Upon executing actions and taking damage from opponents, characters will build their ultimate meter. If you hit an enemy with their weakness in exploration mode, you can inflict extra damage and even affect them with an elemental status like Burn or Frozen. You can also preemptively strike opponents even before the fight begins. If you break the shield of an opponent, the opponent will be stunned, giving you a few extra turns before they recover their shield. Similar to Genshin Impact, characters can use elemental skills to exploit the weaknesses of certain opponents for extra damage to their health and shield, identified by the red and white bar respectively above their head. You enter fights with a party of up to four characters and take turns attacking the enemy troop. While turn-based mechanics is quite the departure from Genshin’s action RPG elements, Honkai Star Rail flawlessly executes the battle system with flashy character skills and fast-paced action sequences. Honkai Star Rail’s turn-based gameplay is easy to learn and fun to master Screenshot by Joseph Asuncion/ONE Esports The latest title in the Honkai franchise, Star Rail steers away from the previous installment’s hack-and-slash gameplay (Honkai Impact 3rd) for turn-based action akin to Persona 5 and Final Fantasy.Ī Genshin fan since day one, I had my doubts on whether or not HoYoverse could deliver an even better RPG experience than Genshin’s breathtaking open-world adventure, but I stand corrected.Īfter participating in the game’s second closed beta test, I can say that Honkai Star Rail looks like the next best game for Genshin players, and here’s why. Genshin Impact developer HoYoverse is shooting for the stars with its tactical RPG, Honkai Star Rail. These characters are greatly overshadowed by everyone else in their role.Updated on March 29, 5:01 p.m. These characters require a ton of investment to make them viable in harder content.Ĭharacters with limited combat utility. They are considered the base standard of a good character.Ĭharacters who are below average in their respective role. Good characters who can perform even better when given the right amount of investment. Most of these characters offer unique mechanics or have strong Traces that make them better than the rest. These characters are must-haves and will greatly make your gameplay experience easier.Ĭharacters that are very strong in their respective roles. How often they can activate their abilities while still generating SP. How much a character increases the total DPS output of a team. How much total damage they can do against 2-3 enemies over a certain number of turns. How much Single-Target damage they can do over a certain number of turns. How reliant they are on having specific characters in their team comp. How much damage they can do with their ideal build. DPS units have a slight bias towards Single-Target damage since endgame content will require you to fight against at least one high HP enemy. We rank characters based on our own point based system. Tier List Explanation How Characters are Evaluated

Added Luocha to the Tier List at SS tier in the Support Category. Recalibrated character rankings based on a new evaluation criteria. Added Blade to the Tier list with an overall rating at S tier, Single-Target DPS at S tier, and AoE DPS at SS tier.

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