A Long Shot is the sixth subquest in Prologue: Act 3, Song of the Dragon and Freedom, an Archon Quest in Genshin Impact. This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives of the A Long Shot Archon Subquest.
A Long Shot is unlocked automatically when you finish the subquest Calm Before the Storm.
Region: Mondstadt
Area: Brightcrown Mountains
Quest Giver: Automatically given after completing Calm Before the Storm
Requirement: Complete subquest Calm Before the Storm
Recommended Level: 15
Reward: 425 Adventure EXP, 30 Primogems, 12,400 Mora, 1 Favonius Warbow, 1 Tainted Blood, 5 Adventurer’s Experience, 3 Mystic Enhancement Ore
Mission Description: Take on Stormterror/Dvalin
Objectives:
- Venture beyond the seal
- Ride the winds to defeat Dvalin
- Use the accelerated currents
- Defeat Dvalin
Starting Location: Brightcrown Mountains
This quest begins automatically after completing Calm Before the Storm.
Venture beyond the seal
Use the Teleport Waypoint in the middle of Stormterror’s Lair to return to the group. A conversation automatically begins.
After the dialogue stops, run to the center of the platform.
A prompt appears to “Confront Stormterror.” Activate it. Since all the other options are locked, select the first option.
This fight starts in the air with you pursuing Dvalin. Use the Right Joystick to aim and hold R2 to shoot. Target the poison nodes on its back. Attack them until Dvalin’s health bar reaches 2/3rds.
At this point, Dvalin flies far away and shoots energy blasts at you. Use the Left Joystick to move. It may not look like you’re moving, since the camera is locked behind the Traveler. An easy way to avoid the blasts is to slowly rotate the Left Joystick in a circle.
Use the accelerated currents
Eventually, Anemo orbs appear. Look for the green health bars that appear among the energy blasts. Shoot the Anemo orbs to create accelerated currents.
Fly through these currents you create to get closer to Dvalin. After using four or five of these wind currents, you reach Dvalin again. Continue shooting at his poison clot.
He flies away one more time. Shoot the Anemo orbs and use the wind currents to get close to Dvalin again. Then shoot the poison node until Dvalin’s health bar is gone.
You then get sucked into the whirlwind and end up on a circular platform with Diluc, Venti, and Jean. Dvalin appears from the sky, and the second phase of the fight begins.
Defeat Dvalin
Dvalin has a couple different attacks. First, it shoots energy blasts at you that you need to avoid.
Next, it flies off and then charges you. Run out of the way of the charge.
Then, it slams down on the platform and sprays energy from side to side. During this attack, its talons are vulnerable to attacks and generally the best time to do damage.
Finally, it surges your platform with energy, hitting you with passive damage. Run to the either side of the platform and use the wind gust to glide up and then over to the neighboring platform.
Dvalin’s top bar is its health bar, and the second bar acts as a stagger bar. Dwindle down the stagger bar, and Dvalin temporarily falls to your platform. The camera changes to an above view. Climb up onto Dvalin’s neck and attack the poison node on its neck.
Repeat as needed until Dvalin’s health bar disappears. A cutscene plays out, seeing you return to Mondstadt on Dvalin’s back. Dvalin and Venti finally get to reconnect here.
Finishing this custcene completes the A Long Shot subquest.
Next Quest: When the Wind Dies Down
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