Honkai Star Rail: Borisin Warhead Hoolay Boss Fight Guide

Sep. 11, 2024

Honkai Star Rail 2.5 Trailblazing missions hit true to the Wardance ceremony theme, hosting hard fights one after another. The 2.5 trailblazing missions feature some of the challenging boss fights in the game, with enemies having so many different mechanics. One of the hard boss fights is against Hoolay, the Borisin Warhead, and still, it is not even the hardest boss fight in the mission. But, if you are stuck on the Borisin Warhead Hoolay boss fight in HSR, then here is how you can easily defeat him and finish the story.

What Makes the Borisin Warhead Hoolay Boss Fight Hard?

The Borisin Warhead Hoolay boss fight is hard mainly due to thehigh amount of damage dished out by Hoolay. Once he enters the Eclipse Ire State (Moon Rage), players must out-attack him to completely break his Toughness instantly. If players are unable to out-attack him, Hoolayunleashes the Lupin Chase Calls Bloody Gleam attack, which does massive single-target damage that will likely knock one of your characters. Other than that, Hoolay alsokeeps summoning more Wolftroopersperiodically, increasing the odds of winning the clash during the Moon Rage.

This Moon Rage phase becomes worse in the second phase of the boss fight, where his toughness doesn’t deplete after he is out-attacked by the player. Instead, players must break their Toughness the normal way to stop their Moon Rage state.

Most of the difficulty of the fight can be overcome by selecting the correct characters.

The best teams for the Hoolay boss fight are:Main DPSFixed (Story)SupportSustainFeixiaoHunt March 7thRobinAventurineFireflyHunt March 7thAstaGallagherYunli/ClaraHunt March 7thMozeGallagherBlack SwanHunt March 7thRobinHuohuoBest Teams for Hoolay Boss Fight

When fighting Hoolay, the main thingyou need to focus on breaking his toughness bar, which will break his Moon Rage state. Other than that, keep your Ultimate attacks saved until Hoolay enters the Moon Rage.

After he enters the Moon Rage, use as many attacks you can toout-attack him, using Ultimate attacks, Follow-up attacks, or by Action forwarding your characters for more turns before his attack with Robin’s ultimate.Image Courtesy: In-game Screenshot

During the Moon Rage state, use as many attacks you can toout-attack him,using Ultimate attacks or Follow-up attacks as you possibly can. If you haveRobin, then you can just use her Ultimate to Action Forward the entire team for another set of attacks before Hoolay takes his turn. If you haveFeixiao, simply focus on attacking Hoolay with all your allies. For Hunt March 7th, make sure to use her Skill on a unit with the weakness type mentioned above. Otherwise, her attacks would do nothing against Hoolay.

Continue chipping away Hoolay’s toughness and health while keeping your characters safe with heals and you will be able to win the fight easily.

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