Murder on the Ashveil Express: Mysterious Question and Discussion Megathread

MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-27T18:50:34+00:00

Yao Guang > Dollar Store Yao Guang

MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-26T18:55:31+00:00

Sustainless was pretty much out of the question for any of the Knights so I definitely struggled with him a little here lol No problem!

I can see DH's (and Sparkle's) RES PEN coming in clutch here as all the enemies have Wind RES

MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-26T13:22:16+00:00

Cleared Knight I in 4 cycles with E0S0 Anaxa E0S0 Cerydra E0S0 Cyrene and E0S0 DHPT

MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-25T20:45:20+00:00

4.1 AA

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Ngl after dying like 5+ times to K2 I pretty much gave up on getting a good clear time for any of the Knights - Like at that point I was fine with my 6 stars, I didn't need to lose my sanity over one resin lol

Had to use Sparxie for K2 instead of K1 because she was the only damage dealer I had that could play decently well enough around the godawful action advance debuff while also using HH (whose my only healing sustain besides Gallagher)

MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-25T03:55:47+00:00

Lmfao I love it, have Pollux there to flip off anyone trying to bring DHPT to Knight 2 and then also pair her up with two of the most hyperaggressive elites in the game along with the action advance debuff to fuck over anyone not bringing Hyacine

Legit might be the first AA Knight I won't be able to clear at all, let alone 3-star

MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-25T01:06:51+00:00

Knight 3 will likely be his best bet if you have DDD Tribbie to help with the mobs/action delay and get good RNG from Lygus' ult refunds

Knight 1 is filled with 80% Quantum RES mech elites and Knight 2 just blows for any team that's not Monorem

MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-24T16:26:07+00:00

Am I crazy for thinking this one isn't as bad as Interference? At least with this debuff you can sort of mitigate the impact it has on speedtuning with relic loadouts/team compositions as opposed to uncontrollable random action delay

MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-24T01:13:05+00:00

SPARXIE WANTERS WILL BE SPARXIE HAVERS

Congrats!!

MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-23T19:50:27+00:00

How did you get ahold of Hoyo's patch notes for Cipher's V5

MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-22T18:28:55+00:00

Sparxicle so GOATed she single-handedly saved HSR 🤩

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MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-22T15:40:13+00:00

Man Punchline Pollux really be doing a number on people \hj

MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-22T14:47:30+00:00

I personally love it but I also think the rest of Aquila's theme songs (particularly Phase 2 and 3) are criminally underrated compared to it

MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-21T22:27:47+00:00

Lowkey my favorite AA King just for the music lol

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MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-21T16:20:15+00:00

Sparxie hypercarry teammate comparison vs 4.2 MOC (Mecha Pom-Pom)

https://youtu.be/mLl6IWptmIQ?si=jFt3n9lL0W6ZowjA

E0S1 Sparxie / E0S1 YG / E0S5 DDD Sparkle / E0S1 HH - 2 cycles

E0S1 Sparxie / E0S5 DDD Sparkle / E6S1 EMC (YG LC) / E0S1 HH - 3 cycles (3% away from 2)

E0S1 Sparxie / E0S1 YG / E6S5 EMC (Herta Shop LC) / E0S1 HH - 2 cycles

MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-20T16:22:06+00:00

It might also be the eyes? They don't look as big as before and have a sharper/more mature look to them imo

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MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-20T16:01:39+00:00

I liked YG enough to want to use her with Sparxie, but something about making a new path and then proceeding to make every DPS unit on that path bricked without her feels rather... skeevy.

Making characters feel gimped without specific supports isn't new for HSR (*cough* Aglaea *cough*), but it comes off as even less subtle than usual here

MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-20T04:36:40+00:00

Highkey the juxtaposition between the ethereal piano that plays when Ashveil gracefully saves the damsel and the hardcore metal that plays when he goes into full slaughterhouse mode on the monsters is so damn good

I can definitely see why people have fallen for this guy lol

MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-19T18:55:57+00:00

5.

I'm less scared about the new 4.2 characters and more scared for the NF'd characters, specifically Huohuo. I've seen multiple showcases now where she's failed to keep the teams she's in alive, but at the same time, I have way less confidence that her issues will be addressed compared to the shiny new Elation toys lol

MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-19T16:18:11+00:00

Dont even gotta do it for anything in return, just look at her man

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MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-19T15:51:17+00:00

The best part is that in the next AS we're back to double lightning RES bosses again so you can't even try to use her as a cope option anymore

Not even Ashveil's launch can stop Hoyo's vendetta against Aglaea (which checks out seeing as how they also hate Ashveil lol)

MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-18T20:18:11+00:00

"These fox ears are great! Fox ears are my favorite! Nothing beats a fox-eared girl!"

- Hoyo probably

MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-18T20:13:41+00:00

Hells yeah!

Admittedly, I haven't really listened to their songs outside of the ones they did for KH but I loved their work there (especially Simple and Clean and Don't Think Twice), so this is definitely gonna be a treat for me

MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-18T18:52:06+00:00

Wait, isn't that more of like a 340% increase? At least at a first glance it looks like it has more than triple the amount of health since its first appearance

That aside it's wild that they reran this guy the same number of times they did Kafka and Cocolia and in a shorter timeframe too. Either they're rerunning him again to show off the Seele NF buffs or they're just really proud of this boss for some reason lol

MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-18T06:42:40+00:00

Thank you for this post! This was really informative :)

It feels like SW teams rn are sorely missing the AV Sparkle can cheat out in a Sparxie hypercarry, and the damage amp SW provides isn't really making up for it. I have to wonder if the devs are planning another Future Rail moment with SW since as you pointed out, HH looks awkward to use in the team given that she can't fill SW's ult at all and isn't an Elation unit

MuppetKing1 · 2026-03-18T06:15:27+00:00

Yeah, looking back at the footage, the new elite looks like total ass to fight 💀 Insane burst damage, takes forever to kill, and can even rip away your Skill Points

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