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Honkai Star Rail Pure Fiction Guide: How to Unlock and Best Characters
Sanmay Chakrabarti
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Pure Fiction was released on January 8, 2024, in Honkai Star Rail after the Memory of Chaos update finished. The game mode features constantly respawning enemies for a limited number of turn cycles, which can be defeated to earn points. After the turn cycle finishes, players will get rewards based on the total score. The Pure Fiction game mode will reward 720 Stellar Jades, Jade Feather, the 4-Star Character Lynx, and Credits.
Kafka is a 5-star Nihility character that does Lightning Damage and is best suited for DoT builds. Her best relic sets are 4-piece Prisoner in Deep Confinement and 2-piece Space Sealing Station. The main and sub stats for Kafka are Attack % and Speed, followed by Effect Hit rate and Break Effect. She is best suited for teams with a DoT applier (Luka or Sampo), a defense shredder (Pela or Silver Wolf), and any sustain (Huohuo or Geopard).
March 7th's old name has been recently leaked by UBatcha, a well know HSR leaker. The leaks reveal that March 7th's old name was 'Celimene' in 2021 — meaning Heavenly Moon or Heavenly Strength — and it originates from the 17th century French playwright Molière, for a character in his play Le Misanthrope. Whether this is her original name or not is only up to speculation. Previously, the name 'Eileen' was leaked as March 7th's name, which also means Strength.
Honkai Star Rail Blade Best Build: Relics, Light Cones & Teams Comps
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Blade is a 5* Destruction character that does Wind Damage and is best suited for carry or sub-DPS builds. His best relic sets are 4-piece Longevous Disciple and 2-Piece Inert Salsotto. The main Relic stats for Blade are Crit Damage and Crit Rate, followed by HP% and Attack%. He is best suited as a Hyper Carry with one buffer (Bronya or Asta), a defense shredder (Pela or Silver Wolf), and any healer with reactive heals (Luocha or Natasha).
Honkai Star Rail Black Swan Kit, Best Build, Light Cones & Teams Comps
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Black Swan is a 5-star Nihility character in Honkai Star Rail who does Wind Damage and is best suited for DoT builds. Her best relic sets are 4-piece Prisoner in Deep Confinement and 2-piece Space Sealing Station. The main and sub stats for Black Swan are Attack % and Speed, followed by Effect Hit rate and Break Effect. She is best suited for teams with a DoT applier (Guinafen or Luka). Her best team will have Kafka, Pela, and Huohuo.
Honkai Star Rail 1.6 version will be released on December 27 at 3:00 AM UTC. The version will feature a new game mode, character, light cones, events, Memory of Chaos stages, QoL changes, free characters, enemies and locations, and updates to the Simulated Universe. The 1.6 version can be pre-downloaded, allowing players to play without delay when the version is live.
Honkai Star Rail Character Tier List: Best HSR Characters in 2024
Sanmay Chakrabarti
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This character tier list is created to help new and veteran players learn the importance of any character in Honkai Star Rail. The characters have been placed in each tier after careful consideration and analysis of their abilities. The tier list also provides a brief look on why a character is good or bad in Honkai Star Rail. However, like all tier lists, this one is also subjective. Play any character you like as long as you enjoy the game.
Honkai Star Rail: Lynx Kit, Best Build, Light Cones & Teams Comps
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Lynx is a 4-star Abundance character with the Quantum Damage type in Honkai Star Rail and is best suited for Sustain. Her best relic sets are the mix of 2-piece Longevous Disciple and 2-piece Passerby of Wandering Cloud, and 2-piece Fleet of the Ageless. The main Relic stats for Lynx are HP % and Speed, followed by Effect RES% and DEF. She is a good healer who can go with most teams, but her best team is the mono Quantum team with Seele, Qingque, and Silver Wolf.
The Honkai Star Rail 1.6 total Stellar Jade count has been leaked and the F2P players can earn up to 15,170 Stellar Jades, or 94 pulls. Furthermore, players subscribed to the Express Supply Pass can get and extra 3,870 Stellar Jades, while players subscribed to the Nameless Honor can get an extra 1,320 Stellar Jades.
Xueyi is a 4* Destruction character in Honkai Star Rail that does Quantum Damage and is best suited as a Sub DPS. Her best relic sets are 4-piece Genius of Brilliant Stars and 2-piece Talia: Kingdom of Banditry. The main and sub stats for Xueyi are Attack %, Speed, followed by Break Effect, Crit Rate and Crit Damage. She is best suited for Mono Quantum Teams and fits perfectly with Seele, Silver Wolf and Fu Xuan.
Honkai Star Rail 1.6 will be released on December 27, with many exciting events and rewards. The 1.6 update will feature the following events: Critter Pick, Scentventure, Simulated Universe: Gold and Gears, Pure Fiction, Planar Fissure, Realm of the Strange, and Gift of Odyssey. Some of the prominent rewards are: Stellar Jades, Self Modeling Resins, Star Rail Premium Passes, and Traces of Destiny.
Honkai Star Rail: Dr. Ratio Kit, Best Build, Light Cones & More
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Dr. Ratio is a 5* Hunt character that does Imaginary Damage and is best suited as a main DPS. His best relic sets are 4-piece The Ash Blazing Grand Duke and 2-piece Talia: Celestial Differentiator. The main and sub stats for Dr. Ratio are Crit Damage, and Attack %, followed by Crit Rate and Speed. He is best suited for Follow-up Attack teams and fits perfectly with Topaz, Welt, and Huohuo.
Honkai Star Rail Free 5-Star Character: Get Dr. Ratio for Free
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Honkai Star Rail will gift the 5-star character Dr. Ratio for free in version 1.6 to thank the player base for the support. The free Dr. Ratio will be sent to the account mailbox of players who have unlocked the Mail Box function by completing the 'The Blue — A Moment of Peace, after the release of the version 1.6 Panta Rhei event warp. The free Dr. Ratio can be claimed until the end of version 2.1. Players can also get the 4-star character Lynx for free from the 1.6 version update by clearing any phase of the Stage 2 of Pure Fiction.
Ruan Mei is a 5-star Harmony character with the Ice damage type and perfect for the support role. Her best Relic and Planar ornaments set is a 4-piece Thief of Shooting Meteor and a 2-piece Talia: Kingdom of Banditry. Her best Light cone is Past Self in Mirror. Ruan Mei’s best team is Firefly, Ruan Mei, Harmony Trailblazer, and Gallagher, but she can be strong for any hyper-carry team.
Honkai Star Rail 1.6 Livestream Codes: Redeem Free 300 Stellar Jades
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The Honkai Star Rail 1.6 Livestream is scheduled for today, at 7.30 PM (UTC+8). Developers will give out Redeem Codes for 300 free Stellar Jades and other rewards during the livestream. There is also an ongoing event, posted by the Honkai Star Rail X (Twitter) account, where they are going to reward 10 Star Rail Passes for free to 50 Random participants.
Honkai Star Rail 1.6 Banners: Upcoming Characters and Light Cones
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Honkai Star Rail is set to release its 1.6 update on December 27, 2023. The Honkai Star Rail 1.6 character banners will have two phases, featuring Ruan Mei, Blade, Xueyi, Tingyun, and March 7th in the first phase and Dr. Ratio, Kafka, Sushang, Natasha, and Hook in the second phase. Similarly, the Light Cone banners will have two phases, Past Self in Mirror and The Unreachable Side in phase 1, and Baptism of Pure Thought and Patience is All You Need in the phase 2.
Honkai Star Rail: 3 New Characters Revealed in Latest Drip Marketing Campaign
Sanmay Chakrabarti
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Honkai Star Rail's latest drip marketing campaign revealed three new characters — Sparkle, Misha and Black Swan. All three characters will likely feature in the upcoming Honkai Star Rail 2.0 update, which is also set to release Penacony. The drip marketing campaign also hints about Acheron not featuring in the 2.0 banners, however she will play a big role in the Penacony Trailblazer missions.
Honkai Star Rail just confirmed that Penacony is coming in the 2.0 update in their new Developer Radio: Penacony Special Edition and showcased Black Swan in their new Drip Marketing. Other changes coming to Honkai Star Rail 2.0 update — salvaging relics into Lost Gold fragments, specific sub stat relic inventory filter, a new mission glossary system, new free light cones coming to the Light Cone Manifest store, new universal Path materials, and Relic enhance to the next stage function.
Honkai Star Rail 1.6 Livestream Date and Time (Countdown Timer)
Sanmay Chakrabarti
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Honkai Star Rail 1.6 Livestream has just been announced to release in December 15, 2023, at 7:30 PM (UTC+8). The Livestream will shed light on the new events and characters coming in the 1.6 update. The update is expected to feature 3 new characters: Ruan Mei, Dr. Ratio, & Xueyi, and also introduce the new Pure Fiction game mode.
Honkai Star Rail Reveals New Trailblazing World at The Game Awards 2023
Sanmay Chakrabarti
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Honkai Star Rail won the Best Mobile Game of the Year award at the TGA. HoYoverse also released a new trailer in the TGA, revealing Penacony as the next trailblazing destination after Xianzhou Luofu. Th trailer also revealed Black Swan, retelling of the past events and Acheron appearing in Penacony. Recently, Honkai Star Rail was also crowned as the top app on the Apple App Store.
Honkai: Star Rail Finally Arrives on PlayStation 5
Abubakar Mohammed