Honkai: Star Rail Leaks Are Great News For Powercrept Characters

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A new leak about , indicating a partial solution to characters that have suffered from powercreep releases that made them utterly useless in current team comps. Powercreep is a term used to describe certain characters that have similar gameplay kits or power to previous units and make them less attractive to use because the newer releases are substantially stronger. A great example of this is how Jing Yuan, who was once one of the strongest DPS in HoYoverse’s turn-based RPG, got powercrept by the release of Blade and Jingliu in .

Several characters from the game have fallen into disuse, but that may not be the case forever. According to new information by the leaker known as Seele Leaks, which was shared in a post tagged as “” on Reddit, mentions that older characters may get new Paths to follow, much like March 7th recently received her Hunt form in Version 2.4. The leak mentions that, starting in Version 3.0, players who do not have the original form of certain characters in will get the new form, while those who have them will unlock a Path Switch system.

There are rumors of two new Honkai: Star Rail characters arriving after Version 3.0 that will bring back the best combat mechanic so far.

As is mentioned in the leak, players will not be able to use both Paths simultaneously in battle but will have to change them beforehand, exactly the same way that they do with March 7th at the moment. If the leak is true, this may be a partial solution to powercreeps. Jing Yuan, for instance, could once again be present in team comps, now under a new Path and, possibly, element. This could refresh the powercrept character to the point that, even if his older kit is still suffering from powercreeps, Jing Yuan is still usable in.

“New forms of older characters are still subject to being powercrept in the future.”

Of course, this does not solve all problems. Jing Yuan’s older gameplay kit will likely still remain somewhat useless when compared to other DPS units, as will