Wuthering Waves Tier List - Best Resonators To Play
Update: 5.27.2024
As Wuthering Waves is an open world gacha game, the game offers its players a large and varied cast of colorful and powerful characters in the form of the Resonators for players to collect and play as to explore its vast open world. However, with such a large cast of Resonators to obtain and so little resources that the players can spend to level them up and make them stronger, it is important for players to know who are the best Resonators in terms of overall strength in the game’s meta in order to be able to spend their resources wisely and clear all of the game’s challenges.
As such, the following contents are the tier list of the characters and their playstyle based on the information available in Wuthering Waves
Please note that the rating in this guide is entirely subjective and is based on personal experience and opinions of many different seasoned gacha players. Therefore, if you think that some of the Resonators ratings are incorrect, please let us know (with details) and we will consider changing their ratings.
S Tier Characters
These resonators are currently the best characters of their respective elements and their playstyle offers players a satisfactory gameplay experience in addition to either being able to deal massive amounts of damage or being able to support the entire team efficiently with their skills.
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Calcharo
Rarity: 5*
Element: Electro
Role: DPS
Calcharo is an Electro DPS character that wields a broadsword, with his main abilities and skill allowing him to deal a large number of Electro infused sword swings towards the enemy, dealing massive amounts of damage. Calcharo’s strong point lies in his abilities to enhance his normal attack damage once his Resonance Liberation is used, massively boosting his own Electro damage output.
Jianxin
Rarity: 5*
Element: Aero
Role: DPS
Jianxin is a DPS character of the Aero element. Her combat style revolves around players using her Resonance Skill to block enemies’ attack and initiate a Qui Counter, dealing massive amounts of Aero damage to the enemy and controlling a large group of enemies by using her Resonance Liberation to unleash an area-wide attack that pulls in the enemy. Once her Qui counter is filled, Jianxin can charge up a devastating attack and unleash it to deal massive amounts of Aero damage to the enemies in front of her.
Lingyang
Rarity: 5*
Element: Glacio
Role: DPS
Lingyang is a 5* Glacio DPS character that specializes in dealing massive amounts of damage by constantly bombarding the enemies with punches and aerial combat. Lingyang playstyle revolves around hitting the enemy with his combo to fill up his special Lion dance meter. Once the meter has been filled, Lingyang will don his Lion Dance head and be able to jump constantly in the air, performing aerial attacks and combos against the enemies, dealing massive amounts of Glacio damage. His playstyle is extremely dynamic, making him a very good DPS character to have.
Jiyan
Rarity: 5*
Element: Aero
Role: DPS
Jiyan is the first limited 5* character that specializes in dealing massive amounts of Aero damage to enemies while performing aerial combat techniques with his Skill. Jiyan's gameplay style revolves around jumping and plunging down at the enemy while using his skill, allowing him to deal Aero elemental damage to enemies surrounding him in a wide area. His overwhelming damage output and damage numbers make him one of the strongest characters currently available as of the 2nd Close Beta for Wuthering Waves.
Taoqi
Rarity: 4*
Elements: Havoc
Role: Support
Taoqi is a 4* Support Character that is currently the only Resonator that can grant the entire team a beneficial defensive buff in the form of her special shield. Her abilities allow her to change into a defensive stance, reducing damage taken to allies and herself while preparing herself for a counter attack once the enemies have hit her during her defensive stance. The ability to defensively support the entire team makes a very valuable character to have.
A Tier Characters
These Resonators perform well in many fights and help to supplement the Resonators at the S Rank in a suitable team. The resonators in this rank are good in many situations, however, their capabilities are either lesser than that of S Rank Resonators in terms of damage output or in terms of the difficulty in their playstyle.
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Encore
Rarity: 5*
Elements: Fusion
Role: DPS
Encore is a 5* Fusion DPS Resonator that focuses on bombarding the enemies with Fusion elemental damage with her skills. Her damage output is quite decent, however, her skill combos are quite difficult to use and manage properly.
Verina
Rarity: 5*
Elements: Spectro
Role: DPS
Verina is a 5* Spectro Support Resonator that specializes in recovering health to allies with her skills and talent. Due to her ability to recover health to allies, her damage is lessened, making her a prime support character for survival contents but not for DPS checks contents such as bosses.
Danjin
Rarity: 4*
Elements: Havoc
Role: DPS
Danjin is a 4* Resonator of the Havoc element that fills the role of an Enmity DPS character. Her kit allows to deal a decent amount of Havoc damage to enemies, however, she will lose HP the more she uses her skill, making her a difficult to manage DPS character.
Mortefi
Rarity: 4*
Elements: Fusion
Role: Support
Mortefi is a 4* Resonator of the Fusion element. He focuses on allowing other allies to resonate with his element and increase the damage dealt by allies with his skill and talent buffs.
Chixia
Rarity: 4*
Elements: Fusion
Role: DPS
Chixia is a 4* DPS character of the Fusion element. She is the prime character for a starting player as she is given for free at the start of the game with easy to use combat combo and decent powerful damage output.
Baizhi
Rarity: 4*
Elements: Glacio
Role: Support
Baizhi is a 4* Glacio elemental support Resonator. Her abilities allow her to recover HP for the team in addition to summoning Echos that attack together with the active character, healing them with each damage instance.
Yinlin
Rarity: 5*
Elements: Electro
Role: DPS
Yinlin is a 5* Electro DPS character that relies on multiple debuffs and marks on the enemy to deal a good amount of Electro damage to enemies. Once the enemies have been marked by her attacks, Yinlin can make a wide area attack, making her a good DPS to bring for large waves of enemies.
Aalto
Rarity: 4*
Elements: Aero
Role: DPS
Aalto is a 4* Aero DPS character that can deal a decent amount of Aero damage to enemies surrounding him. If you aren’t able to roll for the premium DPS options, he is a very cheap DPS to bring with his abilities and skills focused around dealing damage to enemies.
B Tier Characters
The 3 B Tier characters currently in the 2nd Close Beta for Wuthering Waves consists of 3 of the free characters given to all players. While their combat prowess are decent enough and they can hold their own in various contents, when compared with other characters, they fall short and need extreme investment to become powerful.
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Yangyang
Rarity: 4*
Elements: Aero
Role: DPS
Yangyang is a free 4* Aero DPS character given to players at the start of the game, she is a very easy to use character. However, her damage output is low compared to other DPS options available.
Sanhua
Rarity: 4*
Elements: Glacio
Role: DPS
Sanhua is a 4* Glacio DPS character available to all players during the log in event once players have logged in for a total of 5 days. She deals decent amounts of Glacio damage to enemies, however, her skill kit is quite difficult to use and she requires investment to become strong in the late game.
Yuanwu
Rarity: 4*
Elements: Electro
Role: DPS
Yuanwu is a 4* Electro DPS character that is awarded to player for free once they have reached a certain stage in the Rumbling Hollows. He deals a decent amount of Electro DPS, but also needs a lot of investment to become strong in the late game.
Rover
Rover, or the main character of the game, is currently the only unranked Resonator for now. However, as the story progresses once the game is released, players might be able to upgrade them further and make them stronger.
