How to always pick the RIGHT Characters to Pull | Honkai: Star Rail Guide

"Who should I pull?" In Honkai: Star Rail version 2.1 we will have Acheron and Aventurine being introduced as new characters, as well as Jingliu and Luocha having reruns. All of these characters are strong and making a decision can be hard for new players and F2Ps. This video is a general guide, where I share my mindset when it comes to pulling and making decisions from multiple perspectives, including my thoughts on the 2.1 banners towards the end.

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Timestamps
00:00 Start
00:24 Waifu To Meta Spectrum
04:00 They are my favorite
05:38 I like them equally
07:55 Kind of want to be optimal
10:28 My hot takes (xdd)
12:14 Why I skipped 1.0 banners
15:19 I want the best for my account
16:02 Jade efficiency
18:58 Power efficiency
23:16 Long term vs. Short term
27:15 Just tell me who to pull
29:40 Who are the strongest characters
38:52 End

#honkaistarrail #starrail #nutty #acheron #jingliu #luocha #aventurine

[Catapilamila]

Easy

Step 1. Look at character
A. Neuron Activation
B. No Neuron Activation

Step 2. If A Pull . If B Don't Pull

Step 3. ???

Step 4. Win

[bullitlive]

I trust everything this man says. But nothing could stop me from pulling for the best character design ever.

[ElinneaG]

Only thing I would add: I’ve realized that Honkai Star Rail gives quite a few opportunities to enjoy characters that I haven’t pulled. There are story segments where I can use them temporarily, there are lots of special events that give fully built trial versions of many characters, I can use them as supports if other players set them up, and they’ll be involved in the story so we can interact outside of gameplay.

So if there are characters I really like but don’t enjoy the gameplay of, or don’t want to go to the effort of remaking my account to support them, I can decide that I’m ok with not “owning” them in the banner-pulling sense but still enjoying that character in the game. Acheron is the prime example of this for me right now.

[viceroycat]

I solved this problem by pulling all of them.

[wk]

Not a new player (I just like listening to discussion...) but you have some of the most thoughtful and well-explained general discussion videos in the space. Thank you & looking forward to more :)

[nekotori]

Tbh you're underrated, and you're a legend for doing videos that long even you have not much subscribers, respect

[chung]

as a "meta is temporary, style is forever" puller, this video reaffirms my Acheron skipping tendencies. thx

[mikyeediaz]

Blade is that one character that pull me into the game. Like ever since beta, I told myself "That's the character I want to main!" Then, after getting to know his backstory, it just makes me love him more and wanting to get the very best thing for him.

But yeah, I understand the one where you explains about the appearance. I like Topaz but damn, gurl. You're showing a lot of a business woman. I guess it's one of the strategies by winning with her thighs xD. I don't hate it but something about her outfit just seems wrong yet I shouldn't be surprised.

For my pulls, I always ask myself. Do I really love them until I can't skip them? Then, I'll pull. For supports, if it's someone who can boost my team a lot, then yes, I'll get them. Somehow Sparkles is the first support I pulled xD and Luocha is the first healer. So I skipped HuoHuo and Ruan Mei. I like HuoHuo in the end but I felt like I don't really need her? But I might pull her in the future.

[BatteryStaples]

I think you are carving out a good niche for yourself talking about the macro perspective of how to approach this game. It's very interesting and I hope you continue to start these kinds of conversations that other CCs with more short-term goals would ignore.

[loner]

Thank you for the video. Much appreciated. I felt like I joined HSR at good time during the DHIL rerun. Got DHIL, Tingyun. Next banner Sparkle was available. Then current banner has Luocha. So already a good DHIL team built. Patience.

[elikeliii]

hi new sub here, i just want to say thank you for these videos, i usually have short attentionspan but somehow your videos interest me sm

and i like your analogies and logic
i also use the same "let the game decide for you" except on characters i absolutely cannot skip, im more of a simp than meta but i also need the jades

[dyt-dettroi.]

Thank you for the video. Appriciate that you're telling people that there's so certain way to play the game, and that they should appriciate their time, experience by learning about the game on their own way.

[PenultimatePenPen]

I paused the video when you told me to so I could comment. Personally I'm roughly a 60/40 split of meta/character. So I lean towards meta slightly, but I have pulled particular characters without regard to meta before.

To give an example from anther hoyo game (since I'm newer to Star Rail so don't have examples yet) I pulled Yoimiya cause she's awesome, even if she isn't a top tier meta character, she does her job well enough and I'm able to clear spiral abyss with her usually with minimal trouble. Someone like Dehya I didn't pull because even though she was a great character, her kit was just too weak for me. However now that I'm further in the game I wouldn't mind losing a 50/50 to Dehya as my teams are built up enough where meta doesn't matter as much (still maters to me, just not as much)

[EmergencyCringe]

Your levelheadedness is something i’ve been searching for in this sea of hsr content creators, so thank you for that:) I’m the type on the spectrum who pulls for who they like but also optimises the heck out of their resources. So rn I’m staying strong to wait and pull for Jingliu and her lc, and Acheron is only appealing to me because of her technique… which is a big bait for me, but i’m only willing to take it on her rerun

[ZitronenT]

Naruto Blazing teached me that i cant have everything and to safe for something i rly rly want and need. thats something rly important at gacha games. it feels rly good to be 100% on the emotional and logical side at the same time and have enough resources to get it more than just E0. stay strong.

[laughter]

You’re so underrated. I have some problems with concentration but in case with your videos I can watch it from the beginning to the end with no effort. Even if I play from the release of HSR I find your content very informative and interesting. Thank you for everything you do 💖💖💖💖💖 (English is not my first language and I’m sorry if there are any mistakes)

[MrCtheo]

Really enjoyable content but also really interesting. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and thoughts with us Nutty! :)

[Mekeweissame]

I got Kafka as my first limited 5* because she was fun to play in the event, and since then I haven’t pulled a single DPS =‘) unless Black Swan counts. Thank goodness for QQ and Ratio, because I just can’t get excited about the DPSes the way I do about, for example, Fu Xuan or Silver Wolf or Aventurine. Even the ones I would want eventually, like Blade, I’m concerned to aim for due to powercreep.

[cookiesz]

I came back for a rewatch, after E6-ing acheron (s1)

I think for me, there isnt a spectrum of 2 things (meta into waifu/aesthetics) but there is multiple extra metrics (tbf you mentioned it in the video too)

Meta value, how strong the character is in a vacuum

Account value, how strong the character is for your account in specific, IE, if you have seele as your fav dps, you have sparkle and fu xuan, but are missing silverwolf, silverwolf gets a big boost since it completes mono-quantum team and if that holds value for you (and I think it should to some extent)

Aesthetics/waifu value, how much their looks/animations/personality get you going/keep you interested, this can be split into the subcategories, after all I like the aesthetics of ruan mei, shes hot, but personality wise I hate her guts, the deadbeat mom and awful person who will drug you...

and finally, the simplicity value, basically how little effort it takes to make the character useful. 4 stars naturally cost less resources to max, some characters like jingliu have a bunch of free crit stats that help you out, some supports like bronya/sparkle can be very useful with just a pair of speed boots substats be damned, and finally healers generally take less work to do their job then maximizing a dps

(and 5th is how much money you can afford to burn, mentally and financially)

[BreakinLimit]

Stumbled across your videos just a few days ago, really liking the content and down to earth talking style. Just wanted to give my 5 cents as a low spender (only getting the jades from the daily login thing for cash):
For me it is about maxing the F2P potential (still going to call it F2P). I always saw the challenge in making the most out of the ressources I could acquire by just playing the game. So this means for me the priority lies straight in gaining every jade there is to get by doing hard content and getting better things.

I want to point out one important thing though: Jades and Trailblaze power (TBP) are parallel ressources. So I can spend all my TBP (daily) on upgrading the characters I have. Be it farming their trace materials or later on the relics. I just wanted to point that out because just to "focus on a few characters to get you somewhere" does not mean you can't pull for other characters, because it literally does not change your capabilities of developing your focus characters.

I think your approach of setting goals and expectations in this game is a really good one. As I said, my goal is to get every F2P Jade there is and manage those in a way that I can get most of what I want. Though I have to admit I was maybe a bit too focused on "New character gets the most benefit of the MoC mode so I need him for 36*" when in reality, getting 36* in MoC would have been attainable with what I had (out of the limited 5* only missing Topaz, Huohuo and Jing Yuan)

The only point where this take doesn't hold is considering lightcones. Because I was focused on pulling characters more to have all tools rather than sharpen them, I only got one sig LC. So if anyone wants to point out you can spend jades to get sig LC instead of pulling all characters, fair game.

In the end: Pull what you like, don't destroy the game for yourself by worrying too much or overspending and making it mundane.