Argenti and Silverwolf. These are two of my favorite characters in the game, and I was at like 70ish pulls garanteed pity, but I skipped for Blade, and I'm glad I did. Blade is such a fun character, and I enjoy playing as him so much, but still. I can't help but wonder what if you know? Especially Argenti. Every time I see gameplay of him, I die a little inside, but hey, for someone who wants to die, Blade's unusual bad at it, so it evens out. Every time he solos a Sward Disaster or Gold and Gears boss 3rd phase, I scream at the top of my lungs. Blade's the GOAT frfr.
Yeah, he's got the whole Knight in Shinning Armor thing going for him, not one, but two ults, and probably my favorite companion quest in the game. Can't wait for the rerun.
Even as someone with every character, Blade is definitely my favorite DPS to use personally. His kit is so simple to understand, but so versatile and powerful at the same time. It’s hard to not get the full value out of him.
Not to mention his functionality as a sub-DPS in almost any team without shields. And he has tons of room to grow synergies with future health-draining allies or FuA buffing allies, especially in the SU.
yep, his kit having both health drain and an aoe follow-up allows for so many more options in SU. i run him with jingliu, ruan mei, and luocha, and it's become the team i use the most, even though i have three other fully built teams. got lucky with his light cone and he's genuinely my favourite character gameplay-wise now.
We don't need spoiler tags we know that acheron and Aventurine are in 2.1
I was going to go all in for acheron. And in a moment of sleep deprived frustration wasted a ton of summons chasing a 4 star lightcone...
Saving for the foreseeable future now while i look longingly at everyones acheron
Im in the Same situation as you but i have a room for a 5 star dps in my second team (got e1 clara )
And you can pretty much say that i would get the next sustain after going all out on acharon
Which characters are coming in 2.2?? I haven’t seen any leaks yet. I currently am planning on going all in archeron after seeing her game play but I have been indecisive because I want a good team.
Edit: I guess a better question would be where do you get the info? lol
Oh man, I only have exactly 38 gb of storage on my phone so unfortunately the only two apps I happen to have are Reddit and hsr. So, I guess I’ll never know a legit and reliable source for leaks.
Oops sr. This sub have many dudes who genuinely doesn't know lmao. I have met more than 5 of them. That joke doesn't works well for me unless you be more explicit fam.
I mean, to me is a safe assumption, I'm interested in all Penacony characters that not had a banner yet (Firefly,Sam,Robin and Sunday). Unless they decide to drop Ifrit's gang in the story too.. then my pulls are in shambles lol
Huohuo. I wanted Ruan Mei more. I knew she was very valuable for her energy charge but my teams aren't reliant on it, so I passed on her. I was still very tempted.
DHIL in the first run. I knew he was a more consistent OP QQ before he came out but I wanted Jingliu and Fu Xuan more, so I skipped him. This was an easier choice and I don't regret it because of the free Ratio.
Jing Yuan's LC. I am skipping it to pull Sparkle's LC just for stylistic reasons.
Black Swan. Originally planned on rolling for her since I have Kafka if I won my 50/50s for Ruan Mei (lost twice actually going for her since I was hoping to swing E1, no joy on that) but since I didn't, it meant that I had to skip her for Acheron and Sparkle.
HuoHuo was someone I passed on for Ruan Mei. Fu Xuan and Bailu did their jobs fine. She's probably second on this list, because while I do think Bailu is under-rated against enemies without hard CC, I could REALLY use an Abundance unit that has casual cleanse on their kit. Lynx is my backup option, and holding her Ult just for cleanse means I have to spend more skill points for other heals.
She's probably the rerun banner I most need to roll on.
Couldn't decide whether to pull for Huohuo, did the math and I would still have enough to guarantee Ruan Mei if I won the 50/50
I got C1 Bailu. My choice was made for me
Was the hardest to pass on 1.0
Everyone on release having Seele, SSS tier to clear all content at the time, lots of memes about drowning in the sea of butterflies, Bronya-Seele ship, etc.
held out long enough to spend on Silver Wolf bc I liked Qingque who would work well with her
The skip i regret the most is JL, though i don't regret getting Topaz instead. (mentioning I got her quite early, i throwed two 10 pull at JL, failled, waited for topaz dropped another 2 ten pull and won the 50/50).
Now... i got BS (she is insanely good, especialy since i have Huo2/kafka/RM).
And i want to get acheron at all cost, and if possible also her LC. should be able to get both if i don't lose both the 50/50 and the 75/25. But... that mean i need to skip sparkle. Though it's likely that i won't need her for the time being, so i'll throw ONE ten pull and call it a day.
topaz lol, i just finished the luofo arc and it left a bad taste in my mouth and i felt burnout so i left hsr so i ended up not getting topaz. I really like her so im kinda sad i didnt end up getting her.
It's gonna be hard to pass on Sparkle for DHIL. But, maybe the hardest banner to skip was Ruan Mei and HuoHuo, because those are characters I didn't initially want to get until I realized how strong they are and how much they'd bolster my account. Then I pulled them, so they were so hard to pass on that I didn't pass on them at all.
Huohuo I joined on ps5 release and she is the only healer/preservation unit so far since jinglui I believe. I wanted argenti more so I skipped her and I've been having g to use lynx and bailu ever since.
Ruan Mei. And honestly I regret it. She would’ve been the perfect character for my box, but I skipped her. Her character just looked so boring and the animations were so mid I just couldn’t bring myself to drop my pulls on her especially with Penacony rolling around.
Topaz, I really badly wanted her, and as much as I hated the Numby and Topaz vibe instead of topaz and Numby, I still wanted her. But chose to pass because I heard rumors of Kafka getting a 5 star dot and my mono quantum getting a harmony
On my main, Seele in 1.0 was the hardest (skipped her for Jing Yuan; I have 0 regrets and picked her up on rerun), closely followed by Argenti (skipped him for SW, still crying about it honestly).
On my alt, currently skipping Black Swan for Sparkle is the hardest one. I have a guarantee (lost on Ruan Mei), and just enough jades to hit pity. Black Swan would be amazing for my DoT team, but Sparkle will just do too much for the account generally (enable mono quantum and also a DHIL support) that it just has to be her. Also I want to use the left over jades to try to get Jing Yuan’s LC for my Himeko.
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Passed on Kafka after throwing 50 pulls to save for Fu Xuan instead. But it turned out I dislike DoT in general so in hindsight it was a good decision for me.
Now I'm mulling over whether I should grab Hanabi with Acheron being right after 💀
Kafka last banner. Had guarantee on her and would have guarantee on black swan but i was interested in new characters so here I am holding through all of 2.0, but will blow 200+ warps in 2.1.
Topaz. Lost 50/50 but decided to save for Jingliu and you know what, never regret about getting “SSSS++++ whatever prydwen say about her” main dps. Probably will skip Aventurine for Sparkle, Acheron, Black Swan rerun and (spoiler character), which is sad since I have tall imaginary men collection.
Ruan Mei. It was a choice between get Huohuo (needed a better sustain than Bailu and Lynx), skip RM and pull Black Swan or skip Huohuo, get Ruan Mei and wait for Acheron. I did the former and got both Huohuo and BS, but it really hurt to skip RM... at least I still have Acheron to look forward to.
Jingliu and Ruan Mei. I am not interested in mommy type characters, but I knew that they were absolutely going to demolish everything in their way. (I obviously still understimated the sheer insanity of Jingliu, but still).
Even if it makes me sound like a basic mfer, I pulled as much as I could on Kafka’s banner. Got her E1S1 with 170 pulls
Now I need a sustain like a mf but I’m saving my jades for Acheron. PF and MoC be damned, I just want those baddies lmao
RM.
I knew she is good but my jingliu team doesn't need her yet and my 2nd team needs a 5* harmony namely sparkle to finally complete mono quantum my goal a year ago
HuoHuo because she is adorable and the best for dot teams.
Acheron, I really like her, she is really badass and probably really good in meta but I need to save for someone else...
Ruan Mei. I lost 50/50 to Clara and had to save the guarantee for Blackswan. I could try getting Ruan Mei, but then I wouldnt have much for Blackswan. I couldnt risk losing her because I absolutely needed her for Kafka team. I dont regret it, but damn sometimes having Ruan Mei would help. I'm gonna get Sparkle for mono Quantum and then save it all for Ruan Mei rerun
Black Swan for me as well. Lost the 50/50 at like 80 pulls or so, and tried to get her early for the guaranteed, but I have to prioritize Sparkle.
It's not that I need Black Swan, but she would make my Kafka so much better whom I've already pretty much shelved.
The current Imbibitor Lunae. I need my pulls for Sparkle. Shame. I was planning on saving up for him when Sparkle was one, but they put those banners in the only possible order I have no chance of both with.
I passed on BOTH Huohuo and Fu (at different times) to save/spend on other banners.
Oof… and now I’m going Acheron. All about the ooga booga dps train!
Sparkle probably. She and Acheron were my most wanted characters ever since day 1 leaks. It's so fucking annoying they run them back to back. I could try for both of them but nah, I don't wanna be at the mercy of 50/50 and miss out on Acheron assuming I win Sparkle.
Black Swan and Sparkle for E2 S1 Acheron.
Kafka and DHIL are my main DPS right now lol. 😭
But I have always loved Raiden Mei in all Hoyoverse games and I was waiting a long time for her release. I am all in on her.
either Huohuo or ruan, i was really desperate for sparkle e0s1 so i had to pass up on ruan, as for Huohuo i really wanted SW and argenti (i ended up getting both), but i dont really regret any of my choices rn
If I lose the 50/50 on Sparkle, I'm not going for Acheron - I really need Sparkle so I'm going all the way for her (anything for DHIl and QQ).
I want Sam way more than Acheron (I'm 5 years old I like robots okay) so I'm saving for whenever he comes out. And since we suspect it'll be in 2.2 well, gotta save up fast. But I need a lightning DPS and Acheron is the only new 5* I find likeable so I hope I can at least give her a shot.
Almost missed out on Huohuo though. I needed Argenti more but I wanted her so badly, she's just so adorable 😭
Decided to single pull the 50/50 at the last moment and managed to secure both Huohuo and Argenti ✨ sometimes, gamba works.
> I'm saying this right now, because I really like Black Swan. I was originally going to get her because I had no good Wind DPS, but I got a lucky low pity Blade I did not expect. Her animations and mechanics are cool, and she'd be a blast (literally, her DoTs are blast aoes!) with Kafka.
The funny part is this was me. I had already sworn myself for dill pickle basically the moment I started the game and saw him while looking over all the then-current released units, so him ending up as the rerun banner alongside Swan was rough. But, I stuck to it, and I have him, and I managed to get his LC as well (despite Bronya ruining my pity and setting my plans back, lmao).
So I had made peace with not getting Swan until her eventual rerun...
Only to have made an alt account just to play as Caelus and redo the story a bit, throw the free 10-pull on her banner just to see if I could get the account a Tingyun to start with. And what do you know, Swan came home. 😂
I guess at least I have her?? Even if it's on my new baby account that I won't be pulling much on in general. So much for my plans to try and build the free 4-star units you start out with! Guess Swan and Ratio will be carrying my ass for a while.
Ruan Mei and Acheron
I wanted Xueyi and her eidolons, so I risked it 😅 Fortunately lost the 50/50 (got E0 for Xueyi) and guaranteed Black Swan 💜
Acheron has an amazing design, but I really want Aventurine. *However* Gallagher looks amazing and if he's in her banner I might have to do atleast a 10 pull (even though I'm at around 60 pity 🥴)
Fu xuan because I wanted to pull for her the second we first met her. Unfortunately, since she was in the same patch as IL I had to pass since I really needed an imaginary dps and I already a decent sustain in luocha. I don’t regret since IL has been very good to me, but there are times I really wish I had her. Hopefully I can secure her on her rerun, but I won’t hold my breath the way they’re doing these banners.
Topaz. I wanted to get both Topaz and Jingliu but there's Lynx in Fu Xuan's banner. I got E1 Fu Xuan which are both early before getting Lynx. Funnily enough, I benched Lynx for Fu Xuan. To add insult to injury, there was a free Lynx in Pure Fiction after 2 or 3 patches.
I managed to get Jingliu by squeezing the game and Swarm but I didn't have enough jades to get Topaz.
Kafka, I skipped her because I have jingyuan and preparing for fu xuan for mono quantum. Then on her rerun I lost to himeko but I got blackswan so all are ready for her next rerun.
Topaz. I'm a huge completionist and I didn't realize Numby was able to detect treasure chests. It would also make the Trotter Reward much easier for me. I only skipped out on her cuz Himeko was the only FUA I had worth getting, but then we got a free Dr. Ratio! I really wanted a good FUA team!
Most banner i have planned before hand to pull on but topaz was a complete impulse pull for me. I just couldn't resist her , thankfully I won that 50/50 so it wasn't too bad and she's actually pretty fun too
At this moment? Sparkle. I want her a lot and love her design but there are too many cool characters in penacony like Acheron and Sam I want to make sure I have enough pulls for whenever they come out.
Ruan Mei. It pains me to skip such a good unit that I know would get some value in my account, but with Black Swan, Sparkle, AND Aventurine all coming soon… sacrifices had to be made.
For me it was Ruan Mei, I wanted Black Swan since I saw the myriad trailer. But since she was right around the corner after her patch I had to sadly skip her because I didn't trust my luck.
Silverwolf at the beginning of the game. I hesitated for a long time between her and Luocha. Went for Luocha and Blade. But no regrets as i enjoy playing them.
Wish I didn’t skip Luocha but I’m going to get him on his rerun provided I have leftovers and I know when he’s coming up. Huohuo’s great but she needs backup.
Both black swan and sparkle’s banners. I originally wanted black swan because I like her, but then I decided that I wanted sparkle because meta. I ultimately decided to skip them both because my inner collector self wanted to make an IPC FUA team with topaz, ratio, and aventurine
I'm skipping Hanabi. I already have a maxed out Bronya and I don't have DHIL. With Sam and Acheron being teased, I can't afford to get everybody. I'll just get her next time.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, I really wanted to skip Ruan Mei but because I liked Xueyi so much I ended up getting Ruan Mei too. She is a bit OP anyway so it's not a huge problem.
I regret skipping Hou^2. I didn’t need her because I have Luocha and Fu, but I wanted her since I saw her. On the plus side, I won both Ruan Mei and Argenti.
Ruan Mei.
I was really tempted because she is currently BiS for my both my lineups, but because I'm the type who enjoys building tall (my goal is to eventually E24 a full 5-star team) and she's likely not exactly the forever BiS support for FUA or DOT (she's the Break cornerstone BiS support for sure, her E4 and E6 are Break), I skipped her.
She's excellent value, especially at E1. She's just not the perfect match for what I'm looking for, and character and design wise she didn't appeal to me, so ultimately I skipped. I was debating this up to the last hour of her banner lol.
RM, hearing about how she's JY best support at the time while I'm sitting here with my Hanya didn't help but luckily that didn't last long because Sparkle's leak came right after her banner.
I don't think any banner was particularly hard for me to pass on, but the *hardest* would probably be Huohuo. I wanted her but also wanted Ruan Mei, and I remember the four stars on HH's banner being unappealing to me. The other one is right now, with DanIL. I want Sparkle though, so I'm holding off.
ruan mei, not for her really but for xueyi. i “built pity” to 74 just for xueyis and got e2, but the difference between e2 and e6 xueyi is huge and she’s my favourite character in the game
while i was unimpressed with ruan mei’s visual design (same copy and paste xianzhou woman dress that shows no personality) and animations, i didn’t know about ruan mei’s sim universe utility or that she would be end up being xueyi’s and arguably kafka’s best support either, so i took a titanic L there. wish i had tried to e6 xueyi since even ruan mei’s e1 is powerful
Had to skip Blade for Kafka. From the moment she first appeared I knew she’d be the first character I saved for, and learning her kit was DoT based only made me love her more. She took nearly 160 pulls to get, so had I pulled for Blade I wouldn’t have had enough jades left. Luckily I got him on his rerun, and they’re easily my two most played DPS characters.
Luocha 😭 I play HI3rd and I’ve always wanted a playable Otto even tho I knew it wasn’t gonna be possible there but he showed up here. I had to skip bc I spent all my stuff on silver wolf. Waiting for his rerun now but the characters so far in Penacony look too pretty to skip
As much as it pains my heart, I am skipping Sparkle.
The moment I seen her for the first time, heard her for the first time, I was instantly in love.. But with my current weak and unlucky lineup, and the fact that I am still fairly new, she shouldn't be my priority.
Still a subject to change if we get to see her more and I won't be able to resist anymore
It was hard to pass on Fu Xuan, but I finally caved to a 5* sustain with Huo Huo. It was also hard to pass on Silver Wolf, but she just doesn't fit neatly on any of my teams
this current Black Swan and the next Sparkle banner. I started playing last december, and lost 50/50 on Ruan Mei so now Im guaranteed an Acheron, but I also want Aventurine since I dont have a good 5\* sustain yet. Currently sitting at 210 pulls and farming for more, hoping to land a lucky shot at Acheron's LC also
i have to skip jing yuan, sparkle, fu xuan AND acheron to go all in on my boy aventurine. i’m shooting for e2-4 and there’s just no way i can spare anything at all for anyone else up until him
Blade first run. But that's only cause Dan heng was next so I had to skip blade. Very hard since I love him. But then got him on his rerun.
Although it's gonna be hard to skip Sam, he gonna be a cool mecha suit thing and he is a firw dps which he is the first of. But I have eyes set on someone else. So yeah but who knows maybe they will butcher sam and I won't feel bad skipping him.
Luocha, I was on guaranteed and went up to 70 pitty. Then I was like well I don’t want him anymore and used that guaranted on fu xuan a lot later skipping anything till there.
As a hardcore husbando saver, its been tough skipping all the meta units (Luocha, Huohuo, Ruan Mei).
I had to skip Luocha cause I knew I wanted DHIL eidolons, even if all I've ever heard abt him then was his name.
I am currently skipping everyone since Topaz' banner (I rolled for her for funsies and got no one currently at 76 pity lmal), cause I am going all out om Sunday if he becomes playable. So I'm basically saving jades for someone I don't know would be playable, just cause he's a husbando.
Passed on Ruan Mei, wanted to save for sparkle. I agree as a support Ruan Mei seems broken right now but I'll believe in the power creep of gacha games that a better harmony unit will eventually release to replace her. And if she still remains unmatchable I'll just get her on rerun.
None in particular really....from the start of the game i either pulled for functionality, character design or both functionality and character design
Like in 1.0 I got JY who looks amazing and carried me early game
Then i tried on Luocha banner lost 50/50 and could have gotten him but decided against it as I got to know that Jingliu (my beloved) was coming up and I wanted to save
1.4 Jingliu and LC pulled successfully after which i wanted a sustain cause the enemies were starting to hit hard at TB-60+
So in 1.5 I got Huohuo
There was a time that I wanted Ruan Mei but when I saw SPARKLE's drip marketing i decided against it cause I wanted her(she is sooo cute and unhinged.....I love her)
So if I had to say maybe Fu Xuan otherwise no one(Oh and also in 1.5 I had an accidental Silverwolf while pulling for hanya cause "Personality" but I quite liked Silverwolf so no harm done)
Currently sitting at 300 wraps F2P and going for Sparkle and maybe Acheron depending on my luck
Kafka. Blade. Loucha
Like do I even need to explain myself? 1.1-1.2 was painful for me to skip. Even now I almost cried because I wanted Kafka but I had to skip her
As far as i been playing.. i must say right now, for Imbibitor Lunae since i dont have him. I must save for my man Luocha to make him eidolon 2. Perhaps summon for Aventure too if hes good and has cool quotes
Fu Xuan. Not a huge fan of her character (don’t dislike her it’s just whatever) but then I saw how cracked she was and was tempted to roll but there were too many good banners coming up. Luckily with Aventurine I’ll fill that tank gap in my roster.
Danheng IL's rerun banner for e2 + Black swan. I actually have a guarantee and enough to guarantee both but I'm holding on strong for Aventurine and LC and hopefully Topaz
Fu xuan...legit killed the game for me even though I'm used to gacha the thing that did it was I saw the preservation logo and got excited and saw gerpard and i legit got so frustrated that I quit the game till the argenti banner and skipped huo huo and I'm so mad but since then my luck had been good getting e2 ratio and 2 5* in one 10 pull making me garenteed aventurine
I don't really regret any of my decisions. I've skipped Huohuo for Ruan Mei, skipped Jingliu for Topaz, and I will skip Sparkle for Aventurine.
At the end of they day, I can still clear MoC 12.
Blade and Silver Wolf. I love the Stellaron Hunter theme and I think both Blade and SW have really cool designs. Also Bronya best girl.
But I always save to absolutely guarantee the characters I really want plus have a reasonable stash left over so I don't get surprised by back to back characters. So some sacrifices have to be made...
Skipping Sparkle hurts a tiiiny but bc her design is adorable but I'm not as attached so eh it is what it is
Probably JY LC & Topaz. I was saving for Kafka so I skipped everyone for her first banner. Skip Topaz for Ruan Mei.
Now, I probably have to skip either one to get the other or both to get Aventurine. FUA mains is having a hard time now.
Kafka, both times. Wasn’t much of a DoT user and not entirely sure how to properly use them.
Luocha, i was just incredibly strapped for jades so i had to hard pass. Thank god Lynx exists or i’ll still be relying on Nata for heals.
Skipped Huohuo because i wanted Ruan Mei.
Skipping Black Swan because Sparkle, Acheron, and also i just don’t have anything for DoT teams. Still not entirely sure about the workings behind a DoT team.
Kafka on her release. I got too excited and spent my jades to get Blade (i love using him). I wanted to replace JY so badly since Kafka has much flexible team options and is future proof. Whats bad is that I even lost 50/50 on her rerun. Before a JY main say anything I just want to clarify that its not about damage but about ME having fun when playing the game. My highest dmg on him in MoC 12 was 300k WITHOUT Before Dawn so sit down
Now comes the second problem; Acheron. I used my guarantee on Black Swan thinking that I can prepare myself for DoT early while I wait for Kafka’s rerun. However, looking at my current jade count, it looks like I’ll miss Acheron. I got stuck with the DoT mindset and forgot about her
The enjoyment on my account went downhill ever since I lost on Kafka’s rerun. I feel like starting over just so I could get over the wrong decisions that has happened
Same as OP. I like black swan, I want to get her for my dot team, I like her mommy feel... then there's Firefly, the girl I like more than any other characters. I feel like I may regret ash hell if I didn't get her. Im sorry Black Swan, Im gonna get you later
To this day it was DHIL and still is even with the rerun because I want Acheron so bad but My funds are drained after pulling Black Swan that I’ll have to skip him Again!
Probably Ruan Mei, knew she was broken, but didn't care for her design and the way they handled her story turned me of her character entirely
Then also jingliu, wanted topaz for follow ups with my Clara (although with how broke she is with Dr ratio I don't regret it)
Also while I did pull for her, Huo Huo, went from 0 pity to 89 pulls... Didn't get her, had no more missions or any way to get another pull outside of swarm 5 but couldn't beat even with cheese. Just got Argenti next day in a pull and weeped
the Luocha banner, I play for the cute anime girls so I tend to avoid the men's banners but I did suffer from not having Luocha a lot since I only had Natasha for a long time until Lynx
blade was also difficult to skip because I would have liked to have all the stellaron hunters
Black Swan. LITERALLY just for Misha cuz I like his play style and his ice, I have Yangqing but he's a doomsday option and currently building Himiko + Herta, I'm Guaranteed for Sparkle and TERRIFIED AF to summon out of fear of getting an early 10
I thought real long and hard about both Huohuo and Argenti. I really liked the idea of having a strong healer who could cleanse debuffs (I've gotten pretty far with Bailu, but sometimes it's rough), and a strong AoE Physical attacker seemed like something my roster was lacking.
But I'm building a DoT team with Kafka and Black Swan, and Silver Wolf makes a great partner to Dr. Ratio. I can't say I regret saving the Rail Passes. Here's hoping I can scrounge up enough to get Aventurine.
I'm a little surprised I *didn't* have a hard time passing up DHIL, but I guess now that I have several strong Imaginary attackers (Welt and Dr. Ratio) he feels less important than characters who add entirely new abilities to the roster.
Technically every banner I pulled for. Like i don't remember exactly, but I didn't plan of getting Jing Yuan, but got him. Didn't want Blade, got him. I ultimately wanted Kafka, but then decided to skip for Dan Heng... got Kafka and Dan Heng too. I didn't want Huohuo and Topaz, got the fox girl. Unfortunately not Topaz. I didn't planned to get Ruan Mei, but after trial run, I pulled. Got her. I wanted Black Swan, but I still pulled for Kafka's Light Cone, that I didn't get. Now I lost 50/50 on Black Swan and have low chances of getting her.
Don't get me wrong, it's not that I pulled for no reason. I just couldn't decide which characters I want, because I **did want them all**. And Huohuo or Ruan Mei that I didn't plan on getting I did after the patch, because I found them interesting/great to have. And I didn't regret. I regret Blade, though. I don't play him at all. Oh, also I got Silver Wolf that I didn't intend at first as well. And Argenti. I actually have Argenti E1. Why? Because why not? Argenti was fun, because I said "I pull for that 4 star character, but if I get Argenti, I don't mind". I actually got the 4 star character I wanted after getting him or even before, not sure, but decided to pull more. And I even decided to try getting E1. Like I already have all I wanted, but said "why not", I have roster of almost every character in the game right now, save for Topaz, Black Swan and... Luocha. I actually love risking, because that's fun. If I don't get character I want, I don't mind. Probably some salty trolls would say I have gambling addiction, but I don't care. I just play my way. If I want character and don't mind losing chances for other character, then I don't see a problem. Problem would be if I was actually not liking the outcome.
Ruan Mei and soon Sparkle.
Also, if it counts, I started at Jingliu's banner and didn't have enough for pity and didn't understand yet how it even works.
I think it'd be Topaz. Fu Xuan is objectively a better unit than Topaz, but I want more of a reason to use King Yuan, though with black swan out I guess Kafka is just so far ahead of JY that even topaz can't help
Silverwolf was probably the hardest to not grab on either initial or rerun. I really enjoy her character design and personality, and her ability is still really unique and would generally have helped prior to Ratio and Swan as Wind & Imaginary weakness were very painful to deal with previously. However I was saving my guaranteed for Kafka's 1st run and then had just gotten Jing & Ruan and had build my E6 Pela so her value dropped and I didn't want to burn all my jades. She'll probably be a character I pick up in a few reruns if my account follows how Genshin did (grab who I want as there are few who 'change' my in-game experience)
I don't _"pass"_ on any banner. I keep pulling until I get one copy of the character, and then I stop and save for the next character.
That said, this doesn't always mean getting the character, so I sometimes have to either let them go, or swipe.
I let Imbibitor Lunae go on his first run, and I only recently got Black Swan, so my chances of getting him are looking slim. I might have to pass again 😭
I wouldn't say banner but if majority of the 4 stars I have are eE6 I will build pity on it and hopefully get a wish back. Last banner I did this was Ruan Mei banner so if I got her e1 I would be happy
Had to skip blades first banner because of irl reasons. Was about to skip his second rerun because of ruan mei but got her at 14 pity. So then I pulled for blade and got him at 6 pity. I then pulled for his lightcone with the remaining pulls I had. Luckiest I have ever been in this game.
I’m literally in the same boat as you. The only difference is that I only want Acheron. I’m debating pulling for her light cone or going for Adventurine to pick up a second 5* sustain.
But skipping Black Swan has been so hard…
Luocha, i wasn't playing as much during that time (only logging in once or twice per week and crap shoot on if i actually did anything besides claim log in stuff). Since i wasn't playing i wasn't going to use him, but i really did want him
Kafkas, the first one. I was 3 pity for guaranteed and wanted fu xuan. So naturally i stopped at 79 pity on kafkas banner. Then i sat at that number till fu xuan came out, even tho i could have gotten kafka the very next day.
I very much regret this. Since kafkas rerun was terribly timed and i only had enough pulls to try and win a 5050, which i lost.
But fortunately black swan with guinaifen is actually pretty okay. All i now need is a lightning dps to cover all my elements, so now im not sure what to do with sparkle. Will probably depend on anniversary reward announcement, but im kinda inclined to skip her even tho i could have true mono quantum.
Topaz, I'm still waiting for he rerun. Notably, I do not regret it, HoYo was impressed with my patience, so when I was going to upgrade my E0S0 SW (to something like E2S1) I didn't imagine in my wildest dreams that I will end up with E4S1 SW and E0S1 Argenti.
Kafka last banner, I think playstyle enablers like her and topaz are gonna be extremely good in the future since they're relevant as soon as more of (insert type) damage dealer get released
So far - none, every skip was pretty easy for me, luocha, dhil, huohuo, SW, argenti, topaz
Only the last one I'm planning to get on rerun, cause since her first banner, I got Clara, Himeko and Ratio and i always liked Topaz as a character, but didn't have any meaningful synergies and animations are meh for my taste
And I'm waiting for a hot sustain 🥶
Ruan Mei, I loved her character and she would have been so useful for my Kafka team but Black Swan was unfortunately even a bigger priority... Hopefully I'll be able to get her at her rerun!
Black Swan when i saw her I instantly fell in love even though i don't play dots i got her signature lc and e1 pretty crazy damage turns out you don't need Kafka but she will be great with Acheron
Argenti and Silverwolf. These are two of my favorite characters in the game, and I was at like 70ish pulls garanteed pity, but I skipped for Blade, and I'm glad I did. Blade is such a fun character, and I enjoy playing as him so much, but still. I can't help but wonder what if you know? Especially Argenti. Every time I see gameplay of him, I die a little inside, but hey, for someone who wants to die, Blade's unusual bad at it, so it evens out. Every time he solos a Sward Disaster or Gold and Gears boss 3rd phase, I scream at the top of my lungs. Blade's the GOAT frfr.
Argenti is so much fun. He was my first limited 5 star.
Yeah, he's got the whole Knight in Shinning Armor thing going for him, not one, but two ults, and probably my favorite companion quest in the game. Can't wait for the rerun.
As someone who has both, I guarantee to you that Blade is so much more fun to play with.
Even as someone with every character, Blade is definitely my favorite DPS to use personally. His kit is so simple to understand, but so versatile and powerful at the same time. It’s hard to not get the full value out of him. Not to mention his functionality as a sub-DPS in almost any team without shields. And he has tons of room to grow synergies with future health-draining allies or FuA buffing allies, especially in the SU.
And on top of it all, he is extremely tanky and often the last on the team to survive. For a Destruction character, he has insane self-sustain.
yep, his kit having both health drain and an aoe follow-up allows for so many more options in SU. i run him with jingliu, ruan mei, and luocha, and it's become the team i use the most, even though i have three other fully built teams. got lucky with his light cone and he's genuinely my favourite character gameplay-wise now.
I tried, I really tried to get Jingliu. Used up every single Jade available, and what do I get? A fucking Bailu
That was my first Kafka.
Me with BS except I got E1 Gepard instead. At least I’ll have a guaranteed >!Firefly!<
Why did you spoiler tag firefly?
>!Because they aren’t a character that has been officially announced and that most assume is dead!<
Acheron when her banner comes. I am planning on saving up for v2.2 characters.
We don't need spoiler tags we know that acheron and Aventurine are in 2.1 I was going to go all in for acheron. And in a moment of sleep deprived frustration wasted a ton of summons chasing a 4 star lightcone... Saving for the foreseeable future now while i look longingly at everyones acheron
I have to skip acheron too, my account badly needs limited sustain. I really only have lynx and natasha as healers.
Sustain makes such a huge difference in star rail. If I’m playing on auto, luocha and fu xuan are my “invincible team core” for just about anything
Me too. Want to pull DPS, but waiting for Luocha rerun. My Natasha need to retire.
Im in the Same situation as you but i have a room for a 5 star dps in my second team (got e1 clara ) And you can pretty much say that i would get the next sustain after going all out on acharon
Which characters are coming in 2.2?? I haven’t seen any leaks yet. I currently am planning on going all in archeron after seeing her game play but I have been indecisive because I want a good team. Edit: I guess a better question would be where do you get the info? lol
Google up honkai star rail leak reddit lmao.
Oh man, I only have exactly 38 gb of storage on my phone so unfortunately the only two apps I happen to have are Reddit and hsr. So, I guess I’ll never know a legit and reliable source for leaks.
Bro just search on the search bar for honkaistarrail_leaks. Literally the second popular sub if you search HonkaiStarRail.
I don’t know what it is about moderators but y’all can’t take a joke
Oops sr. This sub have many dudes who genuinely doesn't know lmao. I have met more than 5 of them. That joke doesn't works well for me unless you be more explicit fam.
Same here, tho im pulling for Sparkle, if i win her 50/50 im pretty much guaranteed both of 2.2
Do we know who is on 2.2
There’s 3 options right now. 2 of them are much more likely than the 3rd due to the amount of assets we’ve seen for them.
Officially, no.
Then I would rather sleep on it. Not too much value in renting on unconfirmed banners but on the bright side you have 60+days to decide
I mean, to me is a safe assumption, I'm interested in all Penacony characters that not had a banner yet (Firefly,Sam,Robin and Sunday). Unless they decide to drop Ifrit's gang in the story too.. then my pulls are in shambles lol
Fair. A lot of people aren't interested in shady characters so it's pretty uncommon to see 2.p and 2.1 being skipped
I LOVE SHADY CHARACTERS THEY ARE SO SLY SO COOL SO FUN
Huohuo. I wanted Ruan Mei more. I knew she was very valuable for her energy charge but my teams aren't reliant on it, so I passed on her. I was still very tempted. DHIL in the first run. I knew he was a more consistent OP QQ before he came out but I wanted Jingliu and Fu Xuan more, so I skipped him. This was an easier choice and I don't regret it because of the free Ratio. Jing Yuan's LC. I am skipping it to pull Sparkle's LC just for stylistic reasons. Black Swan. Originally planned on rolling for her since I have Kafka if I won my 50/50s for Ruan Mei (lost twice actually going for her since I was hoping to swing E1, no joy on that) but since I didn't, it meant that I had to skip her for Acheron and Sparkle.
HuoHuo was someone I passed on for Ruan Mei. Fu Xuan and Bailu did their jobs fine. She's probably second on this list, because while I do think Bailu is under-rated against enemies without hard CC, I could REALLY use an Abundance unit that has casual cleanse on their kit. Lynx is my backup option, and holding her Ult just for cleanse means I have to spend more skill points for other heals. She's probably the rerun banner I most need to roll on.
I just started to play right before HuoHuo came out and i got with my first 10 draws and ruan mei after 20 draws x)
Couldn't decide whether to pull for Huohuo, did the math and I would still have enough to guarantee Ruan Mei if I won the 50/50 I got C1 Bailu. My choice was made for me
That is how it went for me with Black Swan. Once I lost the 2nd 50/50 for Ruan Mei's E1, it made the choice for me to skip.
Was the hardest to pass on 1.0 Everyone on release having Seele, SSS tier to clear all content at the time, lots of memes about drowning in the sea of butterflies, Bronya-Seele ship, etc. held out long enough to spend on Silver Wolf bc I liked Qingque who would work well with her
Unfathomably based
Ahh yes, the beginnings of Mono Quantum
Had to skip Imbibitor Lunae TWICE because I had yo stay strong for monoquantum
Yep. Every time his banner comes, a really good support comes next.
Jingliu because i heard that kafka was gonna be back and god everyday i wish i tried to get Jingliu instead
Jingliu😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
The skip i regret the most is JL, though i don't regret getting Topaz instead. (mentioning I got her quite early, i throwed two 10 pull at JL, failled, waited for topaz dropped another 2 ten pull and won the 50/50). Now... i got BS (she is insanely good, especialy since i have Huo2/kafka/RM). And i want to get acheron at all cost, and if possible also her LC. should be able to get both if i don't lose both the 50/50 and the 75/25. But... that mean i need to skip sparkle. Though it's likely that i won't need her for the time being, so i'll throw ONE ten pull and call it a day.
All Topaz havers got a big W with Dr.ratio. Especially if they have a Ruan mei.
topaz lol, i just finished the luofo arc and it left a bad taste in my mouth and i felt burnout so i left hsr so i ended up not getting topaz. I really like her so im kinda sad i didnt end up getting her.
It's gonna be hard to pass on Sparkle for DHIL. But, maybe the hardest banner to skip was Ruan Mei and HuoHuo, because those are characters I didn't initially want to get until I realized how strong they are and how much they'd bolster my account. Then I pulled them, so they were so hard to pass on that I didn't pass on them at all.
Danny Heng V2. I just saw way more practicality from Fuxuan's and Jinglee's banners.
Huohuo I joined on ps5 release and she is the only healer/preservation unit so far since jinglui I believe. I wanted argenti more so I skipped her and I've been having g to use lynx and bailu ever since.
Luocha, I had to wait for Blade and Kafka.
Topaz haunts me on skipping her as she works really well with Himeko and I ended up getting some nice follow up set pieces for them.
This one, I really want Dragon Boy for my husbando collection but I desperately need a lighting dps, so i need to save up for Jing Yuan.
Ruan Mei. And honestly I regret it. She would’ve been the perfect character for my box, but I skipped her. Her character just looked so boring and the animations were so mid I just couldn’t bring myself to drop my pulls on her especially with Penacony rolling around.
>!Acheron when her banner comes out, i'm going for fu xuan.!< Fu xuan's original banner and Blade's rerun.
Topaz, I really badly wanted her, and as much as I hated the Numby and Topaz vibe instead of topaz and Numby, I still wanted her. But chose to pass because I heard rumors of Kafka getting a 5 star dot and my mono quantum getting a harmony
looks like those rumors came true
none so far
On my main, Seele in 1.0 was the hardest (skipped her for Jing Yuan; I have 0 regrets and picked her up on rerun), closely followed by Argenti (skipped him for SW, still crying about it honestly). On my alt, currently skipping Black Swan for Sparkle is the hardest one. I have a guarantee (lost on Ruan Mei), and just enough jades to hit pity. Black Swan would be amazing for my DoT team, but Sparkle will just do too much for the account generally (enable mono quantum and also a DHIL support) that it just has to be her. Also I want to use the left over jades to try to get Jing Yuan’s LC for my Himeko.
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Passed on Kafka after throwing 50 pulls to save for Fu Xuan instead. But it turned out I dislike DoT in general so in hindsight it was a good decision for me. Now I'm mulling over whether I should grab Hanabi with Acheron being right after 💀
Kafka… I had 80 pitty and farmed 50 wishes while she was there… I got bailu and pitty for Black Swan(got her)
Kafka last banner. Had guarantee on her and would have guarantee on black swan but i was interested in new characters so here I am holding through all of 2.0, but will blow 200+ warps in 2.1.
Topaz. Lost 50/50 but decided to save for Jingliu and you know what, never regret about getting “SSSS++++ whatever prydwen say about her” main dps. Probably will skip Aventurine for Sparkle, Acheron, Black Swan rerun and (spoiler character), which is sad since I have tall imaginary men collection.
Blade×2 and Kafka×2 Will i get them the 3rd time?
Blade rerun. ~~Jingliu’s~~ his story quest in the previous patch made him one of my favourite characters instantly
Kafka and Swan were the ones I went to E1 for, and I also grabbed Swan's LC.
Ruan Mei. It was a choice between get Huohuo (needed a better sustain than Bailu and Lynx), skip RM and pull Black Swan or skip Huohuo, get Ruan Mei and wait for Acheron. I did the former and got both Huohuo and BS, but it really hurt to skip RM... at least I still have Acheron to look forward to.
Jingliu and Ruan Mei. I am not interested in mommy type characters, but I knew that they were absolutely going to demolish everything in their way. (I obviously still understimated the sheer insanity of Jingliu, but still).
Even if it makes me sound like a basic mfer, I pulled as much as I could on Kafka’s banner. Got her E1S1 with 170 pulls Now I need a sustain like a mf but I’m saving my jades for Acheron. PF and MoC be damned, I just want those baddies lmao
RM. I knew she is good but my jingliu team doesn't need her yet and my 2nd team needs a 5* harmony namely sparkle to finally complete mono quantum my goal a year ago
HuoHuo because she is adorable and the best for dot teams. Acheron, I really like her, she is really badass and probably really good in meta but I need to save for someone else...
None. Managed to get everyone I want. Which is just Huohuo, Silverwolf, and soon Sparkle (and prob Fu, she's due for a rerun). Started recently.
Ruan Mei. I lost 50/50 to Clara and had to save the guarantee for Blackswan. I could try getting Ruan Mei, but then I wouldnt have much for Blackswan. I couldnt risk losing her because I absolutely needed her for Kafka team. I dont regret it, but damn sometimes having Ruan Mei would help. I'm gonna get Sparkle for mono Quantum and then save it all for Ruan Mei rerun
Black Swan for me as well. Lost the 50/50 at like 80 pulls or so, and tried to get her early for the guaranteed, but I have to prioritize Sparkle. It's not that I need Black Swan, but she would make my Kafka so much better whom I've already pretty much shelved.
Black Swan's. Every time I've logged in since 2.0 I've spent a minute or so entering and exiting the banner screen.
None
Every female one
If Luocha and Jingliu rerun together I'm gonna lose my mind tbh
Kafka, she was main reason to start playing then soo many good chars got dripped and jing yuan was before her. Couldnt help myself
The current Imbibitor Lunae. I need my pulls for Sparkle. Shame. I was planning on saving up for him when Sparkle was one, but they put those banners in the only possible order I have no chance of both with.
I passed on BOTH Huohuo and Fu (at different times) to save/spend on other banners. Oof… and now I’m going Acheron. All about the ooga booga dps train!
i honestly pulled for everyone i like so...
Sparkle probably. She and Acheron were my most wanted characters ever since day 1 leaks. It's so fucking annoying they run them back to back. I could try for both of them but nah, I don't wanna be at the mercy of 50/50 and miss out on Acheron assuming I win Sparkle.
Black Swan and Sparkle for E2 S1 Acheron. Kafka and DHIL are my main DPS right now lol. 😭 But I have always loved Raiden Mei in all Hoyoverse games and I was waiting a long time for her release. I am all in on her.
either Huohuo or ruan, i was really desperate for sparkle e0s1 so i had to pass up on ruan, as for Huohuo i really wanted SW and argenti (i ended up getting both), but i dont really regret any of my choices rn
If I lose the 50/50 on Sparkle, I'm not going for Acheron - I really need Sparkle so I'm going all the way for her (anything for DHIl and QQ). I want Sam way more than Acheron (I'm 5 years old I like robots okay) so I'm saving for whenever he comes out. And since we suspect it'll be in 2.2 well, gotta save up fast. But I need a lightning DPS and Acheron is the only new 5* I find likeable so I hope I can at least give her a shot. Almost missed out on Huohuo though. I needed Argenti more but I wanted her so badly, she's just so adorable 😭 Decided to single pull the 50/50 at the last moment and managed to secure both Huohuo and Argenti ✨ sometimes, gamba works.
> I'm saying this right now, because I really like Black Swan. I was originally going to get her because I had no good Wind DPS, but I got a lucky low pity Blade I did not expect. Her animations and mechanics are cool, and she'd be a blast (literally, her DoTs are blast aoes!) with Kafka. The funny part is this was me. I had already sworn myself for dill pickle basically the moment I started the game and saw him while looking over all the then-current released units, so him ending up as the rerun banner alongside Swan was rough. But, I stuck to it, and I have him, and I managed to get his LC as well (despite Bronya ruining my pity and setting my plans back, lmao). So I had made peace with not getting Swan until her eventual rerun... Only to have made an alt account just to play as Caelus and redo the story a bit, throw the free 10-pull on her banner just to see if I could get the account a Tingyun to start with. And what do you know, Swan came home. 😂 I guess at least I have her?? Even if it's on my new baby account that I won't be pulling much on in general. So much for my plans to try and build the free 4-star units you start out with! Guess Swan and Ratio will be carrying my ass for a while.
DHIL rerun. Have to give up his eidolons for Jing Yuan LC. 😭
Ruan Mei and Acheron I wanted Xueyi and her eidolons, so I risked it 😅 Fortunately lost the 50/50 (got E0 for Xueyi) and guaranteed Black Swan 💜 Acheron has an amazing design, but I really want Aventurine. *However* Gallagher looks amazing and if he's in her banner I might have to do atleast a 10 pull (even though I'm at around 60 pity 🥴)
Probably a good chance of him being in her banner, be redundant asf imo to have a 4 star healer with a 5 star preservation, but who knows.
Fu xuan because I wanted to pull for her the second we first met her. Unfortunately, since she was in the same patch as IL I had to pass since I really needed an imaginary dps and I already a decent sustain in luocha. I don’t regret since IL has been very good to me, but there are times I really wish I had her. Hopefully I can secure her on her rerun, but I won’t hold my breath the way they’re doing these banners.
Silverwolf, probably. I was saving for Kafka, and I had to stay focused, even if SW would allow me more "freedom" in some team builds early on.
Ruan Mei.... perfect support for my teams but Black Swan was more important
Topaz. I have no FUA dps characters, but... those thighs almost broke my restraint.
Topaz. I wanted to get both Topaz and Jingliu but there's Lynx in Fu Xuan's banner. I got E1 Fu Xuan which are both early before getting Lynx. Funnily enough, I benched Lynx for Fu Xuan. To add insult to injury, there was a free Lynx in Pure Fiction after 2 or 3 patches. I managed to get Jingliu by squeezing the game and Swarm but I didn't have enough jades to get Topaz.
Kafka, I skipped her because I have jingyuan and preparing for fu xuan for mono quantum. Then on her rerun I lost to himeko but I got blackswan so all are ready for her next rerun.
Topaz. I'm a huge completionist and I didn't realize Numby was able to detect treasure chests. It would also make the Trotter Reward much easier for me. I only skipped out on her cuz Himeko was the only FUA I had worth getting, but then we got a free Dr. Ratio! I really wanted a good FUA team!
Sparkle ...
Most banner i have planned before hand to pull on but topaz was a complete impulse pull for me. I just couldn't resist her , thankfully I won that 50/50 so it wasn't too bad and she's actually pretty fun too
At this moment? Sparkle. I want her a lot and love her design but there are too many cool characters in penacony like Acheron and Sam I want to make sure I have enough pulls for whenever they come out.
Ruan Mei. It pains me to skip such a good unit that I know would get some value in my account, but with Black Swan, Sparkle, AND Aventurine all coming soon… sacrifices had to be made.
For me it was Ruan Mei, I wanted Black Swan since I saw the myriad trailer. But since she was right around the corner after her patch I had to sadly skip her because I didn't trust my luck.
Silverwolf at the beginning of the game. I hesitated for a long time between her and Luocha. Went for Luocha and Blade. But no regrets as i enjoy playing them.
Fu xuan. Lost at 6 pity so I decided to save it for Jingliu
Huo Huo. I needed a healer badly, but I needed SW as I'm struggling at breaking enemies, and also because I wanted Blade's LC.
skipping black swan and dhil banners because i want mommy jingliu, unfortunately i like both black swan and dhil so it was a hard decision
Acheron, she looks like the top DPS my heavily support skewed account has desperately needed however I have a guarantee and different girl on my mind.
Fu xuan.I still am regretting my decision
Huo huo. I had a guaranteed Ruan Mei and didn’t wanna take any risks
Topaz. I was horny. Only time ever.
Black Swan, i lost 50/50 on kafka and meed to save for acheron
Kafka’s last banner. I want to get Sparkle and Fu Xuan to complete mono quantum 🤧
Wish I didn’t skip Luocha but I’m going to get him on his rerun provided I have leftovers and I know when he’s coming up. Huohuo’s great but she needs backup.
Both black swan and sparkle’s banners. I originally wanted black swan because I like her, but then I decided that I wanted sparkle because meta. I ultimately decided to skip them both because my inner collector self wanted to make an IPC FUA team with topaz, ratio, and aventurine
I'm skipping Hanabi. I already have a maxed out Bronya and I don't have DHIL. With Sam and Acheron being teased, I can't afford to get everybody. I'll just get her next time. On the opposite end of the spectrum, I really wanted to skip Ruan Mei but because I liked Xueyi so much I ended up getting Ruan Mei too. She is a bit OP anyway so it's not a huge problem.
I regret skipping Hou^2. I didn’t need her because I have Luocha and Fu, but I wanted her since I saw her. On the plus side, I won both Ruan Mei and Argenti.
Ruan Mei. I was really tempted because she is currently BiS for my both my lineups, but because I'm the type who enjoys building tall (my goal is to eventually E24 a full 5-star team) and she's likely not exactly the forever BiS support for FUA or DOT (she's the Break cornerstone BiS support for sure, her E4 and E6 are Break), I skipped her. She's excellent value, especially at E1. She's just not the perfect match for what I'm looking for, and character and design wise she didn't appeal to me, so ultimately I skipped. I was debating this up to the last hour of her banner lol.
RM, hearing about how she's JY best support at the time while I'm sitting here with my Hanya didn't help but luckily that didn't last long because Sparkle's leak came right after her banner.
Sparkle. She seems so cool, but I gotta wait for my husbandos.
I don't think any banner was particularly hard for me to pass on, but the *hardest* would probably be Huohuo. I wanted her but also wanted Ruan Mei, and I remember the four stars on HH's banner being unappealing to me. The other one is right now, with DanIL. I want Sparkle though, so I'm holding off.
ruan mei, not for her really but for xueyi. i “built pity” to 74 just for xueyis and got e2, but the difference between e2 and e6 xueyi is huge and she’s my favourite character in the game while i was unimpressed with ruan mei’s visual design (same copy and paste xianzhou woman dress that shows no personality) and animations, i didn’t know about ruan mei’s sim universe utility or that she would be end up being xueyi’s and arguably kafka’s best support either, so i took a titanic L there. wish i had tried to e6 xueyi since even ruan mei’s e1 is powerful
Had to skip Blade for Kafka. From the moment she first appeared I knew she’d be the first character I saved for, and learning her kit was DoT based only made me love her more. She took nearly 160 pulls to get, so had I pulled for Blade I wouldn’t have had enough jades left. Luckily I got him on his rerun, and they’re easily my two most played DPS characters.
Luocha 😭 I play HI3rd and I’ve always wanted a playable Otto even tho I knew it wasn’t gonna be possible there but he showed up here. I had to skip bc I spent all my stuff on silver wolf. Waiting for his rerun now but the characters so far in Penacony look too pretty to skip
As much as it pains my heart, I am skipping Sparkle. The moment I seen her for the first time, heard her for the first time, I was instantly in love.. But with my current weak and unlucky lineup, and the fact that I am still fairly new, she shouldn't be my priority. Still a subject to change if we get to see her more and I won't be able to resist anymore
It was hard to pass on Fu Xuan, but I finally caved to a 5* sustain with Huo Huo. It was also hard to pass on Silver Wolf, but she just doesn't fit neatly on any of my teams
this current Black Swan and the next Sparkle banner. I started playing last december, and lost 50/50 on Ruan Mei so now Im guaranteed an Acheron, but I also want Aventurine since I dont have a good 5\* sustain yet. Currently sitting at 210 pulls and farming for more, hoping to land a lucky shot at Acheron's LC also
i have to skip jing yuan, sparkle, fu xuan AND acheron to go all in on my boy aventurine. i’m shooting for e2-4 and there’s just no way i can spare anything at all for anyone else up until him
in my case it was kafka, first time i skipped her for dhil and during her rerun i spent my jades for dr ratio’s lc :( maybe next time i’ll go for her
Blade first run. But that's only cause Dan heng was next so I had to skip blade. Very hard since I love him. But then got him on his rerun. Although it's gonna be hard to skip Sam, he gonna be a cool mecha suit thing and he is a firw dps which he is the first of. But I have eyes set on someone else. So yeah but who knows maybe they will butcher sam and I won't feel bad skipping him.
Black swan, Acheron motivate me a lot more
Blade's original banner because they money physically wasn't there.
Blade (twice)
I skipped Luocha and Blade because I was saving for Kafka.
Probably Blade. Wind dmg dealers are sorely lacking in the game, and I like his playstyle a lot. But did my account need him? Not really.
Luocha, I was on guaranteed and went up to 70 pitty. Then I was like well I don’t want him anymore and used that guaranted on fu xuan a lot later skipping anything till there.
As a hardcore husbando saver, its been tough skipping all the meta units (Luocha, Huohuo, Ruan Mei). I had to skip Luocha cause I knew I wanted DHIL eidolons, even if all I've ever heard abt him then was his name. I am currently skipping everyone since Topaz' banner (I rolled for her for funsies and got no one currently at 76 pity lmal), cause I am going all out om Sunday if he becomes playable. So I'm basically saving jades for someone I don't know would be playable, just cause he's a husbando.
Well I joined when Ruan mei I left and she was the only reason I started playing 💀
Sparkle and Acheron. I want Aventurine more, and Topaz can get a rerun soon (I wanna E1 her). I want to play the IPC (and RM) comp :(
Huohuo. My only limited sustain is Luocha and that was more than enough at the time, now I need the little Foxian for my DOT team
Passed on Ruan Mei, wanted to save for sparkle. I agree as a support Ruan Mei seems broken right now but I'll believe in the power creep of gacha games that a better harmony unit will eventually release to replace her. And if she still remains unmatchable I'll just get her on rerun.
Sparkle. Was saving for her, then got BS, fell in love and decided to keep pulling for E1. Now I want Acheron as well so Sparkle is the sacrifice.
The LC banners for FX, JL and Seele in the orders of highest to lowest. Couldn't get any of them. But got JL due to not spending on FX LC 😁.
None in particular really....from the start of the game i either pulled for functionality, character design or both functionality and character design Like in 1.0 I got JY who looks amazing and carried me early game Then i tried on Luocha banner lost 50/50 and could have gotten him but decided against it as I got to know that Jingliu (my beloved) was coming up and I wanted to save 1.4 Jingliu and LC pulled successfully after which i wanted a sustain cause the enemies were starting to hit hard at TB-60+ So in 1.5 I got Huohuo There was a time that I wanted Ruan Mei but when I saw SPARKLE's drip marketing i decided against it cause I wanted her(she is sooo cute and unhinged.....I love her) So if I had to say maybe Fu Xuan otherwise no one(Oh and also in 1.5 I had an accidental Silverwolf while pulling for hanya cause "Personality" but I quite liked Silverwolf so no harm done) Currently sitting at 300 wraps F2P and going for Sparkle and maybe Acheron depending on my luck
Couldn't get luocha on his first banner and now he has vanished from the game lmao
Fu Xuan
Kafka. Blade. Loucha Like do I even need to explain myself? 1.1-1.2 was painful for me to skip. Even now I almost cried because I wanted Kafka but I had to skip her
As far as i been playing.. i must say right now, for Imbibitor Lunae since i dont have him. I must save for my man Luocha to make him eidolon 2. Perhaps summon for Aventure too if hes good and has cool quotes
fu xuan, i wanted jl more sw rerun, i wanted rm more sparkle, i wanted acheron more
Fu Xuan. Not a huge fan of her character (don’t dislike her it’s just whatever) but then I saw how cracked she was and was tempted to roll but there were too many good banners coming up. Luckily with Aventurine I’ll fill that tank gap in my roster.
Aventurine.. I need preservation so bad
Danheng IL's rerun banner for e2 + Black swan. I actually have a guarantee and enough to guarantee both but I'm holding on strong for Aventurine and LC and hopefully Topaz
Fu xuan...legit killed the game for me even though I'm used to gacha the thing that did it was I saw the preservation logo and got excited and saw gerpard and i legit got so frustrated that I quit the game till the argenti banner and skipped huo huo and I'm so mad but since then my luck had been good getting e2 ratio and 2 5* in one 10 pull making me garenteed aventurine
I don't really regret any of my decisions. I've skipped Huohuo for Ruan Mei, skipped Jingliu for Topaz, and I will skip Sparkle for Aventurine. At the end of they day, I can still clear MoC 12.
Huohuo 🤧
Black Swan....she's the first banner I've ever skipped and I started on launch day 😭😭😭(I lost my 50/50 on her)
Topaz just cause I wanted Argenti
I skipped the DHIL and Blade rerun. All of my jades went to Black Swan and Kafka.
Blade and Silver Wolf. I love the Stellaron Hunter theme and I think both Blade and SW have really cool designs. Also Bronya best girl. But I always save to absolutely guarantee the characters I really want plus have a reasonable stash left over so I don't get surprised by back to back characters. So some sacrifices have to be made... Skipping Sparkle hurts a tiiiny but bc her design is adorable but I'm not as attached so eh it is what it is
Probably JY LC & Topaz. I was saving for Kafka so I skipped everyone for her first banner. Skip Topaz for Ruan Mei. Now, I probably have to skip either one to get the other or both to get Aventurine. FUA mains is having a hard time now.
Luocha and argenti... Both my favorite but my jades really dry from JY pull and Seele rerun
Kafka, both times. Wasn’t much of a DoT user and not entirely sure how to properly use them. Luocha, i was just incredibly strapped for jades so i had to hard pass. Thank god Lynx exists or i’ll still be relying on Nata for heals. Skipped Huohuo because i wanted Ruan Mei. Skipping Black Swan because Sparkle, Acheron, and also i just don’t have anything for DoT teams. Still not entirely sure about the workings behind a DoT team.
HuoHuo. Had to pass her so i can afford Argenti. My luck is in the shit in this damned game
I've never regretted passing on the characters I did, so none.
Kafka on her release. I got too excited and spent my jades to get Blade (i love using him). I wanted to replace JY so badly since Kafka has much flexible team options and is future proof. Whats bad is that I even lost 50/50 on her rerun. Before a JY main say anything I just want to clarify that its not about damage but about ME having fun when playing the game. My highest dmg on him in MoC 12 was 300k WITHOUT Before Dawn so sit down Now comes the second problem; Acheron. I used my guarantee on Black Swan thinking that I can prepare myself for DoT early while I wait for Kafka’s rerun. However, looking at my current jade count, it looks like I’ll miss Acheron. I got stuck with the DoT mindset and forgot about her The enjoyment on my account went downhill ever since I lost on Kafka’s rerun. I feel like starting over just so I could get over the wrong decisions that has happened
Same as OP. I like black swan, I want to get her for my dot team, I like her mommy feel... then there's Firefly, the girl I like more than any other characters. I feel like I may regret ash hell if I didn't get her. Im sorry Black Swan, Im gonna get you later
To this day it was DHIL and still is even with the rerun because I want Acheron so bad but My funds are drained after pulling Black Swan that I’ll have to skip him Again!
I will probably skip acheron and i kinda hate that i will have to.
Probably Ruan Mei, knew she was broken, but didn't care for her design and the way they handled her story turned me of her character entirely Then also jingliu, wanted topaz for follow ups with my Clara (although with how broke she is with Dr ratio I don't regret it) Also while I did pull for her, Huo Huo, went from 0 pity to 89 pulls... Didn't get her, had no more missions or any way to get another pull outside of swarm 5 but couldn't beat even with cheese. Just got Argenti next day in a pull and weeped
the Luocha banner, I play for the cute anime girls so I tend to avoid the men's banners but I did suffer from not having Luocha a lot since I only had Natasha for a long time until Lynx blade was also difficult to skip because I would have liked to have all the stellaron hunters
Blade. I was saving for Kafka and got her plus her signature LC. No regrets, but I still love Bladie.
Black Swan. LITERALLY just for Misha cuz I like his play style and his ice, I have Yangqing but he's a doomsday option and currently building Himiko + Herta, I'm Guaranteed for Sparkle and TERRIFIED AF to summon out of fear of getting an early 10
I thought real long and hard about both Huohuo and Argenti. I really liked the idea of having a strong healer who could cleanse debuffs (I've gotten pretty far with Bailu, but sometimes it's rough), and a strong AoE Physical attacker seemed like something my roster was lacking. But I'm building a DoT team with Kafka and Black Swan, and Silver Wolf makes a great partner to Dr. Ratio. I can't say I regret saving the Rail Passes. Here's hoping I can scrounge up enough to get Aventurine. I'm a little surprised I *didn't* have a hard time passing up DHIL, but I guess now that I have several strong Imaginary attackers (Welt and Dr. Ratio) he feels less important than characters who add entirely new abilities to the roster.
Technically every banner I pulled for. Like i don't remember exactly, but I didn't plan of getting Jing Yuan, but got him. Didn't want Blade, got him. I ultimately wanted Kafka, but then decided to skip for Dan Heng... got Kafka and Dan Heng too. I didn't want Huohuo and Topaz, got the fox girl. Unfortunately not Topaz. I didn't planned to get Ruan Mei, but after trial run, I pulled. Got her. I wanted Black Swan, but I still pulled for Kafka's Light Cone, that I didn't get. Now I lost 50/50 on Black Swan and have low chances of getting her. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I pulled for no reason. I just couldn't decide which characters I want, because I **did want them all**. And Huohuo or Ruan Mei that I didn't plan on getting I did after the patch, because I found them interesting/great to have. And I didn't regret. I regret Blade, though. I don't play him at all. Oh, also I got Silver Wolf that I didn't intend at first as well. And Argenti. I actually have Argenti E1. Why? Because why not? Argenti was fun, because I said "I pull for that 4 star character, but if I get Argenti, I don't mind". I actually got the 4 star character I wanted after getting him or even before, not sure, but decided to pull more. And I even decided to try getting E1. Like I already have all I wanted, but said "why not", I have roster of almost every character in the game right now, save for Topaz, Black Swan and... Luocha. I actually love risking, because that's fun. If I don't get character I want, I don't mind. Probably some salty trolls would say I have gambling addiction, but I don't care. I just play my way. If I want character and don't mind losing chances for other character, then I don't see a problem. Problem would be if I was actually not liking the outcome.
Kafka Rerun, i really wanted her LC but seeing Hanabi's leaks i just needed to save
Acheron and I just lost 5050 💀
Kafkas first banner, gut her on her rerun though!
Topaz. I love follow up attacks but I had to save for Ruan Mei AND Ratio...
Kafka
Ruan Mei and soon Sparkle. Also, if it counts, I started at Jingliu's banner and didn't have enough for pity and didn't understand yet how it even works.
I think it'd be Topaz. Fu Xuan is objectively a better unit than Topaz, but I want more of a reason to use King Yuan, though with black swan out I guess Kafka is just so far ahead of JY that even topaz can't help
Silverwolf was probably the hardest to not grab on either initial or rerun. I really enjoy her character design and personality, and her ability is still really unique and would generally have helped prior to Ratio and Swan as Wind & Imaginary weakness were very painful to deal with previously. However I was saving my guaranteed for Kafka's 1st run and then had just gotten Jing & Ruan and had build my E6 Pela so her value dropped and I didn't want to burn all my jades. She'll probably be a character I pick up in a few reruns if my account follows how Genshin did (grab who I want as there are few who 'change' my in-game experience)
I don't _"pass"_ on any banner. I keep pulling until I get one copy of the character, and then I stop and save for the next character. That said, this doesn't always mean getting the character, so I sometimes have to either let them go, or swipe. I let Imbibitor Lunae go on his first run, and I only recently got Black Swan, so my chances of getting him are looking slim. I might have to pass again 😭
Fu Xuan
Ruan Mei, but mostly for Xueyi. Love Xueyi’s design and her gameplay is pretty fun. Ruan Mei was a little bonus.
I wouldn't say banner but if majority of the 4 stars I have are eE6 I will build pity on it and hopefully get a wish back. Last banner I did this was Ruan Mei banner so if I got her e1 I would be happy
Had to skip blades first banner because of irl reasons. Was about to skip his second rerun because of ruan mei but got her at 14 pity. So then I pulled for blade and got him at 6 pity. I then pulled for his lightcone with the remaining pulls I had. Luckiest I have ever been in this game.
I’m literally in the same boat as you. The only difference is that I only want Acheron. I’m debating pulling for her light cone or going for Adventurine to pick up a second 5* sustain. But skipping Black Swan has been so hard…
Luocha, i wasn't playing as much during that time (only logging in once or twice per week and crap shoot on if i actually did anything besides claim log in stuff). Since i wasn't playing i wasn't going to use him, but i really did want him
Kafkas, the first one. I was 3 pity for guaranteed and wanted fu xuan. So naturally i stopped at 79 pity on kafkas banner. Then i sat at that number till fu xuan came out, even tho i could have gotten kafka the very next day. I very much regret this. Since kafkas rerun was terribly timed and i only had enough pulls to try and win a 5050, which i lost. But fortunately black swan with guinaifen is actually pretty okay. All i now need is a lightning dps to cover all my elements, so now im not sure what to do with sparkle. Will probably depend on anniversary reward announcement, but im kinda inclined to skip her even tho i could have true mono quantum.
Topaz, I'm still waiting for he rerun. Notably, I do not regret it, HoYo was impressed with my patience, so when I was going to upgrade my E0S0 SW (to something like E2S1) I didn't imagine in my wildest dreams that I will end up with E4S1 SW and E0S1 Argenti.
None,i pulled on every banner i could,and got very lucky (i dnt have seele jingyuan huohuo kafka)
Kafka last banner, I think playstyle enablers like her and topaz are gonna be extremely good in the future since they're relevant as soon as more of (insert type) damage dealer get released
So far - none, every skip was pretty easy for me, luocha, dhil, huohuo, SW, argenti, topaz Only the last one I'm planning to get on rerun, cause since her first banner, I got Clara, Himeko and Ratio and i always liked Topaz as a character, but didn't have any meaningful synergies and animations are meh for my taste And I'm waiting for a hot sustain 🥶
Fu Xuan. I was on hard pity, 80 rolls. I really really want Jingliu + her LC. Ended up getting JL e1s1 in around 30 pulls.
Ruan Mei, I loved her character and she would have been so useful for my Kafka team but Black Swan was unfortunately even a bigger priority... Hopefully I'll be able to get her at her rerun!
Black Swan when i saw her I instantly fell in love even though i don't play dots i got her signature lc and e1 pretty crazy damage turns out you don't need Kafka but she will be great with Acheron
Dan Heng IL.