Honkai Star Rail: Best teams for Stellar Shimmer Plague of Misfortune (Day 8)

The last stage of the Honkai Star Rail Stellar Shimmer, called Plague of Misfortune, is now available. After completing it, you will be able to obtain the challenge’s rewards, which include a total of 80 Stellar Jades and various in-game materials. Just like in the previous stages, Trailblazers will need to form a team of four characters to defeat several waves of enemies.

This guide goes over the best team you can construct to complete the Honkai Star Rail Stellar Shimmer Plague of Misfortune stage with an SS rank.

Note: This article is subjective and solely reflects the writer’s opinion.

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Best teams for the Stellar Shimmer Plague of Misfortune stage in Honkai Star Rail

The unique buff of the Honkai Star Rail Stellar Shimmer Plague of Misfortune stage lowers adversaries' ATK by a whopping 65% when they are hit by an Ultimate ability. Additionally, there is a chance of them getting inflicted with Bleed, Shock, Wind Shear, and Burn. After enemies start or take their turn, they take 10% increased damage from the DoTs (Damage over Time).

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Black Swan, Kafka, Acheron, and Fu Xuan

Black Swan (Image via HoYoverse)

Both Kafka and Black Swan are the two trial characters provided by HoYoverse. Along with them, if you have Acheron and Fu Xuan in your collection, you can form one of the best Honkai Star Rail teams to complete the Plague of Misfortune stage.

Since both Black Swan and Kafka can inflict DoT debuffs on adversaries, Acheron can activate her Ultimate more often. Moreover, both Kafka and Black Swan tend to eat up quite a lot of SPs, which makes Fu Xuan an excellent pick for this team.

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Black Swan, Kafka, Guinaifen, and Lynx

Kafka (Image via HoYoverse)

This team is one of the free-to-play friendly options for the Plague of Misfortune stage. Here, Guinaifen replaces Acheron. She can deal Burn DoT on enemies, while Kafka can trigger them with her abilities.

While having a Harmony character in this team may be beneficial, the amount of damage Guinaifen can deal says otherwise.

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Black Swan, Kafka, Ruan Mei, and Gallagher

Ruan Mei (Image via HoYoverse)

This Honkai Star Rail team is for those who like to vaporize every enemy after they spawn.

Ruan Mei and Gallagher boost Kafka and Black Swan’s Weakness Break Efficiency and damage, respectively. Apart from boosting Weakness Break Damage, Gallagher can also heal his allies when they are in trouble.

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Black Swan, Kafka, Tingyun, and Huohuo

Huohuo (Image via HoYoverse)

This is a great Plague of Misfortune team if you have Tingyun in your collection.

Tingyun’s addition to the team, along with Huohuo's, is calculated since both can replenish Energy for their allies. Additionally, both can buff the DPS units’ ATK, resulting in them dealing a ton of extra damage.