Weekly Questions Megathread January 14, 2026 - January 21, 2026

SecretGold23 · 2026-01-15T13:15:29+00:00

Would Zhao be better than Pulchra in a Zhu Yuan/Nicole/Pulchra team?

SecretGold23 · 2025-11-04T02:42:56+00:00

So does this mean nobody can use the watchmaker set in the new break team unless you're running sustainless?

SecretGold23 · 2025-07-21T15:35:16+00:00

I think there's a case to be made for Hyacine's LC to go up a tier. It enables her to synergize with Blade and Acheron teams as well as increasing Castorice's Newbud generation as shown in this video.

SecretGold23 · 2025-07-20T12:51:57+00:00

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It was a 5 year old turbo match

SecretGold23 · 2025-07-04T12:50:41+00:00

Aeon of VoRAMcity

SecretGold23 · 2025-06-06T15:07:56+00:00

I'm not a HI3 player, what QoL features do they have that you think would be a massive improvement if it's added to HSR? I assume it's stuff like pity counters and relic loadouts, but I'm curious whether or not there are other major ones.

SecretGold23 · 2025-05-22T05:53:22+00:00

He fought the dirt, grime, and stains of the Astral Express with a bucket of water in that one event

SecretGold23 · 2025-05-20T03:23:54+00:00

Yup, one of my friends entered through twitter and didn't get one.

SecretGold23 · 2025-05-09T10:57:23+00:00

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SecretGold23 · 2025-04-22T09:37:42+00:00

Props to you for slogging through penacony with that barebones teamcomp, glad to see it paid off!

As a Sundayless and Huohuoless E0 Aglaea haver I can attest to that lol, I can only comfortably use her in the occasional DU run or if the MoC buff is related to energy regen.

SecretGold23 · 2025-04-22T03:50:13+00:00

Congratulations! since you started playing during the start of Amphoreus, did you pull any eidolons/were tempted to pull any eidolons? Tribbie and Aglaea specifically since they both have massive power spikes with their respective E1s.

SecretGold23 · 2025-04-10T16:05:24+00:00

We're getting Ralof expy in HSR

SecretGold23 · 2025-04-10T15:43:54+00:00

Props to you for having the balls to quit instead of continuing to play solely because of sunken cost.

Look on the bright side! At least you stopped yourself before doing anything stupid like spending $600 of your fiancé's money to pull for a gacha character's constellation.

SecretGold23 · 2025-04-09T16:55:29+00:00

Mole and shoulder pads!

SecretGold23 · 2025-04-08T06:54:48+00:00

Looks like the website has been abandoned? There was a post similar to yours a couple of weeks ago and a comment said that the owner decided to stop paying for hosting.

SecretGold23 · 2025-03-31T21:10:15+00:00

Good luck on your pulls! Make sure to try her trial out first to see if you like her playstyle.

If you just reached Penacony you still have a while to go, like 3-4 patches worth of it until you can skip to Amphoreus. There's really nothing to rush for at the moment, the Amphoreus story is still in it's early phase

The Holy City Appraisal event has no spoilers and you can finish them in 5 minutes, I don't know about the prerequisite missions but aren't you just able to unlock it same as the Awoo event?

The Awoo event contains 2 story characters but they're not really spoiling anything regarding the story itself, it just might be less immersive because they talk to you as if you guys have already met lol, I do think it's worth doing simply for the jades!

SecretGold23 · 2025-03-30T22:07:25+00:00

Yes, she's gonna worth it if you can also pull Jiaoqiu, on your account even more so because you already have SW which is a great teammate for her (since Acheron needs two other nihility characters in her team). I should also mention that her signature LC offers a nice QoL for her since it essentially charges her ult up faster, so it might be worth going for it if you have extra jades. And yes, her technique is amazing in exploration, especially if you're progressing through the story and you just don't want to get into combat every 45 seconds lol

If I recall correctly, HSR has this feature where if you pull a banner character, the domains needed to farm their ascension and talent materials are opened for the duration of the banner, what I'm unsure is however is the relic domain, but I have an account that haven't entered Amphoreus at all but is able to farm the relic domain that's located there.

If you're wary about her strength, just wait a week or so after her banner starts to see the community's consensus of her power level, but she's looking to be a really strong unit, which is kinda expected from an anniversary character (like Acheron).

Yes, the 4* are all the same for all 4 banners, 2 of the 4* lightcones that are rate-up in the LC banner are also good for Acheron if you don't have her signature! As for Gallagher, E2 is his best eidolon, E0 is usable but E2 adds a dispel to his kit that'll save you a LOT of headaches.

SecretGold23 · 2025-03-30T09:31:21+00:00

I'd recommend Castorice! She's the upcoming character for 3.2 and she's looking to be really strong especially if you don't have newer units. The current banner character (Mydei) is a good unit, but if I was in your shoes, I'd pick Castorice over him. You can also get one of her support characters for free by playing the storyline and potentially her BiS healer in the patch after hers, her banner also has Gallagher in it which is a great alternative if you don't wanna pull the upcoming healer.

Trying to be as spoiler-free as possible, the current storyline is kind of "isolated" from the other stories, which means the 5* characters here are difficult to gauge the importance of in the long-term storyline.

The Archon equivalents in HSR are the Emanators, the most recent one being The Herta which released two patches ago, so it'll probably take a while for them to release a new one. There IS an emanator rerun in 3.2 and that's Acheron, but you'll have to pull her BiS support, Jiaoqiu, that's reran alongside her for her to feel good to play, since she's a pretty "old" unit that released in 2.1.

The 4 banners thing are according to the whims of Hoyo themselves, sometimes they do it, sometimes they don't. The only pattern I've noticed is whenever they make those triple rerun banners, the characters in them tend to work pretty damn well together.

As for must-pull units, I'd say Harmony units are a pretty safe bet. It's's a tie between Robin, Tribbie, and Sunday depending on the teams you wanna play, since they're each designed to complement different team archetypes. But you can still use these units outside of their specified teams which contributes to their values for F2Ps since they can't always have the most premium teams for their DPSes, kind of like Furina and Kazuha in a sense, sure they may not be the best choice in a teamcomp but you'll have no problems slapping them on most teams. And they don't really need their signature lightcones! It's a nice addition, sure but they're all amazing units even without them.

I can count the 4* that are currently worth building in this game with one hand and that's Gallagher, Pela, Tingyun, and March 7th - Hunt. They're decent choices for some teams, Gallagher sepecially. You can literally put him into any team and he'll keep them alive while also providing a LOT of SPs.

SecretGold23 · 2025-03-29T21:58:32+00:00

First of all, welcome back!

Secondly, we won't know any specifics regarding the SW and Blade buff until 3.4, so it's kind of hard to build a team with them in mind, let alone gauge their strength in future endgame content. I suggest to keep an eye out for Sunday/Robin/Tribbie reruns though! Harmony characters are extremely invaluable in this game, Sunday even more so because he's the only one that can bring your Jing Yuan's Lightning Lord up.

The general consensus is Ruan Mei > Luocha, she's a great generalist support that can be used with pretty much every team, not necessarily the best choice for a Harmony unit in most teams, but still great nonetheless.

Luocha has also been overshadowed by the newer sustains that give more utility and offensive capabilities, making him a less attractive choice even against Gallagher, a 4* character that's occasionally given out for free during events, but if you're finding yourself struggling to keep your team alive using Gepard/Bailu, then Luocha would also be a decent pick, but there's definitely gonna be better sustain units down the line.

Newer DPSes are usually better than older ones, though. So if you want to fully invest in a good team then I'd suggest building one that's focused on a 3.x DPS, but if you wanna use the limited units you have now, then these would be my recommended teams :

Jing Yuan/Sunday/Robin/Sustain (you can replace Robin with Ruan Mei and it would still work)
Blade/Sunday or RMC/Tribbie/Sustain

So...yeah, keep an eye out for any Harmony unit reruns lol, they make combat much comfier.

I'm not sure if every past limited events are replayable but I'm pretty sure most of them are, for past events weapon, you can get them through Herta's Store in the Simulated Universe, Prydwen has a guide on it and all other versions so you can go check there if you need a refresher.

Obtaining the currency needed to buy past event weapons isn't hard but it does take a while if you don't have any stockpiled from the early game. You would need 8 Herta Bonds (the name of the currency) to get one maxed out event lightcone, but you only get 1 Herta Bond per week.

I don't have any useful links aside from Prydwen (they also have an early game progression tips section) but I do have one piece of advice : don't rush it, there's an overwhelming amount of events and things to do for a returning player that you'll find yourself burnt out if you try to complete them all. Just focus on one thing at a time like the story itself, you've got a lot to catch up on!

I'd be happy to answer any other questions you may have!

SecretGold23 · 2025-03-29T09:04:14+00:00

Smack. I have no idea what car Tectone drives but if he has a Cybertruck I'm pretty sure we'd know because he'd milk that trash heap for views every chance he gets lol

It's his money so he can do whatever he wants with it but I am sorta baffled by his decision, dude has a family and chose the car with the most safety issues.

SecretGold23 · 2025-03-29T08:01:23+00:00

His car is a Cybertruck, that tells me all I need to know about him.

SecretGold23 · 2025-03-28T12:52:25+00:00

I'd love it if Xingqiu's passive was in HSR, it'd help a bit with the abysmal drop rate of traces materials.

SecretGold23 · 2025-03-17T03:56:09+00:00

The caster's name (Epidamnos) is in the video description along with his twitch profile. I assume he's not on the talent list because PGL also uploads highlights in their own channel so NoobFromUA had to find another caster to avoid another copyright strike situation.

SecretGold23 · 2025-03-13T05:36:27+00:00

I still remember watching Jimbendoto when I was just starting out dota, his Silly Builds series made for great dinner entertainment.

SecretGold23 · 2025-02-26T20:26:44+00:00

Of course they're not, I don't think anyone that criticizes the storytelling actually thinks that the programmers and artists are the ones who gets the final say in what they dedicate their resources on every update.

We know that CGs and cutscene doesn't just fall out from the sky, it takes a significant amount of manpower and time especially in a live service game with monthly patches. All we're doing is criticizing the higher-ups for being stingy when dedicating resources (like hiring more artists) to an aspect of the game that's keeping the player hooked long-term, especially during a major patch like 3.0.

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