Apocalyptic Shadow 4.2 Stage 4 | Honkai: Star Rail

Showcase of attempt on Apocalyptic Shadow 4.2 Stage 4 Apocalyptic Shadow 4.2 Idol of the Locusts Ruinous Embers: When an enemy target with "Steadfast Safeguard" is Weakness Broken, dispels control states for all allies and activates their Ultimates. Increases the Elation DMG taken by all enemy targets by 25% and increases Weakness Break DMG taken by 15%. Timestamps: 00:00 Node 1 Phase 1 04:30 Node 1 Phase 2 11:50 Node 2 Phase 1 14:35 Node 2 Phase 2 17:00 Characters' build and stat Team composition: E0 Castorice | E0 Hyacine | E1 Tribbie | E2 Cyrene | Heroic Vanguard E1 Hysilens | E0 Black Swan | E0 Kafka | E0 Dan Heng Permansor Terrae | Tarsus Infection Character analysis ⭐Castorice - DPS, always use skill to charge ult, heal summon, maximize damage, ult whenever possible to further maximize damage. Use summon's skill until HP is at or below 25%, then use summon's basic attack to retain summon or use skill for massive damage. ⭐Hyacine - Sustain, ensure memosprite is summoned using skill/ult, skill whenever there's spared skill point to heal allies and charge ult faster, basic attack to generate skill point otherwise, ult to heal and buff allies, then trigger memosprite's attack immediately. ⭐Tribbie - Support, ensure skill uptime to buff allies, basic attack to generate skill point otherwise, ult to refresh follow-up attack from ally's ult. ⭐Cyrene - Support, make sure skill's zone is deployed using skill or technique, ult to buff Castorice and Evernight whenever available, then save ult to break weakness, defeat summons or generate energy for Hyacine. ⭐Heroic Vanguard - Finality's Axiom, mainly to improve weakness break efficiency. ⭐Hysilens - DPS, skill whenever there's spared skill point to debuff enemies and generate more energy, basic attack to generate skill point otherwise, ult to further debuff and deal DoT to enemies to maximize damage. ⭐Black Swan - DPS, skill whenever there's spared skill point to reduce enemies' defense and generate more energy, basic attack to generate skill point otherwise, ult to retain Arcana stack to maximize damage. ⭐Kafka - Support, always skill on enemies with DoT to maximize damage, ult whenever available for more damage, trigger talent whenever available to maximize damage. ⭐Dan Heng Permansor Terrae - Sustain, make sure to use technique before entering battle to activate skill, always basic attack to generate skill point. Ult whenever available to provide shield and enhance follow-up attack. ⭐Tarsus Infection - Finality's Axiom, greatly improves energy generation and DoT's damage. Strategy (Node 1) ⭐Choose main DPS to enter Live Showdown. ⭐During Live Showdown, maximize buff and debuff by attacking both Output Port. ⭐Make sure both Output Port take their turn to buff/debuff before attacking them again. ⭐Once buff/debuff are at maximum, defeat enemies in sub-field for further buff/debuff. ⭐Prioritize reaching maximum "Ally Popularity" stack or minimum "Enemy Popularity" stack whenever possible to greatly reduce enemies' HP on sub-field. Strategy (Node 2) ⭐Prioritize defeating summons to reduce boss' toughness. ⭐Prioritize defeating Lesser Sting to avoid "Outrage" debuff from its detonation attack. ⭐Be ready to dispel "Quantum Entanglement" or "Outrage" debuff whenever inflicted. General ⭐Prioritize breaking weakness of bosses as they take reduced damage when not weakness broken. ⭐All allies' ult is activated when boss' weakness is broken, feel free to use ult to break boss' weakness if needed. Alternative ⭐Break - Firefly, Ruan Mei, The Dahlia, Fugue, Harmony Trailblazer, Lingsha, Rappa, Boothill ⭐Elation/Skill Point - Archer, Yao Guang, Sparxie, Sparkle, Silver Wolf LV.999, Elation Trailblazer ⭐General DPS - The Herta, Anaxa, Jade, Argenti, Herta, Evernight ⭐General support - Remembrance Trailblazer, Sunday, Cipher, Silver Wolf ⭐General Sustain - Gallagher, Huohuo, Aventurine, Luocha, Fu Xuan Watch other AS attempts here!    • Honkai: Star Rail | Apocalyptic Shadow   🔔Like, subscribe and let me know how you did in the comment! 🔔If you like my content and analysis, feel free to drop by and catch me live on   / khleetv   to say hello! #honkaistarrail #hsr #apocalypticshadow #acheron #firefly #kafka #herta #theherta #aglaea #castorice #tribbie #anaxa #anaxagoras #hyacine #hyacinthia #mydei #mydeimos #cipher #cifera #phainon #hysilens #cerydra #amphoreus #fate #saber #archer #evernight #danheng #march7th #cyrene #dahlia #constance #elysia #thedahlia #constance #yaoguang #sparxie #ashveil #evanescia #silverwolf #evanescia #mortenaxblade #blade