
Wuthering Waves · Build Guide
Xiangli Yao Build
Best weapons, echoes & teams
Best Weapons
by calculated performance
Moongazer's Sigil
R1BestIuno's Signature is Xiangli Yao's new best weapon, providing him with massive CRIT Rate and good ATK, and better stats than his own Signature like Liberation DMG DEF Ignore and Liberation DMG Bonus on the passive.
100.0%

Verity's Handle
R1Xiangli Yao's Signature is his second best choice, granting him with solid ATK, CRIT Rate and DMG Bonus, making for an excellent stat-stick for him.
98.7%

Blazing Justice
R1Zani's Signature weapon is generally good for Gauntlets damage dealers thanks to its consistent ATK and CRIT DMG stats as well as its easily applied DEF Ignore effect.
92.0%

Solsworn Ciphers
R1Simple ATK and CRIT DMG stat-stick for Xiangli Yao, gives some extra but very negligible damage to his Echo Skill but does not benefit from any of its effects otherwise.
89.4%

Tragicomedy
R1Simple ATK and CRIT Rate stat-stick for Xiangli Yao, who does not benefit from this weapon's Heavy Attack-oriented effects.
89.4%
Percentages show relative damage performance from calculations; some weapons bring un-quantifiable quality-of-life on top.
Best Echo Sets
5-Piece Sonata
Void Thunder
Offers a 10% unconditional Electro DMG% boost and up to an additional 30% Electro DMG% after you land a combination of 2 Heavy Attacks or Resonance Skills for a grand total of 40% additional Electro damage after fully ramped.
Example Loadout · 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 · 1 cost
5-Piece Sonata
Endless Resonance
Offers a 10% unconditional ATK% boost and an additional 5% ATK% for every 1.5 seconds the equipped character has been in combat, up to 20% after 6 seconds, totalling 30% additional ATK% after fully ramped. This set almost almost loses out to most characters signature elemental sets, but is generically usable across all damage characters regardless of their element. The calculations for this set assume you're not swaping during the combo. If you will swap, the set performance drops (to 89.26%).
Example Loadout · 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 · 1 cost
Echo Main Stats
4 · 3 · 3 · 1 · 1 costCRIT Rate / CRIT DMG
Electro DMG
ATK% ≥ Electro DMG
ATK%
ATK%
Substats Priority
Energy Regen (Until Satisfied) > CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG > ATK% > Liberation DMG% > ATK
Skill Priority
Liberation
Forte
Intro
Skill
Basic
Best Teams
Electro Liberation Core
Alternative Team
Best Awakening Nodes
Priority nodes: S5 End of Stars · S6 Solace of the Ordinary · S3 Ruins of Ancient
End of Stars
★ PriorityThe DMG Multiplier of Outro Skill Chain Rule is increased by 222%. The DMG Multiplier of Resonance Liberation Cogitation Model is increased by 100%.
+222% Liberation DMG · The DMG Multiplier of Outro Skill Chain Rule is increased by 222%.








