Blade in Honkai Star Rail: Official reveal, abilities, and more

Blade has become a popular figure in Honkai Star Rail ever since appearing in the Xianzhou Luofu questline. His calm and loyal personality has attracted fans who are waiting in anticipation for his banner release, which is speculated to be in update 1.2. Meanwhile, HoYoverse has dropped an official post on their Twitter page advertising his splash art, element, and rarity.

Honkai Star Rail's Closed Beta Test data suggest that Blade will be a unique damage dealer in the game, possessing remarkable self-healing abilities allowing players to use him in a team composition without a dedicated healer.

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Every detail about Blade in Honkai Star Rail explored

Honkai Star Rail has officially shared Blade’s splash art as a part of their marketing strategy, along with a few other details revealing his back story and origin. According to the mentioned lore, he is considered the embodiment of a blade and a loyalist to Destiny’s Slave. Moreover, his weapon is an ancient sword filled with cracks that symbolize his state of mind and body.

Various credible leak sources claim Blade’s banner will roll out in patch 1.2 of Honkai Star Rail. Since HoYoverse is following the 42 days update cycle, it is possible to calculate its exact release date. Given how version 1.1 is set to go live on June 07, 2023, the next patch will commence on July 19, 2023.

However, it is also important to note that the specified date is based on speculation that is subject to change until the developers come up with an official announcement.

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Blade’s abilities

[Special Preview] Character Showcase: Blade by u/Bisentinel in HonkaiStarRail

Blade will be one of the playable Wind characters in Honkai Star Rail, treading on the “Destruction” Path. Hence, most of his abilities will execute AoE damage during combat. Based on the Closed Beta Test data, here is a breakdown of his entire kit at level one:

• Basic ATK: Inflicts Wind DMG equal to 50% of his ATK on a single enemy.
• Skill: Consumes 30% of his own HP to increase this Basic ATK DMG by 12% for three turns. Additionally, his turn will Advance forward by 100%, and the skill locks as long as he is in the buff state.
• Ultimate: Deals Wind DMG equal to 28.8% of his ATK and 72% of his HP to a targeted enemy. It also inflicts 14.4% of ATK and 36% of HP as DMG to adjacent enemies. His HP will be reduced to 50% after using the ability.
• Talent: On taking DMG, he gains a stack that caps out at five. On reaching the max threshold, he consumes them to unleash a follow-up ATK to all his opponents that deal 21% of his ATK and 54% of his HP as Wind DMG. It also restores his HP by 30% of his max health.
• Technique: Deals Wind DMG equal to 40% of his Max HP to all enemies after consuming 20% of his health.

It will be interesting to see how fans will use him in a team composition as he benefits from a “high-risk high reward” gameplay.