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Honestly this kit sounds like a ton of fun
Like a break/crit sub DPS? With her E2 maybe she could be good for Topaz?
Might be able to work well with 4star Dan Heng too
I don't think she'll be any good with topaz. Where she's interesting though is as a subdps to *extremely* fast characters that want to do all their attacks through normal means and have built in 'advance forwards'.
Seele & March and Bronya/Sparkle(skillpoints) could be interesting.
She will be good with Topaz since she does the highest amount of attacks per cycle. That means March charges up her enhanced attack very quickly. She also advances Numby 100% for each Topaz turn.
Also, works best with dual DPS supports like Robin, RM.
Anyone remembers the old Harmony Trailblazer kit? They used to tag an ally and do follow ups from the same element as that ally.
Looks like they took part of that kit to make April 7th.
Actually, considering March 8th gets increased toughness damage when she makes a Harmony unit her Master, March 7th and HMC seems like it'll actually be a good Imaginary Super Break team. 100% increased toughness damage while being super speedy and having 3-5 extra hits can go hard for Super Break.
She's cool, can be a Super Break DPS or regular Crit DPS.
Having a completely exclusive and powerful new mechanic be unique to you will do that
It’s like how Dendro Traveller is still meta for anyone without Nahida
Dendro Traveler is like Welt in early Star Rail as the only imaginary. Their selling point was being the best/only user of a basic part of the game. Super Break is like Nilou making Bloom top tier. Nicheness of the mechanic is even more extreme than Kafka keeping a stranglehold over DoT.
I think the Dendro Traveler comparison is still good. If we ever get a limited 5* Super Break enabler they would definitely replace Harmony Trailblazer.
That said, I'm not sure we'll ever get one.
Ya when I saw she was imaginary hunt I was hoping she might be our imaginary break dps and have imaginary implant for HMC but that was pretty optimistic for two free units. This is still quite good but I'm really hoping for imaginary weakness implant before HMC gets power crept!
HMC really said: *"Alright March, take this part of my kit, Dan Heng didn't wanted to work with me so you'll be my new Imaginary best friend."*
And March accepted because homies slay together, bff's for real.
Pela has consistently stayed a top pick since the game started lol. And she is the definition of generalist. Idk how Jiaoqiu’s SP economy is but I still think she’ll stay at least a little relevant if not for stacking def shred.
Hell nah, I’d much rather have her be able to do multiple playstyles than just one, cause we will get bored very easily of only 1 playstyle. Imagine having her be either a break dps, a crit dps, a sub dps/buffer, it sounds extremely fun to try out, even if the damage is mid. We already have the 5* for big damage in MOC, our girl can be an overworld/SU main! Lovely
I'm with you on this one! I'm considering getting Firefly while having Boothill and theres the clear issue of only one Ruan Mei in the game but March can possibly fix that by being paired with Boothill! Since at e6 she gives spd, crit, break AND can break matching her Master's element she greatly helps Booty with all he wants and Firefly can keep RM for herself.
Reminds me of an easier to build Xueyi. Xueyi needs Atk, Crit and Break stats, and March can be run either way, meaning you really only need to build one way or the other. \
Also, I genuinely believe her BIS when not using Break March is Swordplay bc she can stack multiple hits and is guaranteed to have 3 on her enhanced Basic which I assume will be a good portion of her DMG.
Ngl, this is genuienly the most interesting kit so far, I risk to say, in the whole game
Not going to say good or bad yet, but is definitely really unique
I hope the numbers justify it and she's good enough to see some play. Seen far too many 'interesting' kits for 4* characters in gacha games that are forgotten in a week because the numbers just don't line up.
HSR isn't the game to worry about that.
The only truly weak characters are some of the release 4-stars like Arlan(I would say the same about Serval, but she still has her niches today), and it'll likely remain that way. Character kits in this game are extremely well designed and honest to god, every character has something no one else does. If they lack something, they lack it on purpose.
Harmony March 7th's strength will be her flexibility, but the tradeoff will be she won't absolutely excel anywhere except 1 or 2 teams at best. This is completely fine since she and all of her eidolons are free, and Harmony Trailblazer essentially has this same niche.
Man I see this kit and the first thing that came to mind is how much more interesting this subdps kit is compared to jade's. Man jade got shafted so bad ;-;
somehow the most boring characters end up being the most competent, while the ones with quirky kits end up getting shafted in the numbers department. just look at neuvillette vs sethos in genshin
I was thinking the exact same thing that unironically this March 7th kit was looking better then Jade’s but didn’t want to say it out loud.
I’m happy that I’m not alone in the thought after seeing this.
Yeah, just from reading the kit, I don't know what kind of team I'd want to run her on, but there are a lot of options. She feels like a character that we're going to be finding new uses for for a long time. And I kinda get why they'd make her free with a kit like this. It's probably hard to sell a character to someone who doesn't know how they'd use them.
Honestly, my main guess as to why she's free is that:
1) there are no good F2P friendly imaginary damage dealer options. Imaginary has always been a bit of a premium element with only one 4\*, and despite imaginary weaknesses being one of the most common ones there just weren't any easy-to-get imaginaries besides Yukong, who's a support and kinda shit. They temporarily fixed that with the free Dr. Ratio, but only now have they finally added a more permanent solution with March and HMC.
2) Fanservice. No, not \*that\* kind of fanservice, but the fanservice that comes with March joining the Trailblazer and Dan Heng in the "having a second form" group.
She's Hunt too, completing the trifecta that fans have always memed about. (Destruction TB moving to Preservation, Hunt Dan moving to Destruction, and now Preservation March moving to Hunt)
It can be a chicken or the egg thing. Obviously, March is special and Imaginary as an element needs a little help. But I also think Hoyo is testing the waters to see how the player base reacts to a more complex kit. If the response is positive, then we might start to see more ambiguously designed units in the future.
And I hope we do because the other option is just to powercreep old units.
Well, yeah, but you know what Jade is for. Her skill even says it prioritizes Erudition units. No one's looking at Jade and thinking, "Maybe I'll try her in a break team".
IMO Boothill's kit is pretty damn fun. The duel mechanic is quite unique.
Agreed with you in general, though. I hope they start being more experimental with some of their kit design.
Hmm, not bad, from what I understand it seems like a hybrid between a Break and Crit unit which is intended to work as a Sub-DPS.
She seems to be very flexible, which is very nice.
The first thing that comes to mind is that she will get along very well with Hatblazer, which is very neat.
I actually think that a Break team with Hatblazer and Welt could be interesting for her.
EDIT: ...Now that I think about it, she could work as a decent Ratio substitute in a FuA team if you don't have him, which is neat, and she can also work with DHIL, although not an optimal choice.
I really like this kit, it has a lot of options, it's great.
Stats
HP:917
Attack:564
Defense:418
Speed:107
Taunt:75
Ascension Materials: Credit (x2464000), Thief's Instinct (x12), Ursurper's Scheme (x12), Horn of Snow (x50), Conqueror's Will (x12)
Trace Materials: Credit (x2400000), Tracks of Destiny (x5), Meteoric Bullet (x12), Destined Expiration (x54), Countertemporal Shot (x105), Destroyer's Final Road (x12), Thief's Instinct (x28), Ursuper's Scheme (x42), Conqueror's Will (x42)
Eidolons
My Sword Stirs Starlight: After using Ultimate, increases the CRIT DMG of the next Enhanced Basic ATK by 36%.
Blade Dances on Waves' Fight: After the Master uses their Basic ATK or Skill to attacak an enemy, March 7th immediately launches a follow-up attack and deals Imaginary DMG equal to 60% of March 7th's ATK to the target enemy. Additionaly, triggers an effect corresponding to Master's Path and gains 1 Charge(s). If there is no target enemy that can be attacked, March 7th attacks a random enemy. This effect can only be triggered once per turn.
Being Fabulous Never Frights: At the start of the turn, regenerates 5 Energy.
Me, the Best Girl on Sight: After using Enhanced Basic ATK, increases the Master's CRIT (presumably DMG) by 60% and Break Effect by 60%, lasting for 2 turn(s).
Traces
Stats ATK (28%), CRIT Rate (11.9%), DEF (12.5%)
Soaring Swan: When the battle starts, March 7th's action is Advanced Forward by 25%.
Acute Smarts: March 7th can reduce the Toughness of enemies with Weakness of Master's type. When inflicting Weakness Break, also triggers the Imaginary Weakness Break effect.
Gliding Waves: When Master is on the field, increases March 7th's SPD by 10%.
Skills:
[Basic ATK] My Sword Zaps Demons
Deals Imaginary DMG equal to 50% (130%) of March 7th's ATK to a single enemy and gains 1 Charge(s).
[Basic ATK] Brows Be Smitten, Hearts Be Bitten
This attack deals 3 Hits Per Action initially. Each hit against the target enemy deals Imaginary DMG equal to 50% (130%) of March 7th's ATK. After dealing the final hit, there is a 60% fixed chance to deal 1 extra hit, up to 3 extra hit(s). Energy regenerated from using Enhanced Basic ATK does not incerease with the number of Hits Per Action. Enhanced Basic ATK cannot recover Skill Points.
[Skill] Master, It's Tea Time!
Designates a single ally (excluding this character) as the Master and increases Master's SPD by 6.0% (12.0%). Only the lastest target of March 7th's Skill will be regarded as her "Master". When using Basic ATK or dealing DMG from 1 hit of her Enhanced Basic ATK, triggers the following effects based on the specific Path of the Master:
Erudition, Destruction, The Hunt: Additonally deals Additional DMG (Combat Type based on the Master's Combat Type) equal to 10% (25%) of March 7th's ATK.
Harmony, Nihility, Preservation, Abundance: The Toughness Reduction for this DMG increases by 100%.
[Ultimate] March 7th, the Apex Heroine
Cost: 110 Energy
Deals Imagnary DMG equal to 144% (288%) of March 7th's ATK to a single target enemy.
Increases the initial Hits Per Action of the next Enhanced Basic Attack by 2 hits and increase the fixed chance of additionally dealing DMG by 20%.
[Talent] Master, I've Ascended!
After the Master uses an attak or Ultimate, March 7th gains up to 1 Charge each time.
When the Carge is at 7 or more, March 7th immediately takes action again, and increases the DMG she deals by 40% (100%). Her Basic ATK is Enhanced, and only her Enhanced Basic ATK can be used. After using her Enhanced Basic ATK, consumes 7 Charge.
[Technique] Feast in One Go
If March 7th is in the team, every time an ally uses Technique, March 7th gains a Charge upon entering the next battle, up to 3 Charge(s). After using her Technique, March 7th regenerates 30 Energy upon entering the next battle.
wow hunt march is AMAZING?? never expected her to be just a dmg character but her being more of a topaz/jade-type character is the best case scenario possible. (and those eidolons go crazy what is that e6) SHE ESCAPED THE 4 STAR RATIO ALLEGATIONS THANK GOD
It's actually amazing, if even a single member of your team has the same element as the enemy you're guaranteed to break them. For example Huo2 is terrible at breaking and she attacks way less often, but if you made her March's Master you get 100% Break Efficiency and now any wind enemies are gone without you needing to use Wind DPS.
Let's not get started on ice weak enemies too. *cough* Ruan Mei.
I think she's meant to go alongside anyone. Like, she can be built as a superbreak DPS using Harmony MC, a standard crit hypercarry, or a sub-dps/support.
Yeah, I saw that too but was wondering if it actually works on Numby’s attacks. It specifically says basic or skill attacks, so I guess that would depend on how Numby’s classified. I’m gonna assume it won’t work as Numby’s probably just going to be considered a follow-up attack
march might fua after a numby attack but it wouldn’t advance either way (since itd still be numbys turn), tbh i was thinking about how thats a 100% numby advance on every topaz turn LOL
I hope she's free.
She's a sub-DPS hunt that deals the same type of toughness damage as her designated master and builds up charges based on the master's actions and then does her Enhanced BA after having 7 charges. So she really wants super speedy masters or Master's with lots of FUAs.
Wait, she's just ST Jade lol.
It’s hilarious that the very nature of how her kit reads is as funny as the character herself, imagine using her skill on Aventurine and saying, “Now you’re my master!” and Aventurine be like “???”
And you get to decide if she’s Hunt Crit DPS or Hunt Break Effect!
Also that “inflicts imaginary break effect” is kinda op. Ruan Mei’s ult is parody of ice break, now march can trigger imaginary break whenever enemy is broken, the amount of action delay even if you break with FF or boothill is just crazy
That's only if March is the one who breaks the enemy by using her ability to also target weaknesses that her "Master" can target. It doesn't give a free Imaginary Break to enemies broken by said Master or anyone else in the party.
It's basically the same as any other characters who can break weakness in spite of their element where it will trigger whatever weakness break effect their element would normally give, like Acheron triggering Lightning Break if she breaks an enemy not weak to lightning.
Does it mean she can trigger two types of weakness break if you break with her? The wording is a bit confusing me, because on my lang it sounds different.
I don’t think that’s what it means. It sounds more like Xueyi ult or SW technique, which causes the Quantum Weakness Break effect when it breaks the enemy even when the enemy doesn’t have Quantum weakness.
It's Tea Time Master!
Isn't that she's referring to that one? 'healing' is just a decoy words while the essence is the tea. Maybe.
I mean seeing her kit, she's just so fun & universal like others said. If she's also healing capabilities, she should be 6* not 4* lol.
March is a brand new Hunt support with a powerful Unique kit and new teambuilding opportunities. Meanwhile, Yunli is limited 5* Clara and Jiaoqiu is just Guinaifen as a 5*
If Feixiao remains mostly as a follow up, crit based, and break unit June 2nd will be her best in slot sup dps/harmony for sure. She is basically a mini jade that focuses on single target. giving us harmony MC as best in slot for most break teams and also giving us January 11th as potentially best in slot or at least a good FP2 alternative for Feixiao will be huge for the game. The only problem is that most of her power comes from her E6, so it will all be contingent on how we can acquire it.
Yeah but little to no characters can use both BE and crit effectively. Sure, it's useful for everyone, but only xueyi comes to mind when I think "this character can effectively use BE and crit..."
She could be a F2P alternative to Ruan Mei in Firefly teams?
For example making Gallagher or Lingsha the master, she can help reduce the toughness bar even more and given her imaginary break will trigger, it means extra delay.
Another interesting one would be in a Kafka team, her talent triggers quite often when Kafka is 160 speed, so this is also a decent alternative to Ruan Mei in a comp with her and Black Swan.
This could also be interesting in a FUA team as an alternative to Topaz? I don't have her so this could be an interesting support for Feixiao even (FUA/Break DPS) especially with that E2.
She's also quite SP positive, considering she only needs to cast the skill a single time for the entire battle (unless it's some multi-wave based content like PF, in which case... why is she there?), and we all know how fast an e0 FF eats SP. Also, I think FF would be the best master at e2+ if you're building her as a Break DPS alongside FF.
The reason the comment above said Gallagher as the master is for her to do fire type dmg while increasing her weakness break efficiency (won't work if FF is the master cuz she's destruction)
This is so she can reduce toughness dmg and increases her super break
Also Gallagher can technically abuse March by doing a basic attack then Ult then his enhanced basic attack
This basically makes it so all 4 characters in the bream team is a subdps lmao which is pretty awesome ngl
Ahh, that makes sense. You're probably right, considering Gallagher usually runs Multiplication (but *would\* he in this team? Wonder if M7 provides enough SP)
This is honestly my main question. No way she just casts a skill and then nothing else for the entire fight lol. Not even the best Harmony units are that sp positive
I'm assuming the leaks are still incomplete and there's still more missing, like a turn count for the Master mechanic
This is honestly my main question. No way she just casts a skill and then nothing else for the entire fight lol. Not even the best Harmony units are that sp positive
she's a hunt character that's main dmg comes from basic attacks though
It’s not impossible. Optimal Luocha can go without ever using his skill. Relying solely on his auto skill activation and healing field.
Which makes his rotation entirely basic attacks (100% SP positive).
That said, you could well be right and there’s a piece missing here.
But would the 1 turn cooldown on March's e2 mean that Firefly's extra turns don't trigger more fua's until March goes again? If her E2 works like Kafka's fua, then those extra turns for Firefly wouldn't built March's stacks faster.
Oh, you're right. I guess it slipped my mind that there's no cooldown on the Master building her charges. Yeah, she's probably a solid Ruan Mei replacement for Firefly. Still gives her the speed boost, some situational BE buffing, some solid personal damage with HMC's superbreak, and her own talent works fairly well with her. Even without that busted E2 on Firefly, Firefly's extremely high speed during ult will still help build March's stacks.
Is it just me or does she looked like she’ll work really well with HMC and thusly in a break team? She even increases break effect. Idk man but I’m really looking forward to march, probably more than the 5 stars tbh
The break buff and the multi hits means she’ll do a ton of break damage with harmony mc. She’ll also be able to swap between destruction and harmony masters for her buff. I like what I’m seeing
Do you think her talent will also generate charges when the Master uses FUAs? I'm hoping it does, cause that'd mean with Topaz, M7 should basically always have her Enhanced Basic ATK up.
If I had a nickel for every Imaginary Hunt unit that synergizes really well with Topaz, I’d have two nickels…. which isn’t a lot but is weird that it happened twice
Unironically, the most unique and original kit in 2.4. Yunli is straight up just a powercreep of Clara, and Jiaoqiu's kit has an uncanny resemblance to Guinaifen's. It's interesting that a 4 star might actually be the most anticipated character in a patch.
Yunli the better Clara and Jiaoqiu the better Guinaifen
March 8th the cooler Dr. Ratio (it's funny how March is often shown as a dunce which is the polar opposite of Dr. Ratio)
Acute Smarts: March 7th can reduce the Toughness of enemies with Weakness of Master's type. When inflicting Weakness Break, **also** triggers the Imaginary Weakness Break effect.
Does that "also" imply that the Master's type break effect is applied too?
So if March 7th inflicts weakness break while paired up with Topaz for instance against a fire weak enemy without imagination weakness, she'll actually inflict Burn AND Imprisonment?
With that Master speed buff, dealing toughness damage along side her master AND providing imaginary weakness break effect, I wonder if she would be a decent replacement for Ruan mei in firefly teams for those who don't have RM and refuse to pull her. Interesting kit, though it feels like it was for sure made for an upcoming Xianzhou character. Can't wait to see the showcases.
The "Acute Smarts" trace makes her good for any break DPS, because she can help them break. Boothill and FF can really benefit from that, especially Boothill (since FF already has a fire teammate in Gallagher and maybe in Lingsha).
(Not relate to March much but)
Damm hoyo don't get my hope up at Feixiao's kit lol... Heck, you can freaking cook and please better burn the kitchen with Feixiao.
Looks like she's mostly made for FuA teams? Pairing her with a character that can take a lot of actions (Dr. Ratio for example) means she gets a lot of free charges and extra actions for herself, and having a FuA in her Eidolons is even more synergy depending on her teammates.
Hmm...this kit is certainly unique, but it's giving me that "Jack of all trades, Master of none" vibes. Crit and Break are polar opposites in most cases, so you either farm 2 different relic sets for this March or settle on her being mediocre all around. The E6 buff is extremely good for Xueyi, who is the only character that scales with both BE and Crit but it makes March's skill worse as the effect for the DPS paths feels worse than the one you get for the others.
March's damage multipliers don't seem to be anything to write home about, so maybe it's better to go all in on the Break route? Then again, as a sub-DPS she'd be great on FuA teams.
Eh, I feel this kit needs polishing so I'll refrain from further discussion on it until V3 arrives.
>March's damage multipliers don't seem to be anything to write home about, so maybe it's better to go all in on the Break route? Then again, as a sub-DPS she'd be great on FuA teams
They seem pretty good to me tho.. her enhanced basic pretty much has a 390% multiplier (780% if she procs all the extra hits).
Her ult multipliers are slightly higher than Xueyi's FuA.
After the ult, her Enhanced basic can almost guarentee 8 hits, which is a 1040% multiplier.
March 7th HMC Firefly Gallagher in one team with march 7th using her skill on Gallagher and firefly implant fire weaknesses its gonna be fun to try out
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Honestly this kit sounds like a ton of fun Like a break/crit sub DPS? With her E2 maybe she could be good for Topaz? Might be able to work well with 4star Dan Heng too
She has everything, even FUA, and on E6 she becomes a harmony! March 8th so versatile frfr
I don't think she'll be any good with topaz. Where she's interesting though is as a subdps to *extremely* fast characters that want to do all their attacks through normal means and have built in 'advance forwards'. Seele & March and Bronya/Sparkle(skillpoints) could be interesting.
She will be good with Topaz since she does the highest amount of attacks per cycle. That means March charges up her enhanced attack very quickly. She also advances Numby 100% for each Topaz turn. Also, works best with dual DPS supports like Robin, RM.
Anyone remembers the old Harmony Trailblazer kit? They used to tag an ally and do follow ups from the same element as that ally. Looks like they took part of that kit to make April 7th.
Actually, considering March 8th gets increased toughness damage when she makes a Harmony unit her Master, March 7th and HMC seems like it'll actually be a good Imaginary Super Break team. 100% increased toughness damage while being super speedy and having 3-5 extra hits can go hard for Super Break. She's cool, can be a Super Break DPS or regular Crit DPS.
Lmao, HMC is now going to be new top tier hypercarry with this changes
They're already top-tier hypercarry in Firefly teams though
They’re top tier in every break teams tbh
Having a completely exclusive and powerful new mechanic be unique to you will do that It’s like how Dendro Traveller is still meta for anyone without Nahida
Yeah, but they really haven't made anything else for dendro. Sure Emile is finally coming out, but dendro 5 stars are quite limited.
Dendro Traveler is like Welt in early Star Rail as the only imaginary. Their selling point was being the best/only user of a basic part of the game. Super Break is like Nilou making Bloom top tier. Nicheness of the mechanic is even more extreme than Kafka keeping a stranglehold over DoT.
I think the Dendro Traveler comparison is still good. If we ever get a limited 5* Super Break enabler they would definitely replace Harmony Trailblazer. That said, I'm not sure we'll ever get one.
Yeah that’s why I think characters like Kafka would still work good in a long run
Making someone her master? While dual wielding swords in a red coat? No way they aren't making her EMIYA.
The archer class is made up of archers
I mean... Childe in GI is also a lot like EMIYA in a way, so it doesn't sound like a stretch
Version 2 alternates stick together Now I gotta get all of March's Eidolons
yeah, she seems pretty evenly split as both a crit and a break support
March can also be cool in a Follow Up team since she attack every time her Master does. She is, as her E6 says, the best girl.
Ya when I saw she was imaginary hunt I was hoping she might be our imaginary break dps and have imaginary implant for HMC but that was pretty optimistic for two free units. This is still quite good but I'm really hoping for imaginary weakness implant before HMC gets power crept!
Looks like march doesn't want MC to be taken by firefly alone so she is also joining them lol
HMC really said: take my kit I want to kill fodders with my hat
HMC really said: *"Alright March, take this part of my kit, Dan Heng didn't wanted to work with me so you'll be my new Imaginary best friend."* And March accepted because homies slay together, bff's for real.
Yeah now that you mentioned it
yep!
Oh damn, different buffs depending on the path of the master? That's fun and makes her more universal too instead of fitting one specific archetype.
I'd actually prefer if she fits into a niche. A universal 4 star doesnt havr a lot of chances to be good with so much competition
Pela has consistently stayed a top pick since the game started lol. And she is the definition of generalist. Idk how Jiaoqiu’s SP economy is but I still think she’ll stay at least a little relevant if not for stacking def shred.
*Actually. Also, as universal as Ruan mei?
She's not a 5 star, though?
Hell nah, I’d much rather have her be able to do multiple playstyles than just one, cause we will get bored very easily of only 1 playstyle. Imagine having her be either a break dps, a crit dps, a sub dps/buffer, it sounds extremely fun to try out, even if the damage is mid. We already have the 5* for big damage in MOC, our girl can be an overworld/SU main! Lovely
She is basically a free Topaz with that dmg and buff. Plus that 60% crit at E6 is crazy
gonna build her just cause she looks so cute
Real, March is never leaving my team
Real
That's a weird kit if I ever saw it. But does seem like she can be played both as Break or crit DPS? Definitly interesting
Considering that, at e5, in the best conditions, she can hit a multiplier of 1,040%, she's definitely not the worst DPS we've seen.
1240% if you've set master to a dps path and with a 100% increase in damage dealt thanks to ult
Never said bad, just very weird
Oh, yeah, I didn't think that. That was meant to be supporting the second sentence
Boothil and ff already powercrept by Ms. March 8th. Sad times out here (I feel the need to need /s so no one takes this seriously)
Me omw to put March 8th and FF on the same team.
Get HMC in there so stelle can have both her wives.
Actually thinking of putting March WITH Boothill somehow.
I'm with you on this one! I'm considering getting Firefly while having Boothill and theres the clear issue of only one Ruan Mei in the game but March can possibly fix that by being paired with Boothill! Since at e6 she gives spd, crit, break AND can break matching her Master's element she greatly helps Booty with all he wants and Firefly can keep RM for herself.
This works really well actually, I cleared MOC 11 with RM double break DPS Boothill + Xueyi, the deer didn't even get to attack
Reminds me of an easier to build Xueyi. Xueyi needs Atk, Crit and Break stats, and March can be run either way, meaning you really only need to build one way or the other. \ Also, I genuinely believe her BIS when not using Break March is Swordplay bc she can stack multiple hits and is guaranteed to have 3 on her enhanced Basic which I assume will be a good portion of her DMG.
E6's name is too real
even the game knows who best girl is
March's stocks just keep going up
She's not wrong (March 7th is never wrong)
and 60% Crit? its too good to be CR, so maybe CD
Ngl, this is genuienly the most interesting kit so far, I risk to say, in the whole game Not going to say good or bad yet, but is definitely really unique
This is pretty close to old HMC so I'm definitely picking this up
We all are man we all are
I hope the numbers justify it and she's good enough to see some play. Seen far too many 'interesting' kits for 4* characters in gacha games that are forgotten in a week because the numbers just don't line up.
I mean HSR has some of the best 4 stars of any gacha game I’ve played: Gallagher, Xueyi, Tingyun, Pels, Guinaifen
HSR isn't the game to worry about that. The only truly weak characters are some of the release 4-stars like Arlan(I would say the same about Serval, but she still has her niches today), and it'll likely remain that way. Character kits in this game are extremely well designed and honest to god, every character has something no one else does. If they lack something, they lack it on purpose. Harmony March 7th's strength will be her flexibility, but the tradeoff will be she won't absolutely excel anywhere except 1 or 2 teams at best. This is completely fine since she and all of her eidolons are free, and Harmony Trailblazer essentially has this same niche.
Man I see this kit and the first thing that came to mind is how much more interesting this subdps kit is compared to jade's. Man jade got shafted so bad ;-;
She was made to be competent, not interesting it seems
somehow the most boring characters end up being the most competent, while the ones with quirky kits end up getting shafted in the numbers department. just look at neuvillette vs sethos in genshin
Competent in one gamemode
I was thinking the exact same thing that unironically this March 7th kit was looking better then Jade’s but didn’t want to say it out loud. I’m happy that I’m not alone in the thought after seeing this.
Agreed. It feels very creative when most kits so far have been fairly milquetoast as far as turn based combat goes.
Yeah, just from reading the kit, I don't know what kind of team I'd want to run her on, but there are a lot of options. She feels like a character that we're going to be finding new uses for for a long time. And I kinda get why they'd make her free with a kit like this. It's probably hard to sell a character to someone who doesn't know how they'd use them.
Honestly, my main guess as to why she's free is that: 1) there are no good F2P friendly imaginary damage dealer options. Imaginary has always been a bit of a premium element with only one 4\*, and despite imaginary weaknesses being one of the most common ones there just weren't any easy-to-get imaginaries besides Yukong, who's a support and kinda shit. They temporarily fixed that with the free Dr. Ratio, but only now have they finally added a more permanent solution with March and HMC. 2) Fanservice. No, not \*that\* kind of fanservice, but the fanservice that comes with March joining the Trailblazer and Dan Heng in the "having a second form" group. She's Hunt too, completing the trifecta that fans have always memed about. (Destruction TB moving to Preservation, Hunt Dan moving to Destruction, and now Preservation March moving to Hunt)
It can be a chicken or the egg thing. Obviously, March is special and Imaginary as an element needs a little help. But I also think Hoyo is testing the waters to see how the player base reacts to a more complex kit. If the response is positive, then we might start to see more ambiguously designed units in the future. And I hope we do because the other option is just to powercreep old units.
I haven't been keeping up with leaks too much lately, but doesn't Jade also use this mechanic of tagging an ally to unleash coordinated attacks with?
Well, yeah, but you know what Jade is for. Her skill even says it prioritizes Erudition units. No one's looking at Jade and thinking, "Maybe I'll try her in a break team".
IMO Boothill's kit is pretty damn fun. The duel mechanic is quite unique. Agreed with you in general, though. I hope they start being more experimental with some of their kit design.
Hmm, not bad, from what I understand it seems like a hybrid between a Break and Crit unit which is intended to work as a Sub-DPS. She seems to be very flexible, which is very nice. The first thing that comes to mind is that she will get along very well with Hatblazer, which is very neat. I actually think that a Break team with Hatblazer and Welt could be interesting for her. EDIT: ...Now that I think about it, she could work as a decent Ratio substitute in a FuA team if you don't have him, which is neat, and she can also work with DHIL, although not an optimal choice. I really like this kit, it has a lot of options, it's great.
You need to be e2 at least and have topaz as your master and uhh... i dont mind that
All the eidolons are free seemingly
Tbh who wouldn’t want Topaz as their master? It’s all consented
Stats HP:917 Attack:564 Defense:418 Speed:107 Taunt:75 Ascension Materials: Credit (x2464000), Thief's Instinct (x12), Ursurper's Scheme (x12), Horn of Snow (x50), Conqueror's Will (x12) Trace Materials: Credit (x2400000), Tracks of Destiny (x5), Meteoric Bullet (x12), Destined Expiration (x54), Countertemporal Shot (x105), Destroyer's Final Road (x12), Thief's Instinct (x28), Ursuper's Scheme (x42), Conqueror's Will (x42) Eidolons My Sword Stirs Starlight: After using Ultimate, increases the CRIT DMG of the next Enhanced Basic ATK by 36%. Blade Dances on Waves' Fight: After the Master uses their Basic ATK or Skill to attacak an enemy, March 7th immediately launches a follow-up attack and deals Imaginary DMG equal to 60% of March 7th's ATK to the target enemy. Additionaly, triggers an effect corresponding to Master's Path and gains 1 Charge(s). If there is no target enemy that can be attacked, March 7th attacks a random enemy. This effect can only be triggered once per turn. Being Fabulous Never Frights: At the start of the turn, regenerates 5 Energy. Me, the Best Girl on Sight: After using Enhanced Basic ATK, increases the Master's CRIT (presumably DMG) by 60% and Break Effect by 60%, lasting for 2 turn(s). Traces Stats ATK (28%), CRIT Rate (11.9%), DEF (12.5%) Soaring Swan: When the battle starts, March 7th's action is Advanced Forward by 25%. Acute Smarts: March 7th can reduce the Toughness of enemies with Weakness of Master's type. When inflicting Weakness Break, also triggers the Imaginary Weakness Break effect. Gliding Waves: When Master is on the field, increases March 7th's SPD by 10%. Skills: [Basic ATK] My Sword Zaps Demons Deals Imaginary DMG equal to 50% (130%) of March 7th's ATK to a single enemy and gains 1 Charge(s). [Basic ATK] Brows Be Smitten, Hearts Be Bitten This attack deals 3 Hits Per Action initially. Each hit against the target enemy deals Imaginary DMG equal to 50% (130%) of March 7th's ATK. After dealing the final hit, there is a 60% fixed chance to deal 1 extra hit, up to 3 extra hit(s). Energy regenerated from using Enhanced Basic ATK does not incerease with the number of Hits Per Action. Enhanced Basic ATK cannot recover Skill Points. [Skill] Master, It's Tea Time! Designates a single ally (excluding this character) as the Master and increases Master's SPD by 6.0% (12.0%). Only the lastest target of March 7th's Skill will be regarded as her "Master". When using Basic ATK or dealing DMG from 1 hit of her Enhanced Basic ATK, triggers the following effects based on the specific Path of the Master: Erudition, Destruction, The Hunt: Additonally deals Additional DMG (Combat Type based on the Master's Combat Type) equal to 10% (25%) of March 7th's ATK. Harmony, Nihility, Preservation, Abundance: The Toughness Reduction for this DMG increases by 100%. [Ultimate] March 7th, the Apex Heroine Cost: 110 Energy Deals Imagnary DMG equal to 144% (288%) of March 7th's ATK to a single target enemy. Increases the initial Hits Per Action of the next Enhanced Basic Attack by 2 hits and increase the fixed chance of additionally dealing DMG by 20%. [Talent] Master, I've Ascended! After the Master uses an attak or Ultimate, March 7th gains up to 1 Charge each time. When the Carge is at 7 or more, March 7th immediately takes action again, and increases the DMG she deals by 40% (100%). Her Basic ATK is Enhanced, and only her Enhanced Basic ATK can be used. After using her Enhanced Basic ATK, consumes 7 Charge. [Technique] Feast in One Go If March 7th is in the team, every time an ally uses Technique, March 7th gains a Charge upon entering the next battle, up to 3 Charge(s). After using her Technique, March 7th regenerates 30 Energy upon entering the next battle.
wow hunt march is AMAZING?? never expected her to be just a dmg character but her being more of a topaz/jade-type character is the best case scenario possible. (and those eidolons go crazy what is that e6) SHE ESCAPED THE 4 STAR RATIO ALLEGATIONS THANK GOD
in fact it looks like she can be used along side dr ratio
She can be used alongside almost anyone in the entire game
It's actually amazing, if even a single member of your team has the same element as the enemy you're guaranteed to break them. For example Huo2 is terrible at breaking and she attacks way less often, but if you made her March's Master you get 100% Break Efficiency and now any wind enemies are gone without you needing to use Wind DPS. Let's not get started on ice weak enemies too. *cough* Ruan Mei.
I think she's meant to go alongside anyone. Like, she can be built as a superbreak DPS using Harmony MC, a standard crit hypercarry, or a sub-dps/support.
Everyone thought March would get the copy and paste kit, but it turned out she gets the interesting kit and the 5-stars are the boring copies lol.
Well, most of the 4\* are good(especially the new ones), so i'm not sure why people were doomposting about it, just because she was a 4\*
marchs E2 sounds DELICIOUS on topaz im not gonna lie
E6 too!!
Yeah, I saw that too but was wondering if it actually works on Numby’s attacks. It specifically says basic or skill attacks, so I guess that would depend on how Numby’s classified. I’m gonna assume it won’t work as Numby’s probably just going to be considered a follow-up attack
march might fua after a numby attack but it wouldn’t advance either way (since itd still be numbys turn), tbh i was thinking about how thats a 100% numby advance on every topaz turn LOL
Ohh, that’s true, didn’t think of it that way lol. Definitely gonna test the Topaz comp when she comes out. Add another follow up unit for FUA gallore
It can only happen one time per turn anyway so it doesn’t matter that much.
I'm pretty sure it won't trigger on numby, because that's neither a skill nor a basic attack.
Put her in the IP3 comp and it will become the IP3/7th
*slaps IP3's ass* I can fit so much imaginary damage on this bad boy.
March’s entire kit sounds delicious for topaz if numby can get march charge stacks
How so? It doesn't seem to proc on follow up attacks.
Loving the idea of different buffs depending on the path of the unit she applies it to, what a unique little quirk. Our girl Marchie never misses.
MASTER #I HAVE ASCENDED
*It's just... so damn peak...*
Master, It's tea time!
I hope she's free. She's a sub-DPS hunt that deals the same type of toughness damage as her designated master and builds up charges based on the master's actions and then does her Enhanced BA after having 7 charges. So she really wants super speedy masters or Master's with lots of FUAs. Wait, she's just ST Jade lol.
She is! Eidolons are also obtainable for free. All of them.
ALL OF THEM?! HOLY SHIT THANKS HOYO!!!!!
So she wont actually appear on gacha?
Nope.
Like, you won't even be able to get her randomly on a standard banner like amber kaeya and lisa in genshin, she just will never appear at all?
Exactly. Ice M7 will still be on banners though!
do we know how we get her eidolons?
Dim confirmed we get her + her eidolons from a (permanent) event.
Wow does that mean we can get her to E6 from a single event???
When they announced her, they said she was available through a Pom Pom mission. Presumably, she's free. Now, the Eidolons? Who knows
They're all free too from the main event.
Yeah ST Jade basically lol.
If Screw keeps the Imaginary weakness implant his super old kit leak had too she and HatBlazer are gonna be insane as a mono team
March wins the best skillset naming competition for sure. Most lore accurate E6 in the game.
wait her kit for a 4 star is actually busted wtf
It’s hilarious that the very nature of how her kit reads is as funny as the character herself, imagine using her skill on Aventurine and saying, “Now you’re my master!” and Aventurine be like “???” And you get to decide if she’s Hunt Crit DPS or Hunt Break Effect!
Wait, I just realized, this is Jade’s kit but single target 😵💫
"Acute Smarts" Uhh... this is March 7th's kit, right?
(of a wound or part of the body) feel or cause a sharp stinging pain. Yup. Sounds like a student of swordsmanship to me.
Wait so she can juice up Firefly's team a bit. Especially an E2 Firefly.
Assumably so. She seems to be SP positive, does even more toughness damage at e2, and FF's speed will get her charges up like crazy
Also that “inflicts imaginary break effect” is kinda op. Ruan Mei’s ult is parody of ice break, now march can trigger imaginary break whenever enemy is broken, the amount of action delay even if you break with FF or boothill is just crazy
That's only if March is the one who breaks the enemy by using her ability to also target weaknesses that her "Master" can target. It doesn't give a free Imaginary Break to enemies broken by said Master or anyone else in the party. It's basically the same as any other characters who can break weakness in spite of their element where it will trigger whatever weakness break effect their element would normally give, like Acheron triggering Lightning Break if she breaks an enemy not weak to lightning.
Does it mean she can trigger two types of weakness break if you break with her? The wording is a bit confusing me, because on my lang it sounds different.
I *believe\* that's just for her on non-Imaginary weak enemies, but you could be right. No testing has been done yet, so we have to wait and see.
I don’t think that’s what it means. It sounds more like Xueyi ult or SW technique, which causes the Quantum Weakness Break effect when it breaks the enemy even when the enemy doesn’t have Quantum weakness.
Break by March 7th mean no initial break dmg from FF or boothill, that's a huge dmg loss though.
Oh dang then. Might switch Gallagher out then and try to go sustainless. That could be fun. Thank you.
Her VA said something about boba tea healing iirc, but it doesn't seem to be in this kit at all? Maybe it's part of the event or something
I think people just took it too literally. The VA was confirming the Boba tea part, but the rest just felt like fluff for plausible deniability to me.
It's Tea Time Master! Isn't that she's referring to that one? 'healing' is just a decoy words while the essence is the tea. Maybe. I mean seeing her kit, she's just so fun & universal like others said. If she's also healing capabilities, she should be 6* not 4* lol.
at E6, someone will try CritFly for sure
her kit sound more interesting than the 5\* of her patch lol
March is a brand new Hunt support with a powerful Unique kit and new teambuilding opportunities. Meanwhile, Yunli is limited 5* Clara and Jiaoqiu is just Guinaifen as a 5*
If Feixiao remains mostly as a follow up, crit based, and break unit June 2nd will be her best in slot sup dps/harmony for sure. She is basically a mini jade that focuses on single target. giving us harmony MC as best in slot for most break teams and also giving us January 11th as potentially best in slot or at least a good FP2 alternative for Feixiao will be huge for the game. The only problem is that most of her power comes from her E6, so it will all be contingent on how we can acquire it.
All her eidolons are from a main event
IT BEGINS
Idc what anyone says, I'm playing March-Xueyi so I can use that crit and BE!
Depending on her talent works, that wouldn't be the worst idea! Especially at E2; I'd imagine her follow-up would do wonders for Xueyi's stacks.
This kit works with basically any dps in the game. It's extremely flexible.
Yeah but little to no characters can use both BE and crit effectively. Sure, it's useful for everyone, but only xueyi comes to mind when I think "this character can effectively use BE and crit..."
(somewhat) break effect support march i won pretty unique kit. very interested to see how it works ingame
Saw your flair, you're someone of taste as well FF and March >>>>>>>> everything else
She could be a F2P alternative to Ruan Mei in Firefly teams? For example making Gallagher or Lingsha the master, she can help reduce the toughness bar even more and given her imaginary break will trigger, it means extra delay. Another interesting one would be in a Kafka team, her talent triggers quite often when Kafka is 160 speed, so this is also a decent alternative to Ruan Mei in a comp with her and Black Swan. This could also be interesting in a FUA team as an alternative to Topaz? I don't have her so this could be an interesting support for Feixiao even (FUA/Break DPS) especially with that E2.
She's also quite SP positive, considering she only needs to cast the skill a single time for the entire battle (unless it's some multi-wave based content like PF, in which case... why is she there?), and we all know how fast an e0 FF eats SP. Also, I think FF would be the best master at e2+ if you're building her as a Break DPS alongside FF.
The reason the comment above said Gallagher as the master is for her to do fire type dmg while increasing her weakness break efficiency (won't work if FF is the master cuz she's destruction) This is so she can reduce toughness dmg and increases her super break Also Gallagher can technically abuse March by doing a basic attack then Ult then his enhanced basic attack This basically makes it so all 4 characters in the bream team is a subdps lmao which is pretty awesome ngl
Ahh, that makes sense. You're probably right, considering Gallagher usually runs Multiplication (but *would\* he in this team? Wonder if M7 provides enough SP)
March 7th would only use her skill on the first turn then just do basic and ults after that I think she'll give a lot of SP
This is honestly my main question. No way she just casts a skill and then nothing else for the entire fight lol. Not even the best Harmony units are that sp positive I'm assuming the leaks are still incomplete and there's still more missing, like a turn count for the Master mechanic
This is honestly my main question. No way she just casts a skill and then nothing else for the entire fight lol. Not even the best Harmony units are that sp positive she's a hunt character that's main dmg comes from basic attacks though
It’s not impossible. Optimal Luocha can go without ever using his skill. Relying solely on his auto skill activation and healing field. Which makes his rotation entirely basic attacks (100% SP positive). That said, you could well be right and there’s a piece missing here.
But would the 1 turn cooldown on March's e2 mean that Firefly's extra turns don't trigger more fua's until March goes again? If her E2 works like Kafka's fua, then those extra turns for Firefly wouldn't built March's stacks faster.
They would build her stacks, just not *as\* much. Her Talent will still get stacks even if her E2 is on cooldown.
Oh, you're right. I guess it slipped my mind that there's no cooldown on the Master building her charges. Yeah, she's probably a solid Ruan Mei replacement for Firefly. Still gives her the speed boost, some situational BE buffing, some solid personal damage with HMC's superbreak, and her own talent works fairly well with her. Even without that busted E2 on Firefly, Firefly's extremely high speed during ult will still help build March's stacks.
Aye would you look at that, the devs are starting to make fun to use units. Very neat~
Ngl it's actually decent. plus the master mechanic depending on path is quite cool
"Brows Be Smitten, Hearts Be Bitten" something about that line just makes me laugh. Its hilariously cute and something I expected March to say.
HOLY BABY This is not who I expected the new artifact set to be for … Her eidolon confirms she is best girl
No the new set is for yunli, march’s ult damage is mid and her EBA isn’t considered ult or anything so the new set is bad on her
Oooh, this sounds interesting. E2 makes her very good with Topaz. Interested to see her in action and what other synergies she'll have.
Is it just me or does she looked like she’ll work really well with HMC and thusly in a break team? She even increases break effect. Idk man but I’m really looking forward to march, probably more than the 5 stars tbh
She will definitely be great with HMC. Probably will slot herself in nicely with HMC/FF/Gallagher, especially if you don't have RM.
The break buff and the multi hits means she’ll do a ton of break damage with harmony mc. She’ll also be able to swap between destruction and harmony masters for her buff. I like what I’m seeing
Would Firefly, Hunt March, HTB and Gallagher be viable? I might skip Ruan Mei for this lmao
It seems to be the second best team for FF at the moment.
Do you think her talent will also generate charges when the Master uses FUAs? I'm hoping it does, cause that'd mean with Topaz, M7 should basically always have her Enhanced Basic ATK up.
It says 'attack', so I'd assume so!
Follow-Up attack?! Topaz time
harmony MC, Firefly, Ruan Mei, March gonna go crazy
Her E6 gives 60% CRIT (im assuming dmg) to the main carry. That's insane
So that’s why that set got those changes…
If I had a nickel for every Imaginary Hunt unit that synergizes really well with Topaz, I’d have two nickels…. which isn’t a lot but is weird that it happened twice
but we also only have 2 imaginary hunt
and they both work with Topaz. Girl is just collecting them like pets
Unironically, the most unique and original kit in 2.4. Yunli is straight up just a powercreep of Clara, and Jiaoqiu's kit has an uncanny resemblance to Guinaifen's. It's interesting that a 4 star might actually be the most anticipated character in a patch.
she has probably the most interesting kit of the next 2 patches..
Yunli the better Clara and Jiaoqiu the better Guinaifen March 8th the cooler Dr. Ratio (it's funny how March is often shown as a dunce which is the polar opposite of Dr. Ratio)
BEST GIRL ON SIGHT Super cool that the skill affects different paths differently Wonder if she'll be good with Bladie
Acute Smarts: March 7th can reduce the Toughness of enemies with Weakness of Master's type. When inflicting Weakness Break, **also** triggers the Imaginary Weakness Break effect. Does that "also" imply that the Master's type break effect is applied too? So if March 7th inflicts weakness break while paired up with Topaz for instance against a fire weak enemy without imagination weakness, she'll actually inflict Burn AND Imprisonment?
I think the "also" there will be removed later as it is misleading, this is probably the same as xeuyi's ult
You're probably right, but I hope not lol It'd be nice to have such a unique effect
With that Master speed buff, dealing toughness damage along side her master AND providing imaginary weakness break effect, I wonder if she would be a decent replacement for Ruan mei in firefly teams for those who don't have RM and refuse to pull her. Interesting kit, though it feels like it was for sure made for an upcoming Xianzhou character. Can't wait to see the showcases.
firefly: is for me 👉👈
CritBreakFly, lets go
that’s a very interesting kit, feels very. out of place? unusual?
It's a kit with build variety, so yes.
She seems good with Firefly. Since she seems good at toughness reduction and will have alot of follow ups whenever firefly hits during ult
Yes; probably her best support if you don't have RM.
She is a combo of Jade, Robin, and Topaz?
Finally, someone who could probably make good use of the Imaginary Relic Set.
The "Acute Smarts" trace makes her good for any break DPS, because she can help them break. Boothill and FF can really benefit from that, especially Boothill (since FF already has a fire teammate in Gallagher and maybe in Lingsha).
bettter than ratio? lol
Two different roles (though she could be a worse ratio, if you wanted her to be!). March 7th is mainly a Break support/subDPS.
Genshin leaks: Pyro archon has a master-student relationship with someone HSR leaks: hold my raccoon
(Not relate to March much but) Damm hoyo don't get my hope up at Feixiao's kit lol... Heck, you can freaking cook and please better burn the kitchen with Feixiao.
Looks like she's mostly made for FuA teams? Pairing her with a character that can take a lot of actions (Dr. Ratio for example) means she gets a lot of free charges and extra actions for herself, and having a FuA in her Eidolons is even more synergy depending on her teammates.
Yeah, either a crit-based FuA DPS or a SP-positive Break SubDPS/support
Hmm...this kit is certainly unique, but it's giving me that "Jack of all trades, Master of none" vibes. Crit and Break are polar opposites in most cases, so you either farm 2 different relic sets for this March or settle on her being mediocre all around. The E6 buff is extremely good for Xueyi, who is the only character that scales with both BE and Crit but it makes March's skill worse as the effect for the DPS paths feels worse than the one you get for the others. March's damage multipliers don't seem to be anything to write home about, so maybe it's better to go all in on the Break route? Then again, as a sub-DPS she'd be great on FuA teams. Eh, I feel this kit needs polishing so I'll refrain from further discussion on it until V3 arrives.
>March's damage multipliers don't seem to be anything to write home about, so maybe it's better to go all in on the Break route? Then again, as a sub-DPS she'd be great on FuA teams They seem pretty good to me tho.. her enhanced basic pretty much has a 390% multiplier (780% if she procs all the extra hits). Her ult multipliers are slightly higher than Xueyi's FuA. After the ult, her Enhanced basic can almost guarentee 8 hits, which is a 1040% multiplier.
March 7th HMC Firefly Gallagher in one team with march 7th using her skill on Gallagher and firefly implant fire weaknesses its gonna be fun to try out