[HSR] : 2.3 Apocalyptic Shadow 4 : No 5 Star Character & LC Challenge!! | Xueyi & Sushang 3* Clear!!

Honkai Star Rail : 2.3 Apocalyptic Shadow Floor 4 No 5 Star Character & Light Cone Challenge Character No Gacha 5 Star Lightcone, Xueyi Superbreak & Sushang Hypercarry 3* Clear!! No 5* Character and 5* Gacha Lightcone used! Only herta LC allowed!
#honkaistarrail #hoyocreators #hsrguide #newbie #Xueyi #Sushang #trailblazer
Team 1 : Xueyi, Harmony Trailblazer, Asta, Gallagher
Team 2 : Sushang, Hanya, Pela, Lynx
Feel free to ask me anything in the comment section :D
Timestamps
0:00 Node 2 (Argenti) 1st Phase
4:08 Node 2 (Argenti) 2nd Phase
8:24 Node 1 (Cocolia) 1st Phase
12:28 Node 1 (Cocolia) 2nd Phase
16:50 Characters & Stats showcase
Software used :
- OBS studio for recording
- Adobe Premiere Pro 2024
- ReelSmart Motion Blur Plugin
- Adobe Illustrator Pro 2024
Diff Spike
Difficulty Spike
Starrail
Honkai star rail
Apocalyptic Shadow
Stormwind Knight: Difficulty 4
Argenti boss
Cocolia boss
A gentleman's fantasy
Wildfirel
No 5 star
No Limited character
Hunt
Erudition
Abundance
Nihility
Harmony
崩坏：星穹铁道
New Character
Firefly & Jade
Similar Scenes Gameplay
All Characters Ultimate & Combat Skills Showcase

[@RuriGoko]

Feel free to ask me anything in the comment section below, Including the Mechanic things on other team as well! This is not an exact walkthrough, but a General Guide on bosses and stage mechanic itself, Hope you can implement these thing into your own run and improve it! - Wish you guys all get full star from the APOC! Other 4* Runner @MVI - kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqHIaGqQptGjpck @Weiforever - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIqZdX1rgJ13lbM @Mocchi - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYu3p2alnKuJd5o

[@LongDeadArtist]

I follow all 4 of you :)

[@R_a_i_n_C_l_o_u_d]

Can I replace Asta with Bronya?

[@RuriGoko]

@@R_a_i_n_C_l_o_u_d Unfortunately, asta is miles better here even without dance LC. Sparkle or ruan mei is good there, or just play tingyun- works wonder also!

[@wanda7695]

Is there another dps option beside sushang because I didnt build her😢

[@NoName-vs7mi]

​@@wanda7695 yes me too.. I build My Xueyi for Team Super break.. and didnt build my Sushang (Even she is e3 or e4, i forgot😅), but what DPS 4Star Recomended other than xueyi for team 2?

[@12A1.11.PhamQuangHuy]

You really are a HSR pro strategist ya know

[@RuriGoko]

I'll take that as a compliment haha, Thank you!

[@trainern6601]

love seeing these 4 star only solutions, feel kinda bad for ignoring argenti's whole mechanic with firefly

[@ectasy358]

Nah bro you can only use firefly on one side so I’m so glad that solutions like this exist

[@RuriGoko]

Firefly is super comfortable indeed haha.

[@heyitsopnee4215]

HMC is like faruzan buffing like crazy

[@RuriGoko]

Finally !

[@Terrastrial]

Except hmc's kit isn't dogshit until c6 (I'm c5 faruzan)

[@cynicalducky1041]

Faruzan's kit is not dogshit until C6. Her C6 only gives her an increased Anemo crit damage taken on her burst. Even with her huge energy issues, people massively exaggerate her flaws. Because if you don't build energy recharge on her, what other stat are you gonna build??? Not to mention, there are plenty of weapons that help her with energy issues. The favonius bow for example. I will say that Faruzan is much more niche than HMC, as Faruzan can only be used with Xiao and Scaramouche/Wanderer. While HMC can be used with Luka, Sushang, Guinaifen, Firefly, Xueyi, Boothill or even any units with high enough break effect.

[@Mocchi-]

Too clean~ glad Hoyo graced us with this challenging new mode. Your rotations are super clean, everything is calculated and thought out very well! 🤩

[@RuriGoko]

Yo Mocchi glad to see you here! and Thank you for your compliment as well. Your run with Luka instead of Hanya is the most efficient one tho, prop to you on that!

[@Mocchi-]

@@RuriGoko Your Argenti round was played super clean as Wei mentioned the way you played around the towers was really awesome! 😄

[@devianne1178]

"nothing much" *shows a 181 spd hanya"

[@RuriGoko]

I should have farm more hackerspace so I can replace with 168 ig. That was my 1.1 gear btw

[@BecilComel]

Nice explanation as always

[@RuriGoko]

Yo you watch it too fast lolll - Thank for coming by!

[@kalodawg8297]

Love your content and explanations!

[@RuriGoko]

Glad you love it!

[@sanchezmorrison9489]

Ruri you're truly amazing ❤🔥🔥

[@RuriGoko]

Thank you mate!!

[@buriedinakindle]

You are my absolute favourite to watch. It's very entertaining and has pushed me to build my 4 stars. Thank you 🫡

[@RuriGoko]

Thank you for coming by also, and hope you have fun with 4* character!

[@_divecats]

always love your videos and strategies!

[@RuriGoko]

Glad you like them!

[@AzuKaedeAK]

12:22 personally I save Xueyi's Ult so that I can use it when phase 2 starts, makes phase 2 a lot faster to break for me (in vid she also have 2 stacks, so with Ult +4 stacks she can also FUA for more toughness damage!)

[@RuriGoko]

I hate to say it. in my test run If I don't Ult, Hmc Hat throw will leave cocolia at 1% hp - which is an extreme pain, so pain that I want to go crit on Xueyi hahahahaha.

[@AzuKaedeAK]

@@RuriGoko oh my that’s unfortunate glad you still got it, my sbreak build xueyi really saved me here

[@Kartanaunfolded]

I truly appreciate you making these videos.

[@RuriGoko]

Glad you love it!

[@biscy03]

Gosh, your explanations are amazing!! I understand this game mode & AV so much better now! Its really useful to understand when you want to try to push. Usually in MOC I always delay pushes (like Robin for example) till last minute to gain sp, but in this situation, it tends to be better to push when you need to avoid AV going down. I don't have much good relics or 4* eidolons, my luck there is quite bad, but understanding the mechanics makes it easier to know what I should do. I was able to brute force it with FF & Jingliu but its so amazing seeing how you do it.

[@RuriGoko]

Glad you like it! And yes in this game mode you just want to squeeze out every push and go as fast as possible!

[@felixchristiyanto761]

You are really good holy crap

[@RuriGoko]

Thank you for your compliment!

[@Grace-ej5fu]

Very nice! Managed to do this with Qinque in 1st side and harmony mc Himeko break on 2nd side. No Ruan mei nor 5 star lc used

[@LoveTheFinalGirl]

I am so impressed! ❤

[@RuriGoko]

Thank you

[@giahuyphamnguyen1200]

noiceeee. Xueyi shine again!!! Gud run my waifu

[@RuriGoko]

Finally it's her time after get pwned by hyv in previous 2 moc lol

[@kneric]

timing the dpss ult to always go before the break for double ults is very well done. i've got acheron and firefly so never really bothered to do that haha

[@RuriGoko]

Well Firefly and acheron pretty much ignore the mechanic and nuke nuke nuke!

[@Michiesk]

same lol, acheron on cocolia and firefly on argenti and its just unga bunga you win

[@Scythra]

Me with full 5-stars struggling to clear because I did not use Lynx to cleanse taunt debuff of Argenti :'D You coming in clutch!

[@RuriGoko]

Glad I was able to help!

[@silverX3870]

Insane ☠

[@hdmaad]

Thanks to you, I managed to clear Cocolia's side w Xueyi!! I'm at 6400 points now... I'm close to hit the 3* lol

[@RuriGoko]

Just a bit more.. hope you get your clear soon!

[@TrueLoveGuard]

Lovely clear! I wish I had C6 on Lynx and Xueyi to attempt this.

[@RuriGoko]

E6 Xueyi would be really nice! Lynx is not needed at e6 tho. E0 is enough. Her cleanse is in her base kit!

[@swirlinginferno8353]

Amazing video as always! I used Boothill second half but had no idea which team to use in first half. Ended up using Qingque and got the full stars! Quantum four-star supremacy here? 👀👀

[@RuriGoko]

Yes, Qingque is actually my next run for 4 star apoc! And congrats on your clear!

[@popcatchannel4574]

ป้าดคอมเมนท์ต่างชาติทั้งนั้นเลย😅😅 ขอบคุณสำหรับแนวทางความรู้lineupครับ

[@RuriGoko]

ยินดีครับ

[@ka8281]

bro will be a good teacher for sure

[@RuriGoko]

Salute.

[@BearellRoll]

Nice run! Can you post your Sushang relics? Those crit stats look insane

[@RuriGoko]

Later tonight!

[@WeiForever]

Perfect Sushang gameplay! I like how you kept one tower broken throughout the fight for Sushang's self spd buff 12:23 I guess you want to save av, because hmc can do about 5%, it would waste a lot more av if hmc didn't have enough dmg there

[@ellosteve]

WEI 🫶🫶

[@WeiForever]

@@ellosteve 👋👋

[@RuriGoko]

Yo Glad to see you here, and yes you are right on the money!

[@pnht7272]

Thật sự quá đỉnh 😬👍

[@RuriGoko]

Thank you!

[@skepticalsky8235]

I saw people crying that u need boothil, firefly or silverwolf for this event.....yeah they gotta hold this lmao. im still struggling but i have 44days, its a long ass time to build a team for this, i think this is the best endgame thing star rail has rn, i hope there is a big variety in the future ones

[@Rock-vk9ei]

Ok buddy hold that 181 speed Hanya 💀 Clear is still cracked tho

[@skepticalsky8235]

@@Rock-vk9ei yeah I commented before I got to the end holy shit his stuff is cracked😂 he does also have 2 dance dance dance so I guess its not the most realistic

[@RuriGoko]

Hold my ddd. But seriously you can watch one with Luka sushang. That one requires the least amount of gear and clear more or less the same if not faster. Only 1 ddd for both team also.

[@AE-lj5os]

this is so insane

[@RuriGoko]

Thank youuu

[@_digital_lavender_]

Do you think Luka would be an okay substitute for Sushang? By the way, your strategies are great! I can’t believe I didn’t find this channel sooner, you’re so good at this game!

[@RuriGoko]

Luka is not really a substitute. But if you don’t have good gear on sushang or she is undertraced, pair sushang with Luka (remove hanya) is the best way to play here.

[@_digital_lavender_]

@@RuriGoko Alright, thank you!

[@normalin8492]

Wait that taunt was cleanseable Ty for insight😅

[@RuriGoko]

Glad I was able to help!

[@ashlyn_2714]

For xueyi's team, is there an alternative substitute for gallagher? i still don't have him (still pulling rn) and managed 1.2k points with aventurine but i feel like i can do more... i ran dr. ratio for second half since my sushang is unbuilt and got 1.2k as well... just needed 200+ more points aaaa (for stage 3)

[@RuriGoko]

Hmm normally aventurine should be super viable there. May I know what problem are you facing? For dr.ratio side. You can slot in luka if you have him. Or just use different unit altogether. What do you have currently?

[@bybarg]

5:08 Damn, that's so obvious and yet I haven't thought of it at all

[@RuriGoko]

Now you know!

[@ogbobbyjohnson3502]

All the good clears I’ve seen are people with 160+ speed on each support unit should I replace all my gear just to get that?

[@RuriGoko]

You should. In fact it should be a recommendation for new player on every single support. The reason behind this is, MoC12 which is arguably the hardest content in this game, they have a mean speed at 158 , and since 160 speed will grant you 1 extra movement within 3-4 cycles it synergize greatly if you can build that. Rainbow or broken set is fine.

[@Rara-bb2sb]

WAKE UP GUYS ANOTHER 4* RURI GOKO VID JUST DROPPED

[@RuriGoko]

Yo Thank you!!!

[@Rara-bb2sb]

@@RuriGoko i just want to say that I am always looking forward to your vids whenever an endgame mode was added or refreshes. This is some deep level of understanding of the game mechanics. Keep it up! Been recommending you on my friends as well.

[@SuppasitJiravinyu]

Now I have to build Xueyi, Hanya, Lynx, Sushang Hoyaverse please give me more energy 😂

[@RuriGoko]

Haiya just take the trick, use your strong character in box!

[@lalalei25]

Building lynx rn for the teamwide cleanse bc that taunt takes so much of my action value 😢

[@RuriGoko]

Lvl 70 is enough btw! no need to go overboard on her!

[@lalalei25]

Btw is S5 Misha lc better than S5 aeon for xueyi?

[@RuriGoko]

@@lalalei25 Aeon is better, especially on crit build due to xueyi heavily lacks atk%

[@tuphamviet6909]

if i have ruan mei will break xueyi be better or crit xueyi cuz i got e6 just now and really don't want to waste materials on skill lv

[@RuriGoko]

in spb the different is not that much, if you don't wanna invest much in her, just go spd + full break

[@purpl3lily]

How much action value we need to save(on both side) to get 3 star?

[@RuriGoko]

6600 point combined! If you can do one side really fast, other side can be super slow and you'll still be fine!

[@phntsymnyx]

I don't have hanya, can I replace it with E1S1 Rm? Or replace pela?

[@RuriGoko]

Yes RM is really universal. You definitely can replace hanya with her, in fact you will get extremely good result with rm lol.

[@tavinhoo]

Crit xueyi is way better? Also, is ruan mei lightcone better than MOTP in HMC?

[@RuriGoko]

Yes and yes. You will deal slightly less on super break but the crit damage you get is more than enough to make up for it. For ref. My ult deal 120k super break. While crit build be sub will deal 120k from raw damage, 90k from spb

[@tavinhoo]

@RuriGoko But the energy lost from MOTP to Ruan Mei LC will not be a problem? Also, that's a huge difference in damage

[@RuriGoko]

@@tavinhoo unless you never break anything, hmc passive will give you back way more than you need for the entire fight. Also remember to ult within hmc's turn in normal setting. It'll extend the ult buff by 1 turn.

[@tavinhoo]

@@RuriGoko Ok thx

[@jucksun3747]

Is there a way to make dr ratio work on argenti fight? Im struggling :')

[@kennethyoung7457]

I did Dr Ratio, Robin, Topaz and Aventurine on Argenti fight all E0S0 and got 1308 points. Robin additional dmg really helps each character break their respective statue. Sadly you will be wasting quite a bit of time and taking massive dmg on the way though its crazy full buffed Argenti taking out 2-3k shields in one hit. Do you have any multi target characters that can do it like DHIl, Jingliu, Argenti, Clara, Acheron to do this with? Boothill is also good here.

[@RuriGoko]

You can copy the same exact team but replace sus with ratio, it will somewhat works. actually you can even follow the exact same rotation. if you can't do hanya - use luka instead and use him to break argenti.

[@jucksun3747]

Alright thank you so much :)))

[@paylou2]

I don't have a well built Sushang :( Can I do it with Luka?

[@RuriGoko]

You can refer to wei and mocchi video! they did Luka one and that one doesn't need good build sushang to work! (or you can even sub for hanya luka)

[@ayamnolep]

From where do you know the boss mechanic?

[@RuriGoko]

I read a lot before planning, then go in to check all the mechanic, do a full run once with the team shown in the video, then do it again on record!

[@sleepykoharu]

Ah, Xueyi, a Firefly alternative.

[@RuriGoko]

Not really but yeah this apoc she could work!

[@zarathustra_1]

Is super break the best comp for Xueyi?

[@RuriGoko]

For low investment yes. both relics and Eidolon / 5* usage. You can compare my Xueyi clear to crit one with no 5* support, it's the same. For High investment on support, crit still give you the best result due to how her damage scaling works (she deal more crit than break actually.)

[@zarathustra_1]

@@RuriGoko alright what's the stat priority if i wanna build her on a hypercarry?

[@omega6826]

​@@zarathustra_1crit>atk>spd=break Break target for 100, spd, as long as youre 134+ youre good

[@RuriGoko]

@@zarathustra_1 Omega is on point! If you want to build crit and play with HTB, you can ditch BE and go ATK orb ATK rope. HMC already give way more than enough.

[@user-qr3lr7sh1g]

Pela, lynx, Sushang and hanya belobog x Xianzhou national?😮

[@RuriGoko]

Wait that's actually really nice hahaha.

[@gmhiii7644]

GI Hyperbloom = HSR Superbreak isnt it

[@RuriGoko]

It's slowly becoming one now, except it get boost a lot by e0 five star haha (not like GI where you boost it with c2 nahida)

[@omega6826]

No because hyperbloom works everywhere but superbreak only work if you have the element to break the enemy, it can only become close to hyperbloom with boothill and firefly

[@shaiko4215]

got my boothill no ruan mei just boothill pela Huahua and bronya then may i watch a boothill full run to learn more after i tried 12 times with the help of my discord bros

[@RuriGoko]

Eh I can’t quite understand but uh, if you got a clear congrats I guess,

[@cloudstrife9188]

Bro Cocolia is the worst. The freeze sucks, and even with Adventurine she made 3 starring floor 3 terribly difficult. Props to you man

[@RuriGoko]

Hope my process on cocolia helps!

[@NotAobo]

You failed, Trailblazer is a 5-star... 😅 Great clear btw, I myself just finished building Xueyi and she's great here (as a Firefly skipper).

[@RuriGoko]

Who know I might do a run without HMC later. and yeah xueyi is a good build!

[@MetricPolygon]

Trailblazer is a gray area... normally they are technically a 5-star but feel like a 4-star but HMC is just so powerful you could really consider them a true 5-star for once

[@TheGeekyRedMage]

"Trailblazer is a 5-star" joke is getting old you childish people. It hasn't even been long and this fandom has already run the joke to the bloody ground already.

[@Princessk8]

​@@TheGeekyRedMagethey are a 5 star..

[@Ligt21]

Can u use about qingque team?

[@RuriGoko]

Next two video!

[@Ligt21]

@@RuriGoko goodluck for that, thanks

[@Kiritofujuki1204]

Thankfully this event/minigame doesnt have rounds and stuff

[@RuriGoko]

It still have action value. Which is more strict ig.

[@Kiritofujuki1204]

@@RuriGoko damn it

[@t-rex8969]

Now i feel stupid i wasn't able to clear poc 4 with Archeron

[@RuriGoko]

Next video will blow your mind hahaha.

[@aominedaiki592]

Bro help me i use argenti pela tingyun huohuo and cant clear the argenti boss

[@RuriGoko]

Easiest trick I can say is, Only use argenti's ult when boss's argenti has his weakness open, otherwise you should focus on killing tower first. - If this does not help, switch out tingyun for hanya and spam skill.

[@aominedaiki592]

@@RuriGoko i switched tingyun for hanya and i got 2 star My first phase cocolia was cary by ff but i dont think i will do better than this 2 star I didnt got acheron and the broken dps

[@tavinhoo]

With 5 star characters, who do you use?

[@RuriGoko]

You’ll see tomorrow!

[@tavinhoo]

@@RuriGoko uff 🔥🔥

[@MyLadyLuna]

SLANDER WTF, harmony mc is NOT a 4* bro ima subscribe

[@RuriGoko]

Ahahahaahh deadgeeee

[@RainyYa]

Wait, motion blur added to the game?

[@RuriGoko]

I manually add it myself!

[@RainyYa]

@@RuriGoko Can u tell me how if its not secret?

[@RuriGoko]

@@RainyYa I use reelsmart motion blur plugin and add that into my premiere pro when editing! Fair warning : it eat the f out of your pc resource when rendering video with that motion blur plugin.

[@RainyYa]

@@RuriGoko oh thx

[@azwarfikri7241]

Huh the taunt cleanseable? I thought not because red

[@RuriGoko]

as long as it doesn't state as unremoveable, it can be removed!

[@kamildowejko2254]

Meanwhile I cannot do it with E6 Acheron, only 1 star lol

[@RuriGoko]

Eh maybe it's team composition problem, what did you run?

[@Iwasjustpassingby2024]

Am I tripping or do I hear what it seems to be Aha laughing in the background whenever you kill a mob?Please someone tell me I’m not the only one😭

[@RuriGoko]

I mean the whole apoc theme is creep itself lol.

[@Iwasjustpassingby2024]

@@RuriGoko Fair

[@jeffalcazar7005]

Wait, what? You can cleanse the taunt??

[@RuriGoko]

Now you know!

[@jeffalcazar7005]

@@RuriGoko finally cleared argenti. Went with a FuA comp of Robin, Topaz, Adventurine with a special add in of Bronya(for the cleanse). Went for the -1 Speed for both Adventurine and Topaz so i can cleanse them when the taung phase start and just timed Robin Ults on breaks.

[@sunplatedfish8255]

I see, it was yet again a skill issue on my part then

[@RuriGoko]

Hope you clear it soon!

[@ArisuHonkai]

Someday I too will only use 4* to clear end game content . . . . . but not today babyyy got my acheron E2 and rm carry

[@RuriGoko]

I mean using what you have is the best way to clear!!!

[@thomasnguyen4427]

ruri, and every other 4* CC, did you know, as part of the QoL updates, they now enabled enemy toughness bars to be visible with numerical values? That's where the hsr wiki changed its toughness values from the "old" 30 = 1 unit to multiples of 10 Just open the "Real-Time Combat View" stat sheet on the enemy/boss name. Also what a dumb name, feels like I'm playing FFXIII-2 again lol.

[@RuriGoko]

Yeah I do know it, thank you for telling tho. I shall talk the toughness value based on the number on next video!

[@samir8364]

Hi, can somebody tell me an acheron team without sw or fx for cocolia?

[@RuriGoko]

Gallagher - even at e0, just because how his kit works.

[@HoKaung]

Need all E6?

[@RuriGoko]

Sushang can be at E1. Hanya E0, lynx E0, Pela E1 Team 1 Xueyi can be E0 unless you want to play crit (that’s why I go zero crit, crit Xueyi at e6 will clear much faster), gall E2, hmc is free, asta e4

[@Princessk8]

HMC is not 4 star lol

[@ishii5861]

Technically is a 4 star as everyone has her and is free 💀

[@RuriGoko]

Haiyaaaaa

[@ectasy358]

Man is this possible without dance x3 😢

[@RuriGoko]

If you replace hanya with luka, you don't need dance x3 on that side. Side 1 I'm really not sure. If you have any 5* in your box, it can work really great there.

[@ectasy358]

@@RuriGoko alright thanks

[@ongbau2875]

too long

[@agnellogritti8646]

i don't know why, seems like everything is possible on you

[@RuriGoko]

Thank you mate haha!