Tower of Adversity Meta Team Guide & Combat Strategies | Wuthering Waves

With the changing season for Wuthering Waves comes yet another rotation of the game’s end game content - Tower Of Adversity. In this guide, we will go over all of the details of the new Tower Of Adversity rotation for Wuthering Waves and advise players on the best teams to obtain the most rewards possible.

Resonant Tower (Left) Guide

For the 1st rotation of Tower of Adversity for Wuthering Waves version 2.6, the Resonant Tower will features 2 waves of multiple enemies coming at you at once and recommends players to bring a Glacio centric team comp with good crowd control ability to take care of the enemies as quickly as possible to achieve the quickest clear time as possible

Resonant Tower Buff Effects & Enemies Details

The buff effects for the Resonance Tower in this rotation heavily favors Glacio teams and characters that deal Resonance Skill Damage that can stay on the field for a decent amount of time before switching out. The buff effects are as followed:

- Enemy Glacio RES decreases by 10% - Boosts the damage output of Glacio characters and encourages players to bring a Glacio Main DPS for the team.

- When Resonators cast Intro Skill, their Attack is increased by 5% per second, up to 4 times. At max stacks, they gain 40% Resonance Skill Damage Bonus. The effect resets when the Resonator switches off field - This effect heavily encourages players to bring a Resonance Skill centric team with the ability to take full advantage of the buff effect. Additionally, players should keep the Resonators on field for at least a decent amount of time in order to take full advantage of the 20% Attack and 40% Resonance Skill Damage boost as opposed to using switch swapping teams.

For enemies’ details, the enemies in the Resonant tower are divided into 2 different waves, 1 wave of small mob enemies and 1 wave of bigger and tankier enemies. Due to this, players should bring characters with a decent amount of crowd control ability to quickly group the small mob enemies together to finish them off as quickly as possible in order to deal with the bigger mob enemies and ensure a fast clear.

Enemies Resistances: 40% Fusion Resistance.

 

Resonant Tower Best Characters & Teams Recommendation

Due to the nature of the buffs for the Resonant Towers that favors Glacio DPS characters and characters that deal Resonance Skill Damage, some of the best characters and teams to bring the Resonant Tower are:

Carlotta	Zhezhi	Shorekeeper
Main DPS	Damage Support	Sustain

Explanation:

- Carlotta is the game’s premium Glacio DPS that specializes in dealing Resonance Skill damage, making her the best character to bring to this side of Tower of Adversity as the main DPS character.

- Zhezhi is the best damage support to bring together with Carlotta as her outro skill massively boost the Skill Damage and Glacio damage output for Carlotta, allowing Carlotta to wipe out the enemies as quickly as possible. Additionally Zhezhi’s abilities also have some crowd control ability, allowing her to group enemies together.

- Shorekeeper is the premium sustain option for the team with her ability to help boost the team’s damage while maintaining the team’s HP with her powerful healing abilities.

Some alternative characters players can bring to Resonant Tower includes:

- Main DPS: Jinhsi, Lingyang

Jinhsi	Lingyang

Jinhsi and Lingyang can substitute Carlotta as the main DPS for the team, with Jinhsi’s main source of damage being Resonance Skill Damage allowing her to take full advantage of the Tower buffs while Lingyang is a Glacio DPS character.

- Support: Lumi

Lumi

Lumi can be a substitute support character for the team thanks to her Outro skill that allows her to boost the Resonance Skill of the incoming Resonator while being decent on field DPS herself.

- Sustain: Verina, Baizhi

Verina	Baizhi

Verina and Baizhi can be the team’s substitute Sustain options with Verina being able to heal the team by a massive amount while supplementing the team’s damage with her coordinated attacks while Baizhi can heal the team while providing the team with general damage amplification from her outro skill.

Echoing Tower (Right) Guide

Unlike the Resonant Tower, The Echoing Tower in this rotation features only 1 wave of enemies. However, it contains a lot of strong and tanky enemies, with the 4th stage featuring the Lampylumen Myriad boss as the only enemy. This side of the tower encourages players to bring a Fusion centric team with the ability to quickly swap and trigger Intro skills as frequently as possible.

Echoing Tower Buff Effects & Enemies Details

The Echoing Tower Buff Effects in this rotation heavily encourages players to bring a Fusion damage team that can switch out as quickly as possible and trigger as many Intro Skills as possible. The buff effects are as followed:

- Enemy Fusion RES Decreases by 10% - Boosts the damage output of Fusion characters and encourages players to bring a Fusion Main DPS for the team.

- Fusion Damage is increased by 25%. Dealing damage with Intro Skill causes a blast that deals 1500% Fusion DMG, triggering once every 10s. - Further boosts the team’s Fusion damage and encourages players to bring a team that can trigger an Intro Skill every 10s to trigger the special damage effect to deal big damage to enemies on field.

For enemies’ details, the tower features 1 wave of enemy for each floor, with the enemies being extremely tanky and high HP, requiring players to deal with them as quickly as possible. Furthermore, the 4th floor features the Lampylumen Myriad boss with the ability to freeze the field, so players should be careful when facing it.

Enemies’ Resistances: 40% Glacio Resistance.

Echoing Tower Best Characters & Teams Recommendation

The best team for Echoing tower is a team consisting of only Fusion characters that have the ability to swap quickly to trigger their Intro Skills and take full advantage of the Tower’s buffs. The best team for this is:

Changli	Lupa	Brant
Main DPS	Sub DPS	Support/Sustain

Explanation:

- Changli is the team’s main DPS character, with her ability to deal strong AoE Fusion Burst damage to enemies on field with her Resonance Skill and Resonance Liberation, allowing her to be an extremely powerful on field DPS. Additionally she can also boost the Liberation Damage of Lupa when Changli switches out.

- Lupa is the team’s sub DPS and damage support character, with her ability to supplement the entire team’s Fusion damage output as well as buffing Brant’s Normal Attack damage when she switches out.

- Brant is the team’s Support and Sustain character, with his ability to boost the Fusion damage of the team and boost the Resonance Skill Damage output of Changli when he switches out.

The entire team synergistically works together to create a perfect cycle of switching between the characters to take advantage of the damage buffs from their Outro Skills and trigger their Intro Skills to deal as much Fusion damage to the enemies as possible while triggering the tower’s buff effects.

Some Alternative Characters Players can bring to the Echoing Tower includes:

- Main DPS: Encore, Chixia

Encore	Chixia

Encore and Chixia are decently strong Fusion main DPS options that can serve as the main damage carry for the Echoing Tower.

- Sub DPS/ Support: Mortefi

Mortefi

Mortefi is a strong Support character with the ability to deal coordinated Fusion attacks with the characters on field, allowing him to supplement the team’s damage output while also allow the team to trigger Outro and Intro skills reliably.

- Sustain: Verina, Shorekeeper, Baizhi

Verina	Shorekeeper	Baizhi

Aside from Brant, any generic healer characters like Verina, Shorekeeper or Baizhi can serve as the team’s sustain option as long as they are not used for other towers during this cycle.

Hazard Tower (Middle) Guide

The most difficult Tower among the 3, the Hazard tower in the 1st rotation of Wuthering Waves version 2.6 features 2 strong bosses in the form of Fluerdelys and Mourning Aix. This tower heavily encourages players to run either an Electro or Havoc team to burst down the enemy bosses as quickly as possible.

Hazard Tower Buff Effects & Enemies Details

Hazard Tower buffs this rotation heavily incentivise players to bring Havoc and Electro based teams while avoiding Aero and Spectro teams in addition to buffing the damage output of characters that relies on Heavy Attacks as their main source of damage. The buffs are as followed:

- Enemy Electro Res and Havoc Res are decreased by 10%, and their Aero Res and Spectro Res are increased by 10% - Heavily encourages Electro and Havoc damage while discouraging Aero and Spectro based teams.

- When Resonator cast Intro Skill, they gain 30% Heavy Attack Damage Bonus, Electro Damage Bonus and Havoc Damage Bonus for 30s - Further boost the Havoc and Electro damage of the team while also encouraging Heavy Damage based DPS characters.

For enemies details, the Hazard Tower’s 1st floor features only Fluerderyes as the main boss, with 40% Aero Res, while the 2nd floor features 2 waves of enemies - wave 1 with 2 strong mobs with high HP and wave 2 with Mourning Aix as the boss, all of them having 40% Spectro Res.

 

Hazard Tower Best Characters & Teams Recommendation

As Hazard Tower encourages players to use either Electro or Havoc teams with Heavy Attacks as the main source of damage, some of the best teams to use in this tower are:

- Havoc Team:

Phrolova	Roccia	Cantarella
Main DPS	Sub DPS/ Support	Sub DPS/ Sustain

Explanation:

- Phrolova is a premium Havoc DPS character with highly consistent on field and off field damage output, allowing her to both be on field for a long time while also being able to switch out and allow other characters to take the field and deal massive amounts of Havoc damage to enemies.

- Roccia is a strong Sub DPS/ Support character that can take advantage of the tower’s Heavy Attack damage buff to boost her damage output further. Additionally, her outro skill also helps amplify the damage of Havoc characters when she switches out.

- Cantarella is Phrolova’s dedicated partner and her best partner in crime, allowing Phrolova to deal as high Echo damage as possible while also providing the team with important healing.

- Electro Team:

Xiangli Yao	Yinlin	Shorekeeper
Main DPS	Sub DPS/Support	Support/Sustain

Explanation:

- Xiangli Yao is the main premium DPS option for Electro team with his Liberation Resonance and Heavy Damage based skill kit allowing him to take full advantage of the tower’s buffs to boost his damage to the maximum.

- Yinlin is Xiangli Yao’s best Sub DPS and Support character, with her abilities allowing her to supplement the team’s damage output with her off field coordinated attacks and her outro skill boosting the Electro damage when she is switched out.

- Shorekeeper is the best healer for the team with her strong healing ability and the ability to amplify the team’s damage with her Outro Skill.

Some Alternative Characters Players can bring to the Hazard Tower includes:

- Main DPS: Camellya, Danjin, Calcharo

Camellya	Danjin	Calcharo

Camellya and Danjin can serve as substitute main DPS options for the Havoc team to replace Phrolova, while Calcharo can replace Xiangli Yao as the main DPS for the Electro team.

- Sub DPS/Support: Mortefi, Yuanwu

Mortefi	Yuanwu

Mortefi and Yuanwu can replace as the Sub DPS/ Support slot for the teams, with Mortefi boosting the Heavy Damage output of the team with his outro skill, while Yuanwu can serve as a source of energy and coordinated attacks to supplement the team’s Electro damage output.

- Sustain: Verina, Taoqi, Baizhi

Verina	Taoqi	Baizhi

As with other teams, generic sustain options like Verina and Bazihi with the ability to heal the team and provide the team with strong damage amplification can be used to supplement the sustain options for the teams. For the Havoc team, players can also consider using Taoqi as a sustain option to take advantage of her decent Havoc damage output and Resonance Skill buffing Outro Skill.

Conclusion

With that, we have gone over the best teams and characters players can bring to best challenge the Wuthering Waves Tower of Adversity Version 2.6 First Rotation. We hope that with the help of this guide, players will be able to clear the tower smoothly and obtain all of the mode’s rewards.