Honkai: Star Rail Leak Reveals New Summon Mechanic

Key Takeaways

A leak hints at a new summoning mechanic for the rumored 5-star characters Aglaea in Honkai: Star Rail.
Aglaea’s summon ability may deal lightning damage, buff her, and restore energy.
This new mechanic could potentially change the meta by adding new strategies to battles.

A Honkai: Star Rail leak has revealed that a new summon mechanic could be coming in a future update. Honkai: Star Rail utilizes turn-based combat featuring unique abilities based on the characters’ elements and Paths. Oftentimes, it introduces new mechanics that not only shift the meta, but also add more excitement to the game.

Following the Penacony arc, the game is in a transition phase to prepare for Honkai: Star Rail‘s next major planet coming in Version 3.0, which is expected to come out next year. But as early as now, there have been a number of leaks hinting at details about rumored characters, maps, and story content.

In a series of new Honkai: Star Rail leaks posted on Reddit, prominent leaker HomDGCat revealed that the rumored 5-star character Aglaea will allegedly have an on-field summoning ability. There are no details yet as to what the summon will look like, but it will reportedly come from Aglaea’s Ultimate ability and can cast skills indepedently to deal lighting damage to enemies. It’s also said to provide Aglaea with a buff and restore her energy, so she can cast her Ultimate quicker. Additionally, enemies will be able to attack the summon, but allies can’t heal it.

If the leak is reliable, this would be the first time that Honkai: Star Rail will have an on-field summoning mechanic. In the past, characters like Topaz would have her pet companion Numby help her in battle. However, the difference is that Topaz doesn’t have to summon Numby and has abilities dedicated to the Warp Trotter. Many Honkai: Star Rail fans are also curious about how this new mechanic would work in battle, like whether its actions would count as a follow-up attack or not. They also likened it to the “trashcan mechanic” during the “Trailblaze Friendship is Magic” event, where Lordly Trashcans appeared to help in battle.

Although the summon can reportedly deal lightning damage, it might not mean that Aglaea will be a Lightning-type character. Previous reports claimed that Aglaea will be an Ice-type Destruction character.

Honkai: Star Rail‘s meta is ever-changing depending on the character releases and the gameplay mechanics that it introduces. In the past few versions, the Super Break meta ruled Honkai: Star Rail because of the Harmony Trailblazer’s ability and characters like Firefly who deal massive Break Effect damage. With on-field summons, there would be many opportunities to plan out attacks and possibly strengthen the summon to deal more damage.