Animator Ranks ALL Honkai: Star Rail Combat Animations

[@professorGoo]

SO MANY CHARACTERS!! But who was your favorite? 👀

[@jeffthomas122]

Feixaio or moze they amazing animations

[@Kaijuchu]

You should rate enemy animations 👀

[@kalodawg8297]

gambling gremlin is always number 1 in my heart

[@jurajojo2543]

This is probably not what you were looking for, but I just love the animations that kinda look the dumbest. Such as Sushang's chicken, or Huohuo's basic atk, where she just slaps enemies with a flagpole, while being dragged by her _sentient_ tail because she's too scared to do it.

[@SomeOrdinaryLegends]

You missed the enhanced attack of Male Preservation, doesn't feel fair when you showed off Female Preservation but not the other.

[@draixsama]

March 7th Hunt not doing swordmanship very well actually makes sense because in the story, she is new to swordplay with very little time to practice.

[@rez-ye]

I honestly hopes he sees these comments about her and understands why her animations are the way they are.

[@ariinuikamui4202]

Yeah she's a total newbie and her movement is a bit awkward i like it

[@Yuki_Ika7]

Yup, just 15 days of training

[@AmaneKoruba]

Yep, I really hope we get comments on him seeing this. Her whole gimmick is that she presents the ‘boba’ to who will he her current master and for her to watch. So now as they attack she gets stacks because she’s watching them, once she gets enough stacks it plays the talent animation, because she understands from watching her sensei, and goes for her imperfect attacks. She’s the only character in the game who’s MEANT to not understand her weapon or fighting style and isn’t a prodigy at it, just learning.

[@gamerasu3574]

@@Yuki_Ika7actually a bit more, the 15 days are just for the event but her training does continue

[@Jake-ur4hz]

57:29 I like how much critique he has about March's poses and execution of her swordplay because canonically she only got to train with the sword for 2 weeks and also with teachers that have opposing/clashing sword styles (One with Speed and Agility and the other with Pure brute strength). So March's stumbles and mistakes of execution show her inexperience in swordsmanship.

[@pakboris2268]

For a month

[@Evandrew_14]

At first it just was two weeks but in the last mission they say it was a whole month.

[@YindigoYangMonk]

Yeah, she is all clumsy and goofy on purpose. So cute

[@professorGoo]

LOL that is amazing

[@yafito2]

And in March ult you can see her masters (Yanqing and Yunli)​@@professorGoo

[@Zog64]

Bro why do his explanations make sense to me even tho I know nothing about animation? Dude's a great professor 🛐

[@Rietto]

When you go to school for aniimation / design, it just teaches you the language and words to use to describe things most people already 'feel' when they look at something. But once you learn the words to describe these ideas, you can start picking apart the layers and details that otherwise you might not be able to express. A good teacher just shows us how to express what we already 'know' in our gut, when we see art.

[@deathray6551]

​@@Rietto This is an amazing comment and in it's own way is making use of the explanation being given XD because what you just said is the perfect way to express why I feel like I should go to college for art even though you can technically learn it by yourself. A good teacher also knows how to encourage and inspire others and I feel like that exactly what you did for me. So thank you ♡

[@Calwbet80]

​@@RiettoOh my goodness you just explained it perfectly

[@devildante9]

It would be odd for you, a being that exists in the physical world, to not have an intuitive understanding of how physics work. Same for stuff like image composition or color theory.

[@loserhimself4044]

silence, common sense a "wrong" 15° angle is talking

[@jessepfau]

It's a little hard to notice, but Guinaifen actually strikes her firecracker with her shoe to ignite it before throwing it.

[@ruslantan2552]

and she does a rocket jump

[@kri1ndawn440]

Its funny seeing him placing characters in S tier before getting hit by the animation powercreep of 2.x edit: watched him continously add more s+ tiers till the end lmao

[@hoztile9999]

55:33 "It's either gundam or sailor moon or both" Well, let me introduce you to kamen rider

[@KingofBlah37]

Nobel Gundam says 'Hello'. But you're right, Firefly/Sam is way more Kamen Rider than anything else.

[@BNuts]

Nothing strange or new to the Honkai Team thanks to Bronya: Magical Girl and Kamen Rider as Herrscher of Reason, Magical Girl and a Megami Device as Herrscher of Truth. And then there's how Vita just summons an entire gundam when she fights. Mihoyo _loves_ mechs. Even if most of them get beaten up in battle because they're enemies.

[@SaySomethingPositiveOrSTFU]

Actually SAM is very similar to a mecha suit called Jehuty in a game called Zone of the enders 2nd runner , it's extremely identical u could sworn the idea came from it...

[@subscriber101able]

Exactly. It even has titular Rider Kick. Wonder if silver wolf taught about that particular series...

[@tylorhobbs8920]

See, my response is G Gundam, where you have the Nobel Gundam, which is basically Mecha Sailor Moon.

[@PhoenixV3]

Funfact about Welt, it is in the Lore that he is doing the "Combat poses" because of march 7th cause she said something along the lines that he is fighting to "boringly" and needs some cool combat poses, so yeah credit to welts poses go to march 7th XD

[@ignacioperez5479]

March: welt, You are such a grampa... Not cool -sad welt noises-

[@Nokyyyyy]

That's such dad energy

[@taelikestea]

​@@Nokyyyyywelt and himeko both give such parent energy, especially with march

[@Nokyyyyy]

@@taelikestea true

[@Aregulargameplayer]

Weird not hearing the voicelines I've heard a million times with the animations but I guess that actually allows me to focus more on the animations themselves.

[@tylorhobbs8920]

You didn't hear them? I swear, they're so ingrained my brain just adds them in.

[@somedragonbastard]

​@@tylorhobbs8920 I'm even hearing voicelines for characters I don't use

[@sonjab.6852]

@@tylorhobbs8920 same. "That paradise may be unreachable for me ..." started playing in my head during Blades animations xD I've heard it thousands times probably

[@taelikestea]

~the big diamond! It's aaaaall yours~

[@jkelleyk]

i was actively like ... speaking what they normal do lol ...the japanese version cause i play in japanese lol

[@T29hotrod]

1:09:23 *"Her clothes fall off!?"* (Does a Garry's mod ragdoll)

[@none_issues]

for real lol😂😂

[@prokennerxpyt0]

THTA GOT ME DYING 😭😭😭

[@Tsukidal]

Unfortunately, Seele's ult had its third, longest set of impact frames taken out bc playing the game on 2x speed with her was an active threat to everyone's eyeballs and even more of a seizure risk for those who suffer from epilepsy than everything else in the game

[@mediumsurmoon6283]

I remember having such a headache whenever I try borrowing Seele from strangers, and after farming materials with her for a while I can barely stand her Skill and her Ult, but specifically her Skill because of the weird camera shift that they did with her. Playing on 2x made it way much worse. I didn’t even know I have motion sickness or even some form of epilepsy until I play this game. I legit had to take painkiller medicine for a week straight because of how much headache I was having from first playing this game, I was grinding out the story and everything and it’s not until I got to Penacony that I notice that I can’t stand all the bright flashes and impact frames anymore. Now I ONLY strict myself to playing on mobile phone, with the eye comfort mode and every brightness turned down to the minimum amount, otherwise I can’t play this game.

[@alsteria9922]

you can try to turn off bloom in the settings ​@@mediumsurmoon6283

[@bromaster9017]

​@@mediumsurmoon6283😢

[@jakkees]

brand new sentence

[@ayulilengmian]

i've had her since day 1... i can agree even without impact frames, i cant even imagine with impact frames LMAO

[@felpblade3.029]

Robin loses so much without her song 😭

[@aj7515]

He is ranking their animations not the music

[@S1eth]

@@aj7515 The video is also missing her singing animation.

[@aj7515]

@@S1eth There isn't much animation to it except her slightly dancing to the beat. So it's mostly just her singing. But that is the focus of Robin's ult so makes sense.

[@Ilmatorjuntapanssarivaunu_90]

loses*

[@felpblade3.029]

Thanks 😅

[@IshimurA99]

Acheron and Feixiao really turned on "Domain expansion" 🔥🔥🔥

[@AnnonHa]

i mean, bootycheeks shoots the enemy in a desert for some reason

[@panjipewe]

my generation call it bankai

[@Zetsubou-69420]

@@panjipewe or Reality Marble

[@lennyfacebutnotreally3198]

I mean... Dan Heng literally does a Domain Expansion but with Acheron and Feixiao you actually get to hang out in them, so fair enough.

[@dracotias]

​@@panjipewe Demiplane

[@MS-ot8sd]

Not that it's impressive, but you did miss Xueyi's Followup Attack here and on stream, and it is a unique animation.

[@almuzaffar9044]

Same with guinaifen basic attack

[@brandonthompson6628]

Yanqing has a follow up attack also that he missed

[@arcarc2663]

@@brandonthompson6628 Technically Bronya and Qingque too, but theirs are just their basic attacks. But so is March Hunt's, and he covered that and it was most of where her problems are.

[@darwisybinsaardin8712]

Lol, yanqing fua hit rate is so low, he didn't even know about it

[@YBDaniel]

he's saving them for the next 3.x character analysis 👌

[@yeahjozey]

NAH playing Robin on silent should be a crime 😭

[@Depressed_loonie]

ikr robin fans unite lol

[@zeihnwise4000]

well sadly you can't bring a singing into animation contest

[@maldivesthegamer9774]

@@zeihnwise4000Her whole idle animation and little music note after her ult are literally made to sync with her song not taking that into consideration is like only take firefly transformation and not her enchanted skill

[@zeihnwise4000]

@@maldivesthegamer9774 even so, it's nothing much going on in terms of animation complexity. Tho it's true that he left out her idle animation after ult (he missed out many animation of other chara too tbf, like basic atk for example)

[@snowpools8498]

@@maldivesthegamer9774 That's a terrible comparison. The animation is fine, but it's not gonna bump her up a tier or anything

[@phateeals]

How ironic that Guinaifens basic attack has the most animation in her kit, so sad that it was left out

[@funniibunniiful]

yeah similarly, huohuo's basic attack is so funny and full of character, unfortunately also left out

[@abadenoughdude300]

Same for Yunli tbh, her basic has all the movement while the rest of her moves is just "big stuff happens".

[@nyctophobiasm]

40:57 You don't really see her tail because um... that IS her tail flying around. Unless you were talking about the fact you couldn't see him much while she was holding him

[@Ofiaria]

Maybe the tail face or look whole

[@noctisraizel6498]

58:20 they did those mistakes in the movement on purpose, as she is inexperienced in martial arts and the art of swordsmanship. She was training for what I believe was 1-2 weeks and with not a good basics of the movements(she normally uses a bow so getting into close combat is strange for her) that's why she makes mistakes in her movements XD Quite genius of them to do that

[@Acheron-IX]

STOP I WASNT READY FOR YOU TO FUCKING RAGDOLL AT FEIXIAOS 😭😭

[@prokennerxpyt0]

ME NEITHER 😭

[@cman-lm8ch]

FINALLY! I wanted you to review Argenti for so long!

[@frog_penis]

He’s my fav character and it’s a bit painful that they decided to do his skill so mid compared to The Ult. From the first leaks I hoped for a fix, but everyone just decided it’s good enough. It’s cute, yes, but what it COULD be.

[@irllly]

sameee I love him sm and I think his animations are some of the best, especially the soundtrack

[@cman-lm8ch]

@@irllly The bell in the background... perfection

[@irllly]

@@cman-lm8ch YEAH U KNOW WHAT I MEANT😭

[@byronvonedmund]

Robin's ult without the song is not the same

[@CommanderLouiz]

Right? Like the payoff for the entire ultimate _is_ the song.

[@Nzeydayo]

Nah, He just rate the animation, not her song, her song doesnt have any impact to her ultimate​@@CommanderLouiz

[@MassMen]

It’s pretty trash

[@ayulilengmian]

RISE UP INTO MY WORLD 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@acatwithinternetaccess9433]

@@MassMen u take that back rn😔

[@shimmering17.]

A little note about Robin’s ultimate, all the music notes that appear on her ultimate are actually accurate to the music playing, it’s a small detail that not a lot may notice, but very cool!

[@w1nther930]

From a completely artistic standpoint, they're all top tier. All of them has such good artistic animation and effects, i think we can all agree on that. The critique of the physics though and how body parts could move more realisticly or emphazize power in the shot is nice criticism

[@corvus6971]

TINY detail you missed: guinafen actually lights the bomb in her skill with the friction of her heels! Really cool thing, took me a while to spot it

[@R4yleonard]

Trying to add context: 36:09 For clarity, Jingliu's game plan is to build up stacks with Skill and Ultimate to access her Enhanced Attack. It's why her skill looks less impressive and doesn't use the ice sword, the video's format mixed things around 55:17 Same issue with Jingliu, where the video obfuscates things. Firefly's game plan is to use her Skill (the flaming divekick) to access Ultimate, where she transform and has access to her Enhanced Skill. 57:32 The issue with March's butterfly kick might be 100% deliberate. Lore wise, she was forced into a surprise martial arts crash course by Yanqing and Yunli (The ultimate's flashback being her training montage), hence why she changed weapon from a bow to swords. It's also why all of her move looks cutesy and amateurish, she actually is an amateur 1:11:27 If you didn't catch it, the Ultimate is an buff that activates her parry. When she gets hit, she'll counter with her Enhanced Talent. If you combine both, you can see the Ultimate as the preparation phase as she builds your anticipation, with it being released on her Enhanced Talent. What you also miss is her Talent when no one's attacking her, but it's the less exciting version of her Enhanced Talent (smaller sword, no parting clouds and sunshine) 1:05:05 Unless it's covered on stream, both of them have the same move and you might miss the Caelus ver.

[@yothisisamira84]

agree with everything, but what he points out with march’s butterfly kick is actually valid. it doesn’t rly matter if you’re an amateur or not, it’s just generally impossible to land a butterfly kick with two feet cause the momentum doesn’t make sense, and i say this as someone who can do the move in person. even when you first learn the move, you will 100% land with one foot before the other because it’s just like that

[@blazebusgaming832]

@@yothisisamira84 tbf hsr characters tend to be superhuman

[@Bocchinihao]

I think what he means is her movement is not neutral, it doesn’t matter if she’s a professional sword man or not. And he does not miss the Caelus ver, Stelle ver is just better.

[@NuSpirit_]

I think Boothill should be low end SS because holy moly they played a lot of great animation off him even in shorts and in game.

[@kodummusitdown1695]

boothill not being in ss is crazy

[@blankuser987]

Frrr his animation definitely goes in SS at least

[@infamous0113]

Imo he's sss But I'm biased And I'm pressed jade isn't ss

[@_Nyxus_]

The fact that he talks about posing, dynamic angles, and cinematic shots and puts BOOTHILL of all characters not in SS ranking shows he's very biased. Like no one has better body posing than Boothill, and the fact that he's lower than some four star chicks kinda irks me.

[@soniakim7385]

@_Nyxus_ you can see the favoritism towards another character who did not deserve the ss

[@Engineering_is_fun_they_said]

57:46 so bro isn't just an animator, but also secretly does martial arts

[@raiveresterok]

My big sis is a professional artist and she has vast knowledge about anatomy . Maybe he did some research to understand the movements better ?

[@Engineering_is_fun_they_said]

@@raiveresterok no I'm sure he's like a ninja or sth

[@jblitz200]

Not even 15 minutes in and the GOAT Qq is in S that’s how I know I can trust this guy

[@theangryepicbanana]

exactly my thoughts, even by the end she's still the top of her tier

[@soniakim7385]

What he likes the most he puts it as s while what he likes the best he puts it as low 😅

[@KingOfHarems]

I think an important part to remember about these animations is that they need to be good in both 1x and 2x speed. While the 1x are definitely more important to get all the important frames, 2x also needs to be able to be translated quite simply off of the 1x animations, which may restrict things sometimes. In the end though, all the animations are insane in HSR and the game has literal Animation-creep where newer characters' animations just keep getting better and better

[@Grimm196]

“Clara doesn’t do much” Yeah. It’s sort of her thing because she is a kid with no fighting experience so Svarog is protecting her. Svarog sometimes says “hide” and “stay back Clara”. He’s literally protecting her

[@ignacioperez5479]

Have You read her ligth cone? Is the most wholesome thing in the game

[@Grimm196]

@@ignacioperez5479 I haven't read her lightcone but I will

[@ignacioperez5479]

@@Grimm196 trust me. Is BEAUTIFUL. Something irreplaceable

[@markcapistrano2692]

I think he meant that clara (with svarog) the whole character isn't doing much, like the skill just lunch missiles, the follow up just shot laser, and the ultimate is just a post. Unlike other characters with excessive movements. (don't get me wrong love clara, I like how she hiding in the follow up attack)

[@asealJFM]

It's like bronya, she is a tank mostly, she's meant to get hit. Bronya is here to assist and their the first in their category (tank and harmony character). Most recent ultimates are a lil more impressive than oldest characters

[@JustBrandon-i]

I would argue that Boothill's recoil would not exist given how he is not even human, so the force of his gun would not effect him like it would a normal organic being. It is one thing i noticed with his literal hand cannon that he sort of moves back slightly from the impact.

[@atomic028]

....I've played hsr since release and this is the first time I've seen what Arlan does with his skill and ultimate lol.

[@icecreaman805]

Who?

[@kooshi8933]

i forgot arlan is playable

[@mediumsurmoon6283]

Is he a new upcoming 5 star or something

[@rinsuue]

u guys r vile 😭

[@Syrahl696]

​@mediumsurmoon6283 He is a 4-star that was in the game since 1.0, he's a security guard on Herta Space Station. I dont think he shows up in the main story much, if at all, and he's so underwhelming, gameplay wise and story wise, that many people simply forget he exists.

[@undefined5323]

Man I am a little disappointed by the presentation on feixiao's animations, in-game the follow-up attack automatically happens after using her skill, resulting in a very nice flow of the enemies getting knocked up into the air by her skill and then she immediately dashes in to take advantage, showing off the relentless nature of her fighting style. makes the whole animation way better in my eyes.

[@vallar57]

It's also kinda funny when she's paired with Hunt March. Meaty skill - fast and impactful FUA - March's E2 FUA tickling the enemy - immediatly another impacful FUA And then March's talent probably activates and she does a meaty attack of her own. Truly master-student moment.

[@Zombina638]

No

[@spartantraveler7251]

Now this is a treat. (This is a comment offering suggestions to improve HSR animations and point out stuff in the video.) Also I think Dan Heng's ult could have the camera follow him through with that thrust instead of what appears to be a slash since it doesn't really make sense for him to have this pose and have him seemingly appearing from above. I think you can see a frame of Seele with her butterfly wings in her ult. I think Blade could have stretched out his left arm in front in his ult before he hits his ult to provide more momentum and makes the animation more dynamic. Also Lynx doesn't appear to be grabbing her snowboard in her ult animation just having it stick to the back of her hand. 34:15 I think it's a Tai Chi movement, I could be wrong. 35:30 Qingque next to her boss lol. 39:57 Argenti is a Knight of Beauty for a reason. 50:40 I don't think the movement you're suggesting would work well with the drawing of the Tachi. It's supposed to be near her waist and the way you were suggest it be done would have caused the sword to bend. 54:24 Robin actually also performs the song live in combat which you can see in the stats screen inside combat and she's doing a little dance. 1:05:21 Although technically the same person, the muscles on a male is more powerful than on a female, so Caelus would need less momentum to put the lance in position while Stelle would need some more movement to get it high enough. 1:08:35 I would also recommend that Moze have his left arm be in a sort of dab position and then have it swing out to create even more monentum to make the slash have a bit more impact as he can't really turn in the air without that movement. Edited as I watch the video and for organization.

[@SizzlingSocks]

you are a pro

[@Suraito81586]

Notice that he did rank Jingyuan better than Danheng. I assume the lore reason for that is beause Dan Heng trained himself to use the spear after escaping the Luofu (and the whole Imbibtor Lunae thing), that's why compared to Jingyuan he's not as good as using a polearm weapon. Although Cloud Piercer spear was made for him when he was Dan Feng, he doesn't actually use it more than he uses just straight up throwing hands and magic power. So i can understand why he isn't as strong as Jingyuan is with the spear.

[@spartantraveler7251]

@@Suraito81586 Jingyuan is also older than Dan Heng by a lot and has much much more experience using his what seems to be a Guandao or Liaodao. Dan Heng doesn't have all the memories of Dan Feng so he wouldn't have inherited his experience using the spear.

[@BiSTHN]

@@spartantraveler7251 interesting note: in jingliu's companion quest, she says that dan heng's spearmanship and techniques are identical to dan feng's

[@spartantraveler7251]

@@BiSTHN maybe Dan Feng wasn't the best at spearmanship.

[@nonenoninomae]

Dan Heng's message is accuracy in timing: He aligns the weapon WHEN he reaches the enemy. Herta 'stiffness' is caused of her being a brilliant mind in a doll's body. She controls the momentum so she doesn't falter-spins.

[@Gerz970]

I think one thing that is tricky about the framing of the animations in this game is that since it can be played on so many different devices so the aspect ratio can differ quite a bit. There are quite a few animations I see in this where the character is half out of the frame but when playing on my monitor with a 21:9 aspect ratio or on mobile(what the animations were likely made for) it doesn't seem to happen nearly as often.

[@FynO1]

Harmony stelle pose may be better but Caelus literally does a KNEE SLIDE.

[@keepitmello1420]

40:56 So the tail is actually the beast that possessed her , that is the reason why there is no focus on her tail. Just wanted to make sure you know that 👍

[@Iz0197]

35:41 Being a physics nerd myself, I do feel the need to nitpick your nitpick. Guinaifen’s firework could very well bounce higher than her for a very interesting reason. While it’s unlikely she is throwing the firework down with enough initial *translational* kinetic energy that it bounces that high, you need to remember the fact that the firework is also spinning. Because of its unique shape, some of the firework’s rotational kinetic energy would be transferred to translational kinetic energy in the collision as long as it hits the ground at the right angle. You can see this effect in action if you drop a tic-tac on the ground. If you watch it closely, you will see that as it bounces multiple times, it will often bounce higher than the previous bounce, and often much lower as well. This is because it’s rotational energy is being converted into translational energy and vice versa. Being a skilled performer with lots of practice, Gui could reasonably be able to throw her fireworks in such a way as to harness this effect.

[@ninja_skyruby]

feixiao ultimate is not dragon.. that is giant fox

[@agagag4448]

🤓☝

[@genereyes1904]

@@agagag4448 LMFAOOO

[@professorGoo]

THAT MAKES SENSE

[@yaichii6969]

😭

[@ninja_skyruby]

@@agagag4448 shut up bot

[@Nahidlose-ox4wr]

It’s either he is biased towards female characters or the game is biased towards male characters or both. But that’s his opinion so let’s all respect him

[@hahanamegobrrr6667]

HSRs character distribution itself is heavily biased towards females, naturally animations and power levels are also gonna be biased towards them

[@Nahidlose-ox4wr]

@@hahanamegobrrr6667 I feel sad for the male characters ._.

[@hahanamegobrrr6667]

@@Nahidlose-ox4wr Well of you don't mind leaks It's been rumored that 3.x will feature more male characters, and that the meta shattering character (firefly-like character) will be male

[@PrinnyLord]

Most definitely biased considering the Stelle/Caelus comparisons. 😅

[@Nahidlose-ox4wr]

@@PrinnyLord yeah i thought so too...Now i feel extra bad.

[@kamicokrolock]

I think it's worth noting that most of these animations are going to be viewed on double speed and, well, I think the animators have a hard time finding a balance between having enough detail for the slower speed and not too much for 2x speed. Animation speed does affect your experience. The Most recent event (Luoafu Wardance) has a cut scene that is a fight between Yangqing and Luka, and it just felt off to me. Unbalanced in a way. It wasn't until I rewatched it on KZbin at .75 speed that I realized that it was animated slightly too fast, which made the whole fight feel awkward. Just slightly slower and it felt much better as a viewer. The camera tracking was more natural and you could understand what was going on much better. I feel like the combat animations are struggling to not feel too awkward when viewed at regular(slow) speed and not unbalanced and shaky when on double speed.

[@imnot_young]

march 7ths combat style actually makes total sense because she was only trained to be a sword-master for a short period of time and was mentored by two "master" who contrasted in skill and fought occasionally (yunli - focused on brute strength, yanqing - focused on agility)

[@Kurppalumppu]

For me personally, even after all these characters added, Fu Xuan and Jingliu reign supreme in terms of animations. The sound effects during Jingliu's talent activation and ultimate are godlike and so unique. Fu Xuan's talent animation is the single most satisfying animation in the game for me right after Acheron's skill.

[@InmateOmighty]

42:07 I do agree that the anticipation is absolutely godlike, but I feel like Xueyi should be hunched over a bit more after a throw that intense. It feels like Xueyi’s putting her entire soul into that throw, but suddenly stops to pose like a cutesy waifu last minute 40:23 HWEHWE 45:47 I think Black Swan’s ultimate is the “moment” when ults just become way more cinematic in general 51:20 POV: Huohuo watching Aventurine’s entire bank account drop on her head for the 14th time 53:53 I wish to end all strife in the world 🍑❤️ Harmony in unison 🕊️🕊️🎤🎼 Stars echo… 🚶‍♀️🍑 RIIIISE UP INTO MY 🎤⬆️⬆️⬆️ WOOOOOOORLD… 🔆🌈Esse Est Percipe. 🤔💭Knowledge, the measure of truth and falsehood 🗿➡️😨BONK! 💨💨😶‍🌫️ Time to twirl! ❄️🔁🔁🔁 Right! 😃Investing in victory means playing the long game!!! 🐷↗️ 💯 Go Numby! 👋🏻WYOOOH! 🔥🌪️💥 ZERO POINTS! 🖱️➡️➡️➡️ Time to twirl! ❄️🔁🔁🔁 ZERO POINTS! 🖱️➡️➡️➡️ Do you know who I am? Big big diamond… ITS ALL YOURS. 💎🟪⬇️⬇️Time to twirl! ❄️🔁🔁🔁 NYAH! 🔨WyOOOH! 🔥🌪️💥Time to twirl! ❄️🔁🔁🔁 NYAH! Time to twirl! ❄️🔁🔁🔁 ZERO POINTS! 🖱️➡️➡️➡️ WYOOOH! 🔥🌪️💥 Time to twirl! ❄️🔁🔁🔁 …REVEAL YOUR DEFINITION… 🕊️🔆🔆 Hah! 📕💥ZERO POINTS! 🖱️➡️➡️➡️I’m asking question- Hmph! 📕💥 Time to twirl! ❄️🔁🔁🔁 NYAH! 🔨WyOOOH! 🔥🌪️💥Time to twirl! ❄️🔁🔁🔁 NYAH! Never stop thinking 🤔💭 YOUR DEFENSE??? 🧠💥I wish to end all strife in the world 🍑❤️ Harmony in unison 🕊️🕊️🎤🎼 Stars echo… 🚶‍♀️🍑 RIIIISE UP INTO MY 🎤⬆️⬆️⬆️ WOOOOOORLD… 🔆🌈 Right! 😃Investing in victory means playing the long game!!! 🐷↗️ 💯 Go Numby! 👋🏻WYOOOH! 🔥🌪️💥Time to twirl! ZERO POINTS! 🖱️➡️➡️➡️ ❄️🔁🔁🔁 WYOOOH! 🔥🌪️💥 ZERO POINTS! 🖱️➡️➡️➡️

[@Coramelimane]

Cunterpoint: Xueyi is a robot with a soul in it. she's not a human.

[@redreaper3065]

​@@Coramelimane that's what I was going to say. She's not limited by muscles and fatigue, so she can throw as hard as she possibly can, then just keep the leg locked no matter what.

[@shrek069]

WHERES THAT COPYPASTA FROM LMFAOO

[@MrsSetsuna101]

The fact I can hear this so clearly despite not even having Topaz 😂

[@therranolleo468]

@@shrek069 its FuA comp copypasta from 4chan, I believe someone had made un updated version with Feixiao instead of Ratio since she technically replaces him in the BIS FuA comp, turning RRAT team into...FART

[@raidensimp25]

OMG i was just binge-watching your hoyo review vids, so stoked for this!!!!! thank youuuu for the good content, i LOVE your reactions

[@g4wrr]

i'm glad you ended up liking yunli & firefly's animations so much !! very nice video, but sometimes i just wish there was someone to explain how the animations connect to the characterization / role / lore 😭

[@RedsStaryAbyss]

54:00 Robin's ult has a song that she sings while it plays. It literally changes the battle music during the duration of the ult.

[@zalla00]

Lowkey I believe Black Swan's ult at the end is meant to be a parody of the Tree of Imagination, a symbol in the honkai verse of the tree which holds the multitudes of diff universes

[@thehearthinn]

Be me, playing HSR in 2x speed and having to remind myself, as this is my first video of yours, that you are an animator and that I don't notice things that you do because I am not, however, watching you rip apart the character animations is incredibly enjoyable. Keep up the good work!

[@deductionsdiary105]

Ratio's book is less of a book and more of a tablet, you can see that his "chalk" is actually a stylus

[@Aregulargameplayer]

Oh yeah, HSR trailers have been insanely good for a while now and funnily enough, you can tell which characters are getting extra special attention because their trailers are available in 4k lol.

[@byronvonedmund]

Ah yes, emblem of the holy war

[@Phapchamp]

Boothill not SS?? Really??? Bro has the best animation in the game that skill alone is PEAK.

[@kostekm9883]

With blackswan aroudn 48:00 I think the hands are quite good, when something explodes with so much force they would open, as well as holding each other wrists does pretty well in showing the madness of the death etc!

[@harukasoganu]

yeah his point made no sense, the middle arm had so much force on them, at the end when it broke does he expect all hands to be closed and formed as a fist when they “explode” or what? it would also look worse if all hands form a fist

[@roveencheong2946]

Look at it this way, March hunt is supposed to be a newbie at handling swords, she shouldn’t be able to do proper martial arts movement in just 2 weeks 😂

[@nyctophobiasm]

For the Preservation MC, it only showed the enhanced basic of Stelle and not Caelus, which is part of the reason it looked so much better. Either you cut it out or they cut it out.

[@Alice-ef3wj]

“ it’s like a train on a rail” That’s like the entire game

[@railey5184]

Gepard's ult will and will always will be one of my favourite ult animations. It's so simple yet it's so good!

[@crakir]

It feels almost criminal to see Robin’s animations without the sound or music to back it up

[@cyberfaunix6920]

I skipped all the way to Boothill to hear Goo praise him i am now satisfied, back to my regularly scheduled program *goes back to Dan Heng*

[@redfoxakame]

Jing Yuan's ult has been the only ult (for me) that makes my heart pound. Love his gaze and the Lightning Lord behind him is so cool!

[@Blablablarandomguy]

been waiting for this one ever since the old one. I am a HSR whale with an army of E6 5* limited characters (Silver Wolf, Blade, Dan Heng Imbibitor, Argenti, Sparkle, Ruan Mei, Yunli), so very happy to see this

[@justdark3638]

48:10 I actually think it would have been cooler if the hands (instead of being open or being fists) shattered into sharp stumps and blades from the force of being compressed

[@lunox-eyesofeternity5958]

1:09:21 The way you flew I could not 😂😂

[@Carlisho]

Qingque holding the top spot for a good while and even promoting to SS fills me with joy

[@233reree44]

WE ARE WAITING HI3 FOR THIS ONE🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@simonedeliseo]

he already did, no?

[@233reree44]

@@simonedeliseo updated one. We need skill. Plus Bronya HoR divine key skill is good. And He need update on Senadina, Coralie, Helia, Thelema, Lanturn, Songque,Theresa, Fuhua Mantis form and Adult Griseo

[@Pomulie]

​@@233reree44FOR REAL

[@MatJolt]

Just wait for Vita and new HoFi release before

[@233reree44]

@@MatJolt yea we need that too💀

[@malevolent4945]

Him continuously adding more tiers shows how real animation powercreep is

[@gepardzhongli]

Oh my god! I can't believe I just spent an hour watching the entirety of this video. Man, it's really compelling to watch someone who knows what they're talking about. Really opened my eyes to different perspective. Really just playing the game to stare at tall, hot, male characters but the things you pointed out made me appreciate them more. Just awesome, splendid job!!

[@anxia-tea5846]

seeing robin’s ultimate without her singing is CRIMINAL

[@Mr_wisk]

bro did not even talk about acheron ult cutting the rain wtf man

[@ASerokai]

Missed opportunity to not add the basic attack animations even if you barely/never use them on some characters, especially with the newer ones Would've liked to see the reactions with those too (for instance, Feixiao's BA is easily S tier)

[@mrfox6844]

Probably, he saved that for the next video 😃

[@LegendOfRoGamers]

Really interesting commentary, especially for one knowing nothing about how animation works. Next time you do these, could you also have the voice lines in the skills/ultimates as well? They really enhance them and especially for Robin, as she's a singer and when she ults she actually starts singing her own song and makes the ultimate feel better overall

[@L0Nii210]

I love the Xianzhou Sisters (Xueyi and Hanya) and the fact that they have such COOL ultimates and designs makes it such a shame that they aren't 5-stars 😭 (also you missed Xueyi's follow-up animation, I find it very cool)

[@MINECRAFTDUDES-tw5tl]

Star rail cutscenes and character trailers are absolute masterpieces!!! I cant wait to see your reaction to them.. hope the video comes soon!

[@willanrac]

Hook still one of my favs. Dont know about now, but she was the only one for a long while that actually had to run back to position after attacking everyone else just lept back.

[@Yupper277]

Take a shot every time he says “anticipation”

[@archangel7294]

I have only one liver, dude💀

[@namenoname3284]

Didnt show enhanced basic of preservation male mc, cuts to enh basic of female mc: ITS SO MUCH BETTER

[@TheBoltMaster456]

1 minute later: "I'm not biased" 💀

[@DumbFaceAdventurer]

Clara may not do a whole lot, but she basically carried me throughout the story and also was my emotional support. 19:40

[@noazzyk8342]

Caelus also has the enhanced normal attack its not just stelle

[@TheBoltMaster456]

The Caelus slander in this vid is insane. Especially on Harmony since their animations are quite literally IDENTICAL!

[@SamT24682]

⁠@@TheBoltMaster456 there are subtle differences like for Caelus he knee slides in whereas Stelle just jumps in… Also with Preservation and Destruction aswell you can see differences Also, Caelus slander is pretty normal in the HSR community…..😅

[@mahimraihan2235]

He saw the ehn of MMC but didn't include ig. What I understand from his speech. But you have to agree MMC preservation skill should have been like stelle and ult also should have had ending like stelle. The point where hmmc lost is the middle pose they gave. MMC pose was a bit down but stelle looked more upper and felt good.​@@TheBoltMaster456

[@SirOnyxsu]

The voice acting adds so much to the animations, that it all feels less impactful without it. I'm just not feeling these with their voices missing, my mind keeps filling them in whenever anyone's animation plays. Probably done this way to avoid the voice acting from swaying a character's animation rating... Still hurts my ears a lot tho.

[@skullcaplinus7551]

1:00:06 Professor Goo talks about Yunli's feet for almost 4 mins straight

[@Maytrx]

You... Are so good at making animations!!!

[@ohmazi-o830]

Bro Forgot the lore about huo huo the reason her fox tail did not appear because her tail is the fox u see in her back😭

[@_httpkirby]

Absolutely loved this, looking forward to seeing even more awesome animations the following year :]

[@subscriber101able]

I dont see anyone mentioning this, but march 7th's teachers are Yunli and Yanqing who have very conflicting sword styles that are evident in this video alone. Along with ger only being trained with swords for a month, thats kinda why her swordplay kinda feel bad or lacking.

[@joaquinezekieldiazjose-wx7jv]

16:15 DAS A HEAVY SWORD GUYS! (Hes so proud) 1:00:15 DAS A HEAVY SWORD pt.2

[@Astro_Shun]

"awww she signs it" that is not cute jade is signing you into a contract that is kinda basically slowing killing you 😭

[@realwermos]

The editing in these types of videos is insanely good, and I love the fact that we get to learn a lot (for a noob like me, haha) about animation and drawing in them. Really great videos, and I really appreciate the effort that went into them ❤

[@fugosfork7907]

Boothill should be an ss imo

[@soniakim7385]

and blade and jin yuan

[@soniakim7385]

He only sets the principle and does not appreciate the potential.

[@soniakim7385]

look what happened to venti, shogun raiden gave him the worst scores

[@LBL_Edzer]

I'm sorry that I don't like preservation Stelle ultimate, it feels so weird seeing her just stop after the dash. Meanwhile Caelus brakes dragging his lance on the ground, combined with the sound of it makes the climax explosion felt better for me.

[@captainhindsight4206]

stelle and caelus are the same just if you chose boy or girl. he also has the same move stelle did, its the enhanced basic attack. so no stelle isnt better they just showed different genders.

[@finaluser10]

They do have slightly different animations, the same direction and moves but some movement are a slightly varied

[@number-1-furina-fan]

57:47 talking about hunt march 7th: I actually know how to do this particular move" (the butterfly in martial arts) so what I'm hearing is, professor goo hunt march 7th cosplay 👀👀 anyways, can I say how much I appreciate you going through every hsr combat animation? we've been clamoring it for months, and like, the amount of work and editing this must have taken is insane. I had an absolute blast hearing you talk about what makes each animation good and not good. you explain and draw everything super clearly, and your commentary makes me appreciate each character's animations a lot more as I play them in game. your humor is also top tier, like the way you described aventurine's skills as him just using his money, his talent as him just opening a portal to his bank account to crush the enemy with coins. absolute fave moment. also, I'm happy you picked up on both the gundam and sailor moon aspects of firefly's animations / posing. you'll see it if you ever watch all the trailers, but she has some magical girl transformation sequences that are just gorgeous. and, of course, HENSHIN.

[@makokun18]

I just noticed that all of the SS and above tier are attacking animations, which yeah, I do see that they are much more impactful, but as a support lover, a lot of these supports could have been higher too. I know that they are not meant to have that much impact (because hey, they are not meant to attack in the first place) but the animation and creativity in itself is just beautiful. Yeah they could be a bit simple compared to dps, but that’s what they are supposed to do, to “support”, hence why the calmer and more flowy animations. Was really disappointed when he called Robin basic, like bruh, Robin? Basic? 🤷🏻‍♂️ that’s a choice

[@IrrelevantOaf]

Robin's animations are pretty basic though. Her songs literally carries her.

[@oiari7490]

Qingque has such satisfying animations and im glad she was the first S. She’s honestly the character that made me want to play the game just based on that ☺️

[@TheBoltMaster456]

Putting Caelus Preservation in low A and Stelle Preservation at top of A (above even characters like Jing Yuan, Huohuo, Robin, Yanqing and Jiaoqiu)) just because of a perceived difference in the enhanced basic(they're literally the exact same) and just 2 slightly different parts of the ultimate is insanity to me. Also, Caelus' ultimate seems blatantly better to me. Caelus drives his lance straight forward from the start, which imo follows the line of action through to the end better than Stelle who sort of cuts to her coming straight at the camera with the lance still at her side in her hand and not driving it forward, and then they both cut to the wide side profile shot of them plowing through with a bunch of explosions. And ofc the finish of the ultimate, where Caelus maintains his momentum and keeps his lance forward followed by the explosion right after, while Stelle just sort of gets a weird transition to her standing still and her driving the lance into the ground before the explosion happens. I think in this case Stelle's shots look great in a vacuum, but as one continuous shot it kind of makes way less sense than Caelus'.

[@whathac8712]

Finalllyyyyy I've been waiting on this for a year! I love you professor goo!

[@thevaltwo]

Boothill not being an SS is an absolute crime

[@clairana4515]

Dan Heng's spear is technically correctly placed because he is not ready to fight, he gets into position once he has approached the enemy. Before he is in "relaxation" and even, having a tense character in a fighting position would not be a good look...

[@Nepu_Nep]

I feel like turning the voice lines off kinda takes away from the impact

[@lordvaust5830]

The Genshin Impact?

[@Nepu_Nep]

@@lordvaust5830 no, the Honkai Impact

[@aspectprojection]

"Impact? What impact?" "Genshin, Impact!" 😭🙏

[@Liquicitize]

He has returned with the milk. In all seriousness I really do enjoy seeing these breakdowns/reactions as it also helps me in setting up perspective shots for photos for gunpla. So thank you for these and hope to see more.