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【Wuthering Waves】 New Standard 5-Star Weapon Performance Comparison and Perfect Explanation of Recommended Priorities!
Analyzed the performance of the newly added permanent 5-star weapon series and compared them with existing weapons to determine which weapon is more powerful and worth replacing, categorized by weapon type. In particular, pistols and longswords have critical hit-related stats, making them very attractive to attackers. Hope this helps those who are considering exchanging or selecting a box.
1. 🎮 New 5-Star Weapon: Detailed Analysis of Swift Blade and Comparison with Existing Weapons
- ✅ Swift Blade increases resonance efficiency, increases attack power, and increases resonance skill damage when dealing damage to enemies in a dense state.
- ⚠️ Except for Rinne, there are no characters that can create a dense state, so it currently shows performance specialized for specific characters.
- ✅ Similar to Bloodied Elixir, but the 12% attack power increase effect may be more advantageous for Brandt.
- ✅ When equipped by the new 5-star character, Sanka, you can receive skill damage increase benefits, making it highly versatile.
| Weapon | Effect |
|---|---|
| Swift Blade | Increases resonance efficiency, increases attack power, increases conditional skill damage |
| Bloodied Elixir | Increases attack power |
00:00 - 01:23
1. 🎮 New 5-Star Weapon: Detailed Analysis of Swift Blade and Comparison with Existing Weapons
- ✅ Swift Blade increases resonance efficiency, increases attack power, and increases resonance skill damage when dealing damage to enemies in a dense state.
- ⚠️ Except for Rinne, there are no characters that can create a dense state, so it currently shows performance specialized for specific characters.
- ✅ Similar to Bloodied Elixir, but the 12% attack power increase effect may be more advantageous for Brandt.
- ✅ When equipped by the new 5-star character, Sanka, you can receive skill damage increase benefits, making it highly versatile.
| Weapon | Effect |
|---|---|
| Swift Blade | Increases resonance efficiency, increases attack power, increases conditional skill damage |
| Bloodied Elixir | Increases attack power |
01:24 - 02:20
2. ⚔️ New 5-Star Weapon: Longsword Analysis and Recommended Characters
- ✅ Longsword provides critical damage increase and attack power increase effects, and increases resonance liberation damage to enemies in a dense state.
- ✅ More useful than the existing permanent longsword, and more effective if you adjust the settings according to the enemy's situation.
- ✅ Suitable for resonance liberation-dependent characters such as Mò Niè, Kakarot, Lupa, and Chixia.
| Weapon | Effect |
|---|---|
| Longsword | Increases critical damage, increases attack power, increases conditional resonance liberation damage |
02:21 - 02:56
3. 🔫 New 5-Star Weapon: Pistol Analysis and Utilization Strategies
- ✅ The pistol increases critical damage, increases attack power, and increases all attribute damage after activating the Fortification Destruction skill.
- ✅ The existing permanent pistol was strong in support roles, but the new pistol focuses on increasing the wearer's damage.
- ✅ Very useful for Rinne, Carlotta, Galbrena, etc., and is the most noteworthy weapon in this update.
| Weapon | Effect |
|---|---|
| Pistol | Increases critical damage, increases attack power, increases conditional all attribute damage |
02:57 - 03:44
4. 🧤 New 5-Star Weapon: Gauntlet Analysis and Recommended Characters
- ✅ The gauntlet increases critical hit rate, increases attack power, and increases normal attack damage when dealing damage to enemies in a dense state.
- ✅ Useful for characters who mainly use normal attacks, such as Linyou.
- ✅ Compared to the existing gauntlet that supports skills and normal attacks, the new gauntlet is characterized by increased versatility.
| Weapon | Effect |
|---|---|
| Gauntlet | Increases critical hit rate, increases attack power, increases conditional normal attack damage |
03:45 - 04:14
5. 📡 New 5-Star Weapon: Amplifier Analysis and Utilization Plan
- ✅ The amplifier increases resonance efficiency, increases attack power, and increases your attack power and normal attack damage when a character in the team destroys Fortification.
- ⚠️ Currently, it is not very useful, and it is disappointing that there are no critical hit-related stats in the sub-stats.
| Weapon | Effect |
|---|---|
| Amplifier | Increases resonance efficiency, increases attack power, increases conditional attack power and normal attack damage |
04:15 - 07:48
6. 🤔 In-depth Analysis: New Weapon vs. Existing Weapon, Which One Should You Choose?
- ✅ Swift Blade: The existing permanent 5-star weapon is more versatile, and there is no need to rush until a specialized character comes out.
- ✅ Longsword: Resonance liberation-dependent characters are worth replacing, but Chixia, Mò Niè, Lupa, and Kakarot need resonance efficiency, so careful selection is required.
- ✅ Pistol: Very useful for firepower-focused characters, and today's Destruction skill is applied to all characters, making it easy to receive attack power and damage increase benefits.
- ✅ Gauntlet: It has critical hit-related stats, making it more versatile than existing weapons, and is more effective for normal attack-oriented characters.
- ✅ Amplifier: It may have high synergy with Cantarella, but overall it shows subtle performance.
07:49 - 08:20
7. ⭐ Overall Review and Recommendation Priority: Which Weapon Should You Choose?
- ✅ Recommendation: The new pistol is the best.
- ✅ Gauntlets and longswords have critical hit-related stats, making them more valuable than existing permanent 5-star weapons.
- ⚠️ Swift Blade and Amplifier are currently less attractive, and you should consider combinations with future characters.