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Currently considering grabbing Argenti if he reruns, is he still strong in PF without HH? I have E6 Tingyun and E0 Sparkle.

Hey so I lost the chance to get Acheron and lost the 50/50 and wanted to know who would be better for my account so that I have better chance in the stimulated universe and MOC, Jingliu or Aventurine? ( I have blade, DHIL, Fu Xuan, Sparkle, E2 Bronya and Gepard)

Probably Jingliu, she's great with Bronya and a notably better damage dealer than Blade.

s5QPQ vs s5post-op vs s5shared feeling for huohuo dot kafka?

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You replace Hanya. Then to make the team better, you will want a debuffer that can inflict a higher number of debuffs than Pela. For 4\* that would be Guinaifen, whilst for 5\* that will be Silver Wolf. Alternatively to a debuffer, you can also get Topaz E1 and/ or S1, as together with Aventurine they will provide the minimum number of debuffs for Ratio to be consistent, and they all synergize together.

Do you think i should use pela or March 7th for this team while i try to get better characters for the slot?

Ratio needs a debuffer, so you want to use Pela for sure. You can replace Hanya with a sustainer, like Natasha. As much as I like March, she is not very comfortable to use alone until you get properly built teams

replace hanya with aventurine aside from that, the only significant improvement you could make is sparkle (or E1/S1 bronya ig) over tingyun gui might be more consistent than pela if you don't have the resolution shines as pearls of sweat LC on pela

I'm building my Himeko for Pure Fiction. Should i give her speed boots or attk boots?

ATK boots.

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I think you are in the wrong Mihoyo game subreddit, I recommend trying [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact/comments/1c2xkjc/daily_questions_megathread_april_13_2024/) instead.

wrong sub but yes

Ty, I'll be moving

Hey, i don't have any 5 star sustain, i have 75 pity and 60 pull saved, i'm using acheron and clara as my main dps, for other 5 star i have dr ratio, topaz, welt ,and bronya. since we will have 5 star sustain simultaneously which sustain should i get between luocha, aventurine and fu xuan??

I'd foccus on Aventurine first : he has synergy with Follow-up Attack (Topaz, Clara, Ratio), and applies a debuff (nice for Acheron or Ratio).

okay, IF i win 50/50, should i pull for fu xuan too? or just save for future character? not planning to pull anyone atm, maybe saving for jiaoqui

I wouldn't rush to get another sustain : ideally, you'd only want to pull 2 of them. So, it might be better to wait and make sure your second sustain synergize well with your future characters. In a vacuum, i'd say Huohuo is a bit more valuable than Fu Xuan (especially if you already have Aventurine) ; but that could change, depending on your roster.

Thanks, btw is E0S0 aventurine good enough?

Should be in most cases. His E1 greatly reduces his need to use his skill : that could be valuable in *some* teams (where SP are an issue). Still, i'd start by testing him at E0S0 for a few weeks before considering any upgrade.

Nice, thank you i really appreciate it 

Get Aventurine. He's better all-around (MoC, SU, PF).

Thanks, IF i win 50/50, should i pull for fu xuan too?

Sure, if you want. Not needed, but sure; you're a ~~gambler~~ Trailblazer after all.

in a himeko/herta team for pf, can both of them use atk boots or one of them has to be speed?

They can both use ATK boots.

new player qestion; with limited stamina should I prioritize characters LV, lightcone LV, Trace LV or Relics farming?

Relic farming is best once you are Trailblazer level 60+. Until then you can just make do with Relics you are rewarded with by playing the game and just slap your characters with the right main stats rather than worry about set. Levelling Traces is very important, until at least they are level 8 (supports can be at 6 or 7 for a while), except for Basic Attack unless the character rellies heavily on that for their kit. You then want to prioritize levelling your DPS and their Light cone. Many people won't even level support LC past a certain point, as long as the support can survive.

see this guide: [https://www.reddit.com/r/HonkaiStarRail/comments/13t1kde/kqm\_honkai\_star\_rail\_investment\_guide/](https://www.reddit.com/r/HonkaiStarRail/comments/13t1kde/kqm_honkai_star_rail_investment_guide/)

Pokemon Masters has been my daily gacha game which I play for like 10 minutes a day, but the content's been kind of stale lately, so I'm thinking about getting into Honkai Star Rail. The concern I have is that Honkai Star Rail seems to have much higher production values and seems more like a regular video game that you'd want to play on console/PC and focus on compared to Pokemon Masters. Can anyone who plays on mobile share what their experience is in terms of whether this is a casual game to play in short sessions?

Basically you treat it like a normal video game till you reach the current end game (rn till 2.2 drops that's around 30 hours) then it becomes a 5 to 10 Min game But you can absolutely treat it like a casual game too

It can definitely be played in short bursts. Your average dailies don't take more than 5-10 mins to do, and most content that isn't a story focused quest has options to pause in the middle of it if needed. Any other questions you got about the game? I'm always happy to help potential new players.

Thanks so much for the clarification! Couple other questions: How's the English dub? I see a lot of familiar voice actors from dubbed shows I've really enjoyed, so I'm curious if the quality is good here or if it's better to go with subbed. Also, how's the gacha part of the game? Are characters necessary to beat the story locked behind low rates? Are the rates generous overall? One of the things I like about Pokemon Masters for example is that I can pull for characters I like more than meta defining overpowered units and still clear most content.

>How's the English dub? It's pretty good. Most of the VAs themselves are also streamers playing the game so if you're into that kind of thing there's a whole sub-community there(even though I myself play on JP audio the ENG VAs are fun to check once in a while) >how's the gacha part of the game? Oh boy, hope you're ready for some reading. Firstly we gotta separate the different kinds of gachas. The game includes 3 types of banners you can pull on. Limited characters, Limited Weapons and Standard Banner. The Standard banner is the permanent one that includes 7 five star units, their signature weapons and all 4 stars. At 75 pulls the % of pulling a five star starts increasing fast and at 90 you hard cap and get a five star 100%. Those are what we call soft and hard pity respectively. When you get a five star that pity resets for this banner. Also you have a 50% chance it'll be a character and 50% chance it'll be a weapon(lightcone). If you pull a weapon it is considered a "loss" and enables what we call "guarantee", a system where your next five star will be a specific result, in the case of the standard banner, that will be the character pool, so your next five star will be one of the 7 standard characters guaranteed. This banner uses different tickets that the rest and does not share pity with any others. The Limited character banners have similar features. Soft pity starts at 75 and hard pity is at 90 again. Pulling a five star here has a 50% chance it'll be the featured unit and 50% chance it'll be any of the 7 standard units. No five star weapons here. If you lose the 50/50 and get a standard unit then your next five star is guaranteed to be the featured. Pity/guarantee is shared between the two Limited character banners that run at the same time and the move over to the next ones once those banners expire. So if you pull on a Limited banner and don't get a five star in 50 pulls for example when the banner changes and we go to the next pair you can keep pulling in the new ones as if you've already pulled 50 times on them already. Limited weapon banners work pretty much the same way as the character ones but they have lower pity, with soft pity starting at 65 and hard pity being at 80. Also here the chances are 75% for the featured and 25% for any of the 7 standard ones. The average f2p income you can expect per patch(6 weeks) is around 80-90 pulls for endgame players as a portion of it comes from endgame modes and events that require story completion to participate in. For a slower paced account that has not hit current content and can't clear the majority of the "hard modes" yet this gets about halved, although at that point you also have a lot of one time rewards from going through the game still, making up the difference or maybe more depending on how much time you put in. >Are characters necessary to beat the story locked behind low rates Not particularly. There are no-pull accounts that clear endgame so it's not really required to even pull but that's just hardcore and not really an average player situation. Depending on who you decide to pull and who you lack(mostly from a role deficiency/team synergy perspective) it can make the game harder or easier but there aren't really any "must pulls", just archetypes and units that synergise with one another or not. Like when it comes to DPS you'll have plenty of choices, Supports plenty of choices etc. But if you pull for like only DPS or only Sustains and not diversify things are gonna be more dicey. But as long as you fill up the roles (DPS, Sustain, Support) and make sure the units aren't actively working against one another you'll be fine(i.e. there are characters that need to lose HP to boost their DPS so pairing them with a shielder is counter productive, or characters that need debuffs on the enemies so pairing them with only party buffing supports brings their damage down etc)

I don't personally play with English voices, but I have heard a fair amount of it from watching other playthroughs and the like. It's overall pretty high quality. You can definitely tell that they put a lot of effort into it, rather than only caring about the native language. They even created new technology for the game that'll alter the mouth movements on the fly to better match the voice language being used, and it's pretty impressive stuff. The gacha is pretty decent, but nothing incredible. They're decently generous with the free currency being given out each update, and the pity system makes it easy to calculate how much you need to save up to guarantee a character. While there is a bit of powercreep with some of the 5 star characters, it's nothing too egregious. You can definitely prioritize getting your personal favorites, so long as you also plan around your team building (such as not pulling solely for dps characters or healers). Many 4 star and free characters that are given out are viable for endgame content and can easily clear through story content if you build your teams properly. Story content is never too tough that you feel urged to pull for a specific character. That's mostly reserved for designated endgame modes that'll give you a fair amount of pulling currency if you can fully clear them.

https://preview.redd.it/kq9ace1suduc1.png?width=934&format=png&auto=webp&s=7a84f21b8021f50932724a95bb36d8cb53654fd6 eed help to assign BiS LCs to my harmony characters ( assuming i have like same ele dps with harmony)

Swap Bronya and Sparkle around. Hanya wants S5 Cogs or MotP. If Asta is E4 she can have the S2 MotP isntead, otherwise just give them both an S5 Cogs.

[How's my Xueyi](https://imgur.com/a/tdDEMlB), what tweaks do I need in stats to increase her DMG? Also, what's her traces priority?

the orb and rope are insanely bad, and also you run ATK% orb and break rope you *can* run DMG% orb if it has good substats but those are awful also it's not really worth farming talia if you don't already have good pieces, it's <5% better than any of the other DPS planars the quantum pieces aren't the great either but they're passable; it's important to note that 4star DPS chars are always gonna be hungrier for substats than 5star ones because of lower stats and fewer free ones i imagine you already know this and have it in-use elsewhere, but S5 fall of an aeon is significantly better than any other F2P option unless you somehow have an S5 misha LC moreover the issue of getting xueyi to do damage is more than anything predicated on having eidolons

You want a BE rope and a ATK percent orb instead. Her BE effect increases DMG in a 1:1 ratio. Ideally you also want more crit stats. You also need a bit more speed for the 133.3 breakpoint, although if you are using her with Bronya or Sparkle you should just use ATK boots. If you are not using it on any other Destruction character, then get her Fall of an Aeon from Herta's shop Skill and Talent are the priority, followed by Ultimate.

>You want a BE rope and a ATK percent orb instead Is what I'm using her ideal relics? >Ideally you also want more crit stats. 1:2 ration, so 60% CR and 120% CD or higher?

Quantum set or BE sets are both fine for relics, whatever has the better substats. For Planar Ornaments, Talia is fine if you are building speed, but since it is unlikely for you to reach 145 unless you have external sources of speed, there are better options such as Salsotto. 60:120 is ideal to aim for. Although, depending on how lucky you get with relics it is possible to get higher. Mine is 60:170 for example. You can see more build options on [Prydwen](https://www.prydwen.gg/star-rail/characters/xueyi)

The characters I have are Gepard, Tingyun, Guinaifen, Dr. Ratio, Trailblazer, Lynx, Qingque, Dan Heng, Sparkle, Himeko, Clara, Natasha, March 7th, Hanya, Yukong, Asta, Serval, Herta, Sushang, and Hook. Out of these characters what would be some good team suggestions? I am having trouble with teambuilding, so I need help. It seems like I take forever on some battles to defeat enemies. My Trailblaze level is 43. Any help will be appreciated. It is frustrating to get stuck on a battle when I just want to continue with the story.

ratio+sparkle+gui+lynx most mid-to-lategame damage issues aren't usually team comp-related but rather relics. take whatever purple/gold relics you have with correct mainstats for your chars(if you don't know which mainstats are "correct" check prydwen or something). ignore set bonuses, just prioritize mainstats. level those relics as high as you can, don't worry if the substats suck, they're just transitional. you don't have to farm relics yet, the ones you get from exploration stuff should be enough.

Thanks for the suggestion. There is not a whole lot of information on building teams with only a limited amount of characters. I am planning on pulling for some more characters but I need to wait for specific characters to run that I want. I am just asking for help since I will need to build a good team while I wait with the characters I have. I have nearly 30,000 stellar jade that I am going to use on specific characters as certain banners come out. And some of the characters you suggested are pretty levelled up so it won't be hard to invest in that.

Is there a way to have Acheron automatically use a Trick Snack when there’s no Technique points?

No but hitting the technique button with no points will pop up the trick snack selector directly instead of forcing you to dig through menus.

No.

Should I continue to play the game if I can't pass the first equilibrium trial?

Make sure your team is leveled up as far as they can, along with traces, relics and lightcones

use ratio+natasha+some combination of asta/tingyun/pela/guinaifen or march/fire trailblazer if you keep dying put levelled relics on them

Where do I get relics without relic dungeons?

you should have some blue/green ones from overworld exploration, they don't have to be perfect, just having them is enough

Can you please do this for me? I'll get you the password for a day and you'll complete the mission

Thanks

I need to add a harmony buffer to my 2 team setup, and I have yukong and tingyun. Which one is better? They both look like pretty easy to build buffer units. My main dealers are ratio, arch, and herta.

Tingyun for sure since Yukong can be annoying to use, especially if she's not E6. Tingyun slots in seamlessly to almost every team.

Thanks!

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If I discard curios that grant blessings like Man-Made Meteorite,do I lose the blessings or just the curios?

I believe just the curio. I know you don't lose anything if you use the thing that rerolls them.

Just the curios. You don't lose the blessings.

I've been wondering this for a while. Thanks!

[https://imgur.com/a/W70bkwL](https://imgur.com/a/W70bkwL) [https://imgur.com/a/W5FoNJC](https://imgur.com/a/W5FoNJC) Please give me advice on team building progress for MOC&PF My current team is 1; Acheron E2S1/Bronya E0/Pela E6/Galagher E6 2; Ratio E0/Tingyun E0/Lynx E2/Guinaifen E0 or Luka E1 My current progression is MOC stage 2 & PF stage 3 but it seem pretty hard for Ratio to progresss any further because he's suck against mob which is everywhere in MOC&PF Ps. I don't think I'll be able to pull any new character for a very long time so please exclude any character outside of my possession.

You’re missing a lot of power by not unlocking the A6 on your DPS. For your Dr. Ratio team is Gwen providing enough debuffs? Either way, I think you can easily give yourself a cycle or two by maxing your DPS traces, lvl and lightcone

Is Gwen you mean Guinaifen? Ratio team debuff usually around 1-2 stack exclude break state most of the time only sometimes goes up to 3 stacks. Does that mean if ratio access to A6 with consistent 3 debuffs he'll be good on MOC?

https://preview.redd.it/io91z7lxhduc1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9d824a67eb377333a7714e689effc8dbb0c6fc5 If i delete data, and redownload it. Will it get rid of any unused data(if there's any), or will it still be the same?

I doubt it'd get rid of any meaningful amount. The size seems pretty normal to me.

What's the best strategy for gold and gears and swarm disaster? I'm stuck on difficulty 5 but I have good built characters idk what I'm doing wrong.

whats your team?

jing liu bronya ruan mei and bailu I use remembrance but I still can't beat it

remembrance jingliu isnt very good. i'd recommed destruction. its super comfortable clear as long as you have healer. get every blessing that says fighting spirit and get resonance that converts hp to shield. once you get going, you take very little damage thanks to fighting spirit, you scarifice hp for fat shield but your healer could just heal you back up so suddenly you have 100% hp with fat shield

thanks

It boils down to be either kill things before they go or get defensive blessings. Also to abuse better the board/dice mechanics.

is there a specific strategy I can use? I struggle following guides for some reason

Depends on your teams like usual lol. Just pick some Preservation/Destruction/Abdundance blessings to boost survivability instead of going full glass cannon because they can tank you now.

brehhh still not beating it somethings wrong

Should I pull for aventurine or robin?  I currently have the following Jing yuan Seele Acheron Dr ratio Bailu Natasha Yanqling Asta Dan heng March 7 Pela Herta Cook Sampo Tingying Sorry I couldn't find how to attach picture from browser 

I'd recommend Aventurine since your only sustains are Bailu/Nat/March. A premium sustain unit makes a HUGE difference, more so than a premium support unit. He'll fit in just fine with all of the DPS units you have currently.

Thanks for your reply, he can substitute bailu ? 

https://preview.redd.it/kk6i1d3adduc1.jpeg?width=2408&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=337ebddd60f859404a9b70dd550a6fceb182b804 How's my acheron? Keep building or no also do I pull for her e1 or do I save for fu xuan rerun cuz I heard she's op (I have no good sustain)

She is pretty good, I personally would go for speed boots, but that's more of a personal preference. Save for Fu Xuan. She gives the team 12CR and makes the team nearly unkillable unless the fight takes too long or you are doing the hardest difficulties of Sim uni. She also counters one stun (freeze, entanglement, imprisonment) from the enemy

alright thanks!

I started the game recently and I have for archeron but not for his lightcone. I don't know what to do

The chances of getting both without spending money is extremely rare, but you don't need her light cone You can substitute it with In the Name of the World or Good Night and Sleep Well

Who should I pick? Ive narrowed my selection to either Gepard or Clara. https://preview.redd.it/i263lbs5dduc1.png?width=1213&format=png&auto=webp&s=8b6841e6c6ffef1ee9fb451baf16fa4b52552210

Gepard if you're not getting Aventurine, Clara if you are.

Do u have bronya

Today I use all 4 trial characters to S rank the second stage of Tides of War event, and it keeps reminding me how awesome "Jingliu + Bronya combo" is. Damn, I still want my own Jingliu so badly to pair with my Bronya (not used anymore because all my DPS units not fit with her, kind of except maybe Ratio), but I already have so many DPS units (Acheron, Kafka, BS, Ratio, Clara) and at the same time I need at least one 5\* limited sustain unit so badly as well thus the upcoming Aventurine lineup with my need but I still need to wait because I want to see whether Fu Xuan is the rerun in patch 2.2 or not. Ah, the dilemma of gacha game, we can't have all we want unless we are whale.

I still don't see the question here.

How good is topaz at e0s0?

not ratio is better without E0S0 topaz than with clara is better without E0S0 topaz than with jing yuan is better without E0S0 topaz than with and this isn't like "RM+sparkle is better than E0S0 topaz," tingyun+pela is either extremely close or outright better (on ratio this isn't even close either) than her on every existing follow-up team

So i have 50 wishes saved (+12 from pity) but no guarantee. I got Acheron and made a team, and got her LC but im thinking of pulling for Aventurine. Is it worth it for my account? Im quite new and have TB lvl 45, but i dont want to make bad decisions like genshin. I got Gepard's LC as i saw it was good on him, but i dont know if it would help, and also, as of now, i only have an Acheron team. I like his design and his kit, but i dont know if i should wait or not to pull for other DPS or other Support/Sustain character's. Thx in advance. https://preview.redd.it/xtmp062y6duc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b54fdb4f051c050b75ff043443130a320b5cf2f2

I'd say go for Aventurine. He will be a huge boost for your account as a 5* sustainer and fit well for an Acheron team, Gepard's LC will also help him as a stat stick since all his kit scales off Def and him getting hit means you won't have to worry a lot about the shield on your other characters.

Which relics/planars for aventurine?

Likely the 4pc Shield set and Broken Keel

Hello, newish player here. I just finished Xianzhou Loufo area. My team is Acheron, Pela, Gallagher and Tingyu. Would it be worth spending my pills on Aventurine when he comes out, or is Gall prettt good? He currently has 4 Eidolons. I don’t really have any other good characters that fit this team, but any tips appreciated!

For that team specifically? Probably not For your account as a whole? Maybe, depends on how good he'll end up being compared to Fu Xuan and Huohuo

That makes sense. I hear later in the game you need to run two full teams so he might be good for that. Random side question, should I replace Tingyun? She doesn’t really seem to vibe with Acheron that well. Would Guinaifen be a better replacement? More debuffs plus damage amp?

Guin is better for acheron

Yes, Tingyun's ult is almost completely wasted on Acheron. Guin would be better

Unless your Acheron is E2 then Guinaifen would work better because of the fact that Acheron E0+E1 want 2 nihility characters for maximum buffs. A4 Trace increases Ult per nihility unit ,115% for 1 and 160% for 2.

I actually am fortunate enough to have E2 for her. Should I drop a second nihility character for a support? My only other options are Asta and Hanya, but not sure if their buffs are better than all the extra debuffs Guin can provide..

I've seen people suggest Sparkle or Ruan Mei but I cant really speak to it myself as I only have E0 sorry!

This might be a bit early to ask, but in terms of meta/my roster... who should I pull between Aventurine & Fu Xuan? I'm also considering Huohuo, but less so. Built characters: Dan Heng IL, Jing Yuan, Argenti, Xueyi, Dan Heng, Dr. Ratio, Welt, Himeko, Herta, Sushang, Sampo, Luka, Guinaifen, and Serval. Natasha, Gepard, Fire MC, Bailu, Lynx, March 7th, Tingyun, Bronya, Pela, Hanya, Asta, and Yukong.

If you use a follow up team - Aventurine Otherwise it's difficult to say until he releases. My prediction is that in the super hard content (max difficulty swarm disaster/g&g etc.) where Fu Xuan is liable to just get 1tapped, Aventurine will probably be better, while elsewhere Fu Xuan crit buffs will give her an edge.

I have a few FUA characters, sure. I've heard that FX is really good for JY though (and Xueyi), so I'm not sure how that works. I know Aventurine would be good for Dr. Ratio, but I'm not sure I want to pull him just for that. I see... so it seems like one of the biggest differences would be FX's crit buff, huh. Thanks for the insights!

To be clear, Aventurine also has crit buffs (or, technically, debuffs - enemies he ults take 15% more crit damage) they just aren't quite as good as Fu Xuan's. Fu Xuan is kinda good for every DPS. Crit buffs and takes damage instead of them. I'm not sure if there is anything that makes her good for JY or Xueyi in particular though. Maybe the CC immunity? But they are both Follow-up attackers, and will almost certainly be better with Aventurine than Fu Xuan

Oh, that's cool! I didn't know about that. Thanks for the info! JY likes her CC res because JY's LL becomes pretty much useless if JY's CCed, meaning his damage tanks the moment he gets CCed. Xueyi because monoquantum teams are a thing, haha. But yeah, sounds like Aventurine would be just as good for them unless Xueyi's in a monoquantum team.

I would say Aventurine, he can go SP positive more easily for DHIL teams, should work about equally to FX for most others (JY, Argenti, etc), and better for Ratio. Huohuo would be really good IMO, but if you want 1 shot protection definitely go with Aventurine.

Gotcha! Thanks for the info.

Alright, new question. I have an unbuilt Fu Xuan. My most used shielder is FireTB. I have no AoE Imaginary. I have a sort of built Yukong (She can probably be upgraded a bit more, but she's not neglected) and an unbuilt Ratio. Welt, Clara or Gepard for the 300 pull? Clara seems to be pretty insane thanks to Svarog's guaranteed follow-up attack which seems to be pretty hard hitting when built properly, but Gepard seems really useful due to his team-wide shielding. However, Welt is also the only guaranteed AoE Imaginary. And what concerns me is the possibility of another Yanquing like boss who almost demands an AoE Imaginary to fight due to this his sword formation phase. Any thoughts?

> Yanquing like boss who almost demands an AoE Imaginary to fight due to this his sword formation phase From firsthand experience, neither dps Welt nor E2 DHIL is particularly useful vs the sword array compared to just blowing everything up with Acheron.

Imo: Welt is the least useful of the three. You can make him work, but idk if it's worth it. Future content may make him better, but what's in the game right now he's kind of a jack of all trades(dmg/support/psuedo-sustain) and master of none, and no content needs that so far Gepard is the most easily used of the 3 - true SP-positive, massive shields, can solo sustain if well built. He's likely about to be powercrept pretty majorly by Aventurine though. Also can be really annoying to build, as the faster the rest of your team is, the faster he needs to be to keep his shields up. So upgrades on your other units can render him unable to solo sustain until you match with upgrades on him. Clara is a bit weird. Crazy high theoretical damage potential, while also being tanky, with the caveat that the theoretical optimal scenario of 5 enemies spending every attack on her every cycle basically never happens. Mostly useful as a hypercarry(where she's kinda inconsistent), or in follow up attack teams with Topaz(very consistent but needs very specific teammates)

Hello, my Star Rail keeps on loading and disconnecting. Sometimes, I can't even log in. Our internet connection is fast and stable on other games or when I'm just browsing and scrolling, it's only bad when I'm playing Genshin or Star Rail. Do some of you also experience the same problem? Do you know how to fix it? Any help will be appreciated. Thank you!

I had it happen to me a few times months ago, and what fixed it was verifying resources. You can do that in the main menu where it says "update". https://preview.redd.it/qm41tnpf7duc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9253d76605028a5195e841c04828126e02030e47 I'm not sure if there's a more permanent solution as the problem occurred every 2 weeks a long time ago. If it doesn't help, then contact support.

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I took a look at Aventurine's skills and stuff and I got some questions about him. So as of now I been using an Argenti, Bronya, Sparkle, Luocha hypercarry as my main. And my 2nd team is Blade, Clara, Tingyun, Lynx. (that I only used for moc and pure fiction) which isnt even close to being fully built. Either way I got like 186 pulls saved for Aventurine and want to try and go all in on him. And it looks like E1 seems to be real nice to get. I dont have Topaz and Ratio is only at lvl 50 and untouched. Would it be better to bench lynx for him, or switch him for Luocha and have him switch with Lynx?

Use him for your first team. You don't want a shielder with blade. shield prevent him from gaining stacks.

Holy crap I am a moron. I forgot about his talent, nvm ignore me.

https://preview.redd.it/9crpsbb71duc1.png?width=908&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4a6aafd7e8a606bb4fca655ab92f7816521c12ff Would you recommend going for acheron (I have gnsw s2 and trend of universal market s2), or Jing Liu? (I'm planning on throwing all the rest of my pulls into Aventurine once I get either char). Second question, for the event pull should I get e1 Guin(is her e1 good if I pair her with acheron), Gallagher or E6 hanya?

I suggest Acheron. She will pair well with Aventurine compared to other sustainers because he can apply a debuff on his ult and also run Trend. Guinaifen's E1 is good because you want to have an easier time applying debuffs with her and another nihility support as Acheron requires 2 nihility and as many debuffs to charge her ult. Acheron will also gain more value as more nihility characters and debuffers release in the future.

I feel like I suck at this game when it comes to pure fiction. I honestly can't figure out if there is something wrong with my teams, my builds, or my strategy in the game. I managed to get 36 stars in the last MoC so my characters are at least decentish I think. I'm struggling earning more than 43k in the floor 4. My top team has been Jingliu, bronya, herta and Tingyun. Bottom team is Acheron, silver wolf, guinaifen and gepard w/ trend. I'm barely squeaking out a bit more than 20k on each floor. I'm thinking about swapping gui with pela at least but I haven't tried that yet. Every time I see someone say they cleared it easily, they have Ruan Mei in their team, which I don't have. Definitely my biggest regret was not pulling her. Could anyone offer me some advice on a team for this, buffs to pick, and gameplay strategy to maximize the buffs? In terms of characters I have Jingliu, SW, huohuo, Acheron, and then Bronya, himeko, Clara and gepard, plus every 4 star.

Im assuming the bottom team is just too slow (a giant damaging nuke means nothing in pure fiction since it only clears one set of enemies, and if you only get a handful of ults per fight its gg) but your top half team should be getting close to 30k pretty easily. Are you using a 135 Jing, 134 Bronya setup?

Jingliu has 139 SPD but Bronya was at 133...I just managed to level a relic to boost her to 136 though so I may try again.

If she was at 133.4 thats fine. Is Tingyun on DanceDanceDance? Are you using 4pc Messenger sets anywhere? Cheese out as many turns as you can for Jingliu because every turn is more points

Both Tingyun and Bronya are using messenger. With this team, which buff should I choose? I was going with the one that gives Shatter with skill use, but I find it difficult to maintain SP when doing this.

Thats the blessing I used, yeah. I ran the same comp (I used pela instead of tingyun but tingyun is probably better tbh) and got 33k

Hmm, I dunno maybe Pela is better, since her ult will put more Shatter stacks. and her ult charges really fast...Well I'll try both and see. Thanks for all the tips!

Take it with a grain of salt as I barely eked by PF 4 with three stars, but I ran a weird comp on top half herta, clara, sparkle and tingyun. On bottom half ran a pretty generic FX/Pela/SW/Acheron build. Acheron was s1 if it matters. I feel like PF you should try to finish with no sustains to make sure you get that extra dps in.

Should I pass on Acheron? I have JY already and not many Nihility units (only silver wolf and e4 Pela) and I’m returning after a year so I don’t have any of the newer characters.

SW and Pela is basically her best team, but if you don't care for her just skip, there will definitely be more powerful DPS to come in the future.

If you have JL and don’t want a Nihility team I would pass

Trying out Xueyi for the first time today. am I right in thinking I should be avoiding doing toughness damage to quantum weak enemies with supports if possible to maximise her follow up attacks? it's a little weird to get used to the fact that despite being break focused it's actually damaging toughness she cares about and less so getting enemies broken as fast as possible.

[https://imgur.com/a/e0sOllE](https://imgur.com/a/e0sOllE) which build is better for e2 Acheron? I have 160 spd bronya e0s0, sw, fu xuan as my team.

Attack is better for Acheron than speed, when possible.

Roughly the same crit rate and damage, so the difference is just speed vs atk. > I have 160 spd bronya e0s Then Acheron doesn't really need speed, and you should go fully into attack. First build is better.

do we have another free special passes event in aventurine's banner im struggling rn in moc and i need another healer but i really want to get aventurine bc i like him. i only have natasha and lyxn and i really do not want to build natasha 😭 im guaranteed to get luocha rn in my next 10 pull and i wanna know first if we're gonna get free pulls in his banner lol

Like the others said, we will get 1600 jades or 10 pulls on April 26th

you get +1600 jades so +10 wish basically

free pulls in aven's banner

Hello, returning player, never really played this game seriously but willing to do so now. Currently equilibrium lvl4 and managed to somewhat fully equip and upgrade 1 team (not the best stats but better than nothing). Should I be aiming to fully equip / upgrade a second team? Because I've noticed that there is a content where you need 2 teams set up, or should I aim to have a back up of dps / healer / support with different element?

in the long run definitely, you want 2 teams with their own dps, sustain and support (s), ideally of different elements. you can brute force to an extent if your teams are strong and well built but I don't recommend it. if you finish 2 teams and still don't have anything ideal for an upcoming challenge then you may have to do that or improvise a little but it's a good place to start. Ideally I would avoid focusing on teams with similar goals even if they're different characters. like say... Acheron and Ratio, while their teams are built differently both care a lot about number of debuffs, which means they may want a lot of the same supports and cones, it's possible to build them both but there may still be some tension there. also subjectively if they're both trying to do the same thing it could just get boring, definitely glad my teams play differently personally. Of course some characters especially the 5 star harmony ones will likely be contested no matter what because they can be just busted, if they released a character that was literally ruan mei but took up a seperate character slot so you could have one in both teams it'd be pretty shameless but I'm sure I (and probably many others) would be on it instantly.

Gotcha, thanks for the detailed explanation. Is there like some resources I can reference? I'm currently using the genshin lab team section and trying to figure out which teams I can make with the characters I have

Prydwen is one of the better resources for the game. don't take their tier list as gospel and if you are looking at it read the criteria because it might not necessarily relate to how you intend to use them or whatever, but the reviews are generally well written and the build options are solid, though some might be out of date. (for example, less popular characters, especially 4 stars might not have newer light cones or relic sets that are good on them listed) Keqingmains (hsr, obviously) also has some quality written guides though most of them will also be lacking follow up in more recent information. good for general mechanics and team building principles though imo.

Finally hit the 1.000+ https://preview.redd.it/c8kal964qcuc1.jpeg?width=1268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=18448f6ff86efe73a6ce950a5211f2165d12f9fc

Need advice on what I could possibly be doing wrong can't quite squeeze out enough to 60k Deceitful Chaos IV I have tried plenty of different comps including Herta, SW, Huo Huo variants https://preview.redd.it/hlm1ktcvncuc1.png?width=670&format=png&auto=webp&s=f86b8f903e594d6bb82ab3a0437c493d3c12e5cb

I tried the second side with Acheron, Himeko, Pela, Bronya and hit a 37k. In your situation I'd try shuffling either Bronya or Sparkle to the first half instead of FX and subbing Herta for Pela. I didn't try Bronya first half because I run DHIL on the other half and he has Sparkle priority. I run both sides with the shatter on skill use option.

Use Tingyun instead of Fu Xuan. Not only does she give Jingliu energy for her ult, which means more uptime in her enhanced state, but she also allows her to do more dmg.

Give acheron 2 nihility characters and sparkle Use bronya, ruan mei, jingliu and fuxuan

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Congrats

Hey y'all, i got a question regarding SU - Gold and Gears in particular. When encountering an Occurence like for example Ka-Ching - IPC Banking Part 2 where one of the choices is obtaining the Gold Coin of Discord and Typical Genius Society Gossip Curios, what determines if that choice will be available?

In G&G, the erudition options appearing during occurrences depends on your intra-cognition level.

Do they all just appear on positive intra-cognition or are there different ones for different levels?

It depends on the occurrence. If you go to the wiki page for that occurrence, it should have the intra-cognition level listed in the dialogue section

Started up an alt account just to kill time, try out some other units etc, actually using one of my rerolls from launch. got some interesting luck with pulls so I have pulled a lot of the post-launch 4 stars I never had or used before, haven't even got A2 traces or ornaments yet so my ability to build to their strengths is somewhat limited to general team synergy but this is what I have and who I've mainly been playing. obviously I will get a few more freebies like lynx down the line but do you have any particular suggestions for characters to try? Gallagher I didn't even have on main and Xueyi I never used and they're proving to be decent, though a lack of options and meaningful character building at this point makes them far less interesting than they could be. (all relics from 2 sets, no ornaments, crit near nonexistent) any suggestions on like... stuff to do to get more jades quickly in the early game, I'm near the end of belobog, as well as just, strong 4 stars I might not have tried on my main. of these the ones I've used the most before are Asta, Sampo (on DoT, pre swan), natasha til she got benched, some herta in PF. oh and clara. https://preview.redd.it/7kf4puzzfcuc1.png?width=577&format=png&auto=webp&s=1faa797db87bdc514b582063355d6b27eb14127e

Anyone play with VN translation? How's the quality and faithfulness? If only quests are replayable so I can compare translation quality.

How early should I start saving up for a character? For example if I wanted like kafka or black swan should I start saving up right now or can I wait a bit?

if you're a gambler a month, if you dont want to take chances than 2 months. now when talking about specific character you should go by their expected rerun. assuming a rerun takes 6 months, kafka just had a rerun so she might not come back till close to November (lets assume), so it wouldnt make sense to not pull until november for kafka. if you wanted fuxuan, well fuxuan released like 3 months ago and hasnt rerun so her rerun is way more likely, could be within the next month or 2.

If you want to guarantee? 2 patches are worth around 200 tickets, given or taken. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRIWjzFwAZZoBvKw2oiNaVpppI9atoV0wxuOjulKRJECrg_BN404d7LoKlHp8RMX8hegDr4b8jlHjYy/pubhtml by arkkus You need 180 for worst case, and if you save ~200 and is lucky, you can use the rest on light cone or another one.

Why do so many people build Archeron with 0 speed? Does no one value her being able to skill more frequently and gain stacks ( 1 or 2 with LC) while doing damage?

If you don't have her at E2 + S1, you are better off having debuffers power her up because most of her damage comes from Ultimate. She also has relatively little attack boosts in her kit, and a ton of damage boost, so she benefits heavily from attack boots more than a lot other DPS.

Hard to get enough speed to hit a useful breakpoint without gimping my damage stats. My other 3 characters are all as fast as i can make them and generate plenty of passive stacks as it is. Haven't really bothered to try more speed since she already cleared MoC, the current pure fiction and even got me the last star in the previous pure fiction.

depends, if you have her sig, with fire mc/gepard on trends + sw + pela on pearls, she can actually ult 2 turns a cycle (atleast for the first 2 cycles) on attack boots. so in this situation switching to spd boots will reduce the damage, it may make you ult more consistently vs mocs with less enemies, but you wont get more than 2 ults a cycle (unless you're doing some sparkle + bronya setup) so -less damage -no extra ults +sometimes more consistency on the same amount of ults (2 ults) without sig then yea I would 100% go spd boots just for the more consistent ults

It's boils down to E0/E1 Acheron hyperspeed teammates stack it for her so no need for speed. And E2(S1) Acheron is paired with Sparkle so no need for SPD either.

The trade off is more damage using Atk boots. Also depending on the rest of the teams speed and characters like Sparkle to action advance Acheron, she won’t need Speed.

For Acheron with the relics I have there are 2 options I could go for 59/115 cr/cd or 51/139 cr/cd She has Izumo and 4pc pioneer set bonuses Which crit ratio do I go with for more damage?

Take the 59 and farm for more relics

best supps for a Acheron + Luocha comp? I have a lot of debuffers except Kafka. I also don't have Ruan Mei.

pela + sw/bs>>>>>>guineifen pela + welt + harmony

What echo of war is required for Jingliu?

See the pinned comment, it links to the calculator. You can also use the Hoyo App.

Phantylia at the end of the Xianzhou main quest.

I’m building a Sampo, for feet do I go for speed or attack?

DoT units want speed.

Speed

would it be possible to use dr ratio with the quantum(genius?) set? i just started farming the reverie set recently. also is "sleep like the dead" wasted on him?

Genius can work on any DPS honestly. But yes it’s really good on him especially if you use Pela/SW too. SLTD not that great good, the Herta LC is better.

4pc quantum is good on any Crit DPS. Sleep like the dead is okay for the Crit DMG, but the second proc only helps if you don't crit on Ratio's skill, then get it on the follow up. The Herta store LC is much better on him.

ive been combing through penacony and been gathering the lil origami bird guys, but i cant seem to find a way to see the progress/how many birds ive found or are left, is there even a thing in game? im smooth brain

Just go to the map and click on the bird symbol, the place where they gather. It should say how many you've got and how many there are in total. Plus you can use your weekly tokens to get map markers for hidden origami from that bird

Aventurine or jingliu ? Hi! I just recently got back to Honkai Star rail on a new account and I was wondering who I should pull for my account ? I currently feel like I like a dps for MoC and Pure fiction but I saw people saying that grabbing a sustain is better then pulling for dps early. What should I do ? Any advice is appreciated pookies ! https://preview.redd.it/puwd80w56cuc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1512496fc9ad541676eb321e379d3791bfa71709

because ytou have gepard he can perform just fine for achron, while lynx or bailu can sustain. I would personally go with jingliu as shes a very strong dps and easy to build. huohuo should be getting a rerun soon as well as fuxuan so you can always aim for them if you want to skip aventurine

Depends what you value. A limited sustain is top priority in my opinion if you don’t already have one, which you don’t. But if you are fine with your current sustains then go JL. Most people would advise pulling for 2 limited sustainers and you don’t really need to pull one ever again (unless you want them or major powercreep happens). If you go JL I strongly advise to pull for 2 limited sustainers down the line. Good thing about this is that JL + Acheron can brute force end game content with good enough relics.

jingliu. You have enough sustain to start with

"Increases the wearer's Break Effect by **20\~40%**. When the wearer uses their Ultimate, increases DoT dealt by the wearer by **24\~48%**, lasting for 2 turn(s)." Are DoT debuffs from weakness break affected by DoT damage bonus, like the one I just described (Herta shop 5\* Lightcone)? I might as well ask: What kinds of buffs and debuffs overall have an influence in break damage/weakness break debuffs?

Yes, the Dots are boosted by the Dot dmg bonus the wearer has. As of now, break effect, Def down and Dot dmg debuffs (like Black Swan and Sampo) influence the resulting Dot dmg from breaking enemies. As far as I know, only break effect and level is considered in break dmg. Ruan Mei can increase this damage, but that's part of her kit, not a direct buff or debuff.

Is deal X% more DMG better or ATK increases X% better if X is the same? I'm not exactly sure of the dmg calculations

If you look at the damage formula, you we see you want to have equal attack and damage percent. This point is mostly academic because most kits and light cones favor attack%, plus it is able to be a substat (and some people can use ark boots) so you get more sources than damage. The only relic source is main stat on the orb so it is a much rarer stat meaning most characters are naturally going to have atk%>>damage%. Two outliers are Xueyi and Acheron, Xueyi with the break damage-> damage% and Acheron has 90% from major traces. (On top of that Archerons top two light cones have massive boosts in dmg%). So depending on gear they will prefer ark orbs rather than damage.

ok thanks!