A COMPLETE Updated Guide to Himeko! | 2.3 Relics, Light Cones, Teams 

whos your fave standard unit :) NOTES: I didn't specifically mention it but if using Cavalry, please use Forge for the 40% BE. As 100% BE (140% with Forge) can't always maximize the Cavalry set's 4 PC. Also do note that you'll probably want some more BE than I provided as a guide. I'm basing it off here with forge (140), RM (160), HMC Perma Buff (193), Watchmaker (223), 200%+ BE HMC (250+). And for some reason I forgot to mention the new Sunday 4* Gacha Cone from Jade's Banner, but that can be used as a Super Break option with its 56% BE buff at S5.

"WITNESS THE WILL OF THE WEAK!" The line that gave Himeko a lot of plot armor, and she became one of the best standard units in the game

Himiko is probably the first case from zero to hero in HSR

9:55 Bro..."Final Break Lesson"💀💀 the naming💀

One thing I really wish Hoyo would update with Himeko is remove the cap on her followup attack charges so if an attack breaks multiple enemies and her charge count goes over 3 then the extra charges will be carried over for her next followup attack. Just like what Jade's followup charges do.

I'm so happy Himeko gets to shine. Pure Fiction was such a good addition for units that seemed lackluster on release and all the indirect buffs for Fua since then were amazing. At e3 she's my 2nd highest Eidolon character (after e4 Welt) and as a HI3 enthusiast, I'm extra excited to build teams around her

the jiggle physics on goubeko have me deceased

I remember being pissed I lost my 50/50 on seele’s banner and her lightcone on seele’s banner. Now I see the universe was setting me up for success

She hasn't come home, but her light Cone did

I have mained Himeko since spending my 300 standards to get her. Shes gotten a lot better since 1.4 when Topaz came out. For a while I have been saying shes significantly better than people have been giving her credit for. Glad to see her finally getting the recognition she deserves. My 213 CV Himeko will only get stronger from here.

i've been a himeko believer since day 1 and seeing her shine as much as she does now makes me feel so vindicated in my belief

i am THIS close to finishing the astral express family, and i KEEP LOSING to YANQING also very informative vid!

As someone who was a Himeko believer from the jump, and actually used a 300 standard selector to get her E2, I've been loving that since launch she's constantly gotten upgrades it feels like every single patch to eventually reach this point. It's been a long journey, but she's definitely meta and I feel like will be for a while.

Biggest comeback of the century. ❤ Firefly herself is a buff to Himeko so she can be a good teammate for her as well so they can both reap the benefits. Himeko greatly appreciates fire weakness and Firefly can break bars like crazy for her. Much better than some other options in fact, though you probably need to play with SP conservatively or get Eidelons/LC for further comfort.

I really like Himeko since 1.0. She is the reason why I started playing this game. Her design was excellent and have the elegant and mature vibes.

I think Himeko's was pretty good more on the underrated side of the standard units, but Pure Fiction definitely boosted her stonks. Alongside Jing Yuan, the follow-up set boosted her indirectly, so glad to see her thriving because I remember at the start of HSR, people were shitting on her calling her the worst 5 star standard unit, but I figured in an AoE type endgame mode she was gonna be busted and here we are today lol. Great guide as always! Keep it up!

I've definitely been waiting for this one, I know it seems super simple but I always like seeing what a more educated individual thinks about each character and build for the character. My answer to you question, Guoba, is actually a three-way tie between Welt, Gepard and Himeko.

to that expensive_car guy on reddit who laughed at me for building himeko saying "she's not good, lul". efff youuuu i told them i built her coz i like her, too. THEY LAUGHED, THEY ALL LAAAUGHED VINDICATIOOOONNN

WITNESS THE RISE OF THE GOAT! people called me insane, but my E3 Himeko with the firefly itens is simply humiliating late game content so glad for this video guoba! hope people will finally give baby girl the love she deserves

Still the only standard unit I don't own, but just got my 5th Yanking, feels great man

Wow what great timing. I actually just glanced at my Himeko and realized she was on a level 20 Light cone…. I’ve had her “built” for 9 MONTHS!!! Dgaf though she still cleared pure fiction. Time to actually watch this video and boost her damage even more.

When Pure Fiction came out, I built my Himeko that I got when I lost my 50/50, and I never looked back. It's a great thing that they keep releasing units that buff our lovely Astral Express Navigator.

It's insane how badly I needed a Himeko aand Herta guide due to Pure Fiction and... Well here we are lol. This will greatly help us to those who decides on pulling for Jade! Got her for my 300 selector, and got her sig lc randomly. She even helped me clearing this cycle's MoC. All the love for THE mother.

man this guide will be useful to build my himeko...if I had her...

Main her when start of the game and maxed her trace also as soon as I can. Traded for her cone in shop to complete the set and suddenly i found myself with e2s5 himeko. Glad she's much more viable character nowadays. She's still among characters i use very often!

I remember how many times Himeko appeared on my summons. One from Aventurine, Argenti's banners and I was like "Give me the other standard characters man." She literally helped me clear many challenging content with her kit, and I don't regret my E2 Himeko now. But, I still love my Papa Welt though, slightly

PF is Hoyo's love letter to Himeko ❤

Finally. Been trying to find a decent updated himeko guide since ive been using her a lot in pure fiction

I finally hit my 300 standard pulls and was conflicted between getting Bronya or Himeko since I didn't have either. I'm glad I ended up going with Himeko since she ended up making PF brainless and I have sparkle already so Bronya seemed slightly redundant in my situation.

Himeko is my fav crew member with Stelle as a close second so I'm happy she's gotten so many buffs ❤ She will continue to succeed ALIVE and WELL

So happy I didn't listen to all the doom posting in 1.0 when I got her. I got Topaz in 1.4 specifically for Himeko❤

Oh, hey, a himeko video... She was reborn in the fire. She was smiling in the fire.

is it just me who kept Himeko on my team for basically every fight since 1.0 and have had her come out as my most used according to that one event 😂 I never understood the losing the 50/50 "OH NO NOT HIMEKO" posts. But it's great that she's even better now.

Day 1 Himeko believer here, and I'm so glad she had a glow up meta-wise. I mean, I rerolled for her and was not about to regret that in the slightest, but I'm happy she's blazing the test of fire (lol)

Himeko is my one and only favorite character in this game! I started playing only for her and even have her e1 with jing yuan's light cone, didn't thought of jade's lightcone being good for her but I'm going to really think about getting it for her!

Im glad i got himeko as my first 5 star, and even got her e1, shes so satisfying to use in pure fiction

Man I remember the times when people rerolled their account, because they got Himeko at first 50(?) pulls we got at the start of the game. Now she is a queen of PF.

I’m so glad Himeko was my first 50/50 lost all the way back on Luocha’s banner in 1.1 🔥

ehehee i've always loved himeko, i started playing from the launch and i was so SO happy when she was the first 5 star i got! she's been suuuper helpful from the start to me too, and i've only been happier and happier with all the buffs and more utility she's getting. thankfully my himeko's build is already good. I just wish someday i could get at LEAST one copy of her signature lightcone 😭 it evades me fr

Himeko is my first ever 5⭐ and I'm super lucky to pull for her on Starter banner, her "Nigasanai wa!" saved my butt in early game and now in endgame her and Herta makes PF a breeze, I also heard she's super good in AS and while I haven't tried her there yet, I can't wait for that !

I got E3 Himeko and got 1 from 300 selector. Believer since in the womb

She was reborn in the fire… she was smiling in the fire.❤

i love how himeko is so good i love her so much

Im proud of my e4 himeko. Thank you for the new himeko giude ❤

this could not have come out at a better time I was just about to build himeko too

9:54 Naming one of the teams FINAL break LESSON is just diabolical...

i just picked Himeko from the 300 standard selector a few days ago, so this vid could not have come out at a better time for me lol, a very well made vid as always!

I never agreed with the doom-posters, and I always wanted Himeko, because I fully saw the potential that she had. Even in those days when people were saying: "What 5* star should we pick from the standard banner after 300 pulls?" And everyone was saying: "Bronya, of course!" Even then, Himeko was always on my list. - I'm glad to have her and to see the community finally acknowledge her.

Hey Guoba this guide was great love seeing guide makers finally go back and update some older characters. I would love to see you go back to update the guide for Yukong whom to this day is still being built improperly and give her some love since Hoyo won't (14 patches without a rerun on a banner). Yukong is better off being built and ran as a burst dps unit then a support like has been suggested on her since her original guides back in 1.3 and I'd love to see more people realize this and realize just how strong she is because she definitely isn't a bottom tier unit or a niche support for only Imaginary DPS

Finally building Himeko, my first 5050 loss and standard character. Slowly but surely, my Hermeko duo shall finally full complete PF

It is a comfort to know that Jade nm ligthcone is she's best cone, the problem will be balancing her, but it's worth it

I loved her from the start. I could see how for a lot of single target content she was not as strong. But I always enjoyed her. I just ran the full fire set on her till the duke came out.

So glad Himeko had such a good buff - if I had one nickel for each time one of my favorite erudition units in HSR got buffed all the way to becoming S tier at least 6 patches after their release, i'd have two nickels (which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice). Her performance in break teams is really great and I see her becoming nice in MOC too as I bet we'll be bombarded by fire weaknesses the next patches since we had the addition of Firefly recently (and they went all the way to market her as indispensable the whole effing patch so I can only guess they're gonna keep this editorial line) and we have the future addition of Jiaoqiu, I don't know what he does but he's fire type and they most likely will put out some fire type weaknesses to make people pull for him.... She's such a strong unit that looking back im not even mad I lost once on her E1 lol Anyway, really nice guide, thanks a lot o7 I'm currently building her on my alt account so it'll be useful to see new perspectives, because even though she's built on main there are things i'm not letting go of (salsotto planars my beloved)

I've lost MOST of my 50/50s and now I have E2 Himeko and I WAS feeling mid about her but I now love her and her with Herta/Aventurine/Topaz/Ruan Mei is just a ton of fun

I was really waiting for this guide since I recently got E1 Himeko by failing two 50-50's. I was always interested in a new updated himeko guide but I never found a good one. Thanks

i started two weeks ago. Had about 180 pulls at the ready (had spend 30 on the Jade Banner before i decided to wait) But then i decided "yknow what i AM gonna pull for Jade i got enough to make it work." I spend about 70-80 pulls but got Himeko instead... And i am definetly not complaining. Heck now i have a guaranteed Yunli/huohuo so i'm doubly happy

Lets gooooooooo!!! Thabks for the updated guide! She was my first 5 star and been using her ever since

Himeko never let us go

Guoba, that dress looks Fabulous on you.

Love these updated guides to refresh characters! Keep it up!

E1S2 Himeko. Works like a charm in all endgame formats.

I was just looking for this, thanks

I enjoy these updated guides for the old characters. I hope you end covering all of the vanilla characters including the 4 stars if time permits.

Chose Himeko at 300 way back just to complete my Express family, but didn't really built her beyond lvl 8 traces. And now she absolutely shredded latest Moc in Super break team, and new Pure Fiction as well, all in a scuffed af DoT set.

LETS GOOO!! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU TO MAKE UPDATED HIMEKO GUIDE!! now i am waiting for argenti

I liked Himeko right from the start, even if she wasn't meta, so all of her glow-ups have really paid off for me, I even got a 2nd copy of JY's LC just for her on that 2nd banner run.

Currently have Himeko E4S2 and to be honest, even on the 50:50s I’ve “lost” to her I never felt that way because I greatly enjoy using her even more so now

i love her so much mained her since the beginning my first 5* my beloved major aunt himeko you are perfect

Thought I wasn't going to get Firefly when I saw Himeko at 82 pity just to get Firefly in the same 10 pull. She's buffed my PF game from 0-100, time to see the updated Himeko way

Himeko aged like wine, FINE AH HELL.

Himeko has always been my primary unit (My account name is HimekoPrime for a reason). She's just a straight up fun character to play. Now, with Jade and Herta, there are fights and boss fights where it's not only 0 cycle, but 0 first character action. Divergent is joyous.

Perfect timing, I'm about to finish building Herta and was going to build himeko and Clara next and was going to throw those three with Gallagher.

I used Duke and Sigonia in any endgame. Currently my Himeko E1S3. Today get a Himeko is win the 50/50

I just lost to Bailu on 50/50 while pulling for Yunli and decided to pull on the standard banner and the game literally gave me two Himeko's in succession with two single pullls. Now I'm here, I have her built, but I guess it's time to make her much stronger 😂

She's absolutely crucial in the second half of this season's PF

Himeko was my first 5* that i got from the standard banner / my freebie, and I am so happy that turned out good - I'm still using Himeko, when i've dropped Bronya from my comps. (not worth the effort to speed tune around her when I can Full Star all the content without her using easier teams.)

Hey,I got my first 5star in star rail,which happened to be himeko,looked up the net,found mixed results on her:3 Thanks for the video (Love her btw)

Himeko was my first 5 Star in game and I never forgot about her. Now she's Eidolon 2 and she's still serving me well! Although these alternate builds look fun... Let's gives those a go hehe.

im so glad, himeko deserves it

Herta next!! 💜 Luv your vids!

Thanks for these update guides, it’s a market I think many in the hsr community are lacking especially when we get new artifacts. I have been wanting to build her as perfect as I can especially since I have her and her light cone e6 and awaken 5 (not by choice obviously), just feels wrong to not use her

Finally my E3S1 Himeko will shine

In the latest PF, a Firefly + Himeko team with Gallagher and HMC, actually seemed pretty nice for me. If I outfit her with 2pc Cavalry with some BE subs, she could be even stronger on that team.

Himeko still hasn't come home for me

Omg thanks I’ve been so confused about her builds

Himeko, my beloved, believed in her from 1.0 💅

Day 1 believer. The game didn't wanted me to get her from 50:50 or standrad. So i had to use my 300 pulls for. No regrets then, because i picked for simply being Himeko. No regrets today, since she also became one of the most valuable characters in the game

Ngl i had a lot of fun Running a hybrid of Supabreak Himeko build with Firefly e2 Firefly would break->Himeko would get to follow And this would provide firefly upon second turn to premium broken or near broken enemies for her to delete. The only thing is I have to kill the enemy before they kill me. Gave me a solid 35000.

I just got her on my selector, so this couldn't be more perfectly timed 🎉

That jiggle on Guobeko got me acting unwise

I'm loving my Himeko-Firefly-HMC-Ruan Mei. Because Firefly puts fire weakness on every enemy, it's amazing lol i kill everything so fast.

She went from being a fearful loss to being my 300 selector.

Let's go, my first 5* and the best there is! Thanks for the guide Guoba

Building Himeko rn!!!! Perfect timing as always

I have her E3, this lady loves me sm.

came early on standard early, built her well and never gave up on her, will continue to love her for the future. hopefully yanqing can have some form of glow up but it'll be difficult with how I think his problem is mostly in the MVs, throwing on as much dmg and atk% as you can from buffs still doesn't really help him.

Super break himeko goes wild with those follow up Attacks on the fire trio we got last moc 12

Ahh yes, my first 5* from the beginner banner that everyone talked down on, but I was happy to get and build anyway. 😏

Running more experimental out there teams without Ruan Mei works just fine for me. Then again my Himeko is E2S1.

I been playing himeko since day 1 when the game first came out