Two Tips I left out 1. HOSTAGE YOUR FUEL!! Pretend it does not exist until you get to trailblaze power 60!! Then only use it when you establish who you want to hyper invest in. 2. Herta is the 8th Free Character you will acquire and i also believe she is one of the best early game progress units in the game who also holds their weight in endgame. She also gets free eidolons when you complete simulated universe.
Saving Fuel till TL60 is the real challenge lol, I did not have the self control for that lol. In terms of efficiency it is well worth it though. But honestly at the end of the day using a few fuel here a there between TL50 and 60 is not the end of the world.
Here's some of the mistakes I made early game that you might find useful :) 1. Wishing on beginner banner after getting early 5 star. I got my 5 star early, and I thought I would get another one on 50 pity because there were people saying they got another one at pity. Turns out they were just really lucky and I lost 30ish pulls in that banner that I could've used on standard banner instead to get closer to the 300 pity faster. 2. Farming boss mats when I'm close to equilibrium level up. I prefarmed some boss mats so that I could quickly lvl up my characters as soon as I lvl up in equilibrium BUT the boss drop increases when you lvl up and so basically I wasted probably a run or two with that. If you wanna prefarm something, prefarm traces because they have garbage drops at any equilibrium level 3. Accidentally foddering ER Ropes and Speed Boots. Trust me, even if it's 3-4 star ropes/boots, you hella need them. It's better than nothing and it's so hard to get them bc of low rates and the amount of time it takes to do Simulated Universe for the ropes. Every support uses ER rope and half of my supports are still on 4 star ropes and I've been playing since launch. When you see them, lock them right away no matter the rarity. 4. Using fuel on relics. Just don't. But who listens right? If you want to use them to level up in trailblazer level or whatever, use them on guaranteed mats like boss mats or heck even trace mats. 5. Buying all trace mats from the shop. Sometimes, you just wanna get those trace mats ASAP and the grind is so annoying. I've gone and cleared up the whole shop at early game once. Don't do that if you don't wish a lot on banners and plan to skip on characters. It's hard to get enough to buy the monthly 10 passes if you don't wish. Always have atleast 900 embers on hand just in case.
People really underestimate how much Bailu brings to the table. Damage reduction and reactive healing are enough to sustain you in any content. With enough investment in HP and energy regen, Bailu easily solo sustains with no SP used (just use ult when its ready). Safety net of having revive is also nice (for example in swarm or unlucky MoC double hit on squishy support). Only downside is not having cleanse but all sustainers have some sort of drawback.
@ss2felix embers are exchange currency you get after pulling on banners. They refresh every month! So if you don't waste them on farming mats, you can use them to get more pulls
No starlight is the premium one which you get only when you drop 4/5* stuff.. Embers is the other currency which you get on every pull. Embers -save for free 10 pulls every month Starlight - save for free 5* lc(cost 600 each) and limited characters (refreshes every month and cost 140)
Great video! Just 2 things I noticed, at 17:45 you point at the nihility LC and say Serval, who cant use it since she is erudition And I believe Ps5 players are getting Seele rerun too, so they can pick up the hunt LC from the store (but then again thats only later in the patch so maybe you didnt mention this on purpose)
@@jackjohnson8305Seele is a phenomenal single target unit that is best early game but she relies on her ability to kill enemies quickly and easily which gets harder in the late game. I recommend that you watch videos on it before you decide.
You forgot the NUMBER ONE RULE rule for NEWCOMERS. NEVER and I mean NEVER exchange you're Jade for ANYTHING other than the Golden tickets used for limited banners. That's probably by far the worst resource in the game to waste if you're F2P... 🤔👍
you have my greatest respect for reccomending to newcomers to invest in Qingque for early game progression. Even at E0 i cleared the entire content and reached Moc 5 3* using her at E0. Only this shows how much of a veteran you are. most people who dont do research they just dont reccomend her due to her mechanic of using alot of sp. But she gets so much selfbuffs by using skillpoints. 30% dmg buff which stacks 4 times, 79% atk buff when entering in her enhanced state (four of a kind) shes basically her own Harmony character. i did run her with 61% crit dmg for 100+ days and still cleared stuff with her due to her self buffing nature. On PS release im gonna do a new Account as well and wanna re experience the story on bigger screen ;D Also a tip for the newcomers: Weekly bosses is not the only option to get good early 4* relics. when you unlock the new Planet, the chest there gives you tons of 4* relics! there are tons of puzzles and elites. you will end up with over 150+ 4* relics that you can use to enter into midgame! there is no harm in making them +12, because when you start getting 5* relics, you can just feed the +12 4* relic into the 5* relic and 80% of the exp gets transfered over!
17:45 Smack misspoke here, he says Solitary Healing is a good lightcone for Serval, when Serval isn’t actually a Nihility character, she’s Erudition, so she won’t gain the ability from the lightcone. He probably confused this because Serval has a weird mishmash of a kit where she wants to be built with crit like an erudition but she also wants to be built like a Nihility dot dps at the same time, hence the confusion.
Very much appreciated family, I'm a Genshin lover waiting on new content and new to Hsr. But you're in depth explanation has been very helpful especially with this new lingo. Am blessed with early monster 5* characters such as Argenti, Bronya, and Welt. Picked me up a Tingyun, Pela, and a Yukon so im rockin and rollin! Much love and appreciation, namaste and infinite blessings family.
I made the mistake of warping on the Standard banner to get to the free 300 pull. The game was new, and we didn't have a second free healer, so I pulled Bailu. I've gotten very lucky since, but my account is sadly Bronya-less.
Great video, thank you. Just started on PS5 and got Dr Ratio and leveled him by mistake straight to 19 as heard he was rop tier without understanding anything and had limited resources left, only just getting passed the first boss 😂
This was literally me 😭 I used all my mats to level him and the first boss almost slapped me... Mf just revived himself after going down and took down everyone except Dr Ratio LMAO
As someone who plays both genshin and HSR, I loved this video. Your explanations were perfect for even the newest of comers & you touched base on all the basics and how to min-max from the start
First 5 star I got was Himeko from the free 50. Then I got Bronya from standard. Lost Jingliu 50/50 to Gepard Qingque is already E6... Been streaming this games story for a while and It's going pretty good.
love your content bro im staring HSR tomorrow been playing Genshin for over a year now i appreciate the work you put into these videos they are very helpful!
I would agree, except that it's significantly easier to build characters in HSR compared to Genshin due to increased Resin and you can farm w/e you want, whenever you want. You can clear MoC 10 and all of SU w/ virtually anything you want if you try hard enough and know what you're doing. I spent money on Genshin and still cleared HSR as a F2P player faster.
@magnaortusars3342 I disagree with farming being easier, because there are more different stats that your want such as speed, break, effect hit rate, and effect resistance that don't exist in genshin. Plus, you only have 5 artifacts in genshin, and only 4 need to match. HSR has 6 relics, which need a 4-set and a 2-set of matching artifacts with more kinds of rollable stats.
@@TryphectaOGWe're going to have to disagree on that then because those aren't hard to sift through. Many characters in the game, especially supports, legit only care about 3-4 stats. Ex: Bailu only cares about HP, ER, and ERR. You can also build for a bit of SPD. Seele only cares about ATK, CR, CDMG. You can also build for a bit of BE. You can also use self-modeling resin to manipulate main stats in case you get unlucky. Genshin literally region locks some characters and even if the region isn't locked, you have to break immersion by running to a different region for specific materials (or jumping in a random player's world). Unless they changed that in GI, I don't follow how it's harder to farm/build characters in HSR.
@@magnaortusars3342 sifting through artifacts isn't really hard in either game. Having less stats to care about can also be a bad thing, as now instead of needing a mix of 4 stats, you are trying to get your rolls on 1-2 specific subs. And characters like Blade want almost every stat. The only characters that are easy to build right now are harmony and abundance imo. Even nihility all want lots of attack, effect hit rate, speed and ERR. Crit is also really good on 3 of our nihility units, but most players can't afford to build into it. I really like the current stat system we have, I just think it is a lot more complicated than artifact farming.
@@TryphectaOGFrom my experience, sifting through artifacts is significantly harder in GI. Getting on set pieces w/ crit stats is intentionally difficult and hitting them is even harder. I only have 1 or 2 pieces in GI w/ above 20% CV while on HSR I have at least 8. Also what? How is having LESS of something to worry about a bad thing? Getting the rolls you want are easier in HSR, again, because you have more resources to farm with. You also aren't region locked or time gated for resources either. Blade absolutely doesn't want every stat or almost every stat. What are you waffling about? The only stats he cares about are HP, CR, CDMG and maybe DEF% or SPD. Virtually every HSR TC agrees w/ that. He doesn't need ER, ERR, EHR or Wind DMG%. Unless you're being greedy and are trying to have some perfectly rolled characters, you can clear the hardest content in the game w/ non-optimal builds. I just cleared MoC 10 last week and all of my characters had 4* LCs (aside from two chars.) and I brute forced the second half w/ two off-element chars. Aside from that, there are several characters in the game that can boost the exact stats you want - TY boosts ATK, DMG, and SPD (can boost SPD further w/ Messenger and can advance forward further w/ DDD, a 4* LC). Yukong can boost ATK, CR AND CDMG. Asta can boost ATK% and SPD, etc... And those are all 4* characters and are absurdly easy to acquire F2P. I could go on, but I'm not. I'm not interested in starting a meaningless flame war lol
My biggest mistake in this game was getting Eidolons on 5 star limited banner characters as a F2P. It severely hurt my account. Yes I saved up and have an E2 Fu Xuan with her sig light cone but now my account is stuck without a good DPS character because I was saving up for so long I decided to skip all the DPS banners. Now I'm stuck in the predicament of spending money for Jingliu so I don't have to go months without a DPS or starting a new account. My advice for new players would be get 1 or 2 good DPS units that can carry you through the games content and then focus on getting support units to support that DPS. Support units are a lot more valuable than DPS units but even my E2 9000 HP Fu Xuan can't keep me alive in simulated universe because I don't have enough DPS to clear the enemies before they kill my Fu Xuan. Im the guy stuck with a F2P Dan hung as a DPS.
Try raising Qingque, Sushang, Dan Heng or Nihility characters, they can fill the Dps role just fine and keep helping you later when you have enough jades for the 5 star Dps you want.
Also, if you still haven't good dps, why did you pull for E2S1 Fu Xuan when E0S0 is clearly enough to solo sustain? Imo, don't pull for eidolons, if you really like a character, just wait for reruns
@@dark-lord-itachi-gojoofthe6166 i aimed for E1 but I got E2 when I was building pity for Jingliu. It was very unlucky I actually lost my 50/50 to gepard at 80 pulls and I decided to do 1 more 10 pull to try to get more Pela Eidolons and I ended up getting the E2 Fuxuan in that 10 pull. Dumb decision. I just started a new account. Will only use the old account to do dailys until I have enough jade to get a DPS to return to it.
I just finally gave this game a chance.. I felt like I didn't really like Genshin (wasn't my kind of game), but I love turn based RPGs! This game so far is surprisingly fun so I'm about a few weeks in. I just wanted to say that I appreciate your examples like with Pela at the 4:40 mark. Right now I'm struggling to try to get any sort of materials to Ascend my characters past Level 40. So this definitely helps. My only complaint with this game is that when I level up my trailblaze trial or whatever, the freaking monsters suddenly jump up like 10+ levels ahead of you. It's annoying trying to keep up, when I just caught up... lol
Appreciate the info! I've been playing for a while and wanted to make a second out and use it as a F2P only account. Thanks for the reminders when I start it again!
You are a legend. This was the video I've been looking for help with. Brand new player and you actually explained things so well not taking info for granted which really helped. Subbed to all your socials cept disco. Looking forward to catching a stream. 5 star video!
Well damn... I just hit the jackpot. Just got Bronya. New to this genre of games. I am so confused about everything. The currency, where to use it, what not to waste, navigating the menu to find what I need. I will say it is fun though, when Im not confused.
Could you also create an updated guide for old players? For example, which domains to farm for stamina efficiency, how to efficiently level units, and what to prioritize first-traces, levels, etc
Finally got my Bronya from the beginners banner !! And I got tingyun and 5 4 star light cones.. I don’t even care it’s on the Asia server 😂. My ps5 account is lucky and pulled Jinglu on a single when her banner came out now I’ll just play save up for a Bronya selector and maybe save for silver wolf and Kafka
Man I got bronya as my first and my second character, then I got welt, bailu and bronyas wep twice, then lost 50/50 to Clara..maybe I’m a lot more lucky than I thought
I'm a genshin veteran like 1.0 player. And came back to HSR . 100% fontaine so I have a bit of free time. Man I felt like I was a level 1 genshin player again. My characters does insanely low dmg. 😂 I even died at world 2 simulated universe(was that what's it called?) Anyway, I'm having fun so far. A bit bitter that I missed Seele rerun and Jingliu. Edit: Came back because saw mei-senpai in the tga trailer.
Started Honkai this week and got welt, and on my first 10 pull I got dr ratio light cone twice. This game has treated me better in the first week. Then genshin with my all my money invested in it lol
Genshin veterans coming to Honkai. Gotta say I’m loving the game so far and I barely got to belobog. I got Bronya from the Beginning banner and currently running Trail blazer Bronya March 7th Pela Any critiques? (I want to pull Jing Yuan, Blade, or Luocha eventually)
My advice is: always double check which banner you're on. I burned a couple dozen pulls on LC banner on accident. I got incessant rain from it so not the worst, but was very lucky
1:36 so I see a lot of people who struggle with this choice of speedrunning the dialogues and getting most resources or reading everything and taking longer to do so. my advice: have two accounts. first get one account through all the content the fastest you can, and then get another where you experience things slowly and in the pace you like most. if you ever spend a bit, do it in the resource-focused one, and make it your objective to be as efficient as you can while not spending absurd amounts of time. once you get to the newest content on your resource-focused account, you will be able to experience things more slowly and naturally without losing anything, so eventually you will have just one account for both things.
This not related to this video but I want to say you have been the only contain creator that legit the only one in genshin and honkai content, creator that is the realist not compare to this older fake copying ur video to make RU-vid funds
so i started a month ago when they gave ratio and got e2 bronya by sheer luck or unluck, twice on standard banner and lost on my kafka :( i was wondering if i should get her lightcone i have almost saved up to buy it from shop but its equivalent to 30 pulls i'm not sure if its worth it as there is past and future.. Also i got Imbibitor with my guaranted cuz i liked the waterpump playstyle but there is a lot of sp management issue with both even with e1 especially as don't have any sp positive sustainer so will it make it better or will sparkle be worth it
One thing I regret is wasting my star rail passes, I was hoping to get seele and bronya , but instead I got some free players and I got two 4 star . The Gerald guy anc the fire witch that starts with a G
I started this game a month ago, TB52 almost TB53 and I used my fuels for relic on Yunli at the behest of a person who had played this game from day one but, now I'm seeing here that it was best used at TB60 for better value...I'm kinda salty about it now. I'm thinking farming in this game is difficult for me not sure who but it's overwhelming to farm materials for 4 characters for a Yunli team when I dont even have two of the characters. Any advice on how to farm properly for 4 characters at a time effectively (or if its even possible) let me know because my player friend seems to think I can do it when I dont think it's even possible to farm for 4 characters with limited resources without it takes months. I feel I'm being trolled and given bad feedback from them....
I want to build March 7th because shes getting her 5 star on March 8th - but I have no idea how much more viable she will be. Based on your knowledge, do you think her potential will rise that much?
I started yesterday and this is a gacha game very different from any other, maybe similar to genshi in a sense. I find a bit confusing and still didnt end what i assume being the tutorial, still inside that space station doing missions and opening chests or finding them.. still dont saw much of the game and im concerned if its like this all the way, but i will wait and see
I sware to god I have no idea why everyone is recommending Pela. Supposably she shareds defense and makes fights easy but for some reasone on my 3 accounts 2 ftp and one ptw she does not seem to do much (then again she is not e4)
I'm a new player on PS5. I was wondering how I could obtain the characters whose banners I've missed? I know that banners eventually cycle back through. However, the game just dropped on my console, so it's not entirely fair that I can't even acquire one 5 star character that I truly want. I want the General with the Thunder God ability.
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