Exclusive Sneak Peek: Unveiling Lynx's Kit in Honkai's Star Rail Leak

The gameplay kit for a support character named Lynx has been leaked from Honkai: Star Rail. This character is set to make her debut in a future update, adding to the already sizable roster of 26 playable characters in the sci-fi HoYoverse RPG. The game's cast is expected to grow even further with future updates, with version 1.2 introducing Kafka, Blade, and Luka, bringing the playable character count up to 29. Early gameplay details for several upcoming characters, including Lynx, have surfaced, even before any official models or in-game art have been revealed.

A recent leak by HoYoverse leaker Hamz has unveiled the initial specifics of Lynx's gameplay, showcasing her as a four-star Quantum character within the Abundance Path. Lynx wields the skill "Pickled Camping Tin," which bestows a novel buff named Excitement upon allies, augmenting their Max HP while also compelling adversaries to prioritize characters with Excitement. Furthermore, Lynx's ultimate ability, "Snow Field First Aid Knowledge," engenders a team-wide healing effect, effectively vanquishing all debuffs afflicting allies. Additionally, Lynx's talent and technique offer supplementary healing capabilities, both during heated conflicts and outside of them.

While the exact appearance of Lynx in the game has not been shown yet, the names of their abilities suggest that the character has a passion for mountaineering. References to snowy fields and towering mountains hint at the possibility that Lynx comes from Jarilo-IV, a world mostly covered in ice. In the ongoing main story of Honkai: Star Rail, which has now advanced to Xianzhou Luofu, a new character named Luka will debut as a representative of the frigid world in Version 1.2. The release date for Lynx is currently unknown, as the character has not made an official appearance in Honkai: Star Rail yet.

The addition of Lynx as a new character with a healing-focused class called Abundance is significant, as this class has been poorly represented in the game since its launch. Honkai: Star Rail initially only had two Abundance characters in its starting roster: Bailu as a permanent five-star unit and Natasha as a four-star unit. The addition of Luocha in Version 1.1 slightly improved the representation of the Abundance class, but it still falls behind the tank Preservation class as the least represented archetype. Lynx's debut will greatly enhance the game's limited pool of healers, which is much-needed.

Honkai: Star Rail is available now for PC and mobile devices with a PS5 version coming in Q4 2023.