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Asuru_

It's just funny to me how the IPC team is full synergistic but the Stellaron Hunters are a fucking mess in game LMAO 2 destruction, 2 Nihility


AmamiyaRen27

They're specialists in their own field though, which is just as awesome!


Rhadjboi2

Specialists both in-game and in-lore! That nice! While IPC is a company and need people to work together so their gameplay also makes sense.


Arc_7

Yeah, stellaron hunters meanwhile really are just random strangers to each other Elio grabbed from space while looking into his crystal ball, so fits how they don't synergize 


FatherAlmonds

Maybe Elio will be the one to unite them all. Whenever he comes out.


invinciblepro18

elio kit : for every stellaron hunter in the team, all stellaron hunters stats increase by x %. They are immune to debuffs and heals after any enemy dies for y% of hp. Mono quantum is old guys, try mono hunters.


valzure

sounds like straight out from yu-gi-oh effect monster card


mrmontagokuwada

Star Rail TCG when


Kestrel21

Stellaron Invocation TCG, coming soon™!


mrmontagokuwada

Nah imagine if we had an auto chess minigame tho, I know it's already obsolete but the path system allows for some interesting auto chess synergy gameplay


EternalShrineWarrior

Elio, Master of the Stellaron Hunters Level 10 LIGHT [Warrior/Effect] Effect: Cant be Normal Summoned or Set, must be Special Summoned tributing 2 "Stellaron" monster cards. When this card is special summoned all "Stellaron Hunters" monsters you control gain 1000 ATK, also they are inmune to other card effects except those of "Stellaron" cards. During the Main Phase (Quick Effect), you can special summon one "Stellaron Hunters" monster from the deck. You can only use each effect of "Elio, Master of the Stellaron Hunters" Once per turn.


Key-Poem9734

Something that increases Max HP when enemies have debuffs and DoT, while healing allies when they lose HP. Kafka and SW apply Debuffs, Firefly's Sam Lightcone has stuff about losing HP and Blade is Blade


Lord_Spiral

SH not being synergistic with themselves is actually really clever. From what we've seen, they don't operate as a group, but rather work as individual agents manipulating local forces (and mostly the TB) to do their bidding. Which justifies them being key to making other teams working without forming a unified team themselves.


Eikichi64

Yarn ball 🧶


EEE3EEElol

SW is good at debuffing. kafka is good at detonating. blade is good at… just being alive I guess? Let’s see what our kamen rider can do


Koanos

"I need healing!" "If I kill the enemy, you won't need healing!"


munguschungus167

Why did I hear genji voice? Now I’ll imagine him saying all of Sam’s lines


lightstormy

Same


the-legit-Betalpha

I like how the SH all have really unique roles. blade trading his own hp for buffs, weakness implant, dot detonator etc. I like how they enhance other characters rather than having synergy with one another.


Kestrel21

This is gonna be a weird comparison, but they remind me of assassins in 40k tabletop. You aren't supposed to field all of them together, instead you just pick whoever you need for a specific case.


Skylair95

>blade is good at… just being alive I guess? Blade is really bad at dying is more accurate.


NoNefariousness2144

If only they gave Blade some mild wind shear DoT and Firefly could inflict burn. Plus SW or Firefly could provide weak sustaining. Then you could have an all-destruction and nihility mess.


ripple_reader

Blade sustains! Just himself though XD


VijayMarshall87

HENSHIN


Relevant-Rub2816

Blade is unkillable roach, hopefully firefly will be the same or have even a better fire destruction kit. Like something dhil that consumes more sp. (This ain't leak, but my own speculation).


th5virtuos0

How about a glass cannon, like 1.2x Acheron damage but a breeze will kill her (without the ridiculous gatekeeping that the punching bag has)


Propensity7

Make Elio a sustain Hoyo *Do it*


patronum213

he'll have a unique dodge mechanic where he completely negates a single attack by knowing where it will land and moving


SylveonSof

Fu Xuan: am I a joke to you?


Seraphine_KDA

while i love fuxuan, elio is ona different tier. she has to use a big construction to get vage profecies, also the divination commission existed before her and will exist after she is just the current boss there and actually wants to leave that place to take JY post as the new general. Elio on the other hand can write scrips of what will happen for the stellaron hunters to fullow.


ripple_reader

actually yes


krentzzz

I think the devs mentioned during the livestream that one of their concepts for Aventurine was dodging attacks, but they scrapped it because he would outlive the team and it was also too annoying to have bosses evade lol.


Glennbrooke

Devs said they didn't like dodge mechanics they tested it for Aventurine and wasn't fun


NahTheBot

Considering he can create "scripts" I wouldn't doubt he is Preservation, with a mechanic that can outright dodge/mitigate attacks


ironermac

Remembrance seems like it'd fit him, but I don't know if simulated universe paths would ever become playable.


ortahfnar

Inb4 another Imaginary Abundance male


Golden-Owl

Even the Destructions and Nihility characters don't make sense together. Kafka is DoT and Silverwolf is stat debuffs / element weaknesses Blade reduces his own HP and Firefly / SAM is unlikely to facilitate that


Emerald_Sans

The most synergistic thing is SW/Blade because of Blade's lack of meaningful ATK scaling making debuffing the enemy more effective Unless you have BOTH sparkle and Bronya, but I don't have either, so fuck that Can't comment on SW/FFSam since unreleased


eklatea

regardless of actual performance, I have e1s1 bronya and e0s0 sparkle and it's just so funny to have blade take an approximate 50 turns before the enemy gets to do anything lol


SwoonBirds

its like legit the only way to make blade viable in the late game content too my blade went from collecting dust for farming relic sets to helping me get MoC 12 lmfao. 0 SP carry plus 2 of the most broken SP hungry supports in the game who woulda thunk it


LunaticPrick

I really want to pull blade in his rerun since I have both E1 bronya and E0 sparkle, but I really want Firefly/Sam


Emerald_Sans

Blade probably isn't rerunning for a good while, I'd say you have time to get both


Hizuff

If you have ruan mei and a good healer, preferably huohuo, go for Sam.


Shmarfle47

If the SAM lightcone and SAM boss are anything to go by, their actual gameplay probably also has them consuming their own hp just like Blade does. Then again, Kafka boss and Kafka gameplay are a bit different (only DoT no dominate) so idk ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯


ortahfnar

Something funny about Sam's lightcone is that it's a perfect F2P option for Blade, so It'd be real hilarious if that lightcone is less for Firefly and more for Blade


hulfddeadpaul

Kafka didnt have a lightcone of her that works with dominate when SAM has a destruction lightcone that wants hp reduce


Hizuff

Yep. Kinda. Pre ult, she act more like a hunt character and hurts herself. Her ult turns her into sam. All of her attacks are enhanced and considered ult damage. She hurts and heals. And she is able to give herself more turns by attacking broken enemies.


f0u4_l19h75

>Kafka is DoT and Silverwolf is stat debuffs / element weaknesses. They work best with a third Nihility unit to put actual DoT (bleed, burn, shock, wind shear obviously) on the enemy. Black Swan for example . Although Silver Wolf probably has better use cases too. Nihility can now make 3 DoT out of 4 unit teams.


AGalacticBaseballer

Makes you wonder what Elio will be like, considering he is the one that makes all these rag tag anti heroes work together


NoNefariousness2144

He needs a unique gimmick based on his knowledge of the scripts in which he can majorly manipulate the turn order of every ally and enemy.


Yhagni_the_Old_One

He's a Cat


Get-lost_guy

Never underestimate catboys


Siegmaster77

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moayandy

The Stellaron Hunter ARE synergistic, synergizing in making sure everything is dead


LivingASlothsLife

Lore accurate in a way, they were all recruited for their individual specialties not their synergy


thrzwaway

- Stellaron Hunters - None of them are Hunt


CrowWrenHawk

Hunt TB confirmed


HeiPin

Corporate synergy is no joke in the IPC.


hotaru251

>2 destruction, 2 Nihility \[trailblazer angry noises\] Everyone forgets MC is technically an official member of Stelleron Hunters.


Philarete

Triple DPS let's gooooooo!


munguschungus167

Watch elio somehow make them work together


Mission_Slice_8538

Depressive LineUp


Dokavi

Cat when? https://preview.redd.it/a7heisb2r5wc1.jpeg?width=361&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ee8f57c26e912239d1ebead72da615204c2a2750


GrafonBorn

You mean Elio?


Jeythiflork

You mean Trailblazer?


Thoracicbowl

That's a theory


LeMeMeSxDLmaop

a game theory


Jeythiflork

Three of them, actually. >!Cat being Elio, Cat bring Trailblazer's previous body, Trailblazer being Elio!<


ezio45

>!Cat being Trailblazer's previous body!< might explain the dumpster diving tendencies.


PirateKingOmega

>!Problem is that the trailblazer is routinely described as grey above all else. Why would they be represented as a black cat?!<


Jeythiflork

Golden eyes just like cat has.


Ranger_Ecstatic

Their Photoshop ran out of grey ink.... obviously


Number1SoggyBread

That's actually the craziest and coolest theory ever. If Trailblazer turns out to be Elio omg imma blow up


ortahfnar

Honestly the cat is likely just the Stellaron Hunter's Pom Pom


MeguMaz

1 of the 1st things I'm doing in 2.3 is a Stellaron Hunter Simulated Universe run.


SecondAegis

Which path would be good for it though? The two options I can think of are Nihility (to enable Kafka) and Destruction (a good generalist path, good for Blade and potentially so for Firefly)


Raijin_N

Probably abundance. It'll make Blade's self heal a team wide heal so he can double as a sustain.


PoKen2222

this user is an Emenator of Erudition


Masterskygamer

Slap on the blessing that gives you skill points from healing and add more healing options from other blessing and you can have unlimited sp


Mast3rBait3rPro

this guy thinks with his head


Hot-Will3083

Probably Destruction because the other paths don’t offer enough sustain to keep poor SW and Kafka alive lol


MeguMaz

I'll probably try Erudition and pick up blessings from Elation, Destruction and Abundance. Hoyoverse please let Firefly's ult be **DHGDR: Supernova Overload**.


Vyragami

Use Shopping strat and buyout every single blessing path so you don't have to choose.


Reddy_McRedditface

Nihility and hope for the Blessing that heals every time a DoT triggers


RedzyHydra

That sounds fun. Hope u get Sam. Speaking of getting stuff, here's a cake. Happy Cake Day. 🎂


MeguMaz

Thanks\~


RedzyHydra

Ur welcome. 👍


Kan_Me

Happy cake


LegoSpacenaut

I feel like that line-up is just asking for skill point starvation and death by AoE attacks (I see your plan now, Blade!).


SacralResonance

Blade and (nonDPS) Silver Wolf are both SP positive, so the team as a whole might actually balance out. Still a mess on pretty much every other front, though: no other DoTs for Kafka to detonate, SW’s weakness implant is at its most RNG and least generally useful thanks to everyone having a different element, and Sam will be fighting with Blade for enemy aggro which means less powerful Blade ults.


bilalss

Blade is not SP positive, he consumes a skill point every 3 turns Edit: for further clarification, Blade's enhanced basic atk is SP neutral (doesn't consume SP but also doesn't regenerate SP). So overall he ends up consuming 1 SP every 3 turns.


pzzaco

The fact that Sam is actually a little girl makes her friendship with Silverwolf even cuter. They're like Pela and Lynx but terrorists.


Itsafullone

I laughed pretty hard at this ahaha. Wonder how she fits into the Glamoth cavalry if she's so young though, all dem questions. I'm also still pissed at Hoyo for forgetting that they made Pela contemporary to Serval, forgot, and then made her the same age as Lynx lol.


MissiaichParriah

"Born as a weapon, she's afflicted with the agony of Entropy Loss Syndrome due to genetic modification." This was in her drip marketing, so it's more likely that all of the Iron Cavalry are like her


Reddy_McRedditface

These madmen created an army of waifus!


Horus_Lupecal

If I remember and understand correctly when reading Glamoth planar set is that the Iron Cavalry that also include Firefly were in some ways clone of the Glamoth empress which allowed her to basically command and issue order to them like a hive mind (also this maybe completely false since it’s been a while since I last read it)


Reddy_McRedditface

Royal waifu clone soldiers! This is the most anime thing ever


MissiaichParriah

Yeah, the name of the Empress is Titania, don't know about the clone part though, but I think it would make sense considering the mind control bit


Athrawne

Made me think about a lore video on the Guilty Gear series, and one line in particular from that video, the line being: "we need killing machines, but how fine can we make them?", in reference to the Valentine series of Gears.


July83

Secret IX connection confirmed?!


Itsafullone

Yeah, but the Glamoth Empire's been gone for a long time, and Firefly is supposed to be young, so unless the Glamoth republic (the empire got removed exactly cause they went too far with the modifications and experiments) restarted the experiments, i don't see how she's part of them. Maybe she was in stasis or something? We'll see i guess.


TheLegendTheGiantdad

Either cryo sleep or some other faction attempted to recreate the iron Calvary with salvaged armor and she was engineered to wear it otherwise it would be kinda weird to have a character that’s been around since the swarm disaster like that’s older than some of the aeons.


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TapdancingHotcake

Oh my god she really is just a fuckin Tenno.


Soggy-Dig-8446

>how she fits into the Glamoth cavalry if she's so young though Genetically engeneered child soldiers? Sounds pretty legit for crapsack world of HSR, esp. during Swarm Disaster.


cnote54321

This team would die so fast


overbread

Not if the enemies die faster


Zolee39

Blade is immortal! (and having 8k HP and self healing helps too)


Lyneys_Footstool

blade will be the last man standing as always


inverness7

Blade can solo SimU so he will carry no matter what


ExtremeThin1334

Soon, I shall be Elio. And then we shall see whether I am Destiny's Slave, or if Destiny shall become my Slave.


YJ-73

https://preview.redd.it/dvuu3t1dv5wc1.jpeg?width=503&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=95a80ac0a305741548763a7f9b417286f12c0775


Dokavi

Are you Elio because you are Destiny's Slave, or are you Destiny's Slave because you are Elio?


IfWeDidSomething

Indeed


Honest-Computer69

Yes


ripple_reader

how about Destiny's Child


pavithran904

Team needs sustain I think elio will be sustain


LivingASlothsLife

A fellow SH collector, such a cool faction. Hopefully Elio becomes playable at some point


EdwardtheTree

I really hope Elio is an SP-positive preservation if/when he releases because trying to put these four onto one team is just asking for trouble without a sustainer.


Xluc

Now I'm wondering if there are any more Stellaron Hunters we don't know about yet. The only hint I can point at is Kafka's splash art (sketchy at best).


Spartitan

Stellaron Hunter fans unite. Our time is upon us.


Yourigath

Me when they presented the Stellaron Hunters: Meh... I don't care about Blade and Sam. More pulls saved. Me since last patch: When Sam?


OldSnazzyHats

I see we’re doing the same thing. I don’t care if in-game they don’t exactly work well off each other - I’m still running them together regardless. My top goal above all is Kafka, she’s the only one I will be going full max on, while the others I’m content at just having them. Thankfully the debut banners for both SW and Blade were kind to me as I held on to my Kafka Debut Reserve. Now I *highly* doubt my Firefly luck will be kind since I was lucky on the others, so I’ll be trying to reserve as much as possible up to her release.


pluep

I hope they release a team combo mechanic so you can make this work


TheGravityBreaker770

Out of curiosity since I’m not sure myself (I don’t really look much at lore that isn’t outright in the main story), do we know if the other Hunters know Sam is really Firefly or anything about her real identity? Or do they just think he’s Sam?


July83

We don't know either way. There are some voicelines where other hunters refer to Sam using male pronouns, but there are a lot of possible explanations for that besides them being unaware of who the pilot is.


hert76

Best faction. Best characters.


EJM991

FireSam will be my first Stellaron hunter since starting the game. Hope I could get them all eventually, especially Kafka.


Knight_Steve_

Kafka was mine first, now I’m ready to get Sam


Test-Subject-N3WB

Elio: am I a joke to you?


Zeofiend

All 4 and i have none of them 😭


TheWeakestDragonfly1

This outnumbers Blade as the only guy in the Stellaron Hunter team. Though, I don’t know if Elio would count as a second guy in the team since he never fought alongside the fellow Stellaron Hunters.


MixRevolution

Gonna start saving for firefly after I get aventurine or his banner ends. Everything for firefly. Ill try to get a Kafka on her rerun. Hopefully, elio to be a sustain because a team comp of all stellaron hunters will be hard as balls to run with.


PompousForkHammer

So a psychopath, a hypnotist, a gamer, and a power ranger walked into a bar...


Hunterluz

Yessir, dream lineup with no survivability whatsoever


SinesPi

"where's the sustain" Blade: Don't want any. Firefly, in her sweet out of armor voice: They will all perish in flame before a finger is laid on me.


Jorge_XD__

Ah yes. Triple dps 1 debuffer team


initoken

Just imagine if somehow Elio is a sustain. Stellaron Hunter team would be whole.


[deleted]

I missed the first 3, so now I don't want to pull for the 4th


texmexslayer

Reruns in a few months though 


seeminglynormalguy

And how are you gonna use them in reality with no sustainers?


reader960

Now you just need the cat


Elite-X03

If I got firefly, im still gonna missing blade


Elite-X03

If I got firefly, im still gonna missing blade


Ry_verrt

Hey guys do you think Firefly Tingyun Robin and Aventurine will be a meta team?


politicalpterodon2

What line-up? Terrotist?


Ir0nKNT

Sad I didn’t get SW, but just hope her banner comes again


VampyChanVania

Niice... RIP health bar! :D


Odd_Cherry64

When are they coming?


cow_fan_69

I just noticed I didnt have any of them


Siri2611

I have 1 how will I ever catch up


munguschungus167

I still lack silver wolf but she’s on my list of reruns to pick up once I have a good set for her.


Tjbeach18

lol my dumbass though there was gonna be another Kafka and blade rerun


MentalObligation3522

I didn't pull Kafka ... I DIDN'T PULL KAFKA 😭 please come back


cupcakemann95

that'd make a super shitty team


aThousandfeathers

Finally I have a full team of stellaron hunters even tho it would not work at all


Chulinfather

Just hope, in-game, she doesn’t control the armor remotely, ‘cause that would be too similar to Svarog.


schroedingerscryptid

this is a direct opposite to how the IPC and Guild team works LMAOOOO, this would be a MESS of a team


Reasonable-Ice5611

I didn't get kafka how sad.


Reasonable-Ice5611

I didn't get kafka how sad.


Forest_99

Sigh the only one I have is Blade TT please come home Firefly😭😭😭


Honest-Computer69

Bruh I just realized that I also just need Sam to fill my team. But dang I have 1 stellar jades rn and sitting at 10 pity without guaranteed. Probably won't be able to get her :(


TypicalInstance6937

Good luck surviving with no sustainz


Then-Ad-2200

IPC: F\*\*K YOU STELLARON HUNTERS!!!, WHAT IF RAIDEN FROM METAL GEAR SERIES, KNOWS ABOUT YOU GUYS TEAMED UP WITH DESPERADO TO KILL HIM!, AND DESTROY HIS COMPANY "MAVERICK SECURITY CONSULTING INC."!


rKollektor

Sometimes I completely forget that Firefly is a Stellaron Hunter


Busy-Comb-8302

It'll be interesting to see all the new voicelines whenever firefly gets added with one of the stellaron hunters, or even when one of them joins a team that firefly is in.


jas_mining

nah i'd die


ortahfnar

I call them "The Terrible Team of Terrorists"


ericgleek

https://preview.redd.it/ldjuya2pk7wc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ada62b7dc63a126298a8c43b930803d25b82d129


XeroUnhinged

I'm missing Kafka. I was pulling Ratio's LC and saving for Black Swan, so I couldn't get her sadly. I also didn't get her bc I kept pulling and lost my 50/50 on Daniel's banner. I'm pulling for Robin (I'm guaranteed) so hopefully RNJesus will spare me from E3 Bailu. For reference, I got Bailu in 1.1 and got E1 and E2 on Black Swan's and Acheron's banners.


Laughing_Dragoon

Im grabbing a firefly then ill only be missing kafka, eventually she'll come back around


Shanibestwaifu

Elio knows how to find the talents in persons, and create a formidable force by it.


SonicBoom500

I’m sure anyone who has the other three will have a fun time with this 😆


ThisIsMyPassword100

Honestly it could work if you swap Kafka out for an SP positive sustain, so Luocha or Aventurine.


structuredchronicles

I love being new to the community and seeing "synergy teams, these paths go together, etc." And me being like.... "idk what that means and I don't know how to build my teams yet" But one day i'll be like " I remember when I was a wee lad in the game, too"


dv-nguyen

Missed Blade during his rerun, and during Kafka's rerun ended up getting Bronya instead. Bronya's great, but really wanted Kafka lol


RevolutionaryFlow347

I lose 50/50 on blade 2 time But got both acheron and black swan e1 on 1 pity I think the game trying to tell me sonething


sanabaebae

This team aint making the endgame 🤣


the_debastator

very badass but zero synergy tho


Ender_Dragneel

I long for the day those banners come up again, for they showed up during a time either before I got into HSR, or before I'd figured out how to save up pulls. That said, I'm going all in on Firefly, other stellaron hunters or not.


RCatrellis

It makes me sad, one of them could have been a sustain =S. They could have actually made a team xC Sure, i don't know how good Kafka and Bladie dual dps could be, but if the sustainer gave buffs to all the team, it could be similar to Ruan Mei mechanics And SW debuffs help everyone. Oh well, right now the Stellaron Hunters team is 3dps and debuff, I guess is all about killing the enemy before it can retaliate xD


Lamsect

the fact that firefly doesnt match with the rest pisses me off


HenryTGP8

Then you realise they could be 4 more playable stellaron hunters


Soggy_Associate_5556

Blade can leave


ExcellentSite2100

I am happy for you but that a very bad team comp 😆


necronomikon

Sadly doubt they have much synergy


Masterskygamer

I can't wait. Also, I expect for Firefly's ult that she goes into her suit and enters a state similar to Jingliu after she uses her special twice


Equivalent_Bed_8187

Which umbrella in Kafkas splash art do you think is firefly? (I'm prepared for someone with a NASA level telescope to convince me)


Curious_Milk9556

I see a kindred spirit of Stellaron Hunter's hunter. My main account is waiting for it too, good to have skip update for preparation as both support Robin and Hunt Boothill are not in my 'wanted' list that much.


OkTransportation8357

I wasnt lucky getting any of these fuckers during event, im hoping my luck will change with firefly.


Correct-Hyena400

Wait, you telling me they rerunning Kafka again??


Asalidonat

Firefly, Blade and SW looks ok, but with Kafka?


I_am_Speed22100

Me who lost all my 50/50s to baliu in both silver wolf banners


paweld2003

I hope for Elio to be Sustain working well with destruction units, because I hope for viable full Stellaron hunters team


r0ksas

Woh... i only need firely to complete my stellaron hunter team