Star Rail shouldn't put an element on the back burner for long

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The current patch is less than halfway through and fans are already planning for their bridge Honkai: Star Rail Version 2.7 of Sunday and Fugue. Both supports can fit excellently in hypercarry/follow-up and break comps. While both are exciting releases, their element types are already common. Sunday shares Fantasy with nine other characters, while Fugue currently shares Fire with 10. Honkai: Star Rail Its overall roster could stand to be more diverse, and it should start with an element that seems to have been on the back burner for about a year.




When the character type matches the enemy's weakness Honkai: Star RailThey deal toughness damage to that opponent. When a player lowers an enemy's toughness gauge, they deal an instance of Weakness Break damage, and delay the enemy's action for at least one turn. Support units also deal slightly more damage to weakened enemies. Some elements also have special effects, such as damage over time and additional action delays. Therefore, it is in the player's interest to invest in different types of units.

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Why Honkai: Star Rail needs to expand its ice roster


Current count for ma ice characters HSR Just eight, tied with the Lightning and just seven units behind the Winds. The game has already given Wind and Lightning some love with Feixiao and Moze. As such, it's high time to do the same for Ice. There are many reasons to give this beautiful element some well-deserved attention.

Ice's Limited DPS units are sparse

Ice has some useful 4-stars like Pella and Herta. However, it lacks some good 5 stars, with the last limited release being Ruan Mei in version 1.6 almost a year ago. A new limited unit for this element type is long overdue, preferably a DPS one, as Ice's premier damage dealer Jingliu has recently fallen from the meta. New destruction characters like Firefly and Yunli can consistently do better damage than her with fewer trade-offs.

HSR Dan Heng Imbibitor has yet to release a support unit that fully coordinates with Jingliu, such as Sparkle for Lunai and Xiaoqiu for Acheron. If there are no plans to do it soon, it should add Jingliu's successor with the new Ice DPS. Since this type already has the Hunt and Destruction characters, it only makes sense for the new damage dealer to follow the path of Erudition. A 5-star Herta would fit perfectly into this category.


Ice's weakness break mechanic is one of the best in the game

The best ways to gain an advantage in turn-based role-playing games HSR To make your characters act as much as possible, slow down the enemy's actions as much as possible, or both. Ice characters are specialists in the second category.

Ice units freeze enemies by breaking their weaknesses. When an opponent is immobilized, they cannot take any actions for the duration of that turn. After thawing on their next turn, they will receive more ice damage, and they still cannot act. However, their next turn will be advanced by 50%.

It would be interesting to see more modern characters use this weakness break effect. The new Ice DPS can gain resources such as greater damage or extra energy when hitting frozen opponents. The ability to extend an enemy's frozen state or slow them down would also be interesting to see, similar to Welt's slow mechanic. Ice can also cause damage in time (DOT) areas by introducing the Frostbite mechanic. The possibilities abound for this element, and it deserves to be back in the limelight. maybe Honkai: Star Rail Version 3.0 may bless Ice with some great new characters.


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