Honkai Impact 3rd Guide

OVERVIEW

Roles

Part 1 Fire and Lightning Support: HoTr provides Elemental Breach (directly reduces enemy's elemental resistance), huge buffs, sp regen and other utilities such as time stop, IMG core instakill, high hitcount and more. As Part 1 Lightning support, Lunar Vow is currently better than HoTr.

Herrscher Trio Support: Enables Herrscher Trio team with HoOrigin and HoFinality

DPS: Can also be an average DPS

Pull Recommendation

F2P Players: Only use your crystal to pull Part 2 valkyries, since they use a new Astral Ring system. If HoTR and her gears are available through other means, such as spending event or Battle Pass, you can consider getting them that way.

Competitive: HoTr is still used in some teams:
- Still used in Trio team.
- Still the best support for Part 1 Fire teams.
- Part 1 Lightning teams use Lunar Vow support now. Lunar Vow uses Schicksal's Imperative support.
- S2-rank gives more sp and debuffs, which can make or break a run.

How to Get

Herrscher of Truth: Battlesuit Supply

Domain of Ascension and Bronya Zaychik stigma: Focused Supply

Full Guide

Check out the full guide on Youtube (Coming Soon)

ELYSIAN REALM

Mecha Laser Playstyle

Lasers the enemies

EGO SIGNETS

Start: Continuation + Konstruktion

Optional: Vector

You can complete the run with just one Ego signet (Continuation), but having more Ego signets is a big improvement, especially if you are not using full gear HoTR. You can get more Ego signets at the start by using Thorny Crown sigil, OR by resetting Floor 1 until you get another Ego portal, OR use Because of You support sigil and get the other two Ego signets on Floor 7.

GENERAL SIGNETS

START

1 or 2

SUPPORT

START

MID

FLOOR 17

SIGIL

START (Less Effort)

START (Ego on F7)

START (Normal)

FLOOR 17

HOW TO PLAY

1. Use weapon -> Press Ult to transform

2. Combo ATK -> Evade -> Weapon -> When meter is full, use Combo ATK -> Ultimate

Repeat

Check out this showcase from Marisa Honkai:

Nerf This~! Playstyle

A playstyle where you keep entering and exiting Continuation form and launching your mecha to bombard the enemy.

EGO SIGNETS

Start: Genuine Solution

Optional: Intellect Core -> Vector

You can complete the run with just one Ego signet (Genuine Solution), but having more Ego signets is a big improvement, especially if you are not using full gear HoTR. You can get more Ego signets at the start by using Thorny Crown sigil, OR by resetting Floor 1 until you get another Ego portal, OR use Because of You support sigil and get the other two Ego signets on Floor 7.

GENERAL SIGNETS

START

SUPPORT

START

MID

FLOOR 17

SIGIL

START (Less Effort)

START (Ego on F7)

START (Normal)

FLOOR 17

HOW TO PLAY

Press Ult to transform -> Combo ATK -> Evade and Weapon until Ult is available -> Ultimate -> Repeat

Check out this showcase from Marisa Honkai:

RANK UP

Reminder: S0 rank is enough for most players. A fully built S0-rank team is better than SSS-rank DPS without proper supports.

NOTABLE RANK UP

DPS Upgrade

Support Upgrade

S2: Weapon skill gives 8 extra sp

S2: Team Fire and Lightning DMG +25% > 30%, enemies take 25% > 30% more Fire and Lightning DMG.

SS: Fire/Lightning teammates gain Elemental Breach +14% > 17%

FULL RANK UP LIST

RANK	SKILL	GOOD FOR
S1	With 1/2/3 mecha weapon(s) unlocked, Continuation form gain Total DMG +7.5/15/32.5% > +10/20/45%.	DPS
S2	UNLOCK: Upon casting weapon skill, Ice DMG +30% for 18s. In Extremum form, gain extra 8 sp. Team Fire and Lightning DMG +25% > 30%, enemies take 25% > 30% more Fire and Lightning DMG.	DPS Support Recommended!
S3	Leader Skill: Team Elemental DMG +30% > 32.5%. For every non-Bronya valk in the team, enemies take 6% > 8% more Ice DMG from HoTR in Continuation Form.	DPS
SS	In Continuation form, HoTR Elemental Breach +15% > 18% After casting Ult, all Fire and Lightning valks in the team gain Elemental Breach +14% > 17%	DPS Support Recommended!
SS1	In Continuation form, after using Combo ATK once, each hit of Ultimate deals additional 30% > 50% ATK of Ice DMG.	DPS
SS2	In Continuation form, each missile from evasion deals additional 8% > 15% ATK of Ice DMG, and gain Total DMG +30% > 40%	DPS
SS3	Leader Skill: Team Elemental DMG +32.5% > 35%. For every non-Bronya valk in the team, enemies take 8% > 10% more Ice DMG from HoTR in Continuation Form.	DPS
SSS	1. UNLOCK: When Salvo hits, HoTR gain extra 40 sp. 2. UNLOCK: In Continuation form, weapon active triggers 3s time fracture.	Memorial Arena

RANK UP

Reminder: S0 rank is enough for most players. A fully built S0-rank team is better than SSS-rank DPS without proper supports.

DPS Upgrade

Support Upgrade

S2: Weapon skill gives 8 extra sp

S2: Team Fire and Lightning DMG +25% > 30%, enemies take 25% > 30% more Fire and Lightning DMG.

SS: Fire/Lightning teammates gain Elemental Breach +14% > 17%

FULL RANK-UP LIST

With 1/2/3 mecha weapon(s) unlocked, Continuation form gain Total DMG +7.5/15/32.5% > +10/20/45%.

Good For: DPS

UNLOCK: Upon casting weapon skill, Ice DMG +30% for 18s. In Extremum form, gain extra 8 sp.

Team Fire and Lightning DMG +25% > 30%, enemies take 25% > 30% more Fire and Lightning DMG.

Good For: DPS, Support Recommended!

Leader Skill: Team Elemental DMG +30% > 32.5%. For every non-Bronya valk in the team, enemies take 6% > 8% more Ice DMG from HoTR in Continuation Form.

Good For: DPS

1. In Continuation form, HoTR Elemental Breach +15% > 18%

2. After casting Ult, all Fire and Lightning valks in the team gain Elemental Breach +14% > 17%

Good For: DPS, Support Recommended!

In Continuation form, after using Combo ATK once, each hit of Ultimate deals additional 30% > 50% ATK of Ice DMG.

Good For: DPS

In Continuation form, each missile from evasion deals additional 8% > 15% ATK of Ice DMG, and gain Total DMG +30% > 40%.

Good For: DPS

Leader Skill: Team Elemental DMG +32.5% > 35%. For every non-Bronya valk in the team, enemies take 8% > 10% more Ice DMG from HoTR in Continuation Form.

Good For: DPS

1. UNLOCK: When Salvo hits, HoTR gain extra 40 sp.

2. UNLOCK: In Continuation form, weapon active triggers 3s time fracture.

Good For:Memorial Arena