Highlights
Jiaoqiu and Yunli are upcoming five-star characters in Honkai: Star Rail with unique skills and abilities.
Updates 2.3 and 2.4 will introduce new characters like Firefly and Jiaoqiu, adding to the game’s growing roster.
Fans can anticipate Jiaoqiu’s arrival in Honkai: Star Rail around August 20, pending any potential kit changes by the developer.
A Honkai: Star Rail leak has revealed more details about a new five-star character named Jiaoqiu, including his Skill, Ultimate, and Talent descriptions. Jiaoqiu has already been officially confirmed by Honkai: Star Rail’s social media accounts, and he is expected to arrive with update 2.4.
Jiaoqiu is not the only announced Honkai: Star Rail character, as HoYoverse also revealed the splash art and introduction for another five-star character named Yunli. As usual, the releases of the two new five-star units are expected to be spread out over the two banner cycles in update 2.4.
Related Honkai: Star Rail Poll Reveals Most Popular Character A recently conducted Honkai: Star Rail poll reveals the name of the most popular character within the game’s Chinese community.
Since its release back in April 2023, Honkai: Star Rail has featured at least one new character per update, with Robin and Boothill being the most recent additions in 2.2. With Honkai: Star Rail Version 2.3 just around the corner, players will soon be able to wish for the long-awaited Firefly, who is one of the most anticipated characters in the community. Even though she is yet to officially become available on the banner, a new set of beta leaks has already provided more details about the characters that will arrive in the following update. A credible Honkai: Star Rail leaker named Razor_Language has revealed more details about the new Foxian five-star, Jiaoqiu.
Honkai: Star Rail – Jiaoqiu’s Kit Leaked
Basic Attack – Standard single-target attack Skill – Jiaoqiu deals Fire damage to an enemy and two nearby targets. The primary target will be inflicted by a stack effect called Roast the Ash. Ultimate – Jiaoqiu sets the number of Ash stacks on enemy targets to the highest number of stacks on the field. He then activates a field effect that deals Fire damage, scaling with Jiaoqiu’s ATK. The field effect lasts for three turns, indicating that Jiaoqiu could be a great support in Honkai: Star Rail.
Honkai: Star Rail’s new five-star Nihility character seems to rely heavily on the Roast the Ash stacks, which is tied to his Talent effect, allowing him to apply a stack whenever his Basic ATK, Skill, or Ultimate hits an enemy target. Based on the number of stacks, these stacks increase incoming damage by 7.5%-18.8%.
These leaks should be interpreted carefully, considering that HoYoverse could still make significant changes to Jiaoqiu’s kit before he becomes a playable character. When it comes to his release date, rumors claim that he will be placed in the second part of Honkai: Star Rail Version 2.4, meaning that players can expect his arrival around August 20.
Honkai: Star Rail The fourth entry in HoYoverse’s Honkai franchise, Honkai: Star Rail is a free-to-play sci-fi RPG. Utilizing a turn-based combat system, the game includes dungeons, multiple planets, and a gacha system for unlocking new characters. Debuting on April 26, 2023, on PC and mobile, Honkai: Star Rail has also been announced for the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4.Released April 26, 2023 ESRB T for Teen Expand