- Defeat Harbinger of Death Nighmare Swarn boss easily in Honkai Star Rail.
- Learn Boss mechanism, Best teams, Tips and Tricks for defeating Harbinger Of Death boss.
- Discover how to deal with those tricky boss mechanisms in this guide.
Harbinger of Death Swarm Nightmare is a new boss added in the Honkai Star Rail Version 3.8 Update. The boss is incredibly tanky and features complex summoning patterns, which are extremely hard to deal with if you don’t understand the mechanism boss can easily wipe out your entire team.
In this guide, we will help you confront the Harbinger of Death Swarm Nightmare boss, offering insights into countering its attacks and understanding its movesets.
Honkai: Star Rail Harbinger of Death Swarm Nightmare Boss Guide: Boss Mechanism
It is a complicated boss in Honkai Star Rail with a lot of damage reduction and summon spam attacks. Here is a detailed explanation of the boss’s mechanism:
Skills
| Skills | Effects |
|---|---|
| Rend, Putrefy, Engorge | After using this skill boss will enter a state called Gene Duplication, which will increase all boss-summoned allies’ speed. Additionally, the boss will summon Juvenile Sting, and they will enter a Rapid Evolution state. In this state, you have to select one character from your team whose Break damage will increase, and only your selected character can deal CD, but other characters’ CD will be restricted by the boss. That’s why always select a team which don’t deal damage from crit hits or always select your main DPS for more damage. It’s the trickiest skill of this boss. |
| Primordial Tide, Swarm of Death | The boss will deal a massive Fire DMG equal to the boss’s (300% ATK) to all of your allied characters. It’s the most dangerous skill that will deal massive damage to your team. |
| Malignform Elytra, Rapacious Appendages, Encroach, Mangle, Sate | Malignform Elytra, Rapacious Appendages, Encroach, and Mangle Sate are 3 different skills that deal minor fire damage to one of your designated characters. |
| Primal Hunger | This skill increases the SPD of all summoned Juvenile Sting by 20 for 2 rounds. |
| Whirling Carapace | In this state, if you attack the boss, then a portion of its reduced HP is converted into Corrosion. However, if the boss uses the Primordial Tide, Swarm of Death skill in this state, then the boss will recover HP based on the Corrosion amount. That’s why always try to finish the battle as soon as possible; otherwise boss will recover HP and will also deal massive damage to all of your characters. |
| Symbiosis, Swarm, Gnaw | After defeating all summoned Juvenile Sting Boss Gene Duplication and Corrosion state will be dispelled, and the boss will receive increased DMG. |
| Universal Blight, Howl of the Life Eater | When Juvenile Sting attacks any character, the Boss gains a stack called Mortal Instinct. When Mortal Instinct reaches a certain number of stacks boss will take action. The boss will use Primordial Tide, Swarm of Death, and all Mortal Instinct will be gone. Furthermore, Juvenile Sting will prioritize attacking your selected character. That’s why you always use a healer or a shielder in our team for survival; your main damage dealer will die because of constant attacks. |
Damage Res and Debuff Res
It’s crucial to grasp the strengths and weaknesses of the boss. This boss demonstrates significant resistance in battle, with a 20% resistance to Ice, Lightning, Imaginary, and Quantum. But this boss is weak against Fire, Wind, and Physical.
Additionally, it boasts a 50% resistance to Control Effects RES. Players need to strategize and adjust their tactics thoughtfully to overcome these resistances when confronting the formidable Boss.
Honkai: Star Rail Harbinger of Death Swarm Nightmare Boss Guide: Best Teams
Here are my picks for the best teams:
| Teams | Character 1 | Character 2 | Character 3 | Character 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firefly Break Team | Firefly | Dahlia | Fugue/Ruan Mei/ Harmony Trailblazer | Lingsha/Gallagher |
| Phainon Hypercarry | Phainon | Sunday/Broynya | Cerydra | Dan Heng Permansor Terrae |
| Anaxa Hypercarry | Anaxa | Cerydra | Cyrene | Dan Heng Permansor Terrae |
There are other teams, too, who can beat this boss, but these teams are best against the Harbinger of Death boss. Specifically, the Firefly Break team is the best team against this boss because of the additional buff from the boss.
How to beat Harbinger of Death Swarm Nightmare Boss
We learn everything about the boss mechanism, and we know the best teams against this boss. Now, to defeat this boss, we have to follow some rules and follow your character team rotation. Here are the rules that you have to follow to defeat this boss:
- If you don’t have the recommended team mentioned above, then always try to use a Path of Erudition or Destruction-type DPS character, so that you can attack multiple enemies at once.
- After the boss summons its Juvenile Sting, try to beat those summoning creatures first; otherwise, the boss will heal itself with the Whirling Carapace skill.
- Always use a healer or shielder on your DPS first because of the boss Universal Blight, Howl of the Life Eater skill. Juvenile Sting will always attack your selected DPS character first.
- Save your healing for the Primordial Tide, Swarm of Death attack, because of its massive AOE fire damage, all of your characters will lose a huge amount of HP. You can also use Shields, so that your characters don’t lose a huge amount of their HP.
Just follow these tips and remember these boss skills, then you can easily defeat this boss without any problem. After defeating this boss, we will also receive two new achievements.
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