Trial of Blossoms, Song of the Chilling Wind is the 2nd Stage of the Of Thorns and Crowns event for Genshin Impact. See how to beat the Trial of Blossoms, Song of the Chilling Wind Trial of Thorns, Canticle of Crowns, and the best characters and teams here!

Of Thorns and Crowns Stage Guides
Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4	Stage 5

How to Beat Trial of Thorns

Best Team Against Trial of Thorns

Trial of Thorns Teams
Raiden	Yaoyao	Xingqiu	Nahida
Alhaitham	Raiden	Xingqiu	Yaoyao
Nahida	Thoma	Xingqiu	Yaoyao
Free-to-Play Team
Raiden	Yaoyao	Traveler (Dendro)	Xingqiu

The objective for this stage is to trigger Hyperbloom or Burgeon reactions 50 times to get the maximum buffs available for the second half. As Raiden and Yaoyao are your trial characters, you will need a very strong Hydro character like Xingqiu or Yelan to create the Bloom cores on the non-Hydro immune enemies.

Hyperbloom-Burgeon teams can also technically work together, although you will need an extremely strong source of Dendro from characters like Nahida or Alhaitham to keep the reaction up. Do note that normal Hyperbloom without Burgeons are more reliable as it doesn't have the caveat of accidentally Burning the enemy.

Keep Up the Bloom Reactions on the Enemies

Make sure to make the most of the cooldowns of your off-field units especially those who apply the necessary elements to create the Bloom cores. Keep the enemies close together so that characters like Xingqiu can hit all Shrooms with Hydro, then use either Pyro or Electro attacks to trigger these cores.

On some waves, Hydro Slimes and Tainted Hydro Phantasms will spawn, who are naturally affected by Hydro. On such enemies, you'll only need to apply Dendro then an Electro or Pyro to trigger the necessary reactions.

How to Beat Canticle of Crowns

Best Team Against Canticle of Crowns

Canticle of Crowns Teams
Neuvillette	Furina	Charlotte	Kazuha
Ayaka	Shenhe	Kazuha	Kokomi
Ayato	Bennett	Fischl	Venti
Free-to-Play Team
Chongyun	Xiangling	Bennett	Sucrose

With that, teams like Hyperbloom, Burning, and Bloom are extremely effective here due to the abundance of Dendro damage present in these teams.

Defeat as Many Opponents as Possible

In the Canticle of Crowns, you must defeat as many opponents as possible to rack up the required amount of points to completely pass the challenge, with 5,000 points needed for Gold, and 12,500 points needed for Platinum.

Use Swirl to Reduce Enemy DEF

If you've unlocked the buffs for triggering Swirl on the enemy, it will reduce their DEF by 50%, which is a massive gain for your Hydro or Cryo DPS. Along with the CRIT buffs to Hydro and Cryo, as long as you can keep up the Swirl uptime from an off-field Anemo you can defeat enemies with ease.

Focus on AoE

As enemies spawn in trios and multiple groups, especially the Hilichurl and Slime enemies, teams centered on AoE performs best to defeat these enemies as fast possible.

Song of the Chilling Wind Stage 2 Information

Stage 2 Trial of Thorns Trial Characters

Stage 2 Trial Characters
Raiden	Yaoyao

Stage 2 Canticle of Crowns Buffs

Stage 1 Buffs

When characters trigger Swirl on an opponent, they will generate an Elemental Particle that regenerates 6 Energy. This effect can occure once every 6s. After a character triggers Swirl on an opponent, this opponent's DEF will be decreased by 50% for 8s. When a character's attack hits an opponent, a "Shockwave Blast" will be unleased at the position of the attack, dealing True DMG to nearby opponents. "Shockwave Blasts" can be triggered on each opponent once every 2s. When characters trigger Swirl on an opponent, all Hydro and Cryo party members have their CRIT Rate increased by 40% and CRIT DMG increased by 100% by 8s.

Stage 2 Enemies

Trial of Thorns Enemies
Large Hydro Slime Hydro Mimic Squirrel Grounded Hydroshroom Grounded Geoshroom Tainted Water-Splitting Phantasm Overgrown Breacher Primus Xuanwen Beast
Canticle of Crowns Enemies
Nobushi: Jintouban Pyro Slime Electro Slime Hilichurl Fighter Hilichurl Berserker Hilichurl Eremite - Daythunder Eremite - Desert Clearwater Eremite - Floral Ring-Dancer Annihilation Specialist Mek Assault Specialist Mek

Stage 2 of Thorns and Crowns Event

Trial of Blossoms, Song of the Chilling Wind is the 2nd Stage of the Of Thorns and Crowns Combat Event, where players must take two teams to participate in the Trial of Thorns and the Canticle of Crowns.

Of Thorns and Crowns Event Guide

Song of the Chilling Wind Stage 2 Rewards

Total Trial of Blossoms, Song of the Chilling Wind Rewards

Objective	Rewards
Obtain a stage score of 500	Primogem x60 Delirious Desolation of the Sacred Lord x3
Obtain a stage score of 2000	Primogem x20 Delirious Desolation of the Sacred Lord x3
Obtain a stage score of 5000	Mora x20000 Hero's Wit x3
Obtain a stage score of 12500	Mora x20000 Mystic Enhancement Ore x3

Genshin Impact Related Guides

Of Thorns and Crowns Event Guide

Of Thorns and Crowns Stage Guides

Of Thorns and Crowns Stages
Trial of Bedrock, Song of the Fireflies	Trial of Blossoms, Song of the Chilling Wind
Trial of the Wayob, Song of the Lightfall	Trial of Thunderous Roars, Song of Swift Advances
Trial of Shattered Fragments, Song of Melting

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