Express Gift at Honkai Star Rail (HSR): Who to Choose

Express gift in Penaconia and the addition of a new, albeit temporary, crew member, the developers decided to please players with a free lego of their choice, so that subsequent expeditions would be even more enjoyable.

In this guide, we will tell you who to take in the Express Gift in XSR: we will analyze the pros and cons of each available character from the list.

How to get Express Gift

The event will last from 4 декабря 2024 года to 20 May 2025 years and will allow all players to take one standard lego or eidolon for an existing character. To open the Express Gift, you do not need to fulfill any conditions: the event is available to all players who have opened the Travel Log function near the very beginning of the story on the Hertha space station.

To claim a free 5⭐ standard hero, select an event from the list of events and click the button "Get". Next, select the desired character and confirm your choice by clicking on "Get character".

Who to choose in the Express Gift in Honkai: Star Rail

In total, there are a total of 100 items available to choose from in the Express Gift event. 7 standard heroes:

Himeko (Erudition, Fiery);
Welt (Non-existence, Imaginary);
Armor (Harmony, Windy);
Cheetah (Save, Ice);
Clara (Destruction, Physical);
Yanqing (Hunting, Ice);
Bailu (Abundance, Electric).

Next, we will take a closer look at who to take in the Express Gift in HSR, and consider the key features of the characters presented in the event both as a new hero on the and as a way to open eidolons.

After almost two years of play and the release of many event s Armor remains the most useful standard hero due to the versatility of skills useful for most existing teams and individual characters. The Supreme Guardian of Belobog is able to advance the action of the leading damage dealer by 100%, increasing his damage, and significantly increase the attack power and critical damage of the entire squad. In addition, an equally useful feature is the ability to remove 1 weakening from an ally selected by the skill. The girl will be a useful acquisition both on E0And by E1 и E2.
With the release of the regime "Pure fiction", focused on destroying multiple waves of enemies in a limited number of cycles, Himeko took a confident second place in the list of the best standard heroes. The Star Express Navigator specializes not only in dealing AoE damage, which is perfect for fighting a large number of enemies, but also in making very frequent bonus attacks when penetrating vulnerabilities. The most useful Eidolons will be E1 и E2.
No less useful for completing the "Pure Fiction" mode may be Clara. The girl has similar abilities: deals area damage and makes bonus attacks as she takes damage from enemies. She can take the position of both the main and auxiliary damage dealer, focused on distracting enemies with high taunt. Priority for obtaining are Eidolons E2 и E4.
To make it easier to complete the game plot and many combat modes, Cheetah. The Commander of the Silvermane Guardians has the ability to impose mass shields on the team, as well as the "Freeze" status on the selected target of the skill. Extremely easy to assemble and does not require balancing combat characteristics, allowing you to focus only on defense and the chance of hitting effects. Additionally, it attracts the attention of opponents with a high taunt indicator, increasing the survivability of the squad. It will show itself excellently on E0, and useful consts will be E1 и E4.
In of combat value, he is significantly inferior to all the characters mentioned. Welt. The Star Express member, while having a useful ability to reduce the speed of opponents, still has extremely weak Eidolons and is unable to deal enough damage to successfully complete the current combat modes.
The situation is similar Yanqing: the young man is significantly inferior in damage and versatility of skills not only to event representatives of the Path of the Hunt, but also to newer epic characters.
Bailu, despite the massive heal, ease of assembly and already available on E0 the ability to resurrect a fallen ally, is currently a rather weak follower of Abundance. This is significantly affected by the randomness of the healing skill, as well as the complete lack of the ability to remove debuffs even with eidolons.

The recommendations for selection can also be applied to free lego of your choice for 300 jumps on the standard banner. All the heroes discussed above also appear in this permanent event.