Like America's healthcare, Honkai Star Rail is being carried by an overworked physician
Honkai Star Rail players are getting deeper into harder content in week two of the game's release, and they're all turning to the same character to bail them out: Natasha, unquestionably the best healer in the game right now.
Natasha is the go-to doctor of the underworld of Jarilo-6, and she's as important to the locals as she is to players, routinely patching up the miners and orphans of the icy planet's ramshackle settlement, often at the expense of her own health and free time. A huge chunk of her personal storyline is dedicated to the toll this work takes on her, and it makes it abundantly clear that countless people would not survive without Natasha, even if she doesn't get the thanks or compensation she deserves.
She's also one of the free characters given out during Honkai Star Rail's story, and probably the only healer you'll have for a while unless you happen to roll the five-star Bailu on a banner. Even if you do have Bailu, Natasha remains absolutely essential.
Honkai Star Rail is a turn-based game with no true evasion, which means you'll inevitably take damage during fights, and this makes healers inherently valuable. You can technically scrape by with shields alone, but that's usually just delaying the inevitable, and nothing beats the comfort of Natasha's targeted regen or AoE heal.
More importantly, Natasha is currently the only healer who can cleanse debuffs from teammates, and this ability becomes indispensable in later stages of the Simulated Universe roguelike mode when bosses apply lethal debuffs left and right. March 7th can technically remove a debuff as well, but you might need her and Natasha to stay on top of some fights, plus March lacks a true heal. This makes Natasha an essential pick for
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