The writers from the Intelligentsia Guild wanted to give me an extra title. Something like "Herta Prime" to separate me from my puppets. How banal. Are the puppets not "me" as well? So, I gave them a suggestion — if they dared to write that, then I would call myself THE Herta. It's short, simple, straight to the point, and elegant.
Profile
| Rarity | 5✦ |
|---|---|
| Path | The Erudition |
| Attribute | Ice |
| Gender | Female |
| Faction | Herta Space Station, Genius Society |
| Voice Actress | Patty Mattson (English), Haruka Yamazaki (Japanese) |
Overview
The Herta is the true owner of the Herta Space Station. She is a member of the Genius Society and an Emanator of Nous the Erudition. She collaborated with Screwllum, Ruan Mei, and Stephen Lloyd to create the Simulated Universe, in order to research the mysterious nature of Aeons.
She usually does not appear in public, but remotely controls dolls that resemble her childhood appearance placed in various places within the station. Though she has a pretty appearance, The Herta is noble and arrogant. She only does things that interest her, and once she loses interest, she immediately leaves.
She is a genuine narcissist who boasts that she is "a genius once in a million years" and says that it is best to be surrounded by people who look like her, but she is a genius with an unparalleled mind and an ambition for endless exploration that matches her pride.
Abilities
- Basic ATK: Did You Get It
Here I come, ready or not!
Deals Ice Damage equal to 50% - 110% of The Herta's ATK to one designated enemy target.
- Skill: Big Brain Energy
Ah, the door to a whole new world~
You've just got to expand your thinking~
Deals Ice Damage equal to 35% - 77% of The Herta's ATK to one designated enemy, and inflicts 1 stack of Interpretation. Deals Ice Damage equal to 35% - 77% of The Herta's ATK to the targets hit by this instance of Skill and their respective adjacent targets. This effect can repeat 2 times.
- Ultimate: Told Ya! Magic Happens
Curiosity... is a dangerous thing, you know.
Endless riddles, but the answer... is nothing but a void.
Rearranges the numbers of Interpretation stacks on all enemies, prioritizing the transfer of the higher numbers of Interpretation stacks to Elite-level targets and above. Then, deals Ice Damage equal to 100% - 220% of The Herta's ATK to all enemies. When using Ultimate, increases The Herta's ATK by 40% - 88%, lasting for 3 turns. After the use, The Herta immediately takes action and gains 1 stack of Inspiration. Inspiration can stack up to 4 times. While having Inspiration, enhances Skill to Hear Me Out.
- Enhanced Skill: Hear Me Out
Glimpse the unknown for a moment, and let it captivate you.
Raise barriers of the unknown, and watch them crumble.
Consumes 1 stack of Inspiration. Deals Ice Damage equal to 40% - 88% of The Herta's ATK to one designated enemy and inflicts 1 stack of Interpretation. Deals Ice Damage equal to 40% - 88% of The Herta's ATK to the targets hit by this instance of Skill and their respective adjacent targets, repeating 2 times. At the end, deals Ice Damage equal to 20% - 44% of The Herta's ATK to all enemies.
- Talent: Hand Them Over
When enemy targets enter battle, The Herta inflicts 1 stack of Interpretation on them. At the start of each wave, applies 25 stacks of Interpretation to a random enemy target, prioritizing Elite-level targets and above. When the Enhanced Skill: Hear Me Out's primary target has Interpretation, the multiplier for the Damage dealt increases, with each stack granting an increase of 4% - 8.8%/2% - 4.4% on the primary target/other targets respectively. If 2 or more characters follow the Path of Erudition in the team, each stack grants an additional increase of 4% - 8.8%/2% - 4.4% on the primary target/other targets respectively. Interpretation can stack up to 42 times. When using the Enhanced Skill: Hear Me Out, resets the number of Interpretation stacks on the primary target to 1. After the enemy target leaves the field or gets defeated by any unit, Interpretation will be transferred, prioritizing the transfer to Elite-level targets and above.
- Technique: Vibe Checker
Take a look — this is pure genius in action.
After using Technique, The Herta's ATK increases by 60% at the start of the next battle, lasting for 2 turns.
If there are Basic Treasures in this current map, using Technique can mark up to 3 Basic Treasures' locations.
After entering battle by using Technique in Simulated Universe or Divergent Universe, at the start of each wave, deals True Damage to enemy targets lower than Elite-level by an amount equal to 99% of the targets' Max HP, and deals True Damage to enemy targets at Elite-level and above by an amount equal to 30% of the targets' Max HP.
Traces
| Aloofly Honest | When ally targets attack, inflicts 1 stack of Interpretation on the hit enemy target. After attacking, for every 1 target hit by this attack, regenerates a fixed amount of 3 Energy for The Herta, counting up to a maximum of 5 targets. When using Enhanced Skill: Hear Me Out, if the primary target's Interpretation stack reaches 42, increases the Damage dealt by The Herta by 50%, lasting until the end of this attack. |
| Message From Beyond the Veil | When entering battle, if the team has 2 or more Erudition characters, increases all allies' Critical Damage by 80%. And the Trace: Aloofly Honest counts at least 3 targets when calculating the number of targets hit. After attacking, applies 1 Interpretation stack to the target that has the highest existing Interpretation stacks among the hit enemy targets. If the attacker is an Erudition character, then additionally applies 2 Interpretation stacks. |
| Starved Landscape of Vacua | For every 1 stack of Interpretation inflicted on enemy targets, The Herta gains 1 stack of Answer, up to a max of 99 stacks. When using Ultimate, each Answer stack increases this instance of Ultimate's Damage multiplier by 1.0%. |
Eidolons
| Level | Name | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Night at Shorefall | When the Enhanced Skill: Hear Me Out calculates the number of Interpretation stacks, additionally counts 50% of the number of Interpretation stacks on the 1 target with the most stacks among the primary target and adjacent targets. When Interpretation is reset by using the Enhanced Skill: Hear Me Out, its stack number is reset to 15 instead. |
| 2 | Wind Through Keyhole | After The Herta enters battle or uses Ultimate, additionally gains 1 Inspiration stack. After using Enhanced Skill: Hear Me Out, advances The Herta's next action by 35%. |
| 3 | Door into Summer | Skill Level +2, up to a maximum of Level 15. Talent Level +2, up to a maximum of Level 15. |
| 4 | The Sixteenth Key | The Speed of Erudition characters in the team increases by 12%. |
| 5 | Bitter Pill of Truth | Ultimate Level +2, up to a maximum of Level 15. Basic ATK Level +1, up to a maximum of Level 10. |
| 6 | Sweet Lure of Answer | The Herta's Ice Resistance Penetration increases by 20%. When the number of enemy targets on the field is 3 (or more)/2/1, Ultimate's Damage multiplier increases by 140%/250%/400% respectively. |
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About Other Characters
This part is about what The Herta thinks about the other characters in Honkai: Star Rail.
Every time I heard that her experiments failed, I'd rush over ASAP and congratulate her with utmost sincerity — there's nothing more precious than failures for a genius.
Asta is an outstanding manager. Someone less skilled would have already let us geniuses ruin more than ten space stations.
He's better than me in logic and finesse. I'm better than him in talent and achievements. We stand toe-to-toe in taste and dress. Therefore, in conclusion, we're equals.
Who? Oh, that young lady who loves to prank. I'll remember her name when she finally understands the game that adults play.
I've always thought that the coffee I make is fitting for high-intensity scientific research, but Himeko really trumped me on that front — I admit defeat in terms of innovative coffee brewing.
He has sharp eyes. He's not actually near-sighted, right? Those who like to wear glasses often conceal themselves behind those lenses. Pity I don't have a lot of free time — otherwise I'd like to pry into his past, too.
You always manage to pull out something new every time I'm on the verge of losing interest in you. Are you doing that on purpose? Maybe, just maybe, you know what makes me tick.
