Polydeuxia in Honkai Star Rail: How to Defeat the Fallen Dragon

В Honkai: StarRail Elite enemy and boss Soul Ferryman, the remains of a fallen dragon, Polydeuxia, is a dangerous enemy with an atrophy mechanic. The creature strikes through shields and ignores damage redirects, and during the buffed state, it reduces the HP of all heroes to a minimum.

Not all characters are suitable for the battle, and the list of deadly attacks forces you to adhere to a certain strategy. Based on the skills of the enemy, we will present recommendations and the best units to defeat Polydeuxia in XSR.

Boss Resistances and Vulnerabilities

Polydeuxia is encountered in the Exploration mission. "Flowers among the quiet valleys". The boss has a number of internal mechanics that prevent damage from being dealt and blocked.

Enemy resistances and vulnerabilities to different elements:

• vulnerabilities: quantum, imaginary, wind types of damage;
• resistance: Increases resistance to physical, electric, ice and fire damage by 20%.

When entering into modes "Pure fiction" the enemy may acquire additional resistances, vulnerabilities, or other features that correspond to the current enhancements of the updated modes.

Who to take to the squads on Polydeuxia in HSR

Soul Ferry, Remains of the Fallen Dragon, Polydeuxia in HSR can be encountered both during the story campaign and in updated modes. Due to the enemy's characteristics, it is important to choose the right DPS character and Path of Abundance hero.

Best characters

When choosing heroes to fight the Soul Ferry, you need to focus on the right type of damage:

In addition to the main damage dealers, the group must have character of Abundance, not Preservation, as a sustain. The boss breaks through any shields, his attacks ignore the very presence of the barrier, and damage is dealt directly to the hero.

Command examples

The table shows examples of and free squads for completing Polydeuxia:

Boss attacks

Let's analyze the main skills of the Fallen Dragon Polydeuxia in XSR. Based on the statuses and skills, you can create a squad and derive effective combat tactics.

Despair Bubble Charges

Below the enemy's health bar is a charge indicator "Bubble of Despair". The gauge fills up as allies lose HP. Once it reaches 100%, the Soul Ferryman enters the "Scent of Pain" state, advances its turn, and performs a special move that reduces allies' HP to 1%.

Special condition The scent of death

Polydeuxia activates the skill "Death in aromatic pain", which includes the state "The Scent of Pain" - The boss increases his own speed at the end of each round.

• When receiving the state "The Scent of Pain" A quantum attack is carried out using atrophy, reducing the health value of allies to 1%.
• Atrophy Ignores shields and does not allow damage to be distributed among allies.
• Thanks to the status "Falling into Sleep", which is applied along with Atrophy, Soul Ferryman takes reduced damage until allied characters have recovered a certain amount of HP.

The first phase

The boss's first form attacks are aimed at reducing the party's health:

• Unwillingness to remain among the fallen - a strike on one target using atrophy and depleting the HP bar on a character whose health value exceeds a certain percentage.
• Burial of the deceased — AoE attack on all allies, in which the health of all characters is reduced equally.
• Mourning the departed - hit three different targets using atrophy.
• Bitterness brings bad news - Buffs Long Arms of Sorrow for 3 turns. After receiving the buff, enemies gain speed in turn order.
• Refusing to humbly await death - When attacked by the boss or Long Arms of Sorrow, the affected heroes are inflicted with a periodic damage effect that cannot be removed.

The second phase

The main skills correspond to the list from the first cycle. The ability to "Death demands more deaths": Deals additional damage to heroes affected by the Sleep status, delays their effect, and has a high base chance to apply the Quantum Bind status to everyone.

How to Beat Polydeuxia Boss in Honkai: Star Rail

Polydeuxia often reduces the health of allies and deals atrophy damage, which ignores the presence of shields and the redirection mechanic. To fight the Soul Ferryman, you need to include heroes in your squad that can restore HP to all allies. For the battle, you should choose Abundance characters with mass healing on their skill or superpower.

When the "Aroma of Pain" condition occurs, the boss advances its own turn and lowers the health bar of all heroes to 1%. Due to the presence of additional units on the field, multiple quantum damage can through the group of characters. With each attack, any member of the squad can be subject to the "Bind" condition.

Destroy the Long Arms of Sorrow

Long Arms of Sorrow are located at the edges. After Polydeuxia receives "Scent of Pain", it will be easy to deplete the stamina bar of additional units, which will allow you to delay their turns. To do this, use sub-damage dealers or characters with offensive abilities. The damage from the main DPS unit of the squad should be focused on the dragon.

Heal allies to remove damage reduction

Due to the "Sleep" status, all heroes deal reduced damage to the enemy until their health is restored to an acceptable level. Use the skills and/or super abilities of the Abundance heroes as soon as the party ' HP drops below 50%.

Watch out for the Bubble of Despair

When the "Bubble of Despair" reaches 100%, the enemy will enter a special state and advance their turn. All characters will be debuffed to deal increased DPS.

While in a boosted state, the Bubble charge is used to restore the health of the entire squad.

Watch for the active state of the Scent of Death

In the "Death Scent" state, Polydeuxia not only becomes more vulnerable, but also has a number of dangerous moves. You can track the boss's condition by the "Bubble of Despair". When the "Death Scent" is active, the scale turns pink, and the accumulated percentages begin to be spent to restore the team's HP during attacks.

Achievements for killing the boss

When fighting the remains of the fallen dragon from Styxia, you can earn a number of achievements.

Ferrying Souls on a Rusty Ferry

• Condition: "She brought her into this world, and she will also take her to the kingdom of the dead."
• Reward: 5 star jades.

Defeat Deathwing Polydeuxia during the story or in Battle Mode when the boss is available.

Relax in a cocoon

• Condition: "Use Kastoria to deal the finishing blow to the enemy Soul Ferry, the remains of the fallen dragon, Polydeuxia."
• Reward: 5 star jades.

The condition can be fulfilled within the story chapter. Provided that Kastoria is not on the , the achievement can be completed within the framework of ing other modes, for example, "Divergent Universe", where the boss will be added.

There will be no eternal sleep after death

• Condition: "Make sure no allies are affected by the Sleep status when Death Demands More Enemy Deaths Soul Ferryman, Fallen Dragon's Remains, Polydeuxia is triggered."
• Reward: 5 star jades.

You must finish off the boss during one of the modes without triggering "Death Demands More Deaths" in the second phase.

Half a life

• Condition: "Defeat the enemy Soul Ferry, Fallen Dragon's Remains, Polydeuxia while all allies' Max HP is below 50%."
• Reward: 5 star jades.

In the second phase, try not to exceed the limit and finish off Polydeuxia. It is better to use heroes of Abundance such as Hoho, Lynx or Gallagher to better control the HP of the team.

We hope that based on this guide you were able to understand, what units in Honkai: Star Rail are suitable to defeat Polydeuxia, the Ferryman of Souls, the Remains of the Fallen Dragon. If you have any questions about the boss's abilities, leave a comment commentsso that the author or other players can help.