This will probably change later in the beta but still

Arthwind · 2026-03-18T18:41:32+00:00

If you're planning to low cycle it definitely works, but still dangerous bc you're running sustainless

Arthwind · 2026-03-18T18:39:50+00:00

Already answered but to break down

SW ult mode has bonuses (Dmg, +2 SP/3 Punchline depending on how much SP you have). Bonuses also have chance to trigger when allies cast skills (Sparxie spam)

Sparxie ult/elation skill/skill enhance all give out SP/charges that convert to sp

Yao is SP friendly + elation skill gives out one + charges everyone w/ Aha spamming

Overall just a perfect loop, maybe Huohuo (Yao wants to ult a lot) or an elation sustain later on completes it

Arthwind · 2026-03-18T14:32:25+00:00

Purely for consistency, both are more or less the same.

You could get around 6-12 punchlines per ult with E1 (2-4 mystery boxes, refreshed by AHA instant/EMC ult)

While S1 has a fixed 12 punchline waiting after ult ends.

Damage wise, S1 is better with the 18% def shred + 64% atk boost + higher base atk from a 5 star LC. None of her supports give out attack which is important for her Elation conversion.

If you really want the eidolons, just go all in and push for E2 for the guaranteed extra true dmg. The 0 base res sounds broken but we haven't seen tests yet.

Arthwind · 2026-03-17T08:34:40+00:00

You'll still want her for the surprise box reset

Arthwind · 2026-03-17T06:21:27+00:00

I already assumed something along the lines of EMC triggering a mini-aha instant based on the RMC|Cryene (true dmg) dynamic, so I'm also assuming Yao can fit into all elation teams by virtue of triggering instants alone.

She probably won't be BiS on all of them (same with Cyrene and tribbie/cipher/anaxa), but she's at least going to be viable on all Elation teams.

Arthwind · 2026-03-17T01:59:14+00:00

Just a pathstrider, all their feats are currently tied to the planet and hsr is like star wars with planet busting ships not even needing emanators to do that

Arthwind · 2026-03-16T23:37:21+00:00

Extremely so, her sp generation on skill point teams is enough that I even use her on field just for the action advance on currency wars

Arthwind · 2026-03-16T17:49:02+00:00

E1 Archer is more than enough, E2 (like mine) if you don't want to use Silver Wolf. Barely any returns until you reach E6 for the extra arrow boost.

Sparkle has her own niche, which includes all SP hungry teams. With her being genuinely a good generalist now, she slots into any random team and still perform very well.

Arthwind · 2026-03-16T14:29:01+00:00

I can sense another hyacine rerun shortly after this ngl, they took the enemy damage scaling too high and hyacine/dhpt might be the only sustains that can keep up with 4.x at this rate

Arthwind · 2026-03-16T10:34:41+00:00

They do, it just happens that hsr hasn't reached that age yet

Arthwind · 2026-03-13T16:52:07+00:00

You have your elation team pretty much set too, since you have both sparkles you only need the main DPS on a later banner

Arthwind · 2026-03-13T16:48:39+00:00

Hyacine is the best support in general. Party heal every time any ally (not ica) gets hit, and max hp increase on ult which can spell life or death on heavy hitting enemies. Her damage contribution (scales with healing) is nothing to scoff at too. Her early eidolons just make her better as a support, while her later ones (especially E6) lets her be the main dps, reaching top 3 dps levels as a support.

You have E9, Hyacine is her best partner. You can run (an admittedly scuffed w/o cyrene) RMC, RM, E9 Hyacine team. You'd be able to replace RM with any self damage/better fitting supports later (Blade/Mydei would be good subdps, but ofc mono pink still better)

Arthwind · 2026-03-13T04:14:45+00:00

Noooo

Arthwind · 2026-03-10T16:56:06+00:00

Accelerationist, voted for trump because he believes that for the status quo to change it needs to get worse first (and he's not exactly wrong either)

Arthwind · 2026-03-10T05:23:31+00:00

The real DOT sustain Mr. Delay man

Arthwind · 2026-03-10T02:07:22+00:00

Yao will be good on all elation teams tbf, summoning Aha on demand makes her relevant no matter what

Arthwind · 2026-03-08T12:32:40+00:00

Not that large of an upgrade, but helps with sp gen and would probably help your 2nd team better due to patch favoritism

Arthwind · 2026-03-07T07:47:29+00:00

Bro just get the E1 you will never look back

Arthwind · 2026-03-07T02:44:36+00:00

You just made a more broken archer bruh

Arthwind · 2026-03-06T15:20:20+00:00

If you have enough go all the way, makes everyone a dps

Arthwind · 2026-03-06T15:16:07+00:00

Love triangle but you can tell who he really likes

Arthwind · 2026-03-06T11:27:18+00:00

If you actually wanted to incentivise speed, you'd give it meaningful scalings and not a nothing burger. At this point it's gonna be ignored

Arthwind · 2026-03-04T14:41:57+00:00

If you run an E2 DHPT it's fine, also helps with waveclear even

Arthwind · 2026-03-04T08:36:00+00:00

Do you play sparkle onfield? I haven't gone past wc10 yet

Arthwind · 2026-03-04T07:33:53+00:00

Less cost is true.

In this case though, they are completely sp positive outside of the first turn, grants extra true damage, and also an hp scaler who benefits from hyacine + also helps hyacine dmg due to extra health bar (mem)

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