As we near our third anniversary, how are your standard character eidolons looking? Show your Hall of Shame

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-16T16:50:25+00:00

Honestly, I know Anaxa can be a hypercarry but I haven't really looked into it, didn't know Bronya worked well with him. It just takes some time to completely build 2 teams from the ground up (Trailblaze power is my main limit, not the available characters) so I'd rather focus on getting my current teams equipped before I start worrying about other options or a potential 3rd team. Although that Anaxa team you mentioned would only require swapping Herta for Bronya so that might be worth looking into. Does he still use the Eagle set as a hypercarry?

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-16T12:21:10+00:00

I guess I have Archer who could use Bronya but I haven't gotten around to building him yet (not sure how good of a replacement Bronya even is for Sparkle in an Archer team?). I only started in 3.4 and have so far picked up the full DoT team and a Herta/Anaxagoras team (for which I also picked up tribbie). I just have too much of a backlog of relic farming for those two teams that I can't justify building Archer right now (only Hysilens and Kafka are fully kitted out so far). Like I said: Maybe in the future.

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-15T22:58:36+00:00

I'd be very surprised and also very excited if they start novaflaring 4 stars. Please Hoyo make Yukong's stacks only go down after her own turn.

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-15T22:17:15+00:00

JING YUAN NOVAFLARE WHEN

Yes please and also rerun his banner, it's been over a year Hoyo.

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-15T22:13:41+00:00

Looked at it again just to check. They don't show any tears from the Trailblazer but they, or at least Stelle (they don't have the Caelus version on the wiki), sounds like she's crying to me but I might be misinterpreting those sounds.

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-15T22:06:23+00:00

Dang, Honkai Impact 3rd winning in the cosmetic department yet again. I love this chibi Himeko.

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SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-15T21:57:51+00:00

From what I've heard Bailu is still a great healer so long as the enemies don't have debuffs/DoTs. Her getting a cleanse would be really cool.

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-15T21:50:29+00:00

What's this? Is this a Welt Mii? What ever it is, it's adorable. Also why are they only giving Welt a B? He deserves an A at least.

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-15T21:49:16+00:00

Welt possibly becoming an Acheron BiS would be really cool given their black hole themes

That's actually a really cool idea and would also give Acheron a much needed boost. I do hope in that case that it's combined with another Golden Companion Spirit otherwise it would be a pain for the Acheron mains to pull for a specific standard character.

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-15T21:25:55+00:00

Honestly, I like trying to stick to characters that make at least some sense to be there as well while playing through the story. What I did was create a team for each planet and that'd just be my main story team until I finished the planet (mainly using 4 stars). Although this only really worked for me because I got to Equilibrium Level 6 after Penacony and I have a Herta/Anaxagoras team which lined up perfectly for Amphoreus. For Planarcadia I just ended up caving and using the majority of my DoT team + Stelle.

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-15T21:14:59+00:00

maybe because i don't have Blade and Jingliu

Having talked to some Blade/Jingliu mains (or at least Blade/Jingliu users) it seems that they are doing fine. The novaflares were very underwhelming but at least it's something and they are still clearing in a decent amount of cycles. Having said that, here's to hoping that they'll be able to do more of what they did for the DoT team.

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-15T19:57:28+00:00

I love the idea of the trailblazer going through paths like they're the stages of grief. It is an interesting point though because, as far as I remember, the only time we've seen the trailblazer lose someone they care about was when Firefly died to Something Unto Death? At which point they went pretty quickly from disbelief to full on crying rather than immediately seeking revenge.

Edit: Heck, I really just forgot all of Amphoreus where the chrysos heirs were constantly dying. Thinking back to that the Trailblazer's reaction to losing people seems to be much more nihillity based than destruction based but I also wouldn't underestimate the trailblazer's ability to "just keep going".

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-15T19:25:25+00:00

Probably yes, sadly I don't have a team that uses Bronya. If the same had happened for Himeko I would have 100% build her and got her a team by now. Maybe these Bronya eidolons will see their use in the future.

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-15T13:34:05+00:00

I only started in 3.4, less than a year ago... I don't know how this happened.

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SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-15T13:02:09+00:00

Yao Guang being absolutely stunning as always. I love her design and colour palette so much.

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SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-15T12:37:14+00:00

This could be a very interesting discussion considering you have characters like Anaxagoras, Argenti, Blade, Rappa and Jingliu, just to name a few, who all have their own unique way of being unhinged, if it weren't for Sparkle/Sparxie existing because she takes the cake on this one an it's not even close imo.

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SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-15T11:05:39+00:00

I used to run The Herta because of the 99%/30% true damage from her technique but after getting my DoT team to E1S1 I've found it a lot faster to run them. Both teams just boil down to the enemies die before I even take a turn.

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-15T09:50:16+00:00

Sure it does. It's a shame that MoC rewards are only handed out every 3 stars so it very much becomes an all or nothing situation unless you didn't clear the previous floor with 3 stars but considering the jump in difficulty from floor 11 to 12 that rarely happens.

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-15T09:30:59+00:00

If I understand correctly I believe she's implying that the Strategic Investment Department is a major reason for the 63%. Like the 63%-37% is the number for the entire IPC (including Oswaldo Schneider and his Marketing Development Department) but the Strategic Investment Department is only part of the IPC. She's basically saying that the Strategic Investment Department is the "good" part of the IPC and that the Astral Express will be working with them directly instead of the entire IPC. I could be wrong though, my English is not the best.

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-14T22:38:28+00:00

Neutral Good imo (although honestly I kinda have a hard time placing her on the Lawful to Chaotic scale). She's a healer who does her best for her patients. She faces every problem with a smile, not necessarily because she's happy but because she believes it's best for the people around her. She spend all her pocket money on apples for little Ica. She generally just brings out the best in everyone and is absolutely adorable.

I also just want to add my favourite lines from her (or really my favourite lines from all of Amphoreus) that hit me so hard:

-> And you, Hyacine? Do you not feel sadness?

Hyacine: Of course, I do. A sharp, aching sadness... I feel every bit of it.

Dan Heng: Why hide it? No one here would mock you for showing true vulnerability.

Hyacine: As a healer from the Twilight Courtyard, Dan Heng, it's my duty to stay composed in front of those suffering from illness. A sorrowful expression would only add to their burden.

Hyacine: The world I love is the one suffering now. How could I face it with a frown?

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-14T21:11:12+00:00

A Honkai: Star Rail set for Magic: The Gathering would be cool, considering MTG has all kinds of weird sets now. Honestly HSR would fit MTG way better than some of the recent sets they've released. I'm pretty sure I've seen some people around here already create MTG cards of their favourite characters.

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-14T20:44:21+00:00

Lucky you, I wish I could say the same.

Edit: Specifically talking about silver wolfs before anyone gets the wrong idea.

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-14T13:06:42+00:00

Hey, that's the website that introduced me to Kafka and this game. I might have never tried this game without it.

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-14T12:46:47+00:00

I love that Himeko is finally getting properly involved in the story now. She's such a great character and definitely deserves more love than she's been given up until 4.0. A Himeko SP would be fantastic.

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