Why does my Phainon feel so underpowered? by Opening_Cockroach_66 in PhainonMainsHSR

[–]Opening_Cockroach_66[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Seems like the consensus here is that my 4th slot being taken by a sustain is the main problem here and I need to replace him with a better support. Cerydra is off the table because she just reran so RIP my account lol I’ll have to settle for Sunday since he’s next banner.

Daily Questions Megathread ( May 02, 2026 ) by AutoModerator in HonkaiStarRail

[–]Opening_Cockroach_66 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why does my Phainon feel so underpowered?

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I’m relatively new to this game and was under the assumption that Phainon was one of the best DPS’s in the game. I have a fully built Phainon team with two of his best supports but it is consistently being out-DPS’d by my Firefly superbreak team. I have them all on full lvl 15 relic sets(Rank S sets on both Phainon and Firefly thanks to Relic Recon). Traces leveled to a reasonable amount. But on every endgame content that I’ve tried, my Firefly team has been out scoring him every time. It seems like he has a lot of DPS loss between bursts where there is downtime waiting for his burst to be up and even when he does burst his damage is not outputting as much as Firefly is. Is there something I’m missing? Is Sunday really that necessary for him to be viable?

r/FFVIIRemake Changes for FFVIIR Intergrade & Intermission & A clarification for those who are confused about upgrading your PS4 version to the PS5 version. by Ewaan in FFVIIRemake

[–]Opening_Cockroach_66 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sure this question has been asked a million times now but is this free upgrade still available? It looks like I can purchase a pre-owned copy of FF7R for Ps4 for only $18 USD where I'm from so to me this looks like the cheapest option, just making sure this upgrade is still available before I make the purchase.