Honkai: Star Rail 2.6 Leaks Hint At Promising New Gameplay Mechanic

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A newly leaked gameplay mechanic from 2.6 has the potential to alter the state of the game significantly. The turn-based RPG by HoYoverse is in the first few stages of Version 2.5, an important patch that continues the story arc set in the Xianzhou Luofu as the Astral Express crew attends the Wardance Festival and tries to recapture an escaped prisoner. The patch is also bringing forth three new playable units, including Lingsha, Moze, and Feixiao in , but some leaks about future updates are starting to emerge.

A new gameplay mechanics revolving around summons called “ ” may soon be added to the game, according to information provided by the leaker known as HomDGCat, which was shared in a post tagged as “” on Reddit. As seen in the leak, some characters will be able to invoke Servants onto the battlefield, and these will act like independently controlled summons rather than affixed creatures in the order. Players will be able to choose the abilities they use once they reach their turn in the combat order in .

The leak states that, for now, the only rumored character to feature Servant mechanics is Aglaea, a character that has been heavily leaked but not yet seen nor confirmed. Furthermore, the leak also states that Servants are excluded from abilities targetting “” or “” Instead, they only seem to be targetable by abilities that mention “” With this specificity in mind, the leak highlights that only a few character abilities can target them, such as Jiaoqiu (at E1), Ruan Mei, and Robin in .

There are rumors of a new 5-star form for Herta in Honkai: Star Rail, and her abilities seem surprisingly good in terms of damage output.

The leak by HomDGCat also states that, in Version 2.6, Pure Fiction will see a change to the Rumor sub-blessing, which serves as a way to include Servants. The leaker speculates that there is a chance that the Servants mechanic may be added as early as Version 2.7, though they cite the possibility of the blessing being reused further in the