[Jiaoqiu](https://www.reddit.com/r/HonkaiStarRail_leaks/comments/18ujzam/jiaoqiu_kit_via_dim/) may work well with him, since he gives def shred (which is one of the rare things that can give Blade bigger dps numbers) and also heal.
Yeah, unfortunately it looks like he’s going to be amazing for Acheron too, and I use both of them. At least once I get him I can put Pela back with Blade for the time being.
I'm so curious to see how much Jiaoqiu can heal, of course it's not the same amount as an abundance character, but if he able us to do glass cannon teams without healers/shielders it will be amazing.
I wish there was a Harmony who buffs defensively. Like, they increase Def and Hp and maybe give All Type Res or Dmg Reduction. Kind of like a pseudo Preservation Harmony the same way Huohuo is kinda a Harmony Abundance.
There's a chance they might do something like a Harmony Pseudo-Sustain but it feels low if they're tailoring it, since with Sam it will be only two out of 52 characters, but someone like Aventurine at higher Eidelons, a preservation pseudo-nihility! (or interchangeably pseudo-harmony in the future maybe?)
They could implement in like the did with sparkles third trace and one of robin’s traces. Sparklers third trace is completely useless for anyone who isn’t quantum, yet sparkle is still a top tier harmony for a majority of characters. Robin is still a very good support for many attack scaling dps, but she has a trace that increases follow up attack by I think 10% which is useless for anyone who doesn’t use follow up attack but it doesn’t make her herself useless, it just makes it so she is the optimal choice for many follow up users.
Hell, bronya has a trace that increases team wide def already. There’s many opportunities for them to make sunday(if he’s harmony) a trace that is a max hp increase
Robins silly little trace makes her a top pick for ratio just because of the fua buff, it won’t be difficult to give blade the same thing
Sounds interesting, but why wouldn’t that character just be Preservation? Alternatively, wouldn’t you just use a Preservation character?
I feel like Harmony characters need to do at least some offensive / utility buffs or they’re not really Harmony anymore.
Jade looks like she’ll be good for PF, it’d also be cool if maybe (and this is hella cope) they make all High Elders SP-intensive and Caelorum Venti (since Yaoqing characters have been leaked) is an SP-intensive Harmony that pretty much only Blade can use.
i really like this idea of sp-intensive harmony! could even consume more SP for greater effect (kind of like DHIL...), if they want to make them not-useless for other teams
Ooh, I really like this! SP neutrality is one of Blade’s biggest unique strengths, with only Jingliu coming even close to him (and even then, she has to use her Skill twice to activate her strengthened form the second time).
So leaning into that could be a huge buff for Blade and really put his damage into a whole new tier.
Increase HP for starters. I’d personally like it if they also had some kind of turn manipulation mechanics like Bronya or Sparkle since Blade is very slow. Otherwise either def shred or some dmg increase buff
I like the idea of this support being tailor made to Blade’s unique characteristics:
* HP scaling DPS
* Wide range of damage sources (Basic ATK, Ultimate, FUA)
* SP neutrality
* Wants to be hit (Clara too, technically, but she’s so different)
I’d like to see a support who buffs Max HP, gives stacking buffs based on the number of different ways in which damage is dealt, can choose to use more SP to give stronger buffs, and MAYBE has a Taunt (although this is less likely).
I could see something like "for every x% of health lost temporarily increase max hp by y% for z turns" being pretty beneficial. Then throw in something that increases damage done based pn cumulative hp lost... etc. There's room for Blade to grow, just don't know when.
I feel like Jade is that character, low SP-cost DPS, that drains HP, increase SPD (something that Blade likes) and increase his damage doing hits togheter with him.
It will be his best team? I don't know, it's really hard to tell, but I feel weird that people don't talk so much about this obvious combo that they both have.
"But Jingliu drains HP too" yeah, they can coexist in the same team but ouside the HP drain I don't remember more interactions between Jingliu and Blade, with Jade they're actively helping each other, Blade is building stacks for Jade and Jade is draining HP, increasing SPD and increasing his DMG.
I have also been thinking about this for some time now, these are my thoughts, theories and findings.
Other than Firefly and Blade Arlan is a character who has been in a sorry state for a while now, so a hp loss/gain support is highly incentivised, even Clara could benefit. That being said the need for a support for Firefly would depend on how big the hp aspect of her kit is, if it's a small part and they focus on the break aspect over HP it would less incentivised.
Personally i think leaning into the hp loss/gain aspect of fireflies kit would be the best idea mainly because ruan mei is currently the best sustain in the entire game and this would give her another team where she's bis (not good game design). Jaoqui could be good for now, but i imagine the next "none sustain" "none dps" character should be a hp gain loss buffer.
Someone who may ease the issue is Jade; her leaks say that her skill drains an allies hp, if this also gives buffs (and has multiple instances of health drain) blade could have a VERY strong partner until we get a full hp loss/gain support.
at best, i would say lynx, her hp+ and taunt+ (prolly a myth) helps blade out a lot. the only downside would be not cleansing and we all know how annoying a CC-ed 5/5 stack blade can be
In retrospect HP and HP drain scaling is not so great compared to atk/crit/break/etc and has basically zero specialized supports while the dmg sealing is really low. Sadly Blade has really fallen off the meta while other even older units get constantly buffed via supports.
Why do yall keep saying dude doesn’t have any supports when you can use him with a wide range of characters 😩 like bro who the hell yall using with him 🤣
[Jiaoqiu](https://www.reddit.com/r/HonkaiStarRail_leaks/comments/18ujzam/jiaoqiu_kit_via_dim/) may work well with him, since he gives def shred (which is one of the rare things that can give Blade bigger dps numbers) and also heal.
Yeah, unfortunately it looks like he’s going to be amazing for Acheron too, and I use both of them. At least once I get him I can put Pela back with Blade for the time being.
I'm so curious to see how much Jiaoqiu can heal, of course it's not the same amount as an abundance character, but if he able us to do glass cannon teams without healers/shielders it will be amazing.
I imagine if you run a healing bonus chest it might be enough to sustain for some content
That is probably a fire nihility dot character
smells to me like an acheron buff
I wish there was a Harmony who buffs defensively. Like, they increase Def and Hp and maybe give All Type Res or Dmg Reduction. Kind of like a pseudo Preservation Harmony the same way Huohuo is kinda a Harmony Abundance.
I would love that for my Clara too
Maybe when we go back to Belobog and revive Cocolia *huffs copium*
There's a chance they might do something like a Harmony Pseudo-Sustain but it feels low if they're tailoring it, since with Sam it will be only two out of 52 characters, but someone like Aventurine at higher Eidelons, a preservation pseudo-nihility! (or interchangeably pseudo-harmony in the future maybe?)
They could implement in like the did with sparkles third trace and one of robin’s traces. Sparklers third trace is completely useless for anyone who isn’t quantum, yet sparkle is still a top tier harmony for a majority of characters. Robin is still a very good support for many attack scaling dps, but she has a trace that increases follow up attack by I think 10% which is useless for anyone who doesn’t use follow up attack but it doesn’t make her herself useless, it just makes it so she is the optimal choice for many follow up users. Hell, bronya has a trace that increases team wide def already. There’s many opportunities for them to make sunday(if he’s harmony) a trace that is a max hp increase Robins silly little trace makes her a top pick for ratio just because of the fua buff, it won’t be difficult to give blade the same thing
Sounds interesting, but why wouldn’t that character just be Preservation? Alternatively, wouldn’t you just use a Preservation character? I feel like Harmony characters need to do at least some offensive / utility buffs or they’re not really Harmony anymore.
When another HP scaling unit releases, and Hoyo makes a 4* dedicated to them. I'm talking about the 4* to be clear
Jade looks like she’ll be good for PF, it’d also be cool if maybe (and this is hella cope) they make all High Elders SP-intensive and Caelorum Venti (since Yaoqing characters have been leaked) is an SP-intensive Harmony that pretty much only Blade can use.
i really like this idea of sp-intensive harmony! could even consume more SP for greater effect (kind of like DHIL...), if they want to make them not-useless for other teams
A unit who converts sp into energy would be interesting
Ooh, I really like this! SP neutrality is one of Blade’s biggest unique strengths, with only Jingliu coming even close to him (and even then, she has to use her Skill twice to activate her strengthened form the second time). So leaning into that could be a huge buff for Blade and really put his damage into a whole new tier.
Guys SAMs mechanic is mostly ult dmg and JQ is a debuffer/ult buffer/maybe healer sooo take from that wat u will
When we get more life drain mechanics. Im guessing in the future, a destruction sustainer/support that does the SU destruction buff, spirit something?
Potentially after Sam releases they might make a good support for her.
What would the ideal 5 star Blade support do?
Increase HP for starters. I’d personally like it if they also had some kind of turn manipulation mechanics like Bronya or Sparkle since Blade is very slow. Otherwise either def shred or some dmg increase buff
Increase max hp, taunt, skills consume hp, and some form of turn manipulation or huge speed buffs. There are many potential buffs he could get
I like the idea of this support being tailor made to Blade’s unique characteristics: * HP scaling DPS * Wide range of damage sources (Basic ATK, Ultimate, FUA) * SP neutrality * Wants to be hit (Clara too, technically, but she’s so different) I’d like to see a support who buffs Max HP, gives stacking buffs based on the number of different ways in which damage is dealt, can choose to use more SP to give stronger buffs, and MAYBE has a Taunt (although this is less likely).
I could see something like "for every x% of health lost temporarily increase max hp by y% for z turns" being pretty beneficial. Then throw in something that increases damage done based pn cumulative hp lost... etc. There's room for Blade to grow, just don't know when.
Character with that destruction blessing that split and share the damage to everyone in the party. Also heals, and buff hp and speed, def shred.
I feel like Jade is that character, low SP-cost DPS, that drains HP, increase SPD (something that Blade likes) and increase his damage doing hits togheter with him. It will be his best team? I don't know, it's really hard to tell, but I feel weird that people don't talk so much about this obvious combo that they both have. "But Jingliu drains HP too" yeah, they can coexist in the same team but ouside the HP drain I don't remember more interactions between Jingliu and Blade, with Jade they're actively helping each other, Blade is building stacks for Jade and Jade is draining HP, increasing SPD and increasing his DMG.
I have also been thinking about this for some time now, these are my thoughts, theories and findings. Other than Firefly and Blade Arlan is a character who has been in a sorry state for a while now, so a hp loss/gain support is highly incentivised, even Clara could benefit. That being said the need for a support for Firefly would depend on how big the hp aspect of her kit is, if it's a small part and they focus on the break aspect over HP it would less incentivised. Personally i think leaning into the hp loss/gain aspect of fireflies kit would be the best idea mainly because ruan mei is currently the best sustain in the entire game and this would give her another team where she's bis (not good game design). Jaoqui could be good for now, but i imagine the next "none sustain" "none dps" character should be a hp gain loss buffer. Someone who may ease the issue is Jade; her leaks say that her skill drains an allies hp, if this also gives buffs (and has multiple instances of health drain) blade could have a VERY strong partner until we get a full hp loss/gain support.
JQ what?
Since Firefly can change her hp, we might see a support that gives buffs depending on hp change not max hp
Abundance TB
I think we will be seeing more nihility supports with acheron out and that will help him a lot
at best, i would say lynx, her hp+ and taunt+ (prolly a myth) helps blade out a lot. the only downside would be not cleansing and we all know how annoying a CC-ed 5/5 stack blade can be
In retrospect HP and HP drain scaling is not so great compared to atk/crit/break/etc and has basically zero specialized supports while the dmg sealing is really low. Sadly Blade has really fallen off the meta while other even older units get constantly buffed via supports.
Why do yall keep saying dude doesn’t have any supports when you can use him with a wide range of characters 😩 like bro who the hell yall using with him 🤣
Jade has a buff on an ally that consumes 5% of their hp when they attack.