Jiyan Build Guide: Weapons, Echoes and Teams | Wuthering Waves

• The core of his kit. Most of Jiyan’s damage comes from Emerald Storm and the Heavy Attacks in Qingloong Mode, both of which scale with this skill. Level this first and as high as possible.

• Governs how Resolve interacts with his kit and adds extra damage to Liberation when Resolve is consumed. Since enhanced Liberation is where his damage spikes, this is your second priority.

• A strong secondary damage source that becomes even better in Qingloong Mode and with certain Resonance Chains (like S3 and S6). Level this alongside Forte Circuit once Liberation is in a good place.

• You only use his Basic string mainly to build Resolve, and Qingloong Heavy Attacks actually scale from Liberation. Upgrade it later for quality-of-life damage bumps.

• Decent damage and some Resolve generation, plus buffs from Inherent Skills and Resonance Chains, but still his lowest-impact skill for pure DPS. Level it last.

Verdant Summit (5★)

• Base ATK: 587
• Bonus Stat: Crit DMG +48.6%
• Weapon Effect: Increases the DMG Bonus of all Resonance Attributes by 12%. Every time Intro Skill or Resonance Liberation is cast, increases Heavy Attack DMG Bonus by 24%, stacking up to 2 time(s). This effect lasts for 14s.

Age of Harvest (5★)

• Base ATK: 587
• Bonus Stat: Crit Rate +24.3%
• Weapon Effect: Grants 12% Attribute DMG Bonus. Casting Intro Skill gives the equipper Ageless Marking, which grants 24% Resonance Skill DMG Bonus for 12s. Casting Resonance Skill gives the equipper Ethereal Endowment, which grants 24% Resonance Skill DMG Bonus for 12s.

Lustrous Razor (5★)

• Base ATK: 587
• Bonus Stat: ATK +36.4%
• Weapon Effect: Increases Energy Regen by 12.8%. When Resonance Skill is released, increases Resonance Liberation DMG by 7%, stacking up to 3 times. This effect lasts for 12s.

Aureate Zenith (5★)

• Base ATK: 412
• Bonus Stat: Crit DMG +40.5%
• Weapon Effect: Casting Resonance Liberation increases ATK by 23% and grants 34.5% Heavy Attack DMG Bonus for 15s.

Autumn Trace (5★)

• Base ATK: 412
• Bonus Stat: Crit Rate +20.2%
• Weapon Effect: Increases ATK by 12.8% upon dealing Basic Attack DMG or Heavy Attack DMG, stacking up to 5 time(s). This effect lasts for 7s and can be triggered 1 time(s) every 1s.

Autumn Trace (5★)

• Base ATK: 462
• Bonus Stat: ATK 18.2%
• Weapon Effect: Casting the Resonance Skill grants 10 Resonance Energy and increases ATK by 20%, lasting for 16s. This effect can be triggered once every 20s.

Sierra Gale

• 2-Pc: Aero DMG increases by 10%.
• 5-Pc: Upon using Intro Skill, Aero DMG increases by 30% for 15s.

• Summon a Nightmare: Feilian Beringal to attack enemies, dealing 164.16% AeroDMG. The remaining Whirlwind Deam will continuously attack surrounding enemies up to 5 times, each dealing 21.89% AeroDMG. The Resonator with this Echo equipped in their main slot gains 12.00% AeroDMG Bonus and 12.00% Heavy Attack DMG Bonus.
• CD: 20s

Sierra Gale

• 2-Pc: Aero DMG increases by 10%.

Lingering Tunes

• 2-Pc: ATK increases by 10%.

• Summon a Nightmare: Feilian Beringal to attack enemies, dealing 164.16% AeroDMG. The remaining Whirlwind Deam will continuously attack surrounding enemies up to 5 times, each dealing 21.89% AeroDMG. The Resonator with this Echo equipped in their main slot gains 12.00% AeroDMG Bonus and 12.00% Heavy Attack DMG Bonus.
• CD: 20s

Jiyan

Iuno

Shorekeeper

Sierra Gale(5-pc)

Crown of Valor(3-pc)

Any +10 Aero attack 2-piece set

Rejuvenating Glow(5-pc)

Jiyan

Ciaccona

Aero Rover

Sierra Gale(5-pc)

Gusts of Welkin(5-pc)

Windward Pilgrimage(5-pc)

Jiyan

Mortefi

Shorekeeper

Sierra Gale(5-pc)

Moonlit Cloud(5-pc)

Rejuvenating Glow(5-pc)

• +1 extra use of Resonance Skill “Windqueller” and reduces its Resolve cost.

• Quality-of-life improvement, but doesn’t significantly buff his Liberation/Qingloong damage, so not a priority.

• After casting Intro Skill, Jiyan gains 30 Resolve immediately and a large ATK% buff for 15s.

• This greatly smooths his setup by letting him access Emerald Storm: Finale without Basic Attack spam and gives a big damage steroid; first truly impactful node.

• Casting key skills (Resonance Skill, Liberation, Finale, Intro) grants substantial CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG for 8s.

• Effectively patches his CRIT stat requirements, freeing your Echo substat and weapon choices; one of his best overall upgrades.

• Casting Prelude or Finale increases Heavy Attack DMG Bonus for the whole team for 30s.

• Excellent if you’re running other Heavy Attack carries alongside Jiyan, and opens interesting dual-DPS team options.

• Drastically buffs Outro Skill damage and stacks up to a huge ATK% bonus that can be instantly maxed via Intro Skill.

• Strong for coordinated rotations and Outro-heavy play; very good but slightly more niche than S3/S6 for pure Qingloong spam.

• Jiyan gains Momentum when using Heavy Attack, Intro Skill, or Resonance Skill; Finale consumes these stacks to massively boost its DMG multiplier.

• This transforms Emerald Storm: Finale into a gigantic nuke and is the single largest spike to his Liberation damage ceiling. Ideal capstone node for heavy investors.