Wuthering Waves - Shorekeeper Build Guide

Last updated: 8 October 2024

 

 

Best Shorekeeper Build - Overview

 

 

Shorekeeper is a Spectro support character that provides healing for sustainability, and buffs for the most essential stats in the game, Crit Rate and Crit Damage. Equipped with the Fallacy of No Return echo and a 5pc Rejuvenating Glow echo set, Shorekeeper can provide an additional 10% ATK from each. With her Sequence 2 (S2) unlocked, Shorekeeper can provide another 40% ATK for your team when the final realm in her Stellarealm is active.

 

Shorekeeper’s signature Rectifier weapon is an excellent investment for future characters with its attack boost when the equipping character heals upon using their Resonance Skill.

 

 

Best Shorekeeper Build - Weapon

 

 

Shorekeeper has two solid F2P weapon options in case you do not decide to pull for her signature weapon, Stellar Symphony. The best option after Stellar Symphony is Variation as it is almost exactly the same. The other alternative is the Rectifier#25 which is craftable, so you can easily R5 the weapon.

Shorekeeper Weapon Damage Comparison - Version 1.3

 

Stellar Symphony - 5 Star Rectifier

 

Shorekeeper’s Best in Slot weapon and signature weapon, Stellar Symphony. This weapon provides Shorekeeper with a significant amount of Energy Regen to aid her in reaching her 250% ER requirement. It also provides HP% which increases her Discernment Intro Skill DMG, which is guaranteed to Crit.

Lastly, this is an excellent support weapon as it provides a team-wide 14%/28% ATK% when healing with your Resonance Skill, depending on your refinement rank.
With this weapon, it is possible to reach 250% ER from sub-stats only, so if you’re RNG is good enough you do not need a Energy Regen 3C echo.

 

Variation - 4 Star Rectifier

 

Variation is an excellent 4-star gacha option for Shorekeeper. It has slightly less Energy Regen and does not have the ATK% buff and HP% increase that Stellar Symphony has, but provides the same amount of Concerto Energy. This is important for Shorekeeper’s fastest rotation. If you have enough HP on Shorekeeper and ATK on your DPS, then this weapon is all you need for her.

 

Rectifier#25 - 4 Star Rectifier

 

The best weapon choice for anyone looking to not spend on getting a weapon for Shorekeeper and if you do not have a Variation lying around. This is craftable, which means you can easily upgrade to an R5. The passive of this weapon also ensures Shorekeeper’s survivability when triggering her Inherent Skill, and makes triggering Rejuvenating Glow even easier.

 

Cosmic Ripples - 5 Star Rectifier

 

Although not recommended, it is worth noting you can reach 250% ER while using this weapon, but it requires a large investment to get good echoes, it does not justify the amount of resources it takes to get there.

 

 

Best Shorekeeper Build - Echoes

 

 

Endgame Build

 

Shorekeeper’s best echo set to fulfill her role as a support is by using a 5-pc Rejuvenating Glow. Compared to other characters in Wuthering Waves, she is fairly easy to build as she does not require Crit Rate at all with her guaranteed crit Discernment Intro Skill.

4-3-3-1-1 Echo Formation for Endgame Shorekeeper

Shorekeeper requires 250% Energy Regen to provide the full 12.5% Crit Rate buff and 25% Crit DMG buff to your team. To achieve this with an endgame build, you will need an Energy Regen 3C echo and more Energy Regen from substats. 

Her 4C each should be Crit DMG and her second 3C echo should be Spectro DMG Bonus to maximize her damage, but using HP% can sometimes be better for either if you have significantly better substats on it.

Her two 1C echoes should always be on HP%.

It’s also worthwhile using the Fallacy of No Return echo on Shorekeeper for an extra 10% Energy Regen, and make sure use have her Inherent Skill unlocked for an additional 10% Energy Regen.

 

4-3-3-1-1 Echo Formation for Shorekeeper (Endgame Prime)

 

If you are using Stellar Symphony and achieve an average of 10.6% Energy Regen from your echo substats, you can use an HP% or Spectro DMG Bonus echo in place of the Energy Regen 3C. You will still reach Shorekeeper’s required amount, but make sure you are using the Fallacy of No Return echo skill.

Echo Substats

 

Energy Regen is the most vital substats for Shorekeeper and should be prioritized over all others until you reach that 250% requirement. Crit DMG is her next best substat that provides her with the largest damage increase, and HP% provides a balance between healing and damage. Resonance Liberation DMG Bonus is also valuable for Shorekeeper, but not more valuable than the previously mentioned substats.

Shorekeeper Substat Priority

 

 

Best Shorekeeper Build - Forte/Talent Priority

 

Shorekeeper’s forte talents require low investment if you want to maximise her support capacity. It is important to have her inherent Skills unlocked. To maximise her damage, her Intro Skill provides her Discernment damage which is her main source of damage. Her Basic Attacks and Resonance Skill provide roughly the same amount of damage, but this damage scales on ATK. Her Forte also scales on ATK, but provides less damage than her Basic Attacks and Resonance Skill. Her Resonance Liberation does not provide any damage, only healing.

1. Intro Skill

2. Basic Attack & Resonance Skill

3. Forte

4. Resonance Liberation

 

 

Best Shorekeeper Build - Sequences

 

 

Each of Shorekeeper’s sequences are unique as they each improve a different aspect of her kit, from quality of life to personal damage.

Shorekeeper Sequence 1

 

Shorekeeper’s S1 is an incredible quality of life that allows her Stellarealm to have 100% uptime. This is great for players that enjoy quick swap teams and want to have more Shorekeeper dmg.

 

Shorekeeper Sequence 2

 

Shorekeeper’s S2 is the last of her team-wide buffs and it’s a significant boost for your team. 40% ATK is no joke and makes her S2 more than worthwhile.

 

Shorekeeper Sequence 3

 

Shorekeeper Sequence 4

 

Shorekeeper’s S3 and S4 are not worth the investment as she already has great Concerto Efficiency and Concerto Energy from Stellar Symphony and Variation. Scorekeeper also provides enough healing, so S3 and S4 is not a recommended stopping point for Shorekeeper.

 

Shorekeeper Sequence 5

 

Shorekeeper Sequence 6

 

S5 is only worthwhile if you plan to S6 Shorekeeper as this allows her damage to apply more consistently to large groups of enemies. S6 is a major damage increase for Shorekeeper’s personal damage output, and in combination with holding the Fallacy of No Return echo skill, you can easily turn Shorekeeper into a Main DPS.

 

Best Shorekeeper Build - Team Comps

 

Shorekeeper is the most universal character that works with ANY character is Wuthering Waves. Because she mainly provides Crit Rate, Crit DMG and DMG Amplification, you can use her with any character no matter what attribute their damage scales on, because every character has the potential to hit a critical strike. 

 

It is worth noting that the current character roster does not allow you to free use two supports in the same team comp because they are limited in numbers.

 

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