Best Encore Wuthering Waves build: Weapons, Echoes, team comp & more

Considering pulling for Encore on the standard banner in Wuthering Waves? Here is what you need to know regarding her element, weapon, and more.

Encore is one of the several permanent 5-star characters you can pull in Wuthering Waves. You are guaranteed one 5-star unit from the standard banner, but you may have trouble deciding who to pick.

If you are considering Encore, then you will receive a very powerful Fusion DMG dealer who will carry you through the entire early game. Being an easy-to-play character, Encore is an exceptional choice for new players too.

If you decide to pull for Encore or pick her for free, we have you covered with a detailed build that will help you get going.

Who is Encore in Wuthering Waves?

Hailing from the New Federation, Encore is the Consultant of the Black Shores. She is a lively character and passionate about fantasy and fairy tales. Her black and white Wooly plushies, Cosmos and Cloudy, often accompany her.

Encore made a small appearance in the story quest for version 1.0, where she was traveling with Aalto and helped Rover quite a bit.

Encore Forte in Wuthering Waves

Encore’s abilities in Wuthering Waves are as follows:

Basic Attack: Wooly Attack

• Basic Attack
  • Encore performs up to 4 consecutive attacks, dealing Fusion DMG.
• Basic Attack: Wooly Strike
  • After Basic Attack 4, press the Basic Attack button to attack the target, dealing Fusion DMG.
• Heavy Attack
  • Encore consumes Stamina to attack the target, dealing Fusion DMG.
• Mid-air Attack
  • Encore consumes Stamina to perform a Mid-Air Plunging Attack, dealing Fusion DMG.
• Dodge Counter
  • Use Basic Attack after a successful Dodge to attack the target, dealing Fusion DMG.

Resonance Skill: Flaming Woolies

• Flaming Woolies
  • Encore summons Cloudy and Cosmos to attack with burning rays, dealing Fusion DMG.
• Energetic Welcome
  • After casting Flaming Woolies, use Resonance Skill to perform Energetic Welcome, dealing Fusion DMG.

Resonance Liberation: Cosmos Rave

• Basic Attack: Cosmos: Frolicking
  • During Cosmos Rave, the Basic Attack is replaced with Cosmos: Frolicking, which performs up to 4 consecutive attacks, dealing Fusion DMG, considered as Basic Attack damage.
• Cosmos: Heavy Attack
  • During Cosmos Rave, the Heavy Attack is replaced with Cosmos: Heavy Attack, consuming Stamina to attack the target, dealing Fusion DMG, considered as Heavy Attack damage.
• Resonance Skill: Cosmos: Rampage
  • During Cosmos Rave, Flaming Woolies is replaced with Cosmos: Rampage, dealing Fusion DMG, considered as Resonance Skill damage.
• Cosmos: Dodge Counter
  • During Cosmos Rave, use Basic Attack after a successful Dodge to attack the target, dealing Fusion DMG, considered as Basic Attack damage.

Forte Circuit: Black and White Woolies

• Resonance Liberation: Cloudy Frenzy
  • When Encore’s ‘Dissonance’ is full, after casting a Heavy Attack, Encore will consume all ‘Dissonance’ to enter the Dissonance state, reducing damage taken by 70%. Switching Characters does not interrupt ‘Dissonance’.
  • After the Dissonance state ends, Encore will cast Cloudy Frenzy, dealing Fusion DMG, considered as Resonance Liberation damage.
• Resonance Liberation: Cosmos Rupture
  • During Cosmos Rampage, when casting Heavy Attack, if ‘Dissonance’ is full, Encore will consume all ‘Dissonance’ to enter Cosmos’ Dissonance state, reducing damage taken by 70%. Switching Characters does not interrupt ‘Dissonance’.
  • After Cosmos’ Dissonance state ends, Encore will cast Cosmos Rupture, dealing Fusion DMG, considered as Resonance Liberation damage.
• Dissonance
  • Encore can hold up to 100 ‘Dissonance’.
  • When Normal Attack Wooly Attack hits the target, Encore restores ‘Dissonance’.
    When Resonance Skill Flaming Woolies hits the target, Encore restores ‘Dissonance’.
  • When Resonance Skill Energetic Welcome hits the target, Encore restores ‘Dissonance’.
  • When Intro Skill Woolies Helpers hits the target, Encore restores ‘Dissonance’.
    During the duration of Resonance Liberation Cosmos Rave, hitting targets will restore ‘Dissonance’ to Encore.

Passive Skills

• Inherent Skill: Angry Cosmos
  • During the Resonance Liberation Cosmos Rave, when Encore’s HP is above 70%, DMG dealt is increased by 10%.
• Inherent Skill: Woolies Cheer Dance
  • When Resonance Skill Flaming Woolies or Resonance Skill Cosmos – Rampage is cast, Encore’s Fusion DMG Bonus is increased by 10% for 10s.

Switch Skills

• Intro Skill: Woolies Can Help!
  • Encore pounces at the enemies with Cosmos, dealing Fusion DMG.
• Outro Skill: Thermal Field
  • Encore generates a Thermal Field centered around skill target, with a radius of 3m. Targets inside the Thermal Field are continuously burned, suffering Fusion DMG equal to 176.76% of Encore’s ATK every 1.5s for 6s.

Encore Resonance Chain in Wuthering Waves

• Sequence 1- Wooly’ss Fairy Tale: When Basic Attack hits a target, Encore’s Fusion DMG Bonus is increased by 3%, stacking up to 4 times for 6s.
• Sequence 2- Sheep Counting Lullaby: Encore additionally restores 10 Resonance Energy when casting Basic Attack Woolies Attack or Resonance Skill Energetic Welcome. This can be triggered once every 10s.
• Sequence 3- Fog? The Black Shores: The DMG multiplier of Resonance Liberation Cloudy: Frenzy and Resonance Liberation Cosmos: Rupture is increased by 40%.
• Sequence 4- Adventure? Let’s Go: Resonance Liberation Cosmos: Rupture increases the Fusion DMG Bonus of all team members by 20% for 30s.
• Sequence 5- Hero Takes the Stage: Resonance Skill DMG Bonus is increased by 35%.
• Sequence 6- Woolies Save the World: During Resonance Liberation Cosmos Rave, Encore gains 1 stack(s) of ‘Lost Lamb’ every time she deals damage, each stack increasing her ATK by 5% for 10s, stacking up to 5 time(s).

Best weapons for Encore in Wuthering Waves

Cosmic Ripples

This is the best Rectifier for Encore in Wuthering Waves. It has ATK% and it provides 12.8% Energy Regen to the wearer. Additionally, every time you hit someone with Basic ATK, it increases the Basic ATK DMG bonus by 3.2% up to 5 times.

You can get this weapon for free upon reaching Union Level 45.

Augment

Upon releasing Resonance Liberation, the caster’s ATK is increased by 15% for 15 seconds. This weapon can be picked up from the Battle Pass.

It also provides Crit Rate substats which makes building Encore a lot easier.

Variation

Upon releasing Resonance Skill, Resonance Energy is increased by 8. This effect is triggered every 20 seconds for 1 time.

This weapon is also quite decent and can be picked up from any gacha.

Best Echo and Sonata Set for Encore in Wuthering Waves

The best Echo for Encore in Wuthering Waves is Inferno Rider and the best Sonata Effect is Molten Rift.

Echo

Inferno Rider is an exceptional Echo for Encore. This Echo deals massive Fusion DMG and it increases the Fusion DMG and Basic ATK of the wearer. If you long-press the Echo skill, then you will enter the Riding mode.

Sonata Effect

Molten Rift provides the best returns on Encore in Wuthering Waves. The set bonus for this Sonata Effect is as follows:

Set Pieces	Set Bonus
2-pc bonus (Molten Rift)	Fusion DMG +10%.
5-pc bonus (Molten Rift)	Fusion DMG +30% for 15s after releasing Resonance Skill.

Echo and Sonata stats

The stats you should focus on for Encore are as follows:

Main stats	Substat
Cost 4: Crit Rate or Crit DMG	Crit Rate or Crit DMG
Cost 3: Fusion DMG Bonus	ATK%
Cost 3: Fusion DMG Bonus	Basic ATK DMG
Cost 1: ATK%	Resonance Skill DMG
Cost 1: ATK%	Resonance Liberation DMG

Encore Ascension and Forte level-up materials

Encore Ascension materials

Encore in Wuthering Waves needs LF Whisperin Core and its upgrades, Rage Tacet Core, and Belle Poppy Flower. The exact number of materials you need are as follows:

• LF Whisperin Core x4
• MF Whisperin Core x12
• HF Whisperin Core x 12
• FF Whisperin Core x 4
• Pecok Flower x60
• Rage Tacet Core x46

Where to farm Encore Ascension materials

LF Whisperin Core and its upgrades:

The Whisperins drop LF Whispering Core and its upgrades in Wuthering Waves. These include Glacio Predator, Aero Predator, Fusion Warrior, Havoc Warrior, Snip Snap, Zig Zag, Autopuppet Scout, and Vanguard Junrock.

You can locate these enemies from the Echo Hunting tab in the game. All you need to do is open the Guidebook from the main menu and navigate to the fifth option. Here, select the enemy of your choice and click on Detect.

The game will automatically locate the enemies for you on the map.

Pecok Flower

There are several areas where you can farm Pecok Flower in Wuthering Waves. For the most part, you’ll want to head to Taoyuan Vile, just Southwest of Qichi Village. This is where you’ll find an abundance of them, especially near a house and a small field in this area.

Alternatively, the area south of Tiderise Cliff, near a fast travel point is also a solid option once you’ve plucked all the ones in Taoyuan Vile. If you don’t feel like exploring and farming for this material, however, you can also choose to purchase it at the Shifang Pharmacy in Jinzhou.

Rage Tacet Core

Rage Tacet Core is a boss material dropped by the Inferno Rider boss. You can locate this boss in Sea of Flames.

Encore Forte level-up materials

Encore in Wuthering Waves needs LF Whispering Core and its upgrades, Lento Helix and its upgrades, and Unending Destruction. The exact number of materials you need for Encore are as follows:

• Lento Helix x25
• Adagio Helix x28
• Andante Helix x55
• Presto Helix x67
• LF Whisperin Core x25
• MF Whisperin Core x28
• HF Whisperin Core x40
• FF Whisperin Core x57
• Unending Destruction x2

Where to farm Encore Forte level-up materials

Lento Helix and its upgrades

Lento Helix and its upgrades can be farmed from the Forgery Challenge: Misty Forest. You can locate it in between the Sea of Flames and the Forbidden Forest.

Unending Destruction

Unending Destruction is a boss material dropped from the boss Chaotic Juncture: Ember. This boss is unlocked as part of the story. You can farm it for a maximum of three times per week.

Encore Forte and Resonance Chain priority in Wuthering Waves

In this section, we will discuss the Forte and Resonance Chain you should prioritize when building Encore.

Forte

The Forte you should be prioritized in descending order are:

• Resonance Liberation
• Forte Circuit
• Resonance Skill

Resonance Liberation is the most important skill for Encore. This ability empowers her Basic ATK and her damage output is enhanced significantly. Forte Circuit and Resonance skills are also beneficial as they help Encore with damage when her Ultimate is down.

Resonance Chain

The Resonance Chain Wavebands you should focus on are as follows:

• Sequence 1
• Sequence 4
• Sequence 6

Sequence 1 is a direct buff to Encore’s Fusion DMG bonus and is exceptionally good for free-to-play and low-spenders. Sequence 4 helps both Encore as well as the rest of the team with increased Fusion DMG. Sequence 6 increases Encore’s ATK quite a lot and combined with the previous Wavebands, she becomes one of the best DPS in the game.

Encore pros and cons in Wuthering Waves

The pros and cons of Encore in Wuthering Waves are as follows:

Pros	Cons
Easy to play	Outro Skill is underwhelming
High DPS potential	Gameplay can feel a little clunky
Easy to learn combos

Should you pull for Encore in Wuthering Waves?

Yes, Encore is an exceptional unit in Wuthering Wave. While it’s true that she has been largely ignored due to the likes of Jianxin, Calcharo, and Verina, you must realize Encore is the best Fusion DMG unit in the game.

She can deal a lot of damage while being very easy to play. She will carry you through all the early game content and requires very few resources to perform. She does not need any dedicated support and can work with a wide range of units in the game.

If you received Encore from the free banners, you can confidently build her as she is no less than some of the biggest DPS characters in the game.

Best Encore team in Wuthering Waves

Encore can work with a wide range of teams. However, the best characters you can run alongside Encore are Sanhua and Verina. In this team, Verina provides heals and ATK buffs that greatly help Encore. Additionally, Sanhua’s Outro skill provides a 38% bonus to Basic ATK DMG which i exceptional for Encore.

You must remember that after switching from Sanhua into Encore, you must use the latter’s Resonance Liberation first and then use the Basic ATKs. Encore’s ultimate empowers her Basic ATK and Sanhua’s Outro skill further enhances that.

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