RUAN MEI / DR. RATIO / BLADE / KAFKA - Who Should You Pull For In Honkai Star Rail 1.6 Banners

[@oscara8454]

Getting Dr. Ratio's LC. Least I can do for our unproblematic king.

[@letsrank9349]

He deserves it.

[@yourlocalyanfei]

I just want it because of the rubber ducky

[@VetoShizu]

I was all in for Kafka until I saw what the 4 stars were on her banner lol. Thank goodness for the free Ratio tho cause I have some decent relics he can use, and currently have no other imaginary character besides Yukong. I guess I'll go for Ruan Mei plus Xueyi and wait for Acheron.

[@unzkipriime4283]

same it makes me so sad, i was willing to skip ruan mei for kafka eidolons but now not anymore

[@YourMomsAltAccount]

I'm going to go to 74 Pity on Ruan Mei, if I get her early then great, if not then I'll get Kafka. If you really want Kafka I highly suggest doing the same, you can get some good 4*s from Ruan Mei's banner and potentially get her early, then grab Kafka. Ruan Mei will get a rerun much sooner then Kafka so this seems like a very optimal route to take.

[@unzkipriime4283]

@@YourMomsAltAccount yea same, really frustrating that kafka banner is such low value as her E1 is great too, hopefully i pull xueyi while building soft pity

[@kidsIIIII009]

You only have 4 options now instead of 5 (Ruan Mei, Blade, Kafka or all in), since Dr Ratio is guaranteed to be in almost everyone’s account during their active nature in 1.6 - 2.1 if they accomplished the mission, Unlocked the mail feature AND when his banner Starts

[@kalepemberton4501]

To be fair you would need to grind to the next quest which is easy

[@monakasan7486]

@@kalepemberton4501 do we have to complete the main story to get Dr Ratio?

[@kalepemberton4501]

@@monakasan7486the latest main story chapter, yes, but grinding artifacts can make you level up rather quickly!😊

[@kaete_7]

i heard ppl say that we do@@monakasan7486

[@Moretropes11]

@@monakasan7486according to the requirements you just have to unlock the mail feature

[@meikisaragi1445]

Pulling for Ruan Mei. I also want copies of Shuway-yee. Edit: I want Seele and Jingliu. I wish I came back to HSR early, I missed those banners.

[@alukin2853]

Same

[@meikisaragi1445]

​@@alukin2853I came back after Acheron was teased in the TGA. Atleast we get a free Dr. Ratio lol. I quit because I lost Seele in 1.0 😂 I wish I came back when she had her rerun.

[@rizvaark]

im just waiting for Luocha rerun after blade (hopefully)

[@unzkipriime4283]

got into hsr when seele was about to end and i didn't understand what im missing until now 😭 gonna still prep for a mono quantum team and going DoT Kafka for now

[@Filthycasual17]

I hope jingliu comes back soon. I took a break after blade banner and missed her

[@annanas9122]

If Sparkle wasn't in 2.0 maybe I would go for Ruan Mei despite me thinking she's all around kinda boring. But since Sparkle is so close, anyway, my MonoQuantum and DHIL teams could use her and I also want Kafka on top of that, I'm getting Kafka and then saving for and getting Sparkle.

[@letsrank9349]

Good choice. I know Ruan Mae is great, but I can't imagine her out valuing Sparkle due to dreams. I'm also thinking of Pseudo- Imaginary DHIL for myself with Sparkle, Silverwolf and Lynx (No LuochaT-T), that would be great, kinda like the DHIL Bronya team but with also guaranteed breaks this time. Also Black Swan for Kafka Ratio teams is just insane, they fulfill all Ratio requirements while providing DoT and Def shred.

[@pokemonairi]

exact same situation

[@Airlinecuisine]

I'm considering ruan mei but I've been wanting to prioritize staellarron hunter characters since the beginning of my account so even tho i have blade, sw and kafka i kinda want to pull their Eideolons (just cause we get better characters doesn't mean older ones wont be able to clear content so i'd rather pull for ones I like than ones that are "meta")

[@Minnee545]

The fact that Dr. Ratio found out how dumb we are and decided to tutur us personally is pog

[@amnos180188]

Seeing that I will get Dr Ratio for free, just his LC then LOL. Already have Blade and don't care about the other two.

[@rjh8937]

Ruan Mei!!! I'm so sad tho I wanted blade to rerun later on bc I missed him the first time and I love his character , I really dont want to miss him again

[@skyreaper1994]

Go for Blade. Then save up jades for Ruan Mei re-run. It's better to enjoy the game w/ the characters you like. Good luck :)

[@crushedmilkshake6690]

@@skyreaper1994 i really hope she gets a rerun soon but with how loucha has been pushed back i hope she doesn't take too long

[@Zergling.]

Ok theres a very important thing wrong with ruan mei, she does not increase break effect, but break efficiency, very different and much much better. 0:29 you said weakness break so i presume you talking about normal break effect. For people that want to know break efficiency is the amount of toughness you remove on each attack, the more you have, the more you remove, so much better than normal break and rarer to get too, i think this is the first time we got something like it without simulated universe blessings. About the pulls, i am not pulling this banner, dont need another support, already have bronya, tingyun, hanya, asta and yukong (basically all harmony characters), even pela so thats enough for now, its not like ruan mei breaks the game so yeah. I am not interested in blade or dr ratio too, dont need another different dps (i am now in the process of improving the comps i already have), already have kafka, IB and seele, to be honest the 4 star quantum looks really fun though, for kafka dont want to use my jades for her e1 or e2 instead saving for black swam, if i have to choose a e1 kafka vs a black sawn yeah no question about it. (though would have liked to get a jingliu). I was looking for sparkle in update 2.0 for mono quantum but i did not get silver wolf and lost 50/50 so plans changed. I think 2.0 for me comes with much better characters i might want, this is it for me good luck to you guys.

[@duydo2593]

She does increase 20% break effect for the teams also

[@zragon]

Ruan Mei with her weapon, looks like genshin 's Madam Ping alt version of her, before death of Guizhong.

[@CrashDAMFCourse]

Im new to the game and I need my boy Blade Blade Blade Blade Blade

[@lim3020]

I'm going to roll Sparkle for mono quantum team... right now still 50/50 thinking whether I need to roll for Ruan Mei... maybe I probably don't had enough slot for Ruan Mei on both MOC team when OG Bronya & Sparkle supporting on each other team...

[@unzkipriime4283]

what about xueyi for mono quantum as well?

[@lim3020]

@@unzkipriime4283 I already had Seele as DPS for mono quantum... about Xeuyi not sure I will be able to get her when rolling for Ruan Mei since 4* are sometimes harder to get than 5*... had few people had to roll a bit deeper to get the 4* rate up that they wanted...

[@ChangeOfHearts39]

Did you pull ruan mei ?

[@santabakure6264]

Dr Ratio being the king he is only wants his signature light cone now that he became “ubiquitous”

[@johnemad8336]

Prepared everything for ruan mei Mine will have 270 break effect,147 spd with an err rope Come home my lovely lady

[@akibarea4044]

I still don’t have Kafka and Blade so pulling for them 🤞 hopefully I get them both 🙏

[@flamestorm31]

Either ruan mei or blade. I already have kafka and dr ratio is free, plus 1st banners have xueyi which has follow up attack and can synergize with topaz

[@Moretropes11]

Got Ruan Mei and Kafka and I can’t wait to go crazy with dot and break

[@serenitynovalee5194]

Been wanting Kafka since the start but damn those 4 stars.

[@d_dante0671]

Im still in the early game so all of them would be helpful and im gonna try wishing on all of there banners and hope i get then

[@nkosiezikalala5267]

3 Weeks in and I managed to get Raun Mei and in the next 10 pull (Wanted Xueyi) I got BLADE!! I was ecstatic and can now save for Pennecony without Regrets (Wasn't going for Kafka anyway since i have Jing Yuen, Not to mention the 4stars on that banner)

[@worldofskills3299]

i love blade i want him but i dont know ruan mei or blade i know ruan mei is good but i want blade

[@gudakoalter]

I don't know who to pull for my Jingliu. Blade or Ruan Mei

[@hugofloresloredo598]

blade currently has the most synergies with jingliu bc it triggers blades passive, so more damage with 0 skill points used, pair her with luocha and tingyun or bronya and is amazing

[@crushedmilkshake6690]

im so conflicted between ruan mei and blade (i already have kafka and lightcone) so its between pulling for a favorite character and a more "meta" character that might help me more on the longrun

[@gameguy1337]

I am in the same boat. I actually want Argenti but the smart money is waiting for Ruen Mei.

[@justiceforfirefly]

Go for your fav! They'll get reruns anyway

[@sadiauddin8701]

This is RM’s first banner, so you might as well go for the rerun character (if this game is anything like Genshin, then we may not see rerun characters again for a while).

[@He_who_Remains_]

Well who did you pull now the update is open?

[@crushedmilkshake6690]

i pulled ruan mei but lost lol so now i save for black swan@@He_who_Remains_

[@VergilVon_Doom]

If I lose my 50/50 on Ruan Mei I will grind as hard as I did when I lost the 50/50 on Silver Wolf’s release

[@chinhobae3977]

so ruan mei really works well with silver wolf

[@sadiauddin8701]

Since this is Ruan Mei’s first banner, I might just skip her. A free 5* will be enough for an f2p newbie player like me 😂

[@R4GNAR0G]

If lucky, I'm gonna get Ruan Mei. But other than that, I'm aiming for Lady Acheron. Besides, they gave me Silvie last night. This month could be the best Christmas EVER!

[@mskeishadiedomg]

i dont know if i should pull ruan mei for my himeko topaz team or blade for my jingliu team

[@muhammadwaheed1027]

Saving for hanabi and jingilu rerun

[@billdecou242]

Good luck on both, but if Hanabi has her kit the way I saw then RM might be the better support for Jingliu. Since if it works the way I saw (always subject to change until release) you'll want someone who spams their skill points, not just skills (binary so DHIL wouldn't get extra buffed). Whereas RM will just have a good chunky 68-92% damage up (assuming 180 Break Effect), 10% speed for everyone else and ResPen (multiplies together with defense down and damage up) especially if you have a defense shredder like SW.

[@muhammadwaheed1027]

@@billdecou242 yeah for jingilu im not gonna run her with Hanabi, i was gonna run Gephard, Jingilu, Asta and Huohou or gephard jingilu asta and QQ. im only gonna use Hanabi for Seele and SW

[@sley7470]

After I get Ruan Mei all in for Black Swan❤

[@amorphousartist3574]

I’m so torn because I want Ruan Mei but I’ve been wanting Kafka and lost her 50/50 last time… I currently have a guaranteed but I dunno who I should use it on ;w;

[@RuneGrey]

Its pretty easy to tell when folks went all in on Jingliu and skipped Topaz, as having Topaz makes Dr. Ratio a lot more exciting. :D Overall I'm glad for the freebee, I missed the 50/50 on Jingliu but have been pretty happy with Topaz supporting my Clara - Ratio is a win for the team comp, and I am looking forward to him. Skipped Kafka before for Dan IL, so time to make up for that now that I have a hard pity saved up. Then on top Black Swan...

[@conquerofdemon5339]

Have blade and Kafka and ratio is free , so only one left is Ruan mei , so the ans is obvious

[@ryann8518]

i got blade and ruan mei but have no idea who to use since i jus got this game…

[@vanguardpotential3153]

Honestly, in my opinion, dr.ratio doesn't seem like a traditional DPS, and shouldn't be seen as such. Think of how kafka' DoT operates, them helping kafka deal more damage while still doing their own thing. Here i can see an argument going for a sort of team where follow up attacks are priority, so we can use him with topaz obviously. A debuff focus team is also good, so welt for example gives him the option to go wastelanders which already fits his playstyle very well as it's four piece heavily relies on debuffs and general and imprisonment in particular, so welt is already a great option for him. I think guinaifen can also be such a good addition to his team purely because she applies two debuffs in one go, burn and firekiss. This allows guinaifen to boost dr. Ratio's damage and give an aoe damage dealer so that dr. Ratio can focus on a single target aka the main boss of a node or SU. Silverwolf is also good for a dr. Ratio welt team because of her debuffing which is not strictly limited to jyst defense shred, but also attack shred, speed shred, etc. you can run loucha or lynx to sustain such a team. Finally, hanya can help dr. Ratio by boosting him and also applying a burden debuff, which would further increase his damage more, and also boost his speed when hanya ults

[@misa4lifers]

HELP I ALREADY HAVE BRONYA SO DO I STILL GET RUAN MEI OR BLADE (i find kafka boring and dr ratio… no explanation needed)

[@FR33CSS_]

I m starting today So which char shld i go for? Blade as dps or mei supp

[@nekonightcore1493]

Blade ruan mei on rerun

[@alonelycacti]

I dont know if i should pull for blade or ruan mei.. can someone help me?.. (i only have clara as a dps but i do have bronya and will be also getting tingyun by pullung for either of them)

[@Susmachine]

I pull blade and lucky to get same time the unreachable side light cone and not bad for dps I don't have any regret

[@KingsleyG]

who to pull? all.

[@skyreaper1994]

RIP wallet

[@crushedmilkshake6690]

one day i strive to be this rich lol but with enough luck i think everyone could as well

[@ThatoneBirdIdk]

I can’t decide between blade or Kafka e1 someone help me decide please edit: I GOT RUAN MEI LET GO

[@crushedmilkshake6690]

the rule in gacha games ive seen is to always go for new characters, but if you use kafka a lot, shes your favorite character, or you think e1 is better then i'd say go for that instead

[@ThatoneBirdIdk]

@@crushedmilkshake6690 I do use her lot I really like her playstyle but I also realise how good ruan mei will be for my dragon danheng I just pull banner by banner and hope to god I get atleast one of them since I’m not guaranteed

[@ThatoneBirdIdk]

@@crushedmilkshake6690 I just pull on ruan mei and see how that goes

[@Hadeshi.]

i want Kafka but her banner is so bad i might end up waiting for another rerun.

[@TavernsMc]

Me whos watching this to just get blade anyways

[@gabrielebasa4292]

The meta side of me wants to pull for ruan mei the horny side of me wants to pull for kafka and the emo loving nothing personal kid side of me wants to pull blade help.....

[@nikkijen2063]

Im pulling kafka I really don't have any good lighting dps

[@ArthurLaywin-n3n]

pulling for kafka and new 4 star after that ganna save for black swan and I ma skip all new charactar (most of them)

[@tetris929]

I don’t know if I want Ruan Mei or kafka

[@pierug]

Kafka needs sampo or good dot dealer. Ruan is so universal, you can use her in every team

[@metha9987]

Go for Kafka if you have Sampo/Guinaifen or planing to pull Black Swan in 2.0 . Otherwise Ruan Mei is better for you.

[@hotdog-hotdog-hotdiggitydog]

Ruan Mei bc she’s a baddie

[@kalepemberton4501]

Kafka.

[@gaithmubarak7017]

Not worth, Skip All.