How Did Himeko Get So Strong? | Honkai: Star Rail

[@KudaGeatsune3821]

How did himeko get so strong FOOL! She was always strong! You just didn't notice

[@VarsII]

That's literally the message of this video in a nutshell LOL

[@aaronscott7467]

I didn't get her early enough to use outside of her tutorial appearance, so I just assumed she needed better relics to be used more effectively. Boy was I glad I had started farming those relics when pf showed up.

[@HandleName_CB]

Beside PF, she is always mediocre and still is. She certainly benifit a lot from recent meta, but after this version, her mediocrity will probably become more apparent again. I dont know what kind of drug does VarsII take would make him commont on himiko's strength based on current meta, which is extremely biased toward fire weakness. As he said, himiko's weakness is always too situational and rely too much on fire weakness enermy. No fire weakness=>hard to trigger her passive=>no dmg .The current version of the game is the best she can get and there wont be too much room for her to grow. There is still probability that himeko can do well in the future, depending what character mihoyo wanted to promote over that whole 2.x(something like jingliu in 1.x), I dont think there is a single MoC 12 missing ice weakness after jingliu and before acheron come out. If that character is selected to be FF, then himiko may still have some chance to be good, but I dont think it would as rediculous as current meta anyway since there are they need to promote in each meta.

[@GokaikillerTobi]

​@@VarsII you must be some kind of a dumbass

[@Ray-oc5sx]

@@HandleName_CB but she is gourgeous

[@ohikblurp6245]

Because she let us and Sunday witness the will of the weak.

[@silverhawkscape2677]

So PEAK!

[@OfficialNeonScratch]

Real.

[@yusha5807]

wait what does this mean?

[@Vivids591]

@@yusha5807have you finished penacony story ? Because that’s the reference

[@GokaikillerTobi]

That line was ass

[@mikeklockow7231]

Himeko never conceals her desire to control the meta... And Break is no exception.

[@Silvonaut]

4 Words: Pure Fiction, Super Break. These two things have allowed Himeko to age like fine wine.

[@samuelbutler3332]

Also robin

[@shai310]

Don't you mean fine coffee?

[@amandaslough125]

​@@shai310There's alcoholic coffee.

[@tuananhdang7385]

Nah, the whole moc rn is tailored for FF and BH(mostly FF) Enemies on floor 12 literally only require breaking the shield and they all get vulnerability. Also the introduction of Gallagher

[@GaboObando]

Himeko and Ruanmei fully star fiction for me, love em

[@hxnslshhax9011]

you really are an under rated HSR CC, none in the HSR cc does what you do, its always character builds, theory or 0 cycles. its really refreshing

[@naw613]

I promise 140k subscribers is not underrated. Vars is doing just fine

[@VarsII]

Lol people call me a professional yapper 😂

[@DefinitelyNotAFerret]

@@VarsIIyou are ❤ but it’s a compliment for you

[@GokaikillerTobi]

​@@VarsIIthen shut up

[@Maxwelium]

As a person who loves yalling, with right poeple I enjoy this channel😂🤌​@@VarsII

[@alshee7239]

About 9:10 Firefly and Himeko ABSOLUTELY has synergy with each other. Firefly ignores weakness and applies fire weakness with her technique and skill which creates more opportunities for Himeko do to her follow up attacks.

[@shai310]

True, not to mention that Firefly's technique applies fire weakness to all enemies which is also really effective for Himeko.

[@amandaslough125]

Great to know my mono fire team I've been building will be better than I expected lol.

[@junyaiwase]

This is awesome . I will try them together but does anyone know how good they are with each other?

[@Kspice9000]

Pretty damn good in pure fiction if running FF/hmc/rm/himeko.

[@faturramadhani4770]

​@@Kspice9000does this makes the rotation goes stun on the enemy side? Because wouldn't it be risky to not have any sustain?

[@dragonyyy]

*A year later* Vars ll: What happened to Himeko? Surely it happens

[@KobeEscalante]

Inb4 Vars makes another 100 dollar bet

[@FarEastIV]

If we get abundance of aoe character then she will likely go out from pure fiction meta

[@Maxwelium]

​@@KobeEscalante😂😂

[@spacenumber1149]

Next next year Vars II: why no one play Himeko? Next next next year Var II : what happen to Himeko? Holy shiet infinity money glitch

[@maxishere9082]

Im surprised you didnt mention Gallaghers release as a huge buff to himeko, her main issue was that there was no consistant driver for the fire weakness break and then you release gallagher who not only heals your entire party, generates skill points and has a cleanse but also has both insane single target for boss and multitarget for the goons break capabilities. He works so well with her you can throw in any other 2 units with the duo and you clear every single current gamemode.

[@zytenespada6564]

You can do so even better with Firefly who can be used universally anywhere without fire weak mobs. Gallagher is good but just note he will be tied to fire weak stages just like Himeko.

[@garreonlefay6703]

Yeah I kinda went into the Sunday Boss Fight with my Argenti team and got a bit cooked. I was already building Himeko and Herta to use in the AOE content of the game, now I am building her and Gallagher to use with the Superbreak mechanic......but Who should I use for the battle? Himeko and Trailblazer have a spot in the team, I have built and used Luocha(E1 btw won a 50/50 I wanted to lose) ever since I got him in Acheron's debut so I dunno if I should keep him or go with Gallagher.....and I need one last party member.....who should I use?

[@nonamepasserbya6658]

@@garreonlefay6703 Firefly (weakness implant) and Pela (def reduce + SP gain)

[@garreonlefay6703]

@@nonamepasserbya6658 If only I had the first one

[@nonamepasserbya6658]

@@garreonlefay6703 I for some reason thought you were trying to beat PF. For Sunday, wait for March 7th new form, she is great at breaking if you pair her with a high speed Luocha running Multiply

[@Rhodynit]

NEVER LET YOU GO!!!!!!!!!

[@fordzfinland6862]

No stop😭😭

[@Rhodynit]

@@fordzfinland6862 Nah, This Himeko is Never gonna let you go Never gonna turn around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

[@renegat864]

Never did and finally she is meta.

[@thedabmaster7988]

It's why I did them all.

[@EnaSilliestSoldier]

NIGHTGLOW!!!!!!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@FormerEmiliaBestWifi]

Because SUPPABREAK is absurdly insane, literally F2P Firefly lol

[@Accountthatexists]

Isn't f2p firefly xuieyi?

[@tizurl]

true, i used her to get 36* in my ff team before getting ff

[@rafuthereaper7424]

How about standard banner firefly then?

[@namelessunnamed6544]

Asta - RNG FF Guinaifen - F2P FF Himeko - Poor man's FF

[@myself-moons]

​@@Accountthatexists No imo. Xueyi can be hybrid and has it's own thing for her.

[@nekokurokawa6684]

So happy Himeko is finally getting the credit she deserves. I built her since day 1 but am so happy she’s good. I used her with Kafka before Black Swan was a character and before Acheron and I robin she was the 3rd mommy I used in my triple mommy team.

[@ninjanekoshima1724]

9:18 Firefly and Himeko in a team is carrying me through PF this cycle wdym

[@zytenespada6564]

Yup I can even 0 cycle MoC with them.

[@justanotherweeb8940]

same here lol

[@meovinvin6185]

0:54 Bronya is still a good choice even in break teams since she doubles the damage your break dps deals per turn due to her turn advance when you spd tune her after your dps even if her buffs are unnecessary

[@Bos_Meong]

for real, i even gave her dance dance dance to dish out as much as possible turn and make her 180spd 😂

[@alexsanderivan6511]

Took me a minute to recover from the absolute nostalgia bomb that was hearing this song from Kingdom Hearts again. Some God-tier taste there, man

[@piterzuryel]

Prior to Firefly's release, I used her team with my poorly built Himeko to clear PF lol it was so good

[@Urdane7]

9:17 what do you mean the character that applies fire weakness and focuses on break doesn't synergize with Himeko

[@zytenespada6564]

Agreed. This is why Firefly is her best partner now.

[@Heshu-i2t]

Himeko got the Jing Yuan treatment. getting buffed as the game progresses.

[@SyntheticaYT]

Is Jing Yuan good now? He’s still not great rated in tier lists.

[@Heshu-i2t]

@SyntheticaYT tier are ass. and by buffs I meant new units/relics that created extremely great synergies for them

[@qqueue2666]

Honkai Impact 3rd Himeko fan stocks keep rising, NEVER LET YOU GO, THAT'S WHY I DID IT ALL, FOR A CHANCE AT LEAST, TO LIVE IN YOUR WAY, LOVE OF YOU, IS MY MOST CHERISHED THING, SO STAY ALIVE, BRAVELY

[@O-R-I-G-I-N]

YESSSSSS

[@Za_Phantom]

Protect the beauty of this world 😢

[@LizardKingRequiem]

Literally her only “problem” was “hur dur bosses need single target damage” as if literally every single boss doesnt have minions, so thank god shes proved that nonsense wrong

[@isshonsaha8673]

It wasn't nonsense. The only reason pure fiction exists is because the devs didn't make enemies and scenarios that let erudition characters shine. Then they made pure fiction so now erudition has its uses

[@Rastaboulotte]

@@isshonsaha8673they created pure fiction because people were complaining, not because Erudition had no places. If anything, it’s hunt that we’re in the hardest spot, except Seele, but she doesn’t really function like other hunts, and is thus much better.

[@unit3862]

@@isshonsaha8673 holy cope

[@zytenespada6564]

Same people who said Yanqing was best 5* DPS in game 😂 oh how the tables turn.

[@darkflames9]

It was a problem for the longest time, because even when bosses had minions , once those were gone, you just had a much more beefy boss, which Himeko struggled against. PF and SB were almost tailor made for characters like her to bring them into the meta. Even now she's rated super low for MOC.

[@juliogomez2534]

She was my second 5* (obtained from standard banner before ever pulling on the limited banner) and I never saw the issue with her. I knew early on that she was meant to be a late game unit thanks tonher A6 and saw that the pairing with Herta was insane from miles away. Glad to see people no longer shitting on her though.

[@belleboni2016]

So lucky to immediately E1 her. After pulling for Ruan Mei, just trying my luck on Firefly banner, Himeko came home in 3 pass (now I'm guaranteed for Jiaoqiu). What I really need is more erudition character for Pure Fiction. Then after a few days, tried pulling on standard banner and got her again😭.

[@m1st233]

Himeko does synergies with firefly with weakness implant It makes it easier to weakness break more enemies

[@Yarzu555]

Been runnin Himeko, HTB, RM and Gall in DU and the new AS mode and have been really happy with the results. Was happy with her when PF dropped as well, glad she's turned around from her 1.0 standing.

[@elfawne]

So glad I got her and her LC randomly since the beginning, back then she almost got no use but now we have PF and superbreak

[@zauberkugel2963]

same, didn't reroll because I like her anyway, but now she is arguably the best standard 5 star

[@lucadivine3862]

Got a friend to start playing Star Rail during 1.5 and they got Yanqing as their 5-star from yhe beginner banner. My only consolation to them was, "at least its not Himeko" ... Nope, turns out they took away even that.

[@amandaslough125]

Yanqing just needs a specific support to boost him up. Which can easily happen depending on various ways they expand on gameplay. He very much feels like a "HSR Keqing" to me.

[@lewsee5562]

@@amandaslough125 Himeko is more like HSR Keqing. Keqing got buffed by dendro. Himeko got buffed by PF and super break. Yanqing has no niche and is competing with RRAT team and Boothill, and loses massively. Aventurine fixed his passive uptime issue but his damage is just lacking.

[@antarath517]

​@@amandaslough125 I cannot emphasize this enough, 100% uptime on Soulsteel Sync still has him doing worse than a lot of characters. He brings nothing special other than a chance to freeze enemies, and good luck counting on that to carry you. Jingliu gets similar crit/dmg amp and similar damage ratios. She is better for SP, has action advance, and cleaves.

[@FactorySettings_]

​@amandaslough125 There's no hope for Yanqing unfortunately. He's basically a worse version of Ratio.

[@trig2012]

After not even knowing who she was, then watching the pain and suffering she’s been through from Hi3 and on, she is everything I need her to be. Make sure her cup is always full.

[@theidpboi6205]

As someone who got her day 1, this is a thumbnail I'd only ever dreamed of seeing Two of her lightcones and a year later, and happy tears have now flown freely. Thanks vars

[@DavidHoang1113]

I gotta say, I did not even notice these changes to Himeko's place in the meta. That said, this was a good informative video, good job Vars.

[@Maws92]

I started playing exactly at the beginning of the year and I remember Bronya and Gepard being the only standard characters I wanted. Fast forward to last week when I finally hit 300 standard pulls and used the selector on Himeko immediately as I didnt have her yet. The turnaround she had in just that short time frame is insane and I couldn't imagine picking anyone else off that banner now

[@ivansentanu3498]

at the end of the day, harmony MC+ruan+gallaghar+random DPS is somehow works well

[@bhellzeboss7541]

I got e3 himeko in the first week of game at relase. I invested fully in her. Yesterday with the montly reset i got another copy of her. Yep, im happy.

[@SuperKevinho1]

Very lucky. Instead I have just Himeko E0...from the selector...after spending a lot of jades on it... I play HSR just to play her (I bruteforced a lot of contents with her since 1.3), I pulled JY's for her. Now I want only more Eidolons, but she ( and Clara) don't exist in my games.

[@UTU]

You make such great content...always. I wish you would improve your voice editing since you're one of the few creators I almost cannot understand when listening at higher speed rates. Something about the bass balance, I assume.

[@Razl0]

Never doubted her since v1.0

[@WalnutWife]

Oh I haven’t tried superbreak Himeko yet thanks for the idea ❤

[@floofzykitty5072]

Himiko has some really bad key traces, but getting 15% crit rate off of Benchmark is insane. To put things into perspective, 15% crit rate is about 4 substats worth. It's not anything like Jingliu getting a goddamn 50% Crit Rate just for existing, but it's still a really good trace.

[@acesword9850]

Lets also not forget the FuA focused relic and planar sets as the best Himeko had for a long time was Atk +12% with Fire DMG 10%. And she can use Duke’s 4 piece just as well as Jing Yuan

[@tommyhickin4669]

I’d also thank erudition path coming to SU. It was built around Argenti but she’s so general with a damage split of FUA, skill, ult, break and dot damage, that she benefits from all the ult spam too. Combine erudition and elation path and she destroys anything, and you can combine these for ult/ skill/ FUA spam for toughness breaking in break teams now too, which is helpful for DU favouring break for Firefly. She started as a calyx monster and grew into being a Pure Fiction/ SU/ DU monster who also occasionally goes from being a decent MoC/ AS pick to a brilliant one depending on the matchup. So universal and reliable now. Thank goodness I got her!

[@radioactivebeverage]

I wouldn’t be surprised if they did plan that far ahead. Genshin Impact’s starter character Lisa scales with Elemental Mastery as an electro character. This was virtually useless before Sumeru

[@Kiriananana]

Firefly actually is good with Himeko. The ability to force fire weakness allows teams like Herta and Himeko to be even stronger

[@zytenespada6564]

You would use Firefly, Himeko, RM, HMC in PF now. I don't see how Herta fits on this team. Losing too many buffs. Better to use Herta with Jade if you pull her.

[@Kiriananana]

@@zytenespada6564 My thought was Firefly, Himeko, Herta and Jade.

[@robsupercool]

Vars. i love your vids. But a lot of the time I cant fully hear you. I dont know if you need a new microphone or maybe lower the background music. Keep up the goodwork and looking forward to you improving your audio.

[@Lovelyclarii]

I have an E1S1 Himeko and she has carried me through difficult stages where I needed a fire dps and the break follow up mechanic works really well with Xueyi+Herta

[@hoangLapis3910]

13:05 I see another man of culture here!! ........ Yeah, I am looking for Himeko in DoT team with Kafka too 😆

[@jordanbroom5955]

As one with a soft spot for gingers and a fascination with follow-up units, who keeps losing 50/50 to Himeko, this video makes me very happy. Loving all your videos I've seen lately, Vars. Keep it up.

[@neerajsgameroom7365]

Actually bronya is still good with firefly if you don't have ruan mei or Robin because bronyas action advance and attack boost are still good

[@polarroars68]

will you be making a video on how crit is kinda everything for wuwa because theres almost no other way to deal dmg as of rn (srry if it seems like i post this on every vid) also real slick saying yunli will overshadow clara

[@brycecai4700]

As long as she can use yunli’s light cone, then I have no complaints

[@ninjacat4401]

I fecking love how you summarized Firefly 😆

[@3m35]

She got stronger cause she would never let us go, it’s why she did them all, for a chance at least to live in our way, cause her love of us is her most cherished thing, so we gotta stay alive bravely. That’s why

[@sakesage6246]

I love Welt and Himeko. They seem great with E6 Harmony TB, Firefly, and Gallagher.

[@salmonmeister]

It’s been interesting seeing these videos because I stopped played HSR right before the release of Penacony, so we were still in the new meta phase of the game. It seemed like every new 5 star outclassed the last, but now its interesting seeing meta defining units not be as relevant anymore

[@yuukiterumi2061]

They told me I was crazy for picking himeko for my 5 star pick and building her at launch and look at her now

[@Himekocchi]

Himeko was always strong. 2nd highest base ATK in the game, ATK ratio rivaling destruction units despite being Erudtion, easy to proc follow up, perfect synergy with her lightcone... you name it. Relics like Grand Duke, and now Super Break only made her better. People just didn't realize and left her to dust her being a standard character. Have been using her since day one and cleared everything. Never regretted it. P.S: I have a feeling at some point a similar kind of video will be out about Welt too. He is extremely flexible, can be both a support or a carry and is a monster in both.

[@silverhawkscape2677]

What cab we say. Himeko is a Beloved Character in Honkai Verse.

[@OlexiVR]

Easy answer: she has never been weak. I play her since the first patch. And she constantly helped me closing a couple of stages in MoC. People just ignored her, or tried making her a hypercarry, where she's not

[@shimeji_e]

one way she could improve is if they rework her charge requirements from breaking enemy weakness to when enemy receives weakness break damage. fundamentally the same but she could also gain charges from super break

[@natalies8498]

As someone who's loved her since her trial version carried me through that first boss fight on the space station, I was QUITE happy to have lost that first 50/50 to her, but I'm glad she has greater utility now.

[@Christopher-me3nf]

Sadly my Himeko will never be this strong because my harmony MC is already engaged to firefly.

[@Haru-rs2su]

Can't put them both? That's my plan, with Gallagher too.

[@Indubb]

I rerolled for Himeko then used her for most of version 1. I took a little break with 2.0 for variety. She's actually the only standard character that I've used since 1.5 when HH replaced Bailu.

[@MildCholester28]

i showed my friend on his own account how good Himeko was, he was shocked and regretted not building her earlier lol

[@SuperKevinho1]

You did a great job bro!! These unbelievers...

[@justanotherweeb8940]

nice video about our favorite mommy. i just wanted to correct one information though, which is claiming himeko and firefly don't have synergy. I should digress since they've been wonderful for pure fiction together in a ruan mei team. Firefly breaks enemies so himeko's attacks become very consistent, it's an easy 4-star where I used to struggle so much by combining herta/himeko before, and apocalyptic shadow was also an easy win (best team so far has been ruan mei/ luocha/himeko/firefly to 35k last level).

[@behzzyy9266]

Im just waiting for the day welt is "lore accurate"

[@Erlow]

Himeko actually already has, or rather had, a place in dot teams. There was a pure fiction cycle a while ago where one of the buffs you could pick was advancing your team's actions when enemies take dot, favouritising characters that can apply dot but not necessarily rely on them, just like himeko. Along with hook and asta, this team allowed me to get my only 12 stars ever

[@trevorbrooks7816]

Is there any way you could amplify the volume of your videos? I'm hard of hearing and I can't hear your videos on max volume with headphones in sometimes. Love your content❤

[@hrpang]

I remember Lisara(previously Dreamy) pointed out really really early on that Himeko had amazing break damage and noticed that while not a stated fact in game at the time, Fire as an element had much high break damage compared to other elements. Her guide allowed my Himeko to really carry my teams in battles where my Kafka couldn't. Himeko has always been decent, just it took a while for the right supports to make her shine.

[@games-dan]

I'm only 30 standard pulls away from finally getting Himeko on the selector (I already have Bronya). Her design and ult animation were the reason I started playing the game, but I keep losing 50/50's to Bailu and Clara instead.

[@SpydeR5K]

Depending on how the next few patches go, the astral express can be fully meta, we just need march new form to be good and idk abt welt.

[@UltimatePollo3495]

Wym welt the only character who is not power crept by a limited 5 star hw will go up when his kit becomes useful to someone

[@ZoRowArk3]

After doing around 375 Pulls on the Standart Banner (getting my fifth 5 Star on there) and still not having Himeko, I picked her from the Selector and I'M SO GLAD I DID! I already had E1 Bronya very early, I got Welt kinda late, but I had him. It was mostly between Gepard and Himeko tbh and after getting Aventurine it was clear I had to pick Himeko and I couldn't be happier with that lol. Who knows if I ever would've gotten her otherwise, I mean the red head alternative in Genshin, Diluc, still avoids me even after countless 50/50 losses lmao (not that I mind at this point lol)

[@LocalKeegs]

As a Himeko main since I got my playstation HSR acc (I was a JingYuan/Welt main on my PC acc) Himeko has always been good, but mostly as a sub dps, she only really now is a good main dps. And thats coming from me... an S0 E4 Himeko main with every single one of her best supports and an E1 robin... Shes always worked as a main dps but she struggled more if she couldn't break anyone, but now that Fire is usually a weakness on enemies rn she can work as a main dps! Hoping for more and more buffs to her cause then ill be unstoppable with her!

[@Pupcat_Is_Amare]

I’m so glad the standard banner gave me an E3 Himiko without me trying

[@highwaytoheaven99]

I was genuinely happy when I lost my 50 50 to her way back, and it was like a week or two before the release of Pure Fiction. The timing was PERFECT.

[@bonnmaghari4340]

Great analysis video as always

[@aidanjackson5084]

Himeko is one Standard 5* I've yet to get, alone with Yanqing & Bronya. Currently about 10-20 pulls away from Standard 5* selector too. As much as the community at large says Bronya is the best option to pick, I'm tempted to select Himeko as I already have Sparkle

[@Veydo_pls]

Himeko is gonna become the second kokomi 👀

[@CarelessChalant]

Honestly the last thing i want for Himeko is for her to be able to hold more than three charges so that she can have atleast 2 more charges after breaking an elite enemy when already holding 2 / 3 charges.

[@tommykaung5882]

Watching your videos make me realize that "Waifu over Meta" works despite I am a F2P player. In fact, some cases, I rolled a certain character because I love the Japanese VA who voiced it. I picked Himeko in standard banner despite people recommending Bronya because I love Rie Tanaka. In Penacony, I pulled Acheron(both character and LC), Robin and Firefly because I like their designs, stories and their JP VA not realizing how op they are in meta.

[@yuzuhibiki]

My Himeko has always been in my support list since day1, everyone may have her at this point but still gotta remind everyone she there

[@Hououin818]

9:13 So we're just gonna pretend that Boothill doesn't exist now? Okay

[@f.b.iagent3971]

Boothill is great, but he got omegaskipped for Firefly, so saying that she invented the Break meta is more correct in most people’s eyes

[@VarsII]

@@f.b.iagent3971 ^

[@mooseking_x3]

​@@f.b.iagent3971 Boothil got that yoimiya treatment

[@saito853]

Imagine being in the banner right before Firefly kekw

[@Hououin818]

​​@@mooseking_x3That would be Argenti, his banner is before a turbo broken character (RM) or after one (FF and Boothill)

[@X1erra]

I always knew Himeko is strong when the content calls for it. The bosses in 2.2 are all made for Himeko. That puts her in a strong position whenever they come up.

[@nadhif_nasrul]

I guess himeko is similar to raiden shogun. Both are underestimated at first in term of dps capability, but surprisingly still be relevant on most of meta mechanisms as well as super break (himeko) and hyperbloom (raiden shogun)

[@slicenjiotaku2443]

When i got her in the free 5 star, I've recently started using her. She carried me in parts where fire weakness is good and my other characters aren't as efficient

[@maxbrooks3217]

I have her E6 with 2 of her light cones which was pain at the time but now with jade on the way i am emphatically building her

[@xanaviii]

Should've also mentioned how she went from mediocre 2pc/hodge podge relics, to a whole wardrobe of viable 4pc and 2pc planar sets.

[@thatonepanch]

I built her simply because she is a hot mamma. She was never weak in my eyes

[@Kuddochan]

You forgot to mention one more thing: Firefly + Himeko is disgusting in Pure Fiction now. Firefly's technique applies fire weakness to every spawning enemy wave and deals an instance of fire damage right away. Against these small enemies, with Ruan Mei that's enough to instantly fire break them, which thus instantly procs Himeko's FuA. You're almost oneshotting waves automatically when they spawn without even taking an action. If you can manage to survive sustainless then Firefly Himeko Herta Ruan Mei is probably the strongest PF team in the game now (otherwise cut out whichever one of them for a sustain).

[@UltimatePollo3495]

What relics for himeko too confusing as she both follow up and break

[@Kuddochan]

@@UltimatePollo3495 Should be several options. I use Grand Duke as 4pc and Planars you can probably use any out of Salsotto, Sigonia, Duran, or even Kalpagni Lantern in this particular case. It'll work fine either way with just her regular dps build, don't need to build anything special for break. You get a ton of break effect buffs from HMC and/or Ruan Mei anyway.

[@UltimatePollo3495]

@@Kuddochan thx very helpful

[@zytenespada6564]

Herta makes no sense. HMC is better. Stick Herta to a different DPS, Himeko found her actual partner. She was tired of being compared in PF.

[@AkaruiYAGI]

"Himeko and Firefly don't really have any synergy together" the character that can ignore weakness and break often doesn't synergize with the character that wants breaks to happen to trigger their follow-up??? 😭

[@Kspice9000]

And also is the exact same element 🤔

[@memoryofsalem4474]

​@@Kspice9000 Also implants fore weakness

[@nightcorelucario2218]

Been using her since day 1. She works very well with my ef it we break mentality

[@ViniciusFigueiredo19]

I legit cleared every endgame w her break team, crazy how effective she is

[@jvxiv7318]

Here is the thing about Himeko, she was always good just there were better options before due to how the game was focused before but with all of the new characters and Pure Fiction, heck even most of the bosses in MoC spawning in their own allies, just allowing her to be so much better, it just makes her much stronger. Now that Firefly has came out, she can also take advantage of the fact Firefly doesnt need a fire weakness and instead provide her own which also indirectly buffs Himeko.

[@hannahlm6527]

I've always loved Himeko even when I didn't know how her kit works

[@ghotyolocanisyn2880]

Do remember this moc buff advances anyone who breaks or kills the trotter. Himeko having benefits with break mechanic, it’s self explanatory. And in 20 days the moc buff benefits FUA, so I think she’ll still be a top usage. Good video btw.

[@augustuslxiii]

Welt is in high demand if you're stuck on the Sunday boss.

[@pixelgaming8800]

“Himeko and firefly doesn’t have Synergy” Not entirely true but that just happens to be a happy accident that they both are fire

[@M0chaCcino]

i didnt even know if she was getting good or not, i just kept using her because i needed a fire shield breaker

[@Fyreshield]

Since trying her out in belebog's golden calyx through a friend, i've always thought Hineko was one of the most fun characters to play. However, as a standard banner character, I've never been able to realistically pull for her

[@SuperKevinho1]

The only reason why I started HSR. I also spent a lot fo jades in the Standard banner to select her after 2 months. Pulled also JingYuan's LC for her. She carried me as main dps, doing overwork and bruteforcing contents when I had only she,Blade and Jingliu as dps. Now that im stronger, I complete ALL the contents with her; "she is good only in PF" is a bullshit. And im not using Superbreak. Himeko Hypercarry is good (if there is at least 1 Fire-weak Elite/Boss). I also pulled Firefly E1 just to being Himeko robopet. Try FF+Himeko in PF, FUA every new waves, so fun. Now I just want some her Eidolons😢

[@edgebrowser187]

"What happened to jing yuan" when his 3rd rerun with his own story/ dedicated new relic set

[@agapemachina6101]

He got a relic set He got planet ornament Characters that could support him And content for erudition

[@braddl9442]

Its simple, once break became more important the way Himekos and her Follow ups work got more relevant.

[@glauberlopes1779]

Mihoyo:You Will love Himeko you like ou not!

[@adult_nubian]

She's always been strong. I've been using her since I got her in 1.1, I snagged Topaz in 1.4 to further increase her DPS. Pure Fiction came out and I ran her with Herta for a easy 40k clear. HMC comes out with super break and she keeps winning, absolutely adore her, she mommy, pretty, rich and is part of the main cast of the story. Can't get enough of her

[@FallenPhoenix-ml5mn]

Himeko is the 5 star I chose with my 300 standard wish and I never regretted it even before all these buffs. After HI3rd you better believe im making her as strong as I can. I wouldn't say Himeko and FF don't have Synergy, FF has insane breaking abilities and the abilility to implant fire weakness and that naturally benefits Himeko a lot.

[@rms.ziggler7344]

Himeko IS my favorite character. I’ve had her since 1.0. Loved her always. She’s always been the best. She has so little people talking about her.