
Wuthering Waves · Build Guide
Best weapons, echoes & teams
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Furled Canopy
Press or hold Normal Attack to perform up to 3 consecutive attacks, dealing Electro DMG.
While in the Deep Mind state, Basic Attack is replaced with Basic Attack - Unfurled Canopy, performing up to 4 consecutive attacks, dealing Electro DMG. Hold Normal Attack to cast color=Highlight>Basic Attack - Unfurled Canopy Stage 1 and Stage 2 in succession. Shortly after casting Basic Attack - Unfurled Canopy Stage 2, hold Normal Attack to cast Basic Attack - Unfurled Canopy: Whirling Thunder Stage 1 and Stage 2 in succession, dealing Electro DMG. Shortly after casting Basic Attack - Unfurled Canopy Stage 3, hold Normal Attack to cast Basic Attack - Unfurled Canopy Stage 4. Shortly after casting Basic Attack - Unfurled Canopy: Whirling Thunder Stage 1, press or hold Normal Attack to cast Basic Attack - Unfurled Canopy: Whirling Thunder Stage 2.
Deal Electro DMG.
Consume STA to perform Plunging Attack, dealing Electro DMG.
Press Normal Attack within a certain time after a successful Dodge to attack the target, dealing Electro DMG. - While in the Deep Mind state, Dodge Counter is replaced with Dodge Counter - Unfurled Canopy. - Shortly after casting the skill, press Normal Attack to cast Basic Attack Stage 3.
Press Normal Attack within a certain time after a successful Dodge to attack the target, dealing Electro DMG. - Shortly after casting the skill, press Normal Attack to cast Basic Attack - Unfurled Canopy Stage 3. - Shortly after casting the skill, hold Normal Attack to cast Basic Attack - Unfurled Canopy: Whirling Thunder Stage 1, dealing Electro DMG.
Furled Canopy: Rift Cleaver
Attack targets within range, dealing Electro DMG. - While in the Awakened Mind state, press Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill to cast Basic Attack Stage 3. - While in the Deep Mind state, press Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill to chain into Basic Attack - Unfurled Canopy Stage 4.
Umbral Canopy: Miasma Lock
While casting Outro Skill, if Suoming has Unison, when the active Resonator deals damage, a Thunder Crest is summoned as a Coordinated Attack on the target, dealing Electro DMG. - Within 3s after this damage is dealt, a Thunder Crest can be summoned each second. This effect is triggered once per second. The damage dealt by Thunder Crest does not trigger this effect. - Only 1 Thunder Crest can be summoned per second, up to 6 in total. - This effect lasts 8s, or until the number of summoned Thunder Crest reaches the limit.
Furled Canopy: Flash Rift
Deal Electro DMG, considered Basic Attack DMG. - Press Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill to chain into Basic Attack - Unfurled Canopy: Whirling Thunder Stage 2.
Attack the target, dealing Electro DMG, considered Basic Attack DMG. - Casting this skill sends Suoming into the Deep Mind state and clears all Delusion.
Attack the target, dealing Electro DMG, considered Basic Attack DMG. - While in the Deep Mind state, press Normal Attack shortly after casting Intro Skill - Unfurled Canopy: Whirling Thunder (Unison) to chain into Basic Attack - Unfurled Canopy: Whirling Thunder Stage 2.
Canopy Rumble
The incoming Resonator gains 20% Electro DMG Amplification. While having Unison Boon, they gain 25% Resonance Skill DMG Amplification for 8s or until the Resonator is switched out.
Rain-Soaked Covenant
Casting Intro Skill - Furled Canopy: Flash Rift, Intro Skill - Unfurled Canopy: Thunder Rending, Intro Skill - Furled Canopy: Sealed Delusion (Unison), or Intro Skill - Unfurled Canopy: Whirling Thunder (Unison) grants 50% Electro DMG Bonus for 15s. Switching to another Resonator ends this effect early. - When Suoming casts Intro Skill - Furled Canopy: Sealed Delusion (Unison) or Intro Skill - Unfurled Canopy: Whirling Thunder (Unison), she additionally gains 10 points of Concerto Energy, triggered only once every 25s.
Sunken Seal, Forged Lock
When Suoming has Unison and is switched out, she gains the Aligned Seals effect for 30s. While Aligned Seals is active, within 8s after Suoming casts Resonance Liberation or Basic Attack - Umbral Canopy: Engraved Heart, Suoming's Outro Skill grants the incoming Resonator 30% Electro DMG Bonus, plus an additional 20% for each stack of Unison Boon they have, up to 40%. This effect lasts for 8s or until the Resonator is switched out. When Suoming has Unison, casting Resonance Skill - Furled Canopy: Rift Cleaver removes UnisUnisonon, consumes 20 points of Concerto Energy, and clears all Delusion, granting the Seal Master effect: the DMG Multipliers of Basic Attack - Unfurled Canopy and Basic Attack - Unfurled Canopy: Whirling Thunder are increased by 100%, each stage of the skills restores 5 points of Concerto Energy on hit, and Suoming's Crit. DMG is increased by 100%. This effect lasts for 12s or until the Resonator is switched out. - Gaining Unison ends this effect early. - Gaining the Aligned Seals effect ends this effect early. - The Seal Master effect cannot be gained while the Aligned Seals effect is active. - While the Seal Master effect is active, press Normal Attack shortly after casting Basic Attack - Unfurled Canopy Stage 4 to chain into Basic Attack - Unfurled Canopy Stage 2.
Tune Break - Sword
When the target's Off-Tune Level is full, the Resonator may cast Tune Break on the target.
Bound Obsession, Forged Mind
While in the Awakened Mind state, when Delusion reaches 800 points, Resonance Skill is replaced with Resonance Skill - Furled Canopy: Sealed Delusion, dealing Electro DMG, considered Basic Attack DMG. - Casting this skill sends Suoming into Deep Mind and clears all Delusion.
While in the Deep Mind state, when Delusion reaches 800 points, Resonance Skill is replaced with Resonance Skill - Unfurled Canopy: Unforsaken Mind, pulling in nearby targets and dealing Electro DMG, considered Basic Attack DMG.
Within a certain period after casting Resonance Skill - Unfurled Canopy: Unforsaken Mind, Basic Attack and Resonance Skill are replaced with Basic Attack - Umbral Canopy: Engraved Heart. Press or hold Normal Attack or Resonance Skill to cast this skill. Attack targets within range, dealing Electro DMG, considered Basic Attack DMG. - Casting this skill sends Suoming into Calamity Mind and clears all Delusion; she enters Awakened Mind once the skill ends. - When casting this skill, hold Normal Attack or Resonance Skill to continuously attack the target for a certain period. - While casting this skill, Suoming is immune to DMG and interruption for a certain period. During this time she cannot move, sprint, jump, dodge, or cast Basic Attack, Resonance Skill, Resonance Liberation, Dodge Counter, Plunging Attack, Mid-air Attack, or Intro Skill, and Resonator switching is also restricted.
When Suoming has Unison, switching to another Resonator will remove her Unison to trigger Suoming's Outro Skill and the incoming Resonator's Intro Skill. When Suoming's Concerto Energy is full and she has Unison, only the Unison effect is consumed.
Suoming can trigger Unison Response. When a Resonator in the team has Unison, Suoming triggers Unison Response when she is switched in and casts Intro Skill, granting the active Resonator in the team 1 stacks of Unison Boon for 30s. Suoming can grant up to 1 stacks of Unison Boon this way. Gaining it again only resets the duration. Unison Response cannot be triggered in Co-op.
Each stack of Unison Boon increases the total DMG dealt by Resonators in the team who can trigger Unison Response by 3%, up to 2 stacks.
Can hold up to 800 points of Delusion. - Hitting a target with Basic Attack, Basic Attack - Unfurled Canopy, Basic Attack - Unfurled Canopy: Whirling Thunder, Dodge Counter, Dodge Counter - Unfurled Canopy, or Dodge Counter - Unfurled Canopy: Crimson Gleam grants Delusion if Suoming is the active Resonator. - Casting Resonance Liberation grants 200 points of Delusion. - Casting Intro Skill - Unfurled Canopy: Thunder Rending or Intro Skill - Unfurled Canopy: Whirling Thunder (Unison) grants 200 points of Delusion.
Into the Blight Rain
Resonance Liberation - Unfurled Canopy: Unforsaken Mind is immune to interruption. The DMG Multipliers of Intro Skill - Furled Canopy: Flash Rift, Intro Skill - Unfurled Canopy: Thunder Rending, Intro Skill - Furled Canopy: Sealed Delusion (Unison), and Intro Skill - Unfurled Canopy: Whirling Thunder (Unison) are increased by 60%.
Suoming is a 5★ Electro Sword Main DPS in Wuthering Waves. The best build is Unspoken Rue with the 5-piece Heart of Sworn Vigil echo set. The strongest team is Suoming with Hsin and Shorekeeper (premium team).
Pre-release build — based on Suoming’s official kit as announced for Version 3.7 Phase 2, and updated at launch on October 22, 2026.

Unspoken Rue
R1BestHer own Sword, and the only weapon that pays both of the roles her kit can take. It opens with 12% ATK, then gaining Unison grants her 30% Electro DMG for 30s and fires Binding Mind, which hands the whole team 24% Electro DMG for the same 30s - that half of the weapon is pure team value and lands whether she stays in or leaves. Yearning Mind is the selfish half: consuming Concerto Energy grants her a further 40% Electro DMG for 14s, and switching out cuts it short. So the weapon buffs the team on her way out and rewards her for staying, which is exactly the choice her kit asks you to make each rotation.
100.0%

Emerald of Genesis
R1The best free-to-play 5-star and Kuro's own second recommendation. 588 ATK with a 24.3% Crit Rate secondary covers the stat her kit generates none of, and the 12.8% Energy Regen matters because her whole loop runs through Resonance Liberation - it is the Liberation that grants Unison, and Unison is what turns on Seal Master and her Outro buffs. Casting Resonance Skill adds 6% ATK for 10s, stacking twice, which her rotation keeps up without trying.
90.0%

Commando of Conviction
R1The 4-star pick: 412 ATK with a 30.3% ATK secondary, plus 15% ATK for 15s after Intro Skill. It suits the sub-DPS pattern in particular, where Suoming comes in on her Intro, sets up Unison and leaves. Kuro's own third recommendation is Lumingloss instead, which is the steadier choice if you are keeping her on field as the carry rather than rotating her through.
80.0%
Percentages show relative damage performance from calculations; some weapons bring un-quantifiable quality-of-life on top.
5-Piece Sonata
Heart of Sworn Vigil
The set for a Suoming who holds the field. 2-piece is 10% Electro DMG. The 5-piece triggers on inflicting Electro Flare, obtaining Unison or triggering Unison Response - and her Resonance Liberation grants Unison outright - for 15% Crit. Rate and 22.5% Electro DMG over 30s. Because the Unison clause alone satisfies it, the bonus is live from her first Liberation onward without the team having to build Electro Flare for her.
Example Loadout · 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 · 1 cost
Special Set
Flash of Electric Reflection
The set for a Suoming who leaves. 2-piece is the same 10% Electro DMG; the 5-piece gives her 10% Electro DMG Bonus for 15s on inflicting Electro Flare, and while that is up, casting Outro Skill hands the incoming Resonator 25% Electro DMG Bonus for 15s. Stacked on top of the 20% Electro amplification Canopy Rumble already gives, it makes her swap the single biggest buff window an Electro carry can be handed. The catch is the condition: somebody has to be inflicting Electro Flare, or the whole 5-piece is dead.
Example Loadout · 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 · 1 cost
5-Piece Sonata
Void Thunder
The fallback while the 3.7 sets are unfarmed. 10% Electro DMG on the 2-piece, and 15% Electro DMG per stack on Heavy Attack or Resonance Skill, stacking twice for 15s each. It asks nothing of her rotation and it is strictly worse than either set above; run it until the substats on a real set are usable.
Example Loadout · 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 · 1 cost
CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG
Electro DMG
Electro DMG
ATK%
ATK%
CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG > Basic Attack DMG > Resonance Skill DMG > ATK% > Energy Regen
Forte
Liberation
Basic
Skill
Intro
Premium Team
Suoming as Sub DPS
Alternative carry
Into the Blight Rain
Resonance Liberation - Unfurled Canopy: Unforsaken Mind is immune to interruption. The DMG Multipliers of Intro Skill - Furled Canopy: Flash Rift, Intro Skill - Unfurled Canopy: Thunder Rending, Intro Skill - Furled Canopy: Sealed Delusion (Unison), and Intro Skill - Unfurled Canopy: Whirling Thunder (Unison) are increased by 60%.
Unspoken Rue is the weapon to build around. Commando of Conviction is the budget option.
On the Heart of Sworn Vigil set, run CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG on the 4-cost, Electro DMG on both 3-costs and ATK% on both 1-costs. Substats in priority order: CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG > Basic Attack DMG > Resonance Skill DMG > ATK% > Energy Regen.
Level Forte Circuit → Res. Liberation → Basic Attack → Res. Skill → Intro Skill.
Suoming releases on October 22, 2026 in Wuthering Waves Version 3.7 Phase 2. The banner runs until November 11, 2026.
Suoming is featured on the Nine Deaths, One Unbent Heart convene, Version 3.7 Phase 2, from October 22, 2026 to November 11, 2026. The matching weapon banner features Unspoken Rue.
Unspoken Rue is the best-in-slot weapon for Suoming. Her own Sword, and the only weapon that pays both of the roles her kit can take. It opens with 12% ATK, then gaining Unison grants her 30% Electro DMG for 30s and fires Binding Mind, which hands the whole team 24% Electro DMG for the same 30s - that half of the weapon is pure team value and lands whether she stays in or leaves. Yearning Mind is the selfish half: consuming Concerto Energy grants her a further 40% Electro DMG for 14s, and switching out cuts it short. So the weapon buffs the team on her way out and rewards her for staying, which is exactly the choice her kit asks you to make each rotation. Commando of Conviction is the strongest budget pick.
Run the 5-piece Heart of Sworn Vigil set on Suoming. Main stats by cost: 4-cost CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG, 3-cost Electro DMG, 3-cost Electro DMG, 1-cost ATK%, 1-cost ATK%.
On Suoming, prioritise these echo substats: CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG > Basic Attack DMG > Resonance Skill DMG > ATK% > Energy Regen.
Level the forte nodes in this order on Suoming: Forte Circuit → Res. Liberation → Basic Attack → Res. Skill → Intro Skill.
Premium Team: Suoming with Hsin and Shorekeeper. Suoming as Sub DPS: Suoming with Hsin and Shorekeeper. Alternative carry: Suoming with Jinhsi and Shorekeeper. The 3.7 Unison pair. Works with either Suoming or Hsin as the carry - the other one sets up Unison and leaves on her Outro.
Suoming is a 5★ Electro Sword resonator.
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