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on March 2, 2026
Michael Lin: Yes. So we have engaging characters in the game, one of our fortes at the company is we build these characters that are very engaging and very relatable to players. My favorite character is called March 7th. March 7th. That's a character name. [Laughs] She is one of the earliest companions you would meet in the game. She's very relatable, she's very cute, as you can see from the pink hair. And as you can see from her name, she's full of mysteries. You will get to know why she's called March the 7th as you progress in the g
**Honkai: Star Rail ** is a new turn-based, space fantasy game where players must travel across planets to uncover answers about a great evil threatening the universe. The title comes from HoYoverse, the developer behind the massively popular games Genshin Impact and Honkai Impact 3rd . Just exiting its final run of beta sign-ups earlier this month, Honkai: Star Rail is slated for release some time this spr
Character designs are gorgeous. Unsurprisingly, HoYoverse has already managed to stock Honkai Star Rail with a roster of equally appealing, well-designed heroes that will tax players’ willpower and wallets, if they’re so incli
Michael Lin: Yes. So one of the worlds that you get to visit site in the game is called the Xianzhou Luofo, which is a battleship or station for one of the alliances of the factions in the game called The Xianzhou Alliance. The whole environment of the game is based on Eastern fantasy, it's really hard for us to show it to you without the screen in front of us. But as soon as you play the game, you immediately see why that is. And we're using fantasy, we want to call it silkpunk, because it really adheres to the fantastic elements that really show in the g
The hero follows the Erudition Path in Honkai: Star Rail ’s combat system . This means that she specializes in hitting multiple targets at once with AoE (area of effect) attacks, and her skills certainly reflect that. She is also one of the few Fire characters in the game as of Version 1.0, making her extremely valuable for facing some opponents that may be weak against the element. With the proper build for Himeko in Honkai: Star Rail , her powers can be substantially increased, to the point that her optimization makes her indispensable in most team comps – mainly by acting as a secondary DPS that supports the team with damage out
Read the books you find. Honkai Star Rail ’s universe is pretty complex right from the get-go, with lots of unanswered questions swirling within the first half hour of its introduction. Picking up books and reading the lore is not just interesting, but essential to fully understanding some of the sci-fi elements at play h
The playable characters in Honkai: Star Rail are divided into two distinct tiers: 4-star and 5-star. 4-stars are the most common type of hero and are easier to obtain in the gacha system. In fact, some of them are even given out for free, as was the case Serval, handed out after the final beta subscriptions surpassed a certain goal. 5-star characters, on the other hand, tend to have better stats and skills than most 4-stars but they are much harder to obtain. Below is a list of all 27 confirmed Honkai: Star Rail characters and their respective ti
The main stats of March 7th's Relics and Planetary Ornaments in her Shield build should all focus on DEF%. When combined with Eidolon level three, this will make March 7th's Counters potent and her shields sturdy in Honkai: Star Rail . A Frozen build has more variety, however. Her Body Relic would focus on Effect Hit Rate, while her Feet would benefit from ATK%. Her Planar Sphere would give an Ice DMG bonus, and her Link Rope could be either ATK% or Energy Regen R
Another option is Hunter of Glacial Forest because it boosts general ATK, but it is not slightly as good as the previously mentioned Relic set. Himeko is a very straightforward attacking character in Honkai: Star Rail and the stats players will want for her Firesmith of Lava Forging Relic set are mainly ATK, a good balance between CRIT DMG and CRIT Rate, and, whenever possible, Fire DMG. This is the ideal stat priority for Himeko’s best build in Honkai: Star Ra
As a 4-Star character in Honkai: Star Rail , it will be easier to collect March 7th's Eidolons than for a 5-Star character. However, if players are working towards a Frozen build, they'll only have to worry about getting Eidolon level three. Level one restores 6 Energy to March 7th when her Ultimate Freezes a target. This will allow players to activate her Ultimate more frequently and continue Freezing enemies until they fall. Level three will boost her Ultimate by two levels for a maximum of Lv
Sadly, all the other Preservation Light Cones available in Honkar: Star Rail at launch do not apply to March 7th's kit. Some involve healing the wearer or allies, while others include directing attacks toward the wearer. Since March 7th wants to attract enemy fire to other characters, this would actually be detrimental to any of her builds. If players don't have one of March 7th's preferred Light Cones, they should make do with one of the 3-Star Light Cones like Defe