Honkai: Star Rail might be an exceptionally foolish sport. There’s a trash can images occasion. The Trailblazer avatar usually trolls of us with their potential responses. Sampo is a strolling joke. It will get actually goofy! The factor is, that component of can sneak up on you. So when the March seventh Saga of Primaveral Blade occasion occurred in Honkai: Star Rail, I really feel like I ought to have identified there was the potential for HoYoVerse to joke round, however I didn’t count on that twist to be set in movement with new character Jiaoqiu.
Editor’s Notice: There will probably be spoilers for the Honkai: Star Rail Saga of Primaveral Blade Panacea Divinus Jiaoqiu route beneath.
So the concept within the Saga of Primaveral Blade occasion in Honkai: Star Rail is that March seventh is coaching with Yanqing and Yunli to turn into a sword-wielding hero. Why? As a result of recurring IPC villain Skott returned to the Xianzhou Luofu, was merciless to an worker at a restaurant, and when March bought concerned she ended up agreeing to a duel with him. The primary time you undergo the occasion, Huohuo will present up as a coaching companion for added story segments, buffs throughout, and a potential alternate ending for the ultimate Skott encounter that modifications the way you strategy that encounter.
After you full the minigame as soon as, you possibly can undergo it a number of instances. Every run, you get buffs to place March in a greater scenario initially. Nevertheless, the promoting level is that the ally who pops in to help with extra coaching story segments, buffs, and potential ending modifications. The primary two are Huohuo and Qingque. Nevertheless, for the third spherical of Saga of Primaveral Blade in Honkai: Star Rail, you possibly can choose Jiaoqiu as your ally with a Panacea Divinus route.
Now, the factor about this that reveals simply how sneaky HoYoVerse was comes right down to how well-executed this factor is. Normally, March appears to be taught life classes from these extra allies throughout Saga of Primaveral Blade, and so when the Jiaoqiu half comes up in Honkai: Star Rail, it appears to be about there being no medicinal shortcuts to greatness. We get to spend time with him and learn the way he basically makes meals into medication. We encounter Lingsha after listening to about legendary substances. So when the time comes to shut out that run, I selected Jiaoqiu’s possibility after all. I figured given the lead as much as the occasion, even along with his tough nature, it’d be about wholesome dietary supplements or meals. Particularly since each Bailu and Lingsha are additionally round for that last dialog.
Nope, Jiaoqiu provides Skott and his IPC minions diarrhea.
Like okay. A part of the enjoyable from the twist got here from the shock worth. Whereas Bailu and Lingsha are being all critical throughout this Saga of Primaveral Blade route, it seems Jiaoqiu took issues into his personal arms and tasked Moze with getting ready a particular “meal” for Skott and his underlings in Honkai: Star Rail.
Superb. I’m going to the ultimate confrontation and determine perhaps this will probably be a text-based and story-only phase. No. HoYoVerse really took it a step additional. The battle between Skott and his allies and March nonetheless occurs within the Saga of Primaveral Blade route, however customized dialogue and debuffs are in impact! When the struggle begins, the Skott Senior Workers: Workforce Chief is debuffed! The IPC troopers who’re there alongside him are instantly with “Diarrhea Shockwave” each time they’re summoned to the struggle, leading to them immediately falling again so it returns to a real one-on-one struggle between March and Skott. I used to be shocked on the effort put into this “joke” ending. To not point out it’s made even higher by the last dialog between March and Skott that actually brings the scenario to an in depth.
I really like when a sport is ready to shock me after over a 12 months of service, and HoYoVerse did simply that with the Saga of Primaveral Blade March seventh occasion and Jiaoqiu in Honkai: Star Rail. I’m fairly positive it’s not going to make me really pull for the brand new five-star when he debuts. (I’m nonetheless pulling for Yunli in hopes of getting her and including her to a group with Clara!) However the flip of occasions positively made him stand out and higher outlined him for me.
Honkai: Star Rail is offered for the PS5, PC, and cellular units. The Saga of Primaveral Blade occasion and its Panacea Divinus route is offered till September 9, 2024. Jiaoqiu will be a part of Honkai: Star Rail as a playable character on August 21, 2024.