Searing Skies is Day 2 of the Hidden Strife Event in Genshin Impact. See the best characters to use, how to beat Searing Skies, the Ley Line Residue along with the full stage information, and the rewards here!

Hidden Strife Event Guides
Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4
Day 5	Day 6	Day 7	Dire Straits
Letters & Locations		Kaeya's Location

Searing Skies Best Characters

Searing Skies Best Party

Searing Skies Best Party
Hu Tao	Xingqiu	Xiangling	Sucrose

The enemies will either have an ice shield or can control the Cryo Element. It's best to use Xingqiu's Elemental Skill then his Burst, then quickly pop in Xiangling's Burst.

Use Sucrose's Burst, then use Hu Tao's Skill and attack with charged attacks. After seven seconds, pop in Hu Tao's Burst for more damage!

Other Characters to Use

Main DPS
Sub DPS
Support

It's best to use characters that can induce Melt or Vaporize during the challenge. You don't need to bring Cryo characters to this stage. The Cryo enemies will set up any Melt reactions for you!

How to Beat Searing Skies

Go Through the First Waves Fast

The first few waves have lightweight enemies you can gather and easily defeat. It's best to induce a Pyro Swirl with these enemies to continuously trigger melt to get the Afterimaged Might buff fast!

Focus on Powerful Enemies

The powerful opponents are marked with a glowing light above their heads. Defeat as many of those as possible to get a higher score!

Break Enemy Shields

There are shielded enemies in both the Vicious Battle and Dire Straits, with the only difference being that the latter stage has a higher HP and thus is harder to beat. Break all Cryo Shields fast with Pyro to deal real damage on the enemies and defeat them fast!

Searing Skies Stage Information

Ley Line Residue Information

Difficulty Conditions

List of Enemies

Vicious Battle Enemies
Cryo Abyss Mage (Powerful Opponent)	Ice Shieldwall Mitachurl (Powerful Opponent)
Cryo Slime	Ice Shield Hilichurl Guard
Cryo Hilichurl Shooter	Cryo Samachurl
Dire Straits Enemies
Frostarm Lawachurl (Powerful Opponent)	Ice Shieldwall Mitachurl (Powerful Opponent)
Cryo Abyss Mage (Powerful Opponent)	Cryo Slime
Ice Shield Hilichurl Guard	Cryo Hilichurl Shooter
Cryo Samachurl

Searing Skies Rewards

Hidden Strife Day 2 Rewards

Objectives	Rewards
Complete Perilous difficulty.	x60 x2
Complete Quandary difficulty.	x2 x3
Complete Desperate difficulty.	x20000 x4
Complete Dire Straits difficulty.	x4

Claim from the Menu or the Battle Preview

After beating the challenges, you can claim the rewards from the Event's Menu or the Battle Preview once you interact with the red mist. Just click on the Reward Preview to see all available rewards!

Hidden Strife Information

Part of the Diluc Event

Searing Skies is the second battle stage in the Hidden Strife Event, where you'll need to beat Cryo Hilichurl Enemies which you can do after defeating the first stage, Fearsome Judgment!

Hidden Strife Event Guide

Genshin Impact Related Links

Hidden Strife Event Guide

Hidden Strife Stage Guides

All Hidden Strife Event Stages
Day 1 - Fearsome Judgment	Day 2 - Searing Skies
Day 3 - Blazing Thunder	Day 4 - Scatter, Flaming Feathers!
Day 5 - Puissant Calibre	Day 6 - Arch-Tempered Sword
Day 7 - The Other Molten Quadrant	Dire Straits Guides

Other Hidden Strife Guides

Hidden Strife Event Guides
Phantom of the Past	All's Well That Ends Well
Letters and Locations	Kaeya's Location

All Genshin Impact Events

List of Events