CAN YOU SKIP YAO GUANG'S LIGHTCONE??? 4-cost Investment Sparxie x Yao Guang | MOC 12 HSR 4.0

If you can get a 4-cost investment right when 4.0 goes live, what are the best VERTICAL INVESTMENTS for early Elation teams? This assumes you already have Sparkle. At least E0 is required to comfortably play Sparxie teams, at least until they powercreep Sparkle with an SP-based Elation support for this team. On release, Sparkle is Sparxie's best support. Note: Aventurine 'struggles' to sustain against the new boss mechanics. He's on 4-star lightcone. Sparxie's Crit Rate gets overcapped at certain investment points. It was left that way to avoid compromising the showcase, with the only changes being eidolons and lightcones. ==================== ▶︎ MOC Buff Explanation: At the start of each wave or Cycle, characters gain Punchline points. Gaining Punchline adds Charge to Memory Turbulence, stacking up to a cap. At the start of every Cycle, Memory Turbulence deals True DMG to enemies based on total Charge. ==================== ▶︎ Overview • Yao Guang's lightcone: 18% ER with comfy 10% crit rate. Still she needs to be hit some times to get her ult without needing a second skill within her 3-turns buff uptime. • Yao Guang Eidolon 1. Personal damage, not big change on first review: "Increases the fixed amount of Punchline taken into account in Aha's extra turn triggered by the Ultimate to 30, and the DMG dealt by the Elation Skill becomes 140% of the original DMG." • Sparxie's lightcone: Crit damage and defense ignore. Most important change is increase on skill point cap based on elation's characters on team. • Spaxie's Eidolon 1. Self All-Type RES PEN buff and Punchline boost, makes Tribbie not desirable on team: "After Aha Instant ends, gains an additional 5 Punchline. For every 1 Punchline owned, increases All-Type RES PEN for all allies by 1.5%, up to a max increase of 15%." • Sparxie Eidolon 2. Extra Turn and 40% crit damage: After Aha Instant ends, Sparxie gains 1 extra turn and 2 "Thrill." Each time a "Thrill" is consumed, increases this unit's CRIT DMG by 10%, lasting for 2 turn(s). This effect can stack up to 4 time(s). ▶︎ Personal Opinion / Investment Recommendation Still V1, so it's possible they "fix" or improve on Yao Guang's enery problems, but so far she doesn't seem to NEED her lightcone yet. Spaxie's lightcone is higher priority for Sparxie's team, just as Sparkle herself. If you want to have 3 cost: Get Yao Guang E0: cost 1 Get Sparxie E0: cost 1 Get Sparxie's Lightcone: cost 1 Get NEXT Elation character: cost1 Team is complete. If you want to invest RIGHT AWAY 4.0 drops, my personal favorite is Get Yao Guang: cost 1 Get Sparxie E2: cost 3 This is "The Sparxie's Main team" If you are lucky enough, you can still get Sparxie's lightcone so you won't run out of skill points most of the time as seen here:    • ABSOLUTE BROKEN!! Sparxie x Yao Guang Team...   • About Sparxie E1: Don't get her E1 unless you're going for E2. I don't find it worth it on its own. After getting E1, you won't want to run Sparxie with Tribbie anymore, which actually adds more restrictions to her team options. • About Yao Guang E2: Elation damage is strong because it's clearly how they're pushing and balancing Elation (while also making your usual supports feel "worthless"). Still, I don't think Yao Guang's V1 kit justifies investing all the way up to an E2 cost. Keep in mind these are V1 eidolons and are very subject to change for both Sparxie and Yao Guang. I'd actually like to see the V2 changes, because I find all of these units' eidolons pretty boring, except for Sparxie's E2. (BORING DOESN'T MEAN BAD). ==================== ▶︎ Chapters 0:00 E0S1 Sparxie x E0S1 Yao Guang 4:22 E0S1 Sparxie x E1S0 Yao Guang 9:05 E1S1 Sparxie x E0S0 Yao Guang 13:16 E2S0 Sparxie x e0s0 Yao Guang 17:46 Sparxie Build 17:51 Yao Guang Build 17:56 Sparkle Build 18:00 Aventurine Build tags (ignore): honkai star rail honkai star rail gameplay hsr gameplay honkai star rail beta hsr beta gameplay honkai star rail leaks hsr leaks memory of chaos moc gameplay hsr endgame hsr meta hsr team showcase hsr edited gameplay hsr text commentary turn based rpg gameplay gacha rpg gameplay #honkaistarrail #sparxie #yaoguang #invesment #hsr