Resonance Chain S2 Value Tier List -- Wuthering Waves

This tier list will focus on one key aspect in particular: Resonance Chain Sequence Nodes. We will examine every currently available S2 and rank their overall value.

Why only discuss S2? Why not S1? Why this specific constellation level? The reason lies in this system: you can purchase Resonance Chain from the Coral Shop. This Tier List will help you understand their strength, making your spending decisions easier and ensuring you don't invest heavily for disappointing returns!

 

Rating Criteria

This tier list ranks the value of a character's S2, factoring in the impact of their S1, based on what you can buy from the Coral Shop. The evaluation focuses on how much the sequences transform the character or boost their power, not their base kit's pull value.

• S-Tier: These S2s are game-changing, providing massive damage multipliers, significantly faster rotations, and are often considered overtuned. They offer the highest return on your Coral investment.
• A-Tier: Strong and impactful S2s that provide significant personal damage boosts through high-value stats or key multiplier increases. These are solid investments for powering up your main DPS characters.
• B-Tier: Niche or supportive S2s. They are often good team buffs or quality-of-life improvements but are not essential. Their value is lower because investing in a main DPS's sequences is usually more impactful. Some are placed here as stepping stones to powerful S3s.
• C-Tier: These S2s offer minimal impact. The boosts are either too small, affect unimportant parts of the kit, or are easily overshadowed by other sources of stats. They are generally not worth the Coral investment.
• D-Tier: The worst S2s in the game. They provide negligible damage increases or, in one case, can even be a damage loss if used incorrectly. They are a trap for your resources.

 

Tier List Overview

Tier	Character	Resonance Chain S2
S	Phrolova	The DMG Multiplier of Scarlet Coda is increased by 75%. Aftersound now additionally increases the DMG Multiplier of Scarlet Coda by 75%. Casting Scarlet Coda grants 14 stacks of Aftersound.
	Brant	Casting Mid-air Attack and Returned from Ashes increases Brant's Crit. Rate by 30%. Brant's Outro Skill The Course is Set! gains a new enhancement: When Resonance Skill cast by the incoming Resonator (or nearby Resonators who activate Brant's Outro Skill) hits a target within 20s after Brant's Outro Skill, Brant blasts the hit target, dealing Fusion DMG equal to 440% of Brant's ATK (considered Basic Attack DMG). This explosion can be triggered 1 time per second, up to 2 explosions in total. - This effect remains active when Brant is switched off the field.
A	Galbrena	Burning Drive grants 350% more ATK Bonus.
	Cantarella	Resonance Liberation Flowing Suffocation now sends the target into Hazy Dream. The DMG Multiplier of Jolt triggered by Cantarella is increased by 245%.
	Augusta	- Crown of Wills provides additional effects: Each stack increases Augusta's Crit. Rate by 20%. - For every 1% of Crit. Rate over 100%, Augusta gains 2% Crit. DMG increase, up to 100%.
	Cartethyia	Casting Resonance Liberation - A Knight's Heartfelt Prayers increases the max stack limit of Aero Erosion on targets within a certain range by 3 stacks. The next attack that directly damages the target inflicts 3 stack of Aero Erosion on all targets within a certain range and immediately triggers the Aero Erosion DMG on the targets hit once without consuming the Aero Erosion stacks. The DMG Multipliers of Cartethyia's Basic Attack, Heavy Attack, Dodge Counter, and Intro Skill are increased by 50% and the DMG Multiplier of her Mid-air Attack is increased by 200%. After casting Mid-air Attack - Cartethyia, every 1 type of Sword Shadow recalled reduces the cooldown of Resonance Skill - Cartethyia by 1s.
	Camellya	The DMG Multiplier of Resonance Skill Ephemeral is increased by 120%.
B	Iuno	Resonators in the team with 10 stacks of Blessing of the Wan Light gain an additional 40% all DMG Amplification.
	Lupa	Performing Fire-Kissed Glory, Heavy Attack - Wolf's Gnawing, Heavy Attack - Wolf's Claw, or Mid-air Attack - Firestrike gives 20% Fusion DMG Bonus to all Resonators in the team for 30s, stacking up to 2 times.
	Carlotta	The DMG Multiplier of Resonance Liberation Fatal Finale is increased by 126%.
	Shorekeeper	The Outer Stellarealm now increases the ATK of all nearby party members by 40%.
	Jinhsi	Jinhsi restores 50 Incandescence while staying out of combat for more than 4s. This effect can only be triggered 1 time(s) every 4s.
	Roccia	Casting Basic Attack Real Fantasy grants all Resonators in the team 10% Havoc DMG Bonus for 30s, stacking up to 3 time. Upon reaching the max stacks, it grants all Resonators in the team 10% additional Havoc DMG Bonus for 30s.
	Phoebe	When in Absolution, DMG dealt by Outro Skills to targets with Spectro Frazzle is Amplified by 120%. When in Confession, Silent Prayer grants 120% more DMG Amplification for Spectro Frazle.
	Ciaccona	During Resonance Liberation Singer's Triple Cadenza, Resonators in the team gain 40% Aero DMG Bonus.
	Zani	Crit. Rate is increased by 20%. The DMG Multiplier of Targeted Action and Forcible Riposte is increased by 80%.
C	Jiyan	After casting Intro Skill Tactical Strike, Jiyan gains 30 Resolve and his ATK is increased by 28% for 15s. This can be triggered once every 15s.
	Yinlin	Resonance Skill Electromagnetic Blast recovers an additional 5 Judgement Point(s) and 5 Resonance Energy on hit.
D	Zhezhi	Max Inklit Spirits summoned by Resonance Liberation Living Canvas increases by 6.
	Xiangli Yao	Casting Resonance Skill or Resonance Liberation Cogitation Model increases Crit. DMG by 30% for 8s.
	Changli	Enflamement increases Changli's Crit. Rate by 25% for 8s.

 

Analysis

To help everyone better understand the distribution of the S2 Tier List for characters, we will provide a detailed analysis of the S2s ranked in the S and A tiers.

S

• Phrolova

Phrolova's S2 is widely considered the strongest S2 in the game, rated S-tier. It provides an unparalleled damage increase and is regarded as numerically overtuned.

The effect of this S2 is devastating. It simultaneously provides:

• • A massive independent multiplier zone (totaling 150%).
  • Extremely fast stacking of "Afteround," granting a large amount of Critical Damage.

This results in an insane damage increase compared to her S0 state.

The combination of her S1 and S2 creates one of the most powerful constellation upgrades in the game. She starts up faster, deals higher damage, and can almost bulldoze all game content. If you're looking for the maximum strength return for your resources, Phrolova's S2 is the unquestionably highest priority investment target. Owning an S2 Phrolova will fundamentally change your gameplay experience.

 

• Brant

Brant's S2 is exceptionally powerful and is rated S-tier. It elevates him to one of the "most well-rounded characters" in the game, excelling in healing, damage, and support.

The S2 effects are overpowered:

• • Extremely High Numerical Value: It provides a massive 30% Crit Rate, one of the best Crit Rate boosts among all sequence nodes.
  • Off-field Damage: His Outro Skill gains an additional effect that deals a total of 880% of his ATK as off-field damage.
  • Perfect Synergy: He possesses one of the highest base ATK stats in the game (easily reaching over 4000), allowing him to convert this 880% multiplier into devastating damage. When played as a main DPS, this effect can even be triggered twice in a single rotation.

Brant at S2 perfectly combines immense Crit Rate, high off-field damage, healing, and team buffs into one package, making him a versatile unit with almost no weaknesses. While his pure damage output might be slightly lower than Phrolova's, his unparalleled overall versatility makes his S2 one of the highest-return investments among all sequence nodes, firmly placing it in the S-tier.

 

A

• Galbrena

The core effect of this Resonance Chain is to significantly enhance the ATK Bonus provided by "Burning Drive." Galbrena's output relies on skill combinations and rotations, meaning Burning Drive is a skill that triggers frequently in combat.

• • Massive Numerical Increase: An ATK Bonus of nearly 90% is an extremely formidable value, which can qualitatively improve all her damage during the Burning Drive duration.
  • Altered Rotation Rhythm: This effect encourages more meticulous planning of skill sequences, aiming to cover core output skills (e.g., enhanced heavy attacks, variation skills) with the high ATK Bonus window of Burning Drive to unleash devastating burst damage.
  • Optimized Stat Priorities: With such a high ATK Bonus, you can potentially focus more on CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, and Fusion DMG Bonus in weapon and Sonata Echo stats, thereby achieving a higher damage ceiling.

 

• Augusta

Augusta's S2 is rated A-Tier. It is a powerful "stat-stick" constellation, but not among the top-tier "mechanic/multiplier" altering ones.

• • Numerical Boost: Each stack of "Crown of Wills" additionally provides 20% Crit Rate. Combined with her S1, it totals 40% Crit Rate, 30% Crit Damage, and 30% Electro Damage.
  • Overcap Conversion: For every 1% of Crit Rate exceeding 100%, it is converted into 2% Crit Damage (up to 100%). This allows a high Crit Rate built Augusta to easily achieve an end-game panel of 100% Crit Rate and 280%+ Crit Damage.

However, precisely because it primarily provides base stats (which can be diluted) and lacks direct multiplier scaling, it falls slightly short when competing against top S2s that offer "mechanic changes" or "massive multipliers". Therefore, it is placed in the middle of the A-tier.

 

• Cartethyia

Cartethya's S2 rating depends on your playstyle. It's S-tier for solo play, but drops to A-tier in a standard team composition.

• • Team-Oriented Benefits: Her Resonance Liberation increases the maximum stack limit of Arrow Erosion by 3. This reduces her dependency on Rover's Outro Skill, allowing her to deal her maximum damage more independently. It can also stack with Rover's Outro to reach a maximum of 9 stacks for peak performance. Additionally, the attack following her liberation immediately inflicts 3 stacks of Arrow Erosion.
  • Personal Damage Boost: It greatly enhances the damage of her small form (base form), increasing the damage multiplier of her basic attacks, heavy attacks, dodge counters, and intro skill by 50%, and her mid-air attack (plunge) by 200%.

Even when rated A-tier for team play, its value is considered higher than Augusta's S2. Furthermore, pulling for her S2 also means you are one step closer to her powerful S3.

 

• Camellya

Camellya's S1 grants her 28% Crit Damage and interruption resistance during the 'Ephemeral' state. Her S2 increases the damage multiplier of her Resonance Skill 'Ephemeral' by 120%. This makes it quite similar to Changli's situation. However, 'Ephemeral' deals significantly more damage at its baseline. We saw that Ephemeral' is at 1262%.

Camellya's Resonance Chain provides a pure and powerful personal damage increase. S1 offers a stable Crit Damage stat boost, while S2 significantly amplifies the burst damage of her primary skill. Although these Resonance Chains don't alter her gameplay mechanics, their solid numerical enhancements make them a reliable investment for strengthening her capabilities as a main DPS.

 

Conclusion

That concludes our latest Resonance Chain S2 tier list for Wuthering Waves. In the game, Resonance Chains play a crucial role in enhancing character abilities, and we hope this guide helps you better understand each character’s core breakthrough chains!

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