'Black Swan Sucks Without Kafka' | Honkai Star Rail Black Swan Build, Showcase, Team, & More

Honkai Star Rail Black Swan Build, Showcase, Team, & More by gacha smack.

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Intro - 0:00
Showcase - 1:08
Builds - 4:17
Discussion - 5:42

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[valk]

Her delayed Arcana poping for a casual 150k damage is so satisfying

[ArchonKujo]

As someone who has failed to get Kafka once again, I do have to say that Black Swan will be fine even without her.

[ExE]

Kafka is a massive force multiplier for Black Swan and that is it. Your taking an insanely good unit and then forming the dommy mommy destruction squad if you work Kafka, Swan and Ruan Mei Together. Ignore the Huo Huo she is there for moral support until Hoyoverse reveals the final infinity stone.

[michaelman]

The most realistic take is: no, she doesn't need Kafka (especially against wind weak enemies where secondary dps Sampo can shine as shown), but Kafka does just make her even more insane.

[RariDaGreat]

Some of you in the comments need to realize that there are multiple ways to play these characters. I am using her as a defense shredder for Dr. Ratio and it works out great. She does more damage than pela while also still shredding defenses. I don’t have Kafka at all.

Also Black swan can literally carry you through all of simulated universe with the nihility path.

[Cadmun]

“Babe, babe, get online - Gacha Smack’s doing the voice” 😂😂😂

[Leonzf]

My boi Sampo putting in the work, glorious.

[danomaly]

Good to know I have another viable Dps for MOC. That means I don’t have to pull for blade and I can run dots on two different stages. That also means the 4 star dot unit’s don’t have to sit on the bench.

[Accountthatexists]

Unrelevant but can we talk about how black swan has the 2nd coolest ult in the game with the ominous music in the backround to the ult just grabbing and crushing the enemys

(2nd to Sam boss ofcoure cause my god if u havent seen it yet ur missing out)

[randalthevandal]

This feels like the Lee hyperreal Skipping controversy in Pgr

[hazardsigns]

Failed to get Kafka on both banners. Had zero intention of pulling for Swan. Until I played her trial. Really enjoyed her gimmick! I also have e6 Guinaifen and Sampo, so she has supports. I ended up using the wishes from the shop (with the standard light cones) to get her e1, since it is pretty broken. I'm in the process of getting her all levelled and can't wait to try her out. Thanks for the Tingyun advice 👍🏻

[chinnerchilla]

Her dots hit so hard its insane, i think she will work well with any future dot unit, especially a unit that maybe increased stack rate or something like that. shes just so fun!

[mrdeafter]

If you confused why Sampo deal so much damage in this showcase, Arcana count as all dot debuff so E4 Sampo skill can explode her arcana just like how Kafka skill can. also, Luka E6 enhance punch and little Gui ult can explode arcana as well. (tested it myself on little Gui, Luka and i can clearly see green damage which is clearly not their damage type)

[ekint]

Nice E1 ruan mei showcase 🤪.

But seriously, i think ruan mei can enable pretty* much any 5 star to be a great carry

[TheBoltMaster]

Still not convinced to go for her. Saving my 76 pity and my pulls for Sparkle and Acheron.

[kiddoo]

Gotta say her performance have some similarities with JY.
- backloaded dmg
- S1 give huge boost
But the difference is, at this point most of ppl already have deep understanding about the game, have their support/complimentary unit for BS ready, no one hyping her will be better than previous unit, and ofcourse ppl downbad bcs of the “mommy” vibe.

[juliogomez]

While I do agree that Kafka isn't a must the alternatives aren't really that viable, getting an E6 Sampo or an E6 Luka and also E1 RM to get comparable damage can't be easier than getting E0 Kafka and E0 Black Swan, sure if you already have the pieces then you can make it work like pretty much everything in this game. But I mostly blame Hoyo for putting Kafka's rerun right behind Black Swan's banner that was just diabolical.

[sacrashin]

I don't have Kafka, but after a bit of back and forth I still pulled Black Swan (my concern was exactly that she wouldn't be very good without Kafka). I have yet to finish building Black Swan, but I intend to mainly use her with Guinaifen for the time being.
Once Kafka reruns again, I will still pull for her, because she will definitely make the team even stronger, but from what I've seen so far, Black Swan on her own is just fine. I would say Kafka to Black Swan is basically like Silver Wolf to Seele, or Topaz to Dr. Ratio. They work perfectly fine and can clear anything without their respective BiS amplifier, but they obviously get even stronger if you have them.

[MrLightjimmy]

I just brought that fine Black Swan hooommeee!!! Soooo hyped! Maybe in 45 or 50 pulls. Along with a few Guinafens and light ones too!

[arcangel]

damn that was nice! looks like 2 dot teams are more than possible now im loving it!