It's DOT's Time to SHINE in Honkai Star Rail

[@janablom823]

This is some nuclear cope. We are a minimum of 18 weeks from seeing any new DoT units

[@noahlloyd3012]

Doesn't mean we won't see any in the future. Follow up attacks were considered to be lackluster for a long time. Then 2.0 rolls around and we get two massive follow up supports and even Feixiao. Just because they're taking a break from DoT units doesn't mean it's a dead team comp.

[@Cadmun]

Looking at the new planar set and new leaked sets, I don’t agree that DoTs resurgence is on the horizon. Summon meta being ushered in, and that’s likely going to be the meta for a while.

[@hxnslshhax9011]

Yeah, it looks like a summon and hypercarry meta, even Sunday leak lightcone looks like a hypercarry

[@Zoeila]

Did anyone notice Hoolay is wearing prisoner of deep confinement helmet and gets inflicted with a new Dot Poison.

[@Myschyff]

i'm going to inflict dot on him irl. he better watch out fr ngl

[@Slurpdako]

​@@Myschyff I'm going to inflict the "impregnated" Status effect on him

[@Myschyff]

on him? Cooked. I’m doing that on kafka. HEHEHEHEHEEH XDDD ykwim

[@Nahstyah]

She'll prolly inflict that back to you

[@MartinoRosso]

I see Feixiao as a cherry on top for the FuA archetype and we will probably start seeing less of it from now on. I agree that the DoT characters all rerunning now seem like it might get supports soon. Maybe the character that was teased at the end of 2.5's story quest will be the one to bring that support, I sure hope so cause its my favourite archetype and Ive been starving for new units. Pulled Kafka E2S1 in 1.1 and for what hoyo, for what (she clears stuff still I love her)

[@Myschyff]

I’ve actually been wondering if FuA, DoT and Summon would co exist but fr DoT is one of those archetypes that I understand why hoyo seems to hold back the potential for it is vast and could be op if it isn’t kept in check but fr kafka on top on all hoyo platforms ngl

[@Duskyming160]

As a DOT main I wish it was true but doesn’t seem very likely we will get a new DOT support character anytime soon. I wish we did because I invested a lot.

[@dante19890]

It's pretty much abandoned at this point. They were like " here is e2 jiaoqiu if you want a dot support" we focusing on FUA and break now and later getting to the summon meta. Rip hypercarry and DoT. They had their time

[@Myschyff]

I don’t see how Hoyo would continue to produce Break units when we had an entire phase of it. Seems like lazy game writing to me. Why would Hoyo introduce 2 dedicated DoT units then drop the entire archetype entirely? E2 Jiaoqiu also isn’t a variable to Hoyo dropping the archetype more like reintroducing the archetype by putting him out there as an option but a staple unit for the team. So, why would Hoyo release Jiaoqiu, Black, Swan, AND Kafka?

[@dante19890]

@@Myschyff Blade got abandoned. They never did anything with the HP scaling and zapping mechanic. He never got a support. Why do you think Dot will get one. If its taking this long time it will probably not happen. Soon break and Fua will also be abandoned for the new thing. Hoyo wants to phase out the old thing and get you to buy the new shiny teams cuz it makes them the most sales.

[@shazamnegroid7379]

@@Myschyff Jiaoqiu is for acheron and the reruns mean nothing. Are you suggesting that we might see some new use for silverwolf in the future because the next update will possibly feature her in the reruns?

[@Myschyff]

Why do I think DoT is going to get one? Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t Kafka one of the biggest selling points for Hoyo? One of the most hyped up characters? The HP mechanic you mentioned with Blade is an entirely different topic, otherwise I could just randomly bring up the argument of ‘FuA wasn’t playing even Dr Ratio’ Pointing out that FuA and Break is going to phase out of that meta too is something everyone is aware of. That isn’t uncommon or rare knowledge to come across. The point you made of ‘it’s taking a long time for it to happen, it probably won’t happen’ and somehow even in this day and age DoT still keeps up with the meta, so if DoT actually received support wouldn’t that just break the game too? If Hoyo introduced a DoT support unit that allowed characters like Kafka, Black Swan to proc crit DoT hits, would that not be broken? Hoyo does want to phase out ‘older’ teams, true. But they’re still playable nonetheless. Character appeal is also another factor to consider which large portions of the player-base usually follow and that’s what Kafka and Black Swan did well on their sales. Plus, not sure if I already mentioned this, but why would Hoyo release Jiaoqiu, then Kafka AND Black Swan. With your point - to introduce a ‘new shiny team’

[@Nahstyah]

Crit dot is quite bland of an idea Firstly you need to build ehr and speed on ur dot chars instead of crit as it is what functions with their kit and suppose we get a support who makes the dots crit at a fixed value That also isn't viable since hoyo tries to make supports more universal like Ruan and robin despite being best in slot for certain playstyles can be played in a lot other teams which crit dot type thing won't synergize with I'm actually excited to see hoyo cook something interesting with this one as their harmony character kits are really intriguing to me

[@AevyCh]

If the enemy moves extremely fast, you really don't want Kafka on the team. A DoT re-trigger is unnecessary if the enemy is already fast enough. It's much better to increase your overall damage rather than squeezing an extra action worth of damage (the same argument with SPD vs ATK). There's also the fact that the faster the enemy moves, the more SP is needed to maintain your debuff uptime (eg. Black Swan's DEF Shred) while simultaneously forces your healer to consume more SP to keep the team alive. This will greatly limit the amount of SP you can spend on Kafka, to a point where you'd use Basic ATK instead of Skill.

[@Yawar25]

You usually want to do a basic with Black Swan instead of Kafka. Black Swan debuff last two turns, and Basic applies the same amount of Arcana Charges than Elemental. So Black Swan is usually Skill neutral, and you can focus on spam Elemental with Kafka. Well, maybe that is the benefit for using Aventurine as a sustain in my DoTs team 😅

[@AssassinKillswitch]

Would also be nice to get a dot buff in apocalyptic shadow which isn’t on this current one

[@desupair]

Ugh. I got Kafka but still trying to get Black Swan. I got Yanqing when I tried to pull her. 65 pulls in. Waiting for the other tickets and jades for the story. If mhy wants DoT to thrive, they need to build content for it along with enemies where they would take advantage. Beat spongey enemies as fast and as little turns as possible is not what DoT was made for and that's what most endgame content is.

[@MACA_Zeon]

I pulled For both banners and posted it. I started with doing a 10 on each , alternating.

[@duzinbbs4784]

good thing I got both kafka and black swan Eidolon 2

[@m.a.r.i.a.9861]

I don't know. I just wish a character with some weird unscrew (1 in 10 chance to 1-shot any enemy) mechanic 😅

[@ravenwong651]

Nah people would just pull that unit and future proof it by abusing the reset button

[@Yawar25]

That thing is useless, even in game that have some focus in ista kill mechanics (like Shin Megami Tensei). I don't think they will include something similar in this game ever

[@GabeIG]

Let him cope

[@Marz333]

lol how is it cope when every other archetype has had multiple upgrades patch by patch, you really think they’re just going to abandon one of the most popular teams in the game? Don’t think so, with how they’ve been handling things dot is sure to have its moment again once a new dot character is released. The last one being black swan in 2.0 while fua has received multiple new characters in the past few months

[@GabeIG]

@@Marz333 I'm aware I also play the game but you go on and write essays explaining public knowledge buddy in other words coping through your words

[@Marz333]

@@GabeIGlol or you just lack reading skills If it’s so obvious why can’t you comprehend dot will eventually surpass current team lineups

[@bbamarketing9019]

I m still sticking to sampo e6s5 birds of prey. I dont want to invest again on black swan. Same team as video just replace BS with Sampo

[@abolfazleabner5301]

Unfortunately 2.6 rappa is superbreak 2.7 tingyun 5 star is 5 star harmaony tb and sunday looks like a new hyper carry harmony so cope for 2.8 or 3.0??? But this is leak so there is still hope

[@metehanbarut6753]

Yeah dot isn't powercrept, it's just weaker compared to other playstyles and haven't had an update in- ohhhhhhh

[@azrielackerman4659]

Bruh Lingsha is super break support what are you doing 😭

[@poke8391]

Did you quit zzz?

[@keanesn.1513]

copection