#Honkai Star Rail
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Honkai Star Rail 2.7 Banner Set to Bring Two Long Awaited Characters
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New leaks from Uncle reveal upcoming HSR 2.7 version's Drip Marketing artwork details. The leaks reveal that Sunday and the new Tingyun's Drip Marketing will appear for version 2.7. Sunday and Tingyun may be connected in the story if they are appearing as playable in the same version.
Honkai Star Rail Lingsha: Kit, Best Build, Relics & More
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Lingsha is a 5-star Abundance character in Honkai Star Rail with Fire Damage type and her kit is an offensive Healer with a focus to Break Effect. The 4-piece Iron Cavalry Against the Scourge, and 2-piece Forge of the Kalpagni Lantern are her best Relics and Planar Ornaments. The best team comp for Lingsha is Firefly (DPS), Harmony Trailblazer (Support), Ruan mei (Support), and Lingsha (Sustain).
HSR Leaks: Fan-Favorite 5-star Character Rumored to Rerun in Version 2.6
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Leaks via Firefly Leaks revealed the upcoming HSR 2.6 rerun character, featuring alongside Rappa. Acheron is the expected to be one of the rerun characters in version 2.6 and may feature in the same phase as the new character Rappa. This will be Acheron's first rerun banner since her release in version 2.1 in Honkai Star Rail.
Best Lingsha Light Cones in Honkai Star Rail (Ranked)
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Lingsha is an Offensive Healer who buffs Break Damage and has some strong options for her Light Cones, including F2P options. The What Is Real? Light Cone is the best alternative Light Cone and it is also the best F2P Light Cone for Lingsha. Lingsha's Signature Light Cone, Scent Alone Stays True, is her best Light Cone option.
Should You Pull Lingsha in Honkai Star Rail?
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Lingsha is an excellent healer with good offensive and support capabilities. She has multiple AoE heals, alongside Break Damage buffs and reactive heals. Lingsha also has AoE cleansing in her kit, but it is only triggered with her Fuyuan's turn. Lingsha is a good Sustain so she can work with most teams in the game. However, it is best to pair her with other Break Effect units.
Should You Pull Topaz & Numby in Honkai Star Rail?
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Topaz & Numby is an excellent choice if you have many Follow-up attack focused units in your team. She is the best Follow-up attack support in the game. She is not comparable to other DPS units in the game as her main kit is focused for supporting FUA units. But, she can still hold her own in a hypercarry team created around her. Topaz is a FUA Support and can also act as a Hypercarry. It is best to pair her with other Follow-up attack units.
Top 5 Lingsha Teams in Honkai Star Rail (Ranked)
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Lingsha is a Break Offensive Sustain with a large number of heals combined with her attacks. Topaz, Feixiao, Boothill, Hunt March 7th, and Firefly are the strongest allies of Lingsha as they can make the best out of her kit. The best Lingsha team is Firefly as main DPS, Ruan Mei and Harmony Trailblazer as supports, and Lingsha as sustain.
Top 5 Topaz & Numby Teams in Honkai Star Rail (Ranked)
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Topaz is a FUA Support with strong DPS capabilities and her value only increases with each new FUA character released in the game. Feixiao, Robin, Aventurine, and Dr Ratio are the strongest allies of Topaz as they can make the best out of her kit. The best Topaz team is Feixiao as main DPS, Topaz and Robin as supports, and Aventurine as sustain.
Best Light Cones for Topaz & Numby in Honkai Star Rail (Ranked)
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Topaz is a FUA support and also a good DPS kit capable of hypercarrying and sadly her ideal Light Cone options are very few. The Final Victor Light Cone is the best alternative Light Cone and Cruising the Stellar Sea is the best F2P Light Cone for Topaz. Topaz's signature Light Cone, Worrisom, Blissful, is also her best Light Cone option.
Honkai Star Rail: Topaz & Numby Materials and Farming Guide
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Topaz is a 5-star Fire Hunt character who is a FUA Support and a strong single target DPS. All of her character ascension materials are Silvermane Material Group and Searing Steel Blade. All of her trace level-up materials are Silvermane Material Group and Searing Steel Blade, Arrow of the Beast Hunter, Arrow of the Demon Slayer, Arrow of the Starchaser, Regret of Infinite Ochema, and Tracks of Destiny.
HSR x HI3 Collab Announces Sparkle’s Debut in Honkai Impact 3rd
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Honkai Impact 3rd and Honkai Star Rail will collab on November 29, 2024. In the collab, Sparkle will make her debut in Honkai Impact 3rd in version 7.9. We currently don't know whether Sparkle is going to debut as a playable character or not in HI3.
Ruan Mei’s Revival of Tingyun Could Lead to the Single-Most Important Event in HSR
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Honkai Star Rail 2.5 Trailblazing Mission made it official that Tingyun is alive and was either cloned or revived by Ruan Mei. Paired with the Godslayer Protocol, Ruan Mei's participation in reviving Tingyun can lead to a very interesting development in the future of Honkai Star Rail.
Latest HSR 2.7 Leak Means You’ll Have to Farm More Iron Cavalry for Tingyun’s New Kit
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Tingyun has been leaked to get a new 5-star character version in HSR 2.7. Her new character is expected to be a Fire Nihility character with a kit focused towards Break and Super Break. This also means that the importance of Iron Cavalry relic set keeps increasing with each version release.
Who Is Yaoguang in Honkai Star Rail? Answered
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General Yaoguang is one of the Seven Arbiter-Generals of Xianzhou Alliance and she is in-charge of Xianzhou Yuque. She is known as the Seer Strategist and is considered to be as intelligent as Jing Yuan in the Xianzhou Alliance. During the 2.5 missions, she informs Feixiao, Jing Yuan and Huaiyan about the God Slayer protocol plan of Jingliu and Luocha.
Honkai Star Rail: Alone In Peril Quest Guide
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Alone in Peril is one of the quests in the HSR 2.5 Trailblaze Continuance mission. This quest has different endings based on the decisions made by the player during the playthrough. One of the endings lead to the permanent death of three NPCs from Xianzhou Luofu.
HSR Ecliptic Inner Beast and Shadow of Feixiao Boss Fight Guide
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Shadow of Feixiao is the final major boss in the Honkai Star Rail 2.5 Trailblazing missions. She has a massive health bar and high damage output. To defeat her, choose characters with Fire, Wind, Physical, or Quantum damage type, and make sure they have multiple attacks, like Follow-up and Ultimate attacks to assist Feixiao. During the fight, only focus on breaking the Toughness bar of Shadow of Feixiao and the Ecliptic Inner Beast to win the battle.
Honkai Star Rail: Borisin Warhead Hoolay Boss Fight Guide
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Borisin Warhead Hoolay is the first major boss in the Honkai Star Rail 2.5 Trailblazing missions. He has a high damage output and also summons Wolftroopers as the fight continues. To defeat him, choose characters with Fire, Wind, or Physical damage type, and make sure they have multiple attacks, like Follow-up and Ultimate attacks. Also choose a good sustain with multi-target heals or shields. When Hoolay enters Moon Rage, hit him as many times as possible to out-attack him and break his Moon Rage state.
Honkai Star Rail: Lingsha Materials and Farming Guide
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Lingsha is the new 5-star Fire Abundance character who is an offensive Sustain. All of her character ascension materials are Immortal Material Group and Raging Heart. All of her trace level-up materials are Immortal Material Group and Raging Heart, Alien Tree Seed, Nourishing Honey, Myriad Fruit, Auspice Sliver, and Tracks of Destiny.
Should You Pull Feixiao in Honkai Star Rail?
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Feixiao is an excellent choice if you have many Follow-up attack focused units or supports in your team. She is the strongest single-target DPS character in the game. Acheron and Feixiao are both comparable to each other in terms of damage output, however, Feixiao is easier to play due to her Ultimate recharging based on attacks made by her allies. Feixiao is a hyper carry and she can work with most supports and sustains. However, it is best to pair her with other Follow-up attack units.
Top 5 Moze Teams in Honkai Star Rail (Ranked)
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Moze is single target focused Sub DPS and he can remove his aggro while in the Departed state. Clara, Yunli and Feixiao are the strongest allies of Moze as can provide the best assistance for them. The best Moze team is Feixiao as main DPS, Topaz as support, Moze as Sub DPS and Aventurine as sustain.
Best Moze Light Cones in Honkai Star Rail (Ranked)
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Moze is a Sub DPS with many strong options for his Light Cones, including F2P options. The Swordplay Light Cone is the best 4-star Light Cone and Cruising in the Stellar Sea is the best F2P Light Cone for Moze. Baptism of Pure Thought is the best 5-star Light Cone option for Moze.
Honkai Star Rail 2.5 Release Date and Time (Countdown Timer)
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Honkai Star Rail is going to release version 2.5 soon. If you are waiting for the update to drop, check out HSR 2.5 release date and time.
Honkai Star Rail: Moze Materials and Farming Guide
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Moze is the new 4-star Lightning Hunt character who is a good FUA Sub DPS. All of his character ascension materials are Artifex’s Material Group and Nail of the Beast Coffin. All of his trace level-up materials are Artifex’s Material Group, Nail of the Beast Coffin, Meteoric Bullet, Destined Expiration, Countertemporal Shot, Auspice Sliver, and Tracks of Destiny.
Top 5 Feixiao Teams in Honkai Star Rail (Ranked)
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Feixao is single target focused Main DPS and her damage output is on par with Acheron. Topaz, Robin and Moze are the strongest allies of Feixiao as they can make the best out of her kit. The best Feixiao team is Feixiao as main DPS, Topaz and Robin as supports, and Aventurine as sustain.
Best Light Cones for Feixiao in Honkai Star Rail (Ranked)
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Feixiao is a Hypercarry with many strong options for her Light Cones, including F2P options. The Swordplay Light Cone is the best alternative Light Cone and Cruising in the Stellar Sea is the best F2P Light Cone for Feixiao. Feixiao's Signature Light Cone, I Venture Forth to Hunt, is her best Light Cone option.
Honkai Star Rail Leak Hints at Release of Another 5-Star Emanator Very Soon
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Leaks via Sakura Haven revealed that a new 5-star Ice Erudition character is confirmed for HSR 3.x version. Another leak previously reveled that Herta's original form is expected to feature in 3.x versions as well. Herta is an Emanator of Erudition, so she might become the next playable Emanator in the game.
Honkai Star Rail: Feixiao Materials and Farming Guide
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Feixiao is the new 5-star Wind Hunt character who is a main DPS comparable to Acheron. All of her character ascension materials are Artifex’s Material Group and A Glass of the Besotted Era. All of her trace level-up materials are Artifex’s Material Group, A Glass of the Besotted Era, Meteoric Bullet, Destined Expiration, Countertemporal Shot, Regret of Infinite Ochema, and Tracks of Destiny.
Honkai Star Rail: New Leak Hints at the Return of a Fan- Favorite Deceased Foxian
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Recent leaks have revealed that a new form of Tingyun will become playable in Honkai Star Rail 2.7. Tingyun was previously expected to be deceased with the entire Ambrosial Arbor incident, but the leak mentions her return so she the recent Trailblaze Continuance mission may be tied to it. Tingyun's new form will be a Nine Tailed fox and she is going to be a 5-star rarity character. The leak also mentions that Sunday will become playable in the first phase of version 2.7 in Honkai Star Rail.
Honkai Star Rail 2.5 Is Giving Away Free 1,000 Stellar Jades, More Rewards
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Honkai Star Rail has announced a special reward for all players for the Wardance Ceremony in version 2.5. The version 2.5 will reward players with 1000 Stellar Jades, 10 Trailblaze Fuel and 150 Tears of Dreams. The Gift of Odyssey also makes a return, giving 10 Star Rail Premium Passes, equivalent to 1600 Stellar Jades. The event is named as Gift of Comet, and the description says that the reward is behalf of the Xianzhou Alliance as a small gift on the occasion of Wardance Ceremony.
Honkai Star Rail Feixiao: Best Build, Kit, and Relics
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Feixiao is a 5-star Hunt character in Honkai Star Rail with Wind Damage type and her kit is single-target Main DPS focused. The 4-piece The Wind-Soaring Valorous, and 2-piece Duran, Dynasty of Running Wolves are her best Relics and Planar Ornaments. The best team comp for Feixiao is Feixiao (DPS), Robin (Support), Topaz (Support), and Aventurine (Sustain).
Honkai Star Rail 2.5 Livestream Codes: Free 300 Stellar Jades
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The HSR 2.5 livestream is scheduled for August 30, at 7.30 PM (UTC+8). The livestream will give out Redeem Codes for 300 free Stellar Jades. To redeem HSR 2.5 livestream codes from the website, visit the HSR redeem website > login > set the correct server > enter the code and select Redeem.
Jiaoqiu is the most unnecessary 5-star character in the game, as his kit doesn't add anything unique enough to be worth as a 5-star character. His kit is specifically good for Acheron teams and somewhat useful in Pure Fiction. In every other scenario, Jiaoqiu is outshone by other 5-star Support and even some 4-star Support/Debuff units in the game.
Honkai Star Rail Pela: Best Build, Relics, and Teams
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Pela is a 4-star Nihility character in Honkai Star Rail with Ice Damage type and her kit is suited for Support. The 2-piece each Messenger Traversing Hackerspace and Guard of Wuthering Snow, with 2-piece Broken Keel are her best Relics and Planar Ornaments. The best team comp for Pela is Jingliu (DPS), Bronya (Support), Pela (Support), and Huohuo (Sustain).
Who Is Screwllum in Honkai Star Rail? Explained
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Screwllum is a Mechanical Lifeform and the ruler of Planet Screwllum in the Star Rail Universe. He is also the #76 member of the Genius Society, appointed by the Aeon of Eruditon Nous, and one of the best hackers in the Star Rail Universe. Screwllum, Herta, Ruan Mei, and Stephen Lloyd have created the Simulated Universe together.
Should You Pull Yunli In Honkai Star Rail 2.4
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Yunli is a good choice if you lack any good Physical DPS or don't already have Clara in your roster. She acts as a hybrid of Tank and DPS, with a counterattack focused kit, and she is slightly better than Clara (without Clara's E6) and similar to Blade, but comparatively weaker than Firefly, Jingliu and Dan Heng IL. Yunli is a good option for new and F2P players and is very versatile when it comes to Light Cones and team comps.
Honkai Star Rail: Hunt March 7th Kit and Best Build
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March 7th's new Hunt Path gives her the Imaginary Damage type. The 4-piece Musketeer of Wild Wheat and 2-piece Rutilant Arena are her best Relics and Planar Ornaments for her Crit Build. The best team comp for Hunt March 7th is Yunli (DPS), Robin (Support), Hunt March 7th (Support/Sub-DPS), and Huohuo (Sustain).
Honkai Star Rail 2.4 Release Date and Time (Countdown Timer)
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Honkai Star Rail 2.4 will be released on July 31, 2024, at 11:00 AM (UTC +8). The maintenance break for HSR 2.4 release will start at 06:00 (UTC+8) and will last for approximately 5 hours, rewarding 300 Stellar Jades. The pre-download for HSR 2.4 is 14 GB for PC and 11 GB for Android and iOS users.
Best Light Cones for Yunli in Honkai Star Rail (Ranked)
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Yunli is a mix of Tank and DPS and has many strong options for her Light Cones, including F2P options. The On the Fall of an Aeon Light Cone is the best free-to-play and the best alternative Light Cone for Yunli. Yunli's Signature Light Cone, Dance at Sunset, is her best Light Cone option.
Best Yunli Teams in Honkai Star Rail (Ranked)
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Yunli is counter attack focused character and she can play as both a tank and DPS. Topaz, Robin and Tingyun are the strongest allies of Yunli as they can make the best out of her kit. The best Yunli team is Yunli as main DPS, Topaz and Robin as supports, and Aventurine as sustain.
Honkai Star Rail Yunli: Best Build, Kit, and Relics
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Yunli is a 5-star Destruction character in Honkai Star Rail with Physical Damage type and her kit is a hybrid of Tank and DPS. The 4-piece The Ashblazing Grand Duke and 2-piece Duna, Dynasty of Running Wolves are her best Relics and Planar Ornaments. The best team comp for Yunli is Yunli (DPS), Robin (Support), Topaz (Support), and Aventurine (Sustain).
Honkai Star Rail Yunli Materials and Farming Guide
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Yunli is the new 5-star Physical Destruction character who is a DPS and can counter-attack enemies like Clara. All of her character ascension materials are Artifex’s Material Group and IPC Work Permit. All of her trace level-up materials are Artifex’s Material Group, IPC Work Permit, Borisin Teeth, Lupitoxin Sawteeth, Moon Rage Fang Farming Guide, Regret of Infinite Ochema, and Tracks of Destiny.