Everything you need to know to beat The Swarm - True Sting (Complete) in Honkai: Star Rail including the best teams, drops, weaknesses, and resistances.

The Swarm - True Sting (Complete) Overview

The Swarm - True Sting (Complete) Details

The Swarm - True Sting (Complete) Information
The Swarm - True Sting (Complete)
Weaknesses
Resistances	None

The Swarm - True Sting (Complete) Summon Info

Juvenile Sting	Weaknesses
	Resistances	Control Effects RES
Lesser Sting	Weaknesses
	Resistances	Frozen RES

The Swarm - True Sting (Complete) Location

Boss in The Swarm Disaster Event

The Swarm - True Sting (Complete) is a boss in the Simulated Universe event called The Swarm Disaster.

The Swarm Disaster Event Guide

Best Teams to Use

Free to Play Team

F2P Team
Qingque	Yukong	Trailblazer (Fire)	Natasha

For this Free-to-Play team, Qingque is the team's DPS and Yukong can buff her overall DMG and CRIT. Natasha heals the team and also dispels the Wind Shear debuff while the Fire Trailblazer reduces the DMG for the team via shields.

List of All Free Characters

Premium Hypercarry Teams

Imaginary Team
Imbibitor Lunae	Tingyun	Luocha	Gepard
Quantum Team
Seele	Bronya	Luocha	Trailblazer (Fire)
Freeze Team
Yanqing	Pela	Silver Wolf	Gepard

Any Imaginary or Quantum DPS is viable against The Swarm - True Sting (Complete). Freeze is also a viable team against the True Sting since it has no resistances.

Best Team Comps

The Swarm - True Sting (Complete) Weaknesses and Resistances

Weaknesses

The Swarm - True Sting (Complete) Weaknesses
Imaginary	Quantum

Use characters with the same elements above to easily defeat The Swarm - True Sting (Complete)!

Gains an Extra Weakness at First Boss Domain

During Swarm Disaster, The Swarm - True Sting (Complete) can get a third weakness depending on which enemy you will defeat in the first boss domain.

Resistances

All Resistances
Resistances	None

The Swarm - True Sting (Complete) has no resistances, so it should be susceptible to crowd control debuffs such as Freeze or Imprison.

How to Beat The Swarm - True Sting (Complete)

General Tips

Defeat the Juvenile Sting Enemies

The Swarm - True Sting (Complete) can summon Juvenile Sting enemies that assist them in combat. These summons when unchecked will overwhelm you with a ton of DMG, so it's best if you go after these targets first.

When slain, the Juvenile Stings will affect other Stings with Vulnerability, which can increase the DMG taken.

Cleanse Wind Shear

The Juvenile Stings can attack and implant Wind Shear debuffs on your characters. These Wind Shear debuffs can be activated instantly when the The Swarm - True Sting (Complete) attacks an affected party member.

Use character skills that can cleanse debuffs or Abundance Path Resonance with the Anicca blessing in the Simulated Universe to remove the Wind Shear effect.

Phase 2 Strategy

Prioritize the Lesser Sting in Phase 2

In Phase 2, the True Sting will summon a Lesser Sting that can debuff a target with Outrage, which prevents the party member from using any Skill.

Defeat the Lesser Sting when it shows up to prevent the debuff. You can also cleanse the Outrage debuff via cleansing or the Abundance Path Resonance in Simulated Universe.

Weakness Break to Prevent Swarm Onslaught

Starting from Phase 2, The Swarm - True Sting (Complete) can charge itself to unleash a powerful move on the next turn called Swarm Onslaught. The Swarm Onslaught can be cancelled via Weakness Break.

Phase 3 Strategy

Defeat the Duplicate True Sting in Phase 3

During the final phase, The Swarm - True Sting (Complete) can duplicate itself in two. Focus your attacks on the True Sting with the smaller health bar to minimize the DMG taken.

You can defeat the other Sting enemies surrounding the weaker The Swarm - True Sting (Complete) to debuff it with Vulnerability.

The Swarm - True Sting (Complete) Talents and Abilities

All Boss Fight Phases
Phase 1	Phase 2	Phase 3

Phase 1 - The Swarm - True Sting (Complete) Skills

All Talents and Abilities
◆	Time to Battle (Ability) Deals minor Wind DMG to a single target, with a high chance to inflict 2 stacks of Wind Shear.
◆	War Gear (Ability) Deals minor Wind DMG to a single target. If the target is currently suffering from Wind Shear, Wind Shear immediately causes DMG 1 time.
◆	Cyclonic Swarm (Ability) Deals Wind DMG to all targets, with a high chance to cause Wind Shear.
◆	Propagation (Ability) Spawns True Stings.
◆	Transmission Pheromone (Talent) Each time True Stings is spawned, increases all True Stings DMG dealt by 1 stack. Only 1 Transmission Pheromone effect can exist in battle at once.

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Phase 2 - The Swarm - True Sting (Complete) Skills

All Talents and Abilities
◆	Time to Battle (Ability) Deals minor Wind DMG to a single target, with a high chance to inflict 2 stacks of Wind Shear.
◆	War Gear (Ability) Deals minor Wind DMG to a single target. If the target is currently suffering from Wind Shear, Wind Shear immediately causes DMG 1 time.
◆	Cyclonic Swarm (Ability) Deals Wind DMG to all targets, with a high chance to cause Wind Shear.
◆	Propagation (Ability) Spawns True Stings.
◆	Ready Order (Ability) Enters the Charge state. Uses Swarm Onslaught for the next action.
◆	Swarm Onslaught (Ability) Dispels all Crowd Control debuffs and Weakness Break affecting True Stings. Deals Wind DMG to the target, and causes the target to have a high chance of being inflicted with 1 stack of Wind Shear every time they take DMG.
◆	Transmission Pheromone (Talent) Each time a True Sting is spawned, increases all True Stings' DMG dealt by 1 stack. Only 1 Transmission Pheromone effect can exist in battle at once.

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Phase 3 - The Swarm - True Sting (Complete) Skills

All Talents and Abilities
◆	Time to Battle (Ability) Deals minor Wind DMG to a single target, with a high chance to inflict 2 stacks of Wind Shear.
◆	War Gear (Ability) Deals minor Wind DMG to a single target. If the target is currently suffering from Wind Shear, Wind Shear immediately causes DMG 1 time.
◆	Cyclonic Swarm (Ability) Deals Wind DMG to all targets, with a high chance to cause Wind Shear.
◆	Propagation (Ability) Spawns True Stings.
◆	Ready Order (Ability) Enters the Charge state. Uses Swarm Onslaught for the next action.
◆	Swarm Onslaught (Ability) Dispels all Crowd Control debuffs and Weakness Break affecting True Stings. Deals Wind DMG to the target, and causes the target to have a high chance of being inflicted with 1 stack of Wind Shear every time they take DMG.
◆	Transmission Pheromone (Talent) Each time a True Sting is spawned, increases all True Stings' DMG dealt by 1 stack. Only 1 Transmission Pheromone effect can exist in battle at once.
◆	Entomon Eulogy (Talent) When receiving a killing blow, deals Wind DMG to all friendly units, with a high chance to slightly increase their DMG received.

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Summoned Enemies Talents and Abilities

All Summoned Enemies
Juvenile Sting	Lesser Sting

Juvenile Sting Skills

All Talents and Abilities
◆	Wingflap (Ability) Deals minor Wind DMG to a single target, with a high chance to inflict Wind Shear.
◆	Meiotic Division (Ability) Produces 1 spawn of itself. This effect can be triggered again after 2 turns.
◆	Entomon Eulogy (Talent) When receiving a killing blow, deals Wind DMG to all friendly units, with a high chance to slightly increase their DMG received.

Juvenile Sting Enemy Guide

Lesser Sting Skills

All Talents and Abilities
◆	Bursting Detonation (Ability) Detonates self and deals Wind DMG to a target and its adjacent targets, with a high chance to cause Outrage to the target.
◆	Prepare to Fight (Ability) Enters the Charge state. Uses Bursting Detonation for the next action.
◆	Entomon Eulogy (Talent) When receiving a killing blow, deals Wind DMG to all friendly units, with a high chance to slightly increase their DMG received.

Lesser Sting Enemy Guide

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