Summary
In gacha titles likeHonkai: Star Rail, characters with a unique synergy or mechanic often get eclipsed by newer limited units that improve on such features. For example, Gepard was great as aPreservation characterbecause his ult and technique provided a substantial shield to all allies. Now, he’s relegated under Aventurine in many fan tier lists, because the latter can offer the same strong shields more consistently using his skill. The same phenomenon could happen to one of the best team compositions in the game once Lingsha releases, as she could fill the same role as its current four-star sustain unit and potentially do a better job than them.
According to recent leaks of Lingsha’s kit inHonkai Star Rail, she follows the path of Abundance and uses Fire as her main element. A leaked video also shows her walking around with her summon: Fuyuan. This pet helps Lingsha out during battles, just like Numby with Topaz. This character’s kit focuses on weakness breaking, action advances, and follow-ups, which makes her quite versatile.
Why Lingsha Could be the Best-in-Slot Sustain for Firefly in Honkai: Star Rail
According toLingsha’s leaked kit, her unique status effect is Befog, which increases the break damage enemies take from Lingsha’s allies by up to 30%. This is excellent for Firefly and Co., who want to quickly whittle down an enemy’s toughness bar and deal huge super break damage. She can activate Befog for two turns using the following abilities:
Lingsha’s Befog is a Consistent and Strong Weakness Break Debuff
Gallagher fits into theFirefly Super Break teambecause he’s currently the only sustain that has stats and traces that help him deal big break damage using his basic attack and ultimate. Lingsha could replace him because of her ability to consistently debuff enemies so that they receive even more break damage, something that the four-star sorely lacks. Such status effects could potentially push Firefly’s damage even higher, as if dealing upwards of 300,000 Super Break damage wasn’t enough.
Lingsha Could Overtake Gallagher in Action Advances and Healing
Players also ran Gallagher with super break comps because of his ability to take multiple actions in quick succession with his enhanced basic attack after his ult and the Multiplication light cone. However, Lingsha could also overtake him in this department, as her summon’s actions can be advanced using just her skill. This could let her deal even more instances oftoughness damage toHonkai: Star Rail’s enemiesthan Gallagher. Her skill damages enemies while also healing all allies, which offers more value than Gallagher’s single target heal through his skill.
How Lingsha Could Fit Into Other Team Comps
Lingsha’s summon, Fuyuan, does follow-up attacks and heals allies during their action. Their action is advanced every time Lingsha uses her skill and ultimate. This is excellent for FUA teams with Topaz, Dr. Ratio, and Robin. It’s interesting to see how she’ll stack up with Aventurine, who is currently the best sustain for follow-up comps. She could also be an excellent break support forMarch 7th’s The Hunt form, whose skill improves her toughness damage using her basic attack when it’s assigned to an Abundance, Harmony, Preservation, or Nihility character. The synergy can even be stronger if Fuyuan can charge March’s enhanced basic attack stacks every time they attack an enemy.
A good break team consists of characters that can improve their allies’ ability to get the enemies to their weakness break state as fast as possible through buffs/debuffs or attacking multiple times. Lingsha covers all these bases and more. If the leaks are accurate, she could be the premium sustain unit for Firefly, while also fitting into other break-focused teams with Boothill and Xueyi. Her synergy with follow-up characters also makes her a versatile pull for players looking for a powerful Abundance character to round out their roster. However, the leaked information about her kit is still early information and may be subject to change until the character gets officially released.
