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Changli

Wuthering Waves Changli Build Guide

Element: Fusion type Fusion
Weapon Type: Sword type Sword
Birth: June 6th
Birthplace: Huanglong
Affiliation: Jinzhou
Combat Roles: Main Damage Dealer tagResonance Skill DMG tagFusion DMG Amplification tagResonance Liberation DMG Amplification tag

Changli is a counselor serving the Jinzhou Magistrate, and former Secretary-General in the capital.
Shrouded in flames, she's fated to burn brightly until her final embers.
With her fiery determination and strategic mindset, she rises to power, always thinking ahead to reach her ultimate goal.

Changli Ascension Materials

Shell Credit
170000
Crude Ring
4
Basic Ring
12
Improved Ring
12
Tailored Ring
4
Rage Tacet Core
46
Pavo Plum
60

Changli Talent Level-Up Materials

Shell Credit
Crude Ring
Basic Ring
Improved Ring
Tailored Ring
Sentinel's Dagger
Inert Metallic Drip
Reactive Metallic Drip
Polarized Metallic Drip
Heterized Metallic Drip

Best Echo Sets for Changli

Molten Rift
5pc
Molten Rift

The 5-pc Molten Rift set straight up increases Changli's Fusion DMG. The damage increases even more after using a Resonance Skill - a perfect fit for Changli because Resonance Skill usage is part of her overall kit.

Moonlit Clouds
5pc
Moonlit Clouds

Changli has the option to use Moonlit Clouds when she fills in the Sub-DPS role in some teams. This, however, is rarely recommended over Molten Rift as you would still want to have Changli on a team for her damage rather than for the buffs she provides.

Molten Rift
2pc
Molten Rift
Lingering Tunes
2pc
Lingering Tunes

A great early game mixed set for Changli. We suggest to target a 5-pc Molten Rift in the future, but this would still work in the early game.

Changli's Best Primary Echo

Nightmare: Inferno Rider

Nightmare: Inferno Rider

Passively increases Changli's Fusion DMG and Resonance Skill DMG. Best Echo to be used in her Main Slot, as it is less clunky to use than Inferno Rider.

Inferno Rider

Inferno Rider

The best early game option for Changli, especially when players cannot access Rinascita yet. Provides more damage than Nightmare: Inferno Rider. The downside to using this is that Echo Skill must be included in rotations for Changli to get the buff.

Impermanence Heron

Impermanence Heron

Impermanence Heron is Changli's best option when she is running Moonlit Clouds for a more supportive Sub-DPS role. Increases the damage dealt by the next Resonator.

Best Stats for Changli Echoes

4 Cost: CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG
3 Cost: Fusion DMG
1 Cost: ATK%

Best Substats for Changli Echoes

1
CRIT Rate
2
CRIT DMG
3
Energy Regen %
4
Res. Skill DMG Bonus
5
ATK%
6
Flat ATK

Best Weapons for Changli

Best Tips & Tricks for Changli

We recommend going for at least <b>120% Energy Regen</b> to more comfortably use her Resonance Liberation on demand to boost her ATK with Flaming Sacrifice.
You can opt to replace one of the Cost 3 Echoes with Energy Regen if you're having trouble getting this number but if possible, only try to get this stat from substat rolls.
Changli is a Main-DPS and Sub-DPS hybrid with flexible placements. She deals Fusion DMG and can buff another DPS via her Outro Skill.

Best Teams for Changli

High Synergy Mono Fusion Team

Changli works best in a Mono Fusion team with Brant and Lupa, as their skills provide buffs to one another, with each member dealing good DPS per instance they are on-field. Their Outro Skills complement each other. * We start off with Lupa's Outro boosting Brant's Basic Attack DMG. * Then, Brant's Outro buffs Changli's Resonance Skill DMG. * Lastly, Changli closes the loop to increase Lupa's Resonance Liberation DMG with her Outro. With Brant providing sustain and damage, and Lupa's abundant Fusion-centric buffs, this team has a high ceiling for damage with their ability to be quick-swapped with each other in battle.

1. Initiate with Lupa and do her optimal combos. Cast her Liberation as soon as possible to activate Pack Hunt and Glory, and follow it up with Foebreaker., 2. Generate Wolflame and convert them into Wolfaith using Heavy Attacks. Once full, perform her enhanced Resonance Skill and switch out to Brant once her Concerto Energy is full., 3. Having Brant on-field, do his optimal rotations and activate Liberation immediately. This will also have Lupa do a Coordinated Attack with Set the Arena Ablaze., 4. Quickly build Bravo stacks and cast Returned from Ashes when available. Then, switch to Changli once his Concerto energy is full. This will also enhance Lupa's Pack Hunt effects., 5. With Changli's Intro Skill, you will immediately gain one Forte stack. Continue building her Forte stacks to 4 via her Resonance Skill and Basic Attacks. Then, activate her enhanced Heavy Attack., 6. Cast her Resonance Liberation to do a second enhanced Heavy Attack and switch out to Lupa once Changli's Outro is available. This will amplify Lupa's Fusion DMG and Resonance Liberation DMG by 10s., 7. Lastly, Lupa will perform an enhanced Intro Skill that will deal good damage to enemies., 8. From here, you can repeat the previous steps until all enemies are defeated in combat.

Changli Tune Break Mono Fusion Team

Changli has a secondary Mono Fusion team to consider with Lupa and Mornye. Compared to her team with Brant, this instead focuses on utilizing Mornye's general DMG buffs alongside faster Tune Breaks. Meanwhile, Lupa's max buffs continue to be applicable with three Fusion Resonators. The only downside to this team is the lack of damage that Brant previously provides, so you'll mostly focus on Changli being a hypercarry. Her relatively low DMG output makes this less ideal but is still viable, as compared to her premium Mono Fusion team.

1. Start combat with Mornye by filling her Rest Mass Energy with three Basic Attacks. Then, do a Heavy Attack to enter Wide Field Observation Mode., 2. In this state, perform three Basic Attacks followed by her Resonance Skill. During its animation, you can cancel its endlag with your Liberation, generating High Syntony Field upon casting., 3. Once her High Syntony Field is deployed, quickly cast a Heavy Attack and switch to Lupa afterwards via Outro., 4. After Lupa enters the field, cast two instances of her Resonance Skill followed by her Resonance Liberation., 5. Then, use her empowered attack, Foebreaker, followed by mid-air attacks to fill her Forte., 6. With her Wolflame Forte full, convert these into Wolfaith with her Mid-air and Heavy Attacks. Then, use her enhanced Resonance Skill and switch out to Changli once Outro is available., 7. With Changli's Intro Skill, you will immediately gain one Forte stack. Continue building her Forte stacks to 4 via her Resonance Skill and Basic Attacks. Then, activate her enhanced Heavy Attack., 8. Cast her Resonance Liberation to do a second enhanced Heavy Attack and switch out to Mornye once Changli's Outro is available., 9. From here, you can repeat the previous steps until all enemies are defeated in combat.

Changli Fusion Double DPS Team

This is an extremely versatile team that highlights how complementary Changli's and Brant's kits are; being able to provide team-wide buffs, while leveraging on both Resonator's Intro and Outro Skills. Shorekeeper, on the other hand, provides team-wide sustain, and her own buffs to further increase the team's DMG output.

1. Open with Shorekeeper, and use her Basic Attacks and Resonance Skill to generate Flare Star and Dim Star Butterflies. Aim to use her Resonance Liberation as soon as possible, before swapping out., 2. Swap Brant in, and gain enough Resonance Liberation energy but do not cast it yet, during this swap. The main aim of Brant's first swap is to fill his Liberation gauge, and also obtain max Bravo points to cast Returned From Ashes., 3. Once the Concerto Energy is already full, swap out to Changli to cast her Intro Skill and immediately gain a stack of Forte. Execute Changli's optimal combos to get 4 stacks of Forte in order to activate her enhanced Heavy Attack. Do this until her Resonance Liberation is ready to use., 4. After casting Changli's Resonance Liberation, use her enhanced Heavy Attack. At this point, the Concerto Energy should be fully charged again. Ideally, switch to Brant to boost his Fusion DMG and Resonance Liberation DMG., 5. Once Brant is on-field, quickly cast his Resonance Liberation, and do his quad-stage Mid-Air combos. End his Aflame state by casting Returned From Ashes., 6. Swapping to Shorekeeper with maximum Concerto Energy will cause her Intro Skill to detonate the Stellarealm. Repeat the steps until the enemy is felled.

Changli General DPS Team

With Changli as the team's Main DPS, your goal is to use her Resonance Liberation as much as possible since it instantly provides 4 stacks of her Forte, allowing her to immediately use her enhanced Heavy Attack. With this, Zhezhi should be the team's Sub-DPS since she can buff Changli's enhanced Heavy Attack because it scales off Resonance Skill DMG. As an added bonus, Zhezhi can also do some Coordinated Attacks. Shorekeeper is the ideal support for this team. Not only will her healing keep the team alive, her Stellarealm and her Outro Skill can also provide great damage buffs for Changli.

1. Open the fight with Shorekeeper to start charging her Resonance Liberation and Concerto Energy. Use her Resonance Liberation as soon as it is available., 2. Once the Concerto Energy is fully charged, switch into Zhezhi to cast her Intro Skill, upgrading the Stellarealm to its second stage and enhancing its buffs., 3. Use Zhezhi's optimal combo to summon 3 Phantasmic Imprints, and continue the combo to charge her own Resonance Liberation and fill up Concerto Energy again., 4. Activate Zhezhi's Resonance Liberation, then swap to Changli with full Concerto Energy to receive both Zhezhi's Outro Skill and one stack for her Forte Gauge from Changli's Intro Skill., 5. Rotate through Changli's combos on-field, maxing out her Forte Gauge and using her Enhanced Heavy Attacks and Resonance Liberation whenever possible., 6. Charge Concerto Energy to max while doing damage with Changli, then swap to the Shorekeeper when it is full to detonate the Stellarealm for a burst of damage. Repeat the steps until the enemy is felled.

Changli Tune Break Team

Changli is viable in a Tune Break setup with Lynae and Mornye together, as both of these units significantly amplify All-Type DMG usable on any general DPS.

1. Start with Mornye and do three Basic Attacks to fill her Forte. Then, cast her Heavy Attack to enter Wide Field Observation Mode., 2. In the air, do three Basic Attacks followed by her Resonance Skill. During the Resonance Skill's animation, cancel its endlag with her Liberation, generating High Syntony Field in the process., 3. Once High Syntony Field is deployed, cast her enhanced Heavy Attack and switch to Lynae via Outro Skill., 4. As Lynae enters the field via Intro, immediately cast her Resonance Skill to gain max Overflow., 5. Then, use Liberation to generate a team-wide DMG buff followed by her Basic Attack immediately after., 6. With Overflow full, hold her Heavy Attack until her Lumiflow Forte gauge reaches max stacks. Then, let go to deal damage and enter Kaleidoscopic Parade., 7. In this state, do three jumps for her Polychrome Leaps, which will generate three True Color stacks., 8. With three stacks, do a plunging attack to deal big damage, then switch out to Changli., 9. With Changli's Intro, you will immediately gain one Forte stack. Continue building her Forte stacks to 4 via her Resonance Skill and Basic Attacks. Then, cast her enhanced Heavy Attack., 10. Next, cast her Resonance Liberation for a second enhanced Heavy Attack before switching to Mornye., 11. Repeat until no enemies are left on-field.

Changli Free-To-Play (F2P) Double DPS Team

If you do not have Encore or Brant, Chixia is your next best option as the other Main DPS. Similar to the premium Double DPS team above, the team boosts both Chixia and Changli's damage through Baizhi's abilities When Changli is on the field, aim to charge her Forte as quickly as possible so Chixia can swap in to deal damage!

1. Baizhi starts the battle and charges the Concerto Energy using her optimal combos., 2. Once the Concerto Energy is already full, use Baizhi's Resonance Skill to drop Euphonia before swapping out to Changli. When Changli is on the field, do not forget to pick up the Euphonia to boost her ATK., 3. Changli immediately gains 1 stack of her Forte due to her Intro Skill. Then, execute Changli's optimal combos to get 4 stacks of Forte in order to activate her enhanced Heavy Attack. Do this until her Resonance Liberation is ready to use., 4. After casting Changli's Resonance Liberation, use her enhanced Heavy Attack. Swap out to Chixia, if the Concerto Energy is full. Changli's Outro Skill will boost Chixia's Fusion DMG and Resonance Liberation DMG., 5. Repeat the steps until the enemy is felled.

Changli General Dual DPS Teams

There is some viability with Changli in general dual DPS teams outside the Fusion attribute. She pairs well with characters that have similar long animations, making quickswapping viable during these periods for a more balanced out DPS share between two damage dealers. This is highly challenging, however, and there isn't a specific rotation to this, as you mostly want to animation cancel their movesets to prevent DPS loss.

Quickswap playstyle with animation cancelling. There is no specific rotation; adapt to team composition.

Changli Skills

Blazing Enlightment

Blazing Enlightment

Basic Attack
Perform up to 4 consecutive attacks, dealing Fusion DMG.
After releasing Basic Attack 4, enter True Sight, lasting for 12s.

Mid-air Attack
Consume Stamina to perform up to 4 consecutive attacks in mid-air, dealing Fusion DMG.
After releasing Mid-air Attack 4, enter True Sight, lasting for 12s.

Heavy Attack
Hold Basic Attack on the ground to perform an upward strike at the cost of Stamina, dealing Fusion DMG. Use Basic Attack within a certain time to release Mid-Air Attack 3.

Mid-air Heavy Attack
Shortly after holding Basic Attack in mid-air or using Basic Attack True Sight: Charge, use Basic Attack to perform a plunging attack at the cost of Stamina, dealing Fusion DMG. Use Basic Attack within a certain time to release Basic Attack 3.

Dodge Counter
Use Basic Attack after a successful Dodge to attack the target, dealing Fusion DMG.

Tripartite Flames

Tripartite Flames

True Sight: Capture
After releasing Resonance Skill, Changli dashes towards the enemy and enters True Sight, lasting for 12s. In the end, she releases a plunging attack, dealing Fusion DMG.
True Sight: Capture has 2 initial charges and holds up to 2 charges at maximum. The number of charges is replenished by 1 every 12s.
Can be cast in mid-air.

Basic Attack: True Sight - Conquest
When in True Sight, if Changli uses Ground Basic Attack, she releases True Sight: Conquest, dashing towards the enemy and dealing Fusion DMG, considered as Resonance Skill DMG. After releasing True Sight: Conquest, True Sight ends.

Basic Attack: True Sight - Charge
When in True Sight, if Changli jumps or uses Basic Attack in mid-air, she releases True Sight: Charge, dashing towards the enemy and dealing Fusion DMG, considered as Resonance Skill DMG. After releasing True Sight: Charge, True Sight ends.

Radiance of Fealty

Radiance of Fealty

Deal Fusion DMG to nearby targets, obtaining 4 stacks of Enflamement, and entering Fiery Feather.
Can be cast in mid-air.

Fiery Feather
When Changli releases Heavy Attack Flaming Sacrifice within 10s, her ATK is increased by 25%, after which Fiery Feather ends.

Secret Strategist

Secret Strategist

When casting Basic Attack: True Sight - Conquest or Basic Attack: True Sight - Charge, each stack of Enflamement will increase Fusion DMG Bonus by 5%.

Sweeping Force

Sweeping Force

Casting Heavy Attack Flaming Sacrifice or Resonance Liberation Radiance of Fealty gives 20% Fusion DMG Bonus and ignores 15% of the target's DEF when dealing damage.

Obedience of Rules

Obedience of Rules

Changli appears in mid-air, attacks the target, and enters True Sight, lasting for 12s.

Flaming Sacrifice

Flaming Sacrifice

Heavy Attack: Flaming Sacrifice
When releasing Heavy Attack, if Changli carries 4 stacks of Enflamement, she consumes all stacks of Enflamement to cast Flaming Sacrifice, dealing Fusion DMG, considered as Resonance Skill DMG.
While casting Flaming Sacrifice, Changli takes 40% less DMG.

Enflamement
Changli can hold up to 4 stacks of Enflamement.
Changli obtains 1 stack of Enflamement for every Basic Attack: True Sight - Conquest on hit.
Changli obtains 1 stack of Enflamement for every Basic Attack: True Sight - Charge on hit.
Changli obtains 4 stacks of Enflamement for every Resonance Liberation Radiance of Fealty.

Strategy of Duality

Strategy of Duality

The incoming Resonator has their Fusion DMG Amplified by 20% and Resonance Liberation DMG Amplified by 25% for 10s or until the Resonator is switched out.

Tune Break: Sword

Tune Break: Sword

When the target's Off-Tune Level is full, the Resonator may cast Tune Break on the target.

Changli Resonance Chain

Hidden Thoughts

Hidden Thoughts

Resonance Skill Tripartite Flames and Heavy Attack Flaming Sacrifice increase Changli's DMG dealt by 10% and resistance to interruption.

Pursuit of Desires

Pursuit of Desires

Enflamement increases Changli's Crit. Rate by 25% for 8s.

Learned Secrets

Learned Secrets

Resonance Liberation Radiance of Fealty DMG is increased by 80%.

Polished Words

Polished Words

After Intro Skill is cast, all team members' ATK is increased by 20% for 30s.

Sacrificed Gains

Sacrificed Gains

Heavy Attack Flaming Sacrifice's Multiplier is increased by 50% and its DMG dealt is increased by 50%.

Realized Plans

Realized Plans

Resonance Skill Tripartite Flames, Heavy Attack Flaming Sacrifice, and Resonance Liberation Radiance of Fealty ignore an additional 40% of the target's DEF when dealing damage.

Changli Skill Inputs

Changli restores Forte Gauge when she jumps or hits a target with Basic Attacks while in True Sight, or casts the Resonance Liberation.

When Forte Gauge is full, hold Basic Attack to cast enhanced Heavy Attack.

Heavy Attack - Flaming Sacrifice: Hold LeftMouseButton while on the ground when Forte Gauge is at 4 stacks.
Basic Attack: True Sight - Conquest: When in True Sight, use LeftMouseButton while on the ground.
Basic Attack: True Sight - Charge: While in True Sight, use LeftMouseButton after using Jump or while in mid-air.

Changli Skins

Changli Special Food

Blazing Feather Spicy Meat

Blazing Feather Spicy Meat

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Increases Energy Regen of all Resonators in the team by 24%, lasting for 30m. Only effective on your own Resonators in Co-op Mode.