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Φ SPARKLE | Honkai: Star Rail TL;DR Build

Role: Buffer Support

Relic Set

4pc Messenger Traversing Hackerspace or 4pc Eagle of Twilight Line (ideal set)

2pc Messenger Traversing Hackerspace / 2pc Guard of Wuthering Snow / 2pc Longevous Disciple (most efficient to farm)

Planar Ornament Set

2pc Broken Keel

2pc Fleet of Ageless

2pc Penacony, Land of Dreams (Optional)

Main Stats

Head = HP

Glove = ATK

Body = Crit DMG

Boots = Speed (SPD)

Orb = HP% or DEF% (ideal, but could be whatever as long as it has SPD substats)

Rope = Energy Regeneration Rate (ERR)

Sub Stats

SPD

Crit DMG

Optional: Effect RES

Endgame Stats to aim:

Minimum Crit DMG = 150%

Ideal Crit DMG = 200+%

SPD options: no SPD (if slow Sparkle); 160+ SPD (if fast Sparkle); varies (if middling Sparkle, check here to know more about SPD.)

Optional: Effect RES = 30% (for Broken Keel req.); 50+% (to resist crowd-control to some degree)

Sparkle Rotations

NOTE: With or without ERR planar (e.g. Penacony), Sparkle could get her ultimate up in same turns.

[Recommended] Using ERR rope: x3 Skill > Ultimate (3-turn Ultimate)

Using ERR rope + S5 Memories/S5 Cogs: x2 Basic + x1 Getting Hit > Ultimate (2-Turn Ultimate)

Light Cones

To know the damage difference between each light cone, check the tables below the cut.

Earthly Escapade 5★

Planetary Rendezvous 4★

But the Battle Isn't Over 5★

Past and Future 4★ [S5]

Carve the Moon, Weave the Clouds 4★

Dance! Dance! Dance! 4★

— Sparkle Kit TL;DR —

Basic Attack deals Quantum DMG to enemy.

Skill: Gives Crit DMG and advance forward (AF) on 1 ally

Ultimate: Gives Cipher to all allies; gain 4 skill points (SP) for team

Cipher – more DMG boost for each Talent stack

Talent: 1 ally use 1 SP = 1 stack = all allies gain DMG boost; max 3 stacks; max SP = 7 SP

Technique: Gives Misdirect on allies; Gain 3 SP at start of battle if misdirect is up

Misdirect – units will not be detected for 20 sec

— How to Play Sparkle in Simplified Form —

Sparkle buffs any crit DPS especially SP-intensive DPS and follow-up DPS. Her buffs last until the next turn of the DPS, which is good for follow-up attacks and ultimate dmg cast in between DPS end turn and DPS next turn. Since she’s a universal buffer, she could work in any crit team setup, but her SPD would vary depending on the allies she’ll have in the team.

Sparkle Gameplay in Razor Language:

Optional: Debuffer applies debuff on enemies before Sparkle turn.

Sparkle uses skill on DPS.

DPS takes turn to deal damage.

Repeat two more times to get her Ultimate.

Use ultimate during DPS turn.

Profit. ( •_•)👍

Sparkle Ultimate: Use Sparkle ultimate during DPS turn. This will ensure that her ultimate buffs last for 3 turns instead of only 2 turns.

NOTE: Sparkle's technique invisibility doesn't scare the trotters away in adventure domains. (Trotter powercreep!)

— Pulling Priority: E1 > E2 > S1 —

* Calcs from iSUMMON = Increase from E0S0 (Solo DMG calc with Dr. Ratio + Sparkle):

E1S0 = 16.01%

E2S0 = 33.09%

E0S1 = 13.30%

E1S1 = 31.44%

E2S1 = 50.80%

Counterargument: S1 Sparkle LC is like a DPS relic. Basically, if your harmony unit is SP+, they could give your entire team with 48 crit value (CV) when Mask passive is up. (You could also use this for your DPS Yukong, but you didn’t hear that from me.)

— Theoretical Simulation Calcs —

Light Cone Comparison Difference

* Calcs done by iSUMMON = Increase from LC without DMG boosts (Solo DMG calc with Seele + Sparkle)

S1 Sparkle signature LC (Earthly Escapade) = 14.99%

S5 Past and Future = 14.11%

S1 Bronya signature LC (But the Battle Isn't Over) = 13.23%

S4 Past and Future = 12.35%

S1 Ruan Mei signature LC (Past Self in Mirror) = 10.58%

S3 Past and Future = 10.58%

S5 Planetary Rendezvous = 10.58%

S4 Planetary Rendezvous = 9.26%

S2 Past and Future = 8.82%

S3 Planetary Rendezvous = 7.94%

S1 Past and Future = 7.05%

S2 Planetary Rendezvous = 6.61%

S1 Planetary Rendezvous = 5.29%

— How much boost does Sparkle bring to different hypercarry teams? —

* Calcs from Hunterkee

— Sparkle SPD synergy with her Teammates —

Fast Sparkle = 160+ spd

Slow Sparkle = Sparkle spd is lower than DPS spd (e.g. DPS = 135 spd, Sparkle = 134 spd)

Middling Sparkle = spd is less than debuffer; spd varies with other tricky harmony units

Hyperspeed Sparkle = for minmaxer and speedrunners; uses Dance x3 LC and Eagle set/Messenger set on allies; 151.4 to 184 spd

Reasoning:

Fast Sparkle enables DPS to use other boots besides SPD instead. DPS could focus more into getting ATK (or HP for Blade) and crit substats instead.

Slow Sparkle enables this rotation: DPS dmg > Sparkle skill > DPS dmg

Middling Sparkle is considered if she is paired with debuffer that needs to debuff the enemy first before DPS deal dmg or with tricky harmony units that has turn-limited buffs (e.g. Yukong).

Hyperspeed Sparkle is for 0-cycling MoC. To learn more about this, better watch this instead.

— Minimum SPD of DPS for Sparkle’s Advance Forward —

* Table from Braxophone’s Sparkle Build Guide

NOTE: To know more minimum DPS speed for Sparkle Advance Forward, check out this calculator made by kylefrs.

— Sparkle SPD Breakpoints to achieve 3-turn Ultimate —

* List from “the dude who refused to be mentioned” TC-er (with some minor additions)

— Sparkle and Bronya —

Sparkle + Bronya in same team will lead to these rotations.

Fast Bronya, Slow Sparkle: Bronya skill > DPS dmg > Sparkle skill > DPS dmg

Fast Sparkle, Slow Bronya: Sparkle skill > DPS dmg > Bronya skill > DPS dmg

Fast Sparkle, Slow Bronya (Special Case): Sparkle skill > Bronya skill > DPS dmg

Special Case: Speedtuning is ruined due to your DPS being delayed. If Sparkle is faster than Bronya and DPS is pushed forward and sits after Bronya, then this enables you to stack buffs from Sparkle and Bronya first before DPS deals damage in their turn.

Recommendation: Build Sparkle to be faster than Bronya. Reasons are the following:

Sparkle have higher base SPD = easier to build SPD

This setup enables two cases for your team to have.

Fast Sparkle = more turns = faster ultimate uptime to supply SP for team

— Sample Sparkle Team Showcase in Practice —

NOTE: Team Order = Highest SPD (Fastest) to Lowest SPD (Slowest)

Fast Sparkle + Slow DPS

Sparkle + Dan Heng Imbibitor Lunae Team – sample showcase done by Zetto Genshin here. [Team order: Ruan Mei (146) > Huohuo (142) > Sparkle (132) > DHIL (110)]

Sparkle + Jing Yuan Team – sample showcase done by Ravelika here. [Team order: Tingyun (178) > Sparkle (160) > Fu Xuan (141) > Jing Yuan (103)]

Sparkle + Dr. Ratio Team – sample showcase done by tecknit here. [Team order: Silverwolf (163) > Sparkle (162) > Huohuo (143) > Dr. Ratio (111)]

Slow Sparkle

Sparkle + Serval Team – slow Sparkle tech explained; sample showcase done by Dreamy here. [Team order: Tingyun (176) > Ruan Mei (121) > Serval (106) > Sparkle (103)]

Hyperspeed Sparkle

Sparkle + Jingyuan Auto Team – 4pc Messenger on Huohuo and Ruan Mei allows Sparkle to have 3 turns in 1st cycle 2nd wave; sample showcase done by Sleepy here. [Team order: Sparkle (172) > Ruan Mei (158) > Huohuo (149) > Jing Yuan (101)]

Sparkle + Ruan Mei for Dual DPS Team

Sparkle with Jing Yuan + Clara Team – Sparkle 1st skill is used on Clara to help JY to 0-cycle SAM; sample showcase done by Sleepy here. [Team order: Sparkle > Ruan Mei > Jing Yuan > Clara]

Sparkle with Jingliu + Blade team – sample showcase done by WyattSkyy here. [Team order: Ruan Mei (142) > Jingliu (128) > Blade (124) > Sparkle (123)]

Sparkle with Himeko + Herta Team in Pure Fiction - sample showcase done by xNaya here. [Team order: Sparkle (163) > Ruan Mei (162) > Herta (114) > Himeko (100)]

Sparkle + Bronya

Sparkle + Bronya for Serval and Blade Team – rotation: Sparkle skill > DPS dmg > Bronya skill > DPS dmg; sample showcase done by Kekon here. [Team order: Sparkle (161) > Bronya (160) > Fu Xuan (137) > Serval (120); Sparkle (161) > Bronya (160) > Fu Xuan (137) > Blade (101)]

Sparkle + Bronya for Jingliu Team – sample showcase done by MMOJACKX57 here. [Team order: Ruan Mei (150) > Sparkle (146) > Bronya (132) > Jingliu (105)]

Sparkle + Bronya for Welt Team - sample showcase done by xNaya here. [Team order: Sparkle (163) > Ruan Mei (162) > Bronya (162) > Welt (110)]

Sparkle + Bronya for Himeko Team – stacking Sparkle and Bronya buffs before Himeko ultimate; sample showcase done by MVI Lab here.

Mono Quantum Team Variations

Sparkle + Qingque Team – sample showcase done by Lv.999 SilverWolf here. [Team order: Silverwolf (168) > Sparkle (163) > Fu Xuan (140) > Qingque (105)]

Sparkle + Xueyi Team – sample showcase done by Lv.999 SilverWolf here. [Team order: Silverwolf (168) > Sparkle (163) > Fu Xuan (145) > Xueyi (118)]

Slow Sparkle + Seele Team – sample showcase done by Datee here. [Team order: Silverwolf (161) > Fu Xuan (152) > Sparkle (136) > Seele (119)]

Sparkle with Debuffer

Fast Sparkle + Slow Debuffer Team – Silverwolf slower than Sparkle; sample showcase done by RegisDev here. [Team order: Sparkle (157) > Silverwolf (137) > Fu Xuan (136) > Qingque (100)]

Fast Sparkle + Slow Debuffer Team – Pela ultimate is held off before Sparkle pushes DHIL forward; sample showcase done by Hyrion here. [Team order: Sparkle (162) > Pela (141) > Fu Xuan (129) > DHIL (102)]

Slow Sparkle + Fast Debuffer for Xueyi Team - sample showcase done by Datee here. [Team order: Silverwolf (154) > Fu Xuan (152) > Sparkle (148) > Xueyi (103)]

Sparkle Buff Priority

Ruan Mei/Sparkle/Yukong for DHIL Team - sample showcase done by MMOJACKX57 here. [Team order: Ruan Mei (149) > Sparkle (141) > Yukong (138) > DHIL (127)]

Triple Support Team Variations

Sparkle + Bronya + Tingyun for Jingliu Team - sample showcase done by Ryaroryn here. [Team order: Tingyun (168) > Sparkle (165) > Bronya (164) > Jingliu (105)]

Sparkle + Tingyun + Hanya for Jing Yuan Team – Hanya uses Dance x3 LC; sample showcase done by Tyl here. [Team order: Tingyun (167) > Hanya (167) > Sparkle (162) > Jing Yuan (99)]

Sparkle in Unconventional Team

Sparkle with DoT Team – Sparkle pushes BS forward before Kafka detonate; sample showcase done by xNaya here. [Team order: Sparkle (163) > Ruan Mei (162) > Kafka (151) > Black Swan (112)]

Practical Consensus:

Fast Sparkle is most common speed for Sparkle. Slow Sparkle is possible due to Ruan Mei’s talent and having triple buffers in team. Middling Sparkle is considered due to certain conditions.

Debuffers (e.g. Silverwolf and Pela) is recommended to be faster than Sparkle to ensure that the debuffs were placed on the enemies first before Sparkle pushes forward the DPS to deal DMG.

If debuffer is slower than Sparkle, there are instances that DPS comes before debuffer and debuff on enemy already expires or ultimate of debuffer isn’t up yet. To counter this, save the ultimate of debuffer before the DPS next turn.

Depending on team allies, she needs to align her SPD with them. For example, in MMOJACKX57’s showcase, Sparkle is in middle of Ruan Mei and Yukong.

Considering Ruan Mei’s skill that buffs allies’s weakness break efficiency and Slow Yukong’s 2-turn buffs won’t affect other units’ buff priority, when Sparkle pushes up the DPS, Yukong buffs applied to Ruan Mei basics and IL enhanced basic ATKs, while Ruan’s skill improves DPS weakness break efficiency.

Hyperspeed Sparkle works when there are SPD and advance forward boosters. For example, in Sleepy’s showcase, 4pc Messenger on Huohuo and Ruan Mei when they used their ultimate allows 172 SPD Sparkle to have 3 turns in 1st cycle 2nd wave, which means she reached pseudo-200.1 spd.

Sparkle + Ruan Mei enables dual DPS setups. Sparkle being SP generator for the team gives both DPS SPs to work around with and Ruan Mei acts as pseudo-sustain with her weakness break extension on enemies.

Sparkle also works with DoT Teams because her Talent stacks, Cipher, and A2 Trace could boost their DoT DMG and DoT allies tend to be SP-intensive as well.

DPS with SPD boost in their kits is recommended to have Sparkle speed be slower than DPS speed. Example would be Seele that has a base 115 speed with 25% SPD boost in her kit, which equates to base 143 spd. It is recommended to have Sparkle be slower than Seele, so this means 142 and less SPD is optimal for Sparkle in Seele team.

With Sparkle in team, sustains (healers or shielders) are either placed as fastest or slowest in team. If DPS is slowest in team (i.e. wearing ATK boots), sustain could be faster than DPS, so if Sparkle pushed DPS forward, sustain is still slowest.

— Sample Sparkle Builds for Reference —

Fast Sparkle Build by u/FIDGET_SPINNER_XD

-1SPD Sparkle Build for Seele by u/Informal_Avocado2685

Slow Sparkle Build used with Bronya by u/FamiliarAerie3229

Sources

Sparkle Build Guide by Gladius

Sparkle Build Guide by GuobaCertified

Sparkle Build Guide by SevyPlays

Sparkle Build Guide by Braxophone

Sparkle CN Analysis by MrPokke

Sparkle Technique with Trotter by u/Khaista-

Sparkle Speedtuning Guide by caelym

Sparkle Speedtuning Guide by Rainn

Speed Simplified ft. Sparkle by Sweetily

Sparkle Team and Synergy by GuobaCertified

Sparkle + Bronya Team Guide by Rainn

Sparkle Calculations by Hunterkee

Sparkle Light Cone DMG Calculations by iSUMMON

E1 vs S1 Sparkle Analysis by iSUMMON

HSR General Character Guide 2.0

Sparkle Speed Calculator by kylefrs

Sparkle + IL Gameplay Showcase by Zetto Genshin

Sparkle Gameplay + Jing Yuan Showcase by Ravelika

Sparkle Gameplay + Dr. Ratio Showcase by tecknit

Slow Sparkle Gameplay Showcase by Dreamy

Sparkle + Yukong Gameplay Showcase by MMOJACKX57

Sparkle + Debuffer Gameplay Showcase by Datee

Sparkle + Serval/Blade Gameplay Showcase by Kekon

Sparkle + Jingliu Gameplay Showcase by MMOJACKX57

Sparkle + Welt Gameplay Showcase by xNaya

Sparkle + Himeko Gameplay Showcase by MVI Lab

Sparkle + Qingque Gameplay Showcase by Lv.999 SilverWolf

Sparkle + Xueyi Gameplay Showcase by Lv.999 SilverWolf

Sparkle + Seele Gameplay Showcase by Datee

Fast Sparkle + Slow Debuffer Team Gameplay Showcase by RegisDev

Fast Sparkle + Slow Debuffer Team Gameplay Showcase by Hyrion

Sparkle Gameplay Showcase by Ryaroryn

Sparkle Gameplay Showcase by Tyl

Sparkle + Jingyuan Auto Team Gameplay Showcase by Sleepy

Sparkle with Jing Yuan + Clara Team Gameplay Showcase by Sleepy

Sparkle with Jingliu + Blade team by WyattSkyy

Sparkle with DoT Team Gameplay Showcase by xNaya

Sparkle with Himeko + Herta Team Gameplay Showcase by xNaya

Sparkle Build Showcase by u/FIDGET_SPINNER_XD

Sparkle Build Showcase by u/Informal_Avocado2685

Sparkle Build Showcase by u/FamiliarAerie3229

Uploaded on Patch 2.0

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Author’s Note:

I don’t understand the whole speedtuning stuff about Sparkle build and how her teammates should have their speeds align with Sparkle speed, hence I compiled this guide to clear up my confusion. By creating this, I kinda get an idea that Sparkle speed is more than just 160/134 spd or nothing.

(Also, compressing her GIF banner is a pain... I had to compress it several times just to fit in the max 10mb limit for GIFs.)

Update Log

03/04/2024 - Uploaded this post.

03/05/2024 – Added xNaya’s gameplay showcases; added Sparkle GIF; added DoT Team explanation in Practical Consensus

03/14/2024 – Added sustain placement in Practical Consensus; added GuobaCerified’s Sparkle Team Synergy and Rainn’s Sparkle + Bronya Team Guide in Sources; added kylefrs’s Sparkle Speed Calculator; placed Sparkle + Bronya explanation in their own category

03/23/2024 - Reformatted the table for Sparkle 0c/wave 2 SPD requirements

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witchofthesouls · 2 months

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(Sixshot implemented his trap and hot, quiet sex in a closet with lactation kink.)

Triage stares at the twitchy Phase Sixer to the broken access panel to the supply closet to the cradle-pen full of sleepy newsparks and back to Sixshot.

He wants no part of the madness that has another Warrior Elite acting bizarre in the mindfuck of a reality where the Commander of the Justice Division has a Conjunx with bitlets.

“Get on the medberth. Might as well do a full workup.”

________

The mask is cold and chipped, but the exposed lower portion of Tarn's face is feverish. Ragged lips tentatively brush over a leaking nozzle, and a warm glossa laps over it before dragging it into a hot mouth. You shudder, mind swimming as Tarn's highly-charged state electrifies the air in the closet. Even with his iron determination not to meld into your field, the direct physical contact drops you deep inside the heady storm of repressed lust and code-driven urges.

Your servos buzz as you stroke his helm and back as he drinks. The growing heat crackles in your palms and fingers, surging across your neuralnet and ignites the carrier-coding straight to your groin-

Your panel shifts with little warning.

You barely managed to choke down the hitching noise from your throat and reroute the cooling fans to the lowest setting as your valve drools, pinging that it's achingly empty and clenching on nothing, wanting to be filled by a spike.

It gets its wish.

It takes very little coaxing to get Tarn's spike out as he shifts, letting go of the teat.

You see the shine of his solvent and your own fuel on his lips as the blunt tip of his spike noses your folds. The piercings have collected small bits of charge, and it sends a sharp shiver up your spinal struts, door wings fluttering as your nodes throb trying to link up with every nudge.

Your folds are slick, lower belly tight from learned anticipation from consistent clanging and a code-deep response to Tarn's edging rut. Even with the wetness and prefluids, there's slight resistance from the outer ring, calipers cycling from being fed bits of charge from the piercings and treads. You wrap your legs around his waist and pull him in. There's that sinful stretch as he sinks into you, valve confused before clenching hard to keep an imprint. You're addled as carrier-coding sings, melting your insides to slag when he finally hilts.

His helm drops down, and Tarn presses an open mouth to the other well, still heavy with fuel. He suckles on the protoform, and fuel leaks from the nozzle, pinging to your overwhelmed systems. You shift and his entire frame groans, vibrating everything, and you desperately cling to the distance noise of a medical examination just outside the door to stop your own engines from throttling at the familiar crackling rush of transfluid at the back of your valve.

You arch back to give him better access, and Tarn takes it. He leaves a wet trail to lap up the dribbling fuel and latches onto the nozzle. The other teat pings out, missing that hot glossa and mouth upon it.

He's so worked up that the charge from his spike easily spits into the nodes within your valve, looping a circuit without friction. There's another rush, and you cling onto him, legs tightening, keeping flushed against his housing as your valve needily ripples.

He's the furnace, and you're the crucible, and you're hanging on by the thinnest chain on your sanity, trying to keep quiet as he drinks and more heat pooling into you as time passes.

You don't know that possesses you, but you start purposely clenching your valve, calipers pushing and pulling along the thick girth. It takes a moment to trace the treads on the entire length, pressing nodes-

Tarn rumbles, shifting to push against you, letting go of the nozzle. His mouth is parted, scarred lips shining with solvent and fuel.

And he's voiceless as his frame hisses steam, rumbling in a low gear.

You wrap a hand around his neck, and he leans into it, putting his weight upon the crate and the wall. Tarn's musculature shifts and flexs beneath your servo, the vibrations and soft clicks of a silenced vocalizer as he noiselessly gasps, pressing harder into the hungry, milking grip.

You also don't know what posesses you to shift your hand upwards, sliding the thumb across his lips and into his mouth-

Between his glossa swirling your thumb and the rhythm of his throat under the rest of your fingers, the dual influx across your servo finally tips you over.

Door wings scrap on the wall as you choke. Your frame purrs in satisfied bliss as more transfluid floods your chamber in thick, heavy bursts. You feel him groan, noise deep within his chassis, and you slip your hand out to grab his shoulder as he sags onto the wall.

The carrier-coding content as you and him pant in the sweltering air, your legs twitching whenever his spike does. Quiet easily settles, but it needs to be broken.

_______

After Triage left, Sixshot blocked the room with his own bulk, glaring at the door. He stretched the entire ordeal as long as he could, allowed extra poking and prodding and testing.

He can tell something is happening. His nose doesn't lie. A condensed storm of ‘facing had been brewing in it, but then again Tarn had been strolling around without giving into it…

Surprisingly, the newsparks barely fussed through the entire thing. Either they're too used to whatever riot that's happening in a ship and medbay, or they're content with their carrier nearby.

Of course, they wake up when a purple fist busts open the closet door. Sixshot immediately sneezes in quick succession at the overwhelming scents of ozone, lubricant, transfluid, and sparkling-grade fuel in scorchingly charged air floods the unit.

Hail Megatron, Praise the Conclave, and may the door rest in pieces, Tarn had managed to rut it out to restore his usual prissy, collected self. That may have been the base's quietest clang session, but Sixshot didn't want the disturbing intimate details of what the leader of the D.J.D. enjoyed in the berth.

Your sensory panels remain unfortunately unclaimed, and you frown at his grimace as you fuss over the cradle-pen full of active, chirping bits.

He can't hold in the snort when you and Tarn play a polite fiction. Sure, the walking fury of a violent lust cocktail was helping his frustrated carrier “find that tubing” inside a closet for the past groon. Oh yeah, sure. Mm-hm.

As long Tarn doesn't bomb the air with his own rampant lust and hunger during meetings and debriefings, it's fine.

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