Version 2.0

Summary	Goushinnso Memento and  Gyakushinn Miko debut. Awakening system added. Various buffs for all battlesuits released prior. Sakura Samsara OW debut. [Recommended equipment] option added. [Enhance Now] option for equipment.

Debut Info

GLB:

NA: 06:00, MAY 9, 2018

EU: 12:00, MAY 9, 2018

SEA: N/A

CN: N/A

JP: N/A

KR: N/A

TW/HK/MO: N/A

Summary:

•  Goushinnso Memento and  Gyakushinn Miko debut.
• Awakening system added.
• Various buffs for all battlesuits released prior.
• Sakura Samsara OW debut.
• [Recommended equipment] option added.
• [Enhance Now] option for equipment.

Update Log

Previous Update

Version 1.8

Next Update

Version 2.2.1

In a small village in the Far East, the inevitable wheel of fate has begun to turn...

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Welcome to v2.0 [Sakura Samsara]!

Update Content

※※※※※Battlesuits※※※※※

Goushinnso Memento

Gyakushinn Miko

※※※※※Outfits※※※※※

Goushinnso Memento

Gyakushinn Miko

Azure

Blue Memories

Frozen Sakura

Midnight Marigold

Red Mist

※※※※※Weapons※※※※※

Blood Dance

Chiyou Cannon

Dragon Spine

Energy Leapers

Gyukikiri Nagamitsu

Hand of Tyr

Ice Epiphyllum

Phoenix Razor

Project Bunny 19C

Raikiri

Sakura Blossom

※※※※※Stigmata※※※※※

Dragon Boat Festival

Edison

Einstein: Band

Kallen Pledge

Nohime

Yae Sakura (Stigmata)

Yae Sakura - Prayer

※※※※※Events※※※※※

Login Bonus

Sakura Samsara - May 9, 2018 - May 24, 2018
Crystal ×300	Twin Ether Crystal ×3	Crystal ×100	Phoenix Sword ×1	Crystal ×200	Twin Soul Crystal ×3	Midnight Marigold ×1
Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7

Daily Missions

Objective	Reward
Clear 1 Story stage.	Weaponry Currency ×4
Clear 2 Story stage.	Weaponry Currency ×5
Clear 3 Story stage.	Weaponry Currency ×6

Game Adjustments & Optimizations

• Main Source(s):
  • Notice of Server Maintenance For New Version, Honkai Impact 3 Official Site (Wayback Machine archive)
  • Sakura Samsara - Version Update Notes, Honkai Impact 3 Official Site (Wayback Machine archive)
  • The Centennial Wish, Yae Sakura joins the battle!, Honkai Impact 3 Official Site (Wayback Machine archive)

Battlesuits

◆ Kiana

1. Optimized the evasion animation (now looks smoother) for Kiana characters.

◆  White Comet

1. Increased the visuals of White Silk's passive skill when stunning enemies and reduced the screen shake effect as well as feeling of delay when her passive stun skill is triggered.
2. Increased the trigger range for  White Comet's QTE, and the QTE can be launched after charging to an enemy. The final leg of the attack now deals an additional stun effect.
3. In burst status, basic attack physical damage has been increased from 150% to 220%.
4. In burst status, combo attack damage has been increased from (50%+50%+225%) to (75%+75%+330%).
5. In burst status, the potential of the final hit of White Comet's Combo Attack has been improved.
6. Changed the description of the basic attack chain to better match its actual effects.

◆  Divine Prayer

1. If the last hit of  Divine Prayer's QTE successfully hits the enemy, the entire team will regen HP.
2. After  Divine Prayer's ultimate is cast for 20 seconds, SP consumption will increase (first 20s will be unaffected).

◆  Valkyrie Ranger

1.  Valkyrie Ranger can now cast her Ultimate Skill while in the middle of an evasion and her animation after casting her Ultimate has been improved.
2. QTE's single target rate has been increased, and the QTE's last shot was changed to have an AOE explosion effect that also deals a weakening status to enemies.

◆  Knight Moonbeam

1. Reduced the amount the screen shake effect during  Knight Moonbeam's L.W.B.V skill.
2. Improved  Knight Moonbeam's animation for other actions after her QTE.
3. The initial values for the following skills have been changed: [Meteor Scatter] [Star Rules] [Impact Resonance]. The final value of the skills has not been changed, however.

◆ Mei

1. Improved Mei's animation for some actions following an evasion.

◆  Crimson Impulse

1.  Crimson Impulse can perform an evasion more quickly after landing from her QTE.
2. Basic attack chain hits are smoother now.
3. QTE visuals are more smooth, and the potential range and damage of the QTE's final landing hit have been increased.
4. Combo Attack physical damage has been increased from (200%~400%) to (60% x7).
5. In Valkyrie status, Combo Attack damage has been increased from (50% x3) to (180% x3), and the issue where the Combo Attack didn’t receive combo type bonuses has been fixed.
6.  Crimson Impulse's Night Sakura skill effect has been changed from “the last strike of basic attack chains deals additional fire damage” to “the last strike of basic attack chains deals increases Combo Attack physical damage by 10~20% for 3~6 seconds.”

◆  Valkyrie Bladestrike

1. After  Valkyrie Bladestrike casts her Ultimate, tap the Attack button to directly use her Combo Attack.
2. The animation between evasion and casting  Valkyrie Bladestrike's Ultimate is more smooth.
3. [Issen]'s damage has been increased from (150% + 250 ~ 450%) to (250% + 250 ~ 550%).
4. [Spirit Enchant], [Spirit of Power], and [Shadow Art] have all been adjusted so that they also affect Combo Attacks.
5. [Spirit of Power]'s crit damage has been increased from 5~15% to 25~75%, and a new effect has been added, increasing crit by 5~10% during burst.
6. [Air Enchant] skill now has an additional effect: when movement speed bonus ends, knock nearby enemies airborne and deal (combo hits (max 200) x 23~50) physical damage.

◆  Shadow Dash

1. Optimized the animation for  Shadow Dash's sweep after her 5th basic attack, Combo Attack, Switch Skill, and QTE, and these moves have been made more smooth.
2. Optimized  Shadow Dash's QTE potential and her QTE followed by evasion will not remove her attack potential.
3. Fixed the issue where  Shadow Dash's [Will Enchant] skill doesn't grant bonuses to her 5th basic attack.
4. [Crescent Spin]'s description has been changed to better reflect its actual effects.
5. [Will Enchant]'s crit damage has been increased from 7~20% to 10~40%.
6. [Crescent Spin] evasion can be performed anytime during sweep attacks and QTE.
7. [Infinite Enchant] and [Will Enchant] skills have been adjusted to also affect Combo Attacks.
8. [Shadow Blade] damage has been increased from (220% + 40~80% x4) to (220%+ 80~160% x4).

◆  Lightning Empress

1. The paralysis effect duration caused by basic attack chains has been increased to 5 seconds.
2. Physical damage of each hit in Combo Attacks has been increased from 50% to 60% (also used in [Lightning Slash] and [Thunder Crush]’s unlocked Combo follow up attacks).
3. Greatly increased the range and follow up attack capability of her Combo Attack's first two hits.
4.  Lightning Empress can now perform attacks and evasions more quickly after her Switch Skill.
5. Her QTE has been adjusted to 50% lightning and 50% physical damage, and using her QTE will recover 10 SP. When performing her QTE, Empress will be invincible.
6. After a successful Ultimate Evasion,  Lightning Empress will trigger a 30% immunity to physical damage and 80% immunity to lightning damage for 4 seconds. Within the 4 second duration, she will also have higher immunity to interrupt. Upon Empress' Ultimate Evasion cooldown, she will trigger 15% immunity to physical damage for 4 seconds along with higher immunity to interrupt.
7.  Lightning Empress' Ultimate Skill has been changed from “deal 1800% physical damage” to “deal 900% physical + 900% elemental lightning damage.”
8. Lightning damage potential of  Lightning Empress' ultimate skill has been improved.
9. [Thunder Edge] the amount of lightning damage dealt by each basic attack hit has been adjusted from “chance of triggering 41~300 lightning damage” to “guaranteed 41~300 lightning damage.”
10. A new effect has been added to the [I'm MEI] skill: for 7 seconds after the last hit of Empress’ Ultimate Skill, her elemental lightning damage dealt is increased by 40%.
11. The max effective combo for the [Dragon Cry] skill has been adjusted to 100, with each combo hit's lightning damage being increased by 2x (total damage will not change). The final hit will no longer clear the combo hit count. The range of additional lightning damage has been increased.
12. [Thunder Cloud] has been adjusted from “having a 10~15% chance of paralyzing enemies for 1~2.5 seconds upon being hit” to “having a 10~20% chance of paralyzing enemies in a small AOE for 1~2.5 seconds upon being hit.”
13. A new effect has been added to [Soul Cutter]: “when an enemy is hit by the 5th basic attack and hasn’t been affected by Soul Cutter yet, the target will become conductive.”
14. The initial values for [Thunder Edge], [Lightning Slash], [Thunder Crush], and [Dragon Enchant] have been increased, but the final values are still the same.

◆ Murata Himeko

1. The speed of some weapon skills has been increased along with the reaction time of some of Himeko's weapons.
2. Increased the movement distance for Himeko's dashing attacks.
3. Increased the feedback and reaction of Himeko's sprinting attacks, making it easier to hit enemies.

◆  Battle Storm

1.  Battle Storm's Ultimate Skill will have a minor pulling effect the moment it is cast, bringing enemies closer to Himeko.
2.  Battle Storm's QTE damage has been increased.

◆  Valkyrie Triumph

1. Increased  Valkyrie Triumph's QTE potential range, which can now be canceled more quickly with evasions and can directly enter the 2nd hit of the basic attack chain (can be charged).

◆  Blood Rose

1. Time required for charging basic attacks has been shortened, and SP regen from charged normal attacks has been increased by 25%.
2. The ignition time from  Blood Rose's Ultimate Skill has been increased from 3 to 6 seconds.
3. Each time  Blood Rose casts her Ultimate and enters Blood Order, she may resist attack damage one time.
4. Increased  Blood Rose's attack agility and ability to turn, increasing her ability to maneuver and attack enemies.
5. Adjusted the HP consumption rate of  Blood Rose's Ultimate Skill, with the first 10 seconds consuming less HP.
6. Added a new mechanic: after Evade and Slash,  Blood Rose can directly enter the 2nd charged basic attack according to the flashing prompt that will appear (similar to  Scarlet Fusion's Perfect Combo).
7. Skill [Flame Explosion] has been adjusted to “every charged basic attack will deal additional elemental fire damage.”
8. Skill [Blood Echo]'s burning time has been increased from 2 to 4 seconds.
9. Skill [Round Dance] each vertical slash will have an equal increased chance of elemental fire damage.
10. Skill [Blood Curse], when HP drops below 50% in Blood Order status, elemental fire damage can be increased as much as 30%.
11. Skill [Refuge Blood] increased effect: when HP drops below 66%, increase all damage up to 30%.
12. Skill [Burning Blood] limitations for additional fire damage triggered in basic attack and in Blood Order status have been greatly increased.
13. Team Skill adjustments: create a Duel Zone and recover 30 SP, preventing the enemy from being able to move. In the zone, Blood Rose's damage is greatly increased (canceled the original 10% attack speed bonus) for 10 seconds. The moment the Duel Zone ends, if  Blood Rose is still in range of the zone, she will recover 25% of her max HP.

◆ Bronya

1. The charge time of Bronya's 3rd charging stage has been slightly reduced, and charged attacks will go astray less often upon dodging in the 3rd charging stage.
2.  Yamabuki Armor's laser charge will be interrupted upon casting her Ultimate Skill. This adjustment will be implemented in later versions.
3. The connection between attacks and evasion for Bronya characters has been improved.

◆  Snowy Sniper

1. Details regarding Bronya's movement when standing and charging attacks.

◆  Dimension Breaker

1. [Dimension Ignite] skill fire damage has been increased from 3~63 to 50~150.
2. [Dimension Gravity] and [Anti-Matter Core] skills will now also increase elemental damage.

◆ Others

1. Improved the animation of most characters after landing, and switching characters after landing is more smooth.
2. Improved the combat visuals for most characters (for example, added shadow effects for evasions and optimized other special effects).
3. Valkyries will have attack protection and will not take attacks when they are in the process of being knocked airborne or knocked down.
4. Some Valkyries ( White Comet,  Valkyrie Chariot,  Crimson Impulse,  Valkyrie Bladestrike,  Battle Storm) now have increased ignore interrupt resistance from the start of Time Fracture until its end.
5. Characters' Ultimate Evasion cooldown time can be reduced via Stigmata/Skills/Leader Skill up to a maximum of 40%.
6. Fixed the issue that allowed Captains to cast weapon skills in between pressing the Ultimate button and its SP being deducted. After the fix is implemented, Captains will no longer be able to cast weapon skills in that brief interval of time.
7. Fixed the battle assist AI for all characters, slightly reduced the evasion cooldown time for assisting characters. Increased their attack behavior, reducing the chances of non-attack actions occurring.

Equipment

◆ Armory Update

1. New Weapons: Sakura Blossom, Ice Epiphyllum, Ghostslayer Nagamitsu, Phoenix Sword, Dragon Spine, Tyr Wrist, The Energy Leaper, Project Bunny 19C, Raikiri, Chiyou Cannon, and Blood Dance.
2. New Stigmata: Nouhime, Kallen Pledge, Einstein·Band, Sakura, Dragon Boat Festival, Yae Sakura - Prayer, and Edison.
3. Some of the new equipment is obtainable within the Open World · Extra Story [Shrine Exchange] by fusing, other new equipment can be found in Supplies, Events, etc.

Gameplay

◆ Story Stages

1. Adjusted the Hard and Supreme difficulties for some stages in Chapters 1 through 4 (no adjustment was made to stages that drop Valkyrie Fragments).
2. Improved the overall drops for Storyline stages and adjusted the first clear rewards. Adjustments were made to stages that drop Valkyrie Fragments and optimized the drop sources.
3. Enhanced the Hard and Supreme difficulties for some Storyline stages.

◆ Open World Extra Chapter - Sakura Samsara

1. Adventure Request: Accept [adventure tasks] and get rewards.
2. Shrine Exchange: Forge and fuse materials collected from adventure tasks to get rare weapons and stigmata, you can also get Yae Sakura's Soul.
3. Gourmet Festival: Captains can collect all sorts of ingredients in the Open World, then cook power-up dishes, recovery dishes, as well as explorer dishes. You can use these dishes to recover SP and HP or add buffs to your Valkyries, power-up dishes affect the whole team and last for a whole Samsara.
4. Captains can enter Sakura Samsara's first Samsara after reaching Captain Lv. 16.
5. Captains can experience Yae Sakura's story by tapping on the [Attack] menu, then selecting Sakura Samsara Open World under the [Extra Story] section.
6. Open World Beta game mode weekly reset time: every Monday, Thursday, Saturday at 03:00 ~ 04:00. Please note that Open World game mode will not be available during the reset time.
7. After completing the third Samsara, Captains unlock Sakura Samsara's Extra Story. The story of [Demon in the Box] will be told in the Sakura Samsara Extra Story stages.
8. Extra Story: Captains can enter the Extra Story after reaching level 42. Unlocking both the Celestial Castle map and Sakura Samsara's exclusive partner - Higokumaru. Higokumaru can provide Captains with cool buffs and she can also help you fish outside the Celestial Castle.
9. Side Story Battle Areas: new areas can be unlocked by clearing side stories. 2 different Valkyrie teams must be dispatched, one for Yae Village and the other for Celestial Castle. After Valkyries from a squad are deployed to an area, they will be unable to enter the other Open World area. (In other words, Valkyries deployed to Celestial Castle cannot enter the village area, and vice versa)

◆ Enemies

1. Adjusted some enemies to improve Captains' battle experience.

System

1. Recommended equipment: when selecting equipment for your Valkyries, you can consider equipment marked as "Top Pick."
2. Salvage Now：the scrap function has been moved from the [Base] to the [Equipment] menu. The [Sell] button under the weapons and stigmata menus has been changed to [Salvage].
3. Enhance Now - when you use this quick option, Ai-chan’s ingenious system will prioritize the corresponding enhance materials to enhance your equipment to its current max level (i.e. to the highest level according to its current upgrade rating, if there is a crit during the enhancement process, some of the extra equipment EXP will be wasted).
4. New Equipment Share - tap the Share button to show your friends your favorite Stigmata and Weapons
5. Equipment and character special effects have been improved.
6. Global and private chat messages now show timestamps.
7. Reduced the level limit for using  Frenzy Chips.  Frenzy Chips have been changed to "Increases damage by 50%," this effect is calculated after all weapon and stigmata effects are calculated.
8. Improved several text and translation issues.