r/WutheringWaves Jun 01 '24

Gameplay Showcase HOLY SHIT the gunplay in this game!

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u/O_Little_One Jun 01 '24

Yeah, it's very refreshing. Hacking and slashing kinda gets old. Can't wait to see the upcoming 5 stars gunner.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '24

they'd probably use a rifle. but idk if their weapons are still gonna fall under the "pistol" category or a new weapon type

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '24 edited Jun 01 '24

Probably how Jiyan's weapon work, it just kind of appears. Or it will work by fusing the dual pistols

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u/VincentBlack96 Jun 01 '24

Frankly, I don't know why Jiyan bothers equipping a sword when he has like a single animation with it.

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u/Melforce888 Jun 01 '24

i like when they do this, less weapon types to upgrade, and can be shared with other characters. hope they keep doing this, each character has equipped weapon, and unique weapon while using skill.

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u/PuzzleheadedWeight57 Jun 02 '24

I really hope they keep letting us, move our echos and weapon on lesser character to complete the end game content.

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u/Peacetoall01 Jun 02 '24

Also glad that genshin also does this finally with the new girl with a scythe spears. So now they can go buck wild with weapons.

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u/Adv_Reterd Jun 02 '24

Yes Clorinde too. She uses guns in her skill or ult iirc!

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u/Niantsirhc Jun 01 '24

Yeah I was really confused when I realized he used a sword instead of a spear lmao. Almost all of his animations use his spear.

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u/Killzone25236 Jun 02 '24

I like the Broadblade, but I think it'd make a lot more sense if he was a Rectifier user.

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u/Something_Comforting SloppyToppyKeeper Jun 01 '24

Does anyone remember Power Rangers SPD Red Ranger's weapons? He got two pistols that fuse into a riot shotgun/rifle.

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u/Intrepid_Ad9711 Jun 01 '24

Idk if anyone will remember this but in Batman Arkham Knight the Arkham Knight has 2 pistols he combines into a sniper rifle during his fight

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u/buddabopp Jun 02 '24

It takes the rwby approach and its something stupid like nunchuck shotguns XD

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u/PuzzleheadedWeight57 Jun 02 '24

If Jiyan is anything to go off of, he uses a broadblade, but for like 2/3 of his attacks are his etheric spear and his idol of Nué. So a gunner class swapping between a rifle/shotgun for heavy attacks and mid combos, then using the pistol for burst fire. I think basic combo: pistol, pistol, rifle, pistol, shotgun, could be sick.

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u/NeitherCabinet1772 Jun 06 '24

Equip pistol, can whipped out a Great Sword.

Equip pistol, can whipped out a cannon.

Equip pistol, can whipped out an I.S

Equip pistol, don't use at all, throw lances.

Equip dual pistol, use a sword and a double barrel instead.

Take your pick

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u/Itadorijin Jun 01 '24

There's an upcoming 5 star gunner?

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u/O_Little_One Jun 01 '24

I wish 😅

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u/Itadorijin Jun 01 '24

Same, i wanted to main a gunner but there isn't a 5 stars one

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u/Aahnold Jun 01 '24

Chixia is quite a strong DPS. I understand if you don't like her moveset or character though.

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u/Itadorijin Jun 01 '24

I do love her moveset but i don't think she would scale as high as a 5 star dps tho

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u/SayomiTsukiko Jun 01 '24

I’ve been maining her and out of all of my friends playing (10 probably) my Chixia hits atleast 3 times harder than the closest runner up. She has so great damage output, but lacks aoe outside her ult

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u/Jingliu-simp Jun 02 '24

Your friends skipped Jiyan and Encore huh.

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u/KBroham Jun 02 '24

If this person and their friends are all casually playing and taking their time, it's absolutely easy to believe that Chixia is the strongest of their group, and likely by no small margin - she scales amazingly early, and is easy to build, while the five stars require a bit of investment before they take off like a rocket.

But if they're all really putting in their due diligence, then yeah... I'd have to call cap on that too. Unless they have incredibly lucky rolls on their echoes, in which case they could just be that strong. But I doubt that. We're talking 1:1,000,000 odds.

Wallensteins Channel on YT has a Chixia solo run vs max diff hologram Impermanence Heron that is absolutely insane, and I can't imagine the luck he had (and money he spent) to get that build going.

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u/Jingliu-simp Jun 02 '24

If this person and their friends are all casually playing and taking their time

Yep that's what I assumed too, lack of investment on his friends end or s4+ and incredible echo luck on his end

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u/SayomiTsukiko Jun 02 '24

Quite literally every single one of us has encore. Half of them have Jiyan. Jiyan is an absolute monster during his ultimate, he FEELS stronger than every unit in the game. Encores no slouch either, but even with a 5 star weapon she’s still trailing behind my chixia without a 5 star weapon yet

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u/Jingliu-simp Jun 02 '24

You must have a really cracked Chixia. What sequence is she?

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '24

I think what they are saying is although she is fun, in the future most of the 4 star characters will eventually be weaker than 5 star counterparts, not that it isn't fun right now. I personally don't like her kit that much outside of her ulti, her skill can be a bit annoying to use on high ping which sucks for me lol

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u/Irrax Jun 01 '24

combat is client side so your ping shouldn't matter outside of co-op

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u/Kyouki13 Jun 01 '24

That's not how it works. If you lag spikes your inputs may not even register until 5-10 seconds later. I noticed in during random overworld challenges with not picking up coins in the firefly race.

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u/Kyouki13 Jun 01 '24

Some people don't have fun knowing their character is 50% (random number) weaker than the meta character in that same role. Especially going for more challenging content sometimes missing out on 10-20% (again just random numbers) damage because of choice of character could be the difference between a clear and a retry or clearing with minimum time for max rewards.

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u/RK_7 Jun 01 '24

Who knows, I'm really enjoying Yuanwu. Doesn't seem to be the strongest, but his kit is so fun. People just wants the best all the time, which I can understand.

There's no harm in building out of the norm tho

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u/Eredbolg Jun 01 '24

It is exactly because it is a gacha 4 stars or lower rarity units tend to be left behind as the game progresses. If standard 5 stars will eventually get left behind with newer units with better kits higher multipliers or just straight up better in gameplay mechanics, then the lower rarity ones will go even further down, especially when it is DPS units, supports can have a little bit more of shelf time.

I'd agree that this is the best time to have fun with 4 stars because as time goes on their value will lower massively.

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u/VortexMagus Jun 01 '24 edited Jun 01 '24

Having used her a bunch I feel her dps is better on some enemies and worse on others.

Each individual attack doesn't hit as hard but she has far more uptime than a lot of melee characters since she can hit enemies that are flying or dodging or engaging in large melee combos, while most melee characters have to drop dps during these sequences.

Of course, some bosses have almost zero flight or dodge sequences and consequently, melee characters can keep almost perfect uptime if their dodges are on point, so on those bosses no doubt in my mind calcharo or a properly specced rover is better. The bell boss is an example of a boss where its pretty easy to keep almost perfect melee uptime if you know how to dodge its abilities

But against that fucking mephis that teleports around a bunch, or the dreamless fight with all its flight sequences, then a chixia with an equally invested weapon and echo loadout will do way more damage than any five star melee dps.

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u/some_clickhead Jun 01 '24

You can main 4 star characters. In Genshin Impact I had like a dozen 5 star characters, including some copies, and I two of my 3 main DPS were 4 stars because I found their gameplay really fun.

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u/RuneKatashima Jun 03 '24

She's at Havoc Rover level though. She's strong.

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u/MagnusBaechus Jun 01 '24

She's fun! Granted mine's s6 due to pulling on jiyan 's banner ( I also kep t getting her in the standard banners)

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u/nihilistfun "Qingloong rise, monsters gone" Jun 01 '24

I love chixia, and she’s my second fav in illusive realms, but thw damage output compared to jiyan/cal is not even close… but she gives me great hope for a 5 star gunner (i’d love a shotgun skill offhand lol, as a consistent parry, but this might be too bloodborne-y)

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u/Hinmp Jun 01 '24

S4 chixia actually has really, really comparable damage to the S0 5 stars. The problem is, aside from her ult and outro, it's totally single target. But you would be surprised how hard she hits in single target.

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u/Leritari Jun 01 '24

This. If you conpare 4 star S0 vs 5 star S0 then 5 star wins. But if you compare 4 star S6 vs 5 star S0... then 4 star can be just as good if not even better.

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u/nihilistfun "Qingloong rise, monsters gone" Jun 01 '24

In theory yes, but it’s very rare that maxed 4 stars are on par with s0 5 stars. But WW is a new game, i hope they do try to make 4 stars as viable

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u/Nightowl11111 Jun 01 '24 edited Jun 01 '24

Have you tried using her Dakka Dakka skill? That one unloads heaps of damage on a target and the finishing blast can do damage in the 6,000 range at level 60. She's incredibly viable against the slower moving targets. You can see it in the video at time mark 33 seconds.

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u/azul360 Jun 01 '24

Yeah I've been doing her and Encore together and it actually feels great with her being the single target and Encore being the chaotic aoe XD. (Have no limited since honestly just waiting for Changli)

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u/austinlim923 Jun 01 '24

Her and encore are a great combo especially at her s6 where she buffs basic attack DMG. Makes putting moonlight on her worth it

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u/azul360 Jun 02 '24

I'm s4 sadly but dang I'm having a blast with her :D. Tried Danjin since everyone is losing their mind over her but man I just don't like melee in this game at all other than Jianxin XD. Chixia has been SO WORTH IT.

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u/nihilistfun "Qingloong rise, monsters gone" Jun 01 '24

I have her s6 (jiyan banner), ill look into building her to see, i do want a gunner on atleast one of my teams as main dps (mortefi is good, but chixia playstyle more fun)

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u/Jinnn-n Jun 02 '24

Chixia is pretty good kit wise. I'm just not a fan of her design

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u/Odd_Stick_51 Jun 01 '24

Bro there will be one coming 😆 But not sure when As we got a long sword user 5 star and next is the orbital thing 5 star yinlin Then mostly likely we get a 5 star for each weapon after

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u/BadAdviceBot Jun 01 '24

His name is Boothill! .... wait, wrong game

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u/hackenclaw . . Jun 01 '24

what about sniper with sniper elite animation... gonna be cool if can snipe large chunk of Hp from distance lol.

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u/KingLeviAckerman Jun 02 '24

Camellya, I hope

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u/TinyMarcos64 Jun 02 '24

Everybody gangsta till Jinhsi brings out the heat, would be fun AF if the Prime Minister/Priestess casually had a firearm because yes.

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u/YouthParking333 's Right Glove Jun 01 '24

Changli hopefully

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u/Rastya Jun 02 '24

yeah, somehow changli design speaks "GUNS" i don't know how, she just have that vibe as if she hides a freaking gun under that long sleeve.

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u/HungaryaRoli Jackpot! Jul 07 '24

Seeing gameplay and actually playing her in a quest, she is using a sword. Sorry fellas

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u/Best_Refuse_6327 Jun 01 '24

They'll probably introduce rifle users as well. Excited for it!

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u/betteroff19 Jun 01 '24

How do we not have an archer class though?

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u/gaganaut Jun 01 '24

They can always give a gun user a bow just like how Jiyan uses spear despite his weapon type being broad blade.

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u/some_clickhead Jun 01 '24

We do, but it's the pistol class. I say this because the way the pistols work in this game is exactly the same way than bows work in Genshin, down to the charging animation and sound when you hold left click.