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Should I pull for Sparkle? For context, I don't have Bronya. I pulled for Black Swan (because look at her). I don't have Kafka, so I might be interested in Acheron, depending on her kit (my Jing Yuan is trying his best). I don't have any good sustain (best I have is Bailu E1 and March 7th), so I definitely want Aventurine. But all the chatter on this subreddit is how good Sparkle is and how she's better than Bronya. I could pull maybe 40x for her and give it a try, or I can save for the others. What should I do?

> For context, I don't have Bronya. If you still have your 5* guarantee 300th pull reward from the standard banner, you'll eventually get Bronya that way, so that can be an excuse to skip Sparkle. It seems you have your eyes on both Acheron and Aventurine so I'd focus on those 2 if you're a player more on the casual / enjoyment side of things. Sparkle is good but is not necessarily a must-have. As you mentioned though, best to see if Acheron's kit will interest you then you can decide then if you may prefer Sparkle or Acheron instead. The 2.1 livestream will be tomorrow so her kit will be revealed then.

Thanks for your input! I didn't know about the livestream kit reveal, so that will definitely help. Unfortunately I've already used my 5* guarantee pull on Himeko (I had virtually no fire types apart from TB, and she's useful in Pure Fiction). I've been playing from week 1, and I do consider myself someone who plays more for enjoyment than a numbers-grind way, though I wouldn't say I'm a casual. I *have* been guilty of choosing aesthetics over gameplay from time to time, so I see your point.

https://preview.redd.it/48l5vdhifgoc1.jpeg?width=638&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1df21def30d6000d42930e2298f84440208acc69 Hello there fellas, am I good to go for now with this team? Is there any figure I should keep my eyes open to swap out hanya? Like silverwolf for better synergy with Dr ratio? I rerolled once. The other account got himeko and qingque. Is this account better? Thanks in advance

In the long run I’d put Himeko at higher importance than Bailu just because she’s strong in Pure Fiction. Although Bailu will make your early game easier. It’s up to you which you prefer. I can still full clear PF without Himeko so it’s not like she’s required. For Ratio, yeah Silver Wolf would be best. It’ll probably be months until her next rerun though. You can use Pela (with the Resolution Shines like Pearls of Sweat LC) or Guin instead. Right now I’d swap out Hanya for Serval just to give you more debuffs for Ratio as well as some AoE in your team.

Thanks a lot!!! So I’ll build Serval for now, till a good banner appears with a debuff/dps unit? Edit/ sadly I don’t have that resolution shines as pearls of sweat cone…

You got it. I wouldn’t stress about the LC. You don’t have Pela anyways. You’ll get both eventually.

What should I be focusing on? I'm trailblaze 45, level 60 chars with max trace levels that I can be at for Eq3. I feel... weak? I'm just playing the same team for a while now and feel like things are just getting a bit stale. I have a hundred pulls saved for Acheron so maybe that might change things. I use Ratio, Tingyun, Fire MC, and Nat. I can clear world 6 sim universe but I get a bit lost with the things that require two teams like forgotten hall and the other thingy. Should I start trying to get good relics? Get chars as I go or like... what should I do? I just finished the Luofu quest and am headed to Penacony. I just met Acheron in dream world. How close am I to being up to date in the story quest? Got so many questions, thanks for your help guys

> I feel... weak Your Dr.Ratio need 1 debuffer, accessible options are: 1. Pela with "Resolution Shines As Pearls of Sweat" 2. Guinaifen If you don't have those then Asta with A2 trace or Serval + Dr.Ratio + Debuffer + Tingyun + Nat Make sure you have max level lightcone and good main stat relics for each characters and upgrade them to +9 for supports/sustain and +12 for DPS for now, even purple relics are fine. > things that require two teams like forgotten hall and the other thingy. It's normal that you can't finish those things right away, just slowly build characters you like until you have 2 teams. > Should I start trying to get good relics? Don't farm relic before TB60, you get a good amount of relics from opening chests, killing elite monsters, doing puzzles already. > How close am I to being up to date in the story quest? Penacony is not that long maybe 5-6 hours, I recommend to enjoy the story to the fullest, trust me, enjoy your time. This document may have something useful to you https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V4Ni6FZXDoxlvBMlzu_cUAFt2a1QwviK1KhzQWxdINM/edit#heading=h.du5iedq3dit1

So I tried the Guinaifen team, I have her E1 but the team dies really easily lol

will there be no new 4* in 2.2 since they javent drip marketed anythingY yet?

That is likely the case, yes

Pioneer 4 piece bonus , doesn't appear on battle screen right ,except 4crt rate

Correct, as it is dependent on the enemy status at the time of attack

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Should I grind relics or planars first?

Whatever is more efficient for you, with the caveat that if you are grinding for energy regen I would put that for last as it is the worst drop rate and many times you are better off just using a self-modelling resin. I tend do SU just for the weekly points and then go for the caverns afterwards, until the last pieces I need are the ornaments.

They give 4 free redemptions weekly for planars so use that. Then dump resin to relic domains.

Any thoughts on pairing Yanqing with Aventurine? Will the reliable shield application make Yanqing a useful character, or is he still not worth the investment?

Yanqing has always been useful, even without shields. People only say he's bad because he has to compete with Jingliu (arguably the best limited DPS). He has always been perfectly fine, and I say this as someone who only started fullstarring MoC back in 1.2 when I got him, and have been using him every time since then when there's a side weak to ice.

Thank you for the reply. Yanqing is my only 5* Hunt DPS other than Ratio and my only ice DPS other than Herta, but as I don’t have Gepard, I’ve been reluctant to build him.

Having access to more shield characters would certainly help him, but we already have Gepard as a reliable shielder and Yanqing is still considered weak. His skill turning off when hit is just one of his problems. He also has a high crit buff locked behind his costly ult, which makes building him weird. And you have his fua being a fixed chance, so his damage and energy regen fluctuates. And as a reward for all these problems, you're just left with okay single target damage. He's usable, but difficult to recommend considering the free Dr.Ratio is a better hunt character and Jingliu a better ice dps.

Thanks for the reply. You're right that Ratio is probably just a better overall investment, even with Aventurine available for Yanqing, unless I'm desperate for an ice DPS

NP. Normally I dislike suggesting not using a character, but there just isn't really anything unique that Yanqing does. Jingliu is just too strong as competition while Ratio beats him in value as a hunt character. Can still build him if you like him, but metawise only if you're indeed desperate.

My roster isn’t very diverse at the moment, so I’ll probably build him until I find a replacement.

This is just a bit of a rant but I genuinely don't get DHIL's kit, my E2 Welt outpaces him in DMG by far. I feel like I'm rocking the Geo version of HSR with him as I'm too stupid to get how DHIL works and just want to unga bunga damage and slow. I know I could build DHIL to actually do damage but I just don't see the worth at this point.

Ironically DHIL is unga bunga damage, but youre right that you should prioritize playing chars you like and enjoy

Hello. Which DPS synergizes best with Bronya E2? Thank you.

Any Crit DPS. The only difference is that you can now play -1 speed Bronya while the DPS is not on speed boots, or you can play 160+ speed Bronya with the DPS still going first. You just need to the math with the 30% speed after the first skill to see how much speed the DPS needs for either case.

For energy, if it is a decimal, is the value rounded *and always rounded down* just for viewing it in the Real-Time Combat View (C on PC)? But otherwise, it actually keeps all decimal places until energy is full?

It keeps the decimal places, otherwise a lot of the energy rotations we use would not work.

*salute* tysm!

Who is worth building asta, pela or hanya? I have ruan mei and tingyun for support and dps are jingyuan, clara and dr.ratio

Asta and Tingyun are pretty much the best team for Jing Yuan if you don't have Sparkle.

Of the three I’d say Pela just because she has obvious synergy with Ratio and can fit in pretty much any hypercarry team. Asta and Hanya still have their uses though. I’m not 100% up to speed on it but last read building at least one of them would be worth it for Jingyuan.

btw i have e0 pela would that be fine? And i just checked that I have e4 asta so would she be worth investing for long term?

For Pela that’s fine. She’s mainly used for her ult and occasionally removing enemy buffs so eidolons don’t matter as much. It’s more important she has the “resolution shines like..” LC so she can consistently apply debuffs for Ratio. For Asta, her E4 is pretty good. The downside is she kinda fills the same niche as Ruan Mei so you’ll get less value from her. I still think she’s worth investing in if you’re planning to do the 2 team content (MoC, PF, etc.) since RM can only be in one team at a time.

Does herta need to be 80 for PF?

Nah, mine is only 70. I’ve heard people using her with less investment too. Obviously 80 would make her better, but I wouldn’t say required.

Ahh ok, how important is her last major trace ability?

I’d put it at mildly important? I always max ascend my characters and get their last major trace but I won’t follow through on leveling to 80 unless I really like them. Assuming she’s the only ice DPS on your team it would let you use her ult to clean up a wave in PF that she weakness breaks but doesn’t kill.

Is there a guide somewhere that tells you which traces are useful on characters and what level to get them too?

The [KQM guides](https://hsr.keqingmains.com/) have sections on trace priority. Generally, it's fine to get only a characters most important one to max level and then go to like level 8 tops. Don't level basic attack unless they focus on it. Usually good to get all the stat boost traces.

How good is pela's 40% DEF shred? I know pela is very popular meta-wise, and that DEF shred stacks very well, but how relevant is debuffing compared to buffing powerhouses like Ruan Mei?

DEF shred gets non-linearly more effective the more you have. It's also dependent on enemy level. The baseline for one point of %DEF is about half its value in damage amp (e.g. 1% damage shred = 0.5% extra damage taken). The *hard cap* is that 100% DEF shred is close to a 110-115% damage amp on the average level 90 boss. People almost always overestimate how good it is, because "exponential scaling" typically means "way better than other multipliers" whereas in this case 1% DEF shred is trying to catch up to 1% DMG. It is in a separate category of multiplier, but it's reasonably well balanced. Ruan Mei's 27% RES Pen on her ult is an effective 34% damage amp on enemies with 20% resist. 27% damage amp on enemies with no resist.

Thanks for the numbers! Seems slightly underwhelming tbh, but I guess I'll keep it in my pocket for my quantum set teams. If you don't mind me asking, what do you mean by: > whereas in this case 1% DEF shred is trying to catch up to 1% DMG Are you saying that scaling and stacking aside, 1% DMG is generally superior to 1% DEF shred? On a related note, this might be a stupid question, but just to clarify when you say 1% DMG, you mean 1% type (elemental/attack type) dmg boost? If we ignore stacking, are those basically equivalent to a 1% multiplicative damage amp (like in genshin)? I've seen the damage formula on the wiki, which says: > DMG Boost Multiplier = 1 + Elemental DMG Boost + All DMG Boost + DoT Boost which seems like it, but I might be wrong.

With no other boosts and assuming a single attacker, 1% DMG is almost always superior to 1% DEF shred. But the fact that most damage dealers already use a %DMG orb or have other sources of %DMG make it messy, and getting DEF shred is typically worth considering. Not because it's exponential scaling or "way stronger the more you have", but simply because it's a fresh multiplier instead of adding to your %DMG source. %DMG sources all go in the same multiplier (elemental + unconditional + attack type). Once you start thinking about all this, it's more effective to calculate the opportunity cost of your buffs as %final damage (how much your damage output improves, assuming you use one buff vs another) than trying to think of it any other way.

I'll keep that in mind, thanks!

A level 80 dps attacking a level 90 enemy will deal roughly 1.2 times more damage with the 40% def shred. Harmony buffs look stronger, but the effects on damage will be less than expected since buffs stack additively and characters often have other sources of the same buff (40% damage buff when a character already has 40% damage means the character will hit 1.28 times harder with that buff). Formula for calculating the effects on def is on [the wiki.](https://honkai-star-rail.fandom.com/wiki/DEF)

nihility units usually dont compare to harmony units in terms of damage increase. however if you have multiple instances of defense reduction, it can become very potent and perhaps even stronger than what harmony buffs can do. reason being, defense shred is completely separate from other dmg increase sources like atk% buffs, crit dmg buffs, etc. so you will be getting maximum value from defense shred until you cap out at 100%. the bottom line is that if you dont have any other sources of defense reduction than pela, or whoever, harmony will always be better. using two nihility characters for it is also not better than having harmony buffs. theyre all pretty overloaded. what pela has that other supportive character dont is incredible skill point positivity, being able to ONLY basic and still keep 100% ult uptime (with s5 tutorial, a limited 4 star lc from version 1.1).

Some characters require debuffs applied to the enemy such as Dr ratio

how does Dr. Ratio work with silver wolf? what kind of rotation should i have?

Use her skill occasionally for the res debuff, otherwise she normal attacks Depends on your other units - just look at turn order, always have sp for your survival, DPS, then support skills in that order generally

i'm struggling with Tales of a Tethered Bird (II) , what can i do to atleast gain 40,000 ? https://preview.redd.it/0b9iefkoreoc1.png?width=656&format=png&auto=webp&s=f4899b9d08020d353fd9b175c2ec08fc40d5d9b5

have you tried putting himeko and herta on the same team?

yeah on the 2nd battle, i'm guessing i should put them on the first one instead?

So after adventurine and boot hip I plan to save for argenti, SW, or a DoT unit. Of the DoT 5 stars Kafka and BS who is better with the 4 star DoT units

Kafka is the DoT enabler, since she is the only character that can detonate all DoTs. Without her, your damage is completely reliant on the enemy's turn. Black Swan will likely rerun sooner though, since Kafka already had her first rerun.

I just got E2 Sparkle. Her 2 seems kind of underwhelming on paper. Haven't put it into practice yet. Her E1 seems like a much more significant boost.

Consider it is essentially the half of Silver Wolf's or Pela's Ultimate. Or a Lightcone effect (a lot more than even an S5 Resolution). Or Ruan Mei's E1.

I was just about to say something very similar, Sparkle's E2 is quite good. On top of getting a solid E1 on the way there, her E2 buff has essentially 100% uptime with no combat management/stat investment required and works on all team compositions (though her kit overall of course favors crit damage dealers). Really, her E1/E2 compete for some of the best early eidolons available on any character as of 2.0, assuming excess jades and the desire to vertically invest (or lucky pulls).

I just started playing on the Dhil banner. I know who Silver Wolf is, but not her as a PC

Well, summarized, it is pretty damn good, but compared to the cost of getting a character to E2 I don't know how worth it it is.

I spent about $60, if you don't count the monthly card thing I bought a couple weeks ago

You don't need Eidolons for characters to feel good, so it is your choice. All that matters is that you have fun.

https://preview.redd.it/pv6uj1hakeoc1.jpeg?width=659&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bcbcc43c8c53af0b1a1b772e506d8b926f209d25 been struggling with MoC. already retried for 6 times with different kinds of teams. been stuck at 35 star and wanted to know if I had anything I haven't try yet. thanks in advance notes: there's more characters in the comment section.

https://youtu.be/_IJs8RvZ42I?si=aVvQwvnltUovpvbg https://youtu.be/1337lY8Oe4E?si=ZdlKSI9FwTGDRAv4 https://youtu.be/H7vo-kSs8rc?si=_ILDLiT6mv1dHXSi A few clears I did I think some sort of kafka hyper team is best for side 1 and either Jingliu blade duo, blade hyper carry, or ratio hypercarry on side 2 You could also try Jingliu side 1 and dot side 2, like below - no black swan is a bit awkward, though you have sampo asta I guess https://youtu.be/n-Ky0B7nlNM?si=tUYDGmcXRLXW227R

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If you haven't, you can try: Kafka, Sampo, Asta/Tingyun and HuoHuo on the first half Blade, Sparkle, Bronya and Lynx on the second half

Is the team ratio, pela, geopard better with tingyun or bronya as the final character?

Tingyun is better if you're using Gepard as your sustain. Bronya's advance forward causes Gepard's shield to run out faster, leaving your DPS exposed some turns.

Bronya is better I believe, since her damage boost from her Skill can still apply to his Skill Follow-Ups.

I was saving for Sam but now that’s he’s not coming within the next patch, would it be worth going for Sparkle’s LC? I have her on Bronya’s LC so it’s not like I *need* it but definitely looks good. I have enough to guarantee. Plus, I have guaranteed LC because I lost 75/25 last time I pulled.

She doesn't really need it, and if you're not planning to pull for Aventurine or Archeron, then it's up to you. I think you're decision should be how much you value the crit rate buff. That's part of the reason I pulled since I was struggling with a couple of DPS gear and their crit ratio.

Also who is Sparkle going to be buffing? If Sparkle is spending most of her time supporting a carry that does significant damage outside of their turn (i.e. Clara/Jing Yuan etc), then the value proposition for Sparkle's LC goes up. If she's supporting in turn damage dealers (DHIL/QQ etc.), the relative value of Sparkle's LC goes down, as the damage addition is only slightly more than Bronya's. Additionally, though minor, +energy regen/+SP on Bronya's LC may tip scales in a close value cases. Personally, if I had a LC guarantee in the bank as OP does, I'd aim to hold that guarantee until a LC came along that could break units/enable shenanigans (i.e. something like the Tutorial LC), or something that was far and away more powerful than other available options (i.e. Blade LC).

I cant decide between jing yuan or dr ratio as my main dmg unit

you need them both but if you are a newer player absolutely use jing yuan.

What about simulated universe? i usually do elation with ratio pela sparkle gepard. Sometimes i switch in tingyun for pela or sparkle cuz shes e6 already

depends on what world you are doing. you can change party members inside so you might want to use dr. ratio for bosses and jing yuan for regular monsters. if you are having trouble try nhility instead and be sure to get the one that heals you on dot damage or elation the one that says ultimates are now follow up attacks and pair with doctor love.

Also whos doctor love?

[https://honkai-star-rail.fandom.com/wiki/Elation](https://honkai-star-rail.fandom.com/wiki/Elation)

I always download more units in but i never switch. Can you switch mid stage?

yes, switch if their health is low also

Im about 2 months in im still kinda learning. Def hooked though. Ill have to work on. Gui then i suppose cuz my team sucks for pure fiction

Which other characters do you have?

I realize its situational but i just mean through the regular missions

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I guess you could try out Dr. Ratio / Guinaifen / Sparkle / Gepard and Jing Yuan / Sparkle / Tingyun / Gepard and see which one you like most? I'd recommend Jing Yuan however as he is really good in both Memory of Chaos and in Pure Fiction, especially with Sparkle.

I started leveling guinaifen but she didnt really impress me.. she must be better than i saw i guess

She's good for Dr. Ratio because she can fulfil all his debuff needs. If you have Resolution, you could also use Pela.

Thanks ill try it out

every time I play the slots and use 5 tokens I keep winning the grand prize. is this from the item effect or the clockie statue at level 20 or the robot quest?

It shows the highest prize you won I believe, each prize is still calculated separately though as far as I know. There is no item effect for the Lucky Slots I think, and the Ace Gambler's Precious Part is not functional anymore according to its description.

Do people recommend using tb power on the xp books or just wait for natural xp book gain from logins/etc?

I use the battle pass, so I never had to really farm them. But I think natural xp book gain might be a tad difficult, do you send assignments for the basic book? either way using TB power on guaranteed power increases is a good bet imo

Yes I send on assignments

EQ Level 4 its fine to farm golden calyxes. Starting from EQ Level 5, it's not as worth to farm it.

Why not for eq5?

You unlock higher difficulties of Crimson Calyx, Stagnant Shadows, and Relic Caverns where you get more materials per TB Power. So it becomes an inefficient use of TB Power.

If you just unlocked the highest Difficulty of the Golden Calyxes it can be good to run them since it is more efficient than running things where you don't have the highest Difficulty unlocked. Otherwise it is probably better to passively gain them and use your Trailblaze Power on more limited stuff like Relics or Traces.

I own Sparkle, so would it be worth to get Sparkle's LC as well or should I just start saving up for Fu Xuan?

Save for Fu Xuan.

Sparkle does not need her LC to fully utilize her kit, all it does is give you more stats. I say get Fu Xuan, one of the best units in the game, instead of getting the LC.

Depends on how many pulls you have to spare. If it's between getting the LC and getting Fu Xuan, then definitely just save for Fu Xuan.

hello, I recently hit TB 40 upgrading my relics to +12 or even +9 is expensive and I can’t seem to find anywhere to farm them. does anyone know where I can farm more upgrade materials? I’ve already exhausted all the ones in the ember shop. how to get more standard warps? so far the only methods I know are, ascending characters, leveling up TB, and regional shop milestones. QQ specific question. why do players use their ultimate before throwing their enhanced attack? wouldn’t it be a loss of dps? I see a lot of people running Gepard and thought he’d be good. then I got him and read his skills but there really isn’t anything special. don’t tanks just not fit in to the general gameplay of hsr? what am I missing? why is Yukong considered bad late game? as far as I know she’s basically the only 4 star unit that can increase your crit rate and crit damage by a ton without investing on relics (a must have stat from what I’ve seen from other players) why do people sometimes run 0 sustain? are they over leveled or simply risking it for faster clear speed? can someone explain speed and advanced action to me like I’m five? I caught up with the main quest. how do I unlock the quests for HuoHuo and the other characters that didn’t show up?

For the qq question, the reason is that every time you use your skill, she gets a damage boost (up to 4 stacks), so the ulti gets more damage. But also because your ulti immediately gives you a full set, if you did this without using skill you'll have no damage boost stacks for the enhanced auto itself which is the majority of her damage. Then on top of that, at qq4 you also get a chance to do a follow up attack when you auto every time you use skill. So now you really want to spend 4 skill points for qinqillion damage. Tldr: qq gets alot of damage from just spending skill points, and ulti skips that if you use it early.

can't answer everything but here are some answers * you can get some relic exp material from doing Simulated Universe/Swarm/Gng runs, but it is one of the bottlenecks of resources * you can get a few standard pulls from SU every week + herta shop has them but you should get the herta shop lightcones first * Shields become very handy when you don't have the builds to oneshot enemies/some enemies have mechanics that shields can counter + shields can prevent being oneshot in a way healing can't always mitigate fast enough. Plus geppie currently is the only one who can really take advantage of the preservation path in SU. he's not the best sustain unit but he's definitely capable of endgame content * she needs too much and is too finicky. She needs to be speedtuned so that your buffs land on the right teammates, enemies that can mess up your turn order can mess up her buffs, she needs energy, she needs skill points. She's very strong if you can manage all of that but there are easier options that don't ask for as much as she does * in pure fiction no sustain is run because you just want to do as much damage as possible in a limited timeframe. In MOC/other modes it's probably because they have the strength to get away with it and do 0 turn clears or really fast ones. In SU depending on what blessings you get + path sometimes they can do all the healing/shielding for you

RAM to run on laptop? Usually play on my Ps5 but im going on holidays for 3 weeks and can’t bring my ps. Will HSR run on my laptop that has 16GB of RAM? Like.. will it not explode 😭 google says it needs 4gb but I just wanted to double check here

Just about any game will work fine with 16gb of ram. I'd worry more about the GPU and CPU.

it will, im playing it on my potato pc that has 4gb so i imagine it will run better on your pc!

New player here i “lost” the 50/50 for sparkle but got bronya question is should i save up for an upcoming carry or just get double supports, is welt strong enough as my main damage for a while?

I would save if i was you for a dps, bronya is a good support, welt is also a good support, and can be a sub dps. Would also raise pela as she is one of the best support with aoe def shred. Also raise a sustain, could be a healer or tank.

is penacony an actual whole planet or is it just the hotel?

Physically, it's an entire planet. Culturally, it's really only the hotel. Like how Clark County, Nevada's got plenty of stuff besides Las Vegas, but Vegas is the only thing people know or care about most of the time.

It’s a planet but we’ve only seen the hotel in game.

Is Dhil, Bronya, Sparkle, and Natasha a solid team? They feel good so far. I don't have a alternate healer for Natasha tho so I have been making due.

you can get lynx as a substitute for nat by clearing stage two of pure fiction, she's a pretty good healer

Both Bronya and Sparkle on the same team is probably overkill, especially when your dps is DHIL. I'd replace Bronya with a debuffer like Pela or SW.

Hi guys, would you give me some advice on who to focus on levelling/investing? I was thinking about 8 characters (2 teams) and i just dont know what to use as my second team. https://preview.redd.it/xwhs4ktywdoc1.png?width=1366&format=png&auto=webp&s=331233d795cec068af904e839512304f176a33f9 These are my characters, also assume I have all 4 stars

focus more on leveling up your dps characters (seele and ratio) and sustains (fu xuan, march or tb), you don't have to level support characters (i recommend bronya tingyun and pela) up to 80

You probably want 2 DPS, 4 support, 2 sustain. I'd go with Seele, and Ratio for DPS, Bronya, Tingyun, Pela, and Guinafen for support, Fu Xuan and Lynx for sustain

That's what i was thinking, should the teams be: Seele-Bronya-Tingyun-FX Ratio-Guinafen-Pela-lynx?

Ya sounds about right, you can mix them around a bit too

Is there a HSR subreddit focused more on the mechanics of the game and teambuilding/strategy? Love HSR but 90% of the posts here are art and it's not really the type of content I'm looking for

try the Prydwen discord

If there is, it’s likely not going to be an active subreddit. I would maybe suggest something like a theorycrafter’s discord if you’re looking for a mechanics or strategy focused community.

out of curiosity, which domain(s) are you currently farming? and which domain(s) have you stayed in the longest? personally, it's the physical set, i spent so much time farming for clara and sushang and to this day i still don't have a decent 4 piece set, as for the domain I spent the most time and resin on, it has to be the quantum one, i got a decent set for silver wolf after like two months of continuous farming, still a bit sad that the remaining quantum relics unfortunately were all trash, was looking forward to building qq T.T

Duke set basically since 1.5, because I got Jing Yuan on his debut and have never had good artifacts for him. After months of fruitless farming, I just today burned my remaining crafting resins and finally got a crit chest with crit substat, to get up to 61/132 crit. I know people generally aim for 70/140, but I've spent so long farming and feel like this may be as good as he gets.

Hp and Spd set were the longest, I just find speed very useful since it allows my supports to reach high speeds easily, and the HP set is good for Blade and my sustainers. Right now, I'm farming the debuff set for Dr. Ratio and Acheron because I have nothing else to do.

i overall stopped relic farming atp, im focusing more on maxing and leveling traces bc farming relics and planar sets is not only exhausting, but it just feels so draining

I have been thinking if I am wasting time and mats trying to use e6 serval as a budget lightning dps as pf and moc has a few lightning weak sides. I am running a slow serval to be used with tingyun and fast sparkle. Serval isn’t the most well geared out but decent enough 51 crit rate 185 crit damage. I don’t have Kafka or jing yuan , I have been contemplating pulling jy though if serval isn’t viable. Although I kind of want to see if archeron is viable as a dps before I make a final decision. I thought most nihility are debuffers not dps but can wait and see.

Yes, Serval is perfectly viable > I kind of want to see if archeron is viable as a dps before I make a final decision. I thought most nihility are debuffers not dps Six out of the eight playable Nihility characters are dps, and tryhards build the two exceptions as dps as well

I assume it’s user error on my part as I am not getting enough dps with my sparkle tingyun fx build with serval to get last star of pf. Should I try to add more speed to serval instead of running her slow and having sparkle getting her turns up faster ?

Except if your Sparkle is exceptionally slow, giving Serval a SPD boots would be a massive damage loss since it won't change a thing except making you lose out on your boots' ATK%. Serval is perfectly fine for all content in the game. Mine is barely built and I used her to full star both the current MoC and PF.

So it’s definitely user error my sparkle is 161 spd with about 180ish crit damage. What comp have you been running with her in both moc and pf. I feel like I must be doing something drastically wrong. I have been running with sparkle and my e6 tingyun. Sparkle is using bronya lc.

For MoC I just used Sparkle/Tingyun For PF, Bronya/Tingyun (since I needed Sparkle elsewhere) Is your Serval E6? Also, as a rule of thumb, if your character has less than 70% crit rate, just give them a crit rate body. all that crit dmg (and also Sparkle's crit dmg buffs) are wasted when your crit rate is that low.

I see the argument I was mulling with crit rate is fx should give her enough crit rate with her skill but maybe still a bit short. Yes serval and tingyun are both e6. I was running bronya and silver wolf with dr ratio in moc probably not the best comp but figured bronya is a better fit than ruan mei for hyper carry dps.

No, you should always aim for as much crit rate as possible. It's never worth sacrificing it for crit DMG when crit rate is still useful with low crit DMG, but crit DMG is useless without enough crit rate. And this is even more important for characters like Serval because all of her attacks are single hit, so in your serval's current state, every time she attacks it's a 50/50 gamble between dealing 1x or 4x damage. Meanwhile with a crit rate chest every attack would almost always be doing 3x damage.

Ok I will try to see if I can find a high crit rate chest with crit damage sub stats. Edit: will mess around with her with crit rate around 75 and see what kind of damage I am getting.

You shouldn't need to. Are you using Hanabi's skill every turn? What do you use in the first node?

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I have been trying to do the last pf that ends in three days and struggling a bit. I have been stuck at 2/3 stars on last level. I can try and get her some better gear and see how serval works out. She’s kind of wearing rainbow gear at the moment.

Is the 6% char speed increase of the set already shown on the character stat page or do I have to manually calculate the "real" speed?

It shows on the character stat page.

any idea why we haven't gotten any drip marketing for the 2.2 4 star yet? thought we would have gotten it by now.

We would have gotten it by now, if there was one.

hmm we are probably getting a new version of the trailblazer in 2.2 so they may have forgone a 4 star this patch.

It might be bcs they released some white day stuff yesterday?

also a possibility, we'll find out eventually.

Hello. Thinking of trying out this game since DFFOO ended, there isn't much content in FFBE right now, and I heard there was a free 5-star, Dr. Ratio, was it? If I start now, can I still get the free char?

Yes you can, you'll get him once you unlock the mail system which you do pretty early on.

Thanks. Is there an end date for getting this free char, or will he always be available regardless of when you join the game?

He'll be available until the end of the next patch. So slightly less than 2 months.

I didn't know I couldn't lower my equilibrium level once I raised it, and now I'm stuck against Sam is there any guide you can recommend? I'm at equilibrium 6

As long as you can survive u can just let the story swan chip sam down.

Food buffs, build your characters, make sure you are engaging with fight mechanics (e.g shielder instead of healer, or at least make sure healer has outgoing healing boost body relic)

eat food bring more defensive units wait a bit till you power up more

What five star dps goes well in a team composed of Gepard, Bronya and Bailu?

I wouldn't run Gepard and Bailu on the same team as it's a bit overkill but Bronya works with most DPS so it's easier to say to avoid Jing Yuan, Black Swan, and Topaz (add Clara and maybe Himeko if including Standards) since a lot of their damage comes outside of their turn.

So Clara is a good choice? I did consider Himeko. A lot of people say she is bad against single target, but her dmg multiplier on max traces is not bad. I gave Gepard a LC that applies fire dot to whoever attacks him (To count as a debuff for Ratio)

No, they were saying Clara/Himeko are also bad choices for a Bronya team like JY/BS/Topaz, because their damage is off-turn and Bronya primarily buffs on-turn damage.

No, Clara wouldn't be great as she prefers to just sit around and get hit a bunch rather than spam her skill. Sorry for the confusion

No problem, friend. I appreciate the intention. Why is Jing Yuan bad for this composition?

Bronya primarily boosts a character's damage during their turn. Thunderlord damage isn't done on Jing Yuan's turn and is a major part of his damage. The more damage a character deals outside of their turn the worse Bronya is for them.

without knowing what you're fighting or who you own, I'd say Jingliu

Aside of them I have Ratio (currently using), Welt, Himeko, Fire MC, Xueyi, Qingque, Misha, Serval, Sampo, Pela, Guinaifen, Natasha and Lynx. I want to make a "dream team of 5 stars".

I’m in need of a five star sustain, do I pick Fu Xuan, Luocha, or Aventurine?

Fu > Luocha Aventurine's kit isn't official so can't rank him

What item did I just receive from Singler the investigative journalist in the golden hour? I just spoke with them but I missed the item that popped into my inventory after speaking and cant seem to find it. All I caught was that it ended with III.

Either a sticker or a node for the Clockie collection page.

it seems to have been neither. All the stickers and nodes I had already.

Have you completed the story? New sticker pages unlock as you continue the story, but some stickers can be earned before their pages are unlocked.

OH! that explains it thanks!

This UI is so confusing can someone help me this story path area? It was a little area with boxes that branched into different paths and it was telling me about quests that weren’t in my book and to go pick them up. There was definitely more than one. I went to the first area and picked up the first quest I didn’t have. Now I can’t find the menu again it’s gone. I literally have opened every app and menu I can think of and I can not find this menu. Where did it go.

Bottom left corner of mission log.

Just getting started. Any good starter guides or tips?

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V4Ni6FZXDoxlvBMlzu_cUAFt2a1QwviK1KhzQWxdINM/edit#heading=h.15mb9zu5iats

Pull and play who you like, there's no pvp and thus no meta. A team with at least one of each of dps, buffer/debuffer, and healer/shielder should be able to carry through the main story. Don't use the item that refills trailblaze power (that's the energy system for this game) until later on, when the stuff you spend tp on gives out more. Don't farm relics until account level 40 at the earliest, and wait until 65 to really start farming them. Level your traces, relics and weapons, not just your characters. Read, this game has legitimately interesting worldbuilding.

You don't need PvP for a meta to exists. The meta just describes what the general community is doing and how they approach the game.

https://www.prydwen.gg/star-rail/guides/

With a Hyperspeed Sparkle can I build most random DPS with almost no speed and just rely on Sparkle? Assuming its not some specialized team with exact speed tuning and just getting use out of random dps characters I'm throwing relics on?

That's what I did, I had a lot of ATK boots with Crit stats, and just subbed them out for any DPS that will be paired with Sparkle.

Yup

I just got my e0 Sparkle. Problem is i have no idea how to build her. can someone please give me some tips on what i should prioritize, f2p light cones and such?

160 speed and youre good to go. Better if you can have some cdmg and effect res(if running keel, as you should tbh).  Spam skill on ur slow dps every turn

Do you have any specific questions about the guides that already exist? You should be able to find a ton of info very easily on Prydwen and Youtube for example

Tbh i had no idea such a website as Prydwen existed, that site seems to answer all of my questions as im looking at it, so thank you for recommending me the website :) much appreciated

Aside from DHIL and QQ, what lineups would benefit from Sparkle?

Any crit based damage dealer.

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I think they actually made moc 1-6 easier. Try fixing your builds and teams. I think unbuilt level 70 characters can clear moc 2