Honkai: Star Rail (PC/PS5/PS4/Android/iOS) - Honkai Impact 3rd Extended Universe

[Gokulo]

Good luck with everyon'es pulls!

Got RM and Xueyi within 20 pulls. Wanted to go after Xueyi E2 since it's very nice, within 50 pulls not a single copy though but ended up with RM E1, lol. Went down further the rabbit hole and thankfully after 3 more 10 pull finally got 2 copies of Xueyi at the same time. 8k jades left, time to start saving up for 2.0+, lol.

[octopus]

I went 1 away from soft pity during the Topaz banner, and skipped Argenti. Indeed I got Ruan Mei the first pull, and got Xueyi in the next 10 pull after.

Now to save until Black Swan...

[Ayn]

"We have Ruan Mei at home"

Lost 50/50 to Bronya.

Could be a lot worse. Got a Xueyi and March 7th to e5. Some decent light cones along the way. Got eyes of the prey.

Bronya toasted my plans to snag Welt's light cone though, since hers from the shop seems like a no brainer.

[Kachiko]

I won the 50/50 and hit 4500 HP/1650 DEF, 180 Break%, , with 137ish speed, and I have an S3 Memories of Past, so she's pretty much set. Won't be a 3 rotation Ultimate without god tier Break % subs though it shouldn't be that bad. E6 Ting and C1 Xueyi though I don't see myself using her.

[Obsidian]

Won my 50/50 for Ruan Mei, lost the 75/25 for the weapon and got Sleep like the Dead, oof. Took me another 50ish to get her weapon. Only got 1 Ting eidolon and E1 Xuenyi, but oh well. Ting is E4 now, so that's nice. Now I just save until 2.0.

[Gokulo]

I won the 50/50 and hit 4500 HP/1650 DEF, 180 Break%, , with 137ish speed, and I have an S3 Memories of Past, so she's pretty much set. Won't be a 3 rotation Ultimate without god tier Break % subs though it shouldn't be that bad. E6 Ting and C1 Xueyi though I don't see myself using her.

You could go with Meshing Cogs instead for more energy, since you most likely have that at S5. She's also getting a great Break relic set in 2.0 so that might make building her easier.

[Gokulo]

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Should be next 5 star soon too though, so I'm gonna wait to see who I get until I decide. The two I'm missing are Gepard and Welt and currently the latter feels like a better choice. But I'm also strongly considering grabbing Bronya E1 since she's in 99% of my teams anyway.

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I'm on the same boat but just got E2 Gepard so I picked Bronya, finally

[Obsidian]

Personally, my order would probably look something like:

First priority if you don't have her, is Bronya. Far and away one of the best supports in the game if not the best (Ruan Mei is pretty pretty nice though).
1) If you have Bronya, but not Welt, I would probably grab Welt. He has easily the best Technique in the game, Imaginary is good against almost everything, Imprison is crazy strong, and if you start getting Eidolons on him he really starts doing some good damage.
2) If you have both Welt and Bronya, I would probably grab Clara, or Bronya/Welt Eidolons. Welt's E1/E2 are kinda crazy. Bronya's E1 is a bit overrated IMO but it puts you closer to her later Eidolons which are pretty good. Clara's Eidolons are actually also very good.
3) If you have Welt and Bronya but would rather have characters instead of Eidolons, I'd probably just grab whoever you don't have between Clara, Gepard, and Himeko (in that order, IMO). Bailu has really fallen off and her Eidolons are kinda shit. Yanqing is... okay-ish, but he's a bit clunky and his multi-target damage is non-existent. The free Dr Ratio we're about to get is better than him in every way by a wide margin. Gepard isn't really necessary at this point for most people but he makes Path of Preservation runs hilarious.

I personally am waffling between Bronya E1, Welt E2, Clara E0, or Himeko E0. I think I'm gonna wait to see if I lose my next 50/50 and decide from there. I'm leaning towards Clara though, she's pretty underrated IMO, especially if you pair her with Lynx. But Welt's eidolons are just so good. And Himeko is just hot.

[Ayn]

Helpful analysis! I got Welt as my first, then Himeko randomly, along with Bronya on the 50/50 for RM.

Interesting about Welt's Eidolons. Now tempted to get one of those instead of a character but I'm a ways off. Getting Bronya blew a hole in my plans to get his cone. He does well enough with loop.

[Obsidian]

Well, while trying to get my last Tingyun Eidolon, I got Welt E2... and Ruan Mei E1 in the same 10 pull, lol.

I guess that rules out taking Welt E2 from the selector. Kinda wish I hadn't gotten the Ruan Mei right after so I could just have guaranteed Black Swan. Oh well, E1 RM is also really nice.

[Kachiko]

Bronya -> Bronya E1 -> Geopard -> Welt/Clara, in a vacuum. If you have DH, there's not much point to Welt since we get Dr. Ratio for free soon. Geopard has great performance in the latest SU, but Bronya E1 will see the most use. Personally, I have everyone but Clara and Ice Boy, with Geopartd E1 and his cone, so it's either Bronya E1 or Clara for me. Oddly, I don't use Bronya that much compared to the other buffers, but E1 would likely replace a lot of team spots.

[Ayn]

I've used Dr. Ratio and I like what I've played, but aside from being imaginary he and Welt seem to fill two different niches?

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he's supposed to be the best single target dps in the game, from what I've read.

[Obsidian]

As long as you have someone who can apply a bunch of debuffs (Welt, Silver Wolf) his damage is wild. It's just constant follow-up attacks.

[Obsidian]

I FINALLY got a decent Rutelint Ice orb for my Jingliu (dropped with SPD/CDMG/CR, rolled flat ATK as the fourth stat) and now I don't know what to spend my stamina on, haha. I guess for now I'll probably just farm trace materials for Welt and Ruan Mei. I'm leery of doing much Relic farming for Dr Ratio since it sounds like there's a better set coming for him in 2.0.

[Kachiko]

I've been leveling traces for characters I use, and just about topped off on them before I start on any new characters.

[Obsidian]

Got Welt's light cone again from the Standard banner. It was pretty early (I think only 50ish wishes since the last Welt cone I got). I don't mind getting cones, but can I get the other ones at least? lol. I've gotten Himeko's, Bailu's, and Welt's x2. Gimme Gepard's or Bronya's, please! At least my next 5* is guaranteed to be a character. Also only 14 wishes away from the Selector.

I'm finally being less lazy and trying to knock out all the Swarm Disaster rewards, and I'm just being reminded of how absolutely broken Nihility path + Kafka is. It's just silly. I was struggling to clear Difficulty 3 with my Jingliu/Luocha/Ruan Mei/Bronya Remembrance team, but Kafka Nihility just bulldozed it, and Difficulty 4.

[Ayn]

Who do you put on your Kafka team?

No Sampo here, so hoping Luka and/or Guinafen work well with her. I've been farming nihility mats this past week in anticipation for Kafka, as well as the shit ton of other nihility characters I have.

Also, Herta LC good for anyone on nihility? Maybe.. Luka?

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I was using Kafka/Guinaifen/Ruan Mei/Huo Huo for the new SU