Shorekeeper is a versatile support unit that grants Crit buffs to any ally within her Resonance Liberation's field, while also continuously healing them. Shorekeeper has further utility, such as damage amplification, knockdown recovery, and K.O. prevention.

Brant is a Fusion character who can provide team-wide buffs and sustain, without the expense of his personal damage, as he can convert ER to Attack. While he's best paired with Changli, F2P teams that focus on Basic Attacks and Resonance Skills would still want Brant.

Ciaccona is an Aero character that provides excellent buffing and debuffing capabilities to team members and enemies, respectively. As a unit she is able to apply multiple instances of Aero Erosion and Spectro Frazzle throughout her kit.

Cartethyia is so far the best Aero DPS character in the game. She is able to deal insane amounts of damage and can apply Aero Erosion herself even without a dedicated applicator.

Phrolova is a Havoc DPS that scales off Resonance Skill and Echo Skill DMG, a pretty niche combination that only works with a handful of other characters.

Augusta is a top-tier Electro DPS character that dishes out extremely high Heavy Attack DMG with her Heavy Attack and Resonance Skill combos.

Iuno is an exceptional Aero Sub-DPS character capable of doing pretty much everything: amplifies Heavy Attack DMG, heals HP & regenerates stamina, and deal non-negligible personal damage on top of all that.

Mornye is a strong healer support unit, performing similarly to Shorekeeper with the amount of utility, buffs, and sustain she provides to the entire team.

Sigrika is a hypercarry unit that particularly plays well into the Echo Skill DMG archetype. She requires some investment due to the lack of supports and weapons that focus on this DMG type, but the payoff is worth it.

Aemeath is a meta-defining DPS character with her being the premier damage dealer for two different team comps. She is applicable in either Tune Rupture or Fusion Burst compositions based on her active Resonance Mode.

Verina provides both healing and buffs for your entire party using her entire kit. She also periodically does coordinated attacks that deal Spectro DMG while healing the currently active character.

Jiyan is a great DPS units that can deal amazing single-target and AoE damage to take on any enemy in the game. His Ultimate can group smaller enemies which is also a means for crowd control.

Jinhsi is a great Spectro Main-DPS character that deals a huge amount of burst damage with her Skill and Resonance Liberation.

Galbrena is a strong Fusion DPS with a few caveats to her as a playable character. Her kit has a split scaling between Echo Skill DMG and Heavy Attack DMG.

Qiuyuan is the premier Echo Skill DMG buffer that takes up only a few seconds for his rotation to pass on his buffs to the next Resonator. His combos are extremely straight-forward and deals okay damage as a sub-DPS.

Lynae is a very strong sub-DPS unit, able to fit into a lot of teams thanks to her general buffs provided, namely both All DMG Bonus and Amplification via Liberation and Outro.

Luuk Herssen is a general standard Spectro DPS unit that exemplifies the Tune Strain mechanic.

Biling is a great 4-star support healer that applies Electro Flare onto enemies.

Phoebe is a hybrid Spectro DPS unit capable of dishing great Spectro DMG, as long as the enemy is affected by Spectro Frazzle.

Cantarella is a Havoc character that provides a lot to different teams, and is a premium character for Mono Havoc Teams.

Zani is the best Spectro DPS available in the game today, utilizing Spectro Frazzle compositions to maximize her damage output.

Yangyang is the first free 4-star character that all players will get. Though she provides decent damage.

Taoqi is a Sub-DPS unit that can buff Aero DMG while holding on his own by dealing a decent amount of damage.

Youhu is a healer-support hybrid that can provide multiple buffs and effects in battle from healing to vibration strength depletion efficiency.

Lumi is a Sub-DPS unit that can provide Resonance Skill DMG Amplification via her Outro Skill.

Jianxin is a solid middle ground for being both a Main and Sub-DPS in Wuthering Waves.

Lingyang is simply getting outclassed by his standard peers in the current state of the game.

Yinlin is a great sub-DPS that provides bonuses for Liberation DMG and Electro DMG.

Rover (Spectro) is a jack of all trades, providing great Sub-DPS capabilities.

Rover (Havoc) is a great damage dealer that allows for easy activation of their Dark Surge state.

Changli is a great main-DPS unit that can deal huge amounts of Fusion damage with her fully-stacked Forte Circuit.

Xiangli Yao is a great Main DPS unit that slows down enemy movement and deals a lot of damage to enemies.

Danjin is a great DPS to have as a free-to-play player.

Sanhua is one of the best Sub-DPS in the game, providing Basic Attack DMG Deepen for 14s to the next character who takes the field.

Calcharo is an Electro Main-DPS unit that can dish out a great amount of Electro damage.

Encore is a great choice for a Fusion DPS in the game.

Mortefi has a mechanic that allows coordinated Fusion attacks to follow whenever you attack enemies.

Roccia is a great Havoc Sub-DPS unit capable of providing increases.

Biling is a great 4-star support healer that applies Electro Flare onto enemies.

Nanli is a jack of all trades, providing great Sub-DPS capabilities by executing time stop with their Outro Skill while showing glimmers of Main-DPS capabilities.