Wuthering Waves Tier List

The scale runs from SS down to C. SS resonators define the current meta — they set the ceiling for damage and clear speed that everything else gets measured against. S is excellent and still meta-relevant, just a step below the very top. A is solid: strong, flexible, and often easier to build. B is viable but usually gets replaced once a stronger option joins the roster. C means the kit has been surpassed — it still clears content, just far from the current ceiling.

None of this is a ban list. A C-tier resonator with a complete kit and good Echoes still finishes towers; an SS-tier one built badly does not.

Every placement here is cross-referenced across multiple community rankings rather than pulled from a single source. Where independent lists agree, the tier is locked in; where they disagree, the entry is weighted toward the reading backed by the most consistent data, then re-checked against that resonator's Resonance Chain, weapon options, and Echo sets.

Freshly released kits — such as a newly launched resonator arriving with a version update — start out provisional until enough independent sources confirm the placement, since a kit needs real time in players' hands before its true ceiling is clear.

A single "Overall" number hides a real split. Tower of Adversity rewards single-target burst against enemies that rotate on a schedule, favoring quick-swap DPS and sub-DPS pairs. Whimpering Wastes asks for two full 3-member teams clearing multiple waves against modifiers that change monthly, so it rewards AoE, off-field damage, and survivability over raw single-target ceiling. A resonator can sit at the top in one mode and land only mid-pack in the other — the buff conditions are simply different. The Overall tier here already weighs both modes, so treat it as the balanced read across the two; for how to build a specific resonator, check that resonator's own character page.

Tier only measures standalone ceiling. What decides an actual clear is team composition — a mid-tier DPS with the right buffers can out-damage a top-tier one running alone — plus investment (weapon, Echo substats, Resonance Chain level) and the player's execution of quick-swap rotations.

4★ resonators deserve credit too: since a 4★ or better is guaranteed at least every 10 Convenes, pushing their Resonance Chain high is realistic for almost any account. Sanhua is among the fastest Concerto-energy generators around and stays the most versatile budget support; Mortefi is the 4★ coordinated-attack workhorse still earning endgame slots; Danjin is one of the hardest-hitting 4★s. High-Sequence 4★s routinely beat undergeared 5★s.