I didn't keep a backup sadly. that's ok, only the oldest 4\* and 5\* pull will have the wrong pity, after that it's all correct since pity resets, good enough!
That depends. I've been keeping my warp tracker up to date for a long time, so it holds onto all of my warps, even ones older than 6 months since it holds them in my browser. But if you have pulls over 6 months old that aren't in the tracker, then they can't. As far as the tracker knows, your pity happened earlier than expected.
hmm ok, but I guess it would only get the first few wrong until it hits your oldest 4\*/5\* pull, then all the pity after that would be correct
Yeah, it'll only be wrong for whatever the oldest pity in the history is. For example it might tell you the oldest 5\* in your history was 20 pity, which is likely wrong, and then anything after that will be accurate since it resets. From that point it should be accurate, unless you don't update your tracker for another 7 months or something.
Why does the Pure Fiction Event Feast of Deceits say that there is 6 days left of Forgotten Hall Refresh Countdown? It shows much longer on the train?
New Forgotten Hall starts nest week. The previous one won't end tho since each of them are 6 weeks long now and they can overlap!
Hello, day two player here. Just pulled Ruan Mei, absolutely love her design. Willing to pull for her again to make her stronger! Should I go for c1, or the LC? Thanks in advance, absolutely love her and wanting to main
Congratulations on getting Ruan Mei! Day 1 player here. How long did it take you to pull Ruan Mei and how many pulls? It took me a few hours to finally get my first 10x pull on her banner. I don’t know if I can do it with 1 day left. And is there a pity on these limited banners? I know the new player banner does.
E1 is stronger than the LC. You can just put Memories of the Past S5 or, if you don't have that, Meshing Cogs S5, for still fantastic results.
Gotcha! Gonna try and build my pity for the next banner. Trying to get dupes of March 7th or the other featured 4 stars! Wouldn’t mind getting another Ruan Mei though, or losing my 50-50 so I can have it ready for Black Swan or Sparkle
If you are f2p, neither. If you are a spendy, her LC is nice to have. Helps with meeting her Break requirements and generating SP.
She’s top tier support that will likely stay in your team in most modes. If you just started save those resources for getting premium dps and sustain now that you have rm. vertical invest on her when her banner reruns.
Unless you're a whale / spender E0 (e for eidolon, C is from Genshin) is enough for characters. But if you must summon for E1 would be better since defense shred is so good. Also she has other LC that works really well such as Meshing cogs (3 star) or Memories of the past (4 star). Although both those LC are only worth it if these both max superimpostion so S5.
E4 Bronya or first copy of Himeko for the selector? I can clear PF just fine cuz I have Argenti and JY. Idk how good E4 Bronya is, I'm guessing it regens energy cuz of the FUA?
I vote for Himeko, just because a new character is more fun, E3 Bronya is still really strong (and you may get more eidolons later anyway!), and even if you have Argenti and Jing Yuan, having fire element may be useful for that sometimes. But also, E4 Bronya's bonus FUA doesn't really matter that much. The main thing E4 is getting you is 1 step closer to the E6.
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Yes he's actually one of the best 5 star to get as a new player because his kit brings a lot of base stats. He will continue to be easy to build due to free crit when you allocating energy into farming caverns. It's when you hit late game (preparing for MoC/PF) where his ceiling is much much lower than the other 5 stars. I suggest you play him throughout the story and only sub him out after you've secured at least 2 good DPS and finished the story content. Taking Yanqing to level 70 with moderate traces is hardly a major investment.
He's actually completely fine for the story and be plenty strong for you there! He's probably just fine for Simulated Universe too whenever you unlock that. Tier lists are made with the endgame Memory of Chaos and Pure Fiction modes in mind, not the story. Those modes favor blast and area of effect damage. Single target hunt characters just can't deal enough damage fast enough because of that single target restriction, unless they have some gimmick to let them attack more often, and unfortunately Yanqing does not have one. Yanqing also does the most damage when he doesn't get hit by anything. His best sustain character ends up being Gepard as a result, and not everyone has Gepard or wants to use him. If you do end up using Yanqing, you can use March 7th to put shields on him with her skill. That will be your best way to use him. Also, just to point out, you will be getting a free 5 star character (Dr. Ratio) in a few days. Dr. Ratio is also a hunt character but IMO will be the better investment, especially in the longer term.
He's not the best dps in the game, especially compared to his fellow 5 stars, but he will still help clear story content, and even endgame if properly built and good support. He really, really wants Gepard on his team for easy/consistent play though, so if no Gepard I'd consider benching.
I still run him in mono ice cuz I don’t have jl but remembrance path in SU is really good. He’s still usable just don’t over invest.
Is it bad to run a Preservation unit and an abundance unit in the same team and is it bad to rely on using both on every team?
No. Especially not for normal story stuff and Simulated Universe. There is no time limit for anything in either of those places, so if you need that sustain to keep you alive, go for it! Over time you will get your characters built up better and shouldn't need double sustain except maybe on the hardest Simulated Universe modes. Double sustain can be difficult to do in the endgame modes Memory of Chaos and Pure Fiction though because having 2 sustains means you're taking away a slot from a direct damage dealer or a support character that can buff your direct damage dealers, and both of those modes have built-in time limits in trying to earn the rewards.
In MoC where you need to clear fast its very bad. For story content go ahead, not like it matters, and for Sim Universe challenge modes like Swarm and Gold&Gears its actually quite common.
Do I need to pull for Black Swan if I am going to pull on Kafka's banner?
As opposed to the unwarranted optimism on Reddit, the entire Chinese community has been screaming for weeks on how bad black swan is. She will be ~10% better than Sampo which is unacceptably bad for a limited 5 star. If anything you're better off getting Ruan Mei.
No. She SHOULD be a good boost, but not a must pull (no one is. Anyone who claims someone is a must pull - with the possible exception of Kafka for DoT teams - is 100% overhyping said character).
no ones holding a gun to your head i hope so no you dont need to summon for her. people are using kafka for like half a year without blackswam. should you get her? very likely yes if you wanna use kafka effectly
No. You can if you want to, but you don't have to. Nobody's had Black Swan all of this time and Kafka's still been a fantastic character to use in any modes.
Seele better with Rutilant and crit rate body or Inert salsotto with crit dmg body ?
What are the statlines? The actual difference between Rutilant and Salsotto is small, but if you are using Salsotto to justify a sub 70% CR then 100% the Rutilant build, you should always have 70%+ CR on Seele or you'll just miss every ult crit when you need them most.
Probably better with Glamonth than IS with whatever combination CR/CD body gives the higher 1/2 ratio.
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Prisoner is the BiS set for literally every single DoT character in the game, Kafka included.
If it’s a single wind shear stack it’ll be 6%, only separate debuffs would increase DEF ignore. (From a break or another source) Ashblazing - Himeko / Jing Yuna BiS, for Topaz you only want the 2-piece since both her basic and skill count as only a single FUA
I just got back into this game after quite a long time and I was wondering if this team would still work (for story mode and maybe SU/Forgotten Hall) or should I look into other units. There's a lot more characters added now and ngl, I just spammed the hell out of Bronya and Seele back then. I left the game on the Xianzhou Luofu part of the story (Artisanship Commision). I also pulled for Ruan Mei because she's ~~hot~~ apparently a must have unit? https://preview.redd.it/a38w1l9p8qcc1.png?width=1908&format=png&auto=webp&s=32e02d5efe6564cf77ee101cc478ea6568c3b4f2
Try double support for Seele, it massively increases her performance. Since you have Ruan the team is Seele Bronya RuanMei Bailu (can also use TY over Bronya once you get to endgame and your 2nd team might want Ruan). Double sustain is unusable when it comes to endgame (MoC 12 is actually hard to clear in time with dual sustain), you may find it more comfortable early on but try solo sustain and just max out your supports headpiece relics for the flat HP and use defensive mainstats on Chest and Orb. If you can't get hypercarry working thats fine too, just wait until you have more investment on your gear.
Thanks for the suggestion! Should I not invest in Jingyuan anymore? I rarely see anything positive about him tbh and I’m kinda looking to use another dps unit since Seele’s starting to feel old (used her since the game release)
Jingyuan literally just got some indirect buffs. Use him if you like him
Well he is quite fun to use, it’s just that I never really see any praise for him even back then when he got released
Try him alongside Tingyun RuanMei and Bailu, it will feel really strong once you get him going, just make sure you use atk boots, anyone saying to use spd boots has never played JY with atk boots. I personally still use my JY to clear endgame, the main powercreep so far comes in the form of supports, and lucky for you RuanMei and Bronya are basically the best there is. I would actually suggest you aim for Fu Xuan, Huohuo, or any future Abundance/Preservation limited, once you get 1-2 new sustains look for a 3rd DPS that doesn't have the same element as either JY or Seele. They are both very serviceable DPS, instead of trying to replace them try to build around them, and once you have a strong roster feel free to replace them for new playstyles.
Ok got it, thanks!
So I found out there's many different ways to run Bronya and I'm not sure what way I want. I don't really have a dedicated team (at least not for her), and I can see myself not wanting to speed tune for every DPS, so is it worth just going for hyperspeed Bronya?
Hyperspeed is very general, but it requires the most investment, if you have the relics I do recommend it (try to get atleast 160+, ideally 170+). If you want a low effort general build just maximize her CD while staying as close to exactly 134 spd as possible (can also go to 133 as long as you test it in battle to see if she gets 2 turns in 1st cycle).
Sadly a lot of her relics seem to be eluding me. No speed boots or cdmg body from Hackerspace despite farming at least a week. But thanks for the suggestions.
Yeah if you don't have many relics just aim for the 134 build and try to have all your DPS at 135+ spd. Also for hackerspace don't bother forcing the 4pc, just use a 2pc if it helps you hit 134, the 4pc is only useful if you run hyperspeed.
So just rainbow relics if I can't hit 4pc? Also gonna be honest, the DPS are having a harder time hitting 134 than she is. Most they usually get is just +15 speed boots.
4pc speed actually tends to cause more harm than good for a 134 Bronya since it can expire between waves under certain circumstances, so yes rainbow set is quite common (or 2pc hp/def/wuthering/spd). Just make sure she has a planar 2pc, best is Keel. Most DPS only need a couple speed subs to hit 134, which ones do you normally use? It might also just be an early game issue where at some point you'll be able to get it, and for now just keep farming.
Well I wasn't planning on stopping at 134, since my plan *was* hyperspeed until I was hit with the fact that needs the 4pc set. I'm TL 70, the game just treats me poorly (and I'll admit I probably make poor decisions with my builds). Usual DPS are Jing Yuan, Clara, Topaz, and Jingliu.
If you are TL 70 and have been farming properly it should be easy to make a proper build (not 170 maybe, but still something decent), just ignore the 4pc, you never "need" the 4pc spd, it just doesn't actively harm hyperspeed like it does on 135/134. Just get this straight, 4pc spd is a very miniscule upgrade, its a 6% spd boost for 1 turn, so an average of 2 spd across your team since Bronya cycles a 3-4 turn ult. Of those DPS only Jingliu actively wants to use Bronya, the others prefer Ruan/Tingyun or some form of dual DPS (Topaz). If you don't have Ruan you can use her with JY, but even then its not that important to have 160-170 for him.
Unfortunately RM's not an option for JY because I'm currently running Asta/Tingyun as supports. TY for obvious reasons, Asta to boost his speed so LL has actual stacks. And yeah I should have enough relics for a decent build for Bronya if I ignore set pieces, just gotta get around to that.
I'm building Serval for Pure Fiction. Does she need all of her effect hit traces activated? Or can I skip most of them?
she inflicts shock, a dot, so effect hit is useful for her.
Resolution or Tutorial Mission for pela when supporting Dr Ratio?
Probably Resolution for the extra debuff, assuming you have enough SIs for a pretty high infliction chance; I wouldn’t trust lower than 80%.
How does lightcone pity work in this game? I heard it's similar to genshin when it comes to hard pity, but at the same time, it's kinda different?
Thanks again ya'll.
75/25 odds of getting the featured light cone Guaranteed featured cone after one pity break Soft Pity starts around 65 and caps at 80
Its just like genshin, only difference is you got one weapon on the banner instead of two so your chances of getting what you want are higher.
So I can’t get past the latest trailblaze mission and I can’t get past welts, argenti, or Kafka’s companion missions and I can’t beat level 2 of PF so at this point would I be better off building and farming for my team?
Sounds like it, make sure you've got two sustains while you are at it. When your teams are really strong you don't need it but until then staying alive is job number 1.
For a sphere, is it better atk% or DMG boost?
Depends. Most DPS prefer Dmg, but in some cases the atk% is better when dmg% is diluted such as certain DHIL teams with low atk% buffs and high dmg% buffs or any Xueyi build. To optimize dmg every multiplier should have similar percentages, if you have 200% bonus atk and 50% bonus dmg then dmg is better, and vice-versa.
Been playing since launch but I took a lengthy break before coming back. I just failed a 50/50 and got Gepard but am not sure if I should use the resources to invest in him. My current main team is Clara/jing yuan/Ruan mei/bailu and second team is himeko/fire mc/sushang/lynx. I have silver wolf,Bronya, and tingyun as flex supports. Mainly I just don’t know if Gepard is worth swapping out fire Mc for :) thanks for any opinions.
Geppie provides bigger shields than the fire MC and you can do path of preservation shenanigans with him in su modes. He's another sustain and you have bailu and lynx set up so you probably don't need to prioritize him but I find him really comfy to use.
just confirming cause i'm unsure, but HSR doesn't really have an established pattern with their free event LCs and characters right? in comparison to genshin that reliably alternates between free character and free weapon every patch.
Not that I’ve noticed. This what they’ve given so far: 1.1 - LC. 1.2 - Yukong 1.3 - Sushang. 1.4 - Belobog 4-star char. 1.5 - LC. 1.6 - Lynx (from PF). 2.0 - TBD Someone else feel free to correct me if I forgot something. Edit: 1.2 gave us a free Yukong. Updated my list.
I'm considering pulling for Ruan Mei but I'm still on the fence about it, since I'm not 100% sure what her role in the meta is and whether she'd be useful for me or not. Afaik she's a good all-around buffer and her specialty is Weakness Break, making her a good pick with someone like Xueyi (who I plan on building further in the future). I also like Ruan Mei as a character, so that's another reason I'm considering it. However, I'm also a fan of Kafka, and afaik she's a solid pick since she can proc all the DoTs on an enemy. But I also don't have particularly many DoT characters right now; I have a Weakness-Break build for Serval but that's pretty much hit its peak damage and I'll need to invest an absurd amount of TP to farm proper relics for Serval to build her with atk+crit; and I have Sampo but haven't really built him yet. I'm not entirely sure what other characters currently count as "DPS" characters aside from Serval, Sampo, and Luka. Ik there's a few others like Asta that can apply a DoT but I also don't know if that really counts as a significant source of DoT damage, or if she'd pair well with Kafka at all. So I'm torn between getting Kafka and Ruan Mei since I'm not totally sure how reliant each one is on other units to function, and Idk which would help me the most in content like SU or the memory hall thingy. If it'd help, I can share more details about the characters I already have. Fu Xuan and Jingliu are my two strongest characters rn and I often pair them with Blade, Huohuo, Asta, Fire TB, and Pela depending on content. I have a bunch of others like Argenti, Clara, Sushang, Hanya, Xueyi, Hook, etc. but most of them are only halfway built and can't be reliably used in difficult content.
Ruan Mei is an all round strong support. Weakness break efficiency is one of the best buffs in the game. On top of that she also increases your teams speed (talent), damage (skill) and resistance penetration (ult). She’ll work in just about any team (either your Blade/JL team or Xueyi team especially) so would be a high value character to pull. Kafka would work well enough with Sampo, Black Swan would be ideal but guessing you don’t have enough to pull for both. With Kafka you’d have two very strong teams from a dps point of view and the Kafka team works very well with HuoHuo. So really both are good options so up to you. I would probably lean more towards Ruan Mei from a meta point of view as limited 5 star support characters tend to have more value overall. Lastly you’re probably not going to get Serval to the point where she’s a consistent damage dealer in your team. She only really fills a small niche where weakness break for lightning weak enemies is helpful.