
Wuthering Waves · Build Guide
Chisa Build
Best weapons, echoes & teams
Skills
Reign of Silence
A complex combat sequence with multiple distinct stages:
Stage 1: dash-slash dealing Havoc DMG.
Stage 2: scissor-cut dealing Havoc DMG.
Stage 3: pull-back strike dealing Havoc DMG.
Stage 4: overhead slam dealing Havoc DMG.
Stage 5: finishing sweep dealing Havoc DMG.
Normal Attack after a successful Dodge to attack the target, dealing Havoc DMG. In Chainsaw Mode, Dodge Counter becomes Retraction: a rapid scissor counter dealing Havoc DMG.
Consume Stamina to deliver a sawing slash, dealing Havoc DMG.
Consume Stamina for an aerial descent strike, dealing Havoc DMG.
Fractured Composition
Chisa locks onto the target with a focused Havoc slash, dealing Havoc DMG and generating Lifethread. If Eye of Unraveling hits an enemy with active Thread of Bane, it triggers Unseen Snare immediately.
Follow-up cast within the window: Chisa spins her blade into a serrated arc, dealing Havoc DMG and generating Lifethread.
When Lifethread reaches 100, Fractured Composition becomes the Chainsaw Mode activator: Chisa transforms her Broadblade configuration, entering Chainsaw Mode for 20s.
Moment of Nihility
Chisa channels silence into a sweeping Broadblade detonation, dealing Havoc DMG to all nearby enemies.
Liberation creates a Convergence field for 18s: enemies inside take increased Havoc DMG and have Thread of Bane applied on each Chisa hit. Simultaneously heals all party members for 10% of Chisa's ATK per second for the duration.
Reverberance - Return
Chisa returns to the field with a diving Broadblade strike, dealing Havoc DMG and instantly generating 30 Lifethread. If Chisa had active Lifethread before switching out, the Intro Strike deals 40% additional Havoc DMG.
Unraveling - Law Zero
Chisa releases the Resonant Thread of Closure: a spiraling dark slash dealing Havoc DMG equal to 600% of Chisa's ATK to all nearby enemies. Generates Lifethread Jetstream on the field for 25s: the incoming Resonator's Havoc DMG is Amplified by 22% and each Resonance Skill cast generates 10 bonus Lifethread for Chisa's next entry.
Inherent Skills
Inescapable Fate
Thread of Bane's periodic DMG interval is reduced by 0.5s while Chisa is on-field. Thread of Bane stacks gained from Chainsaw Mode hits are doubled.
All Ends Here
When Chisa enters Chainsaw Mode, she gains 10% Havoc DMG Bonus for each Thread of Bane stack on the nearest enemy (up to +60% at 6 stacks). This bonus persists until Chainsaw Mode ends.
Tune Break
Tune Break: Broadblade
When the target's Off-Tune Level is full, the Resonator may cast Tune Break on the target.
Forte Circuit
Sight of Unraveling - Oblivion - Chainsaw Mode
While active (20s), Normal Attack stages are replaced by Sawring Blitz: rapid chainsaw-pattern strikes dealing Havoc DMG that hit multiple times per input. Sawring Blitz generates Lifethread per hit and triggers Eradication on the 5th consecutive hit: a burst dealing Havoc DMG that immediately refreshes the Sawring Blitz pattern.
Once per Chainsaw Mode activation, casting Eye of Unraveling places a Ring of Chainsaw on the target: while the Ring persists, all of Chisa's Chainsaw Mode hits against the target deal 20% increased DMG.
Sight of Unraveling - Oblivion - Unseen Snare & Thread of Bane
Triggered by Eye of Unraveling hitting a Thread of Bane target or by Lifethread overflowing past 100: an instant Havoc hit dealing Havoc DMG (Skill DMG) and applying a new Thread of Bane stack.
A Havoc DoT applied to targets by Chisa's Skill and Liberation hits. Stacks up to 6 times, dealing periodic Havoc DMG. At 6 stacks, the next Unseen Snare consumes all stacks for a Bane Burst dealing Havoc DMG equal to 300% of total stack DMG.
Sight of Unraveling - Oblivion - Lifethread & Jetstream
Holds up to 100. Gained from Sawring Blitz hits (5 per hit), Eye of Unraveling (25), Serrated Loop (20), and Intro Skill (30). At 100, enables Chainsaw Mode activation or triggers Unseen Snare if Chainsaw Mode is already active.
Active while Outro Skill buff persists on the field. Chisa's Lifethread generation is increased by 30% when she re-enters.
Resonance Chain
Priority nodes: S5 Unspooling Reality · S1 First Cut of Silence · S2 Severed Horizon
Unspooling Reality
★ PriorityChainsaw Mode duration is extended by 5s. Lifethread regeneration from Sawring Blitz is increased by 3 per hit.
+100% Liberation DMG · Resonance Liberation Moment of Nihility gains 100% DMG Bonus.
Chisa is a 5★ Havoc Broadblade Main DPS in Wuthering Waves. The best build is Kumokiri with the 5-piece Rejuvenating Glow echo set, using Fallacy of No Return as the main echo. The strongest team is Chisa with Cantarella and Shorekeeper (havoc chainsaw core). At Level 90, aim for 15000+ HP, 1100+ DEF, 2000-2500+ ATK, 65-80%+ CRIT Rate, 210-255%+ CRIT DMG, 125%+ Energy Regen and 40-70%+ Havoc DMG Bonus.
Best Weapons
by calculated performance
Kumokiri
R1BestChisa's weapon is naturally her best as it plays into her kit, fully stacking and utilizing the 24% Liberation DMG Bonus from the passive and also enabling other Negative Status appliers in the team to gain another 24% DMG Bonus when they apply their own Negative Status. This does not work with Zani but works fine with all other Negative Status characters, including Chisa herself.
100.0%

Wildfire Mark
R1Lupa's Signature plays well into Chisa's kit since it grants her high damaging stats and a Resonance Liberation DMG Bonus which allows her to retain good personal damage. However, she does lose out on any team buffing potential with this weapon.
88.4%

Ages of Harvest
R1Simple ATK, DMG Bonus and CRIT Rate stat-stick for Chisa who barely benefits from this weapon's Skill DMG-increasing effects.
82.1%

Verdant Summit
R1Simple ATK, DMG Bonus and CRIT DMG stat-stick for Chisa who barely benefits from this weapon's Heavy Attack DMG-increasing effects.
81.5%

Radiance Cleaver
R1Simple ATK and CRIT DMG stat-stick for Chisa, the strongest permanently available choice for her.
80.0%
Percentages show relative damage performance from calculations; some weapons bring un-quantifiable quality-of-life on top.
Best Echo Sets
5-Piece Sonata
Rejuvenating Glow
Best overall set for Chisa with the exception of non-ATK scaling teams like the Cartethyia team. Provides 15% ATK to the whole team practically permanently as long as Chisa triggers healing (very easy to achieve via her Ultimate). The usual Main Echo of this set, Fallacy of No Return, further contributes with Energy Regen to the wielder of the set and an increased ATK boost to all party members on cast. Overall the best set to partially buff Chisa's own damage but most importantly increase her teammates', so long as they scale on ATK.
Example Loadout · 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 · 1 cost
5-Piece Sonata
Thread of Severed Fate
Chisa's best set to maximize her personal damage, which grants her 20% ATK and 30% Liberation DMG Bonus for 5s when applying Havoc Bane. Considering she applies Havoc Bane every 2s all the time and primarily deals Liberation DMG, this set is meant for her. Best combined with your choice of: 2P Havoc Eclipse Midnight Veil (Recommended) 2P Endless Resonance Reel of Spliced Memories 2P Moonlit Clouds Empyrean Anthem Tidebreaking Courage
Example Loadout · 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 · 1 cost
Echo Main Stats
4 · 3 · 3 · 1 · 1 costCRIT Rate / CRIT DMG
Havoc DMG
Havoc DMG ≥ ATK%
ATK%
ATK%
Substats Priority
Energy Regen (Until Satisfied) > CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG > ATK% > Liberation DMG% > ATK
Skill Priority
Forte
Liberation
Basic
Skill
Intro
Best Teams
Havoc Chainsaw Core
Best Resonance Chain Nodes
Priority nodes: S5 Unspooling Reality · S1 First Cut of Silence · S2 Severed Horizon
Unspooling Reality
★ PriorityChainsaw Mode duration is extended by 5s. Lifethread regeneration from Sawring Blitz is increased by 3 per hit.
+100% Liberation DMG · Resonance Liberation Moment of Nihility gains 100% DMG Bonus.
Chisa build summary
Kumokiri is the weapon to build around. Without it, Wildfire Mark, Ages of Harvest and Verdant Summit are the next picks, in that order. Autumntrace is the budget option.
On the Rejuvenating Glow set, run CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG on the 4-cost, Havoc DMG on the 3-cost, Havoc DMG ≥ ATK% on the 3-cost and ATK% on both 1-costs. Substats in priority order: Energy Regen (Until Satisfied) > CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG > ATK% > Liberation DMG% > ATK.
The Resonance Chain nodes worth pulling for are S5 (+100% Liberation DMG), S1 (+61.8% DMG) and S2 (+50% DMG). Level Forte Circuit → Res. Liberation → Basic Attack → Res. Skill → Intro Skill.
Ascension needs 46× Abyssal Husk above everything else, and the full build — ascension plus every forte node — costs 2,200,000 Shell Credits.
- Role
- 5★ Havoc Broadblade Main DPS
- Best weapon
- Kumokiri
- Alternatives
- Wildfire Mark, Ages of Harvest, Verdant Summit
- Echo set
- Rejuvenating Glow
- Main echo
- Fallacy of No Return
- Main stats
- 4-cost CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG · 3-cost Havoc DMG · 3-cost Havoc DMG ≥ ATK% · 1-cost ATK% · 1-cost ATK%
- Substats
- Energy Regen (Until Satisfied) > CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG > ATK% > Liberation DMG% > ATK
- Skill priority
- Forte Circuit > Res. Liberation > Basic Attack > Res. Skill > Intro Skill
- Best chain nodes
- S5, S1, S2
- Best team
- Chisa + Cantarella, Shorekeeper
- Level 90 targets
- 15000+ HP · 1100+ DEF · 2000-2500+ ATK · 65-80%+ CRIT Rate · 210-255%+ CRIT DMG · 125%+ Energy Regen · 40-70%+ Havoc DMG Bonus
- Key ascension material
- 46× Abyssal Husk
- Full build cost
- 2,200,000 Shell Credits
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best weapon for Chisa?
Kumokiri is the best-in-slot weapon. Chisa's weapon is naturally her best as it plays into her kit, fully stacking and utilizing the 24% Liberation DMG Bonus from the passive and also enabling other Negative Status appliers in the team to gain another 24% DMG Bonus when they apply their own Negative Status. This does not work with Zani but works fine with all other Negative Status characters, including Chisa herself. The next best options are Wildfire Mark and Ages of Harvest. Autumntrace is the strongest budget pick.
What echo set should Chisa use?
Run the 5-piece Rejuvenating Glow set on Chisa. Fallacy of No Return is the recommended main echo. Main stats by cost: 4-cost CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG, 3-cost Havoc DMG, 3-cost Havoc DMG ≥ ATK%, 1-cost ATK%, 1-cost ATK%.
What substats does Chisa want?
On Chisa, prioritise these echo substats: Energy Regen (Until Satisfied) > CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG > ATK% > Liberation DMG% > ATK.
Which skills should you level first on Chisa?
Level the forte nodes in this order on Chisa: Forte Circuit → Res. Liberation → Basic Attack → Res. Skill → Intro Skill.
What is the best team for Chisa?
Havoc Chainsaw Core: Chisa with Cantarella and Shorekeeper. Alternative Team: Chisa with Roccia and Verina. Chisa enters with Reverberance, Return (30 instant Lifethread), rapidly cycles Eye of Unraveling and Serrated Loop to reach 100…
Which sequences are worth pulling for on Chisa?
S3 and S6 give Chisa the biggest gains: S3 — The Law of Erasure; S6 — Terminal Weave.
What element and weapon does Chisa use?
Chisa is a 5★ Havoc Broadblade resonator.
Ascension Materials
×4LF Polygon Core
×12MF Polygon Core
×12HF Polygon Core
×4FF Polygon Core
×46Abyssal Husk
×60Summer Flower
170,000 Shell CreditsSkill Upgrade Materials
×25LF Polygon Core
×28MF Polygon Core
×40HF Polygon Core
×57FF Polygon Core
×25Waveworn Residue 210
×28Waveworn Residue 226
×55Waveworn Residue 235
×67Waveworn Residue 239
×26When Irises Bloom
2,030,000 Shell Credits








