The Honkai: Star Rail developers keep adding new features to the game making it fresh. Apocalyptic Shadow is the latest permanent endgame feature in Honkai: Star Rail. It is designed to challenge players with intense boss battles. Players can go for Honkai: Star Rail top up from TOPUPlive to help in these fights. Apocalyptic Shadow recently received a reset and has gone through many changes. There are brand new bosses to fight. This guide will focus on unlocking Apocalyptic Shadow, team compositions for Version 3.1, effective strategies to win the boss fights, and more.
Unlocking Apocalyptic Shadow
Players need to complete the Grim Film of Finality mission to unlock Apocalyptic Shadow. The mission can be found in the Dreamflux Reef area. After completing this mission and speaking with Elegy, players will unlock the first stage of Apocalyptic Shadow, allowing them to enter this new and challenging game mode.
Buffs in the Version 3.1
Ruinous Embers (Effective in all four stages): This ability automatically replenishes the Skill Points and HP of all allies whenever an enemy under the Steadfast Safeguard status has their weakness exploited. In addition to this, it improves all allies' Basic Attack damage by 15% and Skill damage by 25%.
Points Competition (Phase 1, visible from Stage 1 onward): The boss in this stage gives Points to allied characters and enemies. If the enemy collects more Points than the allies, they will take reduced damage. Conversely, if an allied unit has more Points than the enemies, they inflict higher damage on them.
Steadfast Safeguard (Available in all stages and both Phases): The boss suffers 50% less damage from allied characters. Once its weakness is broken, the boss is slowed down and takes 100% more damage.
House Advantage (Phase 1, visible from Stage 3 onward): If allied characters have fewer Points than the summoned units, the latter will experience less damage.
Preemptive Advantage (Phase 1, only visible in Stage 4): The greater the number of Points the summons possess, the higher their maximum HP will be.
United Front (Phase 2, visible from Stage 1 onward): All enemies experience reduced damage and hold Switch Tally while in the Classroom Channel. When the boss’s weakness is broken, it suffers an additional 100% damage.
Tally Loss (Phase 2, visible from Stage 3 onward): At the start of each new turn, all opponents within the Classroom Channel will lose a specific amount of Switch Tally.
SPD Boost (Phase 2, only visible in Stage 4): Increases SPD for the End-of-Semester Dinner.
Strong Teams for Apocalyptic Shadow
Each phase presents different bosses with unique weaknesses and mechanics. Hence it needs strategic planning to defeat them. Here are the top teams for the current phase, Gambling Primate:
Phase 1
Feysiao, Aventurine, Topaz, Numby, and Robin
In this phase, the combination of Feysiao and Topaz for follow-up attacks is among the finest. Aventurine consistently activates shields to safeguard his teammates. In addition to this, Robin boosts the damage of Feysiao and Topaz with buffs. Since Aventurine's shields can stack, players won’t need to worry about them depleting.
Remembrance TB (Trailblazer), Agalea, Sunday, and Huohuo
When using this team, players should use the Battlefield of Wits. This improves the chances of victory in the battle. Agalea can summon her memosprite, Garmentmaker, which gives impressive damage to enemies. Both Sunday and Remembrance MC improve the damage of Agalea and Garmentmaker. Also, Huohuo accelerates Agalea's ultimate ability with his skills.
Phase 2
Aventurine, Acheron, Pela, and Remembrance MC
In the second phase, the boss is vulnerable to Lightning. Hence, this team is ideally suited for the challenge. Acheron can kill multiple foes with her Ultimate ability. In addition to this, Pela works to debuff enemies and assists Acheron in stacking Slashed Dream. Remembrance MC in this setup allows for the application of True damage. Remembrance MC can also provide Acheron with a boost. Meanwhile, Aventurine focuses on maintaining the health of all allies. Since he can debuff an enemy with his ultimate, it’s advisable to target the boss with this powerful ability.
Fugue/Harmony MC, Rappa, Lingsha/Gallagher, and Ruan Mei
As the primary damage dealer, Rappa shines when teamed up with Lingsha and Fugue. Rappa causes incredible damage because of her boosted base attack. Players can also use Gallagher and Harmony MC in place of Rappa. They can buy Honkai: Star Rail Oneiric Shard and get the required characters. Ruan Mei's buffs add to Rappa's damage output, making her a crucial asset for this lineup. Players should activate the buff Education for Bananall as it helps in the fight.
Tips for Apocalyptic Shadow Gambling Primate
Daring Diceroller Boss
Use the Activated Weaknesses to Eliminate the All or Nothing Dice
Players should focus on destroying the All or Nothing dice to weaken the enemy Aventurine's defenses. It is better to target the Dice with a lower point total, as those with a higher score will absorb more damage.
Target the 2x Multiplier Dice
The 2x Multiplier Dice appears in Wave 2 of the battle. Players should make it their top target before it vanishes from the battlefield. These dice double the current points.
Blaznana Monkey Trick Boss
Trigger Weakness Break by Filling the Switch Tally
Every enemy has a Switch Tally counter that players can fill by attacking. Once an enemy's Switch Tally is maxed out, their overall Toughness will decrease. Players can achieve a Weakness Break through standard attacks. However, they can also do it by fully charging the Switch Tally to lower the overall Toughness of the Banacademic Office Staff.
Navigate Apocalyptic Shadow
Confront Two Boss Mirages
In Apocalyptic Shadow, players encounter illusions of the Finality. These bosses that the players have battled before. These bosses differ from standard ones, featuring unique or improved attacks and abilities.
Select Finality's Axiom Buffs
This feature is quite similar to Pure Fiction. Since there are two bosses, players need to assemble two teams and choose buffs for their group. Each phase of Apocalyptic Shadow has many different buffs.
Defeat Bosses Swiftly
The stages in Apocalyptic Shadow include an Action Value Timer. This value decreases with every action taken by both the player and the opponent. The player's score is determined by the remaining Action Value after they defeat the boss, as well as the boss's health points. Hence, players should take down both bosses as quickly as possible to get more points.
Conclusion
Well, folks, that was all for this guide about the Honkai: Star Rail Apocalyptic Shadow Endgame Boss Rush. With the given tips players can easily tackle the bosses in the battle. We also encourage the players to use other characters and try different combinations to tackle the mode.
