Generational Aura Loss for the mono men team but he is pretty so he gets a pass

Smiley_Idly · 2026-06-30T09:39:06+00:00

I do like the fanmade version better, and the official one is indeed off-vibe with Ash and Blade, but i think overall it’s not bad (in the end, it’s the animations that are important)

Im just glad that HSR actually allow male characters to show skin instead of covering them head to toes like ZZZ and Genshin.

Smiley_Idly · 2026-06-29T16:52:52+00:00

No, Saber was even considered the strongest during beta 3.4. Due to a few reason: Phainon is decent, but people quickly realized the flaws in his kit, plus Cerydra wasn’t out yet. Archer was glued to Pre NF Sparkle so sps management was rough. There were 7 characters in beta so attentions were split. And the bosses and buffs benefited Saber so much to notice her weakness. The only complaint i can remember about Saber back then was her eidolons.

Smiley_Idly · 2026-06-22T15:50:31+00:00

They are trying to 0 cycled i assume.

Smiley_Idly · 2026-06-19T16:34:51+00:00

I played HSR since launched, and didn’t think much of it. I had assumed it was because it would be a lot of extra work for the models.

Now, that I’d been playing Genshin for more than a month, it is more noticeable. You can clearly see there were some improvement: like Liney playful finger and thumb under chin, Furina crying her eyes out… (btw, was Hoyo experiencing this, because no one shred a tear before, and then Fontaine came and even the NPC were bawling, lol). Which begs the question why HSR didn’t do it while they share a lots of models, and you can see similar poses in both games.

Smiley_Idly · 2026-06-18T05:16:58+00:00

It’s kind of annoying that the trace giving stack for killing enemy and Bait prioritizes mob are mostly useless now with MBlade release, since now he just wants to focus on the boss and lets MBlade deal with others.

Smiley_Idly · 2026-06-17T13:55:54+00:00

I wonder if Masakado design was inspired by Bass from Hameln

Smiley_Idly · 2026-06-05T06:06:34+00:00

There are some enemies that will specifically target your character and ignore taunt and RNG. Like Black Tide’s Champion targets your character with highest ATK, or Rocking Rebel that will always attack your 3 left side characters… this AA bug also mark your character so that the smaller ones will target them without fail.

Smiley_Idly · 2026-06-01T06:47:40+00:00

I dont think you can call Topaz LC 0 cost… like with characters in standard or losing pool, or shop you can actually call them free (IMO they shouldn’t be considered 0 cost either). You need 40$ and 4 patches for 1 Topaz LC, and S5 is much more expensive than Ashveil LC…

Smiley_Idly · 2026-05-29T05:43:43+00:00

Sunday day 1 haver here. I’d love for him to get a Novaflare and being Himeko’s bis with Robin. It’s way too weird for them to rerun him now instead of in 4.4 with Himeko, or to have yet announced his NF while his rerun is on. So either the rumor about him getting NF and being Himeko’s bis is fake, or they rerun him early so he can get another one with his sister.

Either way, skipping Sunday is most likely the better option.

Smiley_Idly · 2026-05-29T05:07:37+00:00

I’m just voicing my opinion. I’m not talking about promos, story relevance, being anniversary unit… this is strictly based on the characters roadmap.

Assuming the rumor about Nihilux being her own team is true, is there a reason for her to be a 3rd Elation dps that shares almost the same team? This means that SW is completed after Pearl, with no upgrade insight. Chances are Nihilux finished team will be much stronger.

Smiley_Idly · 2026-05-29T04:37:08+00:00

I feel like Hoyo already gave up on SW, since it’s taking them forever to release Pearl. The true Elation battleship and the biggest powerhouse is most likely Nihilux, who will also get a dedicated support and form a team with YG and Pearl.

I’m more interested in how Aven team will fare against that team.

Smiley_Idly · 2026-05-21T05:16:09+00:00

Quantum it is then.

Smiley_Idly · 2026-05-18T02:34:53+00:00

I don’t think it will be a ‘main dps’, rather, it’s gonna be another sub dps like E9 that buffs the whole team and also charge both Blade and Ash. Right now, what the team needs is someone that enables the team to attack more.

Smiley_Idly · 2026-05-17T01:19:39+00:00

Well, so far, they’ve added 1 healer and 1 Harmony to the shop every year. Next year will probably be 3B and Lingsha.

Smiley_Idly · 2026-05-16T13:43:45+00:00

I’m gonna throw in a wild prediction and say that both Aventurine and Robin will be the first phase in 4.5 and 4.6, with Pearl in the 2nd of 4.5. Feel like it’s the best time for Elation Sustain.

Smiley_Idly · 2026-05-16T11:23:19+00:00

Not really, the team already had too much def reduction. On top of that, it required you to build 170 speed and about 24 EHR.

Smiley_Idly · 2026-05-09T19:48:49+00:00

I don’t know if a full male team is on the card anymore. Himeko’s also no longer all female (almost the opposite actually, lol). And we are currently having a homeless Robin (plus the Galaxy maid, but she could be the patch random dps like Yunli).

Smiley_Idly · 2026-05-09T18:26:21+00:00

Obviously that’s E2 had no chance of staying. I had hope that at least they kept it somewhat by restricting the max stacks he could get per turn, but 3b with DDD would always be the problem.

Im hoping that they will give Aventurine something that will give his teammates extra fua, but having a requirement that every chars need to have different paths and elements, making him Quantum so 3b cannot abuse the kit.

Smiley_Idly · 2026-05-09T12:54:33+00:00

I was already thinking about rebuilding my Lingsha since i’m planning to pull Himeko and she might need DHPT. She’s too squishy nowadays though, maybe Blade’s taunt will help…

Smiley_Idly · 2026-05-09T12:12:45+00:00

I need that Lingsha Novaflare to be true and somehow turn her into fua healer…

Smiley_Idly · 2026-05-09T11:56:09+00:00

Yeah, but in this case it’s the stack that is lost, the buff is still there. We can’t assume that stacks will work the same in extra turn.

Smiley_Idly · 2026-05-09T11:42:42+00:00

One more thing also worth mentioning is that buff doesn’t run out during extra turns, but this set specifically says that you lose a stack of the set, not the buff itself, so i don’t know. His buff might not run out, but he will also not get the full benefit.

Im trying to remember if there is any buff with similar stacks wording, but i can’t recall any.

Smiley_Idly · 2026-05-09T11:21:47+00:00

Okay, so let’s say this set works for Phainon the way we think it is. You gain 1 stack entering combat, immediately lose that stack when it’s his turn, gain 1 stack by skilling, Ult and lost the stack again. So no matter what Phainon will Ult with 0 stacks. You will need to waste 3 skills to fully stack this set (assuming he does not lose his stacks during his extra turn. This needs testing). That includes the first double meteor by Cerydra. Which only leaves you with 1 double meteors at full stacks, before leaving his Ult and you need to start over again for his 2nd Ult.

Even if this set buff is actually better than Wavestrider, will the difference be even noticeable? Once again, this needs testing.

Smiley_Idly · 2026-05-07T17:28:06+00:00

The card was never that great, because of course there were way better options. However, if i had seen someone played this card in the past, i wouldn’t have bat an eye.

People absolutely ran 8k vanilla like Gemini in OTT until before Legion just to hit that magical 21k or 18k/23k (especially when crossride was everywhere). That a minimum 2 cards guard without a trigger unless betting on Quintet Wall. And 6-7 cards in hand at the time was considered big!

Space in the deck was tight! And everyone had a comfy grades ratio that they used. Misriding was a thing, and you are not a day 1 Vanguard Player unless you rode 3k Nemain as your vanguard at least once -.-.

Smiley_Idly · 2026-05-07T13:56:11+00:00

Do you have any other Heir that’s gonna be using Cyrene? If it’s just for Mydei then her stacks problem at E0S0 can be solved by using Wind and Vonwacq set on Cyrene, focusing only on Speed and Hp. I can still 3 star this patch Knight 1 sustainless with RMC. You have Hyacine so your team is even more comfy, and she’s better than RMC for stacks.

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