HSR Predictive Tier List & Pulling Recommendations for v4.3 - 4.5 ~ HONKAI STAR RAIL

Do your research. Think carefully. Take into account as many viewpoints as you can... but make sure that your viewpoint is priority. I hope you're confident with whatever decision you make. Godspeed. My tier lists are largely not scripted (placements ARE scripted this time. What I'm saying to defend those placements are not). I'm almost always speaking off the dome in these, so if I make a mistake or forget something... my bad. Again, this tierlist is not measuring current standings. I'm predicting where units will be by the end of the version. This Tier List is viewing character value LARGELY from a META (Most Efficient Tactic Available) perspective, while simultaneously accounting for average player data provided by Prydwen. I am not including standard banners in these lists as I don't believe Golden Companion Spirits (generally), should be used on Standard Banner units. Full view of v4.3 - 4.5 Tier Lists can be found here on 6/1 (Note: If you skip straight to the full view of the tier lists without hearing the context and you get confused, that's your problem - not mine):    • Post   Cyrene Video:    • The Most Misunderstood, Disrespected and D...   Timestamps: 0:00 - 1:05 | Intro/Explanations of Tier List 1:07 - 2:27 | DISCLAIMER ENDGAME CONTENT TIER LIST - RECORDED 5.30.26 NEW = Just added to Tier List SAME = Tier List Rating unchanged from previous WATCHLISTING = Questioning my own rating - may adjust up or down SUSTAINS 2:33 | Aventurine, Luocha & Fu Xuan [SAME/SAME/SAME] 4:10 | HuoHuo [SAME] 5:30 | Hyacine [SAME] AMPLIFIERS 6:37 | Cerydra [DOWN] 7:21 | Elation Trailblazer [SAME] 8:43 | Robin [DOWN] 9:53 | Silverwolf [SAME] 10:47 | Sunday [SAME] 12:46 | Tribbie [SAME] 17:02 | Ruan Mei [DOWN] 19:47 | Mortenax Blade [SAME] & Sub-DPS [UP] 22:17 | Sparkle [SAME] 23:41 | Yao Guang [SAME] 25:37 | The Dahlia [SAME] 26:18 | Cyrene [NEW - Warning: Ranting and Gloating] SUPPORT DPS 37:47 | Argenti [UP] 39:06 | Topaz & Numby [UP] 40:09 | Rin Tohsaka and Gilgamesh [NEW] 47:25 | Ashveil [UP] & DPS Rating [SAME] 48:09 | Kafka/Sparkie/Black Swan [+DPS Rating] [SAME/SAME/SAME] 49:28 | Evernight (+ DPS Rating) [SAME] DPS 52:45 | Jing Yuan [UP] & DHIL [SAME - WATCHLISTING] 54:38 | Blade and Jingliu [UP] 59:10 | Rappa [DOWN] & Boothill [DOWN] 1:00:36 | Yunli [SAME] 1:03:45 | Seele [SAME - WATCHLISTING] 1:05:23 | Phainon [NEW] 1:08:10 | Acheron & Feixiao [SAME/SAME - WATCHLISTING] 1:11:22 | Saber & Archer [SAME - WATCHLISTING] 1:15:16 | Himeko Nova [NEW] 1:18:37 | Hysilens [SAME] 1:20:04 | Firefly [NEW] 1:21:37 | Silverwolf Lv. 999 & Evanescia [SAME] 1:24:42 | Castorice [SAME - Actually the last, but not least lol] 1:25:58 | Explanation of Pulling Recommendations/Tiers PULL TIER LIST 1:27:33 | Luocha/Fu Xuan 1:27:48 | HuoHuo 1:28:03 | Silverwolf, Robin & Ruan Mei ________________________________________________________________________ NOT OBJECTIVE DISCUSSION - AS PER USUAL, I AM BIASED (DUH) TL;DR below: 1:28:47 | Yao Guang, Cyrene and Mortenax Blade 1:30:16 | Yao Guang - Explanation (Elation Teams - MOST RECOMMENDED FOR ELATION INVESTORS) 1:32:00 | M. Blade - Explanation (Follow-up, Acheron/Feixiao, HP Scaling Teams + Tribbie Upscale/Upgrade - MOST RECOMMENDED FOR NEWER PLAYERS & SKILLED PLAYERS) 1:39:10 | Cyrene - Explanation (Mono-Remembrance + CH Teams - MOST RECOMMENDED FOR VETS & SKILLED PLAYERS) 1:43:08 | Highest Value/Potential Long Term? 1:43:19 | TL;DR * Sidenote: Although I didn't talk about it, if we're talking about who's overall most valuable at E0 (maybe E1), I would say M. Blade (for most average players). For those who want to go beyond the average, Cyrene has a higher ceiling. At higher levels of investment (E2+), Cyrene eclipses M. Blade. Regardless, both are insanely valuable. It's not that Yao Guang isn't, it's just that if you don't care about Elation, she has very few use cases. Cyrene/M. Blade are splashable (either BIS or viable) in 6+ teams minimum.* ________________________________________________________________________ 1:45:33 | Topaz & Numby/Argenti 1:46:22 | Rin Tohsaka & Gilgamesh 1:47:10 | Blade & Yunli (Forgot to include her - my bad) 1:47:51 | Archer & Saber 1:48:10 | Seele 1:48:28 | Phainon 1:52:47 | Himeko Nova (Likely Phainon Upscale) 1:56:15 | Full View of Pulling Recommendations 1:56:34 | Full View of Endgame Tier List 1:56:52 | I am open to questions - I've never hid my bias 2:03:26 | Outro #f2p #honkaistarrail #music #ashveil #yaoguang #sparxie #aventurine #jingyuan #cipher #herta #aglaea #feixiao #hyacine #huohuo #yunli #hysilens #cerydra #lingsha #silverwolf #boothill #cyrene #evernight #danheng #mydei #castorice #mortenaxblade #tribbie #anaxa #robin #tribbie #saber #archer #luocha #ruanmei #fugue #jiaoqiu #himeko #phainon #gacha #gaming #tierlist #rant #discussion #pullingrecommendations