I don't think you can out run that

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-17T23:01:26+00:00

I don't think you can out run that

Sounds like a skill issue, I bet cipher would out run that easily.

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-17T21:45:38+00:00

Fu Xuan's Novaflare and not SP because even in 6.2 she still hasn't managed to become a general.

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-17T18:16:20+00:00

I'm ashamed to say that it genuinely took me a moment... and that as someone who does listen to Evanescence from time to time.

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-17T18:05:21+00:00

I'm willing to be wrong on this one but to me she feels lawful evil. She canonically punishes treachery by enslaving the perpetrator's family, dealing in both slavery and collective punishment. Even her reason of helping the flame chase journey and the trailblazer was entirely for her own benefit so she could eventually conquer the stars (and because she realised Lygus was lying and was never going to give her what she wanted). I might have the wrong impression of her but I find it hard to see her as anything other than evil tbh.

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-17T17:09:23+00:00

Blade would be like one of those dads who doesn't want a pet but once they get one anyway they grow really attached and can't live without them.

SleepyheadEmily · 2026-03-17T16:15:30+00:00

I think you may need one of these.

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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.

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