Every Character In Wuthering Waves, Ranked

Limited Five Star

The fact that this character was initially given for free is surprising since he can deal a ton of damage if used correctly and paired with characters like Yinlin or Zhezhi.

Limited Five Star

Zhezhi is quite a phenomenal character when it comes to dealing off-field coordinated-attack damage. The only reason that she’s not in the highest tier is the lack of main DPS characters to use with her.

Limited Five Star

When you take a look at Changli’s kit, you’ll easily realize that she’s one of the best characters to have in the game. However, she was released at the wrong time since the main aspect of her kit is the Fusion and Resonance Liberation buff she provides.

Unfortunately, there aren’t any characters who can make good use of this except Chixia. The lack of team compositions put her in this tier, but she’s quite a future-proof character and will get much better when synergistic units are released to the game.

Limited Five Star

Before saying anything else, it’s worth mentioning that Jiyan’s play style is very satisfying, especially during the Resonance Liberation. He can deal a ton of damage with his attacks, and if used correctly, he gives himself a lot of buffs.

However, the requirement to have 30 Resolve or more before you use his Skill or Liberation makes it a little frustrating in the open world.

Standard Five Star

Chalcharo’s skill set sounds quite fun and one with a lot of depth on paper, but it gets a little disappointing in actual combat scenarios. He feels a little clunky to use, especially when you have to get five stacks in his Liberation.

However, the extra damage he deals after performing a successful dodge feels quite satisfying.

Free Five Star

Apart from being far more fun and satisfying to play than Spectro Rover, their Havoc counterpart also brings a lot more to the table. While the combination you use stays roughly the same, the damage increase is staggering.

Standard Five Star

Being a martial artist, Jianxin’s entire kit is based around her Chi. However, the best part about her kit is the various parries she can launch in different scenarios.

Her self-heal and AoE damage also makes her quite phenomenal for open-world exploration.

Four Star

Even though he’s the least marketed character, Yuanwu has some of the strongest abilities you’ll find in Wuthering Waves. He can fill up his Forte bar even while he’s off-field and he’s great for shredding enemy’s Vibration Strength.

Four Star

As a four-star character, it’s not a surprise at the placement of this character. Her outro skill is quite useful for one of the best DPS characters, Jinhsi, but she simply can’t compete with her five-star variants.

Four Star

Youhu is one of the most fun characters to use in the game due to her animations and the gacha aspect of her kit. Unfortunately, her overall damage is not quite up to par.

Free Five Star

Spectro Rover is the first type of Rover that you’ll get as soon as you start playing the game. While their skill set and combo are easy to understand, they simply don’t deal as much damage.

Four Star

Sanhua is a satisfying character to play, but she can feel a bit underpowered without Resonance Chain, hence her placement in this tier. However, she easily goes up to A with all her Wavebands.

Four Star

It feels like Yangyang’s role in the team isn’t quite clear. She needs to be on the field for quite a while to get her Melody stacks, but the reward you get for consuming them doesn’t feel nearly enough.

However, her Outro Skill’s energy regen is quite phenomenal for Liberation-based characters.

Four Star

Danjin is a character that stays in low health most of the time, which already makes her quite hard to use in the open world. However, she does feel quite fun to play.

Her position in the meta might become a lot better when more Havoc characters get released to the game.

Four Star

The main thing dragging Aalto down is unfortunately his requirement to stay in the same area due to his mist. If you’re fighting a boss enemy that moves around a lot, his usefulness completely shatters.

Four Star

Even though Taoqi’s extra parry is quite fun to use, she doesn’t seem to have a place in the current state of the meta. This becomes especially evident when you get used to dodging enemy attacks and her damage reduction isn’t required anymore.

Four Star

While Chixia might be an okay character herself, she still doesn’t bring a lot to the table. Moreover, her sharing the element and weapon type with another S-tier four-star makes her position a lot lower.

Standard Five Star

Lingyang is undoubtedly the most fun character to play in the game due to his aerial combo, but the part of his kit that brings fun to his play style also brings him down.

You’ll realize this when you try to play him yourself. Once you activate his Liberation, which is the main part of his kit, it feels quite restrictive and unsatisfactory.