Why NO ONE Plays: Trailblazer (Physical/Destruction) | Honkai: Star Rail
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- Next episode of Why NO ONE Plays for Honkai: Star Rail, we'll be discussing the Trailblazer! Specifically the Physical Destruction one since Fire Preservation TB is actually pretty good and I have a theory that future ones will be even better :P
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“Hypothetically speaking you could have a imaginary harmony”, yea real slick bud
lol😭
He knows far too much 😂 (thankfully, they're actually really sick)
imaginary trailblazer broken fr
Literally could have said any other element 😂😂
I know I rolled my eyes when he said that
I am the bone of my bat
Stellaron is my body and trailblazing is my blood
I have created over a thousand relics
Unknown to CRIT RATE,
Nor known to CRIT DMG.
Have withstood pain to create many bats
But yet, those hands will never hold anything
So as I pray, Unlimited Bat Works.
@@boyishdude1234this is an actual dialogue option in penacony
Imagine defeating the last boss in the entire story with a bat of destiny wut.
I need a explanation what does this mean
@@marthaawah8948it’s a famous chant from a Visual Novel/Anime that’s very popular in Japan. During the Penacony story quest the trailblazer mentions a variation of it, the original goes like “I am the bone of my sword, Steel is my body and fire is my blood”.
@@marthaawah8948 It's a parody of Archer's Noble Phantasm chant from Fate, "Unlimited Blade Works."
Probably, lorewise, is because the resonance of the stelaron with nanook never was finished. Welt stopped it before it lead to destruction, while the resonance with qlipoth was not only complete, but also our choice. We choose to accept that path, we accepted the weigth of the lance and the destiny of belobog, we had bonds to keep us from falling. And now, we forged bonds with firefly, with acheron, with clockie, and we are going to the harmony, probably with our will accepting it
damn, that actually also leads to the 8th trailblazer being a V2 destruction upgrade, if shit keeps going bad and we accept destruction to beat a villain
@@cookies23z that would be cool. Keeping the base, but with the dial turned up to 111111
Hold up... are you saying our friendships... our social links, are the source of our power and will be the primary weapon in the battle for everyone's souls?
@@tylorhobbs8920 quoting one of My favourite Games "My Friends are My power"
@@cookies23zwoah you just made sense. Like damn what happens if we truly resonate with Nanook...
They are stil the only other character with a ultimate opening animation apart from acheron and the ONLY with two different ult attacks, which is quite unique for a mc.
I mean technically argenti has two ultimate attacks (be it that one is just an extension of the other)
@@rolliepollie941 yesh the difference between the 2 is 1 only needs you to charge it nornally and you get the option while the other has you charge it twice for just a stronger version
@@fancymustache3793 yeah so it doesn’t really count. I do find it interesting bc I think it’s a remnant of the beta, where the TB ultimate was just to enhance the next skill or basic attack.
@@rolliepollie941 to be fair the ult is still just an enhanced basic or skill
@@fancymustache3793nah his armor shines and different aura
What they lack in damage, they make up for in ult animation because HOLY HELL IS IT BADASS
@@boyishdude1234yeah, but that applies to almost every ult. Once you go fast you can never go back
@@boyishdude1234 games and gachas are different things 🙃
@boyishdude1234 what do you mean by "clunky and unresponsive?" I think HSR is anything but that
@@boyishdude1234 elaborate for what u mean by clunky and unresponsive.How the hell Youre gonna achieve responsiveness on a TURN BASED GAME.Responsiveness is something for parkour or Hack n slashes not Turn based rpgs.
"RULES ARE MADE TO BE BROKEN! JUST LIKE YOUR KNEE CAPS!!!!" **smash**
Vars a year ago: "i don't look at leaks"
Oh, how the leakless have fallen...
Ok tho lets be honest. What other than harmony imaginary? It is the harmony planet, and most of it is imaginary xd
He did make a vid about leaks before, so I get why he would as he made a lot of valid points that I agree with
@@Saren_5I mean, wouldn't Preservation Trailblazer be guaranteed to be Ice then? Fire is quite literally the opposite of Ice & Jarilo VI's setting, so who knows what they might pick for future paths & type combinations.
@@CoolMintMC it fit Jurilo-6 tho the ice storm was killing them and cocolia wanted to double down on it it makes sense that the mc use fire against her melting the Ice that has hurt the planet for centuries
And I guess there were a lot of heaters that are considered vital for the people if that matters to the point xdd
Also if you look into the people and the names of the music (wildfire for example being the song we get the lance and also the name of the underworld organization fighting against cocolia) its clear that they want fire and warmth to represent the people and ice and cold to represent the stellarons corruption
Never underestimate the grand Galactic Baseballer
This isn’t directly related but I will give the trailblazer props. Them getting the preservation sword in planet 1 was a pretty amazing cutscene and that flaming sword is badass! Albeit in cutscenes they do seem to default to Destruction bat unless they are like super serious (like against Aventurine)
The lance seems like something the mc uses when they feel like protecting (aventurine) instead of dmg. (Swarm)
@@d3lete473 makes sense. I just think it’s pretty cool when they do bring it out (nice it’s not like a one off weapon of transformation that is never used again).
That actually makes a lot of sense personality wise for our beloved trash panda
I mean, it makes sense, it would be confusing if the Galactic Baseballer didn't use a baseball bat. You have to think of the fans you know
@@not_pandasite I didn’t say I thought it was wrong they still used the bat as their “normal weapon” I am just glad in the Aventurine fight they brought out the flaming sword proving they still could access it after planet one.
Fun fact, phys trailblazer is still used in every content that requires physical on my account, because I don't have another good physical damage dealer. And their damage output and multi-target is honestly pretty good. So I don't see a problem with them from a casual standpoint.
I use the gal, no complex tricks but hits like a truck
Ah same, even in Anniv report, my most used Character is Trailblazer lul
@@RyukagiRen I had Natasha on that calender for like the first 7 months :D
"Hypothetically speaking, we could have a harmony imaginary..."
Leaks: *Am I a joke to you?*
A cheeky allusion he definitely knows 😂
yukong crying in the corner
i think he saw the leaks lol
How would I know? I don’t look at them
"......that is not a pain in @ss, to use"
Physical Trailblazers might be kinda forgotten, but they're still better than anemo, geo, electro and hydro travelers combined.
No
I'll give you this... Phys Trailblazer is better than most of those. I'll put Phys TB and Dendro Traveller in the same boat. They're passable until you get someone else of the same archetype
@@bigpoof3349this is an objectively correct take
@bigpoof3349 anemo traveller is kinda in the same boat, not per se bad but overshadowed by a myriad of better options
@@lordgod9958 I'd anemo in a tier under them. They're vortex either sends the enemy away from you (assuming it works) or sucks then in but doesn't last long enough to capitalize on. Anemo doesn't just fall short in the race, they tripped at the starting line
I kinda want Physical TB to get unique buffs, like with a unique LC unlocked through story missions or something or items to push beyond E6. I feel like they can push that feeling of freedom even further with some kind of custom aspect. Maybe even link it to the MoC / PF mode shop
If Physical TB gets a unique LC that increases their Weakness Break Efficiency and boosts their ult. I think being a flexible toughness shredder can still feel reliable without being broken
Oh this would be a great idea. They could increase the power curve of mc without other characters benefitting from it in the same way.
Aeon is basically a Phys TB LC, as it buffs you based on when you Break enemies, which is also how Phys TB gets their stacks. Though, I would love for them to get free CV from their stacks instead of Def% as far as buffs.
What they need is some kind of Stat boost besides ATK. Crit value specifically to their stacks would make them very unique since it stacks on Breaks and Kills.
Even just 5% CR, 10% CD, or whatever is enough that they'd be very nice.
Weakness Break efficiency should be Sushang's E4.
@@JMike-bq6rl Weakness Break Efficiency would be a crazy good effect on any Phys character, tbh.
With how much Break is getting love recently and in the near future, those who like the playstyle are thriving. I only wish I could have Harmony TB and Phys TB in the same team, tbh.
If you have acheron the trend of universal market lightcone is very good on fire MC
Aye actually Fire Trailblazer shows up on FTP Acheron teams who can utilize the Taunt from their skill to gain a point of Crimson Knot alongside Trend of the Universal Market to Burn enemies and get another stack for Acheron per enemy that hits the Trailblazer. I myself was actually using this before I got Aventurine, who’s follow up and ult give a stack respectively for Acheron while offering good rebuffs too. The one and only time outside of early game I’ve used my Trailblazer in awhile and honestly it was pretty fun using him again
He's not very autoplay friendly, especially if you're using Pela the SP Devourerer, but it was pretty fun and nostalgic to toss him out.
@@tylorhobbs8920huh?
what lc you use on pela?
because with luka lc, she is sp positive.
Yeah I use fire trailblazer for my Acheron team because I lost my 50/50 to Gepard. I’m gonna have to use sw+pela instead of sw+welt soon thought because that team is sp negative
@@rafi...___ he said autoplay and i can say the same, i use auto play for some content because i'm lazy so i know pela is skill point hungry when in auto play
@@angelescarlata9737 ah ok.
i thought you guys talking manual play
The Trailblazer's forms getting progressively stronger as we take on more paths would be thematically relevant to the game. One of the main themes of the story from what i can glean is of growth and progression. Moving forward. Our blank slate mc gathering new experiences and powers as we grow and become a fully realized character and powerplayer in this unfamiliar universe.
Makes me wonder what is the Last Path we will Acquire? Because my bet is Nihility die to what Acheron said about IX. How they do not gave on anyone and there power can only ge Acquired if you Survive there Shadow.
Imagine we need all 6 paths just to Survive IX?
Highly doubt TB is going to have some Thanos level progression by collecting all the infinity stones...I mean paths/elements. That said, giving him a final kit with elemental type-ignore like xueyi is probably more realistic at the end of the day taking into account the whole "free chars can't be (too) strong" gacha game thing. Sort of makes sense if he's collected all them elements.
@silverhawkscape2677 Less survive their shadow and more behold it, survive it, and realize everything is for naught. All shall be engulfed by the darkness in the end after all.
I believe it's the elation path. After all, Aha has shown to be quite powerful.. it's all about going against the rigid structure of the endless void and seeing humanity in things, possibly hinting at surpassing the Nihility path. "Rules are made to be broken."
The most interesting fit for this series right now would probably be Yukong. With a ceiling higher than most other units, but with so much jank to deal with that no one bothers using her.
The only niche she had previously was that she's an Imaginary harmony. But that's gonna change very soon and she's gonna become completely useless.
I'm so glad that Fire MC absolutely slaps in an Acheron team because I really love Stelle's design and I wanna keep her in my team for as long as I possibly can.
I love using Fire Trailblazer for Pure Fiction for their superb fire-breaking ability and decent damage for a tank unit. They don't offer the best tanking ability but it's enough to get by
Fire tb was my only fire unit until Gallagher who does pp dmg 😂 I used to have two piece knight two piece fire DMG (forgot what it's called) and fire % orb lmaooo. I just don't really like any of the fire dps 😅
@@jaidenpapilio923 Not even Guinaifen?
@@jaidenpapilio923 Asta...
@@jaidenpapilio923for PF, himeko is very good.
If u have her, might build her. 🙌
Note for the Trailblazer, gaining modes is in a fixed order connected to the main storyline. You can’t vary what order to use.
For players who started Genshin before 3.0, the Traveler’s element access order was strictly controlled by HYV’s release schedule. Since 3.0, after we get free travel, the Anemo Traveler can get the remaining elements in any order they want, albeit this will be more useful in 6.0, when there are Sot7 for all the regular elements. The only wrinkle is that the initial access to Electro is story-gated.
i do agree they get outshined by there fellow destruction unites, However i do think they have a small niece in like bleed break. Never gonna overtake any meta teams but they still decent which can be enough. I AM HOWEVER super excited for future Trailblazer veriants cause it can only go up from here
honestly i think phys trailblazer does have a niche, since shes phys and applies bleed dot on break, i built her with 200% break effect and paired her with kafka to detonate bleed and ruan mei for faster breaks. definitely still not the top pick but is really good when played right, she was doing 100k on break and helped me 3 star moc12
Which relic sets did you used?
What you said is correct, physical trailblazer is meant to be a starter character to be replaced by the other forms. Its funny because comparing their kit to another starter character like dan heng, dan heng has more in terms of traces andeidelons that help boost his overall dps. But I still use physical trailblazer in the main story quests because they always have a bat in the cutscenes
I too use him in main story.
I actually defeated aventurine boss in main story with TB(physical),serval, bailu and gepard 😂
as a physical Caelus main I i was a bit personally attacked but what you say is completely true and lately I don't play him while doing pure fiction or moc, only when doing damage fast doesn't matter, so thank you, but do know i am wholeheartedly a physical geo traveler main in genshin. basically, last time i checked my name isn't no one, but very cool and very true video.
I think it's a preference I've seen so many strong trailblazers it's just about if a player is interested in investing in the trail blazers honestly
nah not quite. Vars usually makes these vids with the current meta as a reference point. Trailblazer mains who can only 3 star MOC 12 with 10 cycles are objectively a 'worse' unit than those chars that can do the same in less cycles and with less investment as far as the meta goes. He isn't implying that TB can't clear the hardest content.
This video appears in my recommended as I am literally playing as my main physical Trailblazer to get more boxer relics cause of the current 300% boost event. He is currently pretty damn stacked but I wanna get even stronger! Subscribed lmao
When it comes to genshin I’ve tried too hard to make Traveller good but all other elects except Dendro obviously ended up in failure. I will use Dendro Traveller with upcoming Sethos so I’m actually pretty happy there. It’s not long till Natlan comes up so I’m praying and hoping real hard they give Traveller some variety and make his Pyro element a main dps kit. I personally wouldn’t care if it’s average I just want him to have something that’s not like his other elements so he too can truly be played as a proper main dps for a team.
3:37 after the imaginary harmony, imagine if Vars just called all the path and elements right there
To this day people confuse mute protagonists for self-insert protagonists.
Now that Harmony MC is out and is practically one of the faces of Break Meta now, you’re theory about Trailblazer evolving with each Path seems more and more plausible
interesting idea that they’ll never implement: if TB is “stockpiling” power, one cool way to show that mechanically is to include one small buff/mechanic from their previous forms in new ones.
For example, Fire TB could gain extra defense from attacking enemies passively to harken back to that mostly useless trace from their Physical form. An eventual Harmony TB could make those small Attack/Defense buffs team-wide, etc
3:37 I really like the idea of getting a lightning hunt blazer, imagine we go back to the luofu (bear with me here), and after Jing Yuan finally recovers from his injury he instead somehow transfers some of the power of Lightning Lord to the trailblazer, so now we get imbued with both the element lighting and the path of the hunt (since hunt is actually what most of luofu characters follow in the story)
Im a Trailblazer main.
Bro I was so shocked when I saw this title bc I always level my trailblazer first lmaooo. I hardly pull him out of any team and is a standard on my team. Trailblazer main frfr
This man is just like me
I see you just started the game
Yeah I still use Caelus because I love my boy so much. 😊
Same
i'm gonna be that guy for a second and say trailblazer does have a brief past before the beginning of the game as told to you by blade and kafka (in kafka's case if you know which is the lie and which isn't) , still enjoyed the video as always, that's just something that bothers me that people keep saying
"imaginary- Harmony"
I see what you did there >_>
I do believe that the destruction path MC will eventually be updated at some point in history there’s too many pointers to Nanook as to ignore it… while I doubt it will be best than promotonials because at the end that’s the business, I also doubt they meant for MC to feel this underwhelming in the destruction path but lore wise they needed him to be 😅
12:55 Woah woah woah, just hold on a moment buddy. I could tell you were about to cook up a full course meal there
The next trailblazer gonna change the meta trust
Electro harmony sure will
Spoilers:
Yes and hugely, if you are planning to main Boothil(I butcher the name). Pre farm harmony mc.
You can't prefarm cuz the trace mat is only unlocked after main story lol
@@Hououin818harmony mats are already available. Unless you mean eidolons then yes you need to play the story to get them
@@familyquek8316not just boothhil .
Any one that does lots of break toughness is going to be hella good with them . Some made Asta a DPS😭
Okcode laughing and crying at the same time. To be honest how stelle does her bat animation is the reason why I play physcial mc
I will admit that the last time I even used Physical MC was 1.6 when taking on the Swarm Boss within the Restricted area. Only reason being I didn't have many good elements to counter.
Was tempted to do the same when facing Aventurine, but was able to form a team that still used Fire MC, but it was a grind of chip damage at the time.
could possibly considered as a spoiler but it happens at some point during the Xianzhou main quest line:
I just want to remind everyone that Kafka said to MC that at some point she will need to face Nanook in battle (I have no idea why MC didn't bring it up with the rest of the crew, but considering Stelle's characterization in specific it makes sense).
So it makes sense that MC becomes stronger over time because if they wouldn't become stronger, there would be quite the plot hole in the long term.
My guess is that this is not the true destruction TB (as they got sealed by welt at the start of the game). There may be a time where TB will have to master the power of the destruction while resisting nanook's influence and then we can play the true power of the galactic baseballer as a massively buffed version of themselves. But they filled their role as the newbie's best dps (tho I immediatly replaced them with sushang for my playthrough, rip). Can't wait to try out the new TB form in 2.2 and see if they stand the test of time.
Fire trailblazer is extremely useful for me since I use Acheron, you can equip him with topaz lightcone (the one that debuffs enemies when they attack the one wearing it) and you got many charges as oponents hit him in their turn because of his taunt skill, you can get half of Acheron's ult just from that every time enemies attack if they're a bunch, if not, you're still getting two charges one from the taunt and other from the single enemy's attack.
physical mc is the peak "heres an early unit that helps a lot and falls off hard"
This video motivates me to improve my MC.
'no one plays trailblazer'. meanwhile Moosashi: 😎
11:59 lore wise aether and lumine actually can use the elements all at once just look at the childe fight we used both geo and anemo in that fight and wtc
Hey, I for one, until this day, still uses the Physical Trailblazer. Because he is one of my best DPS character in the game along with Serval.
Eventhough I have Dan Heng, Sushang, Dr. Ratio, Qingque, Himeko, Xueyi, Misha, and Imbibitor Lunae, Physical Trailblazer (and Serval) is still my most used DPS in the game.
In terms of the gameplay, I have to agree with your points. Since unlocking it, I've been using Fire TB almost exclusively. You get a good amount of Fire toughness break and supplementary damage between the ult and enhanced basics. The taunt and self DR are handy especially with units that care about debuffs such as Dr. Ratio and Acheron. While the shielding itself compared other Preservation units is quite minimal, it is still extra EHP and triggers Blessing effects. On the other hand, the only time I bust out Physical TB when I need the extra toughness break versus Physical weak enemies and I'm slowly working on Luka and Hanya to help remedy that.
I understand it is practically inevitable that older units will get outclassed in a gatcha game (unless you're someone like Xiangling), but I like when games provide functional default, freebie, and/or wellfare options. I think future Paths for the Trailblazer will continue to provide niche but very usable options like Preservation. But I do think it is somewhat of a shame that the first option is so hard to make work.
This is absolute Hopium, but maybe Physical TB could get an upgrade when they face Nanook?
You are going to make me concept a rework: Fully empowered PhysMC
it’s gonna be pretty cool seeing all the new TB path and element combos. judging by each of current splash arts, we’ll get one for each world - meaning that the return to the Lofu will be coming in the near future. i’m thinking it’ll be during the continuation of Ting’s story where we’ll unlock a new combo
Yeah we're supposed to get a path that matches each locations' path. So we're gonna get hunt MC in Loufo. But the real question is, what element? Wind hunt?
tankblazer's gotten a seriously great new lease on life with the trend of the universal market LC and acheron. the weak sustain potential is completely offset by acheron's ability to delete mobs before they can do much in the way of damage. just make sure tankblazer has enough EHR and make them AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
Honestly I don't mind Physical Travelblazer falling off because they are basically a tutorial character, but with that said I hope one day with get Physical Trailer TWO, like an end game super powered version. It'd be fun, I think, since I'd very much like to have a super bat some day
Canonically, Trailblazer effectively is slapping everyone’s shit with a Baseball Bat but it’s not like they Can’t use their other paths (the prompt allowing you to summon the Lance when first entering Penacony to prove your identity)
@@livingreverie5951 They also did summon their lance in the Aventurine fight. They just prefer to smack people with their bat.
I agree with this title. I mean I basically only have standard banner characters (besides some harmony buffers from the character banners) and I still stopped using the physical MC in my teams 😥😥😥
I mean I think the MC from the star rail is arguably more well developed then Lumine/Aether from Genshin (or at least have more varied responses)
And I stopped using them.
Who knows maybe they will get a new path and come back to a degree (they only have two so far)
You should make a video titled why EVERYONE farm’s quantum
Destruction Trailblazer is my hardest hitting character rn at 2800 dmg. So.. uh... I still play him.
edit: I mean, I still use Preservation when I need a shielder to counter the Dreamjolt monkey and I'm slowly building up the Harmony side, but as of right now the Destruction side is my strongest version of the TB.
I used Preservation MC before I switched back to Destruction MC. I prefer my MC to be DPS instead of sustain.
You put this out after I started liking them 😅
I dropped physical Caelus as soon as I got fire Caelus. His shield is actually decent, and he does good damage!
And now Harmony MC came out and Trailblazer Physical is even lower than Arlan lmao
*Sees title*
I dont think he knows about Okcode
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When I got Jingliu, I was running a double Destruction team of her and TB. It was hard because given that his Ultimate was his only source of chunk damage against bosses, I just used him less and less... PF and GaG were essentially the final nail. _Preservation_ TB on the other hand I'm finding useful for MoC and PF when I need to create two teams, but even then, March 7th or Lynx is a better match for Clara since they can increase her chances of getting attacked.
I found my fav merit of Destruction TB to be his self healing. His ability to restore some of his own HP went a long way in the early game. But as enemies got stronger, and said healing couldn't keep up, _and_ I was finding that dealing more damage quickly was more useful than over-sustaining, I built Clara instead, gave her all of his boxing gear. I liked it when you said *"Because he's Destruction and fills no niche, he gets compared to the rest of the roster."* Luka can make Acheron stronger just by being there, Sushang can be a decent replacement if you've already invested in her, Clara's counterattack gives you free off-turn damage up to 11, and Argenti's Ultimate hits like a fleet of trucks.
As I was watching this video, I realized Dan Heng (wind) has all these same problems. He can't really do much, his Ultimate is also his only source of chunk damage, and his Slow from his skill, which would've been his 'best' merit, serves the sole purpose of making that Ult deal more damage 😆and in a vacuum isn't really helping the rest of the team. His RES PEN talent is pretty worthless considering the character's damage is rather low without the Cavity System model. But it's like, I don't have Blade or Black Swan, so him and Sampo are the only ones I have to cover Wind weakness. I use him to fight the Guardian Shadow and that's about it
I'm looking forward to Harmony TB. The path would suit him well as you don't have to worry about his damage at all
I think the only other Gacha I've seen that gives you a good starting unit that can last into the Endgame would be FGO. Mash is great for extending a team's survival even without the ability to heal, truly fitting of the Shielder class (even though her later "upgrade" kinda sucks and you're forced to use it."). It's funny that the trailblazer is the opposite because even with arguably better tanks I still occasionally use them, and I don't feel like handicapping myself if I want to play as the MC for whatever reason. It's really nice.
Almost every DPS (even in Genshin to some degree) needs to lean into a specific playstyle because put simply, every DPS does damage. So if everyone does the same thing, you need to do something else. And with just one (maybe two for dual carries) slot in a team, that's a lot of competition just to think of who to put there.
Most teams in HSR, while having common supports, ultimately specialize in one way to deal damage. Tingyun and Fu Xuan may work for everyone, but Silver Wolf's debuffs (which is her specialization) would mean more to a DPS like Dr. Ratio (follow-up atk and debuff itself including weakness implant) compared to a DPS like Seele (just the debuff including weakness implant). Sampo would be more useful alongside Kafka compared to being alongside Blade. That's what messed with Physical TB's chances and what would happen if you don't specialize in anything.
In any case though, it would be interesting how powerful the Trailblazer might be near the end of the story if the theory of power increases once the story progresses is the case. Maybe an UNO Reverse Card on current meta units (copium)?
3:37 I also thought of Lightning Hunt and Wind Erudition actually 😆😅
I have been using Trailblazer as a debuff boat for Acheron using the taunt and the IPC LC that burns enemies who attack them. Gets Acheron’s Ult back really fast. Best use of Trailblazer I’ve found so far.
Emanator Destruction MC will be a thing in the future. Nanook and MC had history most likely.
Harmony Trailblazer is currently the only one who can grant access to Super Break. They define a team type that deals really good damage
Your voice is relaxing to listen to
Personally it's because I already have fire Stelle set, so I don't feel like equipping phys Stelle with the appropriate LC and relics again. Heard they'd make it more convenient in the next update so maybe I'll get more use out of her again.
Which Main Character is Better Storywise and Gameplay: Trailblazer or Traveler
Funny thing is Physical trailblazer can be actually pretty cracked if you're willing to build them though there is really not much reason to build them over any other destruction unit.
I remember when HSR came out, Stelle and whats his name actually were quite good in the early versions, phys8cal that is. The free units starter units, March TB and Dan Heng, while not being the best anymore now, were quite "groundbreaking" compared to Kaeya, Amber and Lisa being... characters (Im a lisa main)
Just wanna let you know now: in case you don’t wanna be leaked about specifics I won’t say it, but it seems like the new trailblazer is gonna be really good. They’re harmony, and they buff break effect a ton and even add an entirely new concept into the game, where you always do break damage to an already broken target. Pair them with Ruan Mei and a good break attacker and you have a fantastic team
Physical / Destruction = good singgle and blast damage, simple playstyle, pretty good survivability
Fire / Perservation = good damage mitigation, good weakness reducer, and good damage for perservation unit
Imaginary / Harmony = good weakness breaker with good damage capability
It look like all TB path will have good damage whatever path they have
The trailblazer has no past
SW: he will remember you
Blade: used to be her lapdog following her all around
Yeah, no past, just borned
yea imaginary harmony "hypothetically" sure (side note if this "theory" is right then something is telling me they do get stronger)
Players who have CRIT above 200% more on trailblazer Physical
Highkey I think as a character physcial trailblazer is very well designed for their specific role. They have a bit of everything and while it does spread them thin and stops them from being top tier they are amaizing for early players. I also think their ult animations are very flashy and well made which left a big impression on me when i first started playing and got me super invested in hsr. Physcial trailblazer isnt exceptional but they dont need to be
i play the trailblazer, in fact, the year recap, he was my most played character every month lol. I play very casually, so i didnt even try to change him on the team.
I know you're only supposed to get Nat around the beginning to the Jarilo 6 story but every single new account I play on I get Nat within my first 10 pull (not counting the required Asta)
Luckily, Harmony Trailblazer looks like it is going to be an essential tool for break teams. Since it gives the those teams actual DPS and purpose, even while the enemy is stunned post break.
To be fair, they do have a past. If you do Kafka's storyline quest, it is heavily implied, you would roam around with Kafka and that she sacrificed a lot of things to keep you alive. No one has survived as long as you have by Kafka's side. It is also stated by Kafka herself that she taught you everything you know from common sense, combat, general knowledge etc. She functioned as an older sister/adoptive mother. As she likes to put it, "You and I are each other's destiny".
TB past does exist, but Kafka erased your memory for the sake of the script.
I think I am one of the few players who kept Caelus as a destruction build rather than switching it back and forth or permanently moving him to preservation mode.
They're both perfectly good. My own theory is the game design is overeffective at teaching players to the point where they forget all the preconditions to a lesson. (For example, very few people facing the tutorial boss will get past "that was awesome and I feel awesome!" to "I was handed a prebuilt Himeko who could practically solo that boss, and the only thing I could have done wrong was refuse to use her skill and ultimate at all.") While the Physical Trailblazer is very effective in the Herta Space Station, new players don't feel powerful because they don't have a healer and move on too quickly for the apparently intended lesson that a healer is optional to sink in. (This may be why healing has become more ubiquitous in all content since and why we haven't seen hard counters to it show up: a valid playstyle players just don't want to use is little better than a nonexistent one.) In the latter half of Belobog, they're still powerful but between even non-pulling players now wanting Natasha in their team more (and many players wanting Serval, who's designed to dominate those fights and stay somewhat relevant afterwards because robot armies just do not go out of style), and then getting a nice dramatic scene to inaugurate the Fire Path, and then getting an entire new storyline where Fire is a really good element (although I found Imaginary more relevant, having just pulled Welt Yang) and you may only have one tank so far... players just forget to switch back, forget more, and are left with the general impression that "Physical Trailblazer sucked" despite the game trying to make it clear during times you have a different "main character" that they haven't stopped using the bat.
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The Harmony Trailblazer absolutely killed both Preservation and Destruction paths, it's buffs and kit are absolutely outrageous💀
I used physical trailblazer for a good while because my only other physical units at the time were Hanya and Natasha. Then I got Clara (failed 50/50 ironically for Argenti). Though I still use physical tb from time to them since using on a break team has gotten me more success than just using tb normally.
Speaking from a dream, imaginary trailblazer will actually be even better since he will have the niche of a break support, + he will be a Harmony character, the best path in the game
To add to what you were saying about there being no reason to switch back to physical once you unlock fire MC. The game itself is kind of working against you anyway due to the fact that you cannot save builds between the two paths. You have to manually switch between their light cones and relics every time you want to change paths, and the time and effort necessary to have both paths built enough to be useful, and having to switch around your build constantly makes it unlikely you will ever do so.
They actually release a dev note on that and if I remember all the gear and light cone will be saved when you change path. Likely due to the MC getting a new path in 2.2
@@nightsekeer If they do release an update that will make switching between paths and maintaining them as separate characters easier than that might actually give me an incentive. I enjoy leveling a lot of characters and playing to their strengths so if I can seperate the trailblazer specs as seperate characters that def gives me more incentive to switch paths and play them!
dan heng got powercrept so badly that they released a second 5 star version of him
Preservation MC is essential to my team in every fight as he is usually the last man standing and my team wouldn't quite survive without him.
The Legendary Galactic Baseballer!
Who can say no to that?
I'm maining PhysCaelus just cuz he's my favourite character with the coolest ult 👍
I feel like trailblazer's main overall playstyle is "growth"
At first, being a classic all-round DPS that can handle the early game, allowing the player to learn the basic with ease
Logically, players would obtain more DPS unit and upgrading them, they would later find themselve the need of sustain, since Natasha and March are not enough
Then Preservation Trailblazer kicks in, providing the player's need, or letting them know the importance of sustain unit
As the story goes on, the Trailblazer might continue to be a unit that is meant to "guide", whether by fulfilling the player's need, or introducing new battle mechanic
Edit: I made this comment WHILE watching the video, annnd...I should've make this comment after the video
I hope HYV gives Destruction MC a dedicated Lightcone that brings him up. Something that only works with their kit.
Surprisingly, break effect trailblazer works for all paths so far available oncluding soon to come imaginary TB.
Physical and fire simply cause they break damage is the highest and given the frequent ults due to relatively low energy requirements and aoe built in the kit and the imaginary TB sicne their whole kit demands break.
It's almost as if we don't already have a harmony imaginary unit....
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My reason for why I'm still using the physical trailblazer is due to the fact that it's my only well built DPS. Still working on Dr Ratio.
Phys Trailblazer does have a niche. Being the only AoE Phys DPS aside from Argenti is already a niche
I'm a Physical Trialblazer defender tbh. They're still the only free-to-play AOE Physical DPS, in a game where matching elemental types is pretty important in pretty much all content. Sushang is good but she's only single-target, Luka is way too niche and also single-target, and I think it's reasonable for some players to not have either Clara or Argenti (I pulled for Argenti specifically because I didn't have good physical coverage lol). There's a decent amount of situations where being able to break multiple physical-weak targets is still genuinely useful. They do suck in MoC and I realize a lot of people primarily value that, as it is the main "endgame mode", but realistically the majority of a player's time is still going to be farming materials or something mundane like that.
Another difference between the MCs of genshin and star rail I've noticed, and correct me if I'm wrong here, is that the other paths for star rail mc are story locked but for genshin its exploration locked. Which also makes a lot of sense. Genshin excels in open world so they decided to give traversal, farming and puzzle solving capabilities in the travellers kit. For example the pressure play puzzles in liyue, or collecting regional materials like sakura and dandelions. So your theory of the HSR MC getting better every path might be valid since their progression is tied to their story.
i literally only hard built this character just for the bat. even going as far as pulling for jingliu lightcone for the raccoon when i have jingliu herself