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The original was posted on /r/honkaistarrail by /u/idontusetwitter on 2024-10-26 10:16:12+00:00.

I’ve just come to this realization while thinking about quantum breaking and the effect entanglement. Like who actually ever triggers this anymore? Freezing? These are just under-utilized ancient mechanics at this point.

In this game, it’s either you run superbreak comps that really don’t care about the effect of the element and just spam breaks/superbreaks until they’re dead, or you just brute force your way through with an Acheron or a Yunli/Feixiao. Like what’s the point of effects anymore? It used to be very charming to imprison/freeze someone and see them never take a turn or stack up entanglement stacks to see that fat damage when they get up. It felt like these effects made somewhat of a difference but now they’re completely overshadowed by the superbreak mechanic and raw damage of most top dpses.

That being said, I really hope they add something to make those things relevant again. Those effects added a layer of fun and complexity to the game. But now they are simply just an afterthought.

I also didn’t mention Wind/Fire/Lightning/Physical because they are basic DOT effects, but they REALLY need to help out DOT as a whole too.