Mortenax V3: nerf or sleeper buff? Plus the Phase 2 rerun verdict.
Dispatch date: 2026-05-11
Yesterday the V3 changes felt like a Mortenax nerf. Today Yuniquely runs the rotation-share math and lands somewhere different, and Phase 2 of the rerun banner is about to ask whether Tribbie or Feixiao is worth the spend.
V3 lowered the team-buff floor and raised the personal-damage ceiling, and the read on whether that nets to a nerf depends entirely on which math you run. Yuniquely is the only creator in today's pool who walks the rotation-share calc, and his framing of how often each branch actually fires reshapes what the team-buff cut means in practice. Pretender drops the Phase 2 rerun verdicts on Tribbie and Feixiao, with the second one tied to where Ashveil hyper-carry shells are heading at 4.3. Almighty Shotgun consolidates the broader 4.3 picture: banners, the new relic sets, and the Starward score thresholds anyone planning around the next patch needs.
Today's coverage
Mortenax Blade
How Good is Mortenax Blade After v3? | Honkai: Star Rail — Yuniquely · 8 min
Did V3 actually nerf Mortenax, or did the math just shift in a way the doomposters missed? Yuniquely is the only creator in the day's pool walking the rotation-share calc, looking at how often each branch of Mortenax's standard rotation actually fires. Math-first, calm, and the angle alone is worth it even if you've already settled on a verdict.
EVERYTHING WE KNOW ABOUT 4.3! Banners, Latest Changes New Endgame & Relics! - Honkai: Star Rail — Almighty Shotgun · 11 min
4.3's shape firmed up today, and Almighty Shotgun is the one stitching banners, the new relic sets, the next endgame stage, and the event reward totals into one place. Useful if you're planning your pull budget against a real picture of the patch rather than a single pre-release post. The endgame score targets are the part other creators in the pool didn't carry.
Tribbie
DON'T Pull on 4.2 2nd Half Reruns Before Watching THIS Video! | Honkai: Star Rail Pull Guide — Pretender · 12 min
The Phase 2 rerun banner asks for two separate pull verdicts, on Tribbie and on Feixiao, and Pretender takes them one at a time before holding Sunday for a dedicated follow-up. The Tribbie verdict settles cleanly enough. The Feixiao half is harder, because his read folds her into the broader question of where FuA shells go at 4.3.