Tides Of War Complete Event Guide In Honkai Star Rail

First off, let’s start with the event duration. Players can play the Tides of War event in Honkai Star Rail until May 6, 2024, at 3:59 AM server time. Sadly, unlike Vignettes in a Cup, this event is not permanent. As such, players must complete the event and get its rewards before the event ends.

Now, let’s dive deeper into our guide for Tides of War in Honkai Star Rail

Tides of War Event Basics

During the event, players will face off against waves of enemies, accumulating Grit Value, which in turn increases the Grit Phase. Each stage also has a mechanics that, when met, will reward the player with Grit Value. This allows the player to reach higher levels of the Grit Phase.

Players can reach up to Grit Phase 4, which will provide powerful buffs to the player. Additionally, the player will also be able to set what buffs they can get during Grit Phases 2 and 3. This allows the player to complement the team that they want to bring during each event stage.

The event also provides players with five Trial Characters, which they can use to supplement their owned characters. This also opens up new team compositions for the player to try. If the player has better versions of the Trial characters, feel free to use them.

To get all the rewards from a specific stage, the player must enter Grit Phase 4 one time, as well as defeat the stage’s three bosses. Completing all of the objectives for a stage gives the player the following rewards:

• 40 Stellar Jades
• 6 Traveler’s Guide
• 3 Refined Aether
• 3 Lost Crystal
• 30 Relic Remains
• 50,000 Credits

Additionally, beating the first boss for all six stages will reward the player with a Tracks of Destiny.

Now, let’s dive into each stage and their possible team compositions. For this guide, we will focus on teams made from the available Trial Characters.

Trotter Effect Event Stage Guide

Special Grit Mechanic: Defeat a Trotter to accumulate a large amount of Grit Value

Using only the Trial characters, players can go for either an Acheron Carry Team, a Black Swan-Kafka DoT team, or a mix of both. Here are the possible team compositions, as well as what Grit Phase Bonuses to get.

Acheron Carry Team

For this team, use Acheron, Black Swan, Pela, and Gallagher. Select Fear Vulnerability and Final Blow for Grit Phase 2 and Grit Phase 3 respectively. This will help Acheron use her Ultimate more often.

Black Swan-Kafka DoT Team

For this team, use Black Swan, Kafka, Pela, and Gallagher. Select Enduring Effect and War of Attrition for Grit Phase 2 and Grit Phase 3 respectively. This will increase the damage of the stacking DoTs from Black Swan and Kafka.

Mixed Team

For this team, use Acheron, Black Swan, Kafka, and Gallagher. Select Enduring Effect and War of Attrition for Grit Phase 2 and Grit Phase 3 respectively. The DoTs from Kafka and Black Swan will help charge Acheron’s Ultimate, while also providing a source of damage to take enemies down easily.

For all three of these teams, make sure to use Acheron’s Skill as much as possible, and focus all attacks on the boss. Acheron’s Ultimate can easily take care of Trotters, so there’s no need to try and take them down specifically.

Perilous Threshold Event Stage Guide

Special Grit Mechanic: Each time an ally’s current HP is increased or decreased, accumulate Grit Value

Using only the Trial Characters, the best team for this stage is a Blade-Jingliu combo team

Blade-Jingliu Team

For this team, use Blade, Jingliu, Bronya, and Luocha. Select Desperate Counter and Struggle Booster for Grit Phase 2 and Grit Phase 3 respectively. Players can also bring Equivalent Exchange if they want to deal more damage, but this is slightly more risky.

Blade and Jingliu synergize with each other thanks to Jingliu’s empowered Normal Attacks dealing damage to the entire team. This means that Blade’s follow-up attack will happen more often, quickly dealing a lot of damage to the enemy team.

Focus on the enemy boss, and mostly use Bronya’s skill on Jingliu as all of the bosses are weak to Ice.

Supreme Leader Event Stage Guide

Special Grit Mechanic: When the ally positioned first in the Team Setup successfully uses their Ultimate, you accumulate a large amount of Grit Value.

Using only the Trial characters, the best team for this stage is mostly the same, differing only on who the Main Carry is.

Dan Heng – Imbibitor Lunae Team

For this team, use Dan Heng – Imbibitor Lunae, Sparkle, Tingyun, and Huohuo. Select Shared Hatred and Hone Your Strength For Grit Phase 2 and Grit Phase 3 respectively. Alternatively, the player can also select Determined Attack for Grit Phase 3.

Any of the 3 supports can be placed in position 2 for the effects of Shared Hatred, but Sparkle is a good candidate for it as you will be using her Skill more often and her Ultimate only costs 110 Energy, which will charge her Ultimate faster.

Once you reach Grit Phase 3, remember to alternate between using Dan Heng – Imbibitor Lunae’s Ultimate, and the Ultimate of whoever is in Position 2. That way, you can theoretically use Dan Heng – Imbibitor Lunae’s Ultimate twice in a row.

Finally, use Tingyun and Huohuo’s Ultimates to Charge up the team. Don’t be scared of using Tingyun to charge up the Ultimate of the character in Position 2, as that will, in turn, charge Dan Heng – Imbibitor Lunae’s Ultimate.

Argenti Team

For this team, use Argenti, Sparkle, Tingyun, and Huohuo. Select Shared Hatred and Hone Your Strength For Grit Phase 2 and Grit Phase 3 respectively. Alternatively, the player can also select Determined Attack for Grit Phase 3.

Any of the 3 supports can be placed in position 2 for the effects of Shared Hatred, but Sparkle is a good candidate for it as you will be using her Skill more often and her Ultimate only costs 110 Energy, which will charge her Ultimate faster.

Similar to the above team, remember to alternate between Argenti’s Ultimate and the Ultimate of whoever is in Position 2. Also, don’t be afraid of using Tingyun and Huohuo’s Ultimate to charge up the Ultimate of whoever is in Position 2.

That’s all for our guide on the Tides of War event in Honkai Star Rail so far. As of this article, there are three more stages left, with one unlocking each day. Once the next stage becomes available, we will be sure to update this guide.

Honkai Star Rail is currently available on iOS, Android, PlayStation 5, and PC via the Epic Games Store or from the Official Website.

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