Honkai: Star Rail Review - A New Gold Standard In Live Service RPGs

While Night on the Milky Way is the best Light Cone for Himeko’s build in Honkai: Star Rail , there is yet another 5-star option that goes along well with her. Jing Yuan’s signature weapon, Before Dawn, also fits her skills. The Light Cone offers a 635-point boost to ATK (at level 80), but its skill is what fits her w

As players get later into the game, however, the Fire Preservation Trailblazer starts to become much more valuable to a party than their Physical counterpart, with constant party-wide shields, respectable damage output, and stellar weakness-breaking capabilities. Additionally, both versions of the Trailblazer are the only characters to be able to obtain Eidolon levels for free, making their strengths even more pronounced compared to the other free characters, and ensuring that either variant has a place on almost any party se

Although they remain mostly mysterious for now, it's likely that the true nature of the Stellaron will be one of Honkai: Star Rail 's major plot points as the game's story progresses through updates. In fact, aside from the Astral Express, at least one of the game's other in-universe factions is based entirely around Stellaron - the Stellaron Hunters. As their name implies, Stellaron Hunters take a keen interest in collecting the objects, although their reasons for doing so are currently unknown. Additionally, aside from being a driving force behind the game's plot, Stellaron also have major associations with another aspect of Star Rail 's world - the Ae

Exploration in Honkai: Star Rail is linear, but maps are littered with things to do - collectibles, treasure chests, elite enemies, and puzzles populate most of them, which are closely equivalent to traditional JRPG dungeons. The cities that make up hubs for each world visited are interested and Constance Hsr diverse, with plenty of lore scattered throughout for those who want to know more about what the universe the Trailblazer inhabits looks l

Although these different builds support different elements of March 7th's kit, each side synergizes well with the other. Once she unlocks her A6 Trace, her chance to Freeze enemies with her Ultimate increases to 65%. A good Frozen build could allow March 7th to guarantee Freezing all the enemies on the field. Meanwhile, March 7th's Skill and Talent combo allows for synergy with many characters, especially **Honkai: Star Rail ** 's Dan He

As is the case with the Light Cone, the best Relics for Himeko’s build in Honkai: Star Rail are those that boost her powers. Currently, the best Relic set for the character is Firesmith of Lava Forging. Himeko deals a great amount of Fire damage, and the set’s two-piece, four-piece, and five-piece effects do exactly t

With the Aeons numbering at eighteen members - more than doubling Genshin 's Archons - it's currently unknown if all of them will make in-game appearances or have important roles to play - although, like the Archons, it's distinctly possible that some Aeons may become playable in some form as Star Rail receives future updates and additional content. Moreover, the Aeons set up Honkai: Star Rail well to follow a similar story structure to Genshin 's, with updates centering around a single world, as well as that world's associated Aeon. Importantly, however, as Aeons are introduced in the game's story, another aspect of the game's world must be considered - Pa

The turn-based combat itself is also an immediate joy, with seamless animations making the initial battles feel flashy and impactful even while they're largely getting players up to speed on Star Rail 's gameplay systems. There are seven elements that serve as means to break enemy weaknesses, and balancing a team that's spread out with these elements while also functional represents a significant challenge. Traditional roles like tank and healer are somewhat subverted here - though there's obvious representations of both - and flexibility seems to be the name of the game when it comes to Honkai: Star Rail. The ability to swap teammates after previewing an enemy's weaknesses on the map helps ensure there are a minimum of ill-prepared fights that feel unwinna

As the final free Erudition character, Serval's Lightning element and potent attacking skills manage to set her apart as a good general option - which is especially good because she can be claimed for free early in the game as part of Star Rail 's pre-registration campaign. Being the only Lightning attacker out of the free characters already gives Serval a solid niche, but her skills also leave potent lightning DoTs on enemies that are effective at racking up residual damage, further supported by her ultimate and basic attacks. As a slight downside, however, her skill can only target three enemies, meaning her damage can suffer in fights with larger gro

As the newest RPG from HoYoverse, Honkai: Star Rail _ has a few terms and systems that might not be clear to players who haven't been following the game's pre-release advertising. Much like the terminology of the developer's previous games, such as _Genshin Impact or Honkai Impact 3rd , terms that get thrown around in the game's story might not be explained all too well in the game itself, either, an issue that can be made worse when the terms have actual gameplay implicati