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Last updated: 22/October/2026
Best guide and build for Rover (Aero) from WW (Wuthering Waves). Rover (Aero) is a 5★ rarity character from the 
Aero element who uses the Sword type weapon.
Awakened with an unknown past, Rover embarks on a journey to uncover the truths. As secrets are unveiled, Rover establishes deeper connections with the world.
This character has no video guide yet.
Last review update
Patch 3.7
Last major build/calcs update
Patch 3.7
Last profile update*
22/October/2026
*Profile update means smaller edits to echoes, stats, synergies or teams that don't require new calculations.
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Profile
Wind Cutter
Basic Attack
Perform up to 4 consecutive attacks, dealing Aero DMG.
Heavy Attack
Consume STA to attack the target, dealing Aero DMG.
Press Normal Attack right after casting the skill to perform Basic Attack Stage 3 directly.
Heavy Attack - Razor Wind
Hold Normal Attack after casting Basic Attack Stage 3, Dodge Counter, or Heavy Attack to cast Heavy Attack Razor Wind. Consume STA to attack the target, dealing Aero DMG.
Mid-air Attack
Consume STA to perform Plunging Attack, dealing Aero DMG.
Press Normal Attack shortly after landing to cast Basic Attack Stage 4.
At max Windstrings, press Normal Attack shortly after landing to cast Resonance Skill Unbound Flow.
Dodge Counter
Press Normal Attack right after a successful Dodge to attack the target, dealing Aero DMG.
Illusion Breaker
Awakening Gale
Jump up into the mid-air and slash the target, dealing Aero DMG. Skyfall Severance
While in mid-air, press Resonance Skill to deal Aero DMG, which removes all stacks of Spectro Frazzle, Havoc Bane, Fusion Burst, Glacio Chafe, and Electro Flare from the target hit and inflicts 1 stack of Aero Erosion for each stack removed.
Omega Storm
Unleash the power of the Eye of Tempest, dealing Aero DMG and healing all nearby Resonators in the team.
Can be cast in mid-air close to the ground.
Cycle of Wind
Mid-air Attack - Cloudburst Dance
Perform up to 2 consecutive attacks, dealing Aero DMG (considered Resonance Skill DMG) and healing all nearby Resonators in the team. Cast through the following 3 ways:
Press Normal Attack right after casting Resonance Skill Awakening Gale.
Press Normal Attack right after casting Intro Skill.
Press Normal Attack right after casting Heavy Attack Razor Wind.
When casting Mid-air Attack Cloudburst Dance, hold Normal Attack to perform Mid-air Attack.
Resonance Skill - Unbound Flow
At max Windstrings, Resonance Skill Awakening Gale becomes Resonance Skill Unbound Flow: Perform up to 2 consecutive attacks. Each attack consumes 60 Windstrings, dealing Aero DMG, considered Resonance Skill DMG.
Switching to another Resonator after Stage 1 automatically triggers Stage 2 of this skill.
Windstring
Rover can hold up to 120 Windstrings.
Each stage of Mid-air Attack Cloudburst Dance restores 25 Windstrings on hit.
Casting Intro Skill restores 20 Windstrings.
Hitting a target with Basic Attack Stage 3 or 4 or Dodge Counter restores 10 Windstrings.
Sand in the Storm
Casting Intro Skill Relentless Squall increases ATK by 20% for 10s.
Boundless Winds
Increase Healing from Resonance Liberation Omega Storm by 20%.
Relentless Squall
Deal Aero DMG.
Storm's Echo
Grant Aeolian Realm to all nearby Resonators in the team for 30s. Aeolian Realm effect:
Upon hitting a target, increase the maximum stack of Aero Erosion the target can receive by 3 for 10s. This effect is not stackable.
Sequence Node 1
Casting Mid-air Attack Cloudburst Dance enhances Rover's resistance to interruption for 3s.
Sequence Node 2
Casting Resonance Skill Unbound Flow continuously restores HP for the Resonator on the field by 20% of Rover's ATK every 3s for 30s. When the Resonator on the field has an HP lower than 35%, immediately restore 10% of their lost HP. This restoration effect can be triggered once every 10s and will not be affected by any Healing Bonus.
Sequence Node 3
Aero DMG Bonus is increased by 15%.
Sequence Node 4
Casting Mid-air Attack Cloudburst Dance increases Resonance Skill DMG Bonus by 15% for 5s.
Sequence Node 5
The DMG Multiplier of Resonance Liberation Omega Storm is increased by 20%.
Sequence Node 6
The DMG Multiplier of Resonance Skill Unbound Flow is increased by 30%.
Healing Bonus
ATK%
HPATK
DEF
Max Energy
CRIT Rate
CRIT DMGHealing Bonus
Aero DMGRover (Aero) upgrade material information aren't available yet.
Review
Please keep in mind Wuthering Waves is a skill-based game and each character has a different playstyle, difficulty level and even special tricks and combos. Wuthering Waves is also a team based game and it's only by combining both these factors to the highest level a character can reach optimal performance.
Decent personal damage when invested for a Support, Quickswap-friendly in one of the better Quickswap teams in the game (Cartethyia);
Super easy to build, damage investment is an optional upgrade and Energy Regen requirements are filled by their Signature weapon;
They, their Sequences, and their Signature weapon are free to max out!
Cannot apply any Aero Erosion on their own - they need another Negative Status to convert, and doing so will noticeably extend their rotation;
Basically no reason to use them outside of a Cartethyia team - even for Aero teams, Verina is a better idea. In the Cartethyia team, they’re outclassed by Chisa if she’s available, particularly in Quickswap;
Very awkward to play for many. Mid-air combat means they’re prone to missing attacks, particularly against enemies low on the ground, and they’re also very prone to interruption (these flaws are largely negated in Quickswap/in a Cartethyia team since Cartethyia has built-in failsafes, though).
Aero Rover is a 5-star Aero Erosion-oriented Support who provides Aero buffs for the whole team, can deal a good amount of personal damage and heal the party, raises the stack limit of Aero Erosion, and can convert other Negative Statuses into Aero Erosion. They’re mostly used in Cartethyia teams, with whom they have explicit synergy, comprising most of their meta relevancy to date.
Aero Rover’s main mechanics are in their Forte. They hold up to 120 Forte, called “Windstrings” that allow them, once fully filled up, to cast a Forte Skill called “Unbound Flow”. It deals decent damage and most importantly restores a ton of Concerto on cast, so unlocking it is the key to finishing their rotation quickly. To restore Forte, they can cast:
Basic 3 and 4 (10 points)
Intro (20 points)
Forte Mid-air Attacks (25 points)
With Cartethyia on the team: Ultimate (25 points).
Speaking of those Forte Mid-air Attacks, Aero Rover can cast 2 of them after an Intro or a Skill (on the ground). They also heal all allies upon casting.
As their Skill and Intro put them in mid-air and enable them to cast Forte Mid-air Attacks, Aero Rover also has the option to cast a Mid-air Skill. This Skill has the unique property of converting any base Negative Status applied on enemies hit into an equal amount of Aero Erosion (stack caps do apply).
Speaking of stack caps, their Outro has the unique effect of increasing the stack limit of Aero Erosion by 3, which gives them unique synergy with Cartethyia. Lastly, their Signature weapon increases their buffing potential substantially by allowing them to amplify the team’s Aero DMG by up to 26% upon casting their Forte Skill.
Therefore, Aero Rover rotates by generating their Forte and Concerto through their Intro and 4 Forte Mid-air Attacks, or a Basic Attack 3 & 4 when their Intro isn’t available. This involves going in and out of the air through their Intro & Skill to go upwards, Plunge and Ultimate to go downwards (as the Ultimate can place them on the ground). Once the Forte has been built up, Aero Rover’s Forte Skill, which is in two parts, has the unique ability to complete its first part on cast and its second part off-field after having swapped out.
If you couldn’t tell by the earlier review, Aero Rover really only has one major synergy they were intended to play with, and that’s Cartethyia. Indeed, she is the only character capable of taking advantage of Aero Rover’s entire array of buffs. Notice that none of Aero Rover’s buffs scale on ATK, as Cartethyia wouldn’t be able to benefit from that kind of buff even though it’s available on most supports.
Indeed, Cartethyia takes full advantage of Aero Rover’s Outro, Signature Weapon, and decent personal damage. Their Aero Erosion conversion skill is situationally useful for Cartethyia as well, mostly when paired alongside Chisa who periodically applies Havoc Bane. Last but not least, Cartethyia is a very Quickswap-friendly character, a trait Aero Rover appreciates a lot when fully optimizing team rotations.
Outside of this? Aero Rover’s somewhat good for buffing Aero damage dealers. However, their rotation is not that fast, and even when compared to a Verina, since all other Aero DPS scale on ATK, Aero Rover’s buffing profile only being their Signature weapon (outside of the Rejuvenating Glow Echo set) is unimpressive at best, if not outright disappointing. That is to say: Aero Rover can kind of see use in Aero teams generally, they’re just really not that good at it and there’s no real reason to use them over the generalist Supports leading the charge, like Verina or Shorekeeper, let alone someone more specialized like Mornye in a Qingxiao team.
In conclusion, Aero Rover is good for Cartethyia… and that’s about it? Nowadays, Cartethyia has fallen out of fashion for most players. She has trouble clearing most endgame content casually, requiring significant optimization in rotations or investment. Hence, if you own Cartethyia, Aero Rover can be a recommended build (if Chisa isn’t available to support her, as she is better than Aero Rover by a bit). Otherwise, investing in them is a commitment most may not be willing to make, at least when compared to other Rover elements that will likely have more relevant use cases on their accounts.
Rover (Aero) guide videos aren't available yet.
Build
The percentages show the performance of the weapon based on calculations, but in some cases, some weapons might provide additional QOL that can't be quantified and it would push that weapon ahead of others in the priority (and in those cases, we would put that weapon higher).
121.12%
100.00%
1
Offers a 10% unconditional Healing% boost and an most importantly a 15% ATK% boost for the entire team, lasting 30 seconds whenever you heal yourself or any of your allies. This bonus can be triggered by character abilities and weapon effects, is easy to keep active 100% of the time and is a big help for all party members.
Below you can find Main Echo options:
Used only with Cartethyia + Ciaccona at high investments due to the nature of Cartethyia's kit. Best set for Aero Main DPS characters who can apply Aero Erosion or have an Aero Erosion applier on the team. Grants 10% Aero DMG Bonus and an extra 30% Aero DMG Bonus as well as 10% CRIT Rate for 10s when attacking targets inflicted with Aero Erosion. Offers an extra 10% CRIT Rate over the other Aero sets such as Gusts of Welkin or Sierra Gale, providing extra overall damage so long as Aero Erosion is present on the enemy. On Aero Rover, only slightly better than Rejuvenating Glow at high-end investment for 1 specific team, generally not recommended to build unless looking to fully maximize team DPS, even as far as going for very small differences.
Below you can find Main Echo options:
Substats: Energy Regen (Until Satisfied) > CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG > ATK% > Skill DMG% > ATK
All recommended endgame stats portray a fairly good quality endgame build as a goal to aim for on most characters. However, don’t treat this as an end-all-be-all, and more of a suggestion.
All stat recommendations are given at S0 for 5-stars, S6 for 4-stars, and free characters (unless specified otherwise), based on total stats in the in-game stat-screen with the character out of combat but also active in the party (and hence some buffs may or may not apply). Any other precision may be directly specified. If not specified, Energy Regen requirements are estimated in the character’s best team.
HP: 15000+
DEF: 1150+
ATK: 2100+
CRIT Rate: 65%+
CRIT DMG: 210%+
Energy Regen: 128%-138%
Lower end estimated with Iuno+Ciaccona, higher end estimate with Cartethyia+Ciaccona. In any case, since Aero Rover always runs Bloodpact’s Pledge which gives enough Energy Regen, no substats are needed.
Aero DMG Bonus: 30-60%+
Below you can find the order of leveling the abilities for Rover (Aero).
Forte Circuit
Res. Liberation
Res. Skill
Intro Skill
Basic Attack
Gameplay and teams
Aero Rover’s rotation goal is to cast their Forte Skill as quickly as possible by restoring their Forte gauge as quickly as possible, while ensuring they have enough Concerto to Swap Cancel it. You can achieve this in the following ways:
Summon Reminiscence: Fleurdelys at any point in the rotation (Windward Pilgrimage/Gusts of Welkin) or cast Bell-Borne Geochelone ideally in Quickswap to buff Cartethyia or right before their Forte Skill after Ultimate for general use (Rejuvenating Glow).
First rotation used when entering a fight, without any Concerto Energy available.
Switch-in from any other character in combat
Basic 2
Basic 3 (Instantly interrupt via Skill when Forte is generated)
Skill
Basic: Cloudburst Dance 1
Basic: Cloudburst Dance 2
Basic: Mid-air Attack
Basic 4 (Cancel animation endlag via Skill)
Skill
Basic: Cloudburst Dance 1
Basic: Cloudburst Dance 2
Ultimate
Skill: Unbound Flow 1
Outro
Skill: Unbound Flow 2 (happens automatically off-field)
20 Concerto was generated off-field from the Opener thanks to Unbound Flow 2 being Swap Cancelled. As a result of this, plus thanks to Intro giving 20 Forte, we can speed up every following Loop Rotation significantly by keeping on Swap Cancelling Unbound Flow:
Intro
Basic: Cloudburst Dance 1
Basic: Cloudburst Dance 2 (Cancel animation endlag via Ultimate)
Ultimate
Skill
Basic: Cloudburst Dance 1
Basic: Cloudburst Dance 2
Basic: Mid-air Attack
Skill: Unbound Flow 1 (Swap)
Outro
Skill: Unbound Flow 2 (happens automatically off-field)
This rotation assumes Aero Rover is in the “2nd slot” position on the team, where they Outro into the Main DPS. Can be used in teams where they want to convert other Negative Statuses into Aero Erosion, like in the Cartethyia/Aero Rover/Chisa team. We need to build extra Concerto in order to Swap Cancel Unbound Flow 1, like so:
Intro
Basic: Cloudburst Dance 1
Basic: Cloudburst Dance 2
Skill: Skyfall Severance
Basic: Mid-air Attack
Basic 4 (Cancel animation endlag via Skill)
Skill
Basic: Cloudburst Dance 1
Basic: Cloudburst Dance 2
Basic: Mid-air Attack (Cancel animation endlag via Ultimate)
Ultimate
Skill: Unbound Flow 1 (Swap)
Outro
Skill: Unbound Flow 2 (happens automatically off-field)
Same as the Conversion Opener, except this time 20 extra Concerto has been built from Swap Cancelling Unbound Flow 1, which carried over into the following rotations. This allows us to cut off a lot of non-essential attacks, as follows:
Intro
Basic: Cloudburst Dance 1
Basic: Cloudburst Dance 2
Skill: Skyfall Severance (Cancel animation endlag via Ultimate)
Ultimate
Skill
Basic: Cloudburst Dance 1
Basic: Cloudburst Dance 2
Basic: Mid-air Attack
Skill: Unbound Flow 1 (Swap)
Outro
Skill: Unbound Flow 2 (happens automatically off-field)
Cartethyia’s presence on the team gives Aero Rover 25 extra Windstrings once they cast their Ultimate. In theory, this allows them to generate full Forte with one less Cloudburst Dance attack, however, without any Quickswap, they’ll be missing some Concerto Energy to finish off their rotation. This can be circumvented by casting almost any attack via Quickswap (one Skill or Mid-air Attack is enough). Doing so saves ~0.44s on their on-field rotation time.
However, it’s possible to Quickswap most of Aero Rover’s rotation, particularly if there are characters who work well in mid-air combat on the team, such as Ciaccona. A common pattern between the two of them is charging their Fortes simultaneously by having them plunge at the same time once Aero Rover is done casting their Cloudburst Dances, casting Ciaccona’s Basic 4 and swapping back to Aero Rover to continue their rotation.
Way more advanced setups exist on a specific team-by-team basis though, so feel free to experiment and see what works best for you.
Cartethyia - Aero Rover does a number of things for Cartethyia: From amplifying Aero DMG to increasing the number of Aero Erosion stacks that can be present on targets, Aero Rover is a major help towards making full leverage out of Cartethyia's kit. However, unless paired with Ciaccona, Cartethyia will still have trouble fully stacking up Aero Erosion, in which case Shorekeeper or Verina will be preferred until Ciaccona can join the team as they provide stronger buffs for Cartethyia.
Iuno - Aero Rover is the best buffer for a Main DPS Iuno thanks to their weapon providing the team with a massive, easily upkept 26% Aero DMG Amplify when finishing their rotation; they also boost Ciaccona's damage if she's on the team by increasing the cap of Aero Erosion stacks applicable to enemies, and finally they can also be considered alongside Jiyan and Iuno for a good mix of plenty of buffing, healing, and some personal damage.
Jiyan - Aero Rover amplifies Jiyan's Aero DMG via their free signature weapon Bloodpact's Pledge Passive, and the healing they provide means they can effortlessly trigger the Rejuvenating Glow Echo set. While Jiyan is unable to exploit Aero Erosion himself, other buffers such as Ciaccona can, making for a solid and functional alternative team in spite of Aero Rover's clunkiness.
Ciaccona - Ciaccona is the best Aero Erosion applier and amplifier in the game. Naturally, Aero Rover pairs best with her to take her damage to new heights, via the Rejuvenating Glow set, their Outro skill to increase the amount of Aero Erosion DMG Ciaccona can inflict and the Aero DMG Amplification their weapon provides.Best Team
Main DPS Iuno Team
Jiyan Team
Calculations