Wuthering Waves: Jiyan Skill Introduction and Equipment Recommendation
Character Introduction
- First of all, Jiyan is a wind attribute main DPS character with long battlefield presence, mainly relying on heavy hitting output and possessing a powerful AOE ultimate enhancement.
- Under low resonance chain (constellation), Jiyan is more suitable for clearing mobs on the field, but is unable to control elite monsters, serving only as a blocker. (However, in the current environment, a 0 constellation Jiyan can still handle most situations.)
- As Wuthering Waves’ first upgraded character, Jiyan’s strength can be said to be the strongest main DPS currently, making him very friendly for early game progression.
- The increase in Jiyan’s constellation level is relatively gradual, but the boost from reaching constellation level 6 is significant. Therefore, for casual players, obtaining a 0 constellation Jiyan is sufficient, while big spenders can aim for constellation level 6.
Skill Introduction Normal Attacks: Normal attacks and regular heavy strikes do not have any special characteristics and are not Jiyan’s primary means of output.
Resonance Skills: These are not the main skills and do not need to be upgraded (of course, this is under the assumption of limited resources in the early game; personal preference may apply later on).
Resonance Liberation: This is Jiyan’s core skill. The attack transformation after activation is Jiyan’s main source of damage output. Normal attacks, heavy strikes, and dodges are replaced by enhanced heavy strikes.
This enhanced heavy strike has no connection with the regular heavy strike, so there is no need to upgrade “Normal Attacks”, only “Resonance Liberation” needs to be upgraded.
Resonance Circuit: Accumulated “Breakthrough Points” can enhance skills and the ultimate. It requires 30 points for each enhancement, so it’s okay to accumulate half of the points before activating the ultimate.
The enhanced damage of the ultimate also belongs to heavy strikes, thus benefiting from the heavy strike damage bonus.
For Jiyan, “Resonance Circuit” is also a primary source of damage. When upgrading, focus on “Resonance Liberation” and “Resonance Circuit”. Other skills can be put on hold until resources are available in the future.
Variation Skill: Mediocre Extension Skill: Mediocre
The first constellation improves the use of “Resonance Skills” and reduces the consumption of “Breakthrough Points.” However, since Jiyan’s main source of early game damage is not “Resonance Skills,” the primary improvement from this constellation is the energy returned from using “Resonance Skills” twice.
Other constellation upgrades mainly focus on damage and numerical improvements. The most significant enhancement at constellation level 6 directly increases the damage of the second ultimate by 240%, which is Jiyan’s main source of damage. Therefore, the effect of constellation level 6 can be described as formidable.
In summary, Jiyan is sufficient at constellation level 0. Any surplus gacha resources can be saved for other characters in the future or used to obtain Jiyan’s exclusive weapon. As for constellations, although they can be directly exchanged in the shop, the recommendation is to save them for future powerful characters or exchange them for gacha items directly.
Weapon Selection There are various options for Jiyan’s early game weapons, as long as the substats are focused on attack. Additionally, there are plenty of gacha resources for early game progression, and with the guaranteed pull system, obtaining Jiyan and his exclusive weapon within 20 days is highly probable.
The difference between Jiyan’s exclusive weapon and other weapons is quite significant. Although not apparent in the early game, the gap will become evident in time, particularly during later Abyss content.
Artifact Set Recommended Artifact Set for Jiyan
The recommended graduation set is the “Cicada March” five-piece set.
Recommended stats distribution is 4 ATK stats and 3 CRIT stats.
The main stats corresponding to the recommended graduation set are double crit, anemo damage bonus, and ATK, following the traditional ATK-CRIT-DMG model.
Substats should prioritize double crit, ATK, and heavy hitting damage.
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Early Game Recommendations As the game has just started and it will be a while before mass farming for artifacts, transitioning gear is necessary.
The recommended early game artifact set is 2-piece “Resolution of Sojourner” and 2-piece “Brave Heart.” If these are not available, then mix and match as needed, focusing on obtaining the correct main stats.
In the early game, the benefits of double critical rate are not higher than attack power. Thus, without good sub-stat effects, prioritizing high attack power is advisable.
For transitional artifact sets, prioritize the main stat of attack power, and sub-stats are less important as long as the main stat is correct.
Team Composition
In terms of team composition, the primary consideration in the early game is to form a template of main DPS + secondary DPS + survival support. Currently, the game’s survival support consists of only Qiqi, Barbara, and Jean. However, Qiqi’s survival support ability is inadequate to ensure high-pressure survival for the entire team, so Qiqi mainly serves as the team’s secondary DPS. Therefore, the available healers are limited to Barbara and Jean.
Three main recommendations for the position of secondary DPS are Qiqi, Bennett, and Sucrose.
Bennett’s “Fantastic Voyage” ability greatly complements Jiyan’s heavy strike damage.
Qiqi can increase Jiyan’s ultimate damage, but her synergy with Jiyan is not as strong as Bennett’s. Additionally, being a 5-star character, Bennett is more recommended than Qiqi. However, Qiqi has greater versatility and can fit into other teams.
Sucrose primarily increases Anemo damage. Currently, Jiyan is the only Anemo character, but in terms of increased damage, Bennett takes precedence over Sucrose.
Someone asked, “I have a high understanding of dodging, can I go without a healer?”
Answer: No, because a team without a healer cannot deal as much damage as a team with a healer.
This also relates to another mechanism of Wuthering Waves – triggering an extension mechanism when a character completes a full resonance.
However, only Barbara and Jean’s “extension abilities” cover all team members.
Other secondary DPS characters can only benefit the subsequent character, leaving the second character without the extension ability.
Therefore, if using the formula of main DPS + secondary DPS + survival support, the main DPS can benefit from the “extension abilities” of both the secondary DPS and the survival support.
If using the formula of main DPS + secondary DPS + secondary DPS, then the main DPS can only benefit from one secondary DPS’s extension ability.
Whether the “extension ability” will be allocated to characters other than healers in the future is currently unknown, so this mechanism still needs further observation.