Stygian Onslaught Luna VIII / 6.7 Best Characters and Teams in Genshin Impact

Stygian Onslaught Luna VIII / 6.7 Best Characters and Teams in Genshin Impact

This is our guide for Stygian Onslaught in the current version of Genshin Impact. Read on to learn about the best teams available for the current cycle of Stygian Onslaught.

Last updated Today at 12:00 by Shikhu
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Stygian Onslaught Luna VIII Best Characters and Boss Advice

Stygian Onslaught is the hardest endgame content available in Genshin Impact facing against 3 different bosses with harder mechanics. Stygian Onslaught proves to be a challenge for all types of players. Here you can see an overview of the boss mechanics, some general combat advice as well as our recommended team compositions to clear Stygian Onslaught in version Luna 6.

But first, some general gameplay advice.

1.1.

Co-Op Is Your Friend!

Stygian Onslaught can be cleared in Co-Op to an extent with some limitations. Difficulty 1/2/3 support matchmaking-based Co-Op allowing you to farm artifacts easily at Hard III difficulty while still being able to build up Dire Prestige.

Difficulties above that however require you to Co-Op with people inside your world. Furthermore, Fearless V and Dire VI's rewards are solo only. But you can therefore still gain the Dust of Enlightenment from Menacing IV.

1.2.

Make Sure to Use Exalted Ones

2 Hours after each phases reset, Exalted Ones become available. These are the 16 characters based on the entire server's completion of Dire VI and grants a buff to your characters too. Providing increases to ATK, DEF and HP if you own that character. Exalted Ones do not give you access to that character!

Genshin Impact Exalted Ones

Exalted ones can change daily too so if a character you own is not currently listed, they may change tomorrow.

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Stygian Onslaught Current Duration

  • Event Duration: 2026/07/08 10:00 - 2026/08/11 03:59
  • Disturbance Outbreak: 2026/07/08 10:00 - 2026/07/18 03:59
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Video Guide for Stygian Onslaught

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Stygian Onslaught Bosses and Best Team Compositions

Click below to see each of the 3 available bosses in the current patch's Stygian Onslaught phase as well as weaknesses, and the best team compositions to clear easily.

Lord of the Hidden Depths: Whisperer of Nightmares Source Matrix of Overseer Network Secret Source Automaton

4.1.

Lord of the Hidden Depths: Whisperer of Nightmares

Genshin Impact Stygian Onslaught Boss
  • Recommended: Lunar Reaction DMGs
4.2.

Enemy Details

Deepdark Shield

The Lord of the Hidden Depths: Whisperer of Nightmares gathers Abyssal energy to create a protective Shield. Lunar Reaction DMG is more effective at destroying this Shield. When the Shield is destroyed, the Lord of the Hidden Depths: Whisperer of Nightmares takes a single instance of immense DMG and temporarily enters a weakened state.

Riftscar Devour

During battle, the Lord of the Hidden Depths: Whisperer of Nightmares will unleash Rift Assaults, forming a Shield as it begins to charge while summoning multiple Fishers of Hidden Depths. Once it has fully charged, it will deal DMG over a large AoE and devour all Fishers. Defeating Fishers will cause the Shield to take DMG. Destroy the Shield to interrupt the Lord of the Hidden Depths: Whisperer of Nightmares' charging.

Deepdark Shield: Deeproot Blight

Affected by the Ley Line disturbance, the Lord of the Hidden Depths: Whisperer of Nightmares gathers Abyssal energy to create an extremely durable protective shield. Lunar Reaction DMG is more effective at destroying this shield. When the powerful opponent deploys a shield, the first time the shield takes Lunar reaction DMG, it generates an additional Elemental Orb. When the shield is destroyed, the Lord of the Hidden Depths: Whisperer of Nightmares takes a single instance of immense DMG and temporarily enters a weakened state.

Rift Assault

Affected by the Ley Line disturbance, the Lord of the Hidden Depths: Whisperer of Nightmares will enter a lengthy charging state and summon multiple Fishers of Hidden Depths. Once it has fully charged, it will deal DMG over a large AoE and devour all Fishers. Defeat Fishers before this happens to destroy the Shield and interrupt the Lord of the Hidden Depths: Whisperer of Nightmares' charging.

4.3.

This is not a comprehensive list of teams. The inclusion or exclusion of any specific team that matches the advantageous elements does not necessarily reflect their strength in the meta.

Team Suggestions
Skirk Furina Escoffier Mona
Zibai Linnea Columbina Illuga
Nefer Columbina Lauma Ineffa
Flins Ineffa Columbina Sucrose
4.4.

Source Matrix of Overseer Network

Genshin Impact Stygian Onslaught Boss
4.5.

Enemy Details

Deepdark Shield

The Lord of the Hidden Depths: Whisperer of Nightmares gathers Abyssal energy to create a protective Shield. Lunar Reaction DMG is more effective at destroying this Shield. When the Shield is destroyed, the Lord of the Hidden Depths: Whisperer of Nightmares takes a single instance of immense DMG and temporarily enters a weakened state.

Riftscar Devour

During battle, the Lord of the Hidden Depths: Whisperer of Nightmares will unleash Rift Assaults, forming a Shield as it begins to charge while summoning multiple Fishers of Hidden Depths. Once it has fully charged, it will deal DMG over a large AoE and devour all Fishers. Defeating Fishers will cause the Shield to take DMG. Destroy the Shield to interrupt the Lord of the Hidden Depths: Whisperer of Nightmares' charging.

Suppression Field: Energy Cycler

When combat begins, the Nemesis will deploy 4 detection devices protected by Hydro Wards, constructing a special Suppression Field that will create a Force Shield for the Nemesis and increase all its RES except for Cryo and Electro RES. When the field has been active for some time, the Nemesis will unleash Alpha Strike, dealing AoE DMG over a massive area and retrieving all detection devices. It will then deploy a Hydro Ward whose absorption is based on the number of devices retrieved. Failing to retrieve any detection devices will only grant a weak Hydro Ward.

Force Shield

Due to the Ley Line disturbance, the Nemesis' Suppression Field will fail when the Force Shield is broken, causing the Nemesis to take one instance of massive backlash DMG and enter a state of paralysis. Additionally, each time the Nemesis is affected by a Superconduct or Stellar-Conduct reaction, it will lose a fixed amount of Shield. Superconduct and Stellar-Conduct DMG is more effective at breaking its Shield and will further increase the backlash DMG it takes when the Shield is broken.

Detection Device: Pressurized Component

Detection devices will be destroyed when their Hydro Ward is broken or if they are Frozen and then affected by Shatter, Melt, or other Elemental Reaction DMG. Due to the Ley Line disturbance, the Nemesis' Shield will be damaged for every detection device that is destroyed.

4.6.

This is not a comprehensive list of teams. The inclusion or exclusion of any specific team that matches the advantageous elements does not necessarily reflect their strength in the meta.

Team Suggestions
Sandrone Yae Miko Nicole Qiqi
Flins Ineffa Columbina Escoffier
Varesa Iansan Chevreuse Escoffier
4.7.

Secret Source Automaton

Genshin Impact Stygian Onslaught Boss
  • Recommended: Nightsoul Characters
4.8.

Enemy Details

Adaptive Countermeasures

When the battle begins, the Nemesis will have slightly higher All Elemental and Physical RES. When a character enters and maintains the Nightsoul's Blessing state, the Nemesis will accumulate progress toward Adaptive Countermeasures. When this progress is full, it will start charging its Boltsphere Cannon.

Boltsphere Cannon

While the Boltsphere Cannon is being readied, the Nemesis will activate Accretion Mechanisms and excavate 2 blocks of solid Phlogiston before absorbing energy from within them. The Accretion Mechanisms will generate force fields to protect themselves. You must climb up solid Phlogiston to get inside the force fields to destroy them. After all the Accretion Mechanisms are destroyed, Boltsphere Cannon charging will be interrupted, while the Nemesis will get paralyzed and simultaneously take backlash DMG.

Adaptive Countermeasures: Cold Start

When the battle begins, the Nemesis will be protected by a strong Shield and gain high All Elemental and Physical RES. When a character enters and maintains the Nightsoul's Blessing state, the Nemesis will accumulate progress toward Adaptive Countermeasures. Due to the Ley Line disturbance, after the Nemesis finishes accumulating Adaptive Countermeasures for the first time, it will lose the All RES increase it gained at the start of the battle, its Shield will be broken, and then it will take backlash DMG based on the amount of DMG absorbed by the Shield.

Boltsphere Cannon: High-Pressure Pumps

After Adaptive Countermeasures progress fills up, the Nemesis will activate Accretion Mechanisms and excavate 2 blocks of solid Phlogiston before absorbing energy from within them to charge the Boltsphere Cannon. The Accretion Mechanisms will generate force fields to protect themselves. You must climb up solid Phlogiston to get inside the force fields to destroy them. After all the Accretion Mechanisms are destroyed, Boltsphere Cannon charging will be interrupted, while the Nemesis will get paralyzed and simultaneously take backlash DMG. Due to the Ley Line disorder, Adaptive Countermeasures will accrue progress as time passes, but the threshold required to activate Boltsphere Cannon will be higher.

4.9.

This is not a comprehensive list of teams. The inclusion or exclusion of any specific team that matches the advantageous elements does not necessarily reflect their strength in the meta.

Team Suggestions
Mualani Mavuika Sucrose Pyro Traveler
Mavuika Iansan Bennett Citlali
Kinich Nicole Durin Emilie
Skirk Furina Escoffier Citlali
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Changelog

  • 08 Jul. 2026: Luna 8 Stygian added.
  • 27 May 2026: Luna VII Stygian Onslaught guide updated.
  • 14 Apr. 2026: Luna VI Stygian Onslaught guide updated.
  • 05 Mar. 2026: Luna V Stygian Onslaught guide updated.
  • 21 Jan. 2026: Luna IV Stygian Onslaught guide updated.
  • 10 Dec. 2025: Luna III Stygian Onslaught guide updated.
  • 28 Oct. 2025: Luna II Stygian Onslaught guide updated.
  • 13 Sep. 2025: Luna I Stygian Onslaught guide updated.
  • 01 Aug. 2025: 5.8 Stygian Onslaught teams added.
  • 25 Jun. 2025: Guide added.
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