Something to Death in Honkai Star Rail: How to Defeat the Memory Zone Meme

Something to death in Honkai: StarRail - the most dangerous Meme of the memory zone, generated by subconscious anxiety and fear of death inherent in every living creature. He does not represent destruction itself, but acts as a guide. The boss's attacks embody this concept - the monster deals lethal damage and removes the consciousness from the bodies of his teammates, imprisoning them in the "Tomb of Souls".

In this guide, we'll look at how to defeat Something to Death in HSR. We'll tell you about the enemy's vulnerabilities and all possible tactics against him, and we'll also select the most effective units for battle.

Boss Vulnerabilities and Resistances Something to Die

The Memory Zone Meme battle consists of two phases, during which the enemy gradually deprives the squad of combat effectiveness. During the battle, the monster enters a dangerous state, where the use of skills by the team gives it the “Sunset” status. Having accumulated three levels of the effect, the enemy is put into a state of “Painful Sleep”, which can be interrupted by repeated damage or penetration.

Vulnerabilities Something to death and resistance to effects:

1	2
Vulnerabilities	Fiery Imaginary Windy
Resistances	Binding 50% Freeze 50%

Summons "Tombs of Souls" have a similar set of weaknesses - fiery, wind, imaginary. The durability of the vulnerability scale is 90 units.

Boss attacks

Before moving on to tactics and suitable units to defeat Memory Zone Meme: Something to Die, let's look at the boss's most dangerous skills.

The first phase

All Something to Death moves consist of a main action and a secondary action, and attacking skills and the use of talents alternate in each cycle. As part of a turn-based battle, it is necessary to monitor the order of the enemy’s actions in order to think through further tactics and profitably use some of its features.

Let's look at each Something to Death ability in more detail:

Funeral Kiss — attacks one hero with moderate physical damage.
Drown in the black rain - throws “eyes” that cause physical damage to the entire group.
Stinging funeral speech — increases damage dealt for 1 turn. The effect can be removed by breaking through the vulnerability.
Fading glow - forms 3 pairs of eyes from darkness and receives the “Sunset” status. Any use of skills by characters, except for bonus attacks, adds 1 level of the named status. Upon receiving three stacks, he instantly uses the ability “Disappeared in the Twilight”. The condition can be interrupted by breaking through the monster's shield.
Disappeared at dusk — imposes the “Painful Dream” status on the character who last used an attack, skill or superpower and imprisons his consciousness in the “Tomb of Souls”.

Summoned units have important features that must be taken into during the battle:

Eternal continuation (Tomb of souls, vulnerabilities: fiery, imaginary, windy) - the health scale is divided into several segments, which can be removed by direct attacks, periodic damage or breaking the shield.
Ethereal cradle (Tomb of souls, vulnerabilities: fiery, imaginary, windy) - after the character is released from captivity, a certain amount of health and all energy are restored.

The second phase

At the second stage of the battle, single and group attacks of the boss are preserved in their original form, but the process of selecting a target changes greatly:

By moonrise — activates the “Nightfall” status and restores energy to the entire group. Then marks the two characters who performed the actions. Target selection cannot be interrupted or canceled, so two characters with marks will receive the Painful Dream status in the next turn.
How does water dissolve in water? — deals a finishing blow to the selected characters and imprisons their souls in the Tomb.

How to defeat Something to Death

The boss Something to Death is a difficult opponent, equipped with new interesting mechanics. Next, we will present recommendations that will help you cope with the test.

Detachments

Based on the vulnerabilities of the boss and summoned enemies, let's look at possible units to defeat Something to Death.

Character 1	Character 2	Character 3	Character 4	How to use
Ratio	Topaz	Black Swan	Locha	Strategy: "bonus attack." The main damage dealer is Dr. Ratio, focusing on damage to the main enemy. Topaz plays in synergy with the main DD, increasing the damage of the bonus attack and applying debuffs. Black Swan causes additional negative statuses in the monster and saves allies from “Painful Sleep” with numerous DoT damage. Locha removes buffs from the enemy and heals after allied attacks, and also breaks through the vulnerability of the ultimate.
Devour. Moon Blade	ruan mei	tingyun Armor	Hoho	Strategy: game against stamina depletion. The core of the group is the Moon Eater or Blade, who deal high damage to multiple targets. Ruan Mei increases the effectiveness of penetration, increases overall damage and prevents the boss from restoring the stamina scale after penetration. For the Moon Eater, Tingyun is set as a buffer, increasing attack power and filling energy. For Blade, Armor is more suitable with promotion of action and a general increase in damage. Hoho takes the place of defensive with instant and periodic healing.
Welt	Sampo	Asta Misha Xueyi	Fu Xuan	Strategy: "bounce". Welt takes the role of main DD with good damage and penetration. The hero’s skill deals multiple damage to random targets, which is useful against the boss’s “Painful Dream” skill in the second phase. Sampo helps through periodic damage (DoT status “Weathering”). The character's skill also has a "bounce" damage type. The third slot is filled with the buffer Asta, combined with the weaknesses of the Memory Zone Meme. If the damage is not enough, you should opt for sub-DD Misha or Shuey. The team's survival is ensured by Fu Xuan.
Gui	Asta	Hook	Natasha	Strategy: Burning damage. Guinaifen deals damage over time and applies Debuffs that increase the damage taken by the enemy. This superpower causes all applied Burning effects to trigger. Asta's Meteor Storm skill deals damage to random targets, making the boss fight easier. In addition, the girl increases attack power, group speed and gives a bonus to fire damage. The hook applies additional DoT statuses and helps with area damage. Natasha monitors the health of the team.
Dan Heng	Yukong	Fire. hero Hook Asta	Lynx	Squad of free characters: The starting Dan Heng deals good damage while simultaneously reducing the target's speed. The ultimate skill can break through the vulnerability of the “Tomb of Souls”, removing two segments of the enemy’s HP. Yukun optionally plays from basic attacks or buffs main DD. Like Dan Heng, he perfectly penetrates the vulnerability with his ultimate. If survivability is poor, the strategy of playing through two defensive s can be used. However, in this case, with some probability, the squad may be left without the opportunity to save the damage dealers in the second phase: in this case, it is worth considering a hero with high penetration (90), DoT damage or “bounce” for the position of one of the defenders.

Tactic

Follow these guidelines to the test:

Important Boss Skill to Learn From benefits for the team — “Painful sleep” status. While the hero is in the Tomb, he is protected from boss damage, and upon release, he instantly replenishes the energy of the ultimate. Thus, by correctly calculating the order of the levels, you can save a character with damage from lethal damage or use a superpower twice per cycle.
In the first phase of the battle, wait "Fading Glow" and plan in advance which squad member to send to the Tomb. For example, accumulate the ultimate of a certain character and use it after receiving the second status level. Or use your super as your second action to cause the next hero in line to go into Painful Sleep.
In the second half of the battle, you don’t have to pay attention to the order, since the Memory Zone Meme replenishes the energy of the entire squad with the skill "Towards the Moonrise". Apply ultimate skills, guided by the first tip.
Take healer, which is capable of instantly restoring the squad’s health at a critical moment, and also do not let the boss take it away. Try to calculate your actions so that those allies who will withstand the onslaught of attacks and will not die during the battle remain on the field.
Focus on liberation of the allies from the Tomb and always keep a combat-ready hero who can single-handedly rescue an ally character.

In addition, you can take advantage of the of characters with DoT damage mechanics if you actively play for them (Guinaifen and others). Each periodic status will remove one part of the summoned enemy's HP bar. You can also arm yourself with a hero with high vulnerability penetration of the wind or fire type, who will immediately remove three segments of the health of the summoned Tomb: the damage of the attack, penetration and periodic damage is counted.

Achievements for Something to Die

During the battle with the Memory Zone Meme, you can unlock 1 bronze achievement.

memento Mori

Requirement: Defeat the Memory Zone meme "Something to Die" with the only character able to act.

Reward: star jade ×5.

Defeat an opponent while all but one of your characters are in Soul Crypts or unable to fight due to lethal damage.

We hope our article helped you understand how to defeat the boss Meme Zone of Memory: Something to Die in Honkai: Star Rail. If you have any questions, ask them at comments, we will definitely answer. Read other useful articles on HSR in the relevant sections of our website: builds.