PSY
Ice
Herrscher of Human: Ego
Elysia
Herrscher of Human: Ego is Elysia's S-rank PSY-type Ice bow user: she shoots pristine arrows in Herrscher of Human form, then uses her Ultimate to become Herrscher of Origin, create Stars of the Past and fight with a staff. Her v8.1 Divine Key, Flawless Benediction, gives her Astral Ring: Wheel of Destiny and brought her back as a DPS (11th most-used DPS in the v8.5 CN top 100 Abyss), and she can also support Law of Ascension and Grail of Infinitude teams. As a bow user she can hit weak spots, which makes her the answer to the MHT tank boss.
Wheel of Destiny DPS / Support (same gear)
Weapons
Stigmata
Set effects
Set effects
Set effects
Stat targets
- Stigmata affixes: ATK on every piece (Marisa Impact)
- Fire two Charged ATKs before each weapon skill in Stellar Outburst to max the +800% bonus
- Keep SP for Eternal Prayers: every SP left converts into Ice DMG
Talent priority
Where to get her: battle pass or the starter pack (Marisa Impact). Flawless Benediction comes from the Equipment Supply; the Solon set is craftable (official v8.1 notes). Prioritise new battlesuits before her Divine Key if you are on a budget (Marisa Impact).
Recommended teams
Wheel of Destiny DPS
A Breach support (Wings of Panacea first, then Lone Planetfarer or Deepspace Anchor) plus a second support: Hi♪ Love Elf♥ or Miss Espionage, or Mad Pleasure when the boss needs Freeze or shield breaking. Senadina is the AstralOp recommended for Wheel of Destiny in 9.0.
Wheel of Destiny DPS (Fenghuang of Vicissitude)
Since v9.0, Fenghuang of Vicissitude with Vermillion Liuli is a Wheel of Destiny support for Ice DPS such as Herrscher of Human: Ego.
Law of Ascension support (MHT tank)
Her bow weapon skill hits the MHT tank's weak spot, which applies a huge debuff: the only Abyss situation where she is the best support (Marisa Impact).
How to play
Human and Origin forms
- Herrscher of Human form: hold ATK for Charged ATK Infinite Helix, a piercing arrow that adds Pristine Seed (3 stacks = Pristine Bloomage). Ultimate Evasion (3s Time Fracture) makes the next arrow add 3 stacks at once. Hitting a Bloomed enemy with the weapon skill triggers Ego Blossom.
- Ultimate: Radiant Destiny switches to Herrscher of Origin form and creates Stars of the Past: team Ice DMG dealers regain SP, enemies take Rime (Freeze) Trauma every second and frozen enemies take extra HP-loss damage. In Origin form she fights with a staff, summons the Spirit of Origin with her Charged ATK and casts Waltz of the Stars with the weapon button, then ends the form with her Finisher.
Astral Ring: Wheel of Destiny (Flawless Benediction)
- Astral Ring Charging: spam Charged ATK; a weapon skill that triggers Ego Blossom consumes her Stellar Drain and restores 20 Intensity with Wheel of Destiny. When a teammate's Stellar Drain is consumed, her switch CD drops by 4s and her QTE triggers.
- Stellar Outburst: she enters Origin form automatically with Stellar Assault. Teammates become Phantoms: tap one for a support attack, then she unleashes a Shadow Star Attack and gains Rondo in the Shadows. Each Charged ATK makes the next weapon skill deal +800% ATK. End with the Finisher Eternal Prayers, which converts all remaining SP into Ice DMG and ends Stellar Outburst, refunding 25% of the remaining duration as Intensity.
- If she is not the leader, the leader gains +15% ranged Total DMG and +15% Elemental DMG.
As a support
- Law of Ascension: her Stellar Shift puts her in Origin form, and her QTE and weapon skill trigger the leader's Heavenly Link. Mainly used for her bow, which hits the MHT tank's weak spot.
- Grail of Infinitude (added in v8.3): +10 Intensity per Stellar Drain and a free first Ultimate after a QTE entry.
Marisa Impact's DPS loop: use both support skills, activate Stellar Outburst; support skill, Charged ATK, weapon skill; second support skill, Charged ATK, weapon skill; Ultimate Finisher. During Astral Ring Charging, keep firing Charged ATKs until Stellar Outburst is ready.
Strengths
- Back in the meta with her Divine Key: a Wheel of Destiny Ice DPS, 11th most-used DPS in the v8.5 CN top 100 Abyss (Marisa Impact statistics).
- Flexible: supports Wheel of Destiny, Law of Ascension and Grail of Infinitude teams.
- Bow weak-spot hits make her the best support against the MHT tank boss.
- Extra copies of her Divine Key (Synergy I/II/III) give +10/+5/+5 ATK to every character on the account (Marisa Impact).
Weaknesses
- The Divine Key is mandatory for Astral Ring: without it she is a Part 1 DPS only.
- As a DPS she needs Mad Pleasure's Freeze and shield breaking on her older bosses (Marisa Impact).
- Her support buffs are unremarkable outside the tank weak-spot niche (Marisa Impact, Hyperion Team).
- Many players run her at SS rank or higher, so an S0 copy struggles to reach the top ranks.
Notable dupes · Rank
Enemies with Pristine Seed take 50% ATK of Ice DMG per second, and hitting them gives +25% Total DMG (from 13%) and 1 SP.
Charged ATKs deal +30% Total DMG in Human form and +50% in Origin form (plus +10% self Total DMG), and entering Origin form gives 5s of Time Fracture instead of 3s.
Origin-form Charged ATKs deal an extra 200% ATK (from 110%) and each one adds 400% ATK to the Finisher (from 220%).
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Sources & references
- https://honkaiimpact3.hoyoverse.com/global/en-us/news/106529
- https://honkaiimpact3.hoyoverse.com/global/fr-fr/news/106529
- https://honkaiimpact3.hoyoverse.com/global/fr-fr/news/154401
- https://honkaiimpact3.hoyoverse.com/global/fr-fr/news/157297
- https://honkaiimpact3.fandom.com/wiki/Herrscher_of_Human:_Ego
- https://honkaiimpact3.fandom.com/wiki/Flawless_Benediction:_Legacy
- https://honkaiimpact3.fandom.com/wiki/Solon
- https://marisaimpact.com/valk/hoh
- https://marisaimpact.com/statistics
- https://hyperionteam3rd.substack.com/p/updated-character-guide-herrscher-666