Wuthering Waves: Damage calculation and Echo effect priority explanation

Damage Formula
The damage formula is the primary method for understanding damage composition in a game, and a complete damage calculation formula can help us efficiently calculate the benefits of modifiers. This allows adjustments to be made to combinations in detail.

Let’s start with the conclusions for easy reference.

Currently, the basic damage calculation formula in “Wuthering Waves” is:

Base Attribute Value × Damage Multiplier × (1 + Damage Bonus Percentage) × (1 + Damage Amplification Percentage)

The actual damage calculation formula in “Wuthering Waves” is:

Base Damage × Critical Damage × Enemy Damage Reduction Multiplier

In addition to the above damage formulas, there are also conclusions regarding factors such as multiplication zones and monster resistances.

The damage amplification provided by skills like Motefei’s Echo, Sankatamaya’s Echo, and Insight’s Echo is a separate multiplication zone distinct from damage bonuses.

Regarding the increase in enemy resistances mentioned in the data dock, the current conclusion is that monsters with high resistance receive an additional 1/3 damage reduction after mitigating the damage from their own defense. For instance, for the same Aerodynamic damage, if inflicted on two monsters of the same level, it could deal 300 damage to one without Aerodynamic resistance, but only 200 damage (300 * 66.7%) to one with Aerodynamic resistance. This conclusion applies to descriptions of enemy attribute resistance increases mentioned in the data dock and excludes damage immunity.

Bonuses such as Aerodynamic Damage Bonus and Basic Attack Damage Bonus are calculated in the same multiplication zone and are added together.

Monster damage resistance is related to level; higher levels correlate with higher resistance.

Regarding the selection of Echo secondary attributes, for most characters, the priority is Critical Rate > Critical Damage > Percentage Attack > Damage Bonus.

Here are some relevant data references involved in the damage formula calculation:

Main test panel with an attack of 1467, basic attack damage bonus of 18%, and Aerodynamic damage bonus of 40%. Only the first segment of basic attacks was used for damage testing with a multiplier of 34.97%.

Below are some actual combat-tested damage values.

The calculation process is omitted here, but if interested, one can attempt calculations by substituting values into the damage calculation formula to obtain corresponding damage reduction coefficients for monsters of the respective levels, then compare them based on their own circumstances.

Echo Attribute Priority
This section calculates the benefit increase rate of Echo secondary attributes based on the damage formula to help understand Echo attribute priority.

5-star Echo Primary Attribute:

5-star Echo Secondary Attributes:

Combining the damage calculation formula and the Echo primary attribute, using the average value of secondary attributes as a baseline, we calculate the attribute benefits.

Taking Level 90 Harmonics’ Jiyang 1 specialized weapon, with Echo configured as 4/3/3/1/1, Jiyang’s base attack is 587 + 437 = 1024. At max level, Jiyang itself possesses attributes such as 22% attack power (12% skill chain + 10% inherent skill), 350 attack power (34.2% attack power percentage), 13% critical rate, 198.6% critical damage, 12% damage bonus, and 48% heavy blow damage bonus.

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