One thing I've kinda overlooked with Misha is that he might have synergy with IL Dan Heng + Sparkle, due to Danny consuming so much SP which benefits Misha's Ulti, while Sparkle can supply the SP.

Hoyo has been shitting out new meta characters every patch, my advice is to pull for support characters, and for damage dealers pull whoever you like.

"Raiden Shogun Lookalike" Im crying... Kiana didnt kill her grandpa for this

To be honest, I'll go for Sparkle because she looks cute and kinda looks like Hu Tao.

Oh Best Believe Im gonna try Sparkle and Bronya Together

Sparkle is going to shake up the meta in different ways. She’s “bronya” for characters that previously can’t use bronya efficiently due to limitation(DHIL, Jingyuan, etc), and a massive boost to Quantum characters like Seele. If anything this should be interesting. Characters like Jingliu and Yanqing would rather have Bronya instead of Sparkle, with the amount of crit damage and lack of damage percent they have it should be obvious. This should close the gap between the dps characters instead of further boosting Jingliu to the roof. Edit: The yelan to xingqiu, or Kazuha to Venti if you will. She’s going to be powerful, but not going to “powercreep” to the point you have to pull her. Honestly people should pull for E6 Tingyun and Huohuo if their objective is to just 0-cycle.

7 and 4 skill points is insane for IL teams Edit - I won my 50/50 on IL, next up sparkle . I alr have 6000 gems hopefully by that time it will go up to 8k.

Sparkle is one of the reasons why I've been getting into Honkai: Star Rail. I can tell she's already a really good unit, and I really love her cute design.

The thing is, like Yelan in genshin, having another character that does something similar to an op character is never bad

Sparkle advances the ally by 50% while bronya is 100%. Also she has a passive that increases the teams dmg (ether dmg bonus or atk) based on how many quantum characters are in the team. It isn't fully useless in normal teams cus it also increases crit rate a little without conditions. Black swan can stack up to 50 arcana stacks (in the beta it used to be 99 lol) A small correction: sparkle passive was changed a little during the betas but the concept is still the same ,you get a small unconditional buff for the team and you get more buffs based on how many quantum characters are in the team. The buff isnt really game changing, it wont make her unusable in other teams ,it will just make her better for mono quantum

With Hanya and soon Sparkle I would expect more sp hungry units. Perfect for propagation

so you advance the dps with sparkle, goes above bronya, then bronya pushes him again, goes below sparkle and she pushes him again. so unless it helps your kit you can just forget about speed entirely and with the right set sp become irrelevant since you'll always have enough.

I use IL DH a lot and I never had skill point issues. I usually ran him with skill point positive units and then it's easy. Luo for healer, Silver Wolf for debuff, Tingyjun for boost. *shrug* His ult essentially gives him 2 skill points so it's not super hard.

I don't have Dan Heng IL or units built that would really benefit from Sparkle so I'm def getting Black Swan to polish my Kafka team, that way I can save for other dps units and 5-star sustains that I really need down the line

Sparkle looks like fun and is cute. So will try for her probably of the two banners.

TBH, what you say is the truest statement, people be trying to chase the meta too hard or pull for every character possible without laying down a foundation. you should pull on the banners you want but you should not build every single character, its like building a lego set, you get 20% of the way through and hoyo announces a new character so you drop the lego set in preparation for the new lego set. Just slow down, build the characters you have right now so you can get the jades from the events and MOCs so you can pull more. Make the game easy for yourself instead of going through this cycle of "i need this next character because everyone says the character is a must have". Turn off social media, dont listen to them, play things like normal until the banner is actually out and decide if you want to pull or skip because you want the character.

Getting Misha's LC is good for Xueyi as it greatly boost Break Effect and Crit Rate.

Id like to state that swan being just a dot unit is a bit of understatement since she has silverwolf /pela ultimate (30-40 smth def shred) on her skill... and aoe 😅 and lets just say her dmg... is smth... like shes more a destruction than a nihility tbh 😂 But hey at least she doesnt implant weaknesses 💀

Kafka and Imbibitor havers trying to figure out if they want black swan or sparkle 💀💀💀

this patch broke me. I wanna pull for black swan for my kafka, and i wanna pull for sparkle too for my daniel. i can't decide which one to pull for too since i'm waiting for luocha rerun

Your video format is quasi art to me with your shot placements with your script. Appreciate how your perspective is always nuanced and genuine

0:56 QQ looks sus in this one

I'll definitely pull for jing yuan lc if i got enough pulls

i was planning to pull her anyways cause her design matches well with qingque lol

Greeeat yet another reminder that I don't have the Tutorial LC because I'm a PS5 player and we didn't get to start playing this game until version 1.4 and that event was a long passed -.-

my head says i should get sparkle but my heart is set on black swan

watching this 10 days later since im debating on pulling for sparkle, and i can positively say black swan is absolutely wild

as a Daniel, Kafka, AND Ruan Mei haver who wants to build teams for ALL of them this update might break me 💀

With this Video, You're making me hesitate about who to pull now. Cause I also have Kafka and Mono Quantum at the same time.☠☠☠☠

The Raiden Shogun look-a-like, oh my god bro...

Glad to see you back in hsr

I did pull for Xueyi and ended up with Ruan Mei E1 but considering what it is, it was not a big problem. For those two, I was thinking of getting Sparkle as my two teams are (currently), Clara, Tingyun, Pela, Lynx and Jingliu, Ruan Mei, Fu Xuan, ???. The last one was intended to be Bronya (for 300th pull. I know Pela is amazing with Jingliu, but I can put her in two teams in contents that require separate ones.) but after seeing Sparkle, I might be interested. "Might". Because I want Acheron and future potential units as well and as a low spender (aka BP/EP only), I prefer to invest ressources correctly.

I'm excited for Sparkle. I love her design and she'll be perfect for my DHIL/Seele/QQ teams. I'd love to get BS but I'm holding out for the rest of Penacony, especially Sam and Acheron.

I kinda figured they were gunna put a character for sp mainly because a lot of units struggle from being sp hungry. I just thought they'd do like a four star with a talent where you get sp back from an ult or something

Will try to go for Sparkle cx Would be fun addition to my roster!

Im glad sparkle is in the second half, so then I can decide if I should save and go for adventine or just get her.

most annoying is when your IL Dan get cc and you want dispel him but you only have 3 skill points left

I am pulling for black swan cause i just had ruan mei for harmony. I also do not have IL and haven’t build QQ so sparkle’s skill point is not that enticing to me at least for now. I’ll get her on her rerun tho

Sparkle is Sparkling. Gonna try to pull for her. Also that QQ Eidolon. Still missing 2 before E6.

Ruan Mei and Sparkle will make any Hypercarry unit busted asf. Throw in Fu Xuan in the mix and oh boy. Your DPS about to run through enemies like Taco Bell runs through me. 💀

So its a xingqui,yelan situation? Like everyone thought each one would be in a different half of abyss. But they work together rely nicely...

It's easy to tell what they will do with units after sparkle : characters less and less reliable on crit dmg

the way ill never understand the skill point struggle with dhil is insane. I never find myself struggling for skillpoints and its very rare i only use his basic attack. I run tingyun and pela with huo huo on his team but to be fair my tingyun is on bronya's light cone

use sparkle skill to advance forward and cdmg boost bronya > use bronya ult > use bronya to advance forward main dps > dont crit

coming back to starrail after i started on fu xuans banner :P looks fun!

Wasn't going to pull for any since Gallagher and Aventurine look like they're going to be the next two based on the Twitter feed (so I'll need all the pulls I can get) but Sparkle seems like the Kazuha of Star Rail. Very versatile, timeless unit that goes well in most teams (since most heavy hitters are SP hungry).

In before Sparkle becomes the next Tingyun ... *snap*

Tbh, I’ve noticed a pattern in how Hoyo has been putting out characters for a new patch since roughly 1.2: whenever we get a new patch, it’s normally the 2nd chr that comes out, that will be meta changing. Fu xuan and Jingliu came out as the 2nd character of their respective patches, and took over their respective fields, Argenti came out the patch immediately before PF, and is pretty good at what he does, loucha, when he first released was the best healer at that time, and Dr ratio, while not being as good as Ruan Mei in terms of flexibility, is one of, or the best single target dmg dealers in the meta, being softlocked at S on pryden due to being single target. While this is more or less a crumbly theory - I will admit- a lot of the 2nd banner chrs have been seting the meta since roughtly 1.2 . While this might be true, a lot of the 1st banner picks have also been good; Huo Huo was a good dual healer, DHIL is still s good option if you don’t have jingliu, (better sing sparkle will help solve his problems.) and blade and topaz has more potential which will take time to unlock. (I didn’t mention Kafka, mostly due to her not being meta, but technically, she did take over, and is the best for DOT teams, so that also could be seen.) Basically, pull for whoever you want, or your don’t have, everything is viable, but if you want meta characters, the 2nd banner pick will probably, on most times, either redefine, or be really good for the meta.

I'm gonna be going for black swan because she seems absolutely insane for DOT teams and I have kafka and ruan mei so it will make it so much better, might pick up spakle or skip for acheron not sure yet

Man it hurts soo bad not pulling for sparkle , but we all have to make sacrifices somewhere and I want archeron plus LC and adventuine. Not having DHIL and having e2 bronya plus ruan mei makes things a bit easier. Will have to wait for rerun and see by then if I want her. Honestly they should have made acheron quantum. I wonder who our next quantum dps will be .

I started on console and missed out on a lot of earlier content. Jing Yuan is the one I wanted since day one...then I saw Kafka and thought "hey that's good for Sampo. I don't really like her but it's fine.". Then Black Swan was announced and I said "Oh cool! I'll use her instead of going for Kafka"...then I saw Jing Yuan banner...and...and then I saw Sparkle banner who I love the character and design of... These banners have been a lot at once and it's almost overwhelming trying to decide who to go for. I did get Black Swan and with Sampo potential on the Jing Yuan banner, i'll try and get him. But still, it is too much of a good thing at once. I play Genshin too and Honkai to me feels a lot more methodical and you have to really think about who you pull for. Genshin is a lot more chill in that aspect...so these banners and new characters are really going to test people.

i'm pulling for her because i like her that's all there is to it, though the meta aspect will help me a lot so it's a win win (assuming i win the 50/50)

I’m going black swan, I love her design and I have an E2 Kafka and Ruan Mei already. Hope we all get some good luck with these 2 if anyone else is trying to get both!

I'm a release player who took a long break from the game, so all I have is standards like e1 bronya, bailu and then seele. Tbf, I live by pull who you want to pull for. I personally dont have kafka but will try to pull for black swan. I believe down the road i will find a use for most characters.

I have to admit I never really struggle with my IL and the skill points. I run him with Luocha, Tingyun and a flexible unit (more often than not Blade, they actually work rather well together). Works just fine to me. I think I will try Sparkle out first before I decide, I am more interested in Aventurine too be honest. 😅

I'm still going to get black swan just because i really like tarot cards and her design despite not having kafka i still really like dot teams

It’s really hard for me to decide it’s either sparkle or dan heng il like why on the same update

3 quantum and one imaginary since thats much works well with sparkle 3 quantum is a huge boost for your quantum units is really is a huge buff but you can also do mono quantum too with qq or with IL since i have both but still im aiming for fu xuan so that i have tank instead of using IL with seele thats for sure much better team comp for sparkle right now well it doesnt mean that seele is no better shes descent the more she attack repeatedly cost enery too but not as much as qq and IL but will qq or IL as main dealer fit her so well but i hope they should put a another quantum in which it use a lot of energy thats will happen to gain a real mono quantum with sparkle but who knows maybe in the future banner welp but my suggest is just build two teams if they wanted it like me im mostly pulling for quantum and imaginary just build what you want dont chase every banner you will just regret it someday just focus in one or two team before building new team

I’m here for both I will get both Misha can come home if he wants As for the lightcones, first phase does seem quite enticing

Already have bronya ...now going for sparkle....been hoarding events and quests for gems

Here is my suggestion: Pull whichever character benefits you the most. You do not have to be an absolute meta slave

Bronya that works with IL, that's exactly what I needed.

Tutorial lc is especially perfect for black suan due to her trace Just like Xueyi she have good dmg scaling over EHR 60% of EHR converted to dmg including her dot Making Tutorial basically give 24% dmg to her Not only normal dmg aswell Also her max stacks is 50

I will be trying for black swan and i just used up all my pulls on kafka and ruan mei it took me 210 pulls

I really hate that I am never interested in the design of the characters which are obviously meta supports like Sparkle or Fu Xuan or Huohuo ... I'm pulling for Black Swan because I main Kafka... I'll probably gonna have to wait for the rerun like how I got Silver Wolf TT I'm still pulling for Black Swan because her ult is cool

I haven't played since getting Fu Xuan and logged in yesterday to get Ratio lol. Ratio/Welt/Fu Xuan and Seele are the only 5* characters I have at the moment. Unfortunately I play casually as in I do not grind for Relics. I just go along with the main story and side quests normally. So everyone is still using the base game 4* ones that are given for free. Still cant get pass Phantylia.

Damn i rlly want to save up for adventurine and sunday but sparkle just too meta to not to pull😭😭😭😭😭

I was going to skip for jingliu rerun but not only did they put another character I want in the banner (Dan heng) but they also gave us a support for my kafka😨

here's the thing about the mono quantum team that boggles my mind I feel you don't need Lynx if you have Fu Xuan, especially if you do what I did and give her body piece the "Outgoing healing" main stat. So I ran QQ or now Xueyi instead of Lynx.

Definately going for sparkle. Black swan might go nice with my kafka but im not giving up sampo. the sustain kafka sampo ruan mei team works more then well enough. Sparkle should compliment danIL sustain and prob tingyun or pela well

Thx for the video!

Tbh just by seeing how she attacks and how her skill looks like im more hyped for sparkle ever since she got leaked, you cant really resist the urge to pull for cute characters❤❤❤

Misha has a place along side DHIL as a second dps or with characters like Dr. Ratio who uses his skill every chance he has, but definitely DHIL and Misha is a good combo.

Both Sparkle's and Black Swan's animations are crazy good! This patch will need a lot of jades 🤣

I appreciate the nuanced take. I saw a video from another creator earlier who was like "omg you need these characters". Dude chill. This was a much more sensible take lol

I still dont have Bronya even with every other standard character besides Bailu so Im pretty excited to try skipping turns for once

I already have all quantumm 5 star in my account (f2p pure), having sparkle will fulfill my collection

As good as Dan Heng IL was, idk if I can pull for him since he is the most skill point hungry charcater in the game with QQ being 2nd. But if I were to decide on who I am targeting for the upcoming 2.0 banners, Sparkle is the way to go for me. And idk how good her sig light cone would be but if ever im gonna pull for the light cone banners, then jing yuan's light cone might be the go to for me cause it works well with other erudition characters other than jing yuan.

As someone who has 100 pulls saved up, I really want to play meta game but I also want the new cute characters. DHIL and Jingliu are my top dps picks and as such I really want DHIL E2 then pull for sparkle. However I feel like I may need BS because DOT characters are not only easier to build but are more unique and seem more future proof than pure dps. I am a spender so I am not afraid to chuck out 300-400 bucks more to obtain all I need, the problem comes with Acheron because I REALLY want her bad. I got to admit HSR team really knows what their doing with the banner lineup...

I’m saving for sparkle bit I’m gonna pull on black swans banner for misha

I don't think Xueyi needs Silverwolf as much as people think, especially if she is E2. But she does need a good breaker if she is going against a non-quantum boss.

I like HSR because they don't really power creep character, everyone is usable based on playstyle & end-game content: Bronya : Great for Hypercarry (Extra Action) RMei : Great for Duo DPS and Break Effect Sparkle : Great for High SP-usage Team Tingyun : Great for Energy Regeneration Asta : Great for Team Wide SPD Boost Hanya : Great for Hypercarry (SP Restore) Yukong : Great of Hypercarry (Dmg Buff) Kafka : The Foundation of DoT Team BSwan : Make Kafka & DoT Relevant Again Sampo : Usable for DoT Team Luka : Usable for DoT Team Gunaifen : Usable for DoT Team SWolf : Great for Mono & Single Def Shred Pela : Great for AoE Def Shred Dr.Ratio : Great for Memory of Chaos Topaz : Great for Memory of Chaos Seele : Great for Memory of Chaos Argenti : Great for Pure Fiction Himeko : Great for Pure Fiction Jingyuan : Great for Pure Fiction Serval : Great for Pure Fiction Herta : Great for Pure Fiction Qingque : FOR GAMBLER!!! Jingliu : Great for SU and most content Imb. Lunae : Great for SU and most content Blade : Great for SU and most content Xueyi : Generalist DPS & Toughness Dmg Luocha : Great for Automatic Healing Huohuo : Great for Team Regeneration Bailu : Great for Sustainability & Reviving Lynx : All You Can Eat Healer Fuxuan : Great for Damage Distribution Gepard : Great for Shield Generate Trailbrazer : Great for Taunting You can practically make any team and finish any end game content with ease, as long as you know exactly their playstyle. *Not everyone is lucky enough to get all character, yet they can still progress with the same result and reward with everyone. So no Progress Cap here.*

I am planning to get sparkle but would also like a lc, I have dan hang and jing yuan. I want both of theirs tbh but can only choose one and idk who to pick🧍🏽‍♂️

cant wait for the raiden mei expy

i think you should definitely do more hsr guides if you believe that it is worth the views. your breakdowns of the livestreams and character information are very in depth and easily digestible. but, its a different story if you prefer genshin over honkai.

I'm trying to decide if I get Kafka, Dan il or wait for sparkle

They need to be careful to not create an infinite combo because it's getting close.

as SW 4 star lightcone probably BiS for Black Swan, should I go for Kafka's Signature instead? as I currently don't have enough jades for both signatures.

Very tru. Roll for ur fav instead of the meta cuz what matters is how ur having fun with playing ur bias or fav characters. Sadly will not roll for anyone for 2.0 since archeron is coming after them and sam might come soon.

Crying at having missed out on Tutorial Mission because I didn't know the game existed

I'm supposed to use my guarantee on Sparkle but Aventurine got me with his dance

Her kit is just a plus for me. Ever since they released her character model, I just knew, I had to pull her

Sparkle is op because if your support in theory can spam their skill, not only they gain more uptime but more energy some even not needing speed boots to gain more uptime on their skill example: - huohuo - ruan (Need more speed to break even with their neutral sp gain) For black swan it's better if you actually goes for er rope with kafka because more ult deto and bs damage is around 1.3-1.5(depend on having lc or not) than kafka

I got Black Swan now and I will get her light crone after that wait for Kafka rerun and Ruan Mei so I can save my jades I will try to pull for Sparkle tho she can help me in the future I'm sure

Me who is at hard pity and 70 pulls in waiting for sparkle coz I have 50 tickets lol as a QQ main this is heaven

Should i go for black swan if i already have ruan mei and kafka but not silverwolf for sparkle?

got black swan and dan hang in 4 pulls im a beast this patch

As IL main, I'm going for another eildion of IL and then for Sparkle ^^

I don't have other Nihility for BS so I'm probably gonna try for Acheron or something.. but my god, there's too much I want between Sparkle, HuoHuo, BS, and utilitarian units

bro, that means bronya becomes even more a must roll, and I am a bronya collector, nice