Honkai: Star Rail 1.2 banners: Blade, Kafka, and Luka debut

Every new character coming with the update

Author:
Marco Wutz
Publish date:
Jul 8, 2023 7:49 AM EDT

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Every new character coming with the update

Version 1.2 of Honkai: Star Rail will go live soon, adding new playable characters, a continuation of the main story, and time-limited events to the RPG. Naturally, the fresh faces are always one of the big highlights of an update. As usual, you will be able to pull for these characters from their banners, two of which are going to be included in this patch. Update 1.2 has some especially highly anticipated additions in store.

Each of these two banners features one 5-Star character and three 4-Star characters with boosted drop rates. Alongside these character banners run two Light Cone banners with one 5-Star Light Cone and three 4-Star Light Cones, which usually are very good options for the characters being available at the time. All of them run for three weeks.

Here’s everything you need to know about the Honkai: Star Rail 1.2 character and Light Cone banners.

Honkai: Star Rail 1.2 banners: Phase 1

Starting on July 19, 2023, with update 1.2’s release, you’ll be able to call upon one brand-new character:

Blade (5-Star character, Wind, The Destruction), Arlan (4-Star character, Physical, The Destruction), Natasha (4-Star character, Physical, The Abundance), and Sushang (4-Star character, Physical, The Hunt).
The Unreachable Side (5-Star Light Cone, The Destruction), A Secret Vow (4-Star Light Cone, The Destruction), Shared Feeling (4-Star Light Cone, The Abundance), and Swordplay (4-Star Light Cone, The Hunt).

Blade

Blade is part of the Stellaron Hunters and will be a powerful damage dealer, who can consume his own HP to increase his offensive capabilities. He’s best thrown right into the fray, allowing him to accumulate stacks of his Charge ability to unleash powerful follow-up attacks.

Arlan

Arlan has somewhat similar mechanics to Blade, dealing more damage the lower his HP are, but he’s generally considered to be pretty weak, as his style is way too risky to work against tough opponents.

Natasha

Natasha is the most basic healer every player has access to. It’s a job she does very well, though 5-Star characters of The Abundance naturally come with a few extras on top of good healing that make them superior.

Sushang

Sushang is a solid single-target attacker, especially once you’ve got a few Eidolon Levels, as this allows her to use less Skill Points for her attacks, freeing up room for other characters to shine.

Honkai: Star Rail 1.2 banners: Phase 2

Phase 2 will begin on August 8, 2023, and run up to the release update 1.3. You’ll be able to get another two brand-new characters in this time period:

Kafka (5-Star character, Lightning, The Nihility), Luka (4-Star character, Physical, The Nihility), Sampo (4-Star character, Wind, The Nihility), and Serval (4-Star character, Lightning, The Erudition).
Patience Is All You Need (5-Star Light Cone, The Nihility), Resolution Shines as Pearls of Sweat (4-Star Light Cone, The Nihility), Eyes of the Prey (4-Star Light Cone, The Nihility), and The Birth of the Self (4-Star Light Cone, The Erudition).

Kafka

Kafka is another Stellaron Hunter and excels at dealing DoT – damage over time. She applies Shocked through her follow-up attacks and her other moves, immediately triggering damage from DoT effects on enemies when using her Skill on them.

Luka

Luka specializes in causing the Bleed DoT effect on enemies, having an especially potent version of this in store, so he should go well with characters like Kafka and Sampo.