Cycle of Suffering is the Day 2 stage of Honkai: Star Rail's Stellar Shimmer event. Check out the best teams, how to beat Supergiant difficulty, and all the rewards in this Day 2 guide!

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Stellar Shimmer Day 2 Best Teams

Cycle of Suffering Premium Team

Stellar Shimmer Day 2 Premium Team
Acheron	Silver Wolf	Pela	Aventurine

Acheron and Silver Wolf are the trial characters for Day 2.

Since Acheron is a trial character for Day 2, we recommend using her with Silver Wolf, Pela, and Aventurine. They can consistently apply debuffs, allowing you to quickly build Vulnerability stacks and increase Acheron's Ultimate DMG!

Other Recommended Characters

Support

You can replace Pela with Asta or Guinaifen as an extra debuffer since the Day 2 enemies are also weak to Fire. If you don't have Aventurine, you can go with Gallagher or Fire Trailblazer since they can sustain the team and inflict debuffs too.

Cycle of Suffering F2P Team

Stellar Shimmer Day 2 F2P Team
Acheron	Silver Wolf	Asta	Trailblazer (Fire)

Asta is a F2P alternative for Pela and will help speed the entire team while providing ATK boosts and inflicting Burn on enemies.

If you don't need a healer, equipping the Fire Trailblazer with Trend of the Universal Market will help them consistently Burn enemies in addition to their Taunt.

How to Beat Day 2 Supergiant Star

Stack Vulnerability on One Target

All enemies in each wave will have shared HP, so it's best to focus your attacks and debuffs on a single target to build Dead End stacks. This will make them take increased Ultimate DMG and allow you to defeat the wave faster!

Focus on Weaker Mobs Instead of Bronya

In Supergiant Star, Bronya will appear as a boss. Her Weakness Protection makes it harder to deal damage to Bronya alone, so you should target the other mobs instead. They'll be easier to beat since it's faster to get Weakness Breaks on them.

Bronya Enemy Guide

Stellar Shimmer Day 2 Stage Details

Cycle of Suffering Trial Characters

Trial	Character Build
Acheron	Good Night and Sleep Well Pioneer Diver of Dead Waters Izumo Gensei and Takama Divine Realm
Silver Wolf	Before the Tutorial Mission Starts Genius of Brilliant Stars Pan-Cosmic Commercial Enterprise

Cycle of Suffering Stage Mechanic

Cycle of Suffering Objectives

Cycle of Suffering Enemies

Dwarf Star Enemies

Enemy	Weakness
Past Confined and Caged
Dreamjolt Troupe's Mr. Domescreen
Dreamjolt Troupe's Bubble Hound
Dreamjolt Troupe's Birdskull

Supergiant Star Enemies

Enemy	Weakness
Bronya
Past Confined and Caged
Memory Zone Meme - Shell of Faded Rage
Memory Zone Meme - Heartbreaker
Dreamjolt Troupe's Mr. Domescreen
Dreamjolt Troupe's Bubble Hound
Dreamjolt Troupe's Birdskull
Silvermane Soldier
Silvermane Cannoneer

Stellar Shimmer Day 2 Rewards

Challenges	Rewards
Complete the Cycle of Suffering "Dwarf Star" mode challenge	Stellar Jade x30 Traveler's Guide x3 Credit x30000
Eliminate 3 wave(s) of enemies in the Cycle of Suffering "Supergiant Star" mode challenge	Stellar Jade x30 Dynamic Outlining x5
Eliminate 4 wave(s) of enemies in the Cycle of Suffering "Supergiant Star" mode challenge	Relic Remains x15 Lost Gold Fragment x5
Eliminate 5 wave(s) of enemies in the Cycle of Suffering "Supergiant Star" mode challenge	Relic Remains x5 Credit x20000

Cycle of Suffering Information

Day 2 Stage of Stellar Shimmer Event

Cycle of Suffering is the Day 2 stage of the Stellar Shimmer combat event. The Day 2 stage effects involve inflicting debuffs to make enemies take more damage from Ultimates.

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Honkai: Star Rail Related Guides

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Stellar Shimmer Day Guides

Stage	Trial Characters
Day 1	◆ Firefly ◆ Harmony Trailblazer
Day 2	◆ Acheron ◆ Silver Wolf
Day 3	◆ Topaz ◆ Robin
Day 4	◆ Imbibitor Lunae ◆ Sparkle
Day 5	◆ Boothill ◆ Ruan Mei
Day 6	◆ Argenti ◆ Huohuo
Day 7	◆ Jade ◆ Herta
Day 8	◆ Kafka ◆ Black Swan

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