The turn-based combat itself is also an immediate joy, with seamless animations making the initial battles feel flashy and impactful even while they’re largely getting players up to speed on Star Rail ‘s gameplay systems. There are seven elements that serve as means to break enemy weaknesses, and balancing a team that’s spread out with these elements while also functional represents a significant challenge. Traditional roles like tank and healer are somewhat subverted here – though there’s obvious representations of both – and flexibility seems to be the name of the game when it comes to Honkai: Star Rail. The ability to swap teammates after previewing an enemy’s weaknesses on the map helps ensure there are a minimum of ill-prepared fights that feel unwinna
Although these different builds support different elements of March 7th’s kit, each side synergizes well with the other. Once she unlocks her A6 Trace, her chance to Freeze enemies with her Ultimate increases to 65%. A good Frozen build could allow March 7th to guarantee Freezing all the enemies on the field. Meanwhile, March 7th’s Skill and Talent combo allows for synergy with many characters, especially **Honkai: Star Rail ** ‘s Dan He
Similar to how each of Genshin ‘s Archons associates with a single element, the Aeons of Star Rail each follow a singular path – although unlike elements (which do still exist in Star Rail ), Paths are much more similar to character classes. Like the Aeons, each of Honkai: Star Rail ‘s playable characters follows a certain Path, which has important implications for what role they play in battle. Characters following The Hunt path, for example, focuses primarily on single target damage, while The Erudition focuses on multi-target damage. At launch, there are seven Paths implemented in the game’s combat, each serving a different gameplay funct
One of the last 5-star characters introduced with Honkai: Star Rail ’s final closed beta, Bailu is a much-needed healer. Although the game has other options, Bailu may as well be the best healer the game has so far. For players struggling with tougher opponents and fights, Bailu may be the solution to keep the team alive long enough to get through the challe
Himeko is excellent as a secondary DPS, and her Talent is fantastic since it can be triggered as an off-turn attack, further increasing her presence and assistance against opponents. While she is simple to master and lacks a bit more depth in gameplay mechanics, she is easily one of the best 5-star characters to pull in Honkai: Star Rail , especially as a player’s first 5-star h
There’s also simply more to do at launch in Honkai: Star Rail than expected. Aside from main story progression, there are a multitude of side quests, dailies, and Cerydra character-specific story quests. Daily text messages from characters serve to add a bit of the mundane to an otherwise grand scope, with discussions about coffee helping ground the budding relationships as the Astral Express seeks to unseat sinister powers. Options to gather experience & crafting materials opens up early, and there’s a familiar Trailblazer Level system that serves to gate content getting harder as players begin to complete more and more adventu
For PC, Honkai: Star Rail ’s system requirements are a bit different. To run the game on the platform, players will need a Windows 7 64-bit OS, an Intel Core i5 equivalent processor, 8 GB of RAM memory, a GPU equal or equivalent to NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 970, and 12 GB for storage. When it comes to the PC version, the game is a bit more demanding, but most PCs that run Genshin Impact should be able to run **Honkai: Star Rail
March 7th’s Shield build plays on her Skill and Talent. She can apply a sturdy shield to allies, drawing the attention of enemies to them. When an enemy attacks a shielded ally, March 7th can Counter twice per turn. Her Frozen build, meanwhile, focuses on Freezing enemies in her Ultimate to deal extra damage. For March 7th to be effective, players should prioritize one build over anot
With two pieces equipped, they increase the user’s Fire damage by 10%. With four pieces, it increases the user’s skill damage by 12% and boosts Fire damage by an additional 12% for the attack that happens after the usage of an Ultimate Ability. With five pieces, they get another 12% boost to Fire
Those issues aren’t directly related to the core of Star Rail , however, which shines as brightly as any of the celestial bodies it tasks players with visiting. The quality of content at launch is, quite simply, incredible – it really looks, feels, and plays like a live service game that has already been out for years. Its turn-based combat might, tragically, not be for everyone, even in spite of its depth of tactics and highly customizable loadouts. That should be something everyone decides for themselves, however. Honkai: Star Rail is a must-play 2023 release that could very well become the next big thing in live service games, and will, if nothing else, become one of the better RPG releases in recent mem