Aemeath — Wuthering Waves 5-star Fusion Sword resonator (Main DPS)

Wuthering Waves · Build Guide

Aemeath Build

Best weapons, echoes & teams

Skills

Basic Attack

Infinity Calibration

Humanoid Form

Perform up to 4 consecutive strikes dealing Fusion DMG. Hold to charge Heavy Attack (Charged I or Charged II) dealing Fusion DMG while consuming Stamina.

Mech Form

Aemeath's Mech inherits her stats and mirrors her moveset: Basic, Heavy, Mid-air, and Dodge Counter attacks all deal Fusion DMG. Mid-air attacks perform a plunging strike; Dodge Counter triggers on successful dodges.

Resonance Skill

Shared Voyage

Switch between Humanoid and Mech forms. After specific Normal Attack stages, perform Sync Strike: Armament Merge (Humanoid) or Sync Strike: Call of Dawn (Mech), dealing Fusion Liberation DMG and switching forms.

Seraphic Duo State

After Normal Attack Stage 4, a 5s window opens. During this window, cast Seraphic Duet: consumes 100 Synchronization Rate, deals Fusion Liberation DMG, switches forms, and grants 1 Resonance Rate point.

In Tune Rupture mode, Seraphic Duet deals 5 bonus instances of Tune Rupture DMG and removes up to 10 Rupturous Trail stacks. In Fusion Burst mode, Seraphic Duet can trigger Fusion Burst when conditions are met.

Resonance Liberation

Towards the Daybreak

Heavenfall Edict – Overdrive: Deals AoE Fusion DMG, switches to Mech form, grants Stardust Resonance (30s) and Heavenfall Edict: Unbound (60s), and provides 1 Resonance Rate point (2 points during Starlume Acceleration). Grants 30 Synchronization Rate on cast.

When Resonance Rate reaches 4 and Instant Response is active, transforms into Heavenfall Edict – Finale: Depletes all Synchronization Rate and Resonance Rate, dealing massive AoE Fusion DMG and triggering Tune Rupture – Shifting or Fusion Burst based on active Resonance Mode.

Intro Skill

Overture of Departure

Songs Across the Universe: Deals Fusion DMG and grants Starlume Acceleration (15s), causing the next Resonance Liberation cast to generate 2 Resonance Rate points instead of 1. Also grants 40 Synchronization Rate on activation.

In Mech form, activates as Debut of Meteoric Radiance with identical effects.

Outro Skill

Silent Protection

Grants all teammates 10% All DMG Amplification for 20s. This amplification increases to 20% for teammates who inflict Tune Rupture – Shifting (Tune Rupture mode) or Fusion Burst (Fusion Burst mode).

Inherent Skills

Before All Sounds

While in Instant Response state, Heavy Attack – Humanoid and Heavy Attack – Mech gain 200% DMG Amplification.

Between the Stars

In Tune Rupture mode: each teammate inflicting Tune Rupture – Shifting increases Aemeath's CRIT DMG by 20% (max 3 stacks). In Fusion Burst mode: each teammate inflicting Fusion Burst increases her CRIT DMG by 30% (max 2 stacks). At max stacks in either mode, Heavenfall Edict – Finale gains 25% DMG Amplification.

Forte Circuit

Active

Synchronization Rate

Aemeath accumulates Synchronization Rate (0–200) through Normal Attacks, Heavy Attacks, Intro Skills (+40 pts), and Resonance Liberations (+30 pts). When Synchronization Rate reaches 100, she enters Seraphic Duo state after Normal Attack Stage 4, enabling a Seraphic Duet cast.

Active

Resonance Rate

Aemeath accumulates Resonance Rate (0–4) through Seraphic Duet casts (+1 each) and Resonance Liberation casts (+1, or +2 during Starlume Acceleration). At 4 stacks, Instant Response activates, transforming Resonance Liberation into Heavenfall Edict – Finale.

Active

Resonance Mode: Tune Rupture

When team members respond to Tune Rupture – Interfered, they inflict Rupturous Trail on targets (max 30 stacks, 30s). When stacks reach 10, triggers Tune Rupture Response – Starburst dealing Fusion DMG. Seraphic Duet in this mode removes up to 10 stacks and deals 5 bonus Tune Rupture hits.

Active

Resonance Mode: Fusion Burst

When team members trigger Fusion Burst, inflicts Fusion Trail on targets (max 30 stacks, 30s). Seraphic Duet can auto-trigger Fusion Burst on nearby targets and benefits from Fusion Trail stacks. Heavenfall Edict – Finale triggers Fusion Burst based on active stacks.

Active

Starflux Thrust

In Mech form, Aemeath can fly and perform aerial Starflux Thrust attacks by consuming Starflux (max 600 points). Starflux is replenished over time and through specific combat actions.

Resonance Chain

Priority nodes: S2 Downy Notes of Snowfluff · S1 Gilded Glimmer of the First Dawn · S6 A Zephyr-Kissed Journey to You

Gilded Glimmer of the First Dawn

★ Priority

Heavy Attacks gain 300% CRIT DMG while in Instant Response. When idle for 4s under eligible conditions, Aemeath enters Instant Response – Brilliance (persists even after Heavenfall Edict: Unbound expires); in this state, Heavy Attack – Charged II grants 100 Synchronization Rate. When defeating a target with active trail stacks, records the highest stack count and transfers it to the next target.

+300% Heavy Attack DMG · In Instant Response, Heavy Attack, Aemeath and Heavy Attack, Mech gain 300% Crit.

Downy Notes of Snowfluff

★ Priority

Seraphic Duet's DMG Multiplier is doubled. In Tune Rupture mode, each repeated Tune Rupture hit within 1s increases Seraphic Duet's Tune Rupture DMG by 20% (max 5 stacks). In Fusion Burst mode, enhanced trail mechanics apply and Fusion Burst auto-triggers when nearby targets are defeated.

+400% Skill DMG · The DMG Multiplier of Resonance Skill Seraphic Duet: Overture is increased by 100%.

Aemeath is a 5★ Fusion Sword Main DPS in Wuthering Waves. The best build is Everbright Polestar with the 5-piece Trailblazing Star echo set, using Sigillum as the main echo. The strongest team is Aemeath with Lynae and Mornye (tune rupture hypercarry). At Level 90, aim for 15000+ HP, 1100+ DEF, 2000-2400+ ATK, 65%+ (Before set bonuses) CRIT Rate, 210-260%+ CRIT DMG, 115%-125%+ Energy Regen and 40-70%+ Fusion DMG Bonus.

Best Weapons

by calculated performance

Everbright Polestar

R1Best

Aemeath's Signature weapon is obviously her best. It gives her Fusion RES and DEF Ignore on her Liberation damage as well as extra DMG Bonus, CRIT Rate and high Base ATK, which makes it impossible to go wrong with.

100.0%

Emerald of Genesis

Assumes 1 less Energy Regen roll, distributed into damaging stats instead. Aemeath's second best and permanently accessible option which gives her the same Base ATK and CRIT Rate as her Signature while giving extra Energy Regen and ATK%. Overall a super strong choice that she can perform greatly with, in spite of her Signature being a good upgrade.

83.5%

Red Spring

This weapon, much like other CRIT 5-stars below it, can provide slightly better performance than Emerald of Genesis if its extra Energy Regen is not needed. Camellya's Signature is the most favoured of them because Aemeath does a bit of Basic Attack DMG that this weapon can buff, giving it a marginal edge over other 5-star options below it.

83.5%

Emerald Sentence

Qiuyuan's Signature is mostly an ATK and CRIT Rate stat-stick for Aemeath as she does not deal any Heavy Attack type damage, but it does provide a very marginal increase to Echo damage team-wide.

83.2%

Blazing Brilliance

ATK and CRIT DMG stat-stick for Aemeath, who does not benefit from this weapon's Skill DMG-focused effects.

82.9%

Percentages show relative damage performance from calculations; some weapons bring un-quantifiable quality-of-life on top.

Best Echo Sets

5-Piece Sonata

Trailblazing Star

100%

Aemeath's dedicated Echo Set gives her 20% CRIT Rate and Fusion DMG Bonus easily upkept throughout her rotation. It is her best choice without question due to its very strong stat buffs.

Example Loadout · 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 · 1 cost

4Main

Sigillum

Glommoth

Kronablight

Geospider S4

Iceglint Dancer

Echo Main Stats

4 · 3 · 3 · 1 · 1 cost

CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG

Fusion DMG

ATK% = Fusion DMG

ATK%

Substats Priority

Energy Regen (Until Satisfied)Best

CRIT DMG = CRIT Rate

ATK%

Liberation DMG%

ATK

Energy Regen (Until Satisfied) > CRIT DMG = CRIT Rate > ATK% > Liberation DMG% > ATK

Skill Priority

Liberation

Forte

Skill

Basic

Intro

Best Teams

Tune Rupture Hypercarry

Aemeath

Lynae

Mornye

Alternative Team

Aemeath

Lupa

Mornye

Best Resonance Chain Nodes

Resonance Chain

Priority nodes: S2 Downy Notes of Snowfluff · S1 Gilded Glimmer of the First Dawn · S6 A Zephyr-Kissed Journey to You

Gilded Glimmer of the First Dawn

★ Priority

+300% Heavy Attack DMG · In Instant Response, Heavy Attack, Aemeath and Heavy Attack, Mech gain 300% Crit.

Downy Notes of Snowfluff

★ Priority

+400% Skill DMG · The DMG Multiplier of Resonance Skill Seraphic Duet: Overture is increased by 100%.

Aemeath build summary

Everbright Polestar is the weapon to build around. Without it, Emerald of Genesis, Red Spring and Emerald Sentence are the next picks, in that order. Feather Edge is the budget option.

On the Trailblazing Star set, run CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG on the 4-cost, Fusion DMG on the 3-cost, ATK% = Fusion DMG on the 3-cost and ATK% on both 1-costs. Substats in priority order: Energy Regen (Until Satisfied) > CRIT DMG = CRIT Rate > ATK% > Liberation DMG% > ATK.

The Resonance Chain nodes worth pulling for are S2 (+400% Skill DMG), S1 (+300% Heavy Attack DMG) and S6 (+275% CRIT DMG). Level Res. Liberation → Forte Circuit → Res. Skill → Basic Attack → Intro Skill.

Ascension needs 46× Our Choice above everything else, and the full build — ascension plus every forte node — costs 2,200,000 Shell Credits.

Role: 5★ Fusion Sword Main DPS
Best weapon: Everbright Polestar
Alternatives: Emerald of Genesis, Red Spring, Emerald Sentence
Echo set: Trailblazing Star
Main echo: Sigillum
Main stats: 4-cost CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG · 3-cost Fusion DMG · 3-cost ATK% = Fusion DMG · 1-cost ATK% · 1-cost ATK%
Substats: Energy Regen (Until Satisfied) > CRIT DMG = CRIT Rate > ATK% > Liberation DMG% > ATK
Skill priority: Res. Liberation > Forte Circuit > Res. Skill > Basic Attack > Intro Skill
Best chain nodes: S2, S1, S6
Best team: Aemeath + Lynae, Mornye
Level 90 targets: 15000+ HP · 1100+ DEF · 2000-2400+ ATK · 65%+ (Before set bonuses) CRIT Rate · 210-260%+ CRIT DMG · 115%-125%+ Energy Regen · 40-70%+ Fusion DMG Bonus
Key ascension material: 46× Our Choice
Full build cost: 2,200,000 Shell Credits

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best weapon for Aemeath?

Everbright Polestar is the best-in-slot weapon. Aemeath's Signature weapon is obviously her best. It gives her Fusion RES and DEF Ignore on her Liberation damage as well as extra DMG Bonus, CRIT Rate and high Base ATK, which makes it impossible to go wrong with. The next best options are Emerald of Genesis and Red Spring. Feather Edge is the strongest budget pick.

What echo set should Aemeath use?

Run the 5-piece Trailblazing Star set on Aemeath. Sigillum is the recommended main echo. Main stats by cost: 4-cost CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG, 3-cost Fusion DMG, 3-cost ATK% = Fusion DMG, 1-cost ATK%, 1-cost ATK%.