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Wuthering Waves

Quick guide

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Checklists and rotations are still being written and checked. Some may be incomplete or out of date.

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Rotations

One loop per character
NA
Basic attack (NA 1-4 = hits 1 to 4 of the string)
Air NA
Mid-air basic attack
HA
Heavy attack (hold basic attack)
Hold HA
Keep holding the heavy attack
Plunge
Plunging attack
E
Resonance Skill
Hold E
Hold Resonance Skill
Q
Resonance Liberation
R
Echo skill
Intro
Intro skill (swap in at full Concerto)
Outro
Outro skill (swap out at full Concerto)
Jump
Jump
Dodge
Dodge
  • Chisa

    HavocSub-DPS / Support
    1. Eopener: starts the Forte build
    2. NA 1-4full string: Death Snip to Thread Withdrawn
    3. Qheals team, fills Forte to max
    4. EForte full: enter Chainsaw Mode
    5. Hold HAfull Sawring string, ends on Eradication
    6. OutroAero teams: raises Erosion cap to 6

    Keep hitting in Chainsaw Mode: Fever drains when idle and Burnout empties the Ring.

    Unverifiedchecked 12 Oct

  • Hsin

    ElectroMain DPS
    1. IntroAnswering Form
    2. NA×2fills Answering Heart
    3. HARealm Protector, at full Forte
    4. QFormshift: enter Illumining Form
    5. EIllumining Form skill
    6. NA×2Illumining Heart to 300
    7. EPillars Aligned: enter Mechanism Dominion
    8. NA×4Pillars Aligned strikes, drains the Heart
    9. HAStilling All Horizons, once Heart is empty
    10. QPillars Across Heaven
    11. Outro

    Electro Flare mode: no mid-combo swap. In Unison mode, Outro after the first Q and come back.

    Unverifiedchecked 12 Oct

  • Lynae

    SpectroBuffer / Sub-DPS
    1. Intro
    2. Eright away: max Overflow
    3. Qteam buff
    4. NAone hit
    5. Hold HA1.6s, release: Kaleidoscopic Parade
    6. Jump×3Polychrome Leaps: build True Color
    7. Air NAenhanced mid-air attack
    8. Outroonce Concerto is full

    Release the held Heavy only after 1.6s (max Lumiflow) to enter Kaleidoscopic Parade.

    Unverifiedchecked 12 Oct

  • Lucilla

    GlacioSub-DPS
    1. Introoff Chisa or Shorekeeper Outro
    2. Hold Euntil 3 Photos (50 Trace each)
    3. Qenter Reminiscence
    4. Hold HAuntil all 3 Photos / Forte spent
    5. REcho right before the swap
    6. Outroto Hiyuki or Sigrika

    Don't Q before 3 Photos: Clear As Day only unlocks at 3.

    Unverifiedchecked 12 Oct

  • Cartethyia

    AeroMain DPS
    1. Intro2 Erosion + Sword of Discord
    2. NA×3+1 Erosion, Sword of Divinity
    3. E+2 Erosion, Sword of Virtue
    4. Plungeall 3 swords out: recall them
    5. Qfull energy: Fleurdelys, Manifest 12s
    6. Egroups enemies, then Upward Cut
    7. Air NA×3
    8. E2nd cast: pulls enemies in
    9. NA×3restore Conviction
    10. HA+NA+NAends in Upward Cut launch
    11. Q120 Conviction: Blade of Howling Squall
    12. OutroAero amp, back to Chisa

    Summon all 3 swords before the Plunge recall: each missing sword drops its bonus.

    Unverifiedchecked 12 Oct

  • Hiyuki

    GlacioMain DPS
    1. Intro+NA 3caps Dedication
    2. HAFrost Splinter: Present Self
    3. Qenter Foreclaimed Self
    4. E×2spend both Frostblight charges
    5. NA 1-5full string, don't cut it: builds Frostheart
    6. Dodgeout of a Foreclaimed NA: Iai Stance
    7. NA×44 Iai slashes, 100 Frostheart each
    8. HABitterfrost: Foreclaimed Self
    9. QBlade Liberation
    10. Outro

    Iai needs a Dodge out of a Foreclaimed NA, not out of Bitterfrost or Frostblight.

    Unverifiedchecked 12 Oct

  • Shorekeeper

    SpectroHealer / Support
    1. NA 1-4each hit: Collapsed Core, butterfly in 6s
    2. Eheal + 5 Dim Star Butterflies
    3. QStellarealm: upgrades with each Intro
    4. REcho before the swap
    5. OutroBinary Butterfly, 30s
    6. Introafter the other 2 Intros: detonates realm

    Return only after both teammates' Intros: Discernment needs the Supernal Stellarealm.

    Unverifiedchecked 12 Oct

  • Jingran

    Fusion
    1. Intro+100 Qi
    2. Q+200 Qi, 3 Wayfarer's Marks, Yinghuo 15s
    3. HA300 Qi: Stardome Meander, to Yin
    4. NA 2-4Yin basics, stages 3-4: +50 Qi each
    5. HASoul Raid, to Yang
    6. E+NAScorching Yang into Afterlife's Guide
    7. HAStardome Meander
    8. E+NAEncroaching Yin into Netherworld Traverse
    9. HASoul Raid: 4th and last Forte Heavy
    10. Outro

    Q before the first Forte Heavy: without Fire of Life the Heavies lose their HP scaling.

    Unverifiedchecked 12 Oct

  • Qiuyuan

    AeroBuffer / Sub-DPS
    1. Intro+400 Forte, chains into Inkwash 3
    2. NA 3-4Inkwash: Forte to 600
    3. Qteam Crit DMG, max at 65% Crit Rate
    4. Hold HAInksplash of Mind: 3 Echo Skill hits
    5. Rswap-cancel it with the Outro
    6. Outro50% Echo Skill DMG Amp, 14s

    Hold HA only at 600 Forte: below it the Heavy is a plain hit, not the Echo Skill combo.

    Unverifiedchecked 12 Oct

  • Yangyang: Xuanling

    HavocMain DPS
    1. Intro+R+1 Azure Plume, Echo first
    2. NA 1-4Azure string drains Melody
    3. EFlow: Feather, 2nd Plume
    4. HAFeather heavy: Streaming Storm
    5. Air NAFeather Fall: Hark the Wind 12s
    6. NA 1-3Havoc in Bloom
    7. Qcancels Bloom 3 endlag, +1 Plume
    8. EFlow: Azure, 2nd Plume, Shadow of Xuanling
    9. HAAzure heavy: Bated Breath
    10. Outro

    Empty Melody before each E: only a drained bar gives Sword Stance Flow and its Plume.

    Unverifiedchecked 12 Oct

  • Suisui

    GlacioSupport / Healer
    1. NA×3opener only: fills Cloud Breath, later loops start on Intro
    2. EAwakening Spring: pulls enemies, enters Drizzle Stance
    3. Air NA+Plunge
    4. NA 1-4Floral Epistle to 600
    5. QSong of Thoroughfare domain, 30s: cast late
    6. R
    7. Outro25% All DMG Amp, 30s

    Drizzle Stance lasts 15s and clears Floral Epistle: hit 600 before the Outro.

    Unverifiedchecked 15 Oct

  • Mornye

    FusionHealer / Support
    1. NA×3opener only: Rest Mass Energy to 100, later loops: Intro
    2. HAGeopotential Shift: Wide Field Observation, Syntony Field
    3. NA×3airborne: fills Relative Momentum
    4. EDistributed Array
    5. HAInversion: Observation Marker
    6. Qupgrades to High Syntony Field
    7. Rafter landing
    8. Outro

    Don't land in Wide Field Observation: landing ends it, dodge before touching ground.

    Unverifiedchecked 15 Oct

  • Rebecca

    ElectroSub-DPS
    1. Introenters Guts state
    2. NA×3
    3. Eswitch to Huntress
    4. NA×2Fervor to 120
    5. HAempowered, in Huntress: higher multiplier
    6. Q×3re-press twice during the animation
    7. Outro14s turret, Heavy Attack DMG Amp for the next carry

    Tap the Liberation, don't hold it: holding ends the skill early.

    Unverifiedchecked 15 Oct