Bronya Zaytrik - Herrscher of Truth

HoTR is an Imaginary Ice DPS - Fire/Lightning Support, she will have an Expansion Supply which will give us all of her gear in 190 pulls = 53200 crystals, if you get lucky, her powerspike rises a lot even with just S1 and S2.

She indeed has a pretty complicated playstyle as using her for the first time, so in this guide, I will show you all the way to maximize her support output ( No Signature Weapon included since this thing has much much more potential than a normal weapon for HoTR - Check this link for Key of Ascension - Domain of Ascension: Truth Continuity: https://www.hoyolab.com/article/14821647

About her stigmata, you can check this link, her stigmata is a very powerful thus unique set: https://www.hoyolab.com/article/14812455

She can be used as a DPS ( which I don't recommend using her for any bosses aside from Imaginary since other Ice DPS like HoH or HoR+Star of Eden can perform better)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

➤ SKILLS

➤ GAMEPLAY

➤ GEAR OPTIONS

➤ SUMMARY

SKILLS

About the playstyle:

Complicated gameplay, but worth it, since she can perform very well in almost any situation, now, basic first

1. Passive: Dimensional Resonance Drive

Whenever Herrscher of Truth is in your team, she will summon a Project bunny right at the start, increasing team damage, helping with the combat, recovering 0,5sp/s for HoTR, as well as providing buff for teammates: +10% Elemental DMG and 18% more for Basic - Combo - Charged ATK.

She also gains 20 initial SP for each Fire DMG Dealer in the team, max stack 2 (40 initial SP)

Pew pew pew

In her normal form, called Extremum, she has 3 upgrades including Missiles, Lasers and Hover Guns which will enhance Bunny's attacks.

The Upgrade icon - From left to right : Missiles, Lasers, Hover Guns - No upgrade

Fully Upgraded

Not only her Bunny but her Mecha and Moveset will be enhanced by 7.5%/ 15%/ 32,5% on S0; 10%/ 20%/ 40% on S1 with 1/2/3 upgrade she has.

So how can we upgrade? There are 4 ways to do this:

• With Basic attack ( 1 upgrade )

• With combo attack ( 2 upgrades )

Note that in her Combo ATK animation, you can switch to another valkyrie as well.

• With QTE ( 2 upgrades ( Hold ATK) )

• With Evasion ( 2 upgrades ( Hold ATK) )

2. Weapon skill

She can use her weapon skill no matter what cannon she is using dealing 850% Ice DMG, but yet only her signature weapon can upgrade the Mecha, we will talk about this in another post.

On S2, using weapon active increases Ice DMG by 30% for 18s, and restores 8SP for HoTR

3. Ultimate: Narrative of Infinite Truth

There are 2 sequences for her Ultimate

➤ Into Continuation Form (0SP)

Now this is where the fun begins, almost every buff for teammates is conducted from this mode.

The more Upgrades she has before entering this mode, the more powerful she will become.

After entering Continuation Form, she gains:

• 15% Elemental Breach - Fire/Lightning DMG dealer on the team gain 14% Elemental Breach for 16s
• New Moveset:
• Project Bunny now become Project Bunny Mecha, bigger and cooler ( well what do we expect lmao)
• Mech Propulsion - A new yellow gauge appears right next to the Upgrades - Maxed at 100, refill at the start of the transformation.
• Basic Atk - Now become a 3 SEQ combo, hold Atk for auto-fire, restore 5 Mech Propulsion + 1,6SP on hit. With Lasers Upgrade, she will fire 2 lasers at SEQ 2 and 4 lasers at SEQ 3 - 15% Ice DMG each.
• Combo Atk - Hold ATK when Mech Propulsion is full, using this will put her in [Echo of the World], increase her Ice DMG by 30% for 18s, and switch her out at this time will give all teammates 25% Fire/Lightning DMG increase and enemies receive 25% more Fire/Lightning DMG for 18s. ---- With Hover Guns Upgrades, Combo Atk now spawns 4 Hover Guns, counted as summoned entity, deal 18% Ice DMG each hit.

• Evade - Now will automatically trigger Ultimate Evasion when it is not on CD, restore 20 Mech Propulsion, heal the team for 400HP, fires 8 missiles, and 20 more when she has Missiles Upgrade.
• Weapon skill - She now continuously fires lasers, with Lasers Upgrade, she will fire 2 extra lasers; with Hover Guns Upgrade, 2 Hover Guns will fire lasers alongside Weapon Active. Total of these deals 70% Ice DMG continuously in about 2 seconds.

Brrrrzzzzzztt

➤Ultimate Shot (125SP)

• Entering Continuation form will refresh its CD.
• Tap [ULT] when she is on Continuation form to fire a gigantic laser beam dealing 1000% Ice DMG, during which all timers are paused.
• After using this Ultimate, she will still continue on her Continuation form until it ends after 20s or switching her out, as the Mecha will ram into the enemies, explode, dealing 100% Ice DMG and create a black hole that pulls enemies in. After that, the smol Bunny will reappear and reset the upgrades.

GEAR OPTIONS

1. About her weapon

Her signature is very needed for her to fast combo but if you don't, use these instead

Remember that no matter what weapon she is using, they all result in the same shot that deals 850% Ice DMG, any effect that the weapon can give like Move Speed, Attack Speed, Spacetime Field from Briaeus Ex, or Force Field from Eye of the Collapse or their Attacking Effect ( Charged deal more DMG, or closer enemies take more DMG) WILL BE NEGATED.

Weapons will still keep their passive that DO NOT come from Weapon Skill.

Here is an example:

You can use Domain of Revelation, Falcon Flare: FINAL, or Star of Eden: World to increase her DPS, but we don't discuss about these here. ( Check this link for these weapons in comparison with DoA - Support team: ( I'll update later on))

Now we come to her alternative ( Support Only ):

• C****er Bunny 19C
• The best choice as an alternative for HoTR, even can increase her DPS as well since she has a lot of summoned entities like Bunny, Bunny Mecha, and Hover Guns.
• Provide: 12% Ele DMG for the whole team.

25% Ele DMG for user's summoned entities.

• Briaeus EX
• Decent, but does not have any buff for Elemental Teammates.
• Provide: 25% Atk Speed for faster Combo Atk.

25% Elemental DMG for self.

• Star Shatterer: Vikrant
• Provide: 15% max HP for team.

15% TDM against Weakened Enemies

If you are wondering, Phoneix, as a Fire Supporter, can inflict Weaken with her AABB and BBAA combo.

( You forget about her didn't you?)

• Cathode Type-09 and Markov Type A
• Cathode for Lightning team and Markov for Fire team, faster Trauma means more damage taken for Enemies

2. About the stigmata

These are all viable stigmata ( support roles - 5 Stars) for HoTR:

( Note: In Lightning team, it is better to give Handel to Eden or HoT, so I didn't put in it this table )

4 Stars Stigmata for HoTR:

• Individual Piece:
• Ogier(T): +7% Elemetal DMG after exit.
• Mei: DB (M): Paralyze Trauma
• Theresa: Origins (B): Atk Speed.

• 4-Star Sets:
• Roald Amundsen: +10% Elemental DMG.

• Scott: Pure DPS, so we don't discuss much about this set.

GAMEPLAY

Her gameplay is pretty easy, yet relies on her signature weapon to be fast and maximize her potential, but don't worry, I got you homie

Since without her signature, it is hard for her to trigger any other support Valk's QTE like Fallen Rosemary, Fischl, or Chrono Navi, she will need a precise combo to get 2 Upgrades right from the start. Here is an example of her with Fischl, the same goes for Eden ( QTE - Ult - Combo ATK), Fallen Rosemary ( Weapon - Charged ATK - Ult), Chrono Navi ( Weapon - Basic - Charged ATK - weapon - Ult )

Check this video for more info about her playstyle at 0:07, as well as team comps:

SUMMARY

Pros: Kinda easy to pull off her full potential, and as a support, you don't need to take it too hard on pulling her gear, and in my opinion, she can go with almost every team, making her become the Valk who has the widest utility and coverage, as the most important want if you wanna move forward. Carry on Azure Empyrea's Legacy, she will be in the game's beta for a very long time.

Cons: She is HEAVY RELIED on her weapon since her weapon skill negates almost any other weapon's skill. On the other hand, without it, she can hardly trigger any other support's QTE ( Except Eden, who will need HoTR's precise timing weapon skill) which will slow your gameplay a lot

And for the last question: Does she worth pulling? She is coming with 6.3 patch with a very good Expansion Supply. However, right after that is 6.4 patch with Herrscher of Finality and Herrscher of Origin, when 3 of them go together, HoFi will have a strengthened ultimate, plus a spending event. So my answer is: As you don't have AE, CN, or Eden, go for her battlesuit first, even with Haxxor Bunny's Gear, she can still perform very well. Save some for HoFi, as the strongest Herrscher, she has the potential to be the best Fire DPS for a long time, for HoTR's gear you can gacha for them later on.

And yeh this is the end of my guide, hope you enjoy it and thanks for following me till the end, I'm sorry for any inconvenient with my English since it is not my mother tongue but yeh, have a nice day, cya, fellows