Transformed into a brand new form with brand new powerful skill kit and abilities, Himeko Nova is making her grand debut in Honkai Star Rail version 4.4 Update Patch. In this article, we will go over all of the important leaked information regarding Himeko Nova and her skill kits for everyone to know.
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Honkai Star Rail Himeko Nova Details & Skill Kit Leaks
Thanks to trusted leaked sources, we have now got an overall look into who Himeko Nova will be as a character and what her skill kit and abilities will be for now.
Please keep in mind that since this is leaked information, despite being from a trusted source, this information is subject to change and can be greatly altered when the official release of the character is out, so take this information with a grain of salt.
General Information
Himeko Nova is an upcoming 5-star character of the Fire Element and Erudition Path. She specializes in dealing special Assist Skill damage to all enemies when in the same team as other Trailblazing Companions, allowing her to quickly accumulate energy and activate her powerful Ultimate.
Himeko Nova Skill Kit
– Basic Attack: Deals Fire DMG equal to 100% of Himeko • Nova’s ATK to one enemy.
– Skill: After using Skill, Himeko • Nova gains “Navigator’s Semaphore,” lasting for 3 turn(s). At the start of each of Himeko • Nova’s turn, the duration is reduced by 1. When Himeko • Nova has “Navigator’s Semaphore,” she immediately regains all uses of Assist Skill. DMG dealt by all allies increases by 30%. At the start of every turn, immediately regains 1 use of Assist Skill.
– Ultimate: Immediately pilots Starblazer. Starblazer can launch “Hyperluminal Particle Beam” against enemies 6 times, or consume “Source Energy” to launch “Orbital Annihilation Pulse”.
When the uses of “Hyperluminal Particle Beam” are depleted, automatically launches “Orbital Annihilation Pulse”, followed by a Final Hit, dealing 3 instances of DMG, with each instance dealing Fire DMG equal to 100% of Himeko • Nova’s ATK to a random single enemy.
When using “Hyperluminal Particle Beam” or “Orbital Annihilation Pulse” deals fatal damage to all enemies on the field, or when enemy HP can no longer be reduced, immediately launches the Final Hit.
Hyperluminal Particle Beam: Deals Fire DMG equal to 30% of Himeko • Nova’s ATK to all enemies and gains 1 point(s) of “Source Energy”. A maximum of 3 “Source Energy” can be held.
Orbital Annihilation Pulse: Consumes 1 point of “Source Energy” to deal Fire DMG equal to 20% of Himeko • Nova’s ATK to all enemies. When current “Source Energy” is 1 point or more, for every 1 point(s) of “Source Energy” consumed, additionally deals 1 instance of Fire DMG equal to 40% of Himeko • Nova’s ATK to one random enemy.
– Talent: When Himeko • Nova is on the field, she immediately deploys the Territory “Starblazer Visioscape”, and “Starblazer” appears on the field, granting the Assist Skill to all allies. Using the Assist Skill is considered as using a Skill.
When an ally actively uses the Assist Skill, it consumes 1 Assist Skill use, increasing Himeko • Nova’s All-Type RES PEN by 20% and CRIT DMG by 50%. Her attacks can ignore Weakness Types to reduce enemy Toughness. When Breaking Weakness, triggers the Fire Weakness Break effect.
– Assist Skill: Deals Fire DMG equal to 200% of Himeko • Nova’s ATK to all enemies, and deals 3 extra instances of DMG, with each instance dealing Fire DMG equal to 30% of Himeko • Nova’s ATK to a random single enemy. When used by Himeko • Nova, deals Fire DMG equal to 250% of Himeko • Nova’s ATK to all enemies, and deals 4 extra instances of DMG, with each instance dealing Fire DMG equal to 40% of Himeko • Nova’s ATK to a random single enemy.
If the user is a Trailblaze Companions character other than Himeko • Nova, Himeko • Nova will gain either the “Companion Protocol: Verdict” or “Companion Protocol: Decimation” state depending on the user.
The extra Assist Skill triggered by the “Companion Protocol: Verdict” or “Companion Protocol: Decimation” Status Effect can be triggered up to 2 time(s) per Combat, and the trigger count is refreshed after Himeko • Nova uses her Ultimate.
Companion Protocol: Verdict: Enters the “Companion Protocol: Verdict” state. When Himeko • Nova deals Ultimate DMG, increases CRIT DMG by 100%. After Himeko • Nova’s teammates use their Ultimate actively 2 time(s), Himeko • Nova immediately launches 1 Assist Skill against an enemy at no cost, and Himeko • Nova additionally regenerates 10 Energy.
Companion Protocol: Decimation: Enters the “Companion Protocol: Decimation” state. Increases all allies’ CRIT DMG by 80%, and additionally increases the CRIT DMG dealt by Skills by 10. For every 1 enemy target hit by an ally, gains 1 point of Charge. When Charge reaches 9 points, consumes all Charge, and Himeko • Nova immediately launches 1 Assist Skill against the enemy at no cost. This instance of Assist Skill cannot gain Charge.
– Technique: When Himeko • Nova is in the team, increases max Technique Points by 3.
After using the Technique, she enters the “Cruise” state lasting for 30 seconds. Actively using the Technique consumes 2 Technique Points and immediately attacks all enemies within a certain range. After entering combat, immediately uses Skill 1 time at the start of each wave.
If attacking a Normal Enemy, immediately defeats them without entering combat. No Technique Points are consumed if no enemies are hit.
– Bonus Ability 1: When Himeko • Nova’s Assist Skill can be used while during her turn, using Assist Skill does not consume Assist Skill uses.
– Bonus Ability 2: When a Trailblaze Companion character other than Himeko • Nova actively uses an Assist Skill, that character immediately gains 1 extra turn during which they can use their Ultimate. An extra turn gained from an Assist Skill will not repeatedly trigger this Trace effect.
– Bonus Ability 3: When using Ultimate, immediately gains 3 point(s) of “Source Energy.” When using the “Orbital Annihilation Pulse” attack, if current “Source Energy” is 3 points or more, the DMG multiplier of “Orbital Annihilation Pulse” against random single enemies increases by 40%.
Himeko Nova Eidolons
– E1: Increases the number of times the Talent triggers the extra Assist Skill effect by 1. While in the “Companion Protocol: Verdict” state, the number of Ultimate uses required to launch the Assist Skill is reduced by 1. While in the “Companion Protocol: Decimation” state, the Charge required to launch the Assist Skill is reduced by 3. When Himeko • Nova launches the Assist Skill, the number of times the extra DMG effect is triggered increases by 1.
– E2: Max uses of Assist Skill increase to 2, and DMG dealt by Assist Skill increases by 24%. At the start of “Navigator’s Semaphore”‘s turn, immediately recovers 2 Assist Skill uses. Trace “Hark! The Express’s Pulse Roars” effect: When characters other than Trailblaze Companions use Assist Skill, they also gain 1 extra turn.
– E4: When using the Assist Skill from Talent “Of Fire and Far Faring,” the All-Type RES PEN increase effect applies to all allies. When Himeko • Nova gains this effect, her All-Type RES PEN increases by an additional 10%.
– E6: Himeko • Nova’s Fire Type RES PEN increases by 20%. Max “Source Energy” increases to 6 points, and when an ally uses or unleashes an Assist Skill, Himeko • Nova gains 1 points of “Source Energy”. When launching an “Hyperluminal Particle Beam” attack during the Ultimate, additionally gains 1 point of “Source Energy”. When launching “Orbital Annihilation Pulse”, if current “Source Energy” is greater than or equal to 6 points, additionally deals Fire DMG equal to 120% of Himeko • Nova’s ATK to all enemies 1 time.
Himeko Nova Lightcone
A Star That Lights the Night
Effect: Increases the wearer’s ATK by 40%. If there are 2 “Trailblaze Companion” characters in the team, the wearer ignores 20% of the target’s DEF when dealing DMG. When the wearer uses an Assist Skill, they gain the “Safe Escort” state, lasting for 2 turn(s) and stacking up to 3 time(s). Each stack of “Safe Escort” increases Assist Skill DMG by 20%. When “Safe Escort” reaches 3 stacks, each stack of “Safe Escort” increases Ultimate DMG by 60%.
Overall Gameplay Assessment
Himeko Nova skill kit around her special Assist Skill and the ability to trigger Assist Skill when there are other Trailblazing Companions in the same team as her.
Himeko Nova’s main gimmick lies in her Skill and Talent, which allows Himeko Nova to grant all allies and herself special Assist Skills usage, which are treated as Skill uses. Upon using Assist Skills, Himeko Nova will deal AoE Fire damage to enemies and grants herself special buffs depending on the Trailblazing Companion that used the Assist Skill. When it is her turn, Himeko Nova can use her Skill to regain all Assist Skill usage to the team while also buffing the team’s overall damage output. Using Assist Skills will help Himeko Nova recover special Energy that is needed for her to use her Ultimate.
Upon accumulating enough energy, Himeko Nova will be able to summon a mech with her Ultimate and enter a special Zone. During this Ultimate Use, Himeko Nova will be able to choose between different attacks in order to gain or spend Source Energy to deal damage to enemies. Once she have used up all of her energy, Himeko Nova will deal a big instance of Fire damage to enemies and exit her Ultimate State.
Initial Impression And Pull Advice
Himeko Nova’s overall skill kit and abilities makes her a brand new Main DPS character for a Trailblazing centric team comp, with her being in the centered and buffed up by other members of the Astral Express crew to trigger constant Assist Skills and grant her Energy for her to use her Ultimate.
She is suitable as a brand new Main DPS character for the new meta of the game, being able to deal powerful damage at very low cost and investment overall, making her a good character to get if players are missing a strong DPS character.
Conclusion
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