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I've been considering buying the Dan Heng IL perfume, and would love to hear from anyone who's tried it before I commit!

The listed notes are:

Top: Grapefruit Peel, Dew

Middle: Water Lily, Mint, Patchouli

Base: Vetiver, Amber, Agarwood, Sandalwood, Bitter Incense

The description calls it "fresh water and light breeze" with a calm, grounded feel, but descriptions can be misleading, especially for something you can't smell before buying!

So if anyone has actually worn it, I'd love to know:

Does it lean sweet, fresh, floral, or woody?

Is it masculine, unisex, or does it lean feminine?

Is it overpowering or subtle?

How long does it actually last on skin?

Does it match the "fresh and calm" description, or is it something completely different?

And, did you actually like it?

Any opinions would be really appreciated before I pull the trigger on buying it! 🙏

Hey everyone, I’m currently planning my Jingran build and I’m a bit unsure about how I should balance his Crit Rate and Crit DMG.

I’ve seen people recommending double Crit DMG 4-costs when using Shorekeeper, since her Crit Rate buff helps make up for the lower Crit Rate. However, I won’t be using Shorekeeper with my Jingran.

With my planned build, I should be able to reach roughly either:

• ~85% Crit Rate / ~350% Crit DMG — Double Crit DMG 4-costs
• ~100% Crit Rate / ~305% Crit DMG — Crit Rate + Crit DMG 4-costs

So which would be better for Jingran?

Is ~84% Crit Rate already high enough that the additional ~50% Crit DMG from the second Crit DMG 4-cost is more valuable, or would it be better to sacrifice that Crit DMG and aim for essentially 100% Crit Rate?

Would love to hear what you guys think, especially if anyone has done the math or tested both setups. 😁😁

As the title says, I would like to know if it's worth using Saber over a support/sub-DPS (Like Ashveil) with an E6 Gil. Gil is E6S1 and Saber is E0S0 and will pull for her LC if she's worth using with Gil.
I currently use Gil with E2S1 M-Blade, E0S1 Ashveil and either E1S1 HuoHuo or E2S1 DHPT.

I'm currently pulling for E6S1 Gilgamesh and already have E2S1 M-Blade, and I'd love to run a Mono-Male-Team of: Gilgamesh, M-Blade, Waven, and HuoHuo/DHPT.

I know this isn't the most optimal team for any of the three individually, but I want to play a team I genuinely enjoy while still being moderately optimized, and I simply like Waven more than Ashveil.

My planned investment into Waven is at least E0S1, with the possibility of going E1S1 or E2S1 on his rerun if it makes a dramatic enough difference for this specific team-comp to work properly.

So my questions are:

• At his current V3 state, can Waven realistically replace Ashveil in a Gil-Wheelchair-Comp, or does he need dramatic kit changes to enable it well enough?
• Does E1 or E2 Waven make a significant enough difference for this team specifically to justify the investment on rerun?
• How much does removing Ashveil hurt the teams' performance in practice, and can Waven compensate even partially?

I'm going to be pulling at minimum S0R1 Jingran and at most S3R1, depending on how good the Sequences are.
I will not be using Iuno + ShoreKeeper, but instead Brant + Lupa.
This means that Jingran will get a LOT of Fusion DMG Bonus from his own kit + both Brant and Lupa. Is it still worth it going for: Crit DMG, Fusion, Fusion, HP, HP, or is it too diluted in this team-comp?

Hey everyone!

​I’m looking for some advice from both the Phainon and Castorice communities. I have enough pulls saved up to guarantee both Evernight and Cerydra at E0S0, but I only have enough left after to get one of them to E1.

​Because I already got both Phainon and Castorice at E2S1, I’m incredibly torn on where that extra Eidolon would bring the most value.

​Here are the two teams I'd be using:

Phainon Team: E2S1 Phainon, E0S1 Sunday, Cerydra, E2S1 Dan Heng Permanasor Terrae

​Castorice Team: E2S1 Castorice, Evernight, E0S0 Cyrene, E0S1 Hyacine

​Which of the two E1's feels more impactful? Would love to hear your thoughts, calcs, or overall feelings on how they perform! Thanks in advance. Thanks in advance!!!

I've been running my E2S1 Castorice with E1S1 Mydei, E0S0 Cyrene, and E0S1 Hyacine, and honestly... I'm a little underwhelmed by her damage output for an E2S1 Main-Push DPS. I know Evernight is her BiS teammate, and the underwhelming power I'm noticing, most likely could be the use of Mydei instead of Evernight.

I genuinely love Mydei and he's at E1S1, so the idea of benching him is kinda sad..., but if Evernight at E0S0 makes a significant enough difference, I'm willing to make the swap.

So I wanted to ask:

How much of a DMG increase is E0S0 Evernight over Mydei in this specific team?

Is the difference noticeable enough to justify replacing a character I genuinely enjoy using?

Or is my underwhelming DMG output more likely a relic/build issue rather than a team composition problem?

Would really appreciate any insight from people who've tested both setups! 🙏

I've just gotten E2S1 Phainon, and the team I currently run him with, are:

Phainon (E2S1), Sunday (E0S1), Sparkle (E0S0 - Bronya LC), Dan Heng Permansor Terrae (E2S1).

I really want to pull for E2S1 Gilgamesh and Aventurine Waveflair as well, so I don't have a lot of pulls to spare; Meaning I would only be pulling for E0S0 Cerydra who would replace either Sunday or Sparkle (Since I don't want to play sustainless).

* Is it worth it to pull Cerydra for my E2S1 Phainon?

* And if yes, who should I replace, Sunday or Sparkle?

I know there's already a table floating around comparing Gilgamesh's teams, relics, and Eidolon levels, but I'm looking more for a comparison in some sort.

At E0, it seems like Gilgamesh is generally considered weaker than most Main-DPS's (assuming all are built reasonably, in their respective BiS teams). What I want to understand is the shape of his Eidolon scaling relative to other DPS's:

Does investing into Gilgamesh's Eidolons (E1/E2/E6 especially) bring him from worse than other DPS's to roughly equal to them?

Or does it only bring him from worse than them to "less worse" than them?

I'm less interested in raw DPS numbers and more in that comparative framing, since it changes how I think about investing into him going forward.

I know we don't have much to go off of yet, but I wanted to ask regardless: Would a Team Comp of:

Phrolova S3R1, Jingran (Possibly S2R1), and Qiuyuan S0R2 be doable?

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTK0_S9OlgcydK8nvYdMOgZ82iJTFU6Zgtp0d8qBcW6x-cCAyFlIv1GjhcznvkT43OVMQ0S_VawR5Sl/pub

Tried making a fanmade kit concept for Rin Tohsaka for the upcoming Fate/stay night × Honkai: Star Rail collab.

After making a Gilgamesh concept, I wanted to take a shot at designing Rin as well. This is still a fairly new territory for me, so it's probably not perfectly balanced, but I spent a lot of time thinking through the mechanics, animations, lore references, Eidolons, team synergies, and how her character could translate into HSR's combat system.

Just to be transparent: yes, I did use AI (Anthropic Claude) for parts of the wording and formatting. Mainly to help rewrite my ideas into something closer to HSR's official writing-style. The actual gameplay concepts, kit interactions, and design decisions were made by me.

I'd be interested to hear what other Rin fans think. Does the kit feel true to her character? Would you actually pull for a version like this? Any feedback on the gameplay design or balancing is welcome.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRwsqMd-aj39EAMJ7dB0h-1EYsVGZsFBF8Lsg_6K8NXxFdMnF_JKthqQwlBORX4hdx_RJdfGXss61RP/pub

Tried making a fanmade kit concept for Gilgamesh for the upcoming Fate Stay Night × Honkai: Star Rail collab.

This is my first time trying to properly design a HSR-style kit, so it’s probably not perfectly balanced, but I spent a lot of time thinking about the mechanics, interactions, animations, lore references, Eidolons, etc. myself.

Just to be transparent: yes, I did use AI (Anthropic Claude) for parts of the wording/formatting. Mainly to help rewrite my ideas into a more official HSR-style presentation and terminology. The actual kit concepts and gameplay ideas themselves were made by me.

Would be interested to hear what people think about the gameplay design, synergy ideas, or whether he’d actually be usable/fun in the current meta.

Probably not everybody here knows about the game "Wuthering Waves" since it’s a bit more niche, but since it’s also a fairly high-end Unreal Engine 4 game, I thought maybe somebody here has looked into it's different systems.

I’m currently trying to recreate a similar style 'Water System', as Wuthering Waves's, in Unreal Engine 5. And while I already have a decent amount of UE knowledge myself (and actively play the game), I’m having a hard time figuring out how their water actually works.

Some parts of it feel similar to Unreal’s built-in experimental Water System plugin, but not entirely either. The character interaction/ripples don’t seem to behave like the default UE water interaction I get. At the same time, it also doesn’t look as simulation-heavy or precise as something like Fluid Flux 3.0.

Because of that, I’m stuck somewhere in-between:

• It feels too advanced to just be a flat plane + shader tricks.
• But it also doesn’t seem like a fully simulated fluid system either.

Does anybody know:

• What kind of setup they may be using?
• Whether they’re likely extending UE4’s water system internally?
• Or if there are any talks, presentations, breakdowns, shader analyses, etc. about it?

Extra question:
I’d also really love insight into how their water material/shader itself may work. I know that’s much harder to identify from just gameplay footage, but in my opinion it’s one of the cleanest and most elegant stylized-realistic water shaders I’ve seen in UE.

Would appreciate literally any technical observations or theories people might have. 😃

https://preview.redd.it/veq09tgjdh1h1.png?width=3416&format=png&auto=webp&s=5459c297d32cf9591a7aab3651088fa1f723146b

I know I'm in mid-high CV, but I'm unsure if 80% Crit Rate is enough, since none of his teammates buffs Crit Rate? And of course I would like to hear feedback on the other stats as well! 😃 😃

https://preview.redd.it/jkcuuzh5ch1h1.png?width=3416&format=png&auto=webp&s=aaf3d4df17c1d137cae09a2a4d3e4f725ad4f288