The new event in Honkai Star Rail is called Tides of War, and it pits you against bosses and areas of enemies. To beat them all, you'll need to revive your Grit and defeat them before they escape.
Tides of War event in Honkai Star Rail
The Tides of War event is a short-term event within Honkai Star Rail. To play, you can click on the Events tab or access the new levels from the main menu. Every day, a new level of Tides of War will be added, each with its own requirements to complete. In each, you need to complete several objectives to get all the loot. These are:
- Enter “Grit Phase 4: Power Awoken” 1 time.
- Defeat the boss of the first wave.
- Defeat the boss of the second wave.
- Defeat the boss of the third wave.
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Every day, the battles will have the same goals, but the way you get Grit during those battles will change. Every action you take will get you a small amount of Grit, but the main action that increases your Grit will change every day. It can be to kill a certain enemy, heal, damage or other actions. Once you hit a certain amount of Grit, you'll level up, or Phase, and gain a new power from it.
- Grit phase 1 never gives any effect.
- Grit phase 2 will have a choice between two powers that you choose before the battle begins.
- Grit phase 3 will have a choice between two powers that you choose before the battle begins.
- Grit phase 4 has no choice to make, but it increases your power, and it refills all of your character's Ulimates.
Day 1: Totter Effect
You will have to complete three battles in a row within the round limit you are given. Some enemies in these battles will be Trotters or can be turned into Trotters. Once you start dealing damage to the Trotter enemies, they'll try to flee, so you'll need to keep an eye on those piggies while you conserve your remaining turns. You must defeat the Trotters quickly or break them to prevent them from running away.
The best team you can make with the trial characters for this battle is Kafka, Black Swan, Acheron, and any Sustain character. For phase 2, Lasting Effect is great with Acheron and Kafka. For phase 3, choose War of Attrition for additional DoT damage. Once the boss is killed, it will move to the next phase, so be sure to kill the Trotters first before taking out the bosses. The bosses in order are Voidranger, Dino Chef, and finally Sam.
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Day 2: Dangerous Threshold
Since the Grit booster is all about raising and lowering your allies' HP, you'll want to take Jingle for her HP drain, A blade, Luocha for his auto heals, and Bronja for her action progress. The Provo Bronya also holds a Dance, Dance, Dance, the Cone of Light, which increases the action speed. If you have Sparkle, she would also be a great choice for this team, but she is unfortunately not on the list of Trial characters. With the healing and HP drain these characters bring, you'll be kicking off the Grit phases a lot, very quick I chose Equivalent Exchange and Combat Booster for the Support Functions of Phase 2 and Phase 3. To win, you will need to take out two mini-bosses and then Argenti.
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