The Stygian Onslaught 7.2 (November) cycle has begun in Genshin Impact, bringing three new challenging bosses to defeat. It is the most difficult endgame mode in the game, and so it is quite common for players to struggle. Each boss has unique mechanics and weaknesses that players have to be familiar with to complete the challenge within the time limit.
This guide will help you complete all bosses in Stygian Onslaught 7.2 (November) up to Fearless Difficulty. If you wish to complete a Dire difficulty run, the mechanics remain the same at Fearless and Dire; the only difference is increased HP. You can still take notes and use these strategies and teams at higher investments to clear the Stygian Onslaught 7.2 on Dire in Genshin Impact.
How to Beat Wavebinder in Genshin Impact
Electro characters, especially Stellar-Conduct, are highly effective against the Wavebinder and its shield. Any other team will drag out the fight and fail to meet the DPS requirement. Non-Stellar teams should use Fischl and have a very good investment. Try to stick to its tail, and you should avoid most of its attacks.
Wavebinder has made its debut in the Stygian Onslaught, and it is the most difficult in this lineup thanks to its shield and very high HP. Going in without an Electro character will make it nearly impossible to defeat the boss. The reason is the shield it generates shortly after the fight begins. If you use a non-Stellar team, the shield will come 10s after the fight starts, when the boss finishes drinking.
For Stellar teams, the boss will be interrupted by Stellar reactions the first time, and the shield will generate around 30s after the fight begins. In some triple-Electro or high Electro application teams, you might even be able to skip the second shield and get it after roughly 50s.
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Regarding the shield, you can break it with pure damage, but the required DPS is very high. It is much more feasible if you bring at least an Electro support like Fischl, who can break the shield in about 20s; otherwise, you will have to wait around 40s. For Stellar-Conduct teams, it should take you even less, as the boss is weak against it.
In fact, once you break the shield, Wavebinder takes 150% of the Stellar reaction DMG and 60% of the other reaction DMG dealt to the shield. This knockback damage doesn’t exceed 15% of its total HP, which is around 2.3m at Fearless.
Most non-Stellar teams will give up by this point, but even some of your Electro characters may struggle now. You will have about 10-15s until the Wavebinder generates the shield again, or twice as long if you have Stellar reactions.
So if you use a Stellar-Conduct team, you will spend almost all of the time dealing damage to the boss one way or another. However, any other team will have a damage window of 1 minute or less, which is not enough.
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Luckily, Stellar teams are more F2P-friendly than Lunar reactions, and the Cryo Traveler is free with the 5-Star weapon. You can use the Cryo Traveler to enable Stellar reactions and pair with other strong units like Yae Miko, Cyno, Mitya, etc.
Even Flins with a hybrid Lunar/Stellar team would be okay depending on the investments. Wavebinder only has high RES to Hydro, so the other elements will be fine. Electro is especially good because Wavebinder has -10% RES to it. As such, I would recommend using any high-DPS non-Hydro team that can break its shield with Stellar-Conduct, even if the reaction is with supports.
If you aren’t using Stellar Electro characters, stick to Fischl as the support because no one else comes close to breaking the shield.
How to Beat Emperor of Fire and Iron in Genshin Impact
Using Hydro characters against the Emperor of Fire and Iron is highly recommended to break its Pyro shield. The boss will generate this shield multiple times during the fight, and you have to direct your attacks at its horns, as that’s the source of its shield. It will also summon crabs that you should defeat to deal true damage to the boss.
The Emperor of Fire and Iron starts the fight with a Pyro shield. You will quickly notice the low damage, as the boss has 160% RES to all elements, except Pyro (210% RES). This Pyro shield has 64 Pyro GU, or Gauge Units, which, if you didn’t know already, is a gameplay mechanic in Genshin Impact.
The GU required to break this shield is 32 for Hydro. This becomes 2x for Electro and 4x for every other element. Almost every character applies 1 GU when their elemental attack hits, but different characters have different Internal Cooldown (ICD) values, which allow them to apply 1 GU either very quickly or at set intervals.
I know this sounds very complicated, but all you have to know is that Hydro is twice as fast at breaking the Emperor of Fire and Iron’s Pyro shield, and certain Hydro supports with little ICD will make this fight much easier. For example, Xingqiu’s Elemental Skill hits twice with no ICD, applying 2 GU, and can be great when combined with his Burst.
During the battle, the Emperor of Fire and Iron will perform various attacks in which its horns will be closer to the ground and easier to hit. Take advantage of that.
Moreover, the Emperor of Fire and Iron will summon Sternshield Crabs throughout the fight that will channel Pyro to the boss’s horns. There can be only three Sternshield Crabs on the field, and you should beat them whenever possible. Defeating these will weaken the Emperor of Fire and Iron’s Pyro shield and deal true damage to the boss. So, no DPS is truly lost, which is actually rare for bosses in Stygian Onslaught, but the 7.2 (November) version is at least forgiving in that aspect.
Once you break the shield, Emperor of Fire and Iron takes damage equal to 10% of its Max HP. After that, you can attack as usual with your Bursts and Skills. Another thing to keep note of is the Radiant Coronation attack. The Emperor of Fire and Iron will charge itself up to deal a massive AOE Pyro attack, and instead of panicking, you should head to the boss and hit its horns with Hydro attacks to interrupt it.
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You should ideally have a double-Hydro team composition, with something like Mualani/Mona, Furina/Vodyanitsa, Furina/Neuvillette, Xingqiu/Yelan, Columbina/Aino, etc. I would also recommend using characters who can generate energy quickly, like Aino, or those who can be set up with just their Skill, like Vodyanitsa. You don’t necessarily need a Hydro DPS.
In fact, most highly effective teams use a double-Hydro support comp with a DPS like Skirk or a Lunar character that benefits from Hydro application. The boss itself isn’t too difficult, as even older characters like Neuvillette with Furina can clear it with relative ease.
How to Beat Radiant Moongecko in Genshin Impact
Lunar-Crystallize is highly recommended and makes the fight much easier. While Geo can break Radiant Moongecko’s shield, most characters fall short of the required DPS threshold. Overload or Claymore characters will barely manage it. Bring a good healer to heal your characters to the max when the Radiant Moongecko applies the debuff after its shield breaks.
Radiant Moongecko starts the fight by creating a Geo construct in the middle of the arena and fleeing outside your range. Your first step is to bring a team that can reliably break this shield. Lunar-Crystallize with Linnea and Zibai, or at least one of them, is the most effective thing here, followed far behind by Geo, Claymore, and Overload teams, in no particular order.
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It depends on the character and your skill level. For example, Chongyun alone has one of the fastest shield-break times if you can dash-cancel after the second Normal Attack. We know that because there was extensive testing done when it appeared last time, and it’s the same version as this Stygian Onslaught 7.2 (November) cycle.
After you break the shield, the boss takes knockback damage based on how much damage you dealt to the Geo construct. This damage is amplified if the damage dealt was Geo. In any case, you can then set up the rest of your characters. Make sure you don’t use your healing abilities right away, as you have to wait until the Radiant Moongecko applies the debuff on you. Once it is in place, heal your characters to the max to remove the -100% Crit Rate debuff, then use everything you have against the boss.
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The shield and the debuff are the core mechanics of the boss that you need to be mindful of. If you take care of these two, you can essentially defeat it with any element or reaction-based team. Still, that doesn’t mean you can brute-force it with just anything. Breaking the shield consistently with Claymore or Overload takes considerable skill and combo practice, and even then, the shield’s knockback damage barely reduces Radiant Moongecko’s HP bar. As such, if you aren’t using a Lunar-Crystallize team, even Stellar or Lunar characters would need to be at C2 level of investment. These requirements are to be expected in game modes like the Stygian Onslaught.
With that, you should now be able to clear the Stygian Onslaught 7.2 (November) cycle, depending on whether you have the right characters. Knowing the mechanics is only half the battle; you have to execute it well, and that can sometimes take practice. So, take your time and learn the fight well. I find Stygian Onslaught to be the best way to learn new combos and niche mechanics.
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