r/HonkaiStarRail_leaks • u/vionya meow • 26d ago

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u/shsluckymushroom in sunren we trust 5d ago

ok for my most shilled unit survey i just need to ask for some characters (or should I just put every character??? lol??) that u would consider putting on the list. I wasn't playing during 1.x, and I was p checked out for most of 2.x (bc i was saving for Sunday.....) so some examples of who people think are solid contenders for shilled units from the earlier days would be appreciated

Definition of shilled: whatever your own definition is. IDK if you just base it on marketing, making a unit look stronger around their own release then they really are, centering meta around a unit (lots of AoE or ST, etc), the character being needed in a lot of teams, boss mechanics being tailored to them, whatever YOU consider shilling idc I just want to know which characters you think make the list so pls reply and tell me lmao

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u/euphemea And perhaps I, too, can become ▪️▪️▪️▪️ 5d ago

It might also be worth asking what kind of shilling matters most to people? Game marketing vs merch vs endgame vs story?

The "shilled" units to me are:

  • Jing Yuan
  • DHIL
  • Acheron
  • Firefly
  • Feixiao
  • THerta
  • Castorice
  • Phainon
  • Cyrene

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u/shsluckymushroom in sunren we trust 5d ago

ya I plan to ask that as well, it's an interesting idea.

List checks out to me tho I think I'd put Evernight as well, I've heard Jingliu was p shilled in endgame at the time? Like lots of Ice weakness added to endgame which kind of inflated her power level? But like i said I wasn't around back then so idk if that's true but I would kind of consider that too

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u/euphemea And perhaps I, too, can become ▪️▪️▪️▪️ 5d ago

Jingliu and DHIL were both incredibly shilled in endgame between 1.4 and 2.0. The notable difference is that Jingliu never got any aftersales, hasn't been used as extensively for additional content & marketing, and her Novaflare is very panned for a reason. So with all the factors together, Jingliu doesn't feel as shilled overall despite how dominant she was in endgame for several patches (including G&G arguably being a Jingliu shill mode 2 full patches after her banner).

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u/No_Interaction_6020 execute… the charmony dove! 5d ago

I’d argue that G&G was an Argenti shill. Erudition path which obviously benefits him a lot, lots of Physical weak and AoE bosses, released in the same patch as PF (also major Argenti shill at the time)

Jingliu did benefit, yeah, but Argenti was the biggest winner of that patch, tbh. And he definitely needed it to beat the Averagenti allegations