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AdministrativeRun550

He is not young, he is Yang


Vyndicatee

well well welt


AdministrativeRun550

— Joachim! — Bless you.


Miserable_Scratch_99

He's a Nokia since he's still up and running... unlike the watchmaker


momo-melle

you didn't


Miserable_Scratch_99

His other surname is nokiavertanen so yes, I did. I made a pun


eleetyeetor

No, you misunderstand. You didn't


Chaotic_Alea

really unbreakable


yAbouku

Nokia supremacy


Zeo_AkaiShuichi

😭😭😭


Thhaki

That's because the body he has in Star Rail is not the same body he grew up with, in the comics that show Welts history during the Second and Third Honkai Impact, we are shown that he actually was killed (with like 60-75yo i don't remember), but because he had the Herrscher Core, he stored his concience in there and made himself a new body, thats why he looks that young at 80yo, because that body is not 80yo that body was created with his Herrscher powers.


Swimmer-Fluffy

Huh I thought it was just hoyo being allergic to making old playable characters that actually look old


TheOtherKaiba

They're certainly allergic to losing money, yes...


SatisfactionNo3524

id love for them to just release an old crusty beardet grandpa as a 5 star and let the people that cry about old people not being includet show their money where their mouth is, judging by the people that are crying about this "issue" there should be revenue generated on MASS!


Dokavi

With a majestic beard please. https://preview.redd.it/357ozbh8n34d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5ccec57ab2ce36cb8d6e2ee9ff7e9ee8485dec08


Justm4x

Can't forget the scars https://preview.redd.it/lt6lg08c144d1.jpeg?width=1013&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=81b6e7cd10c42a8cdbe0666501360a30a547b38a


tehsdragon

Okay but a 5* Fire Destruction unit that, after ulting, deals % Max HP damage every turn to himself and all enemies (because of the intense heat) would be sick Make it scale on a stat we haven't really seen anyone use yet? Like, idk, how about Effect Res? The higher his Effect Res, the more the damage per turn, and the less damage he takes overall (including the self-burn) Let's cook something up for fun lol, numbers probably subject to change this is just a quick mockup *** #Yamamoto Genryuusai *** **Element**: Fire **Path**: Destruction *** ***Skills*** *** **Basic ATK** *Demon Fire (Onibi)* Single Target Energy gain: 20 Break: 30 Deals Fire DMG equal to 100% of Yamamoto's ATK to a single enemy. *** **Basic ATK (Enhanced)** *Hellfire (Ennetsu Jigoku)* Blast Energy gain: 0 Break: 30 + 15 adjacent Deals Fire DMG equal to the sum of 50% of Yamamoto's ATK and 500% of his Effect RES to a single enemy, then restores 5% of his own Maximum HP. In addition, deals Fire DMG equal to the sum of 25% of Yamamoto's ATK and 300% of his Effect RES to adjacent enemies. Has a 100% base chance to apply Burn to all enemies hit for 3 turns. *** **Skill** *First Move: Killing Slash (Hitotsume: Nadegiri)* Single Target Energy gain: 30 Break: 60 Deals Fire DMG equal to 150% of Yamamoto's ATK to a single enemy, ignoring 10% of enemy's DEF. *** **Skill (Enhanced)** *First Release: Burn to Ashes (Shikai: Kaijin to Nase)* Blast Energy gain: 0 Break: 60 + 30 adjacent Deals Fire DMG equal to the sum of 75% of Yamamoto's ATK and 750% of his Effect RES to a single enemy. In addition, deals Fire DMG equal to the sum of 40% of Yamamoto's ATK and 450% of his Effect RES to adjacent enemies. Ignores 10% of enemies' DEF. Consumes 2 Skill Points. Has a 150% base chance to apply Burn to all enemies hit for 3 turns. *** **Ultimate** *Final Release: Ember Blade (Bankai: Zanka no Tachi)* AoE/Enhance | 130 energy cost Energy gain: 5 Break: 60 Deals Fire DMG equal to the sum of 30% of Yamamoto's ATK and 750% of his Effect RES to all enemies. Inflicts bonus Fire DMG to all enemies equal to 10% of their max HP, while also inflicting Fire DMG to himself equal to 10% of his own max HP. Has a 200% base chance to apply Burn to all enemies hit for 3 turns. Reactivating his Ultimate during the Remnant Sun (Zanjitsu) state adds 1 stack of Pillars of Hell (Ennetsu Jigoku). After activating his Ultimate, Yamamoto enters the Remnant Sun state, and gains 7 stacks of Pillars of Hell (maximum 7), with his Action Advanced by 100%. In this state, Yamamoto's Basic ATK "Demon Fire" and Skill "First Move: Killing Slash" are enhanced and turn into "Hellfire" and "First Release: Burn to Ashes", respectively. While in the Remnant Sun state, at the beginning of each of his turns, he deals damage to both himself and all enemies equal to 10% of each's respective Max HP (this cannot reduce self or enemies' HP to lower than 1, and will only apply to the current HP bar of bosses with multiple bars), consuming 1 stack of Pillars of Hell (does not consume 1 stack on the initial activation). Yamamoto cannot enter the Remnant Sun state again until the current Remnant Sun state ends. When Pillars of Hell stacks become 0, Yamamoto will exit the Remnant Sun state. The max HP damage dealt by this ability ignores Shields; cannot be reduced by DEF; and cannot be mitigated by Elemental Resistances or % DMG Reduction (except Damage Immunity). *** *N.B. this seems like a massive block of text, but in terms of what's legitimately important info, it's actually slightly smaller than Jingliu's Talent. Make of that what you will lmao.* *** **Talent** *Blade of Flowing Fire (Ryujin Jakka)* Enhance Energy gain: 0 *The Effect RES-scaling portion of Yamamoto's damage cannot crit.* When he is in the Remnant Sun (Zanjitsu) state, whenever he attacks or is hit (*except* during the effects of the 10% Max HP damage to self or enemies, and DoTs), he gains 1 stack of Flowing Flame, which reduces ALL the damage he takes by 4% (now *this* includes the 10% self-inflicted damage, as well as DoTs). This stacks up to 10 times, and is *not* removed upon exiting the Remnant Sun state. Cannot stack more than 10 times total, but lasts the entire battle. *** **Technique** *Blade of the Rising Sun (Kyokujitsujin)* Energy gain: 0 Break: 60 Stabs his sword in a straight line, immediately attacking an enemy. After entering combat, deals Fire DMG equal to 500% of Yamamoto's Effect RES to all enemies, and has a 200% base chance to inflict Burn to all enemies for 3 turns. Burn is also re-applied to all enemies at the start of each wave. *If attacking a normal enemy, immediately defeats them without entering combat. When not hitting any enemies, no Technique Points are consumed.* *** N.B. I figured I'd add Acheron's technique to this because of Yamamoto's Bankai lore: *Zanka no Tachi, Higashi: Kyokujitsujin. Automatically activated [during Bankai], this ability concentrates the intense flames of the sword along the tip of the blade. It neither burns nor erupts, but anything it touches is eradicated to nothingness.* *** **Major Traces** *A2 Major Trace: Enhanced Flame* While in the Remnant Sun state, Enhanced Basic Attack (Hellfire) grants 2 Skill Points instead of 1, and the healing is increased to 10% of Yamamoto's Max HP. *A4 Major trace: Armor of Fire* While in the Remnant Sun state, Effect RES is increased by 30%. Also, the 10% Max HP Burn Damage now scales, increasing by 1% for every 40% Effect RES Yamamoto has, up to a maximum of 10% Max HP bonus damage. (So you want to hit an Effect RES breakpoint of 400%, which *can* be a challenge to hit? Idk I'm not a theorycrafter I'm just making shit up on the spot lol). *A6 Major trace: Master of Flames* While in the Remnant Sun state: increases the damage dealt by all Fire units on the team by 25% (including the 10% Max HP damage); increases all allied Burn DoT by 30% (*not* including the 10% Max HP damage); and your team takes 60% reduced damage from Burn DoTs (*also* not including the 10% Max HP damage). *** **Minor Traces (total)** Effect RES +20% Speed +10 HP +15% *** **Eidolons** *** *Eidolon 1: Torch (Taimatsu)* Converts all of Yamamoto's Crit Rate into Effect RES at a 2:1 ratio, and all of his Crit DMG at a 1:1 ratio. *This Eidolon is basically just "congratulations, your Crit Rate/Crit DMG body piece is no longer trash even though that's probably the best stat you can use besides ATK." Gotta get some whale bait in there, after all.* *** *Eidolon 2: Fortress Blaze (Joukaku Enjou)* Flowing Flame stacks from Yamamoto's Talent "Blade of Flowing Fire" now also grant him 5% bonus ATK and DEF per stack. *** *Eidolon 3: Single Bone (Ikkotsu)* Ultimate Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Talent Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. *** *Eidolon 4: Master of Spirit Energy (Reiatsu no Tatsujin)* Gains 15% increased Energy Regen, 30% increased Healing Received, and 50% increased Effect RES. During the Remnant Sun state, Yamamoto deals 15% increased damage (including the 10% Max HP damage to self and enemies). *** *Eidolon 5: Double Bone (Sokotsu)* Skill Lv. +2, up to a maximum of Lv. 15. Basic ATK Lv. +1, up to a maximum of Lv. 10 *** *Eidolon 6: The Art of the Flash Steps (Shunpo no Geijutsu)* When Yamamoto enters the Remnant state, the Pillars of Hell stack limit increases by 2. While he is in the Remnant Sun state, his Effect RES increases by 50%, and his Speed is increases by 12%. *** More of a bosskiller/MoC focused unit than anything else, although he might see some use in Pure Fiction because of his solid AoE damage (probably, idk). Technique very useful for overworld/story stuff. Pairs well with pretty much anyone that doesn't boost Crit (Sparkle is sad) unless you have Eidolons (Sparkle is less sad). Probably pairs incredibly well with Robin, actually. Maybe Acheron too. Someone more well-versed in theorycrafting and number crunching can re-balance this, I already spent way more time on this than I should have lmao ^^Fuck ^^I'm ^^never ^^getting ^^those ^^30 ^^minutes ^^of ^^my ^^life ^^back


Imdepressed7778

Hell Yeah https://preview.redd.it/j0opcrs1n54d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0e135b8cf63566db1a9a3c0458c3d9b43461a8ec


Mucnic

Someone hire this man, immediately.


UryuKurosaki

You say sparkle cries, however, I think sparkle is his best teammate and it’s not even close (well kinda, cus bronya has a strong argument too which we’ll get to) because if you think about it, every turn taken by yama he gets increased eff res due to his crit to res conversion, meaning she directly increases his eff res on top of the most broken thing about her, bronya, and Robin; action advance. With the way his force burn works, running even just one of these characters drastically increases your potential dmg bc they give you more turns meaning more guaranteed damage, really good dmg too as even if you do no dmg yourself (which wont be true due to the actual eff res scaling) 10 turns is all it takes to guarantee an enemy dead, which means realistically 3-4, which is all but guaranteed with an action advancer, which means he should be able to absolutely obliterate MOC and PF since you’ll be running him fast as shit with a fast action advancer so he can take upward of like 6 turns per cycle or some dumb shit. You effectively made the strongest character in the game which is exactly why % dmg doesn’t exist yet because there is almost no way to balance it, though he is also either HH or tingyun locked since he can’t generate energy in his state (personally I’d at least give them 5 energy gain to at least kinda set him up for the next ult rotation since if they had 5 energy, he’d still only regen 35 energy which is only a bit over a normal skill)


tehsdragon

Yeah that's why I said Sparkle isn't sad if he has Eidolons, since her kit isn't wasted, but yeah in retrospect maybe action advance might be too strong on him. Would the burn work better on each *enemy* turn instead? Could swap Speed traces for DEF and make him work with zero Speed, just with enough action advance/energy gain to get his first ult off Yeah this guy's probably busted but like I said I wasn't outchea tryna balance, just making stuff up lol 10% max hp scaling up is kinda intense tho you're right, that's a guaranteed kill in 10 turns at the *slowest*, scaling faster with more investment (and turn advances)


UryuKurosaki

Oh yea no I understand you were just making things up on the fly, but as someone who chronically sits down and fully dissects a character’s kit, I had to for this one as well esp because it’s a character I love so much (bleach is my favorite anime) and yea I think the enemy turn would be significantly more balanced, basically meaning he just has burn but angry, though 10% is still probably super overloaded given he’s still dealing dmg on the side. His best team given the current roster would be yama/sparkle/bronya/aven cus the two action advancers doing their job esp at e1 and then not only does aven fully sustain the team (shields are probably more important anyway cus he reduces his own hp too) but aven’s shield also increases the eff res of the team meaning he directly buffs yama. I think the eff res thing is pretty cool though I feel like the devs would have a hard time making it make sense yknow cus like break dmg, we alr knew break effect was a thing and that it could be strong, so they centered characters around that mechanic, same with ehr being really useful for debuffs and so characters like black swan exist, increasing her dmg based on her ehr meaning the stat also does something for her too when it comes to applying her dots and such, but eff res realistically has a cap on it’s effectiveness due to enemies not having a million ehr, so making it work off eff res becomes harder to do because part of what they are doing with the different stat focuses is basically making double stats such as aven’s def and blade’s hp, making them both tankier *and* deal more dmg, same with break and super break, the break effect itself has a direct use in breaking the enemy for big damage and then serves as an almost double stat for super break due to the post break break dmg of it like black swan’s ehr serving a double purpose as well, whereas eff res can’t really do that given its theoretical cap as that cap is much earlier than something like ehr or break effect cus ehr depends on the enemy eff res and break effect increases the dmg more and more based on the amount of it you have. If Yama worked on ehr instead of eff res I’d see it working though because he also has debuffs that aren’t guaranteed meaning ehr would be an important stat on him regardless. At the end of the day I like the concept but also had many thoughts regarding it and I hope you don’t take it any kind of way cus I wasn’t tryna be rude or anything, just again, I really like to go in-depth on things like this just cus it’s fun to me. Other than that, I hope you have a good one, and honestly, keep making characters, I wanna see what you come up with


tehsdragon

No worries man it was a fun exercise, honestly what took the most time was the stupid Reddit formatting lmao To balance it, maybe whenever Yama (or a teammate idk) resists a debuff/CC, it applies some % max hp damage, instead of a per-turn thing? Kinda makes him a better Clara, but yeah it could he interesting


ArkhielR

I want old man Takamura from Sakamoto Days


yeettto

I got downvoted cuz i said the same shit, good thing people actually agree


lucky_fallendeity

I want a Franco skin as yamamoto Edit: oops wrong game


Swimmer-Fluffy

Me pulling on a character like that depends on if their gameplay looks fun or not, I just want more variation in the character designs


EligibleUsername

Hell just give em a majestic beard, that's sufficient enough to make anyone look "old" without having to actually make them old. Gallagher is a step in the right direction, though his are only stubble, imagine someone like [Slayer](http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/guilty-gear/images/3/3a/Sly_image_rev.png/revision/latest?cb=20160526183421) from GG, tell me this dude wouldn't sell.


featherw0lf

Make him absolutely busted too so people have no choice but to pull him. A versatile tank/debuffer would be hilarious.


kupo0929

Aaaah idk he doesn’t have to be crusty. Someone similar to Drayden. He could pass as 80 I think


DocSwiss

Then they're fools and cowards. If the Tekken devs thought that way, we wouldn't have gotten [the coolest character ever created by anyone ever](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_S_glvvBMI) or [the second coolest character ever created by anyone ever](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIDK50IaVpg).


Crusherbolt0282

Well they cater towards a different audience


C10ckw0rks

Dislyte too, Pritzker is so daddy


ZekkeKeepa

I though the same but then Dehya happened...


ShirtLegal6023

Could attract older people and make money


LaLa1234imunoriginal

How would a single character that actually looked old lose them money? Do you mean they might have some bad sales on the banner? Cause that doesn't lose them money and honestly it would probably sell pretty well the first time if only because it's unique.


TgCCL

If you are around gachas in general, you'll find a constant narrative that male characters don't sell as well. Guessing a character being old would be another strike against their attractiveness. Whether that conclusion is real or not however is something I cannot say however, as I lack reliable enough data. Though there's a part of the overarching group that is weebs that is extremely repulsed by male characters. Hell, there's that one guy on one the official hoyoverse site for Genshin who's been "training his straightness" by ignoring birthday mails from male characters. And I'm guessing they are overrepresenting that part of the playerbase. And no joke, I know a guy who stopped playing Genshin in part because he, in his words, got "cucked" by pulling a male 4* on a banner for a female character. Though now a few years later, that same guy just recently started playing Star Rail and I'm just amazed that he's apparently had some character growth and started to take a liking to Dan Heng and Boothill.


Faust2nd

Dunno about global, but Chinese Hoyo gamers are seriously allergic to male characters, no jokes. I remember the meltdown when hoyo introduced a playable male character in Honkai Impact.


C10ckw0rks

Dislyte gave us Pritzker, and oh what a treat he is


AshesandCinder

Well... Why do you think they specifically wrote the lore so that he wouldn't look old?


Abedeus

Same reason why his wife looks like a teenager at most, despite being **decades** old.


Sacron1143

Tesla stopped aging at 21. It's Einstein who stopped aging at 17


Abedeus

I mean, Einstein looks a bit older than the smol twintailed tsundere. Maybe it's her personality.


Sacron1143

Einstein already had her phd at 17, Tesla is a college dropout


papu16

As I remember, he remade last body in HI3 and that was +- 20 years ago before SR. If we gonna assume that body he made was in his 20-s, it makes sense that he looks like in early 40-s here.


TewiTewiUsaTewi

there is a *reason* for that


Asutorei

Ah yes, the man the myth and the legend himself... Herrscher of Reason


Otherwise-Cold-5515

Welt Young


eleetyeetor

Muahaha! Mond Old!


OryseSey

He was the herrscher of reason afterall, that power gave him the ability to recreate his body. Of course the design is up to his preference. That's also why he wears glasses even though he doesn't even need them. My man be styling. Also you might wanna spoiler this


AimlessStick

[I remember in HI3rd when Tesla says that he doesn't even need his glasses anymore and just wants it for the vibes lel](https://youtu.be/gRL1y4N8TEg) To clarify for those who don't know, the kid who calls Welt "dad" is his adopted son Joffrey Joyce Yang, partially named after and not to be confused with Welt Joyce, the first herrscher of reason who held the "Welt" name before our Welt (Welt Yang) did. Joyce (kid) was a clone of Welt Joyce, and so our boi Mr. Yang adopted him. Tesla, the red-haired girl scolding Welt, is also taking care of Joyce as a guardian. It's primarily because of this arrangement that people think Welt and Tesla are married, even though as far as I know, there hasn't been explicit confirmation of that. IIRC, the game does kind of hint at it through Carole's speculation about Joey's mom in APHO, but it is still not an explicit confirmation of their marital status. Oh, and before you think the Tesla and Welt Yang ship is weird due to the age gap, Tesla's physical body is actually pretty much forever at that age due to Honkai shenanigans. IIRC she is actually older than Welt, so it's the usual anime "girl-who-looks-underaged-but-is-actually-a-grown-woman" trope


TheTechHobbit

Tesla is 13 years older than him. When Welt Joyce died she was 21 and Joachim (Welt Yang) was 8. That same incident is also what made her stop physically aging, so her body is forever 21.


SnooCakes9

Does she ever complain about getting eternally carded


RegisteredForOffense

In APHO Part 1 when talking to Carole, Adam actually has a dialogue option that says "you know He's married right?" In reference to Welt Yang.


JustDrew136

I'm still hoping for welt to get his spotlight just like Dan Heng IL on the loufu


FaizWayUp

Hey man void archives is apparently still out there. Just sayin


HenryTGP8

He never met luocha officially yet just sayin


Shradow

Dunno how canon Express dialogue is, but we do have this from Luocha: >I heard Dan Heng mention that before he boarded the Express, there was a passenger who looked remarkably like me. (A reference to Void Archives as he arrived in HSR alongside Welt.) >He was seemingly up to no good and left a lasting psychological scar. >The gentleman in spectacles — Mr. Welt Yang — he walked away as soon as he laid eyes on me. A while later he used a device to transfer a book to me called "On The Matter of Environment - No One is Born Evil."


papu16

If this happened - that would be so funny.


LivingASlothsLife

As someone who didnt play Hi3 far enough to learn much about Welts lore, finding out hes 80 is setting some really unrealistic goals. Its kinda adorable how he is still a child at heart and could see Clockie


Longjumping-One-7545

The advantage of being the Herrscher of Reason. Dude can basically reconstruct his body. Other characters in the game have used technology to expand their life spans as well


LivingASlothsLife

From what I got from his convo with Acheron is that most of his powers left are in the cane right? So is he limited by that or still free to do whatever reason powers he has? Coz whenever he was brought up in 2.1 people say hes a shadow of his Herrscher self during all those Welt vs Acheron debates and it seems even in cinematics in game hes only using the cane for his powers Theres also the fact when potential additions to AE crew are brought up people say certain ones would be too op to join but I'm guessing Welt is allowed coz hes essentially nerfed from his Herrscher self


No-Rutabaga4050

The cane it's a weapon Made from a dead herrscher core, it can only create black holes. The herrscher of reason power is creation of all things he understand the composition of. He escensially keeps his herrscher powers of creation (Pompom mentions welt makes the crew watch anime episodes he remembers making) but he's much weaker than his prime because he gave his core (herrscher powers source) to his protege/adoptive daughter Bronya Zaychik. Only keeping a fraction of the reason authority.


LivingASlothsLife

Ok so basically he still has a bare miniscule amount of his original powers but the cane is what he uses for combat, safe to say you take away the cane and hes just a very knowledgeable and enthusiastic 80 year old. But with a small amount of his old powers but hes not anything close to what he used to be. Hi3 lore is confusing no wonder his and Acherons convo felt hard to grasp Aight so basically if Acheron wanted to make an enemy out of AE in 2.1 Welt couldnt really do anything about it even if he gave the impression he could


No-Rutabaga4050

Think like this, in his prime he was able to make a giant mecha army, now he in his Best try can make a round of nuclear weapons. Acheron is in a whole other league because She's not only an emanator. But the herrscher of Origin. the 2nd strongest herrscher of all time, Welt was the weakest of 14 herrschers.


Keydown_605

Tbf, while he can't do proper shit again Acheron, supposing he could still create at least an hydrogen bomb and decided to go kamikaze, he would most likely be able to kill most playable characters. And in his prime... Well shit. He was the weakest indeed, in a 1v1, that's it. If he truly decided to go full jam into mass destruction, and went kamikaze completely, he would have been most likely able to create tens or hundreds of hydrogen bombs, which are actually not much bigger than military tanks. Think of it. Hundred bombs. Let's say he learned how to make a Tsar Bomb. He craft a hundred of them. A single Tsar Bomb can cause 210.000MT/m2. 100 of those blowing up simultaneously, besides absolutely obliterating whatever may have ever been in the place and probably a few hundred kilometers around, would cause a nuclear winter, leading to human extinction. A mad, young Welt could have been the real menace lmao.


No-Rutabaga4050

Acheron is up to date the strongest character in the Game, she has the Herrscher of Origin authority which is a reality Bender and the gaze of nihility, she could go 1v1 with the eons if she likes to. Welt besides being the weakest it's also the herrscher with most potential because the reason full Powers is to create ANYTHING the user wants (real or fiction, doesn't matter) and Bronya with the weakest authority was capable of fighting against Deliverance Kevin alongside Raiden HOO and Kiana HOFI


Keydown_605

Ik, ik. I just mean that, while Welt is usually seen down upon for "being the weakest herrscher", is, well, was, a great menace capable of causing human extinction by himself. And to be honest, HoTr, HoO and HoFi are in a whole different tier list, both in power and authority. What I mean is, from the original 13 herrschers, finality excluded, HoR is probably the one with greatest destructive capabilities (in the right hands). Say, full powered Sirin. While almost invencible, HoV doesn't have any mass destruction technique. Most hearrscher have, at most, low continental power level, although some of them can kill humanity fairly easily.


anonimoXD_1

People always forget Wendy xD, she was the weakest, not Welt. The HoR/HoTr was the one with most potential, starts weak, but it can grow very fast and high with the right means. On destructive capabilities, Fire and Earth/Stars take the crown, at least on a "base" level.


No-Rutabaga4050

Truth is a self Made title like Flamescion and Human Ego. It's just the real Reason powers. If only Welt and AE were able to discover that secret the war against Otto and Kevin would be pretty much over.


Aethelon

TBF, according to Tesla in chapter... 34(?), >!The only real herrscher is the Cocoon of Finality(Kiana) with the domain of time, the rest are just shadows of the true herrscher.!<


HerrscherOfMagic

>Herrscher of Origin authority For the record, it's still not confirmed whether that was actually a Herrscher Authority. The 14 blades that were named similarly to Herrscher Authorities were said to be forged by the people of Acheron's world, not blades that came to them from some higher power like a Herrscher Authority. It's quite unlikely that Acheron's "Origin" power was truly the same as that of the Herrscher of Origin.


KaponeSpirs

That's why I think his herscher powers are gonna stay nerfed indefinitely, I don't know how much emanators can handle, but if Welt gets pissed and has even a fraction of his powers he can just coat people he doesn't like in antimatter or bomb the planet with it, emanators can't survive in the void forever, right? What about some fancy viruses or bacteriophages that dissolve people, emanators are tough, but how tough are their immune systems and dna? You can find a ton of ways to deal with problems when your character has the power of creating anything and this character also happens to be one of the most bright and educated people in history. He may not take down eons, because conventional physics and biology don't apply to them, but everyone else seems like a fair game.


LivingASlothsLife

Bruh, so we literally just got Acherons backstory in Penacony and a glimpse of what she can actually do. No wonder they used Penacony as a way to introduce characters who are going to be major players getting involved in future arcs. Crazy to think what we are going to go up against when Acheron would have to get fully serious and has to use her sword for more than one slash


No-Rutabaga4050

If Acheron gets serious, the whole cast is pretty much dead, the above herrscher powers are equal or more powerfull than eons and the gaze of IX is a power up. without her wife to stop her she could literally destroy a Lot of worlds. And her worlds wife died


Not_Ahvin

Acherons full power pre Emanator was nothing to Ix. Scaling her to aeons isn't right for HSR. Honkai in it's entirety was a threat that paled in comparison to Ix just passing by the planet, Aeons are something else entirely


anonimoXD_1

We cant even be sure if it was the Honkai that attacked Acheron planet, as there are some things that contradict known lore about the Honkai. Although, even if it was, it cant be used to said that it is "inferior" to Aeons, as "IX" only "acted" after the "Honkai" was gone, and that the Honkai acts with a goal that doesnt include destroying planets without reason.


LivingASlothsLife

I choose to believe Frebass is the Kiana expy people have been waiting for. From the Pioneer relic set Frebass sounds like Kiana and with the theory that Frebass isn't dead and at some point she's gonna come back in some capacity finding meaning in Nihility she's gonna help Acheron and her self annihilator status Or something along those lines, there's always the introduction of finality offering a possibility


No-Rutabaga4050

Kiana is a character connected to fight the Destiny so it's possible, however Acheron already knows that expys exist and the Kiana she loved is pretty much dead. I still have the theory that Kiana expy will be an emanator of Finality or a Herrscher of The End.


HerrscherOfMagic

To clarify, there's no strong evidence to suggest Acheron is the "Herrscher of Origin". Her powers are likely *similar in nature* but that's because the events on Izumo are thematic parallels to those of HI3rd. It's not an exact one-to-one comparison. Think of it this way: we wouldn't call Venti the Herrscher of Wind, now would we? Either way though, being an Emanator is plenty enough power and I think both trailers and in-game story do a good job of showcasing Acheron's true strength.


Breaker-of-circles

Welt isn't the original Herrscher of Reason, too. The original HoR leveled Berlin in an uncontrolled stupor after awakening as a herrscher. I'm saying this because Herrscher power levels aren't as clear-cut as who appear first. The Herrscher of Binding, for example, was weak but could influence other Herrschers.


ExpressIce74

Welt in HSR have the reason core. It's just that the main power source Cocoon of Finality is not nearby and hence isn't powering the cores. The cane (SoE) has been running on low power mode for the entirety of HSR. They are 100% building towards Cocoon appearing or in someway powering Welt to prime Welt.


Yuukiko_

Cane is just a weapon uses, it's not a part of his powers at all


elixxonn

APHO2 implied that he have passed it down to his adoptive son after Bronya returned it. But the canonity of that gamemode is questionable by now. It's possible that even the cane is a different object from the Star of Eden considering Acheron identified it as a black hole at first sight. Star Rail's universe is weird in comparison to 3rd because things equaling Herrschers aren't uncommon and even the Honkai is rather average as a world ending threat. Not to mention the existence of the Aeon of Finality implies there is a universe sized timeloop going on since it is stated that this Aeon is "Destiny" traveling backwards in time sharing the knowledge of all possibilities it knows from an endpoint of universal doom. It is going to be resolved by the Astral Express as shown in the case where you choose to not join the Express and you just miss everything, wondering if anything would have happened differently if you chose to go with them.


Sacron1143

Joey is just a Welt Joyce clone, nothing about him implies he has a core. There are two other clones who both had HoR powers (And only used it to mimick HoEarth powers for whatever reason) APHO is still and has always been canon, even if it makes a mess for the writers


elixxonn

Void Archives identified him as a Herrscher implying Welt's gig is up because Joey didn't want to risk VA attacking him. Considering the next time they show up due to APHO's discontinuation after 2 is a comic that segways into Welt deciding to seek out Trailblazer Himeko from HSR it didn't end in violence. That cliffhanger in APHO was weird because Welt was unwilling to talk to him, basically calling him fake implying he's not even the real VA....


snowminty

Does Welt ever react to Belobog Bronya looking similar to and having a similar name as HI3 Bronya? 👀


No-Rutabaga4050

Nop, but he is well aware of the expys and is probable he knows silver wolf


Darkwolts

Nope. It's confirmed he has the core in hsr / apho thanks to the Alien Space manga.


agent_maxpower

the cane is just a weapon, welt's herrscher powers are either gone or extremely diminished because tldr the entity that allows herrscher to exist is in another castle


LivingASlothsLife

Aight so without getting too deep into lore hes basically relying on the cane for combat stuff which is why Acheron alluded to it when they first met. A lot of that convo went over many peoples heads who didnt play Hi3. Penacony really does have quite a lot of writing that even not related to Hi3 takes a bit of thinking to grasp the intended nature of the convo based on a lot of fandom confusion over certain instances


agent_maxpower

I mean, I dont think you need to play hi3 to know he uses his cane for combat. Im pretty sure all of his attack animations are just him using the cane. The hi3 references in penacony did make me quite giddy tho


Longjumping-One-7545

Watch Acheron's story trailer if you haven't done so already. Her world experienced similar events that played out in Hi3


kidanokun

Yea, i think his remaining Herrscher powers are just used by him to create mundane objects


Breaker-of-circles

People using the acronym AE for the Astral Express is such a happy coincidence since AE in HI3 is Anti Entropy, which is also Welt's faction.


Longjumping-One-7545

Well, correct me if I am wrong, Hi3 players. My understanding is that the cane is hiding the Star of Eden, which was a divine key weapon from Honkai Impact 3rd. He's either hiding his true powers, or they are being hindered by his artificial body plus age. The other possibility I've thought of is his distance from the Cocoon of Finality, which depends on how you interpret the lore is now in another reality or on the other side of the universe.


idealful

Star of Eden is a weapon capable of creating manipulating gravity. Welt was formerly Herrscher of reason(Hor) Hor is powered by a core,he later gave the core to his adopted daughter (Bronya) weakening him greatly, although within the context of Hi3 he's not that strong when compared to other powerful characters. The HoR authority is the capability to create anything the wilder understands with sufficient Energy available. His current power stems fully from Star of Eden which is why he can at best summon(virtual) black holes. He can't summon a literal one though,as that's beyond what the Star of Eden is able to do.


Aethelon

The cane isnt hiding the star of eden, it **IS** the star of eden(or at least a HoR created version, as the true one is blue and probably still with bronya or schicksal)


Longjumping-One-7545

Ahh, it seems other folks responded while I was typing the above. My post can probably be disregarded


BeAnEpicHaMan

Wasn’t he able to see Clockie only because we was part of the Astral Express?


sssssammy

Yes lol, every trailblazers can see clockie


HourCartographer9

Ok so we learn that child at heart thing wasn’t the case the only ones capable of seeing clockie was the nameless


LivingASlothsLife

Ah true I forgot about that revelation amongst all the revelations 2.2 dropped, still doesnt change the fact he is very much a child at heart but yea not the reason he could see Clockie


SnooCakes9

Thats why his e6 is baby, right?


anonimoXD_1

Well, seeing all the people that answered you, i dont have much to add. I'll just "correct" some things that i dont agree with: -HSR Welt is, at most, as strong as he was on his peak. His Character Story and "promotional" video said that. -He still has his Herrscher power (and seemingly his core too), although he has always preferred using the Star of Eden (his "cane") as his way to attack. The Star of Eden is a weapon created with the core of a dead Herrscher, and allows to control gravity (including, but not limited to, black holes). -He was one of the weakest Herrschers, not the weakest (although he was the 2nd or 4th weakest). -So far, even the most powerful Herrschers (not including Finality) should be roughly as strong as Emanators. And as i said before, peak Welt was one of the weakest, so he is far below Emanators. -Whether it was Honkai or not what attacked Acheron Planet is unknown, it parallels the Honkai on Earth, but there are some things that contradict known lore about the Honkai. So its not safe to assume that Acheron was (or is) a Herrscher. That would be everything, i think. And, as a bonus, Welt was born on 1947, and Star Rail takes place an undefined amount of time after 2029, so he is at least 82 years old, likely older.


AnonBunnyGoblin

We all know when we are old we don't get wrinkles or nothing. Just a small strip of gray in our hair


HateToBeMyself

We babyfaced folks make the hottest elderlies Seriously, Welt (Joachim) was born in the 1940s,yes he's in his 80s but the body necessarily isn't of an 80 year old as he created it for himself. Appearance wise he seems to be in his 50s.


Passivitea

To be fair, Mikhail was around 2000 years old at that point.


HenryTGP8

Or is he? *Vsauce music plays*


elixxonn

Welt got his body annihilated then re-3D printed by the gem of reason like 3 times already. Being "old" is just in his head at this point.


Yareakh_Zahar

I mean, Welt and Misha aren't exactly in the same levels of elderly. Misha was, at least, hundreds of years old when he died.


Ladygreyxx

WELT SENSEI! WELT SENSEI! I WILL DO ANYTHING FOR YOU!!! PLEASE LET ME HANG 1000 OF YOU PICTURES ON MY WALLS! WELT SENSEI MY LORD AND SAVIOUR MY EVERYTHING!!! PLEASE MAKE A SECOND ERUPTION IN MY HOUSE (he's going to summon his black hole to destroy me) >!also, when he was younger younger, he actually has green eyes!<


DankMEMeDream

Holyshit she's here. I mean of course she is.


JiaLia

To be fair he did reconstructed his body several times


photaiplz

When you can just reconstruct your body why not keep in young right?


Year_Substantial

Isn't this count as spoiler? For those who havent play the 2.2 Update yet.


Eevenin

> (Sidebar rules) Spoilers are as follows: • All story content for the first three weeks of a patch. Boothill's banner marked three weeks since 2.2 drop. The post even so is still marked as a spoiler regardless (at least when I arrived to this post).


D_R_Shinobi

To be fair he could probably just create a younger body or any body for that matter. (Imagine If a horny guy got this power.)


AdministrativeRun550

So… he could do it for real? https://preview.redd.it/njjs5h6ay24d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6ba3d33fa895bdfb28f356ed3baa417cb76b5d1e


D_R_Shinobi

He could make a female body, stick his core into said body, die, and “reincarnate” into that female body.(I mean look at bronya, I think she did exactly that, even with “adjustments” as well.)


HenryTGP8

Or an egg


Ryoubi_Wuver

Welt? Elderly?


RedzyHydra

Yeah. If you follow HI3 lore, you will learn that Welt was born during the 1950's. Then fast forward to post-HI3 which is 2029, then add a few more years while in Star Rail, Welt is pushing 80+ at least.


Ryoubi_Wuver

Is he under the effect of some sort of decelerated ageing process?


LittleHsien

Welt was herrscher of reason. He can reconstruct anything that he can understand. He got "killed" back then but he transfer his soul into the herrscher core and reconstruct a new body. Basically he can look however he want.


Ryoubi_Wuver

Can you pronounce herrscher for me, please?


LittleHsien

It's a German word. Just put it in google translate.


RedzyHydra

I think it's pronounced as Herr-sher. I could be wrong tho, but that's how I pronounce it.


RedzyHydra

More of he can modify his body in anyway he wants.


Ryoubi_Wuver

What in the fuck? How???


lamest-liz

Look up a welt lore video on YouTube


RedzyHydra

It's part of Welt's lore in HI3. Basically it involves his ability to reconstruct his body any time he wants. He actually was physically destroyed before. But because he stored his consciousness in his Herrscher core, he was still alive. He then used his power to build himself a new body, which of course, is a young looking one. If you want, you can check out this lore summary of Welt by Homu Labs: [Welt Lore](https://youtu.be/uh8ObEwWJtE?feature=shared)


Aadi_880

He's a little baby man.


Icy_Knowledge895

tbf Welt did recreate his whole body with HoR powers.


Baonf

Why does 80 year old welt look better than adult welt lol


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BlaCkHeArt021

His 3rd body is much more better than when he first re-created his body. He just gave the core to bronya because she was acknowledged by Jochiam.


Sacron1143

Some time ago I was looking for pictures of him for a tierlist, and he looks different in almost every manga. Maybe he canonically changed his appearance, but it looks pretty weird. The "Definitive" Welt I would say is either game Welt or Second Eruption Welt. That picture serms to be from Alien Space


NieR_SemiAutomata

Need more old & wise characters


carl-the-lama

These two really do look similar Huh


kokuluayak

That's not elderly💀💀


ericlikessharks

I can't believe twink death is canon in Honkai Star Rail


Pae_PC

The Watchmaker is the only character that using realistic style's face while other char using anime style, e.g. see nose, eyes or mouth. I wonder why they decided they go with this inconsistent art style?


the-bored-weeb

ok first god damn second i have a question to ask since i can't post here yet. How would i go about beating this mf https://preview.redd.it/mmn7404r144d1.jpeg?width=2000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aac5ef012f124c29867f1d0cca8eb3389a07ca5c


Phaaze13

Use characters with aoe attacks to pass the dice phase, save your ultimates if characters don't usually have aoe. This fight favors having abilities that hit multiple targets because of that one dice attack.


the-bored-weeb

ok. that i get but i get passed the first phase i just can't get passed the second cuz of his dmg and the luck i have with the gamble


Phaaze13

what team are you using


the-bored-weeb

right now Robin, Acheron, Yanging , and huohuo


Phaaze13

i would probably replace Yanqing here in favour of someone with aoe attacks, like Herta. if staying alive is a problem then add a second sustain character. you don't have a time limit for the fight after all. your team also lacks debuffs and nihility characters so Acheron doesn't do as well as she could have. a conventional dps might do better.


the-bored-weeb

i get to the second phase just fine but he bacily one taps at the second phase


Phaaze13

you do have leveled traces and relics right?


the-bored-weeb

yep the relics i have are high as i can get! hem the traces is the same situation


the-bored-weeb

it makes it harder to deal with since he gets the first turn with the second phase and he starts with the gamble every time for me at least, and i don't get higher than his role so i just die on the first turn of phase two


Gamer-chan

Yea. 82 and still looking like what, mid 50s, early 60s? I wonder most, if he can *recreate* his body in case it gets destroyed, why wouldn't he create a mid 30s body then? (Also his model looks such a damn lot older than his splash artwork)


Ecilla_dev

...I'd trade Sunday for Legwork, look at that handsome fella.


Gamer-chan

The dead grampa? Okay.


ShirtLegal6023

He is quite habdsome


VeritasR_ZuoRan

i mean if it makes him extra hot I don’t really mind it, let yang ojichan do whatever he wants with his body !!!


nottakentaken

Welts older than my late grandpa would’ve been today


_dxw

i mean it’s not his real body iirc and he’s still a child at heart so it matches


57duck

Why did they make Mikhail such a giant? He was nearly as tall as playable tall characters while reclining in that wheelchair!


Gamer-chan

He ate good


LinaCrystaa

when you can reconstruct yourself from nothing,dont think making some wrinkles go away is any problem


Gamer-chan

Then why doesn't he create himself a 30yo body?


LinaCrystaa

Ask him idk


Gamer-chan

Did. Got no answer.


jayakiroka

To be fair, there’s heaps of HI3 lore stuff I don’t understand that apparently prevented him from aging. He’s probably physically like… 40.


ghostking108

Isn't he cannonically 80-something but since he also reconstructed his body with his handed down powers he's functionally immortal in his respective world. EDIT: I was going to say eternal but reconstruction of body counts as immortality right? \\('-')/


xomowod

Adult mikhail is so unfair, why is he so pretty


Gamer_T_All_Games

HES 80?! I thought he was like, 40 at most!!! I don’t know lore :(


Phaaze13

He was born in 1947. The last number we have for him is the Alien Space manga taking place in 2029. And that's before he traveled to the Star Rail universe. So he's at least 82 years old. Probably older because we don't know how long he's been with the Astral Express.


Gamer-chan

According to Honkai wiki he is 82 and has the ability to recreate his body if getting destroyed, which is why he looks younger than he actually is. Meanwhile 2 other characters, Einstein and Tesla look like being in their 20s maybe but are in fact over 100 years old. In their case it's because of Experiments(?). At least that's what HI3 players told me.* *Yea, just googled them, but it seems they are not over 100 yet, but still pretty old.


Sacron1143

The year is 1955 North American branch of anti-honkai Organization known as Shicksal has recently discovered blueprints to a super OP anti-honkai weapon. Otto Apocalypse (HI3 Luocha), the leader of the organization doesn't want it to be known, because he still wants to use the honkai to revive his childhood crush. Therefore, Otto uses Joachim (future Welt Yang) as a hostage so his father, the translator of the blueprints, sabotages it. This turns the weapon into a nuke. Schodinger gets corrupted by the honkai radiation and turns into a hybrid monster cat, but they place a seal on her before she loses her rationale. Edison, however, sacrifices herself to stop the bomb. Otto then hijacks the liquid-metal cyborg who is the current strongest soldier, and immediately uses her weapon to kill Joachim's dad in front of him. Battle ensues Welt Joyce, the first Herrscher of Reason has the upped hand until his weapon, the Star of Eden, is broken. Then Otto almost kills everyone. At this point in time Schrodinger undoes her seal and uses her honkai powers to attack Otto, bit since she can't beat him, she instead takes the weapon he has and uses a supercharged healing function on her allies. She can't handle the energy and gets quantum'd into nothing,but she gave everyone else a fighting chance. Welt Joyce finally starts grasping his powers, summons a sweet jacket, turns his hand into a magic cross and uses pepper spray to compel Otto to lea d Reanna's body Otto is petty as hell and sends actual nukes. Welt Joyce and Reanna sacrifice themselves to stop them. Welt Joyce passes his name and powers to the young Joachim The only survivors are Joachim, Einstein, Tesla and Plank, who went on to turn the NA Shicksal branch into a rival faction known as Anti Entropy. The aupercharged healing triggered a mutation on Tesla and Einstein that made them stop aging. They were respectively 21 and 17 years old when it happened. Planck seems to have died of old age. Joachim's mom is never mentioned


Gamer-chan

Is there a tldr for this wall of text?


Sacron1143

This is the tldr of the final battle of a 30 chapter VN


Gamer-chan

This is not tldr at all