The latest update to Wuthering Waves, version 2.7, introduces two new resonators, including Qiuyuan, a rare five-star character. After testing Qiuyuan in this action RPG, I’ve put together a guide to help you build her effectively.
We’ve also updated our resources with information on voice actors, including how to avoid getting banned and what’s being done to prevent leaks. Plus, you’ll find current redeem codes, a guide to rerolling, a beginner’s guide, element explanations, controller settings, details on weapon types and echoes, tips for playing with friends, ways to earn Astrite, and a tier list to help you optimize your gameplay.
Qiuyuan: Resonator Overview
The Resonator is a powerful five-star character specializing in the Aero element and wielding a sword. He’s only available during limited-time events and excels as a sub-DPS, with an overall strength considered to be top-tier.
The Resonator excels at using echo skills, and a good echo build can significantly increase damage output. Focusing on echo skills also boosts overall damage. While he might be challenging to use early on, he becomes very effective as you improve his level. Although some believe you need a top-tier team to get the most out of Qiuyuan, free-to-play players have viable options too. We’ll cover everything – his abilities, skills, weapons, echoes, and more – to help you understand how and when to use him effectively.
Who is Qiuyuan’s Voice Actor in Wuthering Waves
Qiuyuan in Wuthering Waves is voiced by the following actors across different languages:
| Qiuyuan’s Voice Actor | Qiuyuan’s Voice Language |
|---|---|
| Japanese | Shin-ichiro Miki |
| English | Jeremy Ang Jones |
| Chinese | Gan Ziqi |
| Korean | Kim Min Ju |
Qiuyuan Abilities in Wuthering Waves
Okay, so this character is a support damage dealer – not a main DPS, but really good at buffing my sword-wielding characters and adding some serious damage to their attacks. What’s cool is both his starting and finishing moves give a big boost to critical hit damage, and they also increase the damage output of the whole team! It’s a win-win.
However, we’ll take an inside-out look to better understand the character.
Normal Attack: Inkwash
| Type | Action |
|---|---|
| Basic Attack | Perform up to 3 consecutive attacks, dealing Aero DMG. |
| Heavy Attack | Consume STA to attack the target, dealing Aero DMG. The next Normal Attack Basic Attack cast wIthin a certain period of time after this skill becomes Thus Spoke the Blade: Inkwash Stage 4. |
| Mid-air Attack | Consume STA to perform Plunging Attack, dealing Aero DMG. |
| Dodge Counter | Press Normal Attack right after a successful Dodge to attack the target, dealing Aero DMG, considered as a Heavy Attack. Moments after a Basic Attack or Heavy Attack, Qiuyuan reduces the next instance of DMG he takes by 100% and casts Dodge Counter upon being attacked, dealing Aero DMG. |
Qiuyuan Resonance Skill: Through the Groves
| Type | Action |
|---|---|
| Resonance Skill | Press Resonance Skill to dash forward for a distance, dealing Aero DMG, considered as Echo Skill DMG. If Resonance Skill is cast upon being attacked by an enemy target, Qiuyuan slows down nearby enemies and takes 100% less DMG while gaining immunity to interruptions during the action. Switching to other Resonators or finishing the skill removes the slowdown effect from enemies. |
| Resonance Skill – Undaunted Wayfarer | Hold Resonance Skill to leap into the air and dash forward for a distance at the cost of STA, dealing Aero DMG to targets. If there are no targets nearby, Qiuyuan will leap up and dash through the air by continuously consuming STA until it runs out. Release Resonance Skill to immediately end the dash and land. If there are targets nearby when Qiuyuan lands, deal Aero DMG to nearby targets, considered as Echo Skill DMG. This skill can be cast in mid-air. |
Qiuyuan Forte Circuit: Verdant Edge
| Type | Action |
|---|---|
| Basic Attack – Thus Spoke the Blade: Inkwash | When Qiuyuan has more than 200 points of Swordster’s Soliloquy, his Basic Attack is replaced with Basic Attack Thus Spoke the Blade: Inkwash, which chains together up to 4 consecutive strikes, dealing Aero DMG, considered as Heavy Attack DMG. |
| Bamboo’s Shade | When Qiuyuan reaches 400 points of Swordster’s Soliloquy, he gains the Bamboo’s Shade effect, allowing all nearby active Resonators in the team to increase their Echo Skill DMG Bonus by 30% for 30s. |
| Inksplash of Mind | When Swordster’s Soliloquy is full, Qiuyuan enters the Inksplash of Mind state for 8s, during which Heavy Attack is replaced with Heavy Attack Thus Spoke the Blade: To Save. In this state, hold Normal Attack to consume Swordster’s Soliloquy to perform Heavy Attack. Thus Spoke the Blade: To Teach, Thus Spoke the Blade: To Save, and Thus Spoke the Blade: To Sacrifice in order, dealing Aero DMG, considered as Heavy Attack DMG. – Performing Thus Spoke the Blade: To Teach, Thus Spoke the Blade: To Save, or Thus Spoke the Blade: To Sacrifice is considered as performing the Echo Skill. |
| Swordster’s Soliloquy | Qiuyuan can hold up to 600 points of Swordster’s Soliloquy. – 100 points of Swordster’s Soliloquy is obtained when performing Basic Attack Stage 3. – 100 points of Swordster’s Soliloquy are obtained when performing each stage of Basic Attack. Thus Spoke the Blade: Inkwash. – 100 points of Swordster’s Soliloquy are obtained when performing Dodge Counter. – 400 points of Swordster’s Soliloquy are obtained when performing Intro Skill. – Swordster’s Soliloquy cannot be obtained in the Inksplash of Mind state. – Swordster’s Soliloquy is cleared when the Inksplash of Mind state ends. |
Qiuyuan Resonance Liberation: Sundering Strike
| Type | Action |
|---|---|
| Resonance Skill | Deal Aero DMG to targets within range, considered as Echo Skill DMG. For every 1% of Qiuyuan’s Crit. Rate over 50%, this skill increases the Crit. DMG of all nearby active Resonators in the team by 2% for 30s, up to 30%. |
Qiuyuan Intro Skill: Attack the Must-Defend
- Attack the target, dealing Aero DMG, considered as Heavy Attack DMG.
- Within a certain period of time after casting this skill, press Normal Attack to perform Basic Attack. Thus Spoke the Blade: Inkwash Stage 3.
Outro Skill: Strike Before Ready
- Attack the target, dealing 100% Aero DMG, considered as Echo Skill DMG.
- Grant 50% Echo Skill DMG Amplification to the incoming Resonator, lasting for 14s or until the Resonator is switched out.
Passive/Inherent Skills
- Quietude Within: Qiuyuan obtains Quietude Within for 10s upon entering the Inksplash of Mind state. This effect can be triggered once every 22s. Heavy Attack Thus Spoke the Blade: To Teach, Thus Spoke the Blade: To Save, and Thus Spoke the Blade: To Sacrifice deal 50% more DMG. Thus Spoke the Blade: To Sacrifice additionally restores 30 points of Concerto Energy on hit. This effect ends early when Qiuyuan is switched off the field.
- Drink Away Woes Age-Old: When casting the Echo Skill, Qiuyuan’s bamboo flask absorbs the overflowing energy and brews it into Flowing Panacea. The next time Swordster’s Soliloquy is obtained, the Flowing Panacea is consumed to gain a 10% ATK increase for 20s.
Qiuyuan Sequence Nodes
Qiuyuan has a variety of nodes. Let’s take a look at them:
| Sequence Node | Effect |
|---|---|
| Sword Sheathed, Mind Unclouded | Thus Spoke the Blade: To Teach, Thus Spoke the Blade: To Save, and Thus Spoke the Blade: To Sacrifice can no longer be interrupted. Qiuyuan gains 20% Crit. Rate increase. |
| O Blade, I, Who Teach No More | Bamboo’s Shade now grants an additional 30% Echo Skill DMG Amplification to all nearby active Resonators in the team. |
| O Blade, I, Who Save No More | The DMG Multiplier of Resonance Liberation Sundering Strike is increased by 500%. If Concerto Energy is full when not in the Inksplash of Mind state, Qiuyuan’s Resonance Skill is replaced with Resonance Skill Straw Cape in Drizzly Rain, available once every 20s. Upon casting Straw Cape in Drizzly Rain, the Quietude Within effect immediately ends and 60 Concerto Energy is consumed to deal 500% Aero DMG, considered Echo Skill DMG, and restore 400 points of Swordster’s Soliloquy. The next Basic Attack is replaced with Thus Spoke the Blade: Inkwash Stage 3. Upon casting Straw Cape in Drizzly Rain, Qiuyuan cannot gain the Quietude Within effect the next time he enters Inksplash of Mind. Thus Spoke the Blade: To Teach, Thus Spoke the Blade: To Save, and Thus Spoke the Blade: To Sacrifice gain 600% DMG Multiplier increase and additionally restore 30 points of Concerto Energy on hit. When not in Co-op mode, upon casting Straw Cape in Drizzly Rain, the next Outro Skill is replaced with Outro Skill Sheath Fallen, New Shoots Revealed, which deals 500% Aero DMG, considered Echo Skill DMG. |
| O Blade, I, Who Sacrifice No More | ATK is increased by 20%. |
| O Blade, I, Who Await to be Wielded | Qiuyuan now ignores 15% of the target’s DEF when dealing damage. |
| Thus I Heard, Thus I Saw, Thus I Spoke | Casting Basic Attack Thus Spoke the Blade: Inkwash Stage 4 and Heavy Attack Thus Spoke the Blade: To Sacrifice stagnates nearby targets for 3s or until the targets are damaged or until Qiuyuan is switched off the field. When Qiuyuan is the active Resonator in the team, upon exiting Inksplash of Mind, he deals 600% Aero DMG to all targets within range, considered Echo Skill DMG. |
Why should you pull for Qiuyuan in WuWa
Whether or not you should try to get the Resonator is a common question. He’s a secondary damage dealer who gets much stronger when paired with characters like Galbrena or Phorolova. Unless you’re a paying player or have plenty of resources saved up, you might want to reconsider pulling for him.
Qiuyuan Ascension Materials (Level 0-90)
- Shell Credits: 170,000
- Cores: 4x LF Whisperin Core, 12x MF Whisperin Core, 12x HF Whisperin Core, 4x Whisperin Core
- Additional Materials: 60x Wintry Bell, 46x Truth in Lies
Qiuyuan Ascension Material Breakdown
- Level 20: 5k Shell Credit, 4x LF Whisperin Core
- Level 40: 3x Truth in Lies, 4x Wintry Bell, 4x MF Whisperin Core, 10k Shell Credit
- Level 50: 6x Truth in Lies, 8x Wintry Bell, 8x MF Whisperin Core, 15k Shell Credit
- Level 60: 9x Truth in Lies, 12x Wintry Bell, 4x HF Whisperin Core, 20k Shell Credit
- Level 70: 12x Truth in Lies, 16x Wintry Bell, 8x HF Whisperin Core, 40k Shell Credit
- Level 80: 16x Truth in Lies, 20x Wintry Bell, 4x FF Whisperin Core, 80k Shell Credit
Qiuyuan Forte Materials
Here’s how many Forte Materials you need to help Galbrena reach her full potential:
- 25x LF Whisperin Core
- 28x MF Whisperin Core
- 40x HF Whisperin Core
- 57x FF Whisperin Core
- 25x Inert Metallic Drip
- 28x Reactive Metallic Drip
- 55x Polarized Metallic Drip
- 67x Heterized Metallic Drip
- 26x Curse of the Abyss
- 2,030,000x Shell Credits
How to obtain Materials
- Stone Rose: You can gather them from the Murmurstown area in the Sanguis Plateaus. You’ll find some in the Wasteland as well.
- Tidal Residuum (LF, MF, HF, FF): Dropped by specific enemies in designated farming areas. Use detection tools in-game to locate them efficiently.
- Blighted Crown of Puppet King: Dropped by the False Sovereign, you can get it in the Sanguis Plateaus during the By Sun’s Burning Hand quest.
Qiuyuan’s best Weapons
We always recommend using the basic built-in sets. Here’s an overview of his weapon variety.
Signature and 5 Star Weapons
| Weapon | Stat |
|---|---|
| Emerald Sentence | ATK is increased by 12%. Casting Echo Skill within 10s after casting Intro Skill or Basic Attack grants 1 stack of Bamboo Cleaver, which grants 30% Heavy ATK DMG Bonus to the wielder. This effect can be triggered by Echoes of the same name once, stacking up to 2 times, lasting for 12s. |
| Emerald of Genesis | Increase ATK by 12%. When dealing Basic Attack DMG, the wielder gains 10% Basic Attack DMG Bonus for 14s. This effect can be triggered once per second, stacking up to 3 times. When the wielder’s Concerto Energy is consumed, gain 40% Basic Attack DMG Bonus for 10s. This effect can be triggered once per second and ends when the wielder is switched off the field. |
| Red Spring | Increase ATK by 12%. When dealing Basic Attack DMG, the wielder gains 10% Basic Attack DMG Bonus for 14s. This effect can be triggered once per second, stacking up to 3 times. When the weilder’s Concerto Energy is consumed, gain 40% Basic Attack DMG Bonus for 10s. This effect can be triggered once per second and ends when the wielder is switched off the field. |
4 Star Alternatives
| Weapon | Stat |
|---|---|
| Lumingloss | When the Resonator’s HP drops below 40%, it increases Heavy Attack DMG by 18% and heals them by 5% upon dealing Heavy Attack DMG. This effect can be triggered 1 time(s) every 8s. |
| Somnoire Anchor | Gain 1 stack of Hiss when dealing damage to the target, with 1 stack generated every 1s. Hiss: each stack increases the wielder’s ATK by 2% for 3s, stacking up to 10 times. Switching off the wielder clears all stacks. Gaining 10 stacks increases the wielder’s Crit. Rate by 6%. |
| Commando of Conviction | When Intro Skill is cast, increases ATK by 15%, lasting for 15s. |
| Sword#18 | When Intro Skill is cast, it increases ATK by 15%, lasting for 15s. |
Qiuyuan Best Echoes
You can use Qiuyuan with multiple eco sets, not just two. While any of them will work, it’s best to prioritize one as your main choice and another as a backup.
Recommended Echo Set
Reminiscence: Fenrico is his recommended echo set with Law of Harmony as the main slot echo.
- Law of Harmony (3-piece set): Casting Echo Skill grants 30% Heavy Attack DMG Bonus to the caster for 4s. Additionally, all Resonators in the team gain 4% Echo Skill DMG Bonus for 30s, stacking up to 4 times. Echoes of the same name can only trigger this effect once. The record of Echo triggering this effect is cleared along with this effect. At 4 stacks, casting Echo Skill again resets the duration of this effect.
- Moonlit Clouds (2-piece set): Energy Regen +10%.
Main Echo Selection
- Reminiscence: Fenrico Ability: Summon the Talons of Decree to attack nearby enemies, dealing 273.60% Aero DMG. The Resonator with this Echo equipped in its main slot gains 12.00% Aero DMG Bonus and 12.00% Heavy Attack DMG Bonus. CD: 20s.
Echo Stats Prioritization
The set should be in a 4-3-3-1-1 Echo formation.
- Four-Cost Echo: CRIT Rate
- Three-Cost Echo: Aero DMG
- One-Cost Echo: ATK%
Alternative Echo Set
Main Echo Selection
- Nightmare: Feilian Beringal: Summon a Nightmare: Feilian Beringal to attack enemies, dealing 164.16% Aero DMG. The remaining Whirlwind Beam will continuously attack surrounding enemies up to 5 times, each dealing 21.89% Aero DMG. The Resonator with this Echo equipped in its main slot gains 12.00% Aero DMG Bonus and 12.00% Heavy Attack DMG Bonus. Cool-down time is 25 seconds.
Echo Stats Prioritization
CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG > ATK% > Heavy Attack DMG Bonus
Best Team Compositions for Qiuyuan in WuWa
You can build your team using different combinations of characters. However, for your secondary damage dealer (sub DPS), it’s best to choose Galbrena, Iuno, or Phrolova. Here are some suggested team setups for the resonator.
| Team Set | Teammates (Along with Augusta) |
|---|---|
| Set 1 | Galbrena + Shorekeeper |
| Set 2 | Phrolova + Cantarella |
| Set 3 | Iuno + Shorekeeper |
Final Thoughts
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