This means she effectively gives each party member a stackable attack buff just for attacking. It decreases over time, but it can help you get a little more damage out without having to do much to earn

Light Cones are memory fragments associated with different characters, meaning most characters in Honkai: Star Rail have a Light Cone specially designed for their kit. As a central character in the game, March 7th actually has two Light Cones connected to her memory, both of which would prove useful. March 7th's best Light Cone for a Shield build is Day One of My New Life . With a built-in DEF bonus to boost her shield's strength, the Light Cone increases her allies' DMG RES by up to 12%. This is further protection for when enemies are attracted to t

The confirmed Honkai: Star Rail characters at launch are expected to be the same ones as those featured in the final open beta. In HoYoverse’s press release regarding the release date, there is no mention whatsoever about any new characters being added with the launch, meaning that the game will come out with the same 27 playable heroes it had in its most recent testing period. If there is a plan for a new character release along with the game itself, the developer will likely make an announcement closer to the launch. The most recent characters to be added were Bailu, Yanqing, Qingque, and Ting

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

The playable characters in Honkai: Star Rail are divided into two distinct tiers: 4-star and 5-star. 4-stars are the most common type of hero and are easier to obtain in the gacha system. In fact, some of them are even given out for free, as was the case Serval, handed out after the final beta subscriptions surpassed a certain goal. 5-star characters, on the other hand, tend to have better stats and skills than most 4-stars but they are much harder to obtain. Below is a list of all 27 confirmed Honkai: Star Rail characters and their respective ti

Similarly to past HoYoverse games, Honkai: Star Rail 's world has its own slang , much of which can be helpful to know for players wanting to dive deeper into the game's story and lore. This can especially be the case for Star Rail , given its somewhat confusing status as a sort of semi-sequel to Honkai Impact 3rd , taking place in an alternate universe and serving as something of an offshoot to the previous game. Moreover, given the game's status as a turn-based RPG, ditching the more action-focused combat of HoYoverse games, the story could very well be taking a more prominent role - especially with Star Rail taking a more structured approach than the open-world Genshin Impa

Unlike in Genshin Impact , where the Elements are combined to provoke strong Elemental Reactions, Honkai: Star Rail ’s combat system is centered around using the correct Element against a foe’s pre-established weaknesses. Hitting an enemy that is weak to Ice Damage with Ice Damage will contribute more to inflicting the Weakness Break status, for example. Additionally, Elements have different effects, such as DoTs (damage-over-time) and debuffs, when they inflict Weakness Br

March 7th is an important character in Honkai: Star Rail ** 's story, and Anaxa x castorice using her with the proper build can make all the difference. She is an amnesiac traveler onboard the Astral Express and one of the two characters who first meet the Trailblazer. As a playable character, she is an Ice 4-Star of the Preservation path. Her abilities lend her to two different builds; a Shield build and a Frozen build

However, with the current seven Paths available at the game's launch already covering most of the functions that could be expected in a turn-based RPG (attacking, buffing, debuffing, tanking, and healing) it's currently unknown what further additional Paths could entail in terms of gameplay - especially with eighteen total Paths corresponding to the eighteen Aeons. If future updates introduce more Paths to the game, they will likely need to bring more unorthodox gameplay additions. In terms of their effect on the game's story, however, it's likely the Aeons and world more closely associated with the current seven paths will be more prominent in the game's st

In relation to the story, lore, and gameplay systems of Honkai: Star Rail , three terms, in particular, are important for players to understand: Stellaron, Aeons, and Paths. Each term has a significant bearing on the world and the general plot of Star Rail , making them integral to the game's story. Luckily, they also have easily understandable analogues, both in other HoYoverse games and in general fantasy media, making them not quite as high-concept as they might seem at first. Moreover, the three terms are also heavily associated, making each of them easier to understand in relation to the oth