The "Pure Fiction: Structural Rules" event in Honkai: Star Rail version 3.2, launched on April 28, 2025, brings an exciting challenge with rewarding outcomes. Centered around the unique grit mechanic, this event encourages multi-target attackers to accumulate Grit Value through skill attacks, unlocking powerful buffs. This guide details the event schedule, grit mechanics, Stage 4 enemy information and strategies, and provides team composition strategies for Stage 4 to help you secure full stars!
▍Time Schedule
- Event Duration: April 28, 2025, 04:00 - June 9, 2025, 04:00
- Players have ample time to plan teams, tackle each stage, and aim for full star rewards.
▍Grit Mechanics
The grit mechanic is the core of this event, allowing players to accumulate Grit Value through skill attacks to trigger the following effects:
- Concordant Truce: At the start of battle, after an ally uses a skill to attack an enemy, deals a set amount of damage to all attacked enemies.
- Surging Grit: Upon entering "Surging Grit," advances all allies’ actions by 100% and increases damage received by enemies by 50%. Additionally, skill attacks deal extra damage to attacked enemies and adjacent targets.
▍Buff Options (Choose One)
- Empty Air:
- During "Surging Grit," skills do not consume skill points. After using skills or ultimates, characters gain 1 stack of "Feverish Surge" per enemy hit, increasing skill and ultimate damage by 4% and speed by 4%, up to 10 stacks.
- Hitting enemies with ultimates grants 3 extra Grit Value per enemy hit.
- Hierophany:
- During "Surging Grit," skills consume 20% of a character’s max HP, restoring 20% max HP after use.
- Characters gain 3 extra Grit Value when hit or losing HP.
2. Hollow Hope:
- During "Surging Grit," enemies take 30% more Break damage. Breaking enemy weaknesses advances the character’s action by 12%.
- Breaking an enemy’s weakness grants 3 extra Grit Value.
▍Stage 4 Details
Node 1: Star Core Hunter Kafka
- Enemy Weaknesses: Imaginary, Physical
- Recommended Characters:
- Imaginary: Imbibitor Lunae, Welt
- Physical: Clara, Trailblazer (Physical)
- Strategies:
- Prioritize Lesser Sting: Defeating Lesser Stings applies vulnerability to nearby enemies, reducing their defense.
- Wave 2: Defeat Security Personnel to gain performance points for higher scores.
- Wave 3: Focus on destroying Long-Shattered Vessel to weaken Flame Reaver’s “Orphan’s Lament” attack.
Node 2: Darkest Sword, Fire Thief
- Enemy Weaknesses: Quantum, Ice
- Recommended Characters:
- Quantum: Kastorius, Seele
- Ice: Jingliu, Ruan Mei
- Strategies:
- Prioritize clearing Lesser Stings and Long-Shattered Vessels to optimize damage output.
- Quickly eliminate Fire Thief’s clones (360,000 HP each) to reduce its ultimate attack damage.
▍Stage 4 Team Composition Strategies
Below are recommended team compositions for Stage 4, tailored to Battle Intent mechanics and enemy weaknesses for optimal damage and survivability:
Node 1 Teams
- Imaginary Team: Imbibitor Lunae + Robin + Ruan Mei + Fu Xuan
- Imbibitor Lunae as the main DPS leverages Imaginary weakness for high damage.
- Robin and Ruan Mei provide damage buffs and energy regeneration, while Fu Xuan ensures survivability.
- Recommended Buff: Empty Air, enabling skill spam to stack “Feverish Surge” quickly with Imbibitor Lunae’s frequent skills.
2. Physical Team: Clara + Sunday + Tingyun + Luocha
- Clara’s counterattack excels in multi-enemy scenarios, efficiently exploiting Physical weakness.
- Sunday and Tingyun boost damage and speed, with Luocha providing healing.
- Recommended Buff: Hollow Hope, enhancing Break damage for Clara’s sustained output.
Node 2 Teams
- Quantum Team: Kastorius + Black Swan + Sparkle + Gallagher
- Kastorius and Black Swan’s Damage-over-Time (DoT) synergizes with moving enemies, clearing Quantum-weak foes effectively.
- Sparkle accelerates energy regeneration, and Gallagher offers healing and Break support.
- Recommended Buff: Hierophany, complementing Black Swan’s HP-consuming mechanics to rapidly build Grit Value.
2. Ice Team: Jingliu + Ruan Mei + Pela + Fu Xuan
- Jingliu’s high-burst damage exploits Ice weakness to swiftly eliminate Fire Thief’s clones.
- Ruan Mei boosts damage and Break efficiency, Pela reduces enemy defense, and Fu Common Weakness Break debuff, and Fu Xuan ensures survivability.
- Recommended Buff: Empty Air, ideal for Jingliu’s skill-heavy playstyle.
▍Conclusion
The "Pure Fiction: Structural Rules" in Honkai: Star Rail 3.2 is a thrilling challenge that rewards multi-target attackers with powerful Battle Intent buffs. By selecting the right buff (e.g., Empty Air or Hierophany) and building teams around enemy weaknesses, players can conquer Stage 4’s Kafka and Fire Thief with ease. Prioritize clearing Lesser Stings and Long-Shattered Vessels, and pair strong DPS with supportive characters to secure full stars.
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