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

Wuthering Waves · Build Guide

Brant Build

Best weapons, echoes & teams

Skills

Basic Attack

Captain's Rhapsody

Basic Attack

Perform up to 4 consecutive attacks, dealing Fusion DMG.

Heavy Attack

Consume STA to attack the target, dealing Fusion DMG.

Heavy Attack: Rhapsodic Riff

Consume STA to attack the target, dealing Fusion DMG. Available after Basic Attack Stage 2 or Stage 4 by holding Normal Attack, or after Mid-air Attack Stage 4 by pressing Normal Attack.

Mid-air Attack

Perform up to 4 consecutive attacks, dealing Fusion DMG. Normal Attack following Mid-air Attack Stage 1 or Stage 2 to swing to the target with Grapple. Release while in action to flip backward after the attack hits; or hold Normal Attack to attack continuously and flip backward after the finishing move. Normal Attack after each flip to perform the next stage of Mid-air Attack.

Dodge Counter

Normal Attack right after a successful Dodge to attack the target, dealing Fusion DMG.

Resonance Skill

Anchors Aweigh!

Brant launches himself into the air and blasts all targets in an area, dealing Fusion DMG. While in mid-air, if Bravo is not full, Resonance Skill is replaced with Plunging Attack.

Plunging Attack

Plunge at the target at the cost of STA, dealing Fusion DMG (Basic Attack DMG).

Resonance Liberation

To the Horizon

Deal Fusion DMG to targets within the range and heal all nearby Resonators in the team before entering the Aflame state. Can be cast in mid-air.

Aflame

The efficiency of gaining Bravo is increased by 100% when Normal Attack or Resonance Skill Anchors Aweigh! hits the target. Forte Circuit Theatrical Moment is replaced by "My" Moment.

"My" Moment

Brant gains additional ATK based on his Energy Regen: for every 1% of Energy Regen over 150%, Brant gains 20 additional ATK, up to 2600.

Intro Skill

Applaud for Me!

Attack the target, dealing Fusion DMG, and gain Interlude Applause effect. Interlude Applause: the next Mid-air Attack begins at Stage 2. This effect ends when Brant lands early or is switched out.

Outro Skill

The Course is Set!

Amplify the incoming Resonator's Fusion DMG by 20% and Resonance Skill DMG by 25% for 14s or until the Resonator is switched out.

Inherent Skills

Voyager's Blaze

Healing provided by Waves of Acclaims is increased by 20%.

Trial by Fire and Tide

Brant's resistance to interruption is increased during Mid-air Attacks and gains 15% Fusion DMG Bonus.

Tune Break

Active

Tune Break: Sword

When the target's Off-Tune Level is full, the Resonator may cast Tune Break on the target.

Forte Circuit

Active

Ocean Odyssey

Theatrical Moment

Brant gains additional ATK based on Energy Regen: for every 1% of Energy Regen over 150%, gain 12 additional ATK, up to 1560.

Waves of Acclaims

Heal all nearby Resonators in the team when Bravo reaches 25, 50, 75, and 100.

Returned from Ashes

When Bravo is full, Resonance Skill Anchors Aweigh! is replaced with Returned from Ashes. Consume all Bravo to deal Fusion DMG (Basic Attack DMG) and generate a shield for all nearby Resonators. Casting while in Aflame ends that state after Returned from Ashes ends.

Bravo

Brant can hold up to 100 Bravo. Restored when Normal Attacks hit the target; when Intro Skill hits the target; when Resonance Skill hits the target.

Resonance Chain

Priority nodes: S3 Through Storms I Sail · S2 For Smiles and Cheers · S6 All the World's a Captain's Carnevale

For Smiles and Cheers

★ Priority

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 the incoming Resonator's Resonance 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 (Basic Attack DMG). This explosion can trigger 1 per second, up to 2 explosions total. This effect remains active when Brant is switched off the field.

+30% CRIT Rate · Casting Mid-air Attack and Returned from Ashes increases Brant's Crit.

Through Storms I Sail

★ Priority

The DMG Multiplier of Returned from Ashes is increased by 42%.

+42% DMG · The DMG Multiplier of Returned from Ashes is increased by 42%.

Brant is a 5★ Fusion Sword Main DPS in Wuthering Waves. The best build is Unflickering Valor with the 5-piece Molten Rift echo set, using Nightmare: Inferno Rider as the main echo. The strongest team is Brant with Changli and Shorekeeper (fusion aerial core). At Level 90, aim for 16000+ HP, 1300+ DEF, 1600-2000+ (Before Forte buffs) ATK, 65-80%+ CRIT Rate, 210-260%+ CRIT DMG, 250-280% Energy Regen and 10-40% Fusion DMG Bonus.

Best Weapons

by calculated performance

Unflickering Valor

R1Best

Brant's signature and by far best weapon. The massive Energy Regen, Basic ATK DMG and small CRIT Rate boosts the weapon offers are all Brant's top stats, allowing him to sport the Tidebreaking Courage set comfortably, even with a Fusion DMG Bonus Echo if you build his Energy Regen well. However, this sword isn't good on anyone else — only pull it if you have Brant, and if you do pull it, know you'll only use it on him.

100.0%

Laser Shearer

ATK and Energy Regen stat-stick much like Aero Rover's Signature weapon. Only marginally better than it as it can provide 12% extra ATK via the passive, but generally not worth sparing the pulls when Bloodpact's Pledge is free to obtain.

77.2%

Bloodpact's Pledge

Aero Rover's Signature weapon is actually very much usable on Brant with Tidebreaking Courage thanks to its high Base ATK and Energy Regen main stat. Unfortunately he is unable to make use of this weapon's passive effects, but as a Base ATK and Energy Regen stat-stick it's his best F2P weapon choice assuming you can acommodate Tideebreaking Courage's steep build requirements.

75.1%

Red Spring

Camellya's signature weapon is usable by all Basic Attack focused Sword wielding characters, including Brant, but it is designed with her in mind due to a lot of its power locked behind spending Concerto mid-rotation - something only Camellya can do. While Brant is able to make good leverage of most of its stats, but due to being unable to benefit from the Tidebreaking Courage set and not benefitting from the complete passive effect, it ranks lower than the above options.

73.1%

Emerald of Genesis

The combination of Energy Regen, CRIT Rate and solid Base ATK make this weapon usable on Brant, and while its small ATK% boost is also easy to stack up once, Brant doesn't get to make use of the second stack in his rotations. Unfortunately, unless this weapon is R5 it's not possible to use the Tidebreaking Courage set using it which makes it rank lower than above options.

71.3%

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

Best Echo Sets

5-Piece Sonata

Molten Rift

100%

Offers a 10% unconditional Fusion DMG% boost and an additional 30% Fusion DMG% after using a Resonance Skill for a grand total of 40% additional Fusion DMG bonus. On Brant, this set is significantly worse damage-wise than Tidebreaking Courage if it is possible to use it, however provided you cannot reach his Energy Regen requirements then this is the best set to use. Make sure to start casting a Skill and cancel it via Brant's Ultimate when his rotation starts to exploit this set's full effect!

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

NIR

4Main

Nightmare: Inferno Rider

Fusion Dreadmane

Havoc Dreadmane

BVS

Baby Viridblaze Saurian

Electro Predator

Special Set

Tidebreaking Courage

100%

Brant's best set provided he can reach its tremendous Energy requirements, due to providing its total of 10% Energy Regen, 15% ATK and 30% DMG Bonus at 250% Energy Regen or above. This requires very good Echoes or his Signature weapon to achieve, and while its activation conditions are very high, the reward in terms of damage increase makes this set worth the investment.

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

DOD

4Main

Dragon of Dirge

Abyssal Gladius

Chop Chop

Aero Drake

Aero Prism

Echo Main Stats

4 · 3 · 3 · 1 · 1 cost

CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG

Energy Regen

Energy Regen / Fusion DMG

ATK%

Substats Priority

Energy Regen (Until 250%)Best

CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG

Energy Regen (Above 250%)

Basic Attack DMG%

ATK%

ATK

Energy Regen (Until 250%) > CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG > Energy Regen (Above 250%) > Basic Attack DMG% > ATK% > ATK

Skill Priority

Forte

Basic

Liberation

Intro

Skill

Best Teams

Fusion Aerial Core

Brant

Changli

Shorekeeper

Alternative Team

Brant

Encore

Verina

Best Resonance Chain Nodes

Resonance Chain

Priority nodes: S3 Through Storms I Sail · S2 For Smiles and Cheers · S6 All the World's a Captain's Carnevale

For Smiles and Cheers

★ Priority

+30% CRIT Rate · Casting Mid-air Attack and Returned from Ashes increases Brant's Crit.

Through Storms I Sail

★ Priority

The DMG Multiplier of Returned from Ashes is increased by 42%.

+42% DMG · The DMG Multiplier of Returned from Ashes is increased by 42%.

Brant build summary

Unflickering Valor is the weapon to build around. Without it, Laser Shearer, Bloodpact's Pledge and Red Spring are the next picks, in that order. Emerald of Genesis is the budget option.

On the Molten Rift set, run CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG on the 4-cost, Energy Regen on the 3-cost, Energy Regen / Fusion DMG on the 3-cost and ATK% on both 1-costs. Substats in priority order: Energy Regen (Until 250%) > CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG > Energy Regen (Above 250%) > Basic Attack DMG% > ATK% > ATK.

The Resonance Chain nodes worth pulling for are S3 (+42% DMG), S2 (+30% CRIT Rate) and S6 (+30% DMG). Level Forte Circuit → Basic Attack → Res. Liberation → Intro Skill → Res. Skill.

Ascension needs 46× Blazing Bone 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: Unflickering Valor
Alternatives: Laser Shearer, Bloodpact's Pledge, Red Spring
Echo set: Molten Rift
Main echo: Nightmare: Inferno Rider
Main stats: 4-cost CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG · 3-cost Energy Regen · 3-cost Energy Regen / Fusion DMG · 1-cost ATK% · 1-cost ATK%
Substats: Energy Regen (Until 250%) > CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG > Energy Regen (Above 250%) > Basic Attack DMG% > ATK% > ATK
Skill priority: Forte Circuit > Basic Attack > Res. Liberation > Intro Skill > Res. Skill
Best chain nodes: S3, S2, S6
Best team: Brant + Changli, Shorekeeper
Level 90 targets: 16000+ HP · 1300+ DEF · 1600-2000+ (Before Forte buffs) ATK · 65-80%+ CRIT Rate · 210-260%+ CRIT DMG · 250-280% Energy Regen · 10-40% Fusion DMG Bonus
Key ascension material: 46× Blazing Bone
Full build cost: 2,200,000 Shell Credits

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best weapon for Brant?

Unflickering Valor is the best-in-slot weapon. Brant's signature and by far best weapon. The massive Energy Regen, Basic ATK DMG and small CRIT Rate boosts the weapon offers are all Brant's top stats, allowing him to sport the Tidebreaking Courage set comfortably, even with a Fusion DMG Bonus Echo if you build his Energy Regen well. However, this sword isn't good on anyone else — only pull it if you have Brant, and if you do pull it, know you'll only use it on him. The next best options are Laser Shearer and Bloodpact's Pledge. Emerald of Genesis is the strongest budget pick.

What echo set should Brant use?

Run the 5-piece Molten Rift set on Brant. Nightmare: Inferno Rider is the recommended main echo. Main stats by cost: 4-cost CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG, 3-cost Energy Regen, 3-cost Energy Regen / Fusion DMG, 1-cost ATK%, 1-cost ATK%.

What substats does Brant want?

On Brant, prioritise these echo substats: Energy Regen (Until 250%) > CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG > Energy Regen (Above 250%) > Basic Attack DMG% > ATK% > ATK.

Which skills should you level first on Brant?

Level the forte nodes in this order on Brant: Forte Circuit → Basic Attack → Res. Liberation → Intro Skill → Res. Skill.

What is the best team for Brant?

Fusion Aerial Core: Brant with Changli and Shorekeeper. Alternative Team: Brant with Encore and Verina. Brant enters with Intro (Mid-air Attack starts at Stage 2), builds Bravo through aerial Mid-air Attack loops and Anchors Aweigh!,…