List of Wuthering Waves Weapons

Wuthering Waves is the newest RPG on the block, and with it comes a slew of weapons to run your characters through. If you’re trying to decide which ones to use, here’s a list for everyone involved in the game.

Wuthering Waves Weapon Tier List – All weapons, ranked

Before I start, this level list will do does not include weapons that are blue rarities or lower. These weapons are all fodder and never worth using unless you simply have no choice. However, if you pull any of the banners, then maybe you do have a choice, so I won’t consider them for this list.

S-Tier Weapons

Each weapon listed here is one that is of the highest value and/or priority to acquire in terms of meta usage. These provide significant boosts in damage as all have a powerful secondary effect as well as a CRIT related substat. If you can get your hands on one of these, you absolutely should.

• Emerald of Genesis – A universal 5* Sword that comes with a powerful CRIT RATE secondary stat, with an ability that boosts Energy Regen and provides a stacking ATK% buff. This is amazing is any character that uses a Sword and will also be a solid choice for future Sword characters.
• Static Fog – Very similar to Emerald of Genesis in terms of utility, but for the Pistols category. Also has the added bonus of an additional Energy Recharge, which is always a good stat to have, specifically if this weapon is being used by a character who relies more on their Ultimate ability.
• Green Peak – An extremely solid, versatile 5* Broadblade that will continue to be a strong choice for some characters who use Swords. It has a secondary CRIT DMG stat that is amazing, and its ability significantly increases the power of Heavy Attacks: something that all characters have access to.
• Chordmaster – Strong, all round 5* Rectifier with CRIT RATE secondary stat. It is the only Rectifier in Wuthering Waves that has access to CRIT RATE, thus making it the strongest Rectifier in the game. Its ability works for any Rectifier character as a stat stick, making it universally useful and a good investment.
• Autumn track – For Broadbaldes, this is the best alternative weapon if you can’t get access to Verdant Summit. Comes with a powerful CRIT RATE secondary stat, and its ability provides a big boost in ATK% almost for free. It’s a Battlepass weapon, though, so be careful.

A-Tier Weapons

All of the weapons listed in this tier are extremely powerful options that you should consider when choosing your characters. All of them provide a considerable damage boost but generally lack a CRIT stat or a strong ability, which makes them not quite on the same level as the S-tier weapons.

• Abyss Surge – 5* Gauntlet, and the best choice for any Gauntlet users at the moment. Provides a massive boost in ATK, but lacks CRIT STAT, which leaves it somewhat below the S-Tier weapons. Also, when 5* CRIT-Related Protection comes out, this thing will drop in value.
• Cosmic Ripples – Same situation as Abyss Surge. A strong 5* Rectifier, but due to its lack of a CRIT secondary stat, pales in comparison to Stringmaster. However, this is still a very solid weapon and the second best option for Rectifer users.
• Shiny Razor – Similar to the weapons mentioned above, but for Broadblades. Probably a bit stronger than Autumetrace in terms of ATK%, but the lack of CRIT hurts this weapon a bit. Due to CRIT DMG being so strong, enough of it will probably put Autumetrace over this weapon in terms of DMG output. Still, a solid 5 * Broadblade if you need one.
• Stonard – Currently, the only Gauntlet in the game with a CRIT-related secondary stat, immediately ranking higher than most weapons in the game. However, its capacity is smaller compared to Autumntrace, which lowers it. However, it’s a great 4* option for Gauntlet users if you have the Battlepass.
• Strengthen – Almost identical to Stonard, but instead for Rectifiers. Ability is also smaller than Autumntrace, but still strong.
• Command of Conviction – A decent 4* Sword if you can’t access Autumetrace. It comes with a decent ATK% and provides additional ATK% with its ability.
• Lumingloss – A strong 4* Sword with a decent ATK%, and an ability that deals great damage. The ability has a 100% uptime as long as you can use your Ability again within 10 seconds.
• Lunar Knife – Yet another decent 4* Sword option that comes with a solid ATK%, but its sand, while strong, requires constant character swapping to maintain, which can be annoying at times.
• New Explosion – One of the two strongest alternative Pistols to Static Mist. As a 4*, it has less Base ATK and no CRIT secondary stat, but its ability provides a considerable ATK% buff that is easy to maintain 100% of the time.
• Pistols#26 – The other strong alternative Pistol to Static Mist. While it has a lower Base ATK, like 4*, and a lack of a CRIT secondary stat, its ability provides an even bigger ATK% buff than Nova Burst. However, you must be able to completely avoid damage to keep it, as taking damage causes you to lose stacks of the sand. The buff also has a long haste of 10 seconds, another drawback.
• Thunder – A solid 4* Pistol that provides a decent bonus to Skill DMG just through normal play. Unlike Nova Burst and Pistols#26, it is a Battlepass weapon, which is not favorable for it, as there are better options to choose from the Battlepass, and better alternative weapons to choose for Pistols.

B-Tier Weapons

Weapons listed here are generally quite useful when it comes to either a support role or sand effect. Many of them have Energy Recharge as a substat, which is useful for characters who rely much more on having their Release skill at all times. Those that don’t lack significant enough skill to put them in the A-Tier.

• Cadence – A decent 4* Pistol for a character in a support role. Provides Concerto Energy when a character’s ability is used, which means faster Intro/Outro swap rotations.
• discord – Similar to Cadenza, but for Broadblades.
• Marcato – Similar to Cadenza and Discord, but for Gauntlets
• Dauntless Evernight – A strange hybrid 4* Sword that has a DEF% secondary stat and an ability that provides a small bonus to ATK%, and a much larger bonus to DEF%. As a weapon, it has minimal use cases at the moment but could prove to be a strong option if a DEF% scaling Sword user is released in the future.
• Helios Cleaver – A solid 4* DPS-based Sword with a reasonable ATK% and a decent ATK% buff that, unfortunately, comes with the caveat of resetting after you’ve gotten too many stacks of it. That’s why this sword is behind the other 4* options in A-Tier.
• Hollow Mirage – A good 4* Gauntlet that comes with ATK% as its secondary stat. However, its ability, while solid, comes with the negative of reduced effectiveness if you take any form of damage.
• Guardian of Jinzhou – Solid 4* Rectifier for DPS characters. It has ATK% as its secondary stat, but its ability provides little additional ATK%, making it behind the other options.
• Rectifier#25 – Situational 4* Rectifier that provides a reasonable ATK% buff if a character’s skill is activated for more than 60% health. If their health is lower, it heals for 5% health instead while no providing the ATK%. Not great, but far from the worst.
• Scale: Slasher – Similar to Discord and Marcato, but for Swords
• Immortal Flame – A decent 4* Pistol that has a solid ATK% and ATK% secondary stat. It comes with a strong sand to Ultimate DMG, but is outclassed by the other 4 * Pistol options.
• variation – Similar to Marcato and Scale: Slasher, but for Rectifiers.

C-Tier Weapons

Weapons in the C-Tier are generally not great but have some use if you have no other weapons to use. If you have something better, then these will never be of much use to you. Great as back weapons until you get a real one.

• Friendship Accord – A strange 4* Gauntlet that has a DEF% secondary stat. Despite this, it has a strong Ultimate DMG buff. Its hybrid nature limits the number of use cases, making it a mediocre weapon overall.
• Protectors#21D – An extremely niche 4* Gauntlet that has a secondary stat of Energy Regen. Its ability is very unique, providing a small ATK% buff with 100% uptime, and a massive 50% DMG boost to Counter Damage. The only character that can make use of this weapon is Jianxin, but its use is highly dependent on her Skill. I can see this weapon being used on her if you want to use her for a trade counter and Ultimate suck. It is only in this level to be so very specific to one character.

D-Tier Weapons

These weapons are terrible and should be used by some characters due to their mismatched stats, mostly useless substats, or an ability that isn’t good on any of the current characters. These are, at best, a last resort if you really don’t have anything else to use. I would avoid these unless you are using a blue weapon. Then, perhaps, maybe you may consider using one of these.

• Broad blade#41 – This 4* Broadblade has an ATK% buff, Energy Regen as a Secondary stat, and heals on successful hits. However, this widespread spectrum of buffs is a disadvantage because it has no central focus, thus no real purpose on any character. Very mediocre overall.
• Comet Flare – Only Jianxin can use this 4* Gauntlet due to its ability that provides a stacking Healing Bonus. However, this bonus is extraordinarily small, and makes this not worth using at all.
• Sword #18 – This 4* Sword is terrible because it requires you to be below 40% health before it provides any kind of DMG buff. However, Danjin is the one character who can reasonably use this effect, as she constantly lowers her own health for maximum damage. Being at this low health also provides self-healing, which is an advantage to Danjin as well.

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