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Hello and welcome to this Hot on the Trail Event Guide!

Let's start right away~

Note: This guide is based on the BETA. Officially released content might differ.

✦ Table of contents ✦

Short event explanation

SP Zone

Time Zone

HP Zone

Elemental Zone

Hisui's reworked tier list

✦ Short event explanation ✦

Hot on the Trial has a total of 4 Zones which unlock over time. Each zone is focused on one theme, in this season those will be SP consumption, Time Fractures, HP loss and Elemental DMG.

Each zone has three stages to clear, the points of those get added together for the total Score.

Faster clear -> more points

The higher your score, the more rewards. To get all rewards, you need a total score of 252 000.

On average you'll need 63 000 points a zone or 21 000 a boss.

Bounties are basically coins you use to upgrade the Zone levels.

Each Zone has its own bounty, meaning there's a total of 4 different bounties.

Those bounties are gained by completing stages in the fitting zone.

Level up the Zones to level 5 before going for the highest score, it makes a big difference.

✦ SP Zone ✦

For adjusted rotations, please watch the video

✧ Empowerment: Enhancement ✧

HHE/RC/JK

Use the active skill whenever you want idk, it's some SP if u need it

✧ Empowerment: Rush ✧

LV/HTR/GD

Same thing, active skill pretty much useless.

✧ Empowerment: Continued Charge ✧

FL/VBs/VBm

Use the active skill whenever you want idk, it's some SP if u need it.

✧ Video example ✧

0:00 Empowerment: Enhancement (22.936)

2:35 Empowerment: Rush (22.128)

4:53 Empowerment: Continued Charge (22.894)

✦ Time Zone ✦

For adjusted rotations, please watch the video

✧ Burst: Repetition ✧

IO/HTR/GD

Use the active skill on Eden within the first rotation. Can use it again once it's up later on.

✧ Burst: Lightning Flash ✧

DP/HTR/GD

Use the active skill before Aponia ends her Combo ATK.

✧ Burst: Heaven's Aid ✧

PE/HS/TA

Use the active skill some seconds before heading to one hit HoD with PE

✧ Video example ✧

0:00 Burst: Repetition (23.929)

2:08 Burst: Lightning Flash (24008)

3:58 Burst: Heaven's Aid (22765)

✦ HP Zone ✦

For adjusted rotations, please watch the video

✧ Deathmatch: Bound ✧

HR/RC/JK

Do not use the active skill.

✧ Deathmatch: Risky Healing ✧

FV/HTR/CN

Use the active skill when dropping below 33% of max HP with HTR or CN.

✧ Deathmatch: Limitless ✧

SW/SSt/JK

Use the active skill when dropping below ~30% of max HP with SW.

✧ Video example ✧

0:00 Deathmatch: Bound (22435)

2:16 Deathmatch: Risky Healing (22367)

4:35 Deathmatch: Limitless (23406)

✦ Elemental Zone ✦

For adjusted rotations, please watch the video

✧ Credo: Fragility ✧

HFI/HTR/HO

Use the active skill when switching from HO to HFI.

✧ Credo: Aid ✧

GD (GD lead!) /HT/HTR

Use the active skill before HTs Ultimate.

✧ Credo: Swift Strike ✧

FL/VBs/VBm

Use the active skill when activating the Astral Ring.

✧ Video example ✧

Either I was too lazy to make a Thumbnail or it is because I have Corona, have to record 2 more gameplay examples today (it's 11pm) and my stomach hurts.

it's both

0:00 Credo: Fragility (23487)

2:14 Credo: Aid (22572)

4:31 Credo: Swift Strike (21881)

✦ Hisui's reworked tier list ✦

I have nothing useful to say, so last time I decided to rank all trial valks given in HotT.

So before you ask who Hisui is, it's me. Just wanted to have it sound like it comes from someone relevant by talking in the third person.

I made my choice, I'll update it every patch. Explanations only for new teams and for those whose rank changed (or when I have smth to say), otherwise I'll just write in what patch the explanation is.

New Trial teams: "Mars Trio" | Mobius | Luna - Eden edition | Silverwing - Kira edition

1. Garuda (7.2)

Might down-rank if I get another cancer stage with her like Deathmatch: Risky Heaöing

2. Hare (7.2)

3. Aponia (7.2)

4. Mobius

Actually was really comfortable. I don't get why she was given in a zone that needs to trigger 8 TFs as quickly as possible but whatever. She was fine, just the old HTR QTE being annoying.

5. Luna - Eden edition

Way better than with Griseo. HTRs QTE once again cancer and the stage in which she was given was horrible, but it's a big upgrade already. However, the HTR QTE stops me from doing proper double QTE strats.

6. Silverwing - Kira edition

Not much different from the Pardo SW, just that Kira is nicer for HotT

7. Silverwing (7.2)

8. Herrscher Elysia (7.2)

9. Vill-V (7.2)

10. Brick Senti (7.2)

11. "Mars Trio"

Just not good in HotT. Horribly long rotation, no Ultimate time stop on the supports, Astral Ring uptime way too long. The scores are somewhat okay though.

12. SpA Rita (7.2)

13. HoR Bronya

Decided to rank her up as the new stage with her actually was pretty nice. She should just keep going with that, then we can talk about a higher ranking. Otherwise they could give Inari's HoR as trial, then we can argue about it as well.

14. Luna (7.2)

15. DA Durandal (7.2)

Thanks to Cyxo and Alpaca for the pictures of Valkyrie icons and such! (Especially Cy who also edited the new valks into the old icons)

Love to Inari ofc, ly

That's it, I hope I was able to help you!

Have a great day and fun with the event

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