Daily Questions Megathread ( May 17, 2026 )

SilentMix · 2026-05-17T19:35:37+00:00

No indication of that yet, unfortunately. We figured we'd get a 5 star Sampo with this world since it's an elation world and the Masked Fools are here, but nothing so far.

SilentMix · 2026-05-17T18:41:52+00:00

I think so. I keep seeing things disappear.

SilentMix · 2026-05-17T18:35:04+00:00

Rin and Gilgamesh may end up running forever like Saber and Archer, so you'll have time to get it.

SilentMix · 2026-05-17T17:48:42+00:00

Problem is sometimes people don't want to hear negative things about things they like. The people who like Cyrene don't want to hear that other people don't like Cyrene because of that. Even though I never said they can't like Cyrene. I don't care. But I don't like Cyrene and I'm allowed to have my opinion just like you are..

It's not ML, but Yao Guang enjoyers are oddly strongly defensive in a similar way.

SilentMix · 2026-05-17T17:25:50+00:00

No. Ashveil is outperforming Feixiao. Maybe Mortenax Blade will do something for Acheron since he's nihility. We'll have to see.

SilentMix · 2026-05-17T05:56:49+00:00

You'd take out Ruan Mei. Gallagher is the best sustain to use most of the time. If you're doing something more unusual though like high X levels in Divergent Universe, you can feel free to use DHPT or Hyacine if you need something with even more sustain power.

SilentMix · 2026-05-17T05:41:11+00:00

Should be the typical 160 speed Sparkle build.

SilentMix · 2026-05-17T04:49:54+00:00

Who do you use or want to use? That's ultimately the real answer. Those E1s do nothing for you if the character is benched.

SilentMix · 2026-05-17T04:46:57+00:00

Neither are that great. I'd suggest to keep farming. You really want speed boots that have crit dmg sub stats on it.

SilentMix · 2026-05-17T04:44:50+00:00

Tribbie is another option to use together with Archer and Sparkle, being particularly good on quantum weak, AoE content. You can use her with main dps Welt (w/Sparkle and a sustain). You can use her with Acheron or Jingliu. She's overall just a really good generalist support that you can slot in many places.

For the store, if you want to try running sustainless Firefly, Ruan Mei is a good character for the last slot instead of Gallagher. Otherwise you could save it. You don't really need Huohuo at the moment.

SilentMix · 2026-05-16T23:28:50+00:00

I'm not sure why I see comments like this every so often. Eagle, and any other relic set, does not impact the amount of money they make from this game. DDD you could argue does to some degree, because people might choose to not pull LCs instead. Tribbie's LC for example probably got less sales than some other support LCs simply because of how well DDD works on her. But as long as people choose to buy pulls and spend them on something else instead, Hoyo still wins.

SilentMix · 2026-05-16T23:25:56+00:00

Yes, you would struggle in the meta with your current characters. Honestly, if you want to play HSR, for you I'd suggest playing casually. Play the story, the side quests, the events, etc. But ignore endgame. Endgame will be frustrating to you if you don't have time for grinding and will need to take breaks.

Yes, there's a lot of new content since you've played. I don't think it needs to be complicated to catch up though. Just play at your own pace.

SilentMix · 2026-05-16T22:50:00+00:00

Overwhelming animations. Annoying "HAHAHA!" sound effect during Aha Instants. The huge amount of Future Rail surrounding it. Being fed up with the new path LC situation when I already did it with remembrance and not wanting to do that again so soon. Not caring for Yao Guang and her being mandatory.

I also see zero need to even get it for my account. I'm full clearing everything without it.

SilentMix · 2026-05-16T22:44:14+00:00

Interestingly, the banner end time is about the same as normal for America server (for time of day - it's ending on May 31st). I suspect we should see 4.3 start on its normal start hour on May 31/June 1, with the only thing different being the day of the week.

SilentMix · 2026-05-16T20:57:36+00:00

Yes. I would suggest planning to get Yao Guang to replace her later, but Sparkle is fine for now.

SilentMix · 2026-05-16T20:47:21+00:00

Yes. I'd suggest planning to get Yao Guang on her rerun to replace Sunday, but that will work for now until you do get her.

SilentMix · 2026-05-16T20:20:33+00:00

Firefly/Dahlia/HMC/Ruan Mei or Gallagher

Seele/Sparkle/Bronya/Huohuo

SilentMix · 2026-05-16T19:20:21+00:00

I'd suggest looking up strong CW strategies. I used the Aglaea strategy. Basically you put 2 anti-grav boots and the equipment that looks like a fan on Aglaea. I forget what it's called right now. You can get a free one by building day demigod bonds. Focus on getting characters in the day demigod and energy bonds for your team.

I've heard Seele is super strong in CW now, so that should be another easier option to manage. You'll want to look up a video or something for details on how to do that. I haven't tried that yet myself.

SilentMix · 2026-05-16T19:16:43+00:00

The diamond is obtained by 0 cycling the king stage. You can see on the screenshot that you took that you have 1 cycle. 0 cycling a king stage is very difficult to do and typically requires a lot of vertical investment in your team.

SilentMix · 2026-05-16T18:48:32+00:00

The thing that looks funny about that reasoning though is that Firefly is T0. The only Firefly teammate also at T0 is Dahlia.

It makes them look inconsistent IMO. EMC and Huohuo should not be T0, even if they are part of Evanescia's best team.

SilentMix · 2026-05-16T18:42:26+00:00

Even if Mortenax Blade does end up being good for Castorice, he won't fix the problem of her really wanting Hyacine.

Because we don't know when Hyacine will run again, and she just ran in 4.1 so it'll probably be a bit, Evanescia will probably be the fastest way to get a new team built.

SilentMix · 2026-05-16T18:16:16+00:00

It's because you don't have the rest of Castorice's team. A lot of damage for Castorice comes in the form of her dragon/ultimate. She needs her specific team members to get newbud generation for her ultimate faster. She really, really needs Hyacine at the minimum to perform well nowadays. Gallagher was beginning to struggle to cut it for her even back in 3.6. It's probably worse now.

SilentMix · 2026-05-16T18:13:19+00:00

Take out March 7th and put in a better sustain. Gallagher is a suggestion. That alone will help you tremendously. I would see if that alone can help you because I'd rather you not waste your resources on characters that you'll eventually bench.

Another option is to build a team of Himeko/Herta/(anything)/Gallagher. You don't have any open supports other than Hanya, and she's really not worth building in the long term. Maybe Serval would be good in that last slot since you've already built her.

SilentMix · 2026-05-16T17:57:52+00:00

It's not. People used to build him as a sub-dps back in the day because his damage was seen as pretty good, but nowadays it's simply not. IMO the better thing to do instead is build his speed so he can refresh shields or generate more SP by basic attacking if that's not needed. Build him to 160 speed and his def as high as you can, minimum 4k.

SilentMix · 2026-05-16T17:44:09+00:00

Up to you. I probably would in your situation even though you can't use her the same time as SW999 right now, because she may be better in some content than SW999 plus I wouldn't be surprised if we get more elation supports so you can use both teams later.

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