UnlikeGenshin Impact,Honkai: Star Rail’s 5-star characters are very useful and are a strong part of the Meta. At the start of the game, you get a beginner banner that offers a chance to get one of seven units. So, it’s understandable when a player aims to get the right character early-game.
Since each character has their own kit and is unique in their way, it’s important to get the right unit that suits your play style. For that, this article will go through all seven standard banner units and rate them based on their utility during combat, to give you better insight into theHSRreroll tier list.
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At the start of the game, Yanqing was one of the best DPS inHonkai: Star Rail. However, he fell off hard after many better DPS units graced the featured banners. Yanqing is a unit that doesn’t need a Crit Rate or Crit DMG. He’s his own Relics and weapons. Joking aside, you can stack so much Crit DMG and ATK% on Yanqing without worrying about Crit Rate since he buffs himself with tons of Crit Rate.
Unfortunately, other than that, Yanqing is unable to do much, which means it’s better to aim for someone else on the beginner banner.
Himeko is one part of a strong pair of her andHerta inHonkai: Star Rail. If you’re planning to acquire units that can finish Pure Fiction with ease, then Himeko is definitely the one for you. But outside Pure Fiction, Erudition characters in general fall short, and are unable to deal the damage other Paths can achieve.
All in all, Himeko is a strong DPS, but isn’t comparable to other DPS units inHonkai: Star Rail. You can get better units when rerolling the beginner banner.
Welt is definitely a nice 5-star to have on your roster. However, he’s not an early-game character. While his damage is acceptable, his main gimmick shines when you match him with fast units that want to play more than the opposite side. Welt will leave enemies imprisoned often while slowing them and your team will continuously get their turns back.
He’s also anImaginary unit inHonkai: Star Rail, which is not very friendly to build a team around at the start of the game. So, if you’re planning for the endgame, Welt is a decent choice to stop at when rerolling.
Even if he’s one of the first characters inHonkai: Star Rail, Gepard is still considered one of the best shielders in the game. When casting his Ultimate, Gepard summons a shield big enough to wrap the entire HP of his allies. Gepard’s shield is very useful when you’re in situations where you don’t want to heal your characters and keep them in the low, or when a boss can hit really hard and your healer can’t hold the lines without aPreservation unit like Gepard inHonkai: Star Rail.
For reroll purposes, Gepard is a very useful early-game unit since he can help clear everything while staying relevant in the endgame. Just note that you may struggle with regaining his Ultimate in the early game because of the lack of access to Energy Regeneration Rate Relic.
This little girl is considered one of the hardest hitters inHonkai: Star Rail. Svarog’s Counterattacks are deadly to squishy enemies and definitely hurtful to bosses. Just place Clara in a team where you may taunt enemies enough to target her for attacks and watch Svarog decimate anyone who dares to touch her.
For reroll, Clara is one of thebest DPS units inHonkai: Star Railand can have a strong team around her that stays useful in the endgame.
It’s not easy to rate Bailu since she can be replaced after you pull a couple more usefulhealers inHonkai: Star Rail. However, healing-wise, she’s among the best healers in the game. When casting her Skill, Bailu’s healing can jump between allies and provide a much-needed team healing instead of a single target one. Additionally, it’s easy for her to have her Ultimate ready, so she can always cast it and grant her team with Invigoration that protects them for the turns to come.
Bailu is definitely one of the best characters to pull when you reroll since she can also revive allies when they fall, which is a unique passive in her kit. She’ll carry your way through the early game, making it far easier than it would with a F2P healer like Natasha. Just keep in mind that she has no cleansing ability, which causes her to be easily replaceable in more demanding content.
With many newHarmony units making it intoHonkai: Star Rail, Bronya was and still is a broken Support. When teaming Bronya with any DPS in the game, she will grant them a massive damage buff alongside making them play more, which is everything a DPS wants, basically.
Another amazing part of Bronya is that she mainly grants DMG Bonus and Crit DMG buff instead of a specific stat like ATK, so units like Blade can still pair well with her. Among all the available standard banner characters, Bronya easily places herself at the top of theHonkai: Star Railreroll tier list, thanks to her being a universal support that works brilliantly in the early and endgame.
