
Wuthering Waves · Build Guide
Qiuyuan Build
Best weapons, echoes & teams
Best Weapons
by calculated performance
Emerald Sentence
R1BestQiuyuan's Signature weapon is naturally his best choice, since it provides him with high ATK, CRIT Rate and Heavy Attack DMG stats, it perfectly suits his needs to maximize his damage. It additionally gives 20% Echo Skill DMG Bonus to all characters in the team which will be up permanently throughout a fight given a proper team rotation, slightly buffing the damage of Qiuyuan's best DPS characters to pair with. However, since Qiuyuan's personal damage is on the low end and the team buff on this weapon is rather low, it tends to be skippable since good permanently available options exist.
100.0%

Red Spring
R1Simple ATK and CRIT Rate stat-stick for Qiuyuan, who does not benefit from this weapon's Basic Attack DMG-focused effects.
85.2%

Blazing Brilliance
R1Simple ATK and CRIT DMG stat-stick for Qiuyuan, who barely benefits from this weapon's Skill DMG-focused effects.
84.4%

Emerald of Genesis
R1Best permanently available option by far, since Qiuyuan wants Energy Regen, CRIT Rate and ATK and those are the stats this weapon provides, in high quantities as well. The 12% ATK increase when casting Skill is not exploited well by Qiuyuan, however all other effects of this weapon are very welcome on him and make for one of his top choices easily, able to replace his Signature weapon at a minimal loss.
84.1%

Feather Edge
R5This Battle Pass exclusive has much lower Base ATK than all 5-star choices above which makes it much worse, however it does have a good CRIT DMG secondary stat and Qiuyuan can use the ATK% part of this weapon's passive well, which makes it the best 4-star choice.
80.1%
Percentages show relative damage performance from calculations; some weapons bring un-quantifiable quality-of-life on top.
Best Echo Sets
5-Piece Sonata
Law of Harmony
Optimally used in Phrolova teams and DPS Qiuyuan teams. Qiuyuan's best set to maximize his personal damage and buff Echo skill damage of teammates. Gives Qiuyuan 30% Heavy Attack DMG Bonus on the majority of his rotation and up to 16% Echo Skill DMG Bonus to the whole party, most often up permanently throughout a fight. A good mix of personal damage and team buffing makes for a strong set for him to use. Best combined with your choice of: 2P Sierra Gale Gusts of Welkin Windward Pilgrimage Sound of True Name (Recommended) 2P Moonlit Clouds 2P Endless Resonance Reel of Spliced Memories 2P Empyrean Anthem Tidebreaking Courage
Example Loadout · 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 · 1 cost
5-Piece Sonata
Moonlit Clouds
Optimal with Galbrena + Shorekeeper. This set sacrifices Qiuyuan's personal damage in order to provide higher buffing to a single character. It provides an extra 10% Energy Regen to the wielder unconditionally and gives 22.5% ATK to the incoming character for 15s after casting Outro skill.
Example Loadout · 4 · 3 · 3 · 1 · 1 cost
Echo Main Stats
4 · 3 · 3 · 1 · 1 costCRIT Rate / CRIT DMG
Aero DMG
Aero DMG > ATK%
ATK%
ATK%
Substats Priority
Energy Regen (Until Satisfied) > CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG > ATK% > Heavy Attack DMG% > ATK
Skill Priority
Forte
Liberation
Intro
Skill
Basic
Best Teams
Echo Skill Synergy
Alternative Team
Best Awakening Nodes
Priority nodes: S3 O Blade, I, Who Save No More · S6 Thus I Heard, Thus I Saw, Thus I Spoke · S2 O Blade, I, Who Teach No More
O Blade, I, Who Save No More
★ PriorityLiberation DMG Multiplier +500%. Grants Resonance Skill - Straw Cape in Drizzly Rain (once every 20s) when Concerto Energy is full outside Inksplash: consumes 60 Concerto Energy for Aero DMG equal to 500% ATK (Echo Skill DMG) + restores 400 Soliloquy. To Teach/Save/Sacrifice gain +600% DMG Multiplier and restore 30 Concerto Energy on hit.
+600% DMG · The DMG Multiplier of Resonance Liberation Sundering Strike is increased by 500%.









