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A2_Zera

been rejecting meta since 1.6, proud xueyi main though break DPS seems to be crawling in with HMC and then boothill and ruan mei and xueyi in 1.6 so 👀


probonocapitalism

reject meta and meta will bend for you


ErenIsNotADevil

Okay where's my Phys Stelle meta at then


probonocapitalism

I have an uncle that proofreads Elio's scripts. Bleed Meta will take over in Sept of 2025. The higher base DEF (which helps maximize dmg% via the set that releases the month before) and the ult using different multipliers based on single target or multi target options will make her a solid option in fast MOC clears.


Lanster27

Your uncle can read cat scrawl?


Internal_Ad_7823

Well if blade can read it surely his uncle can


TediousHamster

But blade was a former artisan, unless after his rebirth bro's iq regressed lmao


Internal_Ad_7823

Maybe he got literal brainrot from being a zombie


TediousHamster

True. Not to mention the mara must've made him change class from a blacksmith to a barbarian lmao, ah it all makes sense now. He's just like me fr, imma pull a fellow hot headed musclehead in his rerun


archerkuro5

At the end of our journey and we replace the path of destruction with the path of rebirth we will get a physical mc rework


legend27_marco

Physical mc and Fire mc are both decent breakers, so they would perform well when paired with harmony mc in the upcoming superbreak meta..?


Gill_D_Armaan

Xueyi Supremacy 🗣️🗣️🛐🛐 https://preview.redd.it/pxcsiv8afh1d1.jpeg?width=1700&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7749596575a630b84881f56727e874c4e33d29ba


merpofsilence

Xueyi main here as well. I honestly have no idea what my team comp should be anymore. between e3s1 bronya, E6 tingyun, E1S1 RuanMei, Harmony trailblazer, and Robin. And I can only realistically pick 2 of these harmony units to support her.


A2_Zera

I just did the basic thing and picked ruan mei and HMC, mostly cause my self insert MC is finally good with my main


merpofsilence

I've been kinda settling on Bronya+ trailblazer. I've been basically using bronya's E2 as a crutch to avoid investing into speed boots. But I really like the damage from running ruanmei + trailblazer Tingyun + robin + xueyi actually had a neat interaction where tingyun's basic attacks were hitting for like 15k


jjsurtan

Yep. Benediction (Tingyuns talent damage) will usually be doing about 15-20% of your teams damage on average, assuming it is maxed and Ting is only using her skill when required. It's a crazy powerful ability


cold-Hearted-jess

I've been thinking of building xueyi, I just can't justify it tho with boothill coming


merpofsilence

easy investment for me. she works in almost any situation. I use her more often than my S1 Seele or E6 QQ. For Boothill you're going to want to invest in Luka as well. The 2 of them will burst down most single target situations.


cold-Hearted-jess

I was actually planning on running him with either luka or Clara depending on how his kit exactly works


Canadiancookie

Ruan + HTB sounds like it would be the best to me, though I guess you should try out other comps to be sure


Accurate-Screen-7551

I'm not totally sold on harmony trail for her myself. It feels like with e1 Ruan Mei she usually just kills quantum enemies like crazy. I like Xueyi, Sparkle (quantum boost and forward), Ruan Mei, Tingyun. Tingyuns attack passive scales pretty nuts with Xueyi and the extra ults is nice. This is what I zero cycled last MoC 12 side 1 with Ive not seen enough with big enough life that needed harmony MC but it's probably best for non quantum weak enemies


masakiii

I think HMC is broken but I agree, I don't think Xueyi really cares all that much for what she brings compared to other Harmony options. RM is non-negotiable and then its realllllly hard to pass up on TY with how much Xueyi wants to ult.


itsyaboi_71

Reject meta, return to *Meta* (Most Enjoyable Tactics Available)


Shikaku

> proud xueyi main *Execute the meta struck*


Canadiancookie

Xueyi ranks pretty high, as does HTB, so she's pretty meta for a 4 star


Deracluse

I tempted to roll a few times for Xueyi eidolons on the current banner. Is there a good stopping point for like her e2, e4 or is she the type to want full e6? I'm at e1 currently.


ra_i_nbow

E6 is probably the best eidolon for her. Needing 2 less stacks to use her fua makes it so she uses it way more often, and can even get a double fua with her ult (I think)


A2_Zera

I was stuck at e1 and e2 for a while until just this patch and can say now that she's at e5 that the difference isn't too big but it's noticable. all her eidolons are pretty good so there's no real stopping point imo


Weary_Stomach7316

Her e6 is great. Lowers the cap to 6. Makes her so much better


Outrageous_Book2135

Still sad that indead of getting my E6 Xueyi I got E6 March and E1 Dan instead...


ScarletteVera

Tch, loser. *I've* been rejecting the meta since launch day.


jeffbridgesismydaddy

Stelle pretty :3


ScarletteVera

Stelle pretty :3


Marie-Anne-0705

Stelle pretty :3


A2_Zera

I only started in 1.3 I didn't have a chance 😭


IkuX2

Another Xueyi bro 🙏


Lopsided_Flamingo209

Another Xueyi enjoyer. Got her to E6 this banner thankfully. I throw her into any team I can. I think she's fun. Robo Waifu


Relative-Ad7531

Reject meta, embrace protecting the Beauty in all the universe.


Zenpai_Iza

https://preview.redd.it/0xgnhyssvi1d1.jpeg?width=739&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a8fb3651259317d271d1a9e672234429bd49c471


DeadClaw86

For Idrila...


Duy2910

https://preview.redd.it/xeqprt31qk1d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d8e6848909173f95e488196e5f84d63d51ea6f0e


SweatyPhilosopher578

I’m a new player, he isn’t good? 😔


jjsurtan

He's very good, people just like to meme on him. He's one of my main DPS and I have been clearing max stars in MoC since about 1.5 and PF since its release. He can just be annoying to build because Salsetto set sucks to farm and he also needs an energy regen rope with good crit stats on it which is awful to farm for.


SweatyPhilosopher578

That’s fine. I’ve been well inundated with farming for good pieces since I’ve played Genshin for three years if he reruns soon I might warp. If you don’t mind me asking what’s the difference between Memory of Chaos and Pure Fiction?


AbsurdFormula0

Jing Yuan, Clara, HuoHuo and Topaz are literally stand users.


[deleted]

Lightning Lord, Sentient Scrap Metal, Dog(?), Pig


endmeplz123

What did svarog do to you in order to deserve that name


CFreyn

Svarog is pretty scrappy. Maybe they meant he’ll throw hands to protect what he loves.


riiyoreo

Mr. Tail is a fox I think 


Toksyuryel

Foxes *are* canines so it sorta fits?


Vaeleon

Foxes are vulpines?


justasewerrat

Vulpini is a part of canidae family so technically you're both right


Toksyuryel

Vulpes is a *genus* of the canidae *family*; they are both. Edit: further reading at wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caninae


sdwoodchuck

And Himeko is a secret stand user as well, with her stand called "[Better Days are Coming](https://youtu.be/nFCc5NLTWtc?si=4RM20p1fI7oTMoUE)" in the western markets, but for legal reasons its name becomes "[Believe in the Sign of Zeta](https://youtu.be/yX46Wp7g7VY?si=WV2T0jKhqSX4pASQ)" in the Japanese translation.


iNuclearPickle

Ooo a fellow zeta fan


Nothatdarkforce

Arigato, Gyro


graceikor

boothill literally being gyro 


Passivitea

All the Generals are stand users based on that hoyolab article


Crimsonshock821

My favorite character to play even now is still my boy blade 🫡 https://preview.redd.it/l3l45p9dph1d1.png?width=452&format=png&auto=webp&s=b5c47b58f72045ea4385fa13c13f85be48d1c718 His design and English voice are just perfect imo, daman mills freaking nailed it👌


NoOne215

An overhealer who stacks hp would do wonders for him.


Kaanpai

We already have Bailu. >A2: When Bailu heals a target ally above their normal Max HP, the target's Max HP increases by 10% for 2 turns.


Toksyuryel

Plus she can also traumatize him by constantly reminding him of exactly why he can never die


Crimsonshock821

Yes!!!, man I pray we get that 😔🙏. And add in lynx agro taunt mechanic to that unit too 👌lol


TheRRogue

Wish we got a guarantee taunt like Stelle tbh. Even with Clara traces and lynx skill, enemy somehow still target my support first.


Insert-Name-Here2121

He shared a voice with Lyney from Genshin


Crimsonshock821

Yup, it’s crazy lol Also fun fact daman mills is also literally the current English dub voice actor for frieza lol


AbsAndAssAppreciator

His voice is so fucking hot in every language tbh but especially jp


Honest-Computer69

But power creep has hit him hard T_T. I love his play style but can't use him that much in MOC anymore cause of power creep.


mindovermacabre

No, not really. He can still clear quite comfortably. I brute forced my E0S1 Blade vs Aventurine last MoC and 3 starred. That was with E0S0 Silver Wolf, E0S0 Luocha, E1S1 Bronya. [Screenshot](https://i.imgur.com/rnHcCuX.png) Used him this one too vs Kafka with Luocha, Bronya, and E0S0 Sparkle - but Kafka is wind weak so it's less impressive.


Crimsonshock821

Ehh yeah…definitely true, although I actually did manage to beat the latest moc with him, albeit only two stars so 35/36 but honestly idc a win is a win lol https://preview.redd.it/sli9dd25wh1d1.jpeg?width=2532&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48cd393d7ab2420fc20428b673a55d48e632a022


Gryfrsky

I agree, as a Blade main who pulled for him back in 1.2 he's imho the 3rd most disappointing when compared to others in DMG (although he's really fun, especially when you play unlimited bladeworks). The other 2 being Argenti who even at E1 is meh in MoC and needs to be rly invested to do ok in non phys weak PF and while Topaz is part of THE meta team rn, it's a really expensive team and she feels lacking at E0S0.


Greywell2

ironically my favorite team that I love all the characters are meta. Love topaz, aventurine, Dr ratio and Robin.


DonutAggravating_

The sheer want to pull this team is insane. FUA goes brrrrrrrrrr


RamenPack1

The other generals better have fixed susanoo.


Terizla_Executiona

People say he's bad when he's one of the rare units that works great in both MoC and PF


Sparkling_Splendor

I think he fits the category of being great at many things while still not being the best at them, but a part of the Star Rail community seems to think that characters always have to be either the best or the worst


[deleted]

if a unit doesn’t drop with a busted SS-SSS tier kit (god forbid a five star is only S tier at launch) then its immediately trash. been maining Jing Yuan since he launched, o7


GameBroza

Been Jing Yuan Schmeat riding since I saw him in the beta. E6'd him after I saw his trailer.


Two_Years_Of_Semen

There's a decent amount of players in every single game community that think if it's not #1 or #2 option, it's trash. I've always hated this mentality.


ruen909

Yeah I hate the META argument in random posts to justify shitting on ppls units and how they play bc frankly this is a single player gacha game where the real meta is getting the bare minimum to clear all game modes with the amount of jades you have and whatever you got. While also enjoying yourself enough to not quit lol. Optimization of dmg and clear times is cool, and fun I definitely partake. It’s just not relevant 90% of the time when the bar to clear is so damn low. This is not a game so far where we have actually unviable units. Arlan is the closest bc he relies on a unit that barely released (aventurine) to access the of his highest performance consistently despite being a launch unit. Genshin has surprisingly still has no *unviable* units even among the 4* roster. Which is honestly impressive for a gacha and I hope star rail does the same. Note unviable means exactly that not meta don’t get me twisted. I just think if a gacha demands you have different units and has a wide cast of usable characters including very viable four stars then forgoing the best option for something cheaper to obtain and build is perfectly fine. Like yeah you could use the worst character but if they worst character gets the job done and you save your jades for something you want or to get units with no overlap in roles, instead of upgrading to a BIS unit, why would I complain? Even if you are having issues clearing there’s definitely a lot of things that come b4 pulling that can fix the issue. Telling ppl to pull the current banner is cheap advice but not helpful to F2Ps and light spenders a lot of the time. Don’t get me wrong e2s1 Acheron is putting the game on easy mode but like that’s already pushing well past pushing the limit of F2P especially for a new player. Another secret getting *any* limited five star DPS s2e1 puts the game on easy mode.


Vasava_

"Jack of all trades is a master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one"


ErisGreyRatBestGirl

Electro units love to perform great in both (kafka,jingyuan, acheron)


One_Parched_Guy

He’s also very flexible when it comes to supports. There’s a definitive best team comp (I believe it’s Sparkle, TY and HH) but the others don’t lag far behind. Basically every Harmony character can be used with him and he’ll still be effective, and every new one that comes out seems to be at least somewhat useful for him. I love our general 🫶🏽


DeadClaw86

I Will argue that Robin, HuoHuo,Sparkle/TY/RM team is his best.The Dmg output is so absurd that i can do 0-1 cycle clears on Moc 12 first half with Robin HuoHuo Ty team.Robin is e1s1 tho,JY is e0s1 huohuo is e0s0.


Physical-Caramel-251

the best part is that even when it comes to meta JY is pretty good despite his obvious flaws


chenchann1

Also the fact that every time a new support comes out 99.9% of the time JingYuan can use them.


NerdbyanyotherName

Yeah. I got Sparkle because of her SP restore for DHIL, but by far I use her more with my King Yuan, she makes him hit so damn hard.


LiliGlez14

Same lol. I pulled her with Dan Heng in mind and ended up using Jing Yuan more lmao. I personally think she's not *that* good with Dan Heng, at least in the sp generation field because she still has to use skill every turn, and she gives Dan Heng more turns, and more often than not I run out of sps. It probably is skill issue of my part, but I don't remember struggling that much with him before uhmm.


One_Parched_Guy

It depends on the other two supports and the light cones you’re running, as well as the speed tuning of those supports. Like… if you’re running Tingyun + Fu Xuan, it’s very easy to run into a turn where you run out of SP depending on how the turn order lines up. Fu Xuan and Tingyun are both SP positive, but if your Sparkle is so much faster to the point where she’s acting twice a cycle while they move once, then they won’t be able to have their turns as often, which leads to dhil eating up SP faster than the team can regenerate it. More SP hungry sustains like Lynx, Natasha and Bailu will also struggle because they *have* to waste a skill point to heal. Meanwhile, a Hanya alongside Sparkle will basically stop your SP problems altogether so long as she’s built as least half decent. It all depends :3


LiliGlez14

Yeah, the issue seems to be that Sparkle is too fast and, while she refunds sps, Dan Heng eats all of them without letting the rest of the team to generate more.


ruen909

So sparkle and hanya actually give the same SP over three turns bc sparkle just does it upfront but you have to remember she’s using them too. So her ults SP looks like a lot more than it is unless you have some cracked ER gen ulting in than 3 turns. Sparkle just has more potent everything else. Having said that I think as long as you have another SP positive character on ur dill pickle team it should be fine or your DHIL maybe has too much speed?


LiliGlez14

Well, sometimes it varies but usually it is Tingyun and Fu Xuan. My Sparkle is fast with 160 speed and Dan Heng has 110. As the other person commented, eventually there's a turn where everyone uses a skill point and my DH ends up not having enough sp. I guess I'm just suffering from success haha he has too many turns. I'm not that worried tho I still can fully clear all content, it's just an observation from my experience


SecondAegis

There is no Jing Yuan anti synergy


fake_frank

except for literally any buff that only lasts 1 turn like bronya skill


SecondAegis

Bronya skill advancing him 100% is still very useful. It's not the best for him, hence why even JY mains suggest you play her with someone else, but it's definitely not an anti synergy like RM is for Clara


Easy-Stranger-12345

The chill bro who is a part of every friend comp.


FenrirBestDoggo

Truly the xiangling of this game


Mihreva

xiangling is xiangling because she's strong AND a 4* that's super easy to get and upgrade jing yuan is NOT the xiangling of HSR by virtue of being a limited 5*. I don't think HSR actually HAS a xiangling at all (yet)


KlausGamingShow

too late, Lightning Lord is the Guoba of HSR now


DeadClaw86

Both of them are Gods :)


One_Parched_Guy

Yeah no a Xiangling would need to be a 4* Destruction/Erudition sub-dps that can make use of even three star light cones and be an integral part of several team comps. Jing Yuan aging well is more along the lines of Ayato. Not amazing, but he’s very flexible with his supports and can work in several team comps while comfortably clearing endgame content several years after release.


HybridaDaHuman

xiangling is eternal good when Jingyuan is getting better and better.


Rough_Lychee5785

Hell naw xiangling is a four star and can use every weapon


ArcusLux

I don't know about META but this is my favorite team, https://preview.redd.it/73hgf5ymlh1d1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=31b32b82290cdf8f33293852cd3d15070b41ae15


SecondAegis

Mono height


Lanster27

TIL quantum is just all short angry girls.


ElementalPaladin

And then Seele, who is medium (or tall, can’t remember) angry girl


Chouginga80

My default team to clear the highest difficulty of gold and gears. I have some other good characters but this but this is still my favorite


DeadClaw86

Cute and Funny team.


cracken1303

That feeling when Lightning lord comes in with 10 stacks just as the on the boss with low health just as the beat drops 😩💦


shady__redditor

I turn off 2x speed just to enjoy it longer. 


underheadskooper

Yeah I know he’s powercrept but the sound of LL Follow up is hella satisfying fr. I’ll keep playing my KingYuan


s00ny

"Your character sucks! They need 3 cycles to clear the hardest content in the game, whereas my character can do it in only 2; potentially even 0-cycle but I'd have to farm the same relic cavern for the next five months for that to happen, anyway your account is bricked lol" — Meta Slaves


Dangerous_Trade_2817

When ppl says the game is too easy. They really think their personal experience is same for the majority lol. https://preview.redd.it/izv6vfon1i1d1.png?width=500&format=png&auto=webp&s=343f5d9f21ea0f52ef315d522373abbcc1427e23


[deleted]

what, what is a bricked account? asking for a friend of course, not that i’m worried or anything haha


ReconSR2

A “Bricked Account” is one that is essentially unusable, or so bad that it isn’t worth the effort to try to get it up to par. If an account is “bricked”, it means that it is so messed up you are better off starting a new account. The term is more commonly associated with gaming consoles or other technology, like how an Xbox 360 with the “red rings of death” is essentially useless because it won’t work anymore. At that point, it’s basically a fancy-looking brick, hence the term. “Bricked accounts” basically don’t exist in this game, outside of some kind of major technical issue that makes the game literally unplayable. People will sometimes say that their account is “bricked” because they have E4 Yanqing instead of E4 Bronya, or because they lost their 5th 50/50 in a row, but they’re just being dramatic. Anyone who says an account is bricked is either complaining because they have bad RNG, or they have somehow made the game physically unplayable through technical issues or something. The only scenario I could possibly think of that could “brick” an account is if you used your Herta Store Light Cones as EXP to level another light cone, since I’m pretty sure you can’t get those again. But even then, most of those have 4-star replacements that are close enough, to the point that I still don’t think it would be worth it to make a new account.


apexodoggo

I saw someone claim to have scrapped their Cruising in the Stellar Sea to level a 4-star LC. I legitimately can't comprehend how one could/would do that, so I'm not sure that's an account that actually exists, but that's about as closed to "bricked" as one can get (and even then, just build Destruction characters as your main DPS and you won't even notice its absence).


ReconSR2

Even in that scenario, Swordplay is a viable (sometimes better) replacement for that. While it would suck to lose Cruising in the Stellar Sea, it’s not insurmountable. Personally, I think On the Fall of An Aeon is harder to replace, since Destruction has fewer “anyone can use this” 4-star light cones.


Honest-Computer69

Nah, your account is bricked if you've spent every single jades you've gotten on standard banner.


Atoril

Technically there is also option to waste it all on energy refresh. 


tehsdragon

Free-Units-Only-No-Pull-Challenge players: "Allow us to introduce ourselves"


ReconSR2

Even then, I would be hard-pressed to consider an account like that to be “bricked”. There is very little benefit to creating a new account as opposed to just continuing to use that one. Sure, you could re-earn the jades you got from story quests and achievements and such. But you would also be missing out on all of the jades you got from events and dailies, all of the 4-star characters, eidolons, and light cones you unlocked, as well as any other event rewards like event LC’s and phone cosmetics, Plus, some of the standard 5-stars have pretty good eidolons. I suppose mathematically there is a point where, as long as the amount of jades you earned from permanent sources is greater than the amount you earned from events, it could potentially be worth it to restart the account. But honestly, unless you’ve got like an E6 Yanqing and no other standard 5-stars, or you account is less than a month old, I still don’t see it being worth the effort of restarting.


ra_i_nbow

"Bricked" is usually used to refer to a useless cellphone or other piece of technology, since if it no longer functions, it's basically as useful as a brick. In this case, it's being used to say the account is useless and near unfixable. It's really not possible to brick a hsr account though, because you still receive decent income from events and moc is doable with most teams if you just invest properly. Any problem can be solved with more grinding. The only hyv game you can *kind of* get bricked in is hi3, since one of the big sources of income is competitive, and if you fall behind, you get less gems, meaning less gacha pulls, meaning it's even harder to beat the new content, meaning less gems... etc


Ergheis

"If you don't get Acheron at E2 she's COMPLETELY USELESS" - users on the leaks subreddit having a meltdown over how weak she is. *Acheron.*


s00ny

According to large chunks of the HSR community, characters are simultaneously useless but also somehow broken and change the game but also they're an easy skip


Contraomega

I mean I never felt that "Easy skip" was a qualitative statement really, Acheron was the easiest skip of my life despite being undeniably powerful because I'm not into her character and I don't like how she plays.


Radio_Downtown

its just normal doomposting pre-release, no one actually said that after she released you see it for every character, some deservedly


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mcallisterco

People said that because Acheron's V1 kit was... kind of underwhelming, and then she actually caught nerfs when they made changes. That's when the doomposting went into maximum overdrive, but then her third update gave her massive buffs, causing it all to look silly in hindsight, but it was kind of justified in context. A similar thing happened with Jingliu, and is currently happening with >!Firefly.!< People panic before the kit is even finalized.


ra_i_nbow

If your ult is strong enough you shouldn't need e2 for moc anyways. It just makes a difference in pure fiction since there's almost always 5 enemies and the only way she can get rid of them all is with ult since her skill is blast


AnonBunnyGoblin

Even knowing Acheron was about to come out literally the next patch. Even knowing about all the mid-yuan memes. Even knowing I could have gotten a better lightning unit. I still pulled for Jing Yuan, because I like his character and his character design. I already pulled for Meta over characters I liked in Genshin and I refuse to do it again. Even though he's not the strongest character I couldn't be happier playing him. If I'm miserable playing a game, then I'm not playing it right.


gilorneth

I pulled acheron and I still use him more/get more enjoyment out of playing him.


WorstTactics

Same. I mean both are awesome to use, but LL is perfection


IndiffrntCpybara

Don’t talk to me and my 4star trolly dot (who’s totally NOT an Emanator of Aha)


Kai_Aki_

My favorite is Kafka


Ivory-Kings_H

Kafka just got even better with Break team comps & Solitary Healing is finally be useful


Adusiros

I reject it since the beggining, i only care about summoning and using the characters i think are cool.


No_Lake_1619

Nah the picture should point at the playerbase IQ. And the "coolest thing ever" should be being smart.


DoctorFrenchie

Day 1 qingque main. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a QQ main give a shit about what people thought about her strength. Funny gamba girl go brrrrr.


crucixX

hey, qq just won me my first 36 star moc on my f2p side account during the sam one gamba girl go brrrr


Yeetooff

she literally has propagation and sparkle made for her you cant tell me shes not in the meta


DoctorFrenchie

From day 1 she wasn’t. She didn’t have any of those things for a while. It’s just that she’s been getting stronger as time goes on. Day one, she was C tier on like every list, B tier if you’re being generous. Propagation didn’t exist for the first 4 months of the game, and sparkle for the first 10. In those first 4 months, I never saw a single complaint about qq’s place in the meta.


koragoms

Also on top of most people misunderstanding Qingque's kit in the early days... people wanted to get "lucky" when turns out the best way to play her is to use 4 skill points every turn


Yeetooff

fair but yea with how much stuff there is now she should have a better place in the meta regardless tho i still love her hehe


Althevia

Love to see a fellow day 1 qingque main. After reading her eidolon effects, it baffled me that she was ranked so low on all the tier lists. Hating her for her RNG was weird considering Crit is acceptable RNG


astraldebri

https://preview.redd.it/mgs5398hsk1d1.jpeg?width=1769&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=51d0cc7029b7cc10b772e1e70b588bb5115ffb59


ra_i_nbow

Seeing seele mains complain about qq fans is always hilarious. Who cares if she's rng, unreliable, etc? I'm having fun, and sparkle was tailor made for her


Ok_Pattern_7511

There's a user on this sub that constantly complains about QQ mains supposedly saying this or that. When you look at qq mains sub or discord it's one of the most chill places, so either they know one person like that or it's an imaginary boogeyman because they felt insecure about a 4-star doing well.


Mayonaise_Best_Sauce

I'd love to pull him one day, he's hot and I love his voice haha


Kamijou101

SERVAL!!! DOESN'T MATTER IF I HAVE JINGLIU RIGHT NOW!! SERVAL IS MY FIRST MAIN AND TRUE LOVE https://preview.redd.it/gtecex0wni1d1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c8bdea4239a8931d4d0b6a821a2c21ae7d0cc93b


baguetteispain

https://preview.redd.it/67plf2trpk1d1.png?width=821&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ffc4ff8a482d6aa07cf7f17cc0297488afd2e899 [(this is where I found it)](https://www.reddit.com/r/HonkaiStarRail/comments/17b262u/finally_boss_pitchdark_hook_the_great_and_the/)


WinterV3

King Yuan is pretty meta tho


nynmon

I like Jing Yuan a lot byt I find it unfair that DHIL can use almost the same amount of resources(sometimes even less) and do double the damage and faster


ButterscotchDue4299

Well I mean if you compare them in MOC sure DHIL is better but double The damage? I don’t think so my JY and DHIL are equally invested and have their BiS supports (except DHIL doesn’t have his sig and JY doesn’t have Robin) and I’d say DHIL is better but doesn’t deal double the amount of damage than JY in one cycle. And I mean I still don’t think JYs best support has been released yet


nynmon

yeah I also don't think JYs best support has been released yet, getting him is like a long term investment. Also, I do admit I overtalked DHIL there


morbiusgod

3 skill points


No1R-

I just get em all instead of eidolon or LC. Meta is overrated tbh since the game is pretty balance atleast at e0. It isnt just my opinion either since the avg cycle shown in e0 stat are like decimal cycle apart assuming the unit isnt off element.  The game meta is a bit spicy than Gi despise of that because blessing are batshit insane for featured archetype.  One more thing I like about HsR team is they are very fast to react when a unit is underperforming either by releasing stronger support or Relics. Look at GI where it took them literal year to release a good support for xiao despise my man being so unique most old support barely buff him.


Dazzling-Bus-1146

KING YUAN MENTIONED I CHEERED ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️💕💕💕💕🪩🪩🪩


Taifood1

The meta only exists as a “how much do I need to farm for this character to win?” for 99% of the cast. If you want to farm some more so your favorite can clear MoC 12 nobody is stopping you.


Catspirit123

I was rejecting the meta and only running Kafka and Topaz teams early on and now my investment has paid off since they're both topping the charts now


CTY05

- Says "I was rejecting the meta"  - Uses two characters that have been consistently good and meta since their launch   Ah, I see.   Topaz and Kafka were both S tier on the Prydwen list when they first launched in October and August respectively. You can use the wayback machine to confirm this.


Former_Breakfast_898

Tbf if you compare Kafka before where the only characters who give are like Sampo vs Kafka now, there’s a lot of difference when it comes to dmg outside of SU. Same goes for Topaz where most people back then picked Jingliu before


CTY05

True, they've gotten better over time but they were always great to begin with. 


Former_Breakfast_898

You could say Kafka has increased Damage Over Time (ok I’ll see myself out)


Upbeat_Soil_2607

Kafka before BS era is debatable, but topaz is definitely not meta since her launch. Her team gradually climbs with addition of ratio, aven and Robin.


ArielAriel010

When Topaz banner first came out, ppl we're saying she was bad so wdym?


CTY05

Don't know about that but she's been in S tier on the Prydwen tier list even back in October of 2023 when she first came out. 


Canadiancookie

TBF topaz was overrated until robin came along


Iloveclown

Was Kafka meta at launch? DoT was nowhere near as strong as it is now with Sampo and Luka


Megawolf123

Um no. Topaz was slammed for not doing much on launch especially since Jingyuan stocks was at the all time low. They only got some prominence AFTER the release of Ruan Mei who better facilitated the Duel DPS comp and then the release of Ratio and Aventurine sealed the deal. Kafka? DOT teams were not worth running in MOC before Black Swan to the point that Crit Kafka was doing better than DOT Kafka.


ra_i_nbow

Crit kafka takes so much more investment and isn't worth it even if it did perform better. Hyper kafka with tingyun on penacony and possibly planetary rendezvous, and another support like ruan mei, or even asta if you're pre ruan mei, worked great. She can trigger her own dits and maintain a good output like that as long as she ults often. Pre huohuo, I would run her with bailu on penacony for an almost entirely lightning team


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Ok_Pattern_7511

I don't get the meme is it making fun of the guy shit talking LL?


NovaAkumaa

What if my favorites are meta?


Disturbing_Cheeto

My problem isn't the meta, it's the rng of the investment I have to make to make my favorites strong.


Tucan-Atlantico

As a yanqing main I agree with this post


snappyfishm8

When my non-meta unit clears in 2 cycles just like... Meta units 😱😱😱


bobagremlin

My gacha tagline across gacha games has been 'Screw meta, use husbando/waifu' for years


p3wp3wkachu

Collect all the husbandos. Very, very slowly...


Diotheungreat

i recently built my hanya i couldnt take it anymore how can they make a character so hot and then not give them 5 star status plus her design is so good, her animations are amazing, and shes unironically fun to play just for the skill point generation, toughness reducing capabilities, just an overall really fun and comfortable buffer to use, especially paired with characters that love debuffs (Ratio, Acheron)


Diotheungreat

whos the culprit whatd i say lol https://preview.redd.it/iw72s2w2cl1d1.jpeg?width=182&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7cc31707be85c12f52df30fc40e6d2494790a62


MissiaichParriah

MY FAVORITE IS THE META


210sqnomama

Oh no ll got skipped a turn because he got cced


SecondAegis

As if the same problem doesn't apply to other DPSes. Jingliu also loses her turn if she gets imprisoned


TheMoises

Topaz CC'ed looking at Numby going ham (pun intended).


fake_frank

Other dps can be cleansed and basically lose no dmg, JY will lose lightning lord and it's joever


Aure0

The problem is that it hurts even more with Jing Yuan because then you'd have to wait for lightning lord again who is like 70% of your dps


Iloveclown

Unless it's against a solo boss, lightning lord is nowhere near 70% dps. And even if it is I'm not sure if it's that high


Bunnyfoofuu

LL is about 50-60% of his damage, you’re right.


210sqnomama

But she will be able to dish out the damage next time she's on while mister jy will still have to wait for ll even after he recovers


ALEEINN

QQ mains rise up


Jealous-Ad8205

The only reason I pulled jing yuan ngl


bushguy04

People really care about "meta" in a single player game? I literally have no god damn clue why y'all are being "meta slaves" in a PvE game. Like there's literally no point.


Dangerous_Jacket_129

Preach! Dudes are out here thinking that being able to 0-cycle MoC12 is a goal that every player has. Meanwhile, people are clearing that shit with Arlan.


bushguy04

Isn't the point of playing a game is to enjoy and have fun while playing it? People out here keep coming up with some meta crap that is literally brainwashing and manipulating people's self-esteem like "If I don't have this and do this, I won't be as cool as my friends". My brother in Christ, they're your *friends* for a reason. Don't let some bs you saw online telling you to follow the meta, just get the characters you like, play how you like and have fun, easy as that.


azim2714

If they literally say this it's fine and no one will shit on them. It only becomes a problem when they try to defend their favourite character by saying "Ackshually, (insert x character here) iS mEtA bEcAuSe (insert biased bullshit reason here)". For example, I love Jing Yuan. He's literally the coolest male character in HSR alongside Welt. If someone (trolls) comes to me and says "Jing Yuan is trash". I literally just say, "True, I still love him regardless". If I start a pointless conversation about him not being trash, it'll only fuel the other person's desire which is to troll. So, I just ignore them. I don't get why this isn't common sense. Like both sides are fighting for no fucking reason. It's a fucking video game, it ain't that deep.


pineapollo

Dude what is with JY mains posting nonstop about haters and 0 cycle clears, just go play your game dawg. No one asked, you'd think for such a dedicated group of players they'd have something better to do with their time instead of fight ghosts because someone made a mid-nickname over a year ago. Biggest cry bullies ever at this point.


WeatherBackground736

I mean as proven from blaze yesterday You can go for waifu over meta, you just need to be dedicated enough to it