Summary
- Kafka’s kit in Honkai: Star Rail may receive buffs to allow her follow-up attack to trigger with any teammate’s attack.
- Kafka’s ability to detonate DoT debuffs might be upgraded, addressing her decreased relevance compared to new characters.
- Other early Honkai: Star Rail characters like Silver Wolf and Blade will also see significant kit changes in upcoming patches.
A new Honkai: Star Rail leak has revealed potential buffs to Kafka’s kit, suggesting that her follow-up attack will receive an important upgrade. Kafka is among the confirmed early Honkai: Star Rail characters to receive buffs in the upcoming months.
During Honkai: Star Rail‘s early days, Kafka was one of the most anticipated characters to join the playable roster. When she made her debut in Version 1.2, she established herself as one of the toughest 5-star units in Honkai: Star Rail. However, with the release of Penacony and Amphoreus, multiple new characters have greatly overshadowed Kafka, with Acheron taking the Nihility spotlight. Fortunately for fans, Honkai: Star Rail confirmed that it will soon buff certain limited units to address this power imbalance. Now, a new leak has teased how Kafka’s ability kit could be altered.
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Prominent community leakers Luna and Seele Leaks have reported that Kafka’s follow-up attack will be able to detonate Damage over Time debuffs and could be triggered by any of her teammates’ attacks. Kafka’s current kit in Honkai: Star Rail restricts her FuA to an ally’s Basic Attack, but her leaked buff suggests that even allies’ follow-up attacks or summons could trigger Kafka’s talent. Additionally, the leak teases that Kafka’s combat stats would also receive various changes. The report doesn’t detail when Kafka’s buff could be coming to the game, but an earlier leak from Seele Leaks about her upgraded UI pointed to Version 3.3 as a potential window.
Honkai: Star Rail Leak Reveals Buffs for Kafka’s Follow-up Attack
While Kafka’s follow-up attack used to be considered one of the best in the game, it has now become outdated since newer characters are more Skill-reliant and rarely use Basic Attacks. Moreover, with the addition of the Remembrance path, Memosprites aren’t able to trigger Kafka’s talent either. For this reason, fans have long requested that her FuA be upgraded to activate more frequently and deal more damage. If the leak about Kafka’s buff turns out to be true, their demands would finally be answered. Regardless, leaks are often subject to change and should be taken with a grain of salt.
Aside from Kafka, Honkai: Star Rail has confirmed that Silver Wolf, Blade, and Jingliu’s kits will also receive major changes in upcoming patches. And other popular early units will receive buffs sooner rather than later as well. While players wait for Kafka’s buff, they can also look forward to a new Nihility character coming in the next update. Honkai: Star Rail‘s Version 3.3 will add Cipher, a 5-star Quantum Nihility unit rumored to rely heavily on follow-up attacks.