New Honkai: Star Rail Character Leaks Hint At Returning Gameplay Mechanic

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There are new character leaks following the reveal of several upcoming units. The turn-based RPG by HoYoverse is about to exit the main Penacony storyline with Version 2.3 and, despite the conclusion of the main story arc this year, there will be more story content until the start of Version 3.0 and, among that, new companions that Trailblazers will meet, as teased by a short and enigmatic video at the end of the 2.3 livestream. Now, leaks about some of these characters have emerged.

At the end of the livestream, seven new characters were teased, including the new March 7th form that was later confirmed and fully revealed by HoYoverse. Some of these units had been mentioned in leaks for a while and, now, a leak compilation provides minor insight into what they may do. According to information obtained by the leaker known as HomDGCat, which was shared on Reddit, two upcoming characters will have gameplay mechanics that summon an event on the action bar. These refer to Lingsha, who has been confirmed, and a character that goes by the codename Aglaea.

There is a large load of content arriving with Honkai: Star Rail 2.3 this June, including new characters, story quests, events, and more.

From the description provided in the leak, it seems like Lingsha and this mysterious character known as Aglaea may actually revive a dormant gameplay mechanic that has not been used too abundantly. By summoning an event on the action bar, it is likely that these two units will have some sort of mechanic similar to Jing Yuan’s Lightining-Lord, which has its own separate base SPD and strikes independently. If the leaks and the speculation are true, then players may start seeing more powerful yet delayed actions come into play in.

“The big thing about Jing Yuan is having a delayed yet powerful action come in later.”

Follow-up attacks like Lightning-Lord have been in the spotlight recently, with several units specializing in these types of attacks. Dr. Ratio, Topaz and Numby,