Wuthering Waves Tier List
A tier list for Wuthering Waves that rates all currently available characters based on their best roles they perform in the team.
Last updated: 06/05/2024
Our tier list is Coming soon!
Information
Our Wuthering Waves Tier list is still under construction, but here’s what to expect based on our teams pre release theorycrafting and testing in Closed Beta 2.
Prydwen’s initial tier list will assess characters based on their combat potential in Wuthering Wave's current most challenging content that offers reoccurring rewards called Tower of Adversity. Tower of Adversity is a mode similar to Genshin Impact’s Spiral Abyss or Honkai Star Rail’s Memory of Chaos and requires multiple teams, strong Echoes and good Weapons. This mode offers a reasonable mix of Boss encounters (single target), Elite packs (2-3 targets) and AoE scenarios (5+ Targets), allowing multiple characters to find a niche but in the end, there's a bias toward single target focused characters at the top-end.
ToA Vs Holograms
Tower of Adversity was not the most mechanically demanding content in Closed Beta 2. High difficulty Holograms demand much higher player skill levels but only offer their rewards once, can be completed with a singular unit, punish specific character kits and are exclusively single target. For these reasons we feel Tower of Adversity is a better representation of an ongoing meta in Wuthering Waves. As additional modes or rewards are added we’ll update the tier list as needed.
Skill Ceilings
As an action-combat game, Wuthering Waves offers many combat options to players - some of which are not easily executed but boost certain characters' powers substantially. The Switch Cancel is an example of such a technique allowing you to switch out a character mid-attack to a new character while still fully executing the move you interrupted, essentially allowing you to attack with two characters at once. Such techniques won't be for everyone but a tier list must assess characters on their maximum potential and best teams. As a result, we will be assessing these characters with these techniques in mind but will include a special marker for them that indicates they are utilizing high skill techniques and as a result can drop placements when not used properly.
Risk Factor
Some characters are more risky to play than others, such as the absolute 4-star powerhouse Danjin whose damage output is among the highest in the game, but only when played properly. Danjin’s downside is her vulnerability to damage, often skirting the line between life and death, with a single attack capable of killing her immediately. Danjin and characters like her will receive the risk tag and when played in content with large damage output or many enemies, these characters can be considered weaker and lower on the tier list when not played perfectly.
Wuthering Waves is still in development with many characters kits still undergoing change. It’s expected that character’s power levels will be different from the Closed Beta 2 that the majority of the communities testing has been based on. For this reason we’ll be waiting until 2-3 days before Wuthering Waves releases to assess the final round of changes to combine with our testing in closed Beta 2 in order to present the most accurate tier list we can.