rarity 4

Yuanwu Build Guide

Electro Gauntlet

Level: 1

HP

ATK

DEF

Energy

125

Last updated: November 7, 2024 10:09 AM

Update Log: Updated Yuanwu’s team.

Yuanwu Overview

In Wuthering Waves, Yuanwu is a 4-Stars Electro character and uses Gauntlet during the fight.

Yuanwu, the owner of a boxing gym, is a courteous and humble man who exudes poise and self-assurance in everything he does. With his expertise in the Leihuang martial arts style, he has also achieved mastery in the field of health management. He embodies a harmonious blend of power and grace.

Yuanwu Review

Yuanwu is a 4-Star Electro character in Wuthering Waves.

A character whose damage is based on defense, using Resonance Skill to summon Thunder Wedge that can perform synergy attacks with on-field characters.

The Resonance Liberation can grant Lightning Infused status to the character and teammates, and has a unique Vibration Strength depletion Outro Skill. High Resonance Chain Yuanwu can also provide high-value shields to teammates.

Pros
High defense, strong survivability.

Cons

  • There is a conflict between high defense scaling and off-field benefits.
  • Although Yuanwu’s Outro Skill can deplete Vibration Strength, it only reduces it by 10%,
    which is not very significant.
  • The ability to deplete Vibration Strength while in the Lightning Infused state is not significantly enhanced, and reducing Vibration Strength for boss-level enemies relies more on the Intro Skill.
  • Additionally, the Anti-Interruption ability provided by Lightning Infused is not very noticeable, making the benefits of Resonance Liberation very low and somewhat meaningless.

Yuanwu Active Skills

Yuanwu Skills Priority

Clarity of Mind
Forte Circuit
Eternal Frost
Resonance Skill
Glacial Gaze
Resonance Liberation
Cold Thorn
Intro Skill
Cold Light
Basic Attack

Yuanwu Burst Rotation

1st round

  1. Resonance Skill
  2. (Switch to next Character)

2nd round

  1. Intro Skill
  2. Resonance Skill
  3. Resonance Liberation
  4. Echo Skill(Impermanence Heron)
  5. Outro Skill (Switch to Main DPS)

Yuanwu Basic Attack
DMG Multiplier

Base Attack Lv:

Basic Attack
Yuanwu performs up to 5 consecutive attacks, dealing Electro DMG.

Heavy Attack
Yuanwu consumes Stamina to attack the target, dealing Electro DMG.

Mid-air Attack
Yuanwu consumes Stamina to launch a Mid-air Plunging Attack, dealing Electro DMG.

Dodge Counter
Use Basic Attack after a successful Dodge to attack the target, dealing Electro DMG.

Yuanwu Resonance Skill
DMG Multiplier

Resonance Skill Lv:

Thunder Wedge
Yuanwu summons Thunder Wedge, dealing Electro DMG, and forms a Thunder Field centered on the Thunder Wedge. Thunder Wedge lasts for 12s.
Forte Circuit Rumbling Spark and Resonance Liberation Blazing Might will immediately detonate Resonance Skill Thunder Wedge on the field, dealing Electro DMG, considered as Resonance Skill Damage.

Thunder Field
The on-field character gains the effects below when in the Thunder Field: a Coordinated Attack from Resonance Skill Thunder Wedge is triggered when attacks hit a target, dealing Electro DMG. This can be triggered once every 1.2s. The effect lasts for 1.5s.

Yuanwu Resonance Liberation

DMG Multiplier

Resonance Liberation Lv:

Awaken the power of thunder and provide Forte Circuit Lightning Infused status for all nearby characters for 10s, granting them increased Anti-interruption, then perform a powerful blow that deals Electro DMG.

Yuanwu Forte Circuit

DMG Multiplier

Forte Circuit Lv:

Rumbling Spark
When ‘Readiness’ is full, long press Resonance Skill to consume all ‘Readiness’ and cast Rumbling Spark, dealing Electro DMG and entering the Lightning Infused state.

Thunder Uprising
When you have full ‘Readiness’, Resonance Skill Thunder Wedge will cast Thunder Uprising, dealing Electro DMG.

Lightning Infused
The character in Lightning Infused state has a greatly increased anti-interruption.
When Yuanwu is in this state:
-Basic Attacks: Hits targets in a larger range, depletes enemy Vibration Strength faster;
-Heavy Attacks: Attack speed is increased, deplete enemy Vibration Strength faster;
-Dodge Counters: Attack speed is increased, deplete enemy Vibration Strength faster.
-Use Basic Attack within 3s after casting a Heavy Attack or a successful Counterattack to cast Thunderweaver, dealing Electro DMG, considered as Basic Attack damage;
Yuanwu does not recover ‘Readiness’ in this state.

Readiness
Yuanwu can hold up to 100 ‘Readiness’.
When Resonance Skill Thunder Wedge is on the field, Yuanwu gains 6 ‘Readiness’ every second, even when he is not the on-field character;
When Resonance Skill Thunder Wedge hits a target with a Coordinated Attack, Yuanwu gains 5 ‘Readiness’.

Yuanwu Passive Skills

Yuanwu Inherent Skill

Yuanwu Inherent Skill

Yuanwu Switch Skills

Yuanwu Intro Skill
DMG Multiplier

Intro Skill Lv:

Yuanwu Outro Skill

Yuanwu Stat Bonus

Yuanwu Stat Bonus 1

Electro DMG Bonus increased by 12%.

*All Bonus unlocked value

Yuanwu Stat Bonus 2

DEF increased by 15.2%.

*All Bonus unlocked value

Yuanwu Resonance Chain

Suggested Resonance Chain

Sequence 1

Yuanwu Sequence 1

Yuanwu Sequence 2

Yuanwu Sequence 3

Yuanwu Sequence 4

Yuanwu Sequence 5

Yuanwu Sequence 6

Yuanwu Build

Yuanwu Best Support Echo set

Moonlit Clouds X 5

Any Cost 3 Echo

Any Cost 3 Echo

Any Cost 1 Echo

Any Cost 1 Echo

Sub Echo

Yuanwu Sub DPS Echo Skill Priority

Yuanwu Echo Stats Priority

Cost 4

22% CRIT Rate Or 44% CRIT DMG

Cost 3

32% Engery Regen

Cost 1

18% DEF

Sub Stats

CRIT Rate/CRIT Dmg > DEF% >Energy Regen

Yuanwu Best Weapon

Other Weapons can be used

100%

Details

Increases Energy Regen by 12.8%. When Resonance Skill is released, increases ATK by 6%, stacking up to 2 time(s). This effect lasts for 10s.

97.2%

Details

When Intro Skill is released, increases ATK by 15%, lasting for 15s.

91%

Details

Equipped Resonator gains 6 stack(s) of Oath upon entering the battlefield. Each stack increases ATK by 2%, up to 6 stacks. This effect can be triggered 1 time(s) every 12s. Oath reduces by 1 stack(s) every 2s. Equipped Resonator gains an additional 6 stack(s) of Oath upon defeating an enemy.

88.6%

Details

When Resonance Skill is released, increases Basic Attack DMG and Heavy Attack DMG by 20%, stacking up to 1 time(s). This effect lasts for 10s and can be triggered 1 time(s) every 1s.

Yuanwu Team Comp

Yuanwu Best Team 1

Main DPS – Jinhsi

Jinhsi relies on teammates’ coordinated Attack to maximize the rate of stacking “Incandescence” in order to maximize the damage of enhanced skill. Therefore, prioritize selecting teammates with coordinated attack mechanisms.

Sub DPS – Yuanwu

 Yuanwu is also a viable option of teammate of Jinhsi. Yuanwu’s efficiency in stacking “Incandescence” through coordinated attacks is comparable to Mortefi’s, and the operation is simple; occasionally switching to Yuanwu to use his Skill can maintain coordinated attacks. However, the downside is the slow acquisition of concerto energy, making it difficult to consistently trigger the Moonlit Clouds set. Therefore, another approach is suggested: equip Yuanwu with the ‘Rejuvenating Glow’ set and use “Cruisewing” as the Main Echo to trigger the ‘Rejuvenating Glow’ set, and then let the Healer carry ‘Moonlit Cloud’.

Healer – Verina/Baizhi

Since both Verina and Jinhsi are Spectro characters, and Verina’s ‘Jué’ echo skill provides a 15-second DoT, each coordinated attack by Verina only provides 2 points of ‘Incandescence’. Additionally, the cooldown of coordinated attacks does not match the cooldown for stacking ‘Incandescence’, so during the 10S Liberation period, Verina can only provide Jinhsi with about 14-16 points of ‘Incandescence’. If the character is attacked or the boss moves during Liberation, the amount of ‘Incandescence’ obtained will be even less.

Baizhi’s Liberation can also provide coordinated attacks, and it deals Glacio damage, with each coordinated attack providing 3 points of ‘Incandescence’. During the entire Liberation period, 12 points of ‘Incandescence’ can be obtained. An S4 Baizhi will have two additional coordinated attacks, increasing the ‘Incandescence’ gained to 18 points. Moreover, Baizhi’s attacks are unique in that they do not need to hit the enemy to trigger, and Baizhi’s coordinated attacks can also trigger Yinlin’s coordinated attacks. The downside is that Baizhi gains concerto energy slower than Verina and has a 5% lower ATK buff, which is also a single-target buff.

Yuanwu Ascension Material

Rank 1
Req Lv 20

Rank 2
Req Lv 40

Rank 3
Req Lv 50

Rank 4
Req Lv 60

Rank 5
Req Lv 70

Rank 6
Req Lv 80

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However, since there are no additional means to obtain Resonance Chains in the current version, it appears weaker when compared to four-star characters with high Resonance Chains. It is suitable for F2P (Free-to-Play) players to develop. Rover S6 possesses the game’s only RES Reduction effect, which can boost the team’s damage by at least 11.1%, showing future potential.

Rover Havoc

The base stats are much higher than 4-star characters and slightly lower than 5-star characters. However, the Skill Rate and forms are quite excellent, featuring different attack modes in normal and Dark Surge states. During the burst phase, skill multipliers are comparable to five-star characters like Jiyan or Calcharo.

After entering Dark Surge, it boasts outstanding single-target damage output, and the high multiplier Resonance Liberation along with the Echo “Dreamless” also provide decent AoE capabilities.

Verina

After the strengthening in the OBT, the consumption rate of Photosynthesis Energy has been greatly increased. Consuming one layer of Photosynthesis Energy grants 12 Concerto Energy, significantly reducing Verina’s on-field time requirement. At the same time, her Healing Efficiency has been greatly improved, addressing the awkward situation during CBT3 where she couldn’t keep up with Baizhi.

Due to the special nature of the Healer role’s Outro Skill, a healer is essential for the Main DPS to deal maximum damage, underscoring Verina’s indispensability. Additionally, since Verina’s healing is based on her attack power, she also possesses output capability, which, though not outstanding, is still significant. Of course, this is contingent on Verina being built correctly.

Choose the appropriate Cost 3 Echo based on the needs of your character.

Moonlit Clouds

[2-set] : Energy Regen increased by 10%.
[5-set] : After using Outro Skill, the ATK of the next Resonator is increased by 22.5% for 15 seconds

Choose the appropriate Cost 1 Echo based on the needs of your character.

Moonlit Clouds

[2-set] : Energy Regen increased by 10%.
[5-set] : After using Outro Skill, the ATK of the next Resonator is increased by 22.5% for 15 seconds