How to Easily Break Shields in Honkai Star Rail

In Honkai Star Rail, you assume the role of a formidable Trailblazer wielding the Stellaron’s deadly force. Your duty as a Trailblazer is to scour the vast cosmos and defend worlds from the perilous and enigmatic Stellarons. You will run into a broad variety of space monsters along the route, each of which has a toughness bar above their head that acts as a defense against strikes. We’ll teach you the most effective techniques in this tutorial for piercing their defenses and taking out even the most difficult creatures in Honkai Star Rail.

Honkai Star Rail Toughness Bar

To efficiently fight foes in Honkai Star Rail, comprehension of aspects is essential. Physical, Fire, Wind, Ice, Lightning, Quantum, and Imaginary are the seven distinct elements in the game, and each enemy has a weakness to one of them. As you fight, you’ll see an enemy’s toughness bar above them, which shows how resistant they are to attacks.

Additionally, by getting closer to the opposition, you will be able to spot its weaknesses and take advantage of them. During the battle, you can also see the enemy’s elemental weakness displayed over their character, giving you a hint as to which elemental attacks to use to breach their shield.

The best strategy to destroy an enemy’s shield in Honkai Star Rail is to use the elements that they are vulnerable to. When an enemy’s shield is destroyed, they enter break mode, when they are more vulnerable to harm and are unable to move for one round. It’s vital to keep in mind that enemies will rebuild their shield in the following round, so you’ll need to shatter it again to keep them in the break mode.

Depending on the element used to destroy it, breaking a shield can also give opponents a particular effect. Each element’s results are listed below:

• Physical: Bleed effect (7% damage over time to bosses and 16% damage over time to minions for two turns)
• Fire: Burn (100% damage over time for two turns)
• Wind: Wind Sheer (100% damage over time multiplied by stack count for two turns)
• Ice: Freeze (Freezes enemy, inflicts 100% damage over time for one turn, and delays action)
• Lightning: Shock (100% damage over time for two turns)
• Quantum: Entanglement (100% damage over time multiplied by stack count and delays action)
• Imaginary: Imprisonment (Delays action)

You don’t always need to rely on a particular aspect because the majority of foes have several weaknesses. You won’t have any trouble disabling shields in Honkai Star Rail by preparing your strikes and paying attention to your team’s elemental affinities. Check out our Honkai Star Rail guides while you’re here.