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Honkai Star Rail Version 1.2 features the debut banner of Blade in the first half. Is rolling for Blade worth it? Find out here.
Why You Should Roll for Blade
Blade is a 5-star Wind Destruction, whose kit centers around consuming his own HP to buff his own damage and healing back up via his Talent. He has great scaling with Max HP, and enhancing his Basic Attack at the expense of HP also turns it into a blast that scales with Max HP.
His Ultimate sets his HP to 50%, and can be used to either heal him or add another stack towards his Talent. At E0, Blade is already an amazing unit but of course, having more Eidolons and his Signature Light Cone can help a lot. More information about his kit can be found below or here.
Blade has great synergy with Bronya and Luocha, turning him into an absolute unkillable powerhouse if both are present in the party supporting Blade.
It would be a good idea to roll for Blade for the following reasons:
- You like his character design
- You like his gameplay
- You don't mind putting in a lot of investment
- You want a flexible, strong DPS.
- You want a stable unit for endgame content.
- You are not interested in the upcoming Honkai Star Rail 1.3 banners, Fu Xuan and Dan Heng Imbibitor Lunae.
Why You Should Not Roll for Blade
For the min-max players, Blade's best party-mates are hard to get, especially Luocha. Blade's healing on its own is not enough to keep him alive most of the time, and Luocha's automatic healing is great at mitigating this weakness of Blade. If you want to make the most of your Blade, Bronya and Luocha are almost necessities.
The amount of investment that he requires may also be a turn-off for some players. Rolling for him also means less fund for the upcoming Kafka banner.
You probably shouldn't roll for Blade if:
- You don't like his character design
- You don't like his gameplay
- You don't want to invest
- You want to min-max him and you don't have Bronya and/or Luocha
- You would rather roll for Kafka
- You would rather roll for the upcoming Honkai Star Rail 1.3 characters, Fu Xuan and Dan Heng Imbibitor Lunae
Honkai Star Rail Version 1.1 Second Half Banner
The Blade debut banner is live now, and will be up until August 9th, 2023.
The rate-ups for the Blade banner are:
- Blade (5-star Wind Destruction)
- Arlan (4-star Lightning Destruction)
- Sushang (4-star Physical Hunt)
- Natasha (4-star Physical Abundance)
Light Cone Banner rate-ups:
- The Unreachable Side (5-star Destruction)
- A Secret Vow (4-star Destruction)
- Swordplay (4-star Hunt)
- Shared Feeling (4-star Abundance)
Blade
“A member of the Stellaron Hunters, and a swordsman who abandoned his blade.
Pledges loyalty to Destiny's Slave, and possesses a terrifying self-healing ability.”
Blade is a 5-star Wind character in Honkai: Star Rail, following the Path of Destruction. Blade's kit allows him to deal damage and sustain himself in battle. He's capable of outputting a lot of damage, whether against one enemy or multiple targets. Although his kit has healing, a strong healer is still heavily recommended to keep him going especially in long fights.
Blade Skills
The values below are at lv. 1.
Basic Attack – Shard Sword (Single Target)
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- Deals 50% of Blade's ATK as Wind DMG to a target enemy.
- Energy Regeneration: 20
- Weakness Break: 30
Skill – Hellscape (Enhance)
- Consumes HP equal to 30% of Blade's Max HP to enter “Hellscape.”
When “Hellscape” is active, his Skill cannot be used. Increases his DMG dealt by 12% and enhances his Basic ATK “Shard Sword” to “Forest of Swords” for 3 turn(s). - If Blade's current HP is insufficient, his HP will be reduced to 1 after using this Skill.
- This Skill does not regenerate Energy. Using this Skill does not end the turn.
- Consumes HP to Enhance Basic ATK, and this turn does not end after this Skill is used.
Ultimate – Death Sentence (Blast)
- Sets Blade's current HP to 50% of his Max HP and deals Wind DMG to a single enemy equal to the sum of 24% of his ATK, 60% of his Max HP, and 60% of the tally of Blade's HP loss in the current battle. At the same time, deals Wind DMG to adjacent targets equal to the sum of 9.6% of his ATK, 24% of his Max HP, and 24% of the tally of his HP loss in the current battle.
The tally of Blade's HP loss in the current battle is capped at 90% of his Max HP. This value will be reset and re-accumulated after his Ultimate has been used. - Sets current HP to 50% of Max HP, and deals massive Wind DMG to a single enemy and Wind DMG to adjacent targets.
- Energy Regeneration: 5
- Weakness Break: 60
Talent – Shuhu's Gift (AoE)
- When Blade's HP is lowered, he gains 1 stack of Charge for 3 turn(s), stacking up to 5 times. The maximum stack he gains for each ATK is 1.
- When the maximum Charge stacks is reached, immediately unleash a follow-up attack on all enemies, dealing Wind DMG equal to 22% of Blade's ATK plus 55% of Max HP. Then, restore Blade's HP by 25% of his Max HP. All Charges are consumed after unleashing the follow-up attack.
- Energy Regeneration: 10
- Weakness Break: 30
Technique – Karma Wind
- Immediately attacks the enemy. After entering battle, consumes 20% of Blade's Max HP while also dealing Wind DMG equal to 40% of his Max HP to all enemies.
- If Blade's current HP is insufficient, his HP will be reduced to 1 after using this Skill.
- Weakness Break: 60
Arlan is a 4-star Lightning character following the Path of Destruction. His kit revolves around consuming his own HP to use his skill instead of a skill point, allowing him to exist alongside more skill point hungry units. Read more about Arlan here.
Sushang is a 4-star Physical character, and her Path is The Hunt. Members in this Path are known for their ability to deal large amounts of damage to a single target, allowing them to take down enemies with ease. Sushang does this by dealing multiple instances of Physical DMG to one target using her Skill. Read more about Sushang here.
Natasha is a 4-star Physical character, and her Path is The Abundance. Members in this Path are known for being the game's healers. Natasha is the most accessible as she is the only 4-star healer at the moment along with the fact that she is given to players for free by advancing the main story through Trailblazer Missions. Read more about Natasha here.
The Unreachable Side (5-star Destruction) – Increases the wearer's CRIT rate by 18/21/24/27/30% and increases their Max HP by 18/21/24/27/30%. When the wearer is attacked or consumes their own HP, their DMG increases by 24/28/32/36/40%. This effect is removed after the wearer uses an attack.
A Secret Vow (4-star The Destruction) – Increases DMG dealt by the wearer by 20/25/30/35/40%. The wearer also deals an extra 20/25/30/35/40% of DMG to enemies with a higher HP percentage than the wearer.
Sword Play (4-star The Hunt) – For each time the wearer hits the same target, DMG dealt increases by 8/10/12/14/16%, stacking up to 5 time(s). This effect will be dispelled when the wearer changes targets.
Shared Feeling (4-star The Abundance) – Increases the wearer's Outgoing Healing by 10/12.5/15/17.5/20%. When using Skill, regenerates 2/2/3/3/4 Energy for all allies.
This Warp is a Light Cone Event Warp. For the purposes of the guaranteed 5-star character system, the running total of Warps made always carries over from one Light Cone Event Warp to the next. Total Warps made are calculated separately for different types of Warps, which do not affect each other.
