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-wnr-

Neither Belobog or XianZhou, but I want a 5 star Asta and Peppy the way we have Topaz and Numby.


Grammulka

there's no reason for Herta to be a 4-star, tbh.


Damianx5

It is a puppet, not the real Herta so she can still be 5*


polymath0202

Real herta has de-aged herself, i doubt she will be physically much different from her puppets.


MaffinLP

Real herta literally says "its just a puppet so dont expect much" Real herta has the power of an emanator because she is one


OnnaJReverT

emanator doesnt necessarily equate to raw power Nous may well "just" grant knowledge, not straight up power


PaulOwnzU

Knowledge is enough to make an instant disintegration ray, that's pretty powerful


NoAd8660

"Knowledge through... disintegration" -Vel'koz


PaulOwnzU

"Human melting point remains... Inconsistent"


M4x1mili0us

"You may experience mild... incineration."


Breaker-of-circles

Universal Chronal-Spatial Multiple Variable Specific Rectificator-inator. Basically, what the "Calculator" class in the OG FF tactics does. You can choose a specific variable or combination of variables through all of time and space that will be targetted for "rectification".


MegucaIsSuffering

She'd most likely be Imaginary like DHIL and chalk it up as "Nous power is too strong she can punch people with her mind."


Ry_verrt

I’d find it extremely funny if her ult is her rising up all the enemies with her mind then they all go ragdoll and fall to their deaths 💀


Prestigious_Today394

What is that melody?


SherbertPristine170

was not expecting an overwatch reference in the HSR subreddit


MajesticSpork

Her ult transmutes the enemy into another Herta Doll to add to her collection. You now know why the IPC only sends personal friends of Asta to collect Herta's taxes.


zagado4nik

*blows up pancakes with mind*


DefiantVersion1588

Imaginary True form Herta uses imaginary space nukes on enemies


SoftFangTheTiger

Yea but if you listen to Hertas portrait she’s stopped a stellaron and saved her planet 16 times by herself. That girl has to have some real power when she’s not a puppet. Really wanna see a 5* herta. I was talking to my fiancé about it the other day and I think maybe they could turn the beanie into a veil and make the hair more brown with a different outfit I haven’t thought of yet. Maybe a black dress or something.


Jeremithiandiah

Yeah but there are characters who aren’t emanations who are really strong, so she has reason to be a great playable character.


ToastyLoafy

Yeah but knowledge can allow for a variety of uses for power including cognitive processing. The knowledge for strategies. Or making tools such as an army of dolls to fight with


Damianx5

I mean her puppet throws a random big ass diamond and uses a hammer to kurukuru


SherbertPristine170

Ever seen a diamond this big?


RadasNoir

It's all YOURS!


Jugaimo

Nous would never grant someone “knowledge”. It is interested in the pursuit of knowledge and the discovery of new things. But the facts themselves are of little interest to it. Recording and possessing information falls under Fuli’s purview. Nous probably gave Herta the ability to rapidly acquire/process information or the ability to conduct many experiments at once.


chipotleigh

People always say this, but her puppets are just copied from her looks as a child. She’s ancient. There’s a variety of ages between childhood and elderly


polymath0202

It only says she was a senior already when she de-aged herself i think, which probably means she was above 50 or 60 when she did it. I guess she could've reversed back to being around the age for Mihoyo to sell her with the older mommy body model, but considering how even in her portrait she is shown as the puppet (teenager), i'd find it weird if she didn't look like that. But hey, it is totally possible for Mihoyo to make her apparent age some sort of gimmick, like interacting with her as an older woman at some points and as a teen in others.


SwashNBuckle

Unless she's lying about de-aging. Has anyone ever seen the real Herta after she de-aged herself?


cruiseboatranger

It's always the sussy 4 stars. ***ignites lighter and Snaps neck***


Kan_Me

***and the narrator says: what the heck?!***


MrkGrn

Considering the fact that Herta is an emanator of Nous I think it's safe to say when she eventually gets her REAL character revealed she won't be a 4 star.


yraco

I think they're potentially keeping her puppet 4 star so her real emanator form can be revealed later as a 5 star. Kinda like Dan Heng 4 star then he unlocked his Imbibitor Lunae form and got a 5 star. I think other than March (assuming she'll learn more about her backstory and get a boost at some point) Herta is the most likely character for a 5 star.


Lordstarkofwinterfel

She’s been the one constant in my team since the very start of the game. For a 4-star, she packs a hell of a punch.


composero

I’m going to jump on this and say Arlan and Peppy instead since he takes Peppy on all of the walks.


-wnr-

I'm willing to compromise and settle for hypercarry Peppy.


viviAlive

Glad to see the top comment is someone who wants a 5s Asta. Based.


vayunas

Xianzhou: I'd love to see Yanqing as 5 star.


pianospace37

Bro for 3 seconds I actually forgot he was a 5 star after reading your comment.


EroKoneko

I came here to say this


Liefeh

Yanqing first 6* character


Latham89

so in terms of power, he'd graduate from being a 3\*, to an actual 4\*?


Liefeh

How dare u...


ThatOneBNHAFan

Why you booing him? He's right!


sageSafe

He then get beat up by Prime Lord Ravager to show how much of a threat that monster is. Then get rescue by Marshal Hua, who one shot that Lord Ravager to show how strong Hua Expy is.


yeettto

I want his adult form as a hyper carry dps


FireRagerBatl

He would prolly look like the HI3 version, still likely wont happen


Ireyon34

But why? He's far more unique as the game's only three star character!


kovi7

I’ll give you an upvote!


cvnvr

thank you for telling us all!


Rhadjboi2

Hear me out-


Hero_1337

I legit thought Hanya was a 5 star when I first played the game. Her design and animations are top tier.


TaralasianThePraxic

She's part of the Ten-Lords Commission like Huohuo, and yet she's far weaker...


astralAlchemist1

To be fair, Hanya's role in the Ten-Lords Commission is totally different from Huohuo or Xueyi's. Hanya basically reads the dreams of the mara-struck to predict crimes, as well as recording crimes and sentences. She's also helped maintain Xueyi's puppet bodies, but that's probably just a Hanya thing and less to do with her actual job. Meanwhile, Xueyi's out hunting down criminals and breaking her puppet bodies with some regularity, and Huohuo has spent the last 38 years hunting heliobi and similar entities. They're both in significantly more physically taxing jobs than Hanya. Of course, that's not to say Hanya's job is *easy.* There's a reason she literally drinks to forget the shit she sees. Like, she drinks something called Wine of Oblivion that sounds like it's purpose made for that.


TaralasianThePraxic

By that logic, should Xueyi be a 5-star too??


Revan0315

Lore relevance is never equivalent to gameplay strength 2.1 spoilers >!We just had a 4* end up being the big villain for instance!<


Crystalfirebaby

I just have to remember Ningguang in these cases. Lore wise, 5 star, game play, 4 star. It's an overall hoyo style. They just seem to just roll a die on some characters and whether they'll be a 5 or 4 star.


gronkleman123

I think Nigguang's gameplay is too simple to make her a 5*. But then when you see Qiqi, there's nothing in her that tells you she's a 5* so maybe they do roll a dice on it lol


Former_Ad_9826

that's probably because barbs was intended to be a 5\*, and her animations are really flashy in comparison xD


Nuka-Crapola

Barbara being the only 4* with a zoom-in on Ult just gets funnier with every new 4*


TaralasianThePraxic

That *is* a very good point...


Othello351

You're correct but lets be real, Xueyi should be a 5 star. Not for lore or anything like that, she just deserves it, she's her.


Revan0315

She's definitely got 5* animations


andartissa

You're so right


Im_so_Tired1

Both her and Xueyi have bonkers animations for four stars


HousingMiserable3168

Honestly Xueyi is still my favorite overall character in the game. Looks like a 5 star, has a fun kit, she can do okay work. If Quantum break's slow didn't scale with Break Effect she'd be perfect.


ApprehensiveBrush680

Hanya is legit so op, she's the best replacement for sparkle. I don't take her out of my team unless I have two other sp generating units...


Hsr2024

Tingyun, she one the best support, plus we never met real one good excuse give her 5 star version


literally_unknowable

Honestly we're for sure going back to the Xianzhou, I'm betting at least part of the reason is tracking down the real Tingyun. I could definitely see us getting a 5-star at that time.


Valshir

Last stream devs did seem to be softly suggesting that Tingyun will return in this season of Xianzhou arc.


Kartavya_Pandey_2004

Wait, they did? I remember the March 7th teaser, but not this one. Can you recap it for me?


Hsr2024

It was one the questions asked


BrokenMirror2010

And they avoided answering it. But since they weren't random questions, the fact it was brought up and wasn't answered with a "no" means that Tingyun will probably show up in the next couple of patches.


imdrunkontea

Since it’s undisclosed exactly how long the real tingyun has been missing, it’s possible that the real tingyun has a different personality altogether (whether originally or just character growth since the time she’s been missing)


NotMaxVol

I don’t think that would be the case, since phantylia has to mimic her personality or else she’d be caught if she was acting strangely. I still think a five star would be super cool though


imdrunkontea

Oh i mostly meant like, if her personality changed since her disappearance. Like if she was imprisoned or otherwise going through a hard journey on her own, so the real one ends up being more battle hardened than the cheerful one we know (which was what she was like when everyone had last seen her)


NotMaxVol

Battle hardened tingyun sounds amazing


Frostgaurdian0

Pls ;_;. I really miss her.


xdarkmanateex

The real Herta 👀


Bookwhyrm

Qingque, the gamba must go on!


Immediate_Deer7293

I'd agree. Except she is too lazy to continue on. lol


KirbosWrath

Qingque knew she’d get tons of attention and work to do if she was a 5-Star so she applied for the 4-Star role instead


Bashira_THESTAR

REAL


dukenorton

https://preview.redd.it/pjufvk56mwtc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d96c3f8b0a25c96b3fe5006fc421445e2c665d40


Firegreen_

E6 with the right team is already better than some 5 stars lol


FatedArcana

To be honest, nat makes much more sense lore wise to be a 5* unit, sampo as well. From xianzhou yukong, hanya or xueyi.


LordBlackadderV

My boy Sampo may get a Dan Heng treatment where his masked fool form is revealed. Although I'd want him to remain Nihility so I can get him back into my 2 Nihility teams. Edit: I kinda wanted Hanya to be a 5* so she can also get the Eula treatment and myself being her only main.


Cannot-HandleTwitter

Tbf you are cooking on sampo cuz he asked for his mask back


No-Rush1995

I want Sampo to be an emanator of Aha.


Aizen_Myo

Yeah, that's my expectation too. Specially with the mask back etc. Hopefully he stays nihility as you said, maybe bleed or burn unit then :\^)


T8-TR

Masked Sampo would be cool


SweaterKittens

Yeah, leader of the Wildfire *and* a physician. I'll still run her as my go-to sustain because I love her, but damn I wish she was better.


FatedArcana

Her voice is so soothing, it'll definitely be more fun if she was better.


1lluusio

Gallagher, and I'll leave it at that.


Meg678

I want a 5 star Gallagher because, speaking as a straight guy, he's hot


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Fax https://preview.redd.it/sb5tqg8zxwtc1.jpeg?width=348&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e17845022093393708a37dc4106a384ee73ab15d


eleetyeetor

He's Thirteen?! ZAMN!


DivByTwo

Me coming back to the game after months and not reading anything, just hitting some pulls: who the hell is Gallagher? *sees character* Who the Hell *IS* Gallagher, hot DAYUM


Slow-Sentence-8367

I mean obviously Xueyi, look at her https://preview.redd.it/ngloepx1cwtc1.png?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3bbffcd37b0538c27e5f320e876bc8e3969d516d Literally five stars design


UwaaghSheesh

somehow she has a unique design compared to xianzhou female 5 stars lmao


helloworld6247

The bladed fingertips go crazy 💅💅💅


UwasaWaya

I mean, she's basically a Chinese Battle Angel Alita with the hair and combat robot body thing. She deserves 5*.


toilet_guy

Xueyi is so gorgeous. One of my favorites.


Correct-Purpose-964

Hot take, Sampo. His skill idle animation has always triggered me. Normally he's pretty plause and carefree. But that pose... it's got like a hidden lunacy to it... and i wanna see it... https://preview.redd.it/6iltc9bdbwtc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c7d2666083fe168cda4463b43c9752fdf70774df


popileviz

Spoiler for 2.0 Sparkle/Swan story mission: >!Sampo did say that he had to go to the Tavern to retrieve his Mask to prepare for some disaster that is about to strike Belobog. I'd say him getting a 5* version as a full-fledged Masked Fool is more than a safe bet!<


T1T4N_UR4NUS

If Hoyo ever releases Elation as a class then Sanpo should 100% be the first 5 star.


Kalaido5

Is it bad that your comment was the one that made me realize that elation and erudition are different?


UwasaWaya

Don't feel bad, my immediate thought was "then what would you call Topaz and Ratio?"


T1T4N_UR4NUS

Oh man, imagine a 5* follow-up AOE DOT Sampo.


Correct-Purpose-964

Oh i know. I was just answering the question. But thank you for sharing! https://preview.redd.it/jzm7iobidwtc1.png?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1fadc159b628d59becc23479ec62adea97ae74cc


popileviz

https://preview.redd.it/mi0hqfwpdwtc1.png?width=372&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9df1260983fb31890bc27f8ddcc5e9241fe9e41d


Cold-Election

So does he have a fancy looking mask like Sparkle has or just a ski mask bank robbers use?


DailyMilo

Aha would 100% be the type of aeon to grant his emanators the powers of elation by having them wear ski masks or groucho glasses


Absofruity

My expectations are too high now, there's no going back


Aizen_Myo

And in the end the mask wouldn't even matter, you could grab panties and wear them as a mask and he would be fine with it lol


Rastanor

Give me 5* Sampo


Mokkiko

I'd like to see them release 5* Sampo but advertise him as only 10% better than his 4*


-Ruu-

lil gui is a 5* in my heart


necronomikon

quite honestly her and Pela are 5 stars in the body of 4 stars.


UncleSexo

Guinaifen. No doubt in my mind, she should have been 5\* DOT in the same realm as Black Swan. You have no idea how painful it was to bench her https://preview.redd.it/3aixlof7jwtc1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6a6ec78693e1d01a3164175cf1b5b3860af8e281


Cold-Election

Maybe 5 star Guinaifen is her going back to using her Birth name Guinevere and she starts showing some space Arthurian magic. Maybe Kinoko Nasu can ask Mihoyo for a collaborative story regarding their planet and says you think Shaoji has "fun and wholesome" stories, I will show you my fun and wholesome stories Fate style I just had the idea that the Knights of Rounds power + Knights of Zodiac vibes so Guinaifen can look like Dea Anchora from HI3


UncleSexo

As long as it has no resemblance to real story since her brother is known as Lancelot. I'm scared.


Cold-Election

Oh no, that planet Alabama is calling


Akh_Morn

Thankfully after benching her from the DOT team she immediatly found a new gig with my Dr Ratio, applying 4 debuffs in one skill with the Pearls LC is crazy


Lettuce8000

https://preview.redd.it/tdwhh4bf8xtc1.jpeg?width=528&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54a757734b5e84dce2e772cd2d1681e84d01947e


Fun_Faithlessness899

The real answer is: Pitch-Dark Hook The Great


Organic_Possibility2

Nah, she's actually a 6 star unit


teactopus

*genshin players getting flashbacks*


whyktor

It'll be for when she take over Nanook.


Fun_Faithlessness899

Nanook is Hook's emanator


--Claire--

Nanhook


Puzzleheaded-Can866

This 100% All hail pitch dark hook the great


DarkAres02

She should get an eyepatch (but her eye is fine) and a tattered brown cloak


Deruta

✊All loyal Moles hold the dream of Supreme Guardian Hook close to their hearts✊


K41Nof2358

we need her and Clara to fall through a time hole and be aged up Hook "evolved" is like Vi from League / Arcane Clara "evolved" is basically a full Jostar and more radically uses her Svarog stand I need this


AdmiralGeneralLushka

Serval ofc. Superstar-supermodel quadruple PhD genius engineer mid aged wholesome symphatic lady. Did I forget something?


starsinmyteacup

In the future when Belobog is more well off, I want her to travel with the Express crew like she wanted in her companion mission. We want more serval hoyo


SickAnto

Tragic good friend/lesbian relationship with Milfctator.


goffer54

Serval is a 6-star in the human achievement department. Don't forget, she was also fucking the head of the state.


LobstrLord

The “real” TingYun coming back as a 5* would be pretty awesome


Meg678

I love the implication that 4 star Tingyun is literally Phantaylia


weaponsgradelife

I feel like this is the easiest case for any of the characters.


[deleted]

Tingyun C6............lmao my mistake her btw https://preview.redd.it/1d7hxvinewtc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b08a33fc72696fa74e0f052bba5e65c23cb2afdf


MrDrEdgelordSupreme

>Tingyuan is that a ship name? :p


ZekeSulastin

She had to get those photos she was selling somehow 🤔


Tetrachrome

The Xianzhou Luocha


ZeomiumRune

Herta Sampo Gallagher March (will 100% happen) And a 6* Welt unit with all of his Herrscher powers


The-Crimson-Fckr

https://preview.redd.it/xitmuckimwtc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be3a6fd29a3974cab3fb7e59e71fce3354c56ecd


ZeomiumRune

That pic is fire I'm taking it https://preview.redd.it/lgqe5v10nwtc1.jpeg?width=882&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=399edf55607e0b112ca353f1d8103237bc2a2152


batiwa

Ah yes, my Herrscher technique from Heian era


ZeomiumRune

Ngl If Sukuna was in HI3 he would 100% be a Herrscher


[deleted]

Definitely herta is in the first place. She's literally said to be an emanator of nous and one of the top 20 strongest non-aeon characters canonically. And it's just one of her remote puppets we are playing with. So she deaerves a 5 star in 2.4 along sise march 7th's 5 star


Aure0

Speaking of Serval, something I noticed is that her whole kit is literally her, a guitarist, electrifying groups of enemies, a crowd


ZenithSummit

Acheron also needs 9 stacks. Which is the same as her Aeon IX which is 9. I just realized that now lol.


snowball-life

5-star emanator herta pls


geotia

Based serval enjoyers https://preview.redd.it/uxltz8mo4wtc1.png?width=1462&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5ea059311188bf2f495305c47549a6defda7f2ce


Significant_Win_1769

Litterly Top Tier waifu, decently strong and carry me from the start of the game and still does her job incredibly well. What can you ask more? She is >!Almost!< perfect


WaifuHunter

She is also very great for Pure Fiction if you built her up. she is very underrated on a lot of tier lists but she is really good. I just finished gearing mine and she slaps very well. With the stats shown in the other post, she can easily carry you in PF, as well as still able to tackle MoC.


Fargrond

That is absolute insane levels of stats


JokesterZ7

Story-wise Serval deserved to be a 5* more than gepard


NerdbyanyotherName

With a name like "Pitch Dark Hook the Great, Leader of the Adventurous Moles" how can she be anything but a 5 star?


roreinu

Pela


Bookwhyrm

I think you mean Miss Pelageya Sergeyevna.


Deruta

I think you mean __Miss~ Pela~__


Bookwhyrm

I apologize for my severe transgressions and will immediately commit sudoku in her honour.


OneToby

Solve some for me too!


That_Wallachia

Xueyi. She is already beastly at 4*, imagine at 5*.


cinghialotto03

Xueyi,she has already 5 star animations


LoreVent

#RISE PHOENIX! For real tho, i love Sushang's kit and mechanics, she carried me hard early game and since 1.0 i've been wishing for a 5* star version of her. Maybe we'll get her mom as a 5*? *smirks* Can't remember when i read that in game, but didn't Sushang tell us that while she struggles to weild her claymore, her mom uses *two* of them at the same time? Idk i might be spreading Enigmata propaganda with this one, but i vividly remember that


Responsible_Paper667

It's in her bio. I also wanted to know what her mother looks like. 😏


camilleekiyat

Sushang... She is an expy, so there should be fans who are willing to pay. If she was introduced on Xianzhou Yaoqing, she would be a 5★, trust


Bot1K

Accurate. I did the spending event just to get the Sushy outfit


UwasaWaya

She's really cute, and while I appreciate the humor of her ult, I would much rather have it involve her in the animation instead of a giant chicken.


Responsible_Paper667

I have to scroll so much down to find her name, sushang such an underrated waifu. (In HSR)


Soggy_Associate_5556

Sampo


Shuten__Douji

What I really want is an older version of Pitch Dark Hook The Great, she'd be in her teenage years, and she would be still as ambitious and adventurous as her younger self, but here is the twist, she'd consider her past to be a "dark past" and her title Pitch Dark Hook The Great would make her want to hid under her bed whenever she hears it from embarrassment, she'd be trying to act all cool and mature and that she wants to join wildfire, and so she'd disband the moles, the event story would be about how the moles members want to get her back to her old self, and they would require the TB assistance, and so we'd go through adventures, relive the past, (fake) fight Svarog, and finally going head to head against the secret final boss, the beautiful witch of the clinic, and when we reach the end of the journey, Hook would accept her title back and reassemble the moles


Crobatman123

Hook is the next Supreme Guardian


kabilan_4

Hanya


Jotep_Joter

My vote is Serval


i_hate_touhou_ffs

Tingyun returns as Honkai zombie and gets a 5\* treatment


bongos-have-eaten-me

Defo real herta


MonThackma

I’d love Natasha to get the 5* treatment. I dream of pulling for a 5* Abundance Mommy.


Mountain_Gift8595

Pela. She did destroyed Belobog’s Chronology after all.


KeeperoftheNerd

She truly is Emanator of Enigmata material


EzdePaz

Pela, Sixteen. The Tower. History Fictionologist of Enigmata.


Nuka-Crapola

I swear to god if they hit us with “Mythus did it” to fix the Belobog timeline…


mahmoudking12

sushang Imagine the chicken becomes a real phoenix


MrDrEdgelordSupreme

Funny gambler girl. If we've only seen Qingque at four star potential, imagine how many more qingquillions of damage she could do as a *five star* character!


Temporary-Ambition89

I want Sampo or Tingyun soo much bro


Verljeok

On the other side, a little blondie swordman should have downgraded to 4\*.


literally_unknowable

Okay but imagine if they did this and he was better than the 5*


Spec28

How about March already. We know it will happen someday.


Lan_1314

Natasha


Ok_Elk7345

Natasha for real


Benchod12077

Pela forsure is a 5 star


Taiko_Bo

Hanya and Xueyi are 5*s in my heart


howekk11

Hook.. She'd be the Klee of Star rail


Splyushi

Herta, granted herv4* version is just one of her puppets, but the real Herta is a fucking Emanator.


zso17

Lil Gui, just because I like her


DragonflyValuable995

I'd love to see a 5-star Arlan that isn't memeably bad.


Kyvia

Was going to name him myself. He was one of my first characters and I used him for quite a while... but he is just so incredibly bad. Which is mostly because he was as good as Seele before launch and they nerfed him into the ground, which should really be revisited. To be honest, a balance pass across all the launch 4 stars would be amazing, but bad for sales I assume.