Qiuyuan is a new 5-star Resonator making his debut in Wuthering Waves Version 2.7. He belongs to the Aero element and wields the Sword weapon type. His best teammate is Galbrena. Many players might be wondering how to build a team around him, so below we will provide a detailed introduction. Keep reading if you're interested!
Qiuyuan Overview
• Rarity: 5-star • Attribute: Aero • Weapon: Sword
Qiuyuan Kit // Qiuyuan Materials
Qiuyuan is swordsman of cool resilience and absolute integrity, wandering Huanglong alone and seeks not fame nor high office, but mastery of swordsmanship and a life guided by high morals.
Role: A 5-star Aero Sword character who functions as a Sub-DPS while providing valuable team-wide buffs.
Core Mechanic - Swordster's Soliloquy: He generates stacks of "Swordster's Soliloquy" by using his Basic Attacks and Dodge Counters during his normal combat state.
Stack Threshold Effects: Unlocks different powerful effects when "Swordster's Soliloquy" reaches specific thresholds:
- At 200 Stacks: Unlocks Thus Spoke the Blade: Inkwash, which increases his Energy Regen.
- At 400 Stacks: Unlocks Bamboo's Shade, granting a Resonance Skill DMG Bonus to the entire team.
- At 600 Stacks: Unlocks Inksplash of Mind, which enhances his own Damage Output.
- Resonance Liberation (Ultimate): Using his ultimate increases the CRIT DMG of all Resonators in the team.
Outro Skill (Swap-Out Effect): When switched out, his Outro Skill grants the next character a significant 50% Echo Skill DMG Amplification.
This versatile kit makes Qiuyuan a formidable support character in team compositions that can leverage his buffs effectively.
Qiuyuan T0 Team
Sub DPS |
Main DPS |
Sustain |
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Sierra Gale |
Flamewing's Shadow |
Rejuvenating Glow |
The team composition of Galbrena + Qiuyuan + Shorekeeper is considered Qiuyuan's optimal setup.
Complementary Character Roles:
Galbrena, a 5-star Fusion Pistol user, serves as a Fire Main DPS with exceptional sustained attack capabilities, dealing high continuous Fire damage as the team's core damage dealer.
Qiuyuan, an Aero Sword Sub-DPS, provides valuable buffs and burst damage. His skills trigger Aero Resonance, granting Galbrena's Heavy Attacks Penetration Effects to enhance output efficiency and significant burst damage.
Shorekeeper offers robust healing, ensuring team survivability and enabling Galbrena and Qiuyuan to maintain stable damage output, thereby improving the team's overall sustainability.
Strong Skill Synergy: The team demonstrates exceptional coordination, with characters' abilities seamlessly enhancing one another.
Adaptability to Diverse Combat Scenarios: This composition excels across various battle difficulties, delivering consistent performance in a wide range of combat situations.
Qiuyuan C3 Team
Sub DPS |
Main DPS |
Sustain |
Qiuyuan (5★) |
Mortefi(4★) |
Shorekeeper (5★) |
Sierra Gale |
Moonlit Clouds |
Rejuvenating Glow |
Qiuyuan is a 5-star Aero Sword character who excels in both damage and support, with high burst potential and crowd control as his key features. He can deal significant damage through his skills while also boosting his teammates' output via his buffing mechanics. Mortefi, a 4-star Fusion Pistol user, serves as the primary damage dealer, with a skill set that delivers substantial physical damage. His third normal attack reduces enemy defense, enhancing the team's overall damage output. Shorekeeper, a 5-star Diffuse support character, specializes in survivability and healing, improving the team's durability. She can also gather enemies and amplify damage taken by them. Her skills not only heal allies but also provide an attack bonus, ensuring the team's sustained combat effectiveness. Together, these three characters fulfill distinct roles—damage dealer, sub-DPS/support, and healer/support—creating a complementary team composition.
Qiuyuan DPS team
Sub DPS |
Sub DPS |
Main DPS |
Qiuyuan (5★) |
Cantarella(5★) |
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Sierra Gale |
Midnight Veil |
Dream of the Lost |
Phrolova excels as an off-field Main DPS with powerful crowd control capabilities. Her skills consistently deal damage from the backend, establishing a stable foundation of damage for the team. Cantarella combines damage and support roles, not only dealing significant damage herself but also providing buffs to teammates through her skills. For instance, if her Outro Skill is granted to Phrolova, it can enhance Phrolova's damage output. Qiuyuan, as an Aero Sword character, is characterized by his high burst potential, enabling him to deal substantial damage in a short time and supplement the team's burst damage.
The skill mechanics of these three characters synergize effectively. Cantarella and Qiuyuan's high burst damage, combined with Phrolova's sustained off-field damage, allows the team to adapt to different combat phases. They can swiftly clear groups of smaller enemies while also possessing sufficient damage output to tackle challenging bosses.
Conclusion
The above covers various team composition strategies for Qiuyuan. Overall, Qiuyuan can serve effectively as a sub-DPS, for details, refer to our Qiuyuan Build Guide. he is definitely a worthwhile character to obtain.
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