r/CurrencyWarsHSR

Being able to forfeit investments, heck make me pay xp or gold to do it, i have lost too many runs because I’m forced to pick a useless prismatic that in turn makes the enemies immortal (third plane enhancement unfortunately).

Skill issue? Yes.
Do I think prismatics just aren’t worth the extra difficulty unless its a giga-OpP win game button? Yes.

Note: this is purely off early leaks and everything is subject to change. Additionally, this isn't really a power ranking or anything, it's mostly just characters that i believe are interesting and may have potential just based on what we know currently. I'll mostly be looking at 1-2 star stuff for supports but obviously 3-star would make them even better

Xueyi (5-cost) - the only source of action value increase (50 or 75 AV) and locks enemy actions for 50 or 75 AV throughout a fight, will probably still be BiS in comps that require ramping even if shes doing nothing else while providing some defensive utility

Jade (5-cost) - Hard to say but the black market will probably be very strong especially if ur very knowledgeable as well

ashveil (5-cost) - Still has the 30-40% def shred and crit dmg buff for FuA but can also give any dps upwards of 200% dmg amp and SPD amp if they're at 3-stars

Hanya (4-cost) - Gives 30-50% vul, 30% combo rate, 120% ATK and SPD to entire team based on her SPD, can probably abuse antigrav boots for some crazy SPD shenanigans

Mortenax blade (4-cost) - still gives probably the most raw stats in the game (DEF shred, vuln, dmg%, ult DMG) and has tons of attacks. No debuff bond and no equipment upgrade anymore while also being 4-cost so he'll definitely be worse but still great generic amp for any comp

HuoHuo (4-cost) - Has true DMG debuff on action. Can be anywhere from 36%-108% true DMG multiplier if you can maintain 3 stack on debuff depending on the amount of height you have. Also reduces enemy dmg dealt by 18-42% while also providing healing and teamwide 20% energy + 80% ATK on ult. Little giant bond also gives more vuln and reduce enemy DMG further. One of if not the biggest glow-ups from last version and would not be surprised if she becomes the best support in the mode when paired with other little giants characters

Cyrene (4-cost) - No more poems but still has everything she has currently, including 24-32% true DMG for everyone, dmg tally mechanic for if you have summon bond (similar to cipher ult), one time ult recharge for everyone, enemies start at 84% HP even on boss phase change (basically a free 16% execute), and chrysos heirs stuff as usual

Yaoguaang/EMC (3-cost)/pearl (1-cost) - Elation will probably be broken (especially with AHA), so they'll probably be great as well

Sparkle (2-cost) - best DDD user (trial build also has DDD), 50% action advance, solves all SP issues, has all her normal buffs in base kit, 16-40% vuln, little giant bond, dance partner, is also elation, wouldn't be surprised if she also ends up being a top 3 support

Robin summeretto (2-cost) - merchant guild buff, has summon for summon bond, 8-24% vuln, 100% action advance + 20% energy, big CRIT DMG buff scaling with ally members, big def shred, and additional ATK/CRIT DMG buff based on her HP, just a lot of stats for a 2-cost

Welt (1-cost) - Doesn't have extra action value or debuff bond or himeko nova true DMG synergy but still has all the defensive ultility and 40% def down (+30% pen at e4 if u have), also an express member for the trailblaze shop if that ends up mattering. Not bad as an early game defensive unit with some nice def shred (also synergizes with huohuo if that matters)

Honorable mentions: Tribbie (4-cost) as generalist, cerydra for specific units (1-cost), hyacine for summons (4-cost), serval for dot (4-cost), and fugue+dahlia for break

Am I playing the game incorrectly? This boss just straight up chain cc'ed me for the entire cycle in phase 3?? Why is she moving literally after 5 av? I get that CW buffs the bosses, but literally what is the counterplay to this boss being the final boss of the run? How do I avoid the CC chain?

I skipped entirety of elation so not really sure how she can be countered

Has anyone ever beaten this mode anywhere between WC20-50 with the bloodflame bond without having an E2S1 X or Y character or using the solo mydei strat (which also didn't work for me cause RNG loves me), i think that is genuinely the only bond i never managed to win a run with, i have won with LITERALLY every other bond (well besides maybe healers cause that bond is kinda worthless to max out lol). and if anyone is wondering, yes by won with every bond i do mean at WC50.

Watching a bunch of clears from YT and see many cases where people try to chase higher bonds / forsake amp and end up not having enough to kill the final boss.

I'm talking about stuff like slotting 1* trial Feixiao/off field Cipher for FUA, or slapping a bunch of mid AoE chars for 7-bond and does terrible damage while being extremely squishy.

Generally almost always slotting Welt is better than pushing the next bond tier. Between 100% damage buff, vuln, def shred AND AV support (also delay greatly helps with sustain) there's just little to no competition. Mblade is another case I would say that's worth slotting almost always.

The only few cases I would say it's worth to chase bond are something like 4-AE and 4-SP. It's because the effects they grant are unique beyond just a bit more damage buff. AE allows the train to repeat and SP allows it's possible to get extra action. (So for SP you can just slot Rin Archer Cery Sparkle and call it a day)

Anyway, the amp priority for me is something like.

• Reaching 100% def shred
• Welt (already in the def shred package but still)
• Res Pen or True Damage (True damage can also be accessed through Debuff aka Welt MBlade)
• Advance / Energy / Frequency (for chars that care about it like Therta)
• The rest of the damage buff etc. (Damage / Crit damage / ATK)

Welt MBlade, Trib Sparkle Fuxuan is good amp package for the most parts. As they give a bit of everything you want. Shred, damage buff, frequency, advance (on field Sparkle DDD), sustain through Fuxuan, Quantum/Debuff bond effect etc. This can work for like majority of the teams out there. And also better if you have investment on them (E1 Trib E1+ MBlade E4 Welt)