Like most Gacha games, Wuthering Waves offers a variety of 5-star units that are much better than most characters in the game. These P2W characters are the best at each one of their roles and can immensely change how a team feels when they join them.

Despite 5-star Resonators generally being better than their 4-star partners, there's still a noticeable gap in power among these premium characters. Therefore, players may be interested in knowing the best 5-star characters in Wuthering Waves.

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8 Spectro Rover

Weakest, But Good For Beginners

Everyone starts with Spectro Rover as their DPS in Wuthering Waves. However, they’re not there to stay. In fact, after your first 5-star DPS, or even some 4-star ones, you start to see how your Spectro Rover’s DMG falls back.

Spectro Rover is not the weakest DPS out there and definitely has some good qualities, but there will always be a better DPS than them. At least, they still work perfectly as a guide to teach new players in Wuthering Waves how to use their Forte Gauge.

7 Lingyang

Decent DMG, But Feels Slow

Lingyang is a Glacio DPS in Wuthering Waves. He heavily relies on his Resonance Liberation and Forte Gauge to deal DMG. While his DMG is acceptable compared to other DPS in the game, he still feels way too slow when he’s in his Striding Lion state. If two enemies are standing away from each other, he needs time to reach each one of them.

That said, he excels against bosses and delivers a hurtful DMG to them, making him super helpful to farm Overlord Echoes in Wuthering Waves.

6 Jianxin

Good Character With Just Too Much To Handle

Jianxin is only limited by herself to trying to do everything at once. That is especially apparent from the amount of time she takes to set everything up for the next character in rotation since she needs to tank DMG, shield, heal, parry, and build up her own Concerto meter.

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That being said, Jianxin can still collect enemies with her Resonance Liberation, while her Outro can make any DPS a Nuker with her whopping 38% Ultimate Buff.

5 Havoc Rover

Strong DMG, But Without Dedicated Support

Havoc Rover can inflict a lot of DMG with their Basic ATK or Resonance Liberation. No matter how you choose to play them, they’re strong enough to get the job done. The only problem the Havoc Rover has is not having a dedicated Support that can buff their kit.

You either add Sanhua to maximize the DMG of their Basic ATK or Jianxin to do the same for their Ultimate. Danjin can give them a 23% Havoc DMG, but you’re going to lose a great DPS just to Outro buff Havoc Rover.

4 Encore

Someone Who'll Get The Job Done

Encore is very fun to play while getting the job done. She can deal with a massive amount of DMG while switching between Ranged and Melee modes. Encore also plays well with others since you can cancel her Heavy ATK and Echo Skill to switch with other characters.

When Encore enters her Melee stance during her Resonance Liberation state, she becomes unstoppable. That’s where she does most of her DMG and what makes her rank so high among the best 5-stars in Wuthering Waves.

3 Calcharo

An All-Rounder

Calcharo is an all-rounded main DPS that can deal DMG with any of his attacks. His DMG is considered notably high, especially when he enters his Ultimate state. However, Calcharo is more tame in AoE situations and shines better in single-target DMG ones, which is why Jiyan ranks better than him.

Since Calcharo is versatile, his team can be as well. He can be paired with most Sub-DPS and Supports in Wuthering Waves, and he’ll do just fine.

2 Jiyan

Wreak Havoc

When it comes to DPS, Jiyan ranks in the highest tier in Wuthering Waves. What makes Jiyan so good, other than his ability to wreak havoc across the battlefield, is how smoothly he does it. When playing him as a main DPS, you can easily rotate back and forth with him until you’re ready to unleash his Ultimate.

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Other than his DPS, when casting his Resonance Liberation, Jiyan starts swinging enemies around him, collecting them in one place to amplify his DMG against them. His entire attacks during that state are also considered Heavy ATKs, which makes him a perfect pair with Mortefi, which is one of the best Sub-DPS in Wuthering Waves.

1 Verina

Never Worry About Health

With the lack of healers and Supports, in general, Verina is arguably the most valuable character in Wuthering Waves. She has one of the highest heals in the game alongside a great buff, which makes her extremely important to be in any team composition. Her only negative is that there’s only one Verina to be included in all those teams.

For a game that requires multiple teams, players have to settle for another character to try and sustain while granting international buffs as she does.

Wuthering Waves

Platform(s)

Android , iOS , PC

Released

May 22, 2024

Developer(s)

Kuro Games

Publisher(s)

Kuro Games

Genre(s)

Action RPG , Open-World