Encore Optimized: A Comprehensive Deep Dive Guide【Wuthering Waves】

how to be a pink gremlin... by, another pink gremlin
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Text Guide: docs.google.com/document/d/1B...
DPS Calculator: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
Calculator parameters used for testing include Sanhua / Verina (all S0) with their damage nullified, and "average" substat rolls (e.g. 3/5 useful substats, median rolls)
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00:00 - Intro
00:27 - Table of Contents
00:50 - Kit Explanation
02:30 - Resonance Liberation: 2x Skill vs 3x Skill
03:50 - Resonance Chain (Sequences)
05:40 - Resonance Chain Calculations Total
06:10 - Weapons
06:33 - Cosmic Ripples (5☆)
07:00 - Augment (4☆)
07:33 - Jinzhou Keeper (4☆)
07:48 - Rectifier#25 (4☆)
08:07 - Rectifier of Night (3☆)
08:29 - Stringmaster (5☆)
09:00 - Echo Build
09:21 - Echo Set (Sonata Effect)
09:27 - Echo Main stats
09:50 - Crit & Crit DMG Balancing
09:59 - Echo Substats
10:23 - Teambuilding
10:44 - Verina
11:04 - Sanhua
11:13 - Other Options
11:31 - Gameplay & Rotations
11:57 - Opener (TLDR / Simple Version)
12:26 - Opener Example & Explanation
13:23 - Opener (100% Speed Example)
13:44 - Burst Rotation: Introduction
14:04 - Burst Example & Explanation
15:08 - Burst (100% Speed Example)
15:33 - Wrap-Up and Links
16:05 - YEET
#wuwa #wutheringwaves #projectwave
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[@Maygi]

Hi everyone !! This guide came out a bit later than I wanted but it took me a LONG time for this one (35 hours of editing, 30 hours on the spreadsheet/script, and several more hours writing the text guide, script, theorycrafting rotations and etc..)~ but I hope you enjoyed it ! Edits: I've updated some calculations - some effects, such as those for her sequences, are not diluted as much as they should be. I've also redone weapon calculations with a more controlled substat set (the previous calculation would only use 5 out of 10 possible crit-related subs), as well as changing crit weapon builds to use have a better crit:crit damage balance. New Sequence Values: S1: 3.28% (total) S3: 6.22% (total) S4: 13.76% (total) S5: 15.45% (total) S6: 23.98% (total) New Weapon Values, R1 -> R5: Stringmaster: 110.67% -> 112.42% (Updated with shorter buff duration on Yinlin's release) Cosmic Ripples: 100% -> 103.46% Augment: 90.58% -> 102.66% (R5 better than Cosmic Ripples R1!!) Jinzhou: 87.69% -> 90.13% Please check the text guide for the updated info!

[@tempeztx]

hope you enjoying the game!

[@asddsa-dy4ne]

Great guide, Encore is the best---core---like---do it again!

[@Ophanim1000]

chibi model is super cute And your presentation skills are amazing Hope you continue to make Wuwa content.

[@kylewise7554]

Please keep making content. Feels like KZbinrs who simply talk about stats and data are less and less common. Absolutely love your work and appreciate all the effort which is put into it!

[@VidGaMeR777]

Oh man, I missed you from my ToF days, you made my life in that game so much better when it came to playing optimally. I'm so excited you're doing WuWa now, hopefully you'll do a Jinhsi guide when she comes out in 1.1 cause I'm super excited for her and want to play her the best I can

[@bryanstrongwind7020]

yeah, right now, I am lost in ToF, just getting A0 or A1 only. The remaining ToF CC are only description informative not much numbers or benchmark, and either A0 or A6. I like ToF, but it can't be help that even with 4.0, feels dry. sad.

[@Drropz]

Same

[@currentlyvibing9916]

Ima be a changli gamer hopefully, need a fusion mdps and I mean…..look at her, those damn eyes are gorgeous along with the rest of her

[@Ace-08]

Holy crap this is amazing, how are you not a bigger channel?!!! U definitely deserve it! 😭🙏

[@Maygi]

waaaa thank u !!! glad u liked it :3 ill keep doing my best~

[@Deyui]

Great guide! I really like the action timeline on the left when you were talking about the rotations that helped a ton! Also major props on creating the DPS calc, you can tell you put a lot of effort into it! ʚ(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ ｡)ɞ

[@Maygi]

thank you !! im glad you liked the action timeline, it took me hours to figure out how i wanted to design it haha :3

[@corenight6276]

Thanks Maygi, the slowdown was awesome to see the rotation!

[@snaperino4751]

I’m new here but man the infographic, in-game image and the edit are insane! My favorite is definitely the skill timeline of the rotation. Looking forward to other guide!

[@KroniiIrys]

I'm in deep down in the hole when I watched this vid. LOL. Please make more wuwa calculations, I've been looking for this type of guide. I'm in tears of joy. This video or channel needs more recognition.

[@SwiftShadow]

Loved your content for ToF and GBF Relink, so it's so awesome to see you doing stuff for Wuthering Waves as well!!! All of the information + the way you're able to showcase it so clearly is always extremely helpful. Can't wait to see what else you do with this game as long as you keep playing! Thank you for the great guides

[@nyenz]

Followed you after seeing your text guide on Reddit. The gifs and video to see examples of the animation cancelling and optimal skill rotations (especially with the 0.5x) were super helpful for me! You have a new subscriber :)

[@jeremyngo7606]

I appreciate the time, dedication, and effort you put into a deep dive into encore. What makes you stand out to me is including your calculations compared to other videos covering characters. Thanks!

[@MauMautz]

Discovered you today and you are already my favorite wuthering waves creator. I hope you bless us wirh more videos like that. Thank you for that godlike guide!

[@lowkeyv1961]

Such a great, useful video, really detailed and well explained! ❤

[@twelvematic]

Amazing guide. Thank you !

[@shubnee-chan5661]

I don't think I can weave in the super sweaty opener you do in real combat but the silver lining is I learned the optimal Verina swap rotation, Thanks for the guide!

[@gustavosantiago1543]

Im sure its possible to do the verina part + sanhua's skill. Not sure if the jump cancel plus heavy would be humanly possible in that time gap with the default keybindings.

[@kitsuneprincess4637]

Love this! Insane level of detail, slowing down rotation videos to break them down, action timeline on the left, beautiful spreadsheeting, fantastic transitions, and a cute pink gremlin explaining it all! This video has everything!

[@grimblegrumble1337]

super informative, thanks for crunching the numbers 😀

[@existentialcrisis5397]

This is a great video, thank you so much!

[@AlejandroBravo0]

Holy shit did this pink gremlin just perform the full support rotation during Encore's skill and swap back to finish it??? Insane keyboard smashing wtf I just found this channel but I have to subscribe (Also super in-depth guide with cute and funny stuff, and really good quality)

[@AlejandroBravo0]

I know it's not the full support rotation, let me exaggerate

[@julianruben420]

finaly seeing u again after tof great to see you

[@zy01]

Awesome guide! Looking forward to other guides in the future!

[@k-ram9]

I really like the editing in this one. Keep up the good work, I hope your chanel blows up wth this game

[@MsNyara]

Amazing work and very inspiring! ♥

[@Maygi]

aww thank u nyara !! im glad u liked it !

[@johnpaulada5111]

Those rotations are insane!!

[@DoubleJimmy]

Very high quality gremlin content. Subbed.

[@Maygi]

glad you like it :3

[@mikeshmike8170]

Incredible, I never thought I'd be given a comprehensive encore guide by encore herself. What a day

[@yannisslamaliss614]

damn the editing is fire 👌

[@renanin3082]

As someone mainly playing genshin then starrail it was really interesting to see your stuff out of the blue. This is really helpful when learning Encore.

[@SusPyro1]

this is one of the best guides i see in a long time new sub here.

[@mariomarroquin8441]

nice maygi did encore guide as 1st video, as a encore main i like it

[@pharalis]

Thank you sweetie! 💚 It helped me a lot

[@Maygi]

waaaa thanku pharalis !! im glad it helped !

[@kirkalmeida]

Maygi!!! I've missed you since I quit TOF but I can't understand your guides if I don't play the game, I'm glad I have a reason to watch you again, the best thing about TOF was the content creators, you and Gateoo are wasted on it.

[@kilgoretrout3904]

looking forward to more WuWa vids from you Maygi!! missed this channel since I quit ToF

[@Lyfja21]

Holy moly, here we go!

[@azuremoon4754]

Your io guide really clutched out good to see you helping me with another ranged loli👍

[@jonathasvieira6414]

Incredible. I wish I could find a guide as detailed as this one for Danjin

[@xelasneko]

Giving you a like, comment & subscribe just for making the guide. Holy, it's even timestamped for easy reference.

[@CLnnyi]

Holy... 13:22 how you can fit TWO character rotations between Encores skill starting and ending baffles me. So i was only doing half of was optimal so far, and i was quite fond of myself until I saw this xD Most detailed and well crafted rotation guide I've come across so far. Liked+Subed!

[@ehmed-anims]

hi, i;ve watched this video a few times now ( don't have encore but i havent gotten my beginner pull 80 pity thing yet ) i just want to say. I really appreciate content like this with the visuals, infographics and script. I know guides dont necessarily need these add-ons to be good guides but i really really appreciate the effort you put into this guide and the theorycrafting and information behind it. The model and your particular format is a great way to set yourself apart from other creators and i instantly subbed after this video. Please do keep making content ^^

[@Maygi]

waaa im glad you like it !! i really try my best so im happy it shows ^^

[@kurotsuki12]

I just discoverd your channel, is like finding a hidden gem, really good video, now i need to practice that rotation, looks amazing but hard to master.

[@Maygi]

glad u like the content !! and yeah the rotation definitely feels a bit impossible at first (i was thinking "hmm this feels like its not practical at all" as i was trying it initially), but with enough practice, it comes very consistent and second nature !

[@jimray3]

wow great guide! I can't believe I've been using the wrong rotation on encore all this time...

[@geovanenunes5738]

YES!!! THE PINK MATH FAIRY IS HERE FOR WUWA 🥺💖 I hope you keep doing wuwa content and I hope you also enjoy the game as well, love the awasome work

[@jamiekb9v]

I will take notes!

[@mr.parker8014]

I was not expecting such a cute little gremlin to teach me about numbers, have silly animations, and showcase swapping skills that I literally didn't know were possible Not bad

[@lisitchkajojo]

Thank you Maygi ❤️🩷

[@jokerx.2834]

We can optimize the inferno rider even more. For inferno rider, as long as the third attack is pressed (Q), we can immediately switch to another person, the third attack will be continue until the whole animation is complete. Also the 4 cost birds from charging set is OP, you can switch immediately after press Q. I feel like this game is very hard to do the damage calculation just for one character. for me, 70% of my battle time has two characters doing different things at same time, and different team setup also require different combos. 😂

[@user-rp7ub8qz8y]

Underrated

[@aul7643]

really surprised with the quality of the video! really appreciate the slowmo and the "notations" for the rotations! like + sub + comment + w

[@kohlrabe1709]

God, what a great video. And I'm in awe about how bad I seem to be :'D

[@BAM.33]

Love seeing Miyagi make wuwa content. I just built Encore the other day she's so fun

[@carljoseph6185]

I’m glad to see the magical math fairy is now covering WuWa.😄

[@rattatooi]

oh this is helpful, I should have checked out guides when I first started playing her. I use Taoqi instead of Sanhua on my game and it's for reasons that have 0 things to do with optimization. Prolly not the best, but it is fun ^_^ maybe someday down the road I can get a third pink haired (preferably healer) and have team pink. Pink gremlins unite!

[@DigiDawg2]

math fairy can stop her math magic~ good to see our video pop up again :) hope all is well.

[@kylecarey4189]

Wahooo, Maygi guide!

[@araarashinigami]

God bless cute and funny theorycrafters. T_T

[@EcchiOtakuTM]

Dang even my theorycraft pipeline didn't pick Lingyang. Oh well glad you're enjoying the game. I'll use my shunned full ice team as far as I can lol.

[@drchocolatetv]

I didn't play much tof but I subbed hoping one day you would be covering stuff that would help me in the future, I won the bet

[@phantomberzerk9486]

Highest quality math creator in yt

[@jasonlamuda3238]

Tips or recommendation to use encore in burst team with havoc MC? Or not recommended?

[@yehtetlin8793]

Ohh.. Pink girl explaining how to deal with another pink girl. Thanks anyway. Wuwa is pretty fun to play.

[@jamesharbingerofchaos4676]

10/10 encore gaming

[@armyrz940]

zamn our calculator angel doin depth analysis for WuWa

[@nneo665]

the new video animations are cute

[@Maygi]

thanku !! i worked hard on them :3

[@asugarfilledsandwich6746]

Oh, Maygi playing WuWa + Encore.

[@randomoofkingstuff2174]

jesus so damm sweat love it.

[@ixirion]

hey, I hope you do other guides too :)

[@disappointmant5887]

This is insane 💀

[@Yeewieer]

DEYM WTF as an mobile player seeing that swap cancel rotation already shaking my hand , probably I need 1-2 weeks playing encore to master this insanity 💀

[@Hmm-kj3fj]

[@THEM0J0MAN]

Always been a great content creator but i didnt play ToF very long at all

[@TsuneAi]

i hope u could make a taoqi guide one day, i mean, she isn't a gremlin but is pink 👀, and since she scales with defense, i think it would be interesting to see some theory crafting about her

[@bambooex]

This is way too sweaty. Will still try to master it tho😂

[@dokibroki6355]

Managed to get a 93 crit rate and 201% crit dmg 43311 set with the yinlin weapon for la encore. One of the 3 costs doesn't have crit dmg so it can be further improved. Plus the yinlin weapon can get 7% more crit rate so I will literally have perfect 100% crit rate when I can level up her weapon.

[@iitz_aaron]

Your voice is so cute

[@doommaker4000]

I know there are guides already, but can we get one on Clacharo or Rover?

[@idshunter4982]

So, a chance for more Wuthering Waves numbers? Still here from the ToF times, never ended the sub

[@Fuwah]

3d chibi is very destructive. Not fair

[@valkyrieregalia]

The issue with the three 4 basic atk combo in ult mode is that you need to be frame perfect. In practice, you may need to dodge or move which costs frames which makes you miss out on the buffed version of the charged forte attack. The three skill variant is less frame intensive which means you can potentially dodge an enemy attack or such and still fit everything in.

[@Maygi]

There's actually quite a bit of leeway if you cancel the auto chains as early as possible! If you ever have to dodge something it starts you at the 3rd part of the combo as well~ the important thing is to just prioritize more basic attacks over the skill, only using the skill for the sole purpose of animation cancelling (if you have to dodge / move, so be it, continue basic attacking and hold skill for when you need) - but this could vary depending on your setup (if you're using Stringmaster, you'll want to skill as needed to maintain the buff)

[@valkyrieregalia]

@@Maygi Just from my own experience I often can't fit in the full three combos without missing out on the enhanced forte skill hit. When the enemy is like weakness broke, it's a lot easier, but mid combat, it's always been very iffy for me. And yes, I do sometimes use String Master on her, it just depends if I Yinlin is in the party or not, but I pretty much always use Yinlin. With her in party I use an S2 Augment since it has crit rate on it. In a party like this, I swap a lot between the two since both have a number of long animation attacks. I'll do swap backs to throw in echos and such too. But, I'll try to squeeze in more basics if you're confident it's practical even if I've found inconsistencies with it so far. I just cringe if I miss out on the enhanced forte. > w

[@leo-um3pj]

YIPPEEE!!!

[@leo-um3pj]

this is so silly yayayayaya

[@agralis8130]

Great video! but u should consider putting 'guide' in the title, so that more ppl will find it when explicitly looking for guides in the search bar.

[@Maygi]

thank u !! and that's a good idea, i snuck it into the title just now :3

[@CornBanana]

Ur voice reminds me of BMO from advent time so kawaiii

[@SoupTurtle16]

the warm up rotation is actually insane, it so hard to get down, and it completely negates the animation to the point that the vines don't even spawn, but the damage is still dealt.

[@KahlevN]

I wouldn’t say her midair attack has NO use. It’s her only way to parry outside of her ulty, though of course you can always dodge to get the faster basic rotation, or swap out to a melee character almost as easily. But it’s not COMPLETELY useless.

[@haileysummers8846]

hi hi! I love your guides :D I was wondering what do you think of encore with changli? I've heard they synergize well as a quickswap team and changli's outro buffs fusion dmg and resonance liberation dmg will the resonance liberation dmg be good for encore?

[@Maygi]

Glad you like the guides !! Resonance Liberation damage will be extremely mid for encore, but the Fusion damage amplify will be nice! I haven't crunched Changli's numbers yet, but I'll be doing plenty of cooking when she rolls around though, so look forward to that... !

[@haileysummers8846]

@@Maygi definitely looking forward to it!!

[@Carlos-qg2me]

We got Maygi playing WuWa before GTA VI

[@ixirion]

about 1:2 ratio that you mentioned since Wuwa shows CD as 100+ CD then in fact 1:2 ratio is for example 50 %CR on 200 % CD then 70% CR on 240 % CD until 100% CR on 300 %^CD if my math is correct ofc

[@kapaaaau]

Just a question, can't we animation cancel the inferno rider's last attack by switching to someone else first then going back to Encore? or will she not get the inferno rider's buff once you switched out? edit: ok nvm, i read your handbook. lol (not cancellable) it says. I love your work Maygi, thank you

[@Maygi]

Oh! You actually can swap as the last hit starts and still get the buff, though the use cases for this are very limited because the cooldown mostly lines up with your burst rotation, meaning you use it right before going into Rave... where you should have Sanhua buff, and swapping off to do something else would mean dropping that buff. However, there are some use cases where you can swap off for a brief moment. I forgot to update that in the guide, but I'll update it now :3

[@kapaaaau]

​@@Maygi I didn't know Sanhua's buff will wear off if the swapped in char proceeds to swap out. That's good to know, thank you!

[@Nyaaatt]

how do you get sanhua to actually proc the heavy in the opener after the jump cancel? even though i let go when the marker is in the blue area she just finishes her plunge attack and doesnt actually go

[@Maygi]

if you plunge, the rotation is dead unfortunately as inputs get buffered for after the plunge goes off !! to avoid the plunge, you have to tap sanhua's skill AS you swap, which for some reason makes it execute fairly consistently from the ground even coming from verina's jump attack~

[@Nyaaatt]

@@Maygi Sorry, I don't mean a plunge right off the swap but rather off the jump cancel - in your clip at 12:51 your sanhua seems to plunge and then immediately heavy attack after, however mine seems like she only plunges and the heavy attack doesn't come out. Im wondering if its a difference in time of when you start charging the heavy? is there a tell for when you should start holding down attack?

[@Ophanim1000]

More wuwa videos please.

[@tempeztx]

holy math

[@nanachi659]

my video omg

[@patrickadona8396]

Would you be also providing something like this when replacing Sanhua with Yinlin once she comes out?

[@Maygi]

I'll consider it ! I wasn't planning on pulling her but I could probably find someone who could help test some things and I could add it to the calculator and run some numbers, because I am also curious how she performs as a sub-DPS as opposed to Sanhua as a buffer...

[@DavidTorpid]

Her rotation is so busy XD I'll stick to using americanfu with Aalto.

[@Jugement]

Jesus. And here was i wondering if it was possible to fit in both Sanhua Skill and HA Detonate while quickswapping Encore's E, just to see you fit a dozen actions in the window 🤯 Amazing guide, subbed Also, i was wondering, do you think its worth to quickswap her Forte HA outside of rampage mode during downtime ? Thanks !

[@Maygi]

Haha, glad you liked the guide :3 it was fun to figure out just how much could be packed into that E window! As for using her Forte outside of rave, I've thought about it before, but there's not really a time where it ever comes into play - you'll only get your Forte charged back up right as you go into Inferno Rider to prepare for the next burst, and if you're going to swap, it'd probably be better value to swap out of Inferno Rider 3rd hit to finish whatever unfinished business you have on your other chars (just... don't swap out if you procced Sanhua outro already!)

[@Jugement]

@@Maygi Makes much sense, got it, thank you !

[@marcohcristobal7637]

yeeey wuwa vid

[@Darkmenon]

Yo wtf. Do you have a rotation for old people ?

[@sleepun]

something to note is that Verina atk buff doesnt apply if you do a mid air attack instead of heavy, probably a bug but i hope they fix it.

[@Maygi]

That doesn't seem to be the case. I just double checked with 5-piece echo set unequipped and can confirm the midair attack still procs the attack buff from her Inherent skill ~

[@sleepun]

@@Maygi oh weird, i just went and tested it again today, and it gave the atk buff. I swear it didnt proc the atk before a few days ago. They probably fixed it or I was doing something wrong. my bad

[@lorenssangil9017]

Nice guide. Can I ask if Baizhi fits in too? Coz Verina is always taken in any teams

[@Maygi]

Baizhi can replace the Verina slot as she fills a similar role!

[@lorenssangil9017]

@Maygi I see. But I mean in the rotations?

[@halflight8811]

Nerd Magical girls dont exist, they can't hurt you:

[@kimchijam]

coolio