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Swirling Vortex's Paean Event Guide

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Swirling Vortex's Paean is the first stage of the Genshin Impact 4.2 battle-heavy event, Purgation Counterstrike. Find out the best characters to use, how to beat it, the stage details, and all its rewards in this guide!

Purgation Counterstrike Stage Guides
Genshin Impact - Purgation Counterstrike Day 1Swirling Vortex's Paean Genshin Impact - Purgation Counterstrike Day 2Poem of Thunder Intertwined Genshin Impact - Purgation Counterstrike Day 3Ode to the Winding Winds
Genshin Impact - Purgation Counterstrike Day 4Rejuvenating Aria Genshin Impact - Purgation Counterstrike Day 5Chorus of Triumphal Advance

How to Beat Swirling Vortex's Paean

Rely on the Elemental Mastery Buff

In Swirling Vortex's Paean, Prince Thelxie will help you in three ways. Firstly, he will be sending out Gyre attacks every 5 seconds that will deal Hydro DMG to surrounding opponents, essentially providing you with another Hydro teammate.

After each Gyre attack, Thelxie will heal your entire party's HP and bestow 300 Elemental Mastery! To take advantage of this, Travelers must rely on Elemental Reactions for maximum DMG and easily wiping out entire waves of enemies simultaneously.

Swirling Vortex's Paean Best Characters

Hyperbloom Teams

DPS Sub-DPS Sub-DPS Support
Genshin - Raiden Raiden Genshin - Nahida Nahida
Trial
Genshin - Furina Furina Genshin - Baizhu Baizhu
Genshin - Alhaitham Alhaitham Genshin - Nahida Nahida
Trial
Genshin - Shinobu Shinobu Genshin - Furina Furina

Being one of the best reactions in the game, a Hyperbloom team is perfect due to its multi-targeting capabilities, and will also make good use of Thelxie's Elemental Mastery buff.

Nahida will be able to flourish in this challenge due to her heavy reliance on Elemental Mastery. She is available as a trial character for those who wish to try her out and see if it will make completing the challenge easier.

Dendro Element Guide

Bloom Teams

DPS Sub-DPS Sub-DPS Support
Genshin - Nilou Nilou
Trial
Genshin - Nahida Nahida
Trial
Genshin - Furina Furina Genshin - Baizhu Baizhu
Genshin - Kaveh Kaveh Genshin - Xingqiu Xingqiu Genshin - Furina Furina Genshin - Baizhu Baizhu

Bloom teams also work well with Thelxie's attacks and buffs in this challenge, considering that he also provides Hydro application to surrounding enemies.

Bringing along characters who excel in taking advantage of Dendro cores such as Kaveh and Nilou will be in your best interest if you want to go for this tactic, the latter of which is available as a trial character!

Vaporize Teams

DPS Sub-DPS Sub-DPS Support
Genshin - Lyney Lyney Genshin - Xiangling Xiangling Genshin - Furina Furina Genshin - Bennett Bennett
Genshin - Diluc Diluc Genshin - Yelan Yelan Genshin - Furina Furina Genshin - Bennett Bennett

Another powerful route to take is Vaporize if you wish to take advantage of Thelxie's Hydro application in a different way. Lyney and Diluc will be able to make good use of this reaction.

For maximum DMG, pair them up with other characters who provide excellent DMG support such as Bennett, Xiangling, and Furina. Hu Tao can be a viable option, but due to her reliance on low HP and Thelxie's healing, her DMG might be slightly diminished.

Swirling Vortex's Paean Stage Details

Thelxie Skills and Buffs

Gyre's Praise
• Prince Thelxie unleashes a Gyre attack once every 5s (3 times total), dealing Hydro DMG to opponents hit.
• When the Gyre attack is released, all characters in the party within the area of effect recover HP equivalent to 25% of that character's max HP, and gain 300 increased Elemental Mastery for 15s.

Swirling Vortex's Paean Trial Characters

Trial Character Character Build
Genshin - Nahida Nahida
Genshin - Nilou Nilou

Swirling Vortex's Paean Enemies

Day 1 Enemies

Swirling Vortex's Paean Rewards

Purgation Counterstrike Day 1 Rewards

Objective Rewards
Obtain 2000 points
Obtain 4000 points
Genshin - Mora Image Mora x30000
Obtain 6000 points
Genshin - Mora Image Mora x30000

Swirling Vortex's Paean Information

Part of Thelxie's Fantastic Adventures

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Swirling Vortex's Paean is the first stage of Purgation Counterstrike, the battle-heavy minigame of the Version 4.2 event, Thelxie's Fantastic Adventures!

In this stage, Elemental Reactions is the name of the game due to teh Elemental Mastery and Hydro application Thelxie provides, so be sure to optimize your party accordingly!

Purgation Counterstrike Event Guide

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Genshin - ThelxieMotherboard Troubleshooting Genshin - Thelxie Record of the Search For Glory Genshin - ThelxiePurgation Counterstrike

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Day 5 Motherboard TroubleshootingEfficient Signal Distribution Genshin - Motherboard Troubleshooting Stage 6Precise Sequential Ranking Genshin - Motherboard Troubleshooting Stage 7Asynchronous Signal Processing Genshin - Motherboard Troubleshooting Stage 8Comprehensive Control and Mastery

Purgation Counterstrike Guides

Purgation Counterstrike Stage Guides
Genshin Impact - Purgation Counterstrike Day 1Swirling Vortex's Paean Genshin Impact - Purgation Counterstrike Day 2Poem of Thunder Intertwined Genshin Impact - Purgation Counterstrike Day 3Ode to the Winding Winds
Genshin Impact - Purgation Counterstrike Day 4Rejuvenating Aria Genshin Impact - Purgation Counterstrike Day 5Chorus of Triumphal Advance

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