Board 8 > Honkai Star Rail Topic 8: Welcome to Penacony

(+) Yeah! (+)

pyresword posted...

That companion quest was worth it solely for the line where you can interact with the Trailblazer as March and tell her to say something. (I am assuming the dialogue is unchanged for the male trailblazer but if not sucks for Caelus fans I guess.)

I mean I also enjoyed the quest overall but that one specific part was gold.

i mean that was

fine

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/feda8f87.jpg

Finally.

Brings a tear to my eye.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/0f3ab7fd.jpg

Finally finished up the Penacony main quest and the companion mission, so now I can read all the black bars in this topic! And my trophy list is back at 100%, which is the important thing of course. Now to see if I can get enough jades before the end of the month so I can still get Black Swan, so far 62 pulls in after losing the 50/50.

Very interesting Planars.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/90d3859d.jpg

That first one is pretty much unconditionally good for any crit DPS in Pure Fiction huh.

Second one is neat mono-support but also seems a bit too conditional if you run multiple teams

That's not same element on the second one, it's same path.

Seems like the Planar to get for Acheron since she always wants at least one other Nihility unit.

Also the full final Acheron Kit leaked (well, final as in going into the beta, could still see changes there).

With 2 other Nihility units, her damage gets a full 60% increase at all time lol. 15% with one other Nihility unit.

That E2 bringing that requirement down to 1 is gonna be prime swipe bait.

Text based leaks are flooding today so just check out the leak Reddit if you want that, too much to post it all here. Video leaks will hit tomorrow.

Maybe the second one if you're playing Ratio/Topaz, but they already get 8 crit from Salsotto so

Yeah the first one seems designed for Pure Fiction and seems like an immediate add to my Herta if nothing else. Maybe Himeko also? (edit: It's probably also good for the 5-star Eruditions I don't own of course)

Second one is interesting at least but I don't know how I feel about having to switch sets a bunch if I'm using a new team. Haven't used the Penacony set for the same reason. Also I don't know if the set is even good enough? Some comps that come to mind are Blade/Jingliu and Topaz/Ratio but I'm not convinced this is even better than what they're already using. Maybe if there's ever Nihility units which want to be built as a crit DPS? (I seem to remember people saying Archeron might be this...)

Acheron is Crit DPS and there's no circumstance where she doesn't want at least one Nihility unit, it's definitely her personal Planar. Other units are all situational at the moment, but I can imagine they will release other things in the future who want matching Paths as well.

Reading the Aventurine kit now and it is so ridiculous. Built properly he may have one of the strongest DPS Ults in the game, lol.

So Gallagher is a 4* Luocha except he also has break effect buffs, can apply a debuff, and actually does damage.

The Abundance power creep

Shame he doesn't have a cleanse.

I guess in theory we could also get like an Abundance/Preservation/Harmony unit that is actually a DPS which might want that planar set; it's just that we haven't seen anything really close to that yet I don't think.

UshiromiyaEva posted...

Reading the Aventurine kit now and it is so ridiculous. Built properly he may have one of the strongest DPS Ults in the game, lol.

Now that I'm thinking about his kit, it does kinda feel like a result of Fu Xuan's defensive being so overturned so they had to go in a different direction.

Shame they removed one of his debuffs from that earlier leak but he still seems great with Ratio/Topaz. And I see his sig LC has a debuff...pretty sneaky MHY.

I fear for how tuned the next 5* Abundance will be.

If I had to guess aesthetically it will be the Puppet Girl from the Annihilation Gang.....

Maybe I just skip sparkle so I can drop everything for E2 Acheron

I was fully ready to only go for Sparkle out of those announced lately, for my DHIL, but that Black Swan pull has me thinking I skip Sparkle and just go for Acheron.

Finally got around to the Black Swan companion quest.

Not one of the better companion quests but it does have what I assume to be Sparkle's theme music which is a low-key banger.

pyresword posted...

Finally got around to the Black Swan companion quest.

Not one of the better companion quests but it does have what I assume to be Sparkle's theme music which is a low-key banger.

I'm not sure if I didn't like it because it was bad or because I was distracted by Sampo's bad hammy voice acting.

Another reminder that double planars start on Wednesday.

Thank god finally got Bronya from the standard banner >.>

Just in time for Sparkle

Run both!

Got E0 Hanya off a free Standard single!

Should be hitting EL5 within the next couple days to finally get max level unlocked.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/43aeb9dd.jpg

hell yeah

I suspect Sampo at high Es is actually better than Kafka for BS backup on the new boss, but I didn't try it.

The new boss is resistant to Electric, it's actually meant to be anti-Kafka lol. Black Swan+Sampo is def the way to go.

This MoC seems quite rude to me since I basically have no Fire, Wind or Lightning characters that can really function as a main DPS. Will probably have to lean on mono-quantum with Silver Wolf, but that team has felt a bit on the sketchy side when you need Qingque (very skill point hungry) as your DPS and are also wanting to use skill with Silver Wolf on multiple enemies. Perhaps waiting for Sparkle before trying to go for all 36 stars is the right call.

Leaks are leaking

Acheron ult animation is

HOT OFF THE PRESSESS

https://twitter.com/loveaventurine/status/1759783355187605612?t=mdsYzRx8YpYl_udpF0x2EA&s=19

OH THIS IS PERFECT

sorry sparkle I must have her E2

https://twitter.com/loveaventurine/status/1759785177285603384?t=-_YG0W2mhgVE85T8k_CJYQ&s=19

https://twitter.com/AventurineMains/status/1759790430638789012?t=_bj6wZ7MxO3iCSShWX_pyg&s=19

less exciting

Here's the Hi Res for Acheron from the quality leaker.

https://streamable.com/f0puz2

dear god those animations are sick

HiRes Aventurine

https://streamable.com/fkze5q

Gallagher, finally.

https://streamable.com/ug8lbi

Cleared out all the exploration chests on HSS, Jarilo, and Loufu now. Still have some challenge maps and repeatable daily puzzles to do though. Also think I'm done with quests on HSS.

wow i guess i want acheron now

but i'm way too invested in QQ and SW to skip sparkle

Currently at about 225 pulls on my account. Goal is to get E2S1 for Acheron.

Only need like 450 more to guarantee it!!!

Blessed by the Acheron leaks, I was granted a CR Main+CD/Atk/Atk%/Spd body.

I should finally, finally, FINALLY be all set for her.....unless she needs speed boots.

I'm really thing she doesn't since she gets flower counts equally from debuff afflictions from anyone in the party.

Well, I say all set, but I can't grind her Planars until she comes out lol. Saving up resin for the new set.

What set does she want? I'm working on Pela right now, but I'll probably pre-farm her next.

The new Pioneer Crit set and the upcoming Divine Realm Path Synergy Planar set are both her personal set and BiS. There's not much reason to farm anything else for the main pieces, though if you wanted to you could also use Salsotto for the Planars. The 2.1 planar set is undoubtedly the best one to use though.

Diving deep into the final (beta) Adventurine Kit here.

.....his follow-up attack is a 7 bounce.

.....Does this Preservation character really want 4 piece Grand Duke and 2 piece Salsotto??

Well he converts DEF to crit rate right? So you still want enough to max that out. That might mean 2pc/2pc of def/dmg or something, especially if you are running crit body and/or speed boots. Aventurine seems tricky to build because you really want the bare minimum sustain to solo MoC and then spec the rest into damage. And the rate his shield refreshes will depend on your team comp and followups.

Seems cool though, and his animations won't make me regret picking him up.

Yeah but you can get that defense in so many places. Defense rope, defense orb, defense boots, your LC, easily obtainable substats, you should be able to get that to the point of diminishing returns without needing defense bonuses no problem. Can even throw a Crit Damage body on there!

Well he's definitely not going to want to 4pc duke because that buffs ATK lol

My Gepard only gets over 3600 def with belobog planars and his LC bonus, but I guess that's because I struck out on substat rolls and refuse to farm more. I suppose with better RNG you could probably run SPD boots, ER rope, and one of crit body or dmg% orb and still get there. Maybe all 4 with god rolls.

https://youtu.be/Pk_b8b4DuqY?si=Gg8t9Yd5P8ojdjAY

E0S1 Acheron showcase.

Probably her best E0 team at the moment, too.

Seems like that might be her ideal team even at higher Eidolon level, which makes E2 a bit less needed.

And also makes me even more sad I dont have Silver Wolf.