During the 1.4 special program for Honkai: Star Rail, HoYoVerse shared some details on the upcoming new characters who’ll be in the game. It had previously shared teasers of them on Twitter. Jingliu and Topaz will be the new limited five-star characters, and Guinaifen will be a new four-star. They will be on the new banners, and the Seele banner will also return in this update.
Jingliu will be an Ice Destruction unit. Like Blade, she uses a stance system. After she uses her Skill or Ultimate, she gains stacks and when she gets two, she enters the Spectral Transmigration state. During this state, she enhances her ATK and can only use her Skill. She also consumes HP from all other allies, increasing her ATK based on how much they lose.
Topaz will be a Fire Hunt character. She can debuff an enemy with her Skill, which increases how much DMG they take from follow-up attacks. She can also cause follow-up attacks using Numby using her Talent. Her kit looks like she can work very well with an Erudition character. Topaz can also summon Numby on the field to help her look for things and gain extra Credits after battles. She can also use this to gain random Curios in Simulated Universe.
Guinaifen will be a Fire Nihility character. She throws firecrackers at enemies that cause Fire damage and can inflict Burn. She also has a chance to passively inflict Firekiss on the enemy after they take damage from a Burn. Firekiss causes enemies to receive increased damage.
As for the 1.4 banners for Honkai: Star Rail characters, Jingliu will be in the first half, while Topaz will be in the second. Seele will also re-run during the second half of the patch. Qingque, Sampo, and Tingyun will be the rate-up characters in Jingliu’s banner. Meanwhile, Guinaifen, Luka, and Sushang will be in the second phase.
Honkai: Star Rail is readily available on mobile devices and Windows PC, and 1.4 will go live on October 11, 2023. That’s also when the PS5 version will come out.
Published: Sep 29, 2023 08:05 am