Wuthering Waves Chisa Build Guide
Havoc 
Broadblade 
"Just an ordinary student."
Calmly, she introduces herself, a faint iridescent shimmer flickering in her eyes. Again, the structures of the world reveal themselves in her vision. Narrowing her eyes, she singles out the very thread that tugs at life itself.
Chisa Ascension Materials
Chisa Talent Level-Up Materials
Best Echo Sets for Chisa
This set combo is highly recommended on Chisa, as it fits her kit perfectly. The new set gives extra ATK and Res. Liberation DMG, both being easily triggered due to her Havoc Bane application. Havoc Eclipse gives extra Havoc DMG for better personal damage, although you can replace it with Midnight Veil or even Lingering Tunes due to having a similar effect.
The 5-pc Rejuvenating Glow is viable for Chisa, as it boosts her supportive capabilities significantly by providing a team-wide ATK buff when she heals her allies. This is recommended if you're going for a more healer build on her rather than a sub-DPS hybrid unit.
This combo balances her own damage and healing capabilities, making it ideal for a more support-oriented build. Her heals become more potent with Rejuvenating Glow's 2-pc bonus, benefitting her team a lot if you're running her as the primary sustain unit.
Chisa's Best Primary Echo
Reminiscence: Threnodian - Leviathan
・The best Echo for Chisa to use due to its Havoc Bane-focused effects.
・Provides Chisa with a passive 12% Havoc DMG Bonus and 12% Resonance Liberation DMG Bonus.
・Deals additional DoT via Core of Collapse that hits harder against Havoc Bane-inflicted enemies.
・Deals multiple instances of Havoc DMG.
・Summon-type Echo, so combos aren't affected.
Fallacy of No Return
・Ideal for Healer Chisa due to its supportive buffs.
・Provides Chisa with 10% bonus Energy Regen.
・Gives a team-wide 10% bonus ATK buff.
・Attacks scale off max HP and can be held for multiple hits, considered Spectro DMG.
・Summon-type Echo, so it doesn't affect combos.
Nightmare: Crownless
・Alternative for Chisa if you don't have the Threnodian Echo.
・She doesn't benefit much from its effects other than having more Havoc DMG, although this is automatically received upon equipping the Echo.
・Transform-type Echo, so the extra damage will affect combos.
Best Stats for Chisa Echoes
Best Substats for Chisa Echoes
Best Weapons for Chisa
Kumokiri
Wildfire Mark
Lustrous Razor
Autumntrace
Waning Redshift
Helios Cleaver
Meditations on Mercy
Best Tips & Tricks for Chisa
Best Teams for Chisa
Glacio Chafe Team
Start with Chisa and do one Resonance Skill followed by a Basic Attack string. Then, cast Resonance Liberation to max out her Forte., Next, cast Resonance Skill followed by holding the attack button until Chisa's Forte is depleted. You may then switch out to Lynae via Outro., As Lynae, quickly press Resonance Skill to fill Forte gauge. Then, press Resonance Liberation and hold Heavy Attack until her secondary Forte is full. Afterwards, let go and wait for the attack to connect., Afterwards, jump three times followed by a mid-air attack. Once Concerto is full, switch to Hiyuki., With Hiyuki, hold Heavy Attack to fill her Forte and wait until the attack string is completed., Once Resonance Liberation is available, cast it to enter the Foreclaimed Self state., In this form, build up Hiyuki's Forte gauge by performing 5 Basic Attacks. Then, press Resonance Skill., After the first Resonance Skill, hold the second Resonance Skill cast to immediately enter the Iai stance, then do three instances of Basic Attack - Iai., Lastly, perform a Heavy Attack and follow it up with Hiyuki's Resonance Liberation. Then, switch back to Chisa via Outro., Repeat until no enemies are left on the field.
Aero Erosion Team
Let Chisa enter the field and initiate with Resonance Skill. Then, do her Basic Attack string up to Death Snip and follow up with Thread Withdrawn. Afterwards, cast her Liberation to fill her Forte bar., With her Forte full, enter Chainsaw Mode with her Resonance Skill. During this time, hold her attack button to perform her full Sawring combo. Chisa will finish with her Sawring - Eradication, which you can then switch to the next Resonator., Have Ciaccona enter the field to immediately generate 1 Musical Essence and inflict 1 Erosion stack on enemies. Follow this up with 2 Basic Attacks to generate one more Musical Essence and let her do a Solo Concert., Do her optimal combos until her Forte is full, then cast a Heavy Attack to group enemies together. Lastly, cast her Resonance Liberation and switch to Cartethyia via Outro. Make sure Ciaccona is applying Aero Erosion with her Liberation., Once Cartethyia enters the field, she will generate 2 Erosion stacks and the Sword of Discord with her Intro. Follow this up with 3 Basic Attacks to apply more Erosion stacks and summon Sword of Divinity., Next, cast Resonance Skill to apply more Erosion stacks and summon Sword of Virtue. Once the three swords are available, do a mid-air attack to recall them., Cast Liberation to transform into Fleurdelys and immediately follow up with her Resonance Skill to group enemies together. Then, do three Mid-air attacks and recast her Resonance Skill to deal more damage., After this, do a Heavy Attack and two Basic Attacks to bring enemies into the air. Lastly, cast her Liberation to deal great Aero DMG in a straight line., Once she de-transforms, you can switch back to Chisa to repeat the rotation.
Fusion Burst Team
Start off with Chisa and cast her Resonance Skill followed by 4 Basic Attacks. Then, cast Resonance Liberation to reach Max Forte., Next, cast Resonance Skill and hold the attack button after to consume all of her Forte gauge. Once depleted and Concerto is full, switch to Denia via Outro., Once Denia enters the field via Intro, press one Basic Attack followed by a Resonance Skill to fill her Forte gauge. Then, cast Resonance Liberation to enter the Breakdown Form., In Breakdown Form, perform one Basic Attack String and immediately follow it up with two casts of her Empowered Resonance Skill., Afterwards, press Resonance Liberation and switch out to Aemeath via Outro., As Aemeath enters via Intro, perform three Basic Attacks followed by her Resonance Liberation., Then, do four Basic Attacks and a Resonance Skill afterwards. Repeat this twice until there are four diamonds in her Forte gauge., Next, hold Basic Attack and press Resonance Skill once it's glowing to perform Aemeath's nuke skill. Lastly, switch out to Chisa once Outro is available., Repeat until all enemies are defeated.
Spectro Frazzle Team (Phoebe)
Start combat with Chisa and build up her Forte with her Resonance Skill and Basic Attacks. Once her Forte reaches around 60 points, cast her Liberation to deal good damage, enhance her Sawring attacks, and fill her Forte bar., With her Forte full, cast her enhanced Resonance Skill to enter Chainsaw Mode. Then, hold her attack button to perform her full Sawring attack string and end her rotation., Once the Concerto Gauge is maxed out, switch over to Rover (Spectro). Use Rover's optimal combos to apply Spectro Frazzle in the process. Finish up by swapping to Phoebe when her icon starts to glow., Open with Phoebe's Resonance Skill and Echo Skill to set herself up. Then, enter Absolution mode by holding down the Normal Attack input. Afterwards, unleash Phoebe's Resonance Liberation if it's available., In Absolution mode, chain together Phoebe's Basic Attacks to upgrade and use her Heavy Attack: Starflash until she's out of Forte Gauge., Take note of the decaying Frazzle stacks on the enemy to make sure that there is still a stack every time Phoebe does her combo. If there are no stacks, quick-swap to Rover and use their skill to top up the Frazzle stacks., Switch back to Chisa once her Intro is available. Repeat until all enemies are defeated.
Spectro Frazzle Team (Zani)
Begin combat with Zani and build up her Redundant Energy via her Basic Attacks. This will help her succeed in rotations later on., Have Chisa enter the field and build her Forte bar with her Basic Attacks. Once she performs Death Snip, cast her Liberation to deal good damage, enhance her Sawring attacks, and fill her Forte bar., With her Forte full, cast her enhanced Resonance Skill to enter Chainsaw Mode. Then, hold her attack button to perform her full Sawring attack string and end her rotation., Switch to Phoebe and enter Confession Mode to stack Spectro Frazzle stacks. Her ideal combo is to perform two Heavy Attacks and her Resonance Liberation. Once Concerto is full, switch to Zani., Have Zani enter via her Intro Skill to get a Spectro DMG Bonus. Then, with her Redundant Energy full, cast her transformed Resonance Skill to enter Sunburst Mode and gain 20% Spectro Frazzle DMG amplification., Next, cast Resonance Liberation enter her Inferno Mode., In Inferno Mode, do two sets of Heavy Slash combos to deplete her Blaze stacks. Each Blaze stack increases her DMG multipliers., Once her Blaze stacks are depleted, you will be primed to use her second Liberation. Cast it to deal big damage against enemies., Repeat until all enemies are defeated.
Sub-DPS Team
Start with Shorekeeper and go through her optimal combos to generate Resonance and Concerto energy. Once available, deploy Stellarealm via her Liberation and exit with Outro., Switch to Chisa and have her cast three Basic Attacks immediately after her Intro Skill. Then, cast Resonance Liberation to fill her Forte gauge to max., Once Chisa's Forte is full, use Resonance Skill to change her kit into her Sawring attacks. You may hold the Resonance Skill to group enemies together., With Sawring active, simply hold Chisa's Heavy Attack until all attacks are consumed. You may then switch out to Hiyuki via Outro., After Hiyuki enters via Intro, hold Heavy Attack until her bow attack string ends., Then, press Resonance Liberation to enter the Foreclaimed Self state. In this state, do five Basic Attacks, followed by pressing the first Resonance Skill., Next, hold Hiyuki's second Resonance Skill to instantly enter the Iai Stance. You can follow this up with three instances of Basic Attack - Iai., With Hiyuki's Forte gauge glowing, do a Heavy Attack followed by Resonance Liberation. You can hold Hiyuki's Liberation cast to save or consume her Snowforged Blade stacks., As Hiyuki's Concerto is full, switch back to Shorekeeper via Outro to detonate Stellarealm., Repeat until all enemies are defeated.
Chisa Skills
Reign of Silence
Perform up to 2 consecutive attacks, dealing Havoc DMG.
Press Normal Attack shortly after casting Basic Attack Stage 2 to cast Rending Lunge.
Deal Havoc DMG.
Press Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill on the ground to cast Death Snip.
Use Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill in mid-air to cast Hanging Finality.
Open the scissors, dealing Havoc DMG. After a while, the scissors snip, dealing Havoc DMG and restoring HP for all nearby Resonators in the team.
Use Normal Attack during this skill to deal additional Havoc DMG. Use Normal Attack again to immediately snip the target.
The skill DMG is considered Resonance Liberation DMG.
Press Normal Attack shortly after casting Death Snip to cast Thread Withdrawn.
Deal Havoc DMG.
Can trigger successful Dodges within a certain time after being cast.
Leap into the air and consume STA to attack the target, dealing Havoc DMG.
This skill cannot be cast while in Chainsaw Mode.
Perform the following actions within a certain time after casting this skill to cast Hanging Finality:
- Press Normal Attack;
- Cast Lifethread - Glide and press Normal Attack before landing.
Hold Normal Attack before landing after casting Heavy Attack to cast Heavy Attack - Severed Facet.
Consume STA to perform Plunging Attack, dealing Havoc DMG.
While not in Chainsaw Mode, press Normal Attack within a certain time after casting Mid-air Attack to cast Basic Attack Stage 2.
Deal Havoc DMG.
Use Normal Attack within a certain time after casting Heavy Attack - Severed Facet to cast Hanging Finality.
If interrupted, Heavy Attack - Severed Facet can be cast again by holding Normal Attack before landing. This effect can be triggered once only before landing.
Consume STA to perform Plunging Attack, dealing Havoc DMG.
Press Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill on the ground to cast Death Snip.
Press Normal Attack right after a successful Dodge to attack the target, dealing Havoc DMG.
Press Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill to cast Rending Lunge.
Hold Dodge after a successful Dodge on the ground to cast Dodge Counter - Eye of Unraveling: Retraction to attack and Stagnate the target, dealing Havoc DMG.
- While not in Chainsaw Mode, after casting this skill, Press Normal Attack on the ground or use Normal Attack in mid-air to cast Rending Lunge. This effect is removed when Chisa enters Chainsaw Mode.
- While in Chainsaw Mode, press Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill to cast Sawring - Blitz Stage 3.
Fractured Composition
Stagnate and deal Havoc DMG.
- While not in Chainsaw Mode, after casting this skill, press Normal Attack on the ground or use Normal Attack in mid-air to cast Rending Lunge. This effect is removed when Chisa enters Chainsaw Mode.
- While in Chainsaw Mode and on the ground, press Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill to cast Sawring - Blitz Stage 2.
Can be cast in mid-air.
While on the ground and
Stagnate targets, and deal Havoc DMG and pull in nearby targets.
Casting this skill sends Chisa into Chainsaw Mode and replaces Resonance Skill with Eye of Unraveling.
Press Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill to cast Sawring - Blitz Stage 2.
Hold Resonance Skill while casting this skill to continuously attack and pull in nearby targets. Release the Resonance Skill button in the duration or keep holding it for a certain period of time to cast Sawring - Blitz Stage 1.
Moment of Nihility
Deal Havoc DMG and recover HP for all nearby Resonators in the team.
Casting this skill sends Chisa into
While not in Chainsaw Mode, press Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill to cast Basic Attack Stage 2.
Can be cast in mid-air close to the ground.
The DMG Multipliers of Sawring - Blitz, Chainsaw Mode - Dodge Counter, and Sawring - Eradication are increased by 120%.
The bonus DMG Multiplier for Sawring - Eradication granted by Sawring- Blitz and Chainsaw Mode - Dodge Counter when
Casting Sawring - Eradication ends Woven Myriad - Convergence.
Inescapable Fate
When a Resonator in the team defeats a target marked by
All Ends Here
Casting Intro Skill Reverberance - Return or Resonance Liberation Moment of Nihility grants 20% Havoc DMG Bonus and 20% Healing Bonus for 12s.
When Resonators in the team with
While in Sight of Unraveling, Chisa inflicts
Reverberance - Return
Attack the target, dealing Havoc DMG.
While not in Chainsaw Mode, press Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill to cast Basic Attack Stage 2.
While in Chainsaw Mode, use Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill to cast Sawring - Blitz Stage 2.
Sight of Unraveling - Oblivion
Chisa inflicts Unseen Snare on the target for 30s in the following 4 ways:
- Hitting a target with Resonance Skill.
- Hitting a target within a certain period of time after casting Serrated Loop.
- Hitting a target with Dodge Counter - Eye of Unraveling: Retraction.
- Locking on to a target.
When targets marked by Unseen Snare take direct damage from Resonators, Chisa inflicts
When dealing damage to targets affected by
While in Chainsaw Mode, Chisa unlocks Sawring - Blitz, Sawring - Eradication, Chainsaw Mode - Dodge Counter.
Sawring - Blitz and Chainsaw Mode - Dodge Counter consume
Sawring - Blitz chains up to 3 consecutive attacks, dealing Havoc DMG.
Press Normal Attack to start the combo from Sawring - Blitz Stage 1. Hold Normal Attack to start from Sawring - Blitz Stage 2.
Hold Normal Attack while casting Sawring - Blitz Stage 2 to continuously attack the target. Sawring - Blitz Stage 2 is automatically followed by Sawring - Blitz Stage 3.
While casting Sawring - Blitz Stage 2, release the Normal Attack button or Dodge without directional input to automatically cast Sawring - Blitz Stage 2: Discordance, dealing Havoc DMG. Shortly after casting Sawring - Blitz Stage 2: Discordance, successful Dodges can be triggered.
Press Normal Attack shortly after casting Sawring - Blitz Stage 2: Discordance to cast Sawring - Blitz Stage 3.
While casting Sawring - Blitz Stage 3, hold Normal Attack to continuously attack the target. Sawring - Blitz Stage 3 is automatically followed by Sawring - Eradication.
Release Normal Attack during Sawring - Blitz Stage 3 to automatically cast Sawring - Blitz Stage 3: Falltone, dealing Havoc DMG.
Sawring - Blitz DMG is considered Resonance Liberation DMG.
While in Chainsaw Mode, press Normal Attack following a successful Dodge to cast Chainsaw Mode - Dodge Counter, dealing Havoc DMG.
Press Normal Attack following Chainsaw Mode - Dodge Counter to cast Sawring - Blitz Stage 3.
Hold Normal Attack while casting Chainsaw Mode - Dodge Counter to sustain the attack. When Chainsaw Mode - Dodge Counter ends, cast Sawring - Blitz Stage 3 automatically.
Release the Normal Attack button or Dodge without directional input while casting Chainsaw Mode - Dodge Counter to cast Sawring - Blitz Stage 2: Discordance automatically.
Chainsaw Mode - Dodge Counter deals Resonance Liberation DMG.
While in Chainsaw Mode, Chisa casts Sawring - Eradication in the following 2 ways:
- Press Normal Attack after casting Sawring - Blitz Stage 3: Falltone.
- Press Normal Attack after consuming all
Attacking targets with Sawring - Eradication deals Havoc DMG and grants Shields to all nearby Resonators in the team for 30s.
The skill DMG is considered Resonance Liberation DMG.
Every 1 point of
Casting this skill consumes all
While in Chainsaw Mode,
Chainsaw Fever is at 100% by default.
When Chisa goes on for a period without dealing any damage, Chainsaw Fever will rapidly deplete. Once it reaches 0, Chisa enters the Burnout State and exits Chainsaw Mode.
While in Chainsaw Mode, Chisa resets Chainsaw Fever when dealing damage or when casting Resonance Liberation Moment of Nihility, Intro Skill Reverberance - Return and Sawring - Blitz Stage 3: Falltone.
While in the Burnout State,
When in Burnout State, Chisa exits the state upon dealing damage, or casting Resonance Liberation Moment of Nihility and Intro Skill Reverberance - Return.
When Chisa is not in Chainsaw Mode and has more than 10 points of
- Press Dodge in mid-air before landing after casting Heavy Attack.
- While in mid-air, press Dodge before landing after casting Resonance Skill Eye of Unraveling or Rending Lunge.
- Dodge forward shortly after casting Thread Withdrawn.
- Press Dodge before landing when launched into mid-air.
- Press Dodge before landing after casting Lifethread - Glide.
Casting this skill can pull in nearby enemies marked by
During the skill, hold Dodge to glide a short distance on the weapon.
Can trigger successful Dodges within a certain time after casting this skill.
Chisa can hold up to 100 points of Ring of Chainsaw.
Hitting a target with Normal Attack and Resonance Skill Eye of Unraveling grants Ring of Chainsaw.
Casting Resonance Liberation Moment of Nihility grants 40 points of Ring of Chainsaw.
Casting Intro Skill Reverberance - Return grants 20 points of Ring of Chainsaw.
Chisa can hold up to 100 points of Lifethread - Jetstream.
Chisa continuously obtains Lifethread - Jetstream over time.
Chisa obtains 100 points of Lifethread - Jetstream upon defeating a target.
Exiting Chainsaw Mode resets Lifethread - Jetstream to the max limit.
Chisa cannot obtain Lifethread - Jetstream passively for a short period of time after casting Lifethread - Glide.
Unraveling - Law Zero
Grant Resonant Thread of Closure to all nearby Resonators in the team for 20s.
While in Resonant Thread of Closure:
- When an attack hits, increase the max stacks of
- Inflicting
Tune Break: Broadblade
When the target's Off-Tune Level is full, the Resonator may cast
Chisa Resonance Chain
Wandering Through the Desolate Corridors
Chisa is immune to interruption during Sawring - Blitz, Sawring - Eradication, and Chainsaw Mode - Dodge Counter
Inflicting
- Chisa's ATK is increased by 30% for 15s.
- Deal fixed 61803 points of Havoc DMG. The target's HP can be reduced to 61.80% at most and each target can take this damage only once. This instance of damage is considered Basic Attack DMG that does not bear any effect from damage bonuses.
Into the Web of Endless Bonds
Ignore 10% of the target's Havoc RES when dealing damage.
Nearby Resonators in the team with
Across the Confusion of the Long Night
The DMG Multipliers of Sawring - Blitz, Chainsaw Mode - Dodge Counter and Sawring - Eradication are increased by 120%. This effect is mutually stackable with that of Woven Myriad - Convergence.
The bonus DMG Multiplier for Sawring - Eradication granted by Sawring- Blitz and Chainsaw Mode - Dodge Counter when
The Vibration Strength Reduction Rate of Sawring - Blitz, Chainsaw Mode - Dodge Counter and Sawring - Eradication is increased by 50%.
Severing the Endless Cycle of Tragic Fate
The effect of
When targets marked by
Thousands of Lights to Guide the Way Home
Resonance Liberation Moment of Nihility gains 100% DMG Bonus.
Lifethread - Glide costs 50% less
Thus, Hope is Rekindled with the Rising Dawn
When Chisa takes a fatal blow during Sawring - Blitz, Sawring - Eradication, and Chainsaw Mode - Dodge Counter, she will remain standing with at least 1 HP.
- Unseen Snare - Finality has all the effects of Unseen Snare.
- Targets affected by Unseen Snare - Finality takes 30% Amplified DMG from Negative Statuses.
- Targets affected by Unseen Snare - Finality takes 40% increased DMG from Chisa.
Chisa Skill Inputs
Eye of Unraveling - Retraction: Keep holding Dodge after a successful Dodge.
While in Scissors Mode, attack to gain Forte Gauge Ring of Chainsaw. When Ring of Chainsaw is full, Chisa can cast an enhanced Resonance Skill and enter Chainsaw Mode.
While in Chainsaw Mode, attacks consume Forte Gauge Ring of Chainsaw to significantly increase Sawring - Eradication's DMG Multiplier.
After casting Resonance Liberation, the DMG Multiplier of Chainsaw Mode Skills is significantly increased.
While in Scissors Mode, Chisa can consume Forte Gauge Lifethread - Jetstream to perform mid-air Special Dodge when casing specific skills.
While in Chainsaw Mode, Forte Gauge Lifethread - Jetstream is replaced with Forte Gauge Chainsaw Fever.
When Chisa stops attacking for a while, Chainsaw Fever gradually depletes, but hitting enemies during this time resets it.
When Chainsaw Fever drops to 0, Chisa exits Chainsaw Mode and enters the Burnout State, during which Forte Gauge Ring of Chainsaw continues to deplete.
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until landing, then press .Hold
to jump, then press Dodge before landing.While in mid-air, press
, then Dodge before landing.When launched into mid-air, press Dodge before landing.
Dodge forward after casting Thread Withdrawn.
or +++.Chisa Skins
Chisa Special Food
Lemon-Scented Sukiyaki
Increases Echo drop rate by 22%, lasting for 30m. Only effective on your own Resonators in Co-op Mode