Honkai Star Rail: How To Beat Starcrusher Swarm King: Skaracabaz (Synthetic)

Honkai Star Rail version 1.6 introduces a new weekly boss named Swarm King: Skaracabaz (Synthetic). You can encounter this monster during the When the Stars of Ingenuity Shine mission, where you help Ruan Mei locate her creations that run amock in Herta Space Station. In this guide, we will cover the best tactics you can use to beat this creature of Propagation.

Honkai Star Rail Starcrusher Swarm King: Skaracabaz (Synthetic) Boss Fight Guide

You can find the Swarm King: Skaracabaz (Synthetic) boss in the Seclusion Zone F1 at Herta Space Station. This weekly boss will be unlocked once you complete the When the Stars of Ingenuity Shine quest, and you must spend 30 Trailblaze Power per fight. This monster is weak against Ice, Physical, and Imaginary elements, but it has resistance to Quantum element and Entanglement.

During the battle, the boss can summon several Gnaw Sting and Lesser Sting monsters that will get in your way. The Gnaw Sting is weak against Physical and Ice, while the Lesser Sting is vulnerable against Imaginary, Physical, and Fire.

Here are the team compositions you can use during this boss battle:

• F2P Team
• Premium Team
  • Tank: Gepard
  • DPS: Jingliu
  • Support: Bronya
  • Healer: Luocha

You must bring a healer with Cleanse ability to remove the Entaglement debuff that the boss can inflict via Radiating Venom. Another dangerous move is Ovum of Collapsed Star, which can deal massive Quantum DMG to all units. I highly recommend bringing a tank unit that can deploy shields on allies.

The last skill you need to be wary of is the Carapace of Begotten Spawn attack, where the boss will create a shield. During this state, it will spawn smaller insects whenever you deal damage to the boss. However, if you manage to perform a Weakness Break, the barrier will explode and deal Toughness DMG to all its minions. 

You should prioritize killing the Lesser Sting to stop them from inflicting Outrage and extra DMG on your team. When a unit is afflicted with this debuff, you won’t be able to control their movement, and they will blindly attack any enemies.

Here is the list of drops you may get from beating this weekly boss:

• Past Evils of the Borehole Planet Disaster
• Lucent Afterglow
• Relics
  • Musketeer of Wild Wheat
  • Thief of Shooting Meteor
• Light Cones
  • Quid Pro Quo
  • Fermata
  • We Are Wildfire
  • River Flows in Spring
  • Past and Future
  • Woof! Walk Time!
  • The Seriousness of Breakfast
• Credit
• Trailblaze EXP

That’s the end of our guide on how to beat Starcrusher Swarm King: Skaracabaz (Synthetic) boss. For more HSR content, you can check out our guide on the best build for Tingyun.