can i just say, i love how smack says "sparkle hanabi" like hanabi is her last name 😭 it makes me laugh every time LMFAOO

"Dance! Dance! Dance! we'll refer to it as triple D" Triple D used: 1 Dance Dance Dance used: 30 Great video, answered some things I was wondering about too

Over time you've become a lot better at explaining the nuances of character kits and the synergys that they do have. I believe you even paced your explanation very well for anyone that needed to take a step back to rewind.

clara benefits a lot from sparkle too, she creeps yukong from sustainless comps and creeps ruan mei from with sustain comps. she's her 2nd bis supp below tingyun.

Pokke just 0 cycled with QQ, Sparkle, Ruan Mei, and Tinyun. Was hilarious to watch the gamba takes.

Love these showcase vids keep up the good work brother

BROOO I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR MY GOAT'S TAKE ON SPARKLE, FINALLY!!! We love your content man!!

Waited for this! Let's go! Also I am not skipping neither of them

Got a 25CD HP boot for Hanabi right after you enlightened me on the slow Hanabi strat. Thank you Mr. Smack 🙏

bro this guy is so good at explaining things

SMACK, this is why I love your videos and content. Your attention to detail and teaching others to play the game better is what drew me to your content, like your Yukong big brain video, it taught me how to use her in a smarter way and once I c6ed her it was a game changer for that unit. Please if possible make a guide video on the brand new penacony ftp lightcones and I'd love to know if they're any good and with who. Am wondering if any existing or brand new characters will make good use of them. Otherwise you should make a video and encourage the community to feedback how it's not acceptable to drop the ball on ftp lcs for penacony patch.

4:47 mr pokke is going to genuinely mald hearing this 😂

When you realize the luofu robot has imaginary res yet dhil still hits almost 300k

thanks for the vid. excited to watch u try this new pure fiction

Damn not only is Sparkle good for Blade too, when run together with Bronya that's actually his strongest team currently in the game. Hopefully you can cover this team some day too 😁

Smack cooked Really good today. I learned a lot😊😊😊. Nice vid!!!

Thank you for cooking this one for us!

Been waiting for you to post sa sparkle guide, I am learning a lot from watching your videos :)

Thanks for taking your time with this one. I find all the CCs throwing out guides on the day the banner release to not be believable. There is just not going to be enough information that early.

damn dude i just did a one cycle clear with your team set up LOL - good looks. all mine are running F2P LCs so its def possible even without the signatures. got the S5 DDD from the previous weapon banner! (and a spare S3 one too)

Excellent video man. I love this style and how you broke it down. Please please please do Aventurine when he comes out

Honestly, gachasmack makes you look at the game completely different! Great videos!

7:47 THANk GOD someone actually said it. Gacha Smack with the objectivity

love the passion here

thank you Mr.Smack. And hello Smackians!

I wanted to get e2 Acheron but damn man ur changing my mind on going for a copy of sparkle

Bro i was waiting for a week to see your opinion about sparkle hanabi ... Man please do more showcases and opinions i really learn a lot from you

Finally someone addressing Sparkle and Acheron. Thank you!

Another thing with her LC is that the 2nd part buff, future sp generating units will be able to use it. Just like how Hanya can refresh it every 2 turns since her skill technically generates 2 sp per turn.

For DHIL, I try to add tingyun with sparkle and reminds me with Bronya's buff (atk + crit dmg). Tingyun for energy recharge and basic attack buffs while sparkle for buffs damage and sp regeneration. So if you are unlucky (like me) to get DHIL E2, then you may guarantee to win sparkle on her banner. It looks similar like DHIL E2 which is give 3 ss (equal to 3 sp) and advance forward after ultimate. For jingliu, I still like ruan mei. For Blade, I still use Bronya. But qingque and dhil can be even more stronger with sparkle. Finally I can make mono quantum team (sparkle and silver wolf) and rock it (qingque dps or xueyi dps). I can make dual support/sub dps team with harmony and nihility unit in the same team. Also, what I like about Sparkle. Before enter battle use enhance skill to get 4 sp upon enter the battle. That is useful. Combine with tingyun enhancement, DHIL team (under E2) can still be strong. I know he may get powercreep when Acheron release. But rn I only play with sp hungry dps.

25:51 that tv enemy at the start actually gives energy to a random ally if you don't break him! i only figured that out after misclicking lol

8:00 Exactly my thoughts. Ive been having fun with ratio so I did consider pulling for sparkle, but I just didn't see the merit of replacing Tingyun as enough to justify wasting my jades on her.

Honestly I’m so happy sparkle is finally here. I don’t have bronya so she was a must pull. I also hav Dan, QQ, and Jin Juan. Honestly I haven’t had the need to use another harmony with sparkle I usually run my other harmonys on my second team. But if I feel lik I need to I can.

Why take so long!!!! Have been waiting!!!! Let me get my popcorn!

19:56 This take about Ruan Mei lightcone is so true. I have her LC and it just gives enough energy for dr ratio. Its kinda crazy.

I'm glad she's made my Dan so strong he was already my fav dps in game besides kafka. I got sparkle signature lc too and she's so cracked.

Got a few things to say. I'll try to remember them in the order they popped in the video. First of all, 4:47, I've seen someone say "Y'all have skill issue if you can't manage your skill points tbh" while they were rocking e2 DHIL... peak hypocrisy. And no, it wasn't sarcasm. For the first option you showcased, that seems quite affordable. I have a 162 spd Sparkle with her own sig lc, Ruan Mei with her own sig lc as well, and a Tingyun who's e6. Now, I like how all I need to do here is to just reduce the spd on my Sparkle. I do have DDD S5 as well, so I really can apply this strat in my runs. Only thing that I find a bit troublesome here, although I get this is for the fun of 0 cycling, is for the 2nd team all the current big shots (meaning the best harmony characters in the game) are all in the first team. So the 2nd team, altho I can't imagine it would take it 10 cycles to clear and/or risk getting 2 stars, I'm pretty sure it would be much slower. Other trouble I find here, at least for me, is that I'd be too lazy to swap Sparkle's gear back to higher spd for other kind of content. She'd depend on that 2nd harmony character who has DDD. Also I'm not sure how would this work in content where there are multiple waves, it probably doesn't matter, if we're talking about farming as most people, including myself, could just auto and not care how it plays out. But honestly there isn't much content in this game other than SU (Where it takes long and it's heavily relying on the luck on blessings and bosses you encounter at the end of the stages. Not to mention if you do play your cards right, then even a 4* unbuilt or unleveled character can shine thus making anything you pick pretty much meaningless and underwhelming). So I tend to actually do play it myself when farming materials or relics. For the second option, the fast Sparkle, that seems great too. Although it seems more expensive. Not in the sense that you need to pay for it with money, but rather with time. Gonna need Vonwacq with at least crit dmg or spd, as well as ERR rope. All while keeping her general speed quite high enough to go a second time on her own. For the 2nd cycle yep she will have only 2 turns unless she's getting pushed again up by DDD. I'm not gonna lie, at first I was skeptical as to how the heck would someone get to have 3 turns on the dps on the first cycle while Sparkle is fast. I thought the dps would somehow need to have well over 160+ spd which sounded like griefing. Very nice strategies! I do like the idea of faster Sparkle as this is how I decided to build her before she came out, so the relics were there, ready for her. For the fast Sparkle I like the fact that the dps will have all 3 turns buffed compared to the slow Sparkle where the dps' first turn is unbuffed by Sparkle. There is something to appreciate about the slow Sparkle too, like I said, it's cheaper, but not only that, if her speed is low, then we can focus more on pieces with crit dmg. So essentially we get to 3 turns either way but her buff is stronger. All in all, great video, pointed out 2 ways to run with it so people can choose, and it's nice how in both cases the main star of the show is actually a f2p lc that I'm sure most people have. Thanks for the info!

Please do a video on Mono Quantum (With a version with QQ and one with Seele if possible please!) My personal Mono Quantum team is Fu Xuan (11K hp with her signature LC), Silver Wolf (With her free event LC), QQ (Genius Repose) and Sparkle (Signature LC)

Ty for your awesome and in depth vids in getting her but idk if I should go for her slc or more eidelons? Any recommendations daddy smack? FYI I have all those units with slc for Dhil and jing yuan.

I’ve been waiting for your full opinion if I would even pull lol finally the vid has dropped Edit: I think she’s a character I’ll pull on a rerun. I only have Jing Yuan out of those four characters and I wanna use my pulls on someone else. Maybe I’ll see how she ages.

great video, could u describe how the setup would work with e2 dl. Since using tingyun ulti into dl ulti would result in him going next and not utlizing the buffs and kinda scuffed.

Craziest Dance Dance Dance Showcase I've seen, GGWP.

Thank you for having a reasonable Sparkle tier list. Most people be placing anyone with a crit stat at SSSS+

Seele and our general exceeded expectations from my limited testing I had no issues using both of them and they felt like complete units when used with sparkle especially jingyuan

Thanks for all the detail in this! I wish I had bought Tingyun's last eidolon when she was in the shop recently, because without it she can't fully charge DHIL's ultimate on the first turn, and there's no way I can make Sparkle fast enough for the 2nd strategy (I struggled just to get her to 134 speed). Oh well, hopefully I will get her randomly soon.

My auto team atm is jing yuan, sparkle, bronya, bailu. 18 day account so i dont have everything. Its funny coz sparkle goes first, boosting up jing, then jing skills (adding to lightning lord), bronya boosts him back, jing skills again (add to lightning lord) then he ultimates, then bailu basics. Then the lightning lord strikes with 10 pts.

Incase of Dr ratio welt is my debuffer and I put the topaz debuff light cone on gepard, it works

Pls do a showcase of blade with bronya and sparkle

U are the best guide maker

Dude is the Goat

Feels so good having sparkle and all her meta man

ive tested her with jing liu as well and shes actually crazy, you can skill spam with pela and my jing liu is just hitting so hard and i never have to worry about skill points its really nice

I saw in other people’s zero cycles, they sometimes use tingyun ult to battery sparkle, which made me have a brain blast because I never thought of that before. That’s why I’ve also come to like running huohuo for the extra ER, it’s really comfy

Finally :D didn't want to pull her since Acheron is coming but I love big numbers so I did (hopefully I will get my Acheron since I got Gepard and after him first 10 pull Sparkle) and I'm happy with what she does. She could be taller tho

Another excellent analysis, thanks Smack

I really liked Sparkle in my Bronya Blade(xp boots) team comp.

In that last example with Dr. Ratio, do you think it's equally good with Tingyun and Pela instead of Ruan Mei and Welt? I just got Welt losing 50/50 on Sparkle but he's lvl 20 heh... I can still use Ruan Mei but I am loathe to put DDD on her when S5 MotP is so cracked.

I don’t have Ruan Mei. Any suggestions for a substitute? I have dhil sparkle and tingyun

Beautiful team w slow sparkle and hyperspeed tingyun w DDD.

Awsome videos man could you make some guides for past and todays Pure Fiction? MOC im not having any problem but PF is a pain last one got 11/12 stars and this one only 10/12.

In a Team of Tingyun, Ruan Mei and Sparkle, who should I use? Xueyi (E5) or Qingque (E2)??

I love your content 🔥🔥 Keep cooking 🔥🔥

Im looking for the "wind" set but i cant find it in game lol,, which set is that?

One thing that I don't see talked about much, is Sparkle making Huohuo better. The extra SP you get lets you skill more on Huohuo to let her get 3T ultimates if you stack tons of ER, which can potentially let Sparkle get 2T ultimates to improve her SP efficiency better. Sparkle, Tingyun, Huohuo just piggyback off of each other's buffs to supercharge your dps like Jing Yuan or Argenti.

Does Dhil proc the Fol up atk buff of Salsatto? I didn't you can put that on him... Does it make a difference enough between salsotto and rutilant? Asking cus I have a god tier imaginary salsotto and I wanna know if the difference is enough lol.

Ruan Mei + Welt is going to be insane with Acheron... and I know you will be cooking with that team

Yessss I just pulled her while I was sad about Jing Yuan. WINNNN

Try her with Blade, Bronya, Ruan Mei team. It's really good. Also a big brain team of Bronya, Hanabi, Jingliu and Blade built for followup.

I was playing with the banner and got her lighcone but I'm not planning to pull for her .. is the lighcone good on bronya? Or just good with sparkle

Can I have my tingyun with S5 DDD and my Sparkle with S1 DDD in this comp my Sparkle is 143 spd and tingyun is 160 with my DHIL (102 spd )+ Fu Xuan (106 spd ) or is double DDD wasted ???

So if i use vonwacq, wind set, and 161 speed will i get three turns?

so does it work with ting instead of ruan meo ddd??

Jing Yuan is eating real good with Sparkle

What about jingliu? Should work good cause of the crit dmg increase no?

For the sweaty team comps for Acheron, which harmony unit is gonna be best? RM, Sparkle or Bronya? I'm leaning towards RM but i don't know for sure

this is very confusing, is s1 ddd still good to go ? since currently im sitting around 159 with 2 wind + 2 messenger with vonw

Did anyone notice Smack uploaded in 4k? My boy is going places

Bro I’m having the time of my life with the sparkle+bronya blade comp add fu xuan in there boi is at 100cr, with everyone running keel I get his crit dmg to 370 consistently. Requires some painful speed tuning getting bronya and sparkle both +134 speed and +200cd plus the keel passive but it was def worth it, running blade comfortably at base speed is so nice, and I don’t even have him running rutilant yet

Hi smack, I know I am a little late to this but I'm a pretty new player to hsr and pulled sparkle and JIng Yuan (as well have Tingyun) but I struggle a bit to get the most value out of them together. I was wondering if you could ever make a guide (indepth explanation) about how to properly play him with sparkle to get the most value out of the comp. I'd really appreciate it

Gacha smack can you explain your second team Kafka swan houhou welt? I've been struggling to beat second half of 12

Solid cut man

One thing I think worth mentioning next to "dont pull unless you have these units," is that a harmony units are a lot more future proof, especially the limited ones. So I would say that even if you don't have those units it might be worth considering what else you do or don't have on your account. If you don't have Ruan Mei she might be worth pulling still for a 2nd team support since she's still gonna be very good. Plus when another skill point greedy DPS comes out like DHIL she's just gonna retain that value. (And then you'll run into people saying "don't pull this dps unless you have sparkle.") In gacha games, supports tend to have a lot longer lifespan in the meta than DPS. So in the Sparkle vs Acheron debate i would guess that sparkle will stay relevant longer. Just something worth considering if you're on the fence between the 2, though at the end of the day you can roll for who you want more

If I only have QQ, do I still need Sparkle? I have Ruan Mei and Bronya and ai only spend on monthly pass

I gotta say, for dr ratio, if you go sustainless with sparkle ting/ruan mei and pela, I think he has the highest ceiling in the game at e0 for damage. Do keep in mind tho that this takes an insane amount of investment on all of your supports and you want speed, DDD and wind set on them. but no other character can scale this much off non eidolon investment I believe

I ran Sparkle, Dr. Ratio with Silverwolf and lynx. Sparkle taking the spot of my Ruan Mei, and it was instantly higher DMG. I think Sparkle excells at making under built sing, it's already hard to go back to only 5 Skill points. But if you already have well built skill point positive teams, you'll be fine without her... 🤷

Does it have to be a wind set or can it be hacker space? I dont really care about zero cycle (skill issue on my part)

I'm honestly impressed by how sweaty those builds and how you play them. I think I will stick to unga bunga and cope with 2-3 cycles😅

me teams right now are Fu Xuan, SW, Seele , Sparkle and Bronya, Jingliu , Pela, Ruan Mei. edit: also got a 3rd team going with blade, kafka as dps in case no ice weakness.' and im considering putting acheron and sparkle or bronya, depending on situation.

Lost to Himeko. 😭But it seems like I'm turning to Zesturine instead for my follow-up team comp instead. My DHIL hypercarry is bulldozing MoC without Sprkle anywayz. Thanks for the details which gives me more info to make my decision to continue pulling for Sparkle or not.

See here's the thing I just smacked MoC 12 Kafka for 500k with my Silver Wolf with my team as SW, Fu Xuan, Sparkle, and Yukong Sparkle is pretty nuts

6:01 and that's where sustain Welt comes in, especially with Ruan Mei, bro just does NOT let the enemies move 💀

Would be awesome to see some non-meta builds that sparkle enables. Brax mentioned Blade + Sparkle + Bronya

For me Sparkle is must pull. Because I'm too lazy to farm speed substats and I use atk boots on all my DPS. It just a quality of life for me because all my DPS is >160 speed now with Sparkle.

will acheron sync with dr.ratio. since ratio need debuffer?

I see Clara in B and I think you should consider trying her with sparkle, slow Clara with the crit buff that will last until her next turn, all of her follow up will be buffed until her next turn and usually she gonna get hit a lot so she's gonna follow up attack a bunch of time

can u make video DL +bronya (135/134) sparkl max speed just aa +heal?)

lets goo, just got her thx to someone hahahaaaa….. and just Formsache hang last banner and since he’s one of my favs………

I'm sorry man but this video is just a masterpiece what the hell man

Hey smack just a small question if your triple D is not S5 well it still work all the same ?

If you run Topaz E1 S1 with Dr Ratio that is definately God TIer i have this combo this shit hits almost 200k per doctor ratio hits and topaz dammage is not a joke