Dr. Ratio: A Free Unit That's ACTUALLY Good? - Gameplay/Ability Analysis | Honkai: Star Rail 

Small correction (Ty to comments for pointing it out): ratio’s ultimate is not classified as a debuff it’s just an “effect”.

Three words, *Genshin could never*

As others have mentioned (before the re upload) he was probably made without intent of being free and balanced around being just another limited 5*, so him being really good isn’t a surprise

Dr Ratio achieves things that Aloy would never ever achieve: 1. Being a viable character in the meta that synergies with other units. 2. Being a limited 5 star that has a possibility of a rerun in the future so we can get eidolons This is insane for a free unit. Although I tempered my expectations and are anxious of what HSR's anniversary will be like, i have full confidence in the HSR devs with how generous they are. We will definitely vote for this game in the Game Awards in 2024.

I have been in desperate need for a dedicated damage dealer and an Imaginary unit, so getting Dr. Ratio for free is a godsend. I have prefarmed most of the resources for him. I'm probably going to use him with Pela mainly. It is encouraging to see Erudition and Hunt getting cool units let alone getting one of them as a gift.

I decided early on that follow-up damage was my primary playstyle, hence why I immediately grabbed Topaz and Numby. And I still don't have an Imaginary DPS. Dr. Ratio being free is like some kind of gift directly to me from Mihoyo after all my years of pain 😂

A misconception is that he was made to be free. He wasn’t, he is a typical limited 5 star that we were given for free so him being a good unit isn’t really that surprising

People are always comparing Aloy and Dr. Ratio because they're free. But what people don't realize is that Aloy was made because Genshin became available in the Playstation. While Dr. Ratio was not designed to be free but became one because of HSR winning a lot of awards. Both are free but because of different reasons.

Im so glad the free 5 star was a beefy tall handsome guy whos actually really strong, i still have to wait like 10 hours but im planning on going for his lightcone mainly just for the art, itll be my first signature if i get it, next i hope to get jing yuans, good luck anyone trying to get eidolons and lightconesss!!!!

As a lot of comments already said, Ratio was made with sales in mind. But since HSR won an award, they gave him for free, possibly to shake genshin players into trying HSR out too. I guess they sacrificed the sales for his banner for that advertisement, also since 2.0 is gonna release anyway. What is a better way to start/ get back to the game

This is exactly why I pulled for topaz! Her ability to buff follow up attacks felt just like Kafka's ability to enable DOT teams

I thought the reupload was correcting the bit about triggering his ultimate Follow up attack. He cannot trigger his follow up attack twice in one turn. Wise Man's Folly's Follow up attack only triggers when other teammates attack the target and will not trigger if Dr Ratio attacks the enemy.

Didn't thought he would be this fun to play he is extremly fun to play as he just throws a choke for every follow up the animation is soo fun to watch.

Wait I thought- do I have dementia?

If you are new/f2p you can use Pela, she has 3 debuffs... 2 def reduction and ice shredd. Pela is so good she fits in almost every team.

Just a small piece of advice for everyone who doesn't have any of the limited debuffers: Pela is workable for Ratio she only provides 1 or 2 debuffs if e4 by herself but if you have it she can also use resolution shines as pearls of sweat for another debuff. Similarly Guinaifen is arguably the best 4★ debuffing support for Ratio. She innately provides burn and firekiss for 2 debuffs to start, if you have her e1, which like ratio's lowers eff res, she gets a 3rd and resolution LC can be a 4th. Of those 4 burn is the only one that doesn't directly buff Ratio, but it's there so she can stack firekiss and, if she's built for it, also provides some non-negligiable damage.

Just a small correction, his ultimate doesn’t apply a debuff. It count under the category of “other effects”

Ratio is probably hunts biggest comeback after being overshadowed by erudition, probably because of pure fictions release. The way hoyo designs hunt characters now needs to be more intricate than seele, as she is just damage with resets (not saying that's bad, she's very good). Ratio has good game design (except the kinda lackluster eidolons) and I'm gonna really like him

Just imagine on Star Rail's anniversary, Will be able to get a free limited five-star 😳

2:32 L + ratio deals 420

Oh, Vars, your new Channel logo is SLICK. League Vars also looks good, but this channel's just looks fantastic!

I am confused of the exact reason of re-upload, but after using Ratio with my own build, created Ratio team consist of E5 Yukong + E2 Welt + E0 Luocha, I am satisfied with his gameplay, my Welt can apply 5 debuff and 6th debuff from Ratio, Yukong crits buff from Ultimate and Luocha as team sustain.

Does anyone know the name of the background music he's using? I think it's megaman OST but I don't know which one

I’m so glad he’s free.. I spent to get Argenti and got worried if I didn’t have enough time to save up stellar jades for Dr. Ratio because I also want Ruan Mei. So when I heard Dr. Ratio was free I was over the moon, I also won my 50/50 and got Ruan Mei 🙏. All I have to worry about is to get his light cone 😍

Dr Ratio has the Best Name in Hoyoverse History

Nihility and hunt are my favorite damage paths so this is great for me

Thank God I pulled for Topaz, Silver wolf on her rerun and HaoHao💙

From the moment I played him as trial in the story mode, I knew, HE was the one. I'm a sucker for imaginary men so I may have been biased but the fact that I felt good using despite not knowing shits about his gameplay is just... *Chef Kiss* I'm saving for another character though so maybe when he gets a rerun, I'll get his light cone

Why the double upload? Strange

Thank god I was able to get Ruan Mei and Sliver wolf for my first limited banner characters Though im sand that I didint get Xueyi and but instead got E6 March 7 XD

SW usually apply 6 debuffs: 3 bugs, 2 skill (weakness and all res shred) and ulti

I pulled for silver wolf because she is cool, not realizing she would be good with another one of my new favourites, Dr L + Ratio. Lucky me. Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention that I got SV and Ruan Mei at around 35 pity, without losing any 50-50’s.

Do Guinaifen's Burn, Firekiss, and Slurping Noodles During Handstand all count as unique debuffs? If so, thats a quick and easy way to get 3 debuffs from just 1 character.

When do you get the unit? Has it been distributed yet?

name a more iconic duo than vars and reuploads

A good combination I found is Black swan with Ratio. I gave her "Resolution shines as pearls of sweat." This means with a skill use she applies arcana, def reduction and 60% chance of a snare. So with just 1 skill use she can make 3 people have an 100% chance to get the L from Ratio and also increase the damage they take. Plus she can use her ultimate for an extra debuff on all enemies, in case you miss the 60% chance.

I have now one good question. Dr Ratio + Welt in one. Viable or troll?

Legends know this is a reupload.

Is this a reupload? Istg I've seen this video a few hours ago

Fun fact: Dr. Ratio is called "Dr. Wahrheit" in German, wich translates back to "Dr. Truth"

Imagine if HSR dev team already cooking just for this moment They be like "oh, look at this graphs. It seems like we're gonna win the game awards" And then someone says "Right, you know what? why don't we name this character with something funny so that we can mock the other games when that happens in the future? lmao" Other: "YES" Then they win the award and pull up the chad move: FREE RATIO FOR EVERYONE (who played HSR) Gosh I love HSR more and more

i mean, i STILL havent gotten a decent imaginary damage sphere for my Lunae

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oop why the reupload?

I'm gonna bench E2S1 Dan Heng for him, grandpa needs to rest after doing overtime at Swarm, Gold and gear, and MoC. Dr. Ratio with Topaz, Ruan, and E1+Bailu is fun

It's time for my E2 topaz to shine hehehehe

Is he still available?

Who should I build/use ? Seele or dr ratio Or like who’s better??

Did he re-upload this?

I think I will go for this team: Run May - L+Ratio - Topaz - Hou Hou

reupload? dr. ratio is still so nice.

Just built my Ratio to lv 70, 52/153 crit, lv 6 traces on skill, ult, and talent with all bonus traces unlocked. He managed to clear swarm lv 5 with path of elation with ease. I know he was good, but that's just ridiculous

The Jing Yuan slander is crazy 😭

I just started playing yesterday.

Ah shit, here we go again

2:35 funny number damage

Glad they took a page out of their other sister game, Honkai Impact 3rd, and gave us a free pretty good/strong character

As someone without Topaz, Ruan Mei, or Silverwolf. I see this as an absolute loss

New to HSR lost my 50/50 to YangQing and got Himeko on standard Guess Ill build Dr.Ratio since these standards are not so good 🙂

5:32 did that trash mob survive a fucking 300k dmg crit?

It dosnt matter if he's meta( He is ) his character is extremely good. Good and unique design and free aswell. Even if he wasn't free, He'd still be a solid fun character.

It's not like I didn't _try_ to pull for Numby, because *Numby,* but that's what reruns are for~

As an E3 Silver Wolf owner, I approve this message.

They should have swapped his skill and basic attack animation. I just want him to be whacking enemies with a book than that triangle-thingy.

Can everyone stop acting like Dr Ratio and Aloy are comparable situations? One was a last minute decision and not made with the idea of ​​being free, the other was a collab with Playstation as a small bonus to celebrate the launch of the game on the console. Using a character that was never intended to be high level just as a reason to make fun of Genshin is just annoying and shows that most people are just looking for a reason to start arguments.

He is probably the strongest welfare unit ever given in gacha history, he is the strongest dps in the game by a landslide and modt of the future characters arent dpses to begin with (heck most actually make him even better) People forgot that he wasnt MADE to be given for free and was made as a strong 5 star dps carry lol It baffles me that HSR actually gave something as insane as him to players like this

Mono-imaginary... All I'm saying. Can't wait to build him up later today.

I'm sure he's a good character however I have yanqing and he is all I will ever need (I know I'm biased)

Why the reupload

Topaz main eating good today

This constant need to compare Genshin and HSR is already getting on my nerves. Every time something cool comes out you just see the two communities trying to throw each other under the bus, and content creators just adding fuel to the fire to gain engagement. Seriously, once HSR's anniversary comes out, you're going to see more people using it as an excuse to badmouth Genshin than enjoying the event itself

Seele's Resurgence buff isnt a 1.8x dmg increase. It is treated as a damage bonus similar to quantum dmg boost and dmg boost from bronya E.. As the dmg formula is: Total Atk x Skill Multiplier x (1+ total Damage Bonus) x (1+ total crit dmg) x Def Multiplier x Vulnerability Multiplier (base at 100%) x Res Multiplier (also base at 100%) x Toughness Multiplier (default of toughness multiplier at 90% and becomes 100% when enemies are weakness broken). So a true final dmg increase would be Vulnerability and Res Pen.

Regardless of how good Dr. Ratio is, I'm only gonna level him for the warps. I'm only gonna use this C U N T if he has more character development

my fellow Topaz-havers we are eating GOOD 🙌🙌🥰

Re-release?

i heard that furina fix aloy cause her pet aoe attack trigger her bombs

Unfortunately, I don't have any of the five stars that work with him. Sigh.

I LOVE FREE EDUCATION

Don't pick on me but I had 20 pulls to get a 5 star weapon trying to get Topaz. But got Dr Ratio on that 20th pull. No regrets, I wanted him from the rip.

the answer of if ratio is good or not is simple: what he is capable of is just how youd expect from him if he was never given to all players for free. So pretend he was just released, but he wasn't given for free. You decide to roll for him, get him, and put his build on. His performance is impressive, and you are content. That is how ratio is. hes a good hunt unit, does what hes meant to do, and when given the right supports, hes unbeatable, though his playstyle is a bit niche just as any other follow up character is. The fact hes free just means everyone gets this impressive unit, hes definitely not disappointing and its a shame people glorify him/ shit on him simply because hes free. Hes a 5 star imaginary hunt. the playstyle of a hunt follow up attack unit is what should be expected, and with high investment he will deal impressive numbers. honestly im more impressed by him than i was by kafka during her release. DoT isnt for me, but i love jing yuan, blade, and i also love ratio so i guess im a follow up attack lover. Ratio is a great unit for fellow follow up enjoyers

He’s cool

funny how you assume i have Silverwolf, Topaz or Ruen mei...

Grateful but we need a free 5 star waifu pls. Hehe

Can someone count how many times he says debuff 😂

THE JING YUAN SLANDER WILL NOT BE TOLERATED (They did my man dirty 😭)

"I dont care who wins as long as Genshin players lose" -Every other videogame comunity

US TOPAZ MAINS MADE AN INVESTMENT AND ITS PAYING OFF BIG TIME

somehow, he is good lol I did not have any imaginary dps, dude is a godsent

what i learned after building and using ratio: With topaz and signature LC, he's stupidly OP. Without topaz and and on a F2P LC, he's mediocre.

As someone who's got lots of free S rankers in Honkai Impact 3rd i'm not impressed or surprised. Don't get me wrong, i'm happy, it's just i expected a free 5 star like this since the game's release.

2 Errors, his Ultimate does not apply a debuff, Secondly he cannot proc his own ultimate follow-up marks.

HAHA “even if he was jingyuan’s level” lmao mid yuan moment

Honestly I’m pretty sure they designed Ratio as an actual limited five star, and weren’t planning on giving him to everyone from free until Star Rail won Mobile game of the year, in which case they went “How can we thank the players for this?” How about make the newest limited five star who isn’t a waifu free?” And everyone went “Brilliant.” Which is probably why he doesn’t feel like a free unit, he wasn’t designed as one.

"If a 5 star is obtainable for free, is It really a 5 star?" -me

L + Ratio for people who didn't pull for topaz😂

How is Topaz not actually a hunt character……

I Pulled for Topaz cuz Thighs Now im Glad i have her for Ratio

Do people really believe that Dr.Ration being free is out of the devs goodwill? I mean it's Mihoyo guys it's not the first time they get in a situation like that and to everything to fix it....

I think he is meant to be an L+Ratio to the Genshin dev team for not winning this time lol.

Title of Video: why everyone should use Veritas. Question: what if you dont like him?