Wuthering Waves character

Hsin (Wuthering Waves)

Guide, build and skills

  • 5-star
  • Attribute Electro
  • Weapon Rectifier
  • Game data 3.7.0

Main Damage Dealer · Resonance Skill DMG · Unison · Electro Flare · Coordinated Attack

Hsin from Wuthering Waves with a Kaption Polish subtitle
Polish subtitles for Wuthering Waves are on the way.

At a glance

Hsin is a 5-star Electro damage dealer who uses a Rectifier. She builds resources in Answering Form, then changes to Illumining Form for an enhanced attack sequence and a finisher.

Her two Resonance Modes reward different teams. Unison favors teammates who can use Unison Response, while Electro Flare rewards a team that can inflict Electro Rage and Electro Flare. Her Coordinated Attacks can also hit while another Resonator is on the field.

Build

From the game data

5× Heart of Sworn Vigil

Echoes

5 pieces · Sonata Effect

  1. Heart of Sworn Vigil
    Heart of Sworn Vigil
    • 2-piece bonus: Electro DMG + 10%
    Show effect
    • 5-piece bonus: Inflicting Electro Flare on the target, obtaining Unison, or triggering Unison Response increases the Resonator's Crit. Rate by 15% and grants them 22.5% Electro DMG for 30s.

Recommended weapons

  1. Blooming Jadehaven
    Blooming Jadehaven 5-star
    Hundredfold Artifice Show effect

    Grants 12% All-Attribute DMG Bonus. After the wielder inflicts Electro Flare or triggers Unison Response, Resonance Skill DMG is Amplified by 36% and ignores 10% of the target's Electro RES. While the wielder is the active Resonator, Electro Flare DMG taken by targets within a certain range is Amplified by 30% for 30s, triggered 1 time every 0.1s. Only the strongest effect of the same name applies.

  2. Cosmic Ripples
    Cosmic Ripples 5-star
    Stormy Resolution Show effect

    Increases Energy Regen by 12.8%. When dealing Basic Attack DMG, increases Basic Attack DMG Bonus by 3.2%, stacking up to 5 time(s). This effect lasts for 8s and can be triggered 1 time(s) every 0.5s.

  3. Fusion Accretion
    Fusion Accretion 4-star
    Intergalactic Gaze Show effect

    Casting the Resonance Skill grants 6 Resonance Energy and increases ATK by 10%, lasting for 16s. This effect can be triggered once every 20s.

Alternatives

When you don't have the weapon above.

  1. Lethean Elegy
    Lethean Elegy 5-star
    Underworld Requiem Show effect

    ATK is increased by 12%. Within 12s after dealing Echo Skill DMG, gain 32% Resonance Skill DMG Bonus and 32% Echo Skill DMG Amplification, and ignore 8% of the target's DEF when dealing damage.

  2. Stringmaster
    Stringmaster 5-star
    Electric Amplification Show effect

    Grants 12% Attribute DMG Bonus. When dealing Resonance Skill DMG, increases ATK by 12%, stacking up to 2 times. This effect lasts for 5s. When the wielder is not on the field, increases their ATK by an additional 12%.

Skills

Names in English, as in the game · underlined ones open their card · Priority = level-up order

  1. Normal Attack

    Manifold BloomBasic

    Level priority 5 of 5

    Basic Attacks deal Electro DMG. In Mechanism Dominion, their hits consume Illumining Heart.

    Basic Attack Deal Electro DMG. Basic Attack - Illumining Form: Enhanced Attack While in the Mechanism Dominion state, Basic Attack is enhanced, dealing Electro DMG and consuming Illumining Heart.

    Full description

    Basic Attack - Answering Form While in Answering Form, perform up to 4 consecutive attacks, dealing Electro DMG. Heavy Attack - Answering Form While in Answering Form, consume STA to deal Electro DMG. After casting this skill, press Normal Attack within a short time to cast Basic Attack - Answering Form Stage 2. Mid-air Attack - Answering Form While in Answering Form and in mid-air, press Normal Attack to perform a Plunging Attack at the cost of STA, dealing Electro DMG. After casting this skill, press Normal Attack within a short time to cast Basic Attack - Answering Form Stage 2. Heavy Attack - Answering Form: Reign at Ease While in Answering Form and in mid-air, hold Normal Attack to cast Heavy Attack - Answering Form: Reign at Ease, continuously consuming STA and dealing Electro DMG to the target. Depleting all STA or switching to another Resonator ends the skill action early. Mid-air Attack - Answering Form: Reign at Ease When the Normal Attack button is released during Heavy Attack - Answering Form: Reign at Ease, Hsin casts Mid-air Attack - Answering Form: Reign at Ease, consuming STA to perform a Plunging Attack, transforming into the Moon Fox upon landing and dealing Electro DMG. After casting Mid-air Attack - Answering Form: Reign at Ease, press Normal Attack within a short time to cast Basic Attack - Answering Form Stage 2. Dodge Counter - Answering Form While in Answering Form, press Normal Attack within a short time after a successful Dodge to attack the target, dealing Electro DMG. After casting this skill, press Normal Attack within a short time to cast Basic Attack - Answering Form Stage 3. Basic Attack - Illumining Form While in Illumining Form and not in the Mechanism Dominion state, command Xuanfang Mechanisms to perform up to 3 consecutive attacks, dealing Electro DMG. Casting Basic Attack - Illumining Form Stage 1 generates a Modular Heartlock at the target's position. Casting Basic Attack - Illumining Form Stage 2, Heavy Attack - Illumining Form, Dodge Counter - Illumining Form, or Resonance Skill - Illumining Form causes the Modular Heartlock to collapse, dealing Electro DMG. Casting this skill consumes STA when Hsin is in mid-air. Heavy Attack - Illumining Form While in Illumining Form, consume STA to command Xuanfang Mechanisms, dealing Electro DMG. After casting this skill, press Normal Attack within a short time to cast Basic Attack - Illumining Form Stage 3. Upward Cut - Illumining Form While in Illumining Form and on the ground, press Jump to cast this skill, dealing Electro DMG. Mid-air Attack - Illumining Form While in Illumining Form and Hsin is in mid-air, Resonance Skill - Illumining Form is replaced with Mid-air Attack - Illumining Form. Consume STA to perform a Plunging Attack, dealing Electro DMG. Dodge Counter - Illumining Form While in Illumining Form, press Normal Attack within a short time after a successful Dodge to attack the target, dealing Electro DMG. After casting this skill, press Normal Attack within a short time to cast Basic Attack - Illumining Form Stage 3. Basic Attack - Illumining Form: Pillars Aligned While in Illumining Form and in the Mechanism Dominion state, command Xuanfang Mechanisms to perform up to 4 consecutive attacks, dealing Electro DMG. Dodge Counter - Illumining Form: Pillars Aligned While in Illumining Form and in the Mechanism Dominion state, press Normal Attack within a short time after a successful Dodge to attack the target, dealing Electro DMG. After casting this skill, press Normal Attack within a short time to cast Basic Attack - Illumining Form: Pillars Aligned Stage 3.

  2. Resonance Skill

    Heartward by MoonSkill

    Level priority 3 of 5

    Resonance Skill deals Electro DMG. Move on the ground after casting to become Moon Fox, which restores 6% Max HP every 3s out of combat.

    Resonance Skill - Answering Form Deal Electro DMG. Press or hold a directional key while casting this skill to turn Hsin into the Moon Fox after a short time. While out of combat, She restores a certain amount of HP every 3s. Resonance Skill - Illumining Form Deal Electro DMG.

    Full description

    Resonance Skill - Answering Form While in Answering Form, press Resonance Skill to deal Electro DMG. After casting this skill, press Normal Attack within a short time to cast Basic Attack - Answering Form Stage 4. Can be cast in mid-air. If Hsin moves while on the ground within a short time after casting this skill, she turns into the Moon Fox. - While in the Moon Fox form and out of combat, Hsin gains Dustless Tread. With Dustless Tread, Hsin can enter the target's aggro range without triggering combat. Dustless Tread is removed when Hsin enters combat, is switched out, or ends the Moon Fox form by having environmental, gameplay, or feature interactions. - While in the Moon Fox form and out of combat, Hsin restores 6% of Max HP every 3s. - Taking damage, failing to perform a Dodge with directional input while on the ground, or Dodging in mid-air will end the Moon Fox form. Switching to another Resonator or pressing Resonance Skill also ends the Moon Fox form. Press Normal Attack to cast Basic Attack - Answering Form Stage 4, which also ends the Moon Fox form. - The Dash state continuously consumes STA when Hsin is in the Moon Fox form. - Resonance Liberation is disabled when Hsin is in the Moon Fox form. Resonance Skill - Illumining Form While in Illumining Form and Hsin is on the ground, press Resonance Skill to have Hsin command a Colossal Xuanfang Mechanism, dealing Electro DMG.

  3. Forte Circuit

    Forms Turn, Heart AbidesForte

    Level priority 1 of 5

    At 100 Answering Heart, hold Normal Attack for a special Heavy Attack. At 300 Illumining Heart, use Resonance Skill on the ground to enter Mechanism Dominion.

    Forte Gauge While in Answering Form, Hsin can gain and consume Answering Heart. While in Illumining Form, Hsin can gain and consume Illumining Heart. Answering Form: Special Heavy Attack While in Answering Form, when Answering Heart is full, hold Normal Attack to cast it, dealing Electro DMG. Casting it unlocks Resonance Liberation. Illumining Form: Special Resonance Skill While in Illumining Form, when Illumining Heart is full, press Resonance Skill to cast it, dealing Electro DMG. Hsin enters the Mechanism Dominion state, and Basic Attack is enhanced, dealing Electro DMG and consuming Illumining Heart. Illumining Form: Special Heavy Attack While in Illumining Form and in the Mechanism Dominion state, when all Illumining Heart is consumed, hold Normal Attack to cast it, dealing Electro DMG. Casting it unlocks Resonance Liberation Finisher. Resonance Mode - While in Resonance Mode - Unison, Hsin can trigger Unison Response and gain Unison. - While in Resonance Mode - Electro Flare, Hsin removes all Electro Rage stacks from a target to gain Heart of Thunder. While casting Resonance Skill, Hsin consumes Heart of Thunder to deal Electro Flare DMG to targets.

    Full description

    Forms Born of Heart While in Answering Form, Hsin can gain and consume Answering Heart. While in Illumining Form, Hsin can gain and consume Illumining Heart. Heavy Attack - Answering Form: Realm Wanderer While in Answering Form, when Hsin's Answering Heart reaches 100 points, Heavy Attack - Answering Form is replaced with Heavy Attack - Answering Form: Realm Wanderer. Hold Normal Attack to cast the skill at the cost of STA and 100 points of Answering Heart. Hsin is immune to interruption during the action, and deals Electro DMG to the target, considered Resonance Skill DMG. Casting Heavy Attack - Answering Form: Realm Wanderer grants Hsin Resolution of Wishes. This Heavy Attack - Answering Form: Realm Wanderer consumes Resolution of Wishes to become Heavy Attack - Answering Form: Realm Protector, dealing greater DMG. Resolution of Wishes can only be gained once every 24s. While casting Heavy Attack - Answering Form: Realm Wanderer or Heavy Attack - Answering Form: Realm Protector, if Hsin is not in the Heart Manifest state, unlock Resonance Liberation - Formshift. Heavy Attack - Illumining Form: Beholding All Horizons While in Illumining Form, when Hsin's Illumining Heart reaches 0 during the Mechanism Dominion state, Heavy Attack - Illumining Form is replaced with Heavy Attack - Illumining Form: Beholding All Horizons. Hold Normal Attack to cast the skill at the cost of STA, dealing Electro DMG to the target, considered Resonance Skill DMG. Casting Heavy Attack - Illumining Form: Beholding All Horizons grants Hsin Law of Heaven. This Heavy Attack - Illumining Form: Beholding All Horizons consumes Law of Heaven to become Heavy Attack - Illumining Form: Stilling All Horizons, dealing greater DMG. Law of Heaven can only be gained once every 24s. Casting Heavy Attack - Illumining Form: Beholding All Horizons or Heavy Attack - Illumining Form: Stilling All Horizons ends the Mechanism Dominion state and unlocks Resonance Liberation - Pillars Across Heaven. Can be cast in mid-air. Resonance Skill - Illumining Form: Pillars Aligned While in Illumining Form, when Hsin's Illumining Heart reaches 300 points and She is on the ground, Resonance Skill is replaced with Resonance Skill - Illumining Form: Pillars Aligned. When Hsin is on the ground, press Resonance Skill to deal Electro DMG to surrounding targets. Casting Resonance Skill - Illumining Form: Pillars Aligned sends Hsin into the Mechanism Dominion state. Mechanism Dominion The Mechanism Dominion state lasts 13s. While this state is active, Basic Attack - Illumining Form is replaced with Basic Attack - Illumining Form: Pillars Aligned, and Dodge Counter - Illumining Form is replaced with Dodge Counter - Illumining Form: Pillars Aligned. When Basic Attack - Illumining Form: Pillars Aligned or Dodge Counter - Illumining Form: Pillars Aligned hits a target, Illumining Heart is consumed if Hsin is the active Resonator. Exiting Mechanism Dominion clears Illumining Heart. Resonance Mode - Unison While in Resonance Mode - Unison, Hsin gains the following effects: - Hsin can trigger Unison Response, but not in Co-op Mode. - After casting Intro Skill - Answering Form or Intro Skill - Answering Form: Manifold Unison, the next Resonance Liberation - Formshift grants Hsin Unison for 5s. - When Hsin triggers Unison Response, She gains Source Intent, and this cast of Intro Skill is replaced with Intro Skill - Manifold Unison, dealing greater DMG. When Hsin casts an Intro Skill without triggering Unison Response while holding Source Intent, She consumes Source Intent instead, and the Intro Skill is replaced with Intro Skill - Manifold Unison, dealing greater DMG. - The aforementioned effects are removed when Hsin switches Resonance Mode. - Casting Intro Skill - Illumining Form or Intro Skill - Illumining Form: Manifold Unison sends Hsin directly into the Mechanism Dominion state. Resonance Mode - Electro Flare While in Resonance Mode - Electro Flare, Hsin gains the following effects: - When Hsin enters combat, targets within a certain range do not lose Electro Flare stacks when it's triggered. - After Resonators in the team inflict Electro Rage on a target, every 1 stack of Electro Rage inflicted grants Hsin 1 stack of Heart of Thunder, stacking up to 100 times, and consumes all Electro Rage stacks from that target. Heart of Thunder is removed when Hsin switches Resonance Mode. - At the last stage of Resonance Skill - Heartward by Moon, Hsin actively triggers 1 instance of Electro Flare DMG on the targets. Its DMG Multiplier is equal to 35% x (the number of Heart of Thunder stacks on Hsin) x (the Electro Flare DMG Multiplier corresponding to the target's current Electro Flare stacks). While casting Resonance Skill - Heartward by Moon, switching to another Resonator or ending the skill early removes the above effects. Some time after casting Resonance Skill - Heartward by Moon, Hsin consumes all remaining stacks of Heart of Thunder. When Hsin has at least 50 stacks of Heart of Thunder, Resonance Skill - Illumining Form stagnates nearby targets during the action. - After casting Resonance Liberation - Formshift, inflict 5 stacks of Electro Flare on nearby targets within a certain range. It also makes Basic Attack - Illumining Form: Pillars Aligned or Dodge Counter - Illumining Form: Pillars Aligned inflict Electro Flare on hit targets, up to 5 times. Casting Resonance Liberation - Formshift again resets this count. Switching Resonance Mode removes it. Resonance Skill - Illumining Form: Pillars Aligned and Heavy Attack - Illumining Form: Stilling All Horizons inflict 5 stacks of Electro Flare on the target hit. Intro Skill - Illumining Form, Intro Skill - Answering Form, and Heavy Attack - Answering Form: Realm Protector inflict 1 stack of Electro Flare on the target hit. Unison While Hsin is in Resonance Mode - Unison with Unison, switching to another Resonator will remove Hsin's Unison to trigger Hsin's Outro Skill and the incoming Resonator's Intro Skill. If Hsin has full Concerto Energy and Unison at the same time, only Unison is consumed to trigger the effect. Unison Response While Hsin is in Resonance Mode - Unison and the active Resonator in the team has Unison, Hsin triggers Unison Response after She is switched in and casts Intro Skill, granting 1 stack of Unison Boon to all Resonators in the team for 30s. Hsin can only grant up to 1 stack of Unison Boon in this way. Unison Boon Only the Resonators who can trigger Unison Response can gain this effect. Each stack of Unison Boon increases the total DMG dealt by Resonators who can trigger Unison Response in the team by 3%, stacking up to 2 times. Answering Heart Can hold up to 100 points of Answering Heart. While in Answering Form, when Normal Attack - Answering Form, Resonance Skill - Answering Form, Intro Skill - Answering Form, or Intro Skill - Answering Form: Manifold Unison hits a target, Hsin gains Answering Heart if She is the active Resonator. Casting Intro Skill - Answering Form or Intro Skill - Answering Form: Manifold Unison grants 60 points of Answering Heart. Illumining Heart Can hold up to 300 points of Illumining Heart. While in Illumining Form and not in the Mechanism Dominion state, when Normal Attack - Illumining Form, Resonance Skill - Illumining Form, or Intro Skill - Illumining Form hits a target, Hsin gains Illumining Heart if She is the active Resonator. - While in Resonance Mode - Unison, casting Intro Skill - Illumining Form or Intro Skill - Illumining Form: Manifold Unison directly sends Hsin into the Mechanism Dominion state and grants 300 points of Illumining Heart. - While in Resonance Mode - Electro Flare, after casting Resonance Liberation - Formshift, when the Modular Heartlock generated by Basic Attack - Illumining Form Stage 1 is collapsed by Basic Attack - Illumining Form Stage 2, Heavy Attack - Illumining Form, Dodge Counter - Illumining Form, or Resonance Skill - Illumining Form, additionally gain 150 points of Illumining Heart if Hsin is the active Resonator in Illumining Form but not in the Mechanism Dominion state. This effect can only be triggered once before the next cast of Resonance Liberation - Formshift resets it, and is disabled when switched to the other Resonance Mode.

  4. Resonance Liberation

    Nexus AlightLiberation

    Level priority 2 of 5

    Resonance Liberation changes Hsin's form and grants Edict for Coordinated Attacks. The finisher deals Electro DMG and returns her to Answering Form.

    Resonance Liberation Enter Illumining Form, unlocking a new set of combat abilities. Resonance Liberation Finisher Deal massive Electro DMG and return Hsin to Answering Form. Coordinated Attack After Resonance Liberation is cast, Hsin performs Coordinated Attacks, dealing Electro DMG.

    Full description

    Formshift Casting Heavy Attack - Answering Form: Realm Wanderer or Heavy Attack - Answering Form: Realm Protector unlocks Formshift. Cast Formshift to unfurl the Manifold Sanctum. Hsin switches to Illumining Form, unlocking a new set of combat abilities, and enters the Heart Manifest state. Can be cast in mid-air close to the ground. While in Illumining Form, engaging in quest dialogue, performing an environmental interaction with an animation, or using a Utility switches Hsin back to Answering Form to perform the corresponding action. While in Illumining Form, Hsin can walk on the surface of water, and will continuously consume STA in deep water areas. In Walking Mode, Hsin in Illumining Form can step off a cliff into the air and walk slowly in mid-air, continuously consuming STA in this state. Hsin cannot restore STA while in Illumining Form and in mid-air. Pillars Across Heaven After casting Heavy Attack - Illumining Form: Beholding All Horizons or Heavy Attack - Illumining Form: Stilling All Horizons, when in Illumining Form with full Resonance Energy, Pillars Across Heaven becomes available. Cast Pillars Across Heaven to bring the Manifold Sanctum crashing down, dealing Electro DMG to the target, considered Resonance Skill DMG. Can be cast in mid-air close to the ground. Hsin returns to Answering Form and exits the Heart Manifest state. Edict Casting Formshift grants Hsin 21 stacks of Edict for 45s. The effect cannot exceed 21 stacks and all stacks are removed when the duration ends. After a Resonator on the field deals DMG, Hsin automatically consumes Edict in the following 3s to trigger the following effect up to once per second. Retriggering the effect resets the duration: - When Edict is consumed, summon a Soaring Pillar from the Manifold Sanctum as a Coordinated Attack to strike the target once, dealing Electro DMG. - Edict can be automatically consumed up to 1 stack per second. - Damage dealt by Soaring Pillar does not trigger this effect. - When Hsin is knocked out, all Edict stacks are removed. Heart Manifest Increases Hsin's resistance to interruption for 45s. Entering the Heart Manifest state resets Hsin's Illumining Form. While in the Heart Manifest state and in Illumining Form, if Pillars Across Heaven is locked, press Resonance Liberation to have Hsin cast Invoked Form: Answering. While in Answering Form, press Resonance Liberation to have Hsin cast Invoked Form: Illumining. Besides, if Hsin is still in Illumining Form after exiting Heart Manifest, and Pillars Across Heaven is locked, press Resonance Liberation to have Hsin cast Invoked Form: Answering. Invoked Form: Answering Hsin temporarily reverts to Answering Form. When this skill is cast, if Hsin is on the ground, She casts Basic Attack - Answering Form Stage 2; if She is in mid-air, She casts Mid-air Attack - Answering Form. Invoked Form: Illumining Hsin turns back into Illumining Form. When this skill is cast, if Hsin is on the ground, She casts Upward Cut - Illumining Form; if She is in mid-air, She casts Mid-air Attack - Illumining Form.

  5. Intro Skill

    Glance on a WhimIntro

    Level priority 4 of 5

    Intro Skill deals Electro DMG. In Unison mode, triggering Unison Response enhances this Intro Skill and the next.

    Intro Skill Deal Electro DMG. Enhanced Intro Skill While in Resonance Mode - Unison, each time the Unison Response is triggered, this Intro Skill and the next become Enhanced Intro Skill, dealing greater Electro DMG.

    Full description

    Intro Skill - Answering Form This skill becomes available while in Answering Form. Attack the target, dealing Electro DMG. After casting this skill, press Normal Attack within a short time to cast Basic Attack - Answering Form Stage 3 (when in Resonance Mode - Unison) or Basic Attack - Answering Form Stage 4 (when in Resonance Mode - Electro Flare). Intro Skill - Answering Form: Manifold Unison This skill becomes available while in Answering Form. Attack the target, dealing greater Electro DMG, considered Resonance Skill DMG. After casting this skill, press Normal Attack within a short time to cast Basic Attack - Answering Form Stage 3. Intro Skill - Illumining Form This skill becomes available while in Illumining Form. Attack the target, dealing Electro DMG. Intro Skill - Illumining Form: Manifold Unison This skill becomes available while in Illumining Form. Attack the target, dealing greater Electro DMG, considered Resonance Skill DMG.

  6. Outro Skill

    Herself a Thousand LanternsOutro

    Outro consumes Nightglow: others gain 20% All DMG Amplification for 30s when gaining Unison, or 20% Electro DMG Amplification for 20s in Electro Flare mode.

    Deal Electro DMG. After Resonance Liberation Finisher is cast, casting this skill triggers various effects depending on the Resonance Mode: - While in Resonance Mode - Unison, Resonators in the team other than Hsin gain All DMG Amplification when they gain Unison. - While in Resonance Mode - Electro Flare, Resonators in the team other than Hsin gain Electro DMG Amplification.

    Full description

    Attack the target, dealing Electro DMG equal to 100% of Hsin's ATK. Hsin gains Nightglow upon entering combat or casting Resonance Liberation - Pillars Across Heaven. When Hsin casts Outro Skill, Nightglow is consumed to trigger various effects depending on the Resonance Mode She is in: - While in Resonance Mode - Unison, Resonators in the team other than Hsin gain Shared Light when they gain Unison. After Hsin casts Outro Skill, Resonators with Shared Light gain 20% All DMG Amplification for 30s. - While in Resonance Mode - Electro Flare, Resonators in the team other than Hsin gain 20% Electro DMG Amplification for 20s. The above effects end early when Hsin switches Resonance Mode.

  7. Tune Break

    Tune Break: Rectifier

    Tune Break is available when the target's Off-Tune Level is full.

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

Passives

  1. Inherent Skill

    Tides of SuccessionPassive

    An enhanced Intro grants 50% ATK for 8s in Unison mode. In Electro Flare mode, team members inflicting Electro Flare grant up to 50% Electro DMG Bonus.

    While in Resonance Mode - Unison, Hsin's ATK is increased for a certain time after casting Enhanced Intro Skill. While in Resonance Mode - Electro Flare, after Resonators in the team inflict Electro Flare, Hsin deals more Electro DMG. Each Resonator can trigger this effect only once. In addition, if Rover: Electro is in the same team and casts Intro Skill, Hsin and Rover: Electro deal more Electro DMG.

    Full description

    While in Resonance Mode - Unison, when Hsin casts Intro Skill - Answering Form: Manifold Unison or Intro Skill - Illumining Form: Manifold Unison, Her ATK is increased by 50% for 8s. Switching to another Resonator or Resonance Mode ends this effect. While in Resonance Mode - Electro Flare, after Resonators in the team inflict Electro Flare, Hsin gains 25% Electro DMG Bonus, stacking up to 2 times. Each Resonator can trigger this effect only once. In addition, if Rover: Electro is in the same team, when Rover: Electro casts Intro Skill - Thunderous Fury, both Hsin and Rover: Electro gain 20% Electro DMG Bonus for 30s. This effect resets when a Resonator is added to the team or when Hsin switches Resonance Mode.

  2. Inherent Skill

    Gleaning Simple JoysPassive

    Unison mode raises the Unison Boon stack limit. In Electro Flare mode, 10 Thunderglow lets Heart Manifest apply up to 16 Electro Flare stacks nearby.

    While in Resonance Mode - Unison, Unison Boon stacks on Resonators in the team are increased. While in Resonance Mode - Electro Flare, for a certain time after Hsin casts Resonance Liberation, She inflicts Electro Flare on targets within a certain range to the stack limit.

    Full description

    While in Resonance Mode - Unison, the maximum stacks of the Unison Boon effect on Resonators in the team are increased by 1. When a Resonator in the team triggers Unison Response, all Resonators in the team gain 1 stack of Unison Boon for 30s. This effect does not stack. While in Resonance Mode - Electro Flare and Hsin is not in the Heart Manifest state, after Resonators in the team other than Hsin inflict Electro Flare on a target, every 1 stack of Electro Flare inflicted grants Hisn 1 stack of Thunderglow, stacking up to 10 times. While Hsin is in the Heart Manifest state, when targets within a certain range have 0 stacks of Electro Flare, inflict 1 stack of Electro Flare on the targets. If Thunderglow on Hsin reaches the stack limit, Hsin also inflicts Fleeting Thunder on the targets: - When Hsin inflicts Fleeting Thunder on the target, She also inflicts Electro Flare on the target to the stack limit, up to 16 stacks of Electro Flare. - When Fleeting Thunder is active, if the maximum stacks of Electro Flare on the target is increased, Hsin will inflict Electro Flare on the target to the stack limit again, up to 16 stacks of Electro Flare. - Fleeting Thunder will be removed when the target leaves the designated range around Hsin. Exiting the Heart Manifest state or switching Resonance Mode removes the aforementioned effects.

Resonance Chain

  1. S1

    A Boat to Cross the Rising Tide

    Casting Resonance Liberation - Formshift grants Hsin 2 stacks of Radiance Ward, stacking up to 2 times. Switching to Answering Form clears all stacks. When Hsin takes DMG from an enemy target's attack, 1 stack of Radiance Ward can be consumed to make Her immune to interruption and reduce DMG taken by 60% for 1s. This effect can be triggered once every 1s. While in Resonance Mode - Unison: The DMG Multipliers of Intro Skill - Answering Form: Manifold Unison and Intro Skill - Illumining Form: Manifold Unison are increased by 15%, and each stack of Unison Boon additionally increases the DMG Multipliers of Intro Skill - Answering Form: Manifold Unison and Intro Skill - Illumining Form: Manifold Unison by 10%, up to a total of 4 stacks. While in Resonance Mode - Electro Flare: When Hsin enters combat, if Heart of Thunder is below 50 stacks, it is increased to 50 stacks, triggered once every 12s. The DMG Multiplier of the Electro Flare DMG triggered by Resonance Skill - Heartward by Moon is increased to 42% x (the number of Heart of Thunder stacks on Hsin) x (the Electro Flare DMG Multiplier corresponding to the target's current Electro Flare stacks).

  2. S2

    To Wake Is to Wonder What I Am

    Worth it

    The DMG Multipliers of Heavy Attack - Answering Form: Realm Wanderer and Heavy Attack - Answering Form: Realm Protector are increased by 60%. The DMG Multipliers of Heavy Attack - Illumining Form: Beholding All Horizons and Heavy Attack - Illumining Form: Stilling All Horizons are increased by 60%. When Hsin enters combat, reset the Cooldowns for Hsin to gain Resolution of Wishes and Law of Heaven, and restore 100 additional points of Answering Heart. This effect can be triggered once every 12s.

  3. S3

    A Dream of Return Among the Hills

    Worth it

    The DMG Multiplier of Resonance Liberation - Pillars Across Heaven is increased by 70%. While in Resonance Mode - Unison: The Crit. DMG of Resonance Liberation - Pillars Across Heaven is increased by 20%, and each stack of Unison Boon additionally increases its Crit. DMG by 15%, up to a total of 4 stacks. While in Resonance Mode - Electro Flare: When the last stage of Resonance Liberation - Pillars Across Heaven hits a target inflicted with Electro Flare, it triggers 1 instance of Electro Flare DMG, with its DMG Multiplier equal to 1500% times the Electro Flare DMG Multiplier corresponding to the current Electro Flare stacks on the target.

  4. S4

    A River of Lanterns, a River of Wishes

    All Resonators in the team gain 20% All-Attribute DMG Bonus for 30s when a Resonator in the team triggers any of the following actions: - Inflict Electro Flare or Electro Rage on a target. - Gain Unison while not having the effect. - Trigger Unison Response.

  5. S5

    Forms Turn as the Heart Wills

    While in Illumining Form, DMG taken by Hsin is reduced by 20%. When Hsin takes a fatal blow, She will not be knocked out, but instead restores 100% of Max HP and becomes immune to DMG and interruption for 1s. This effect can be triggered once every 10 minutes.

  6. S6

    The Moon Owes Its Light to the Living

    Worth it

    Targets take 40% more Resonance Skill DMG from Hsin. Resonance Skill DMG dealt by Hsin ignores 20% of the target's DEF. While in Resonance Mode - Unison: The maximum stacks of the Unison Boon effect on Resonators in the team are additionally increased by 1. When a Resonator in the team triggers Unison Response, all Resonators in the team additionally gain 1 stack of Unison Boon for 30s. This effect does not stack. While in Resonance Mode - Electro Flare: While in combat, Electro Flare DMG taken by targets within a certain range around Hsin can be Critical, with Crit. Rate fixed at 80% and Crit. DMG fixed at 230%.

Materials

Ascension, to max level

  • Shell Credit Shell Credit × 170,000
  • LF Autopuppet Kernel LF Autopuppet Kernel × 4
  • MF Autopuppet Kernel MF Autopuppet Kernel × 12
  • HF Autopuppet Kernel HF Autopuppet Kernel × 12
  • FF Autopuppet Kernel FF Autopuppet Kernel × 4
  • Solidarity's Loneflame Solidarity's Loneflame × 46
  • Bloom of Hearkening Bloom of Hearkening × 60

All skills to max

  • Shell Credit Shell Credit × 2,030,000
  • LF Autopuppet Kernel LF Autopuppet Kernel × 25
  • MF Autopuppet Kernel MF Autopuppet Kernel × 28
  • HF Autopuppet Kernel HF Autopuppet Kernel × 40
  • FF Autopuppet Kernel FF Autopuppet Kernel × 57
  • Remnant of the Wheel Remnant of the Wheel × 26
  • Spliced String Spliced String × 25
  • Broken String Broken String × 28
  • Solidified String Solidified String × 55
  • Melodic String Melodic String × 67

Guide

How the kit works

Start in Answering Form and build Answering Heart with attacks and Heartward by Moon. An Intro Skill in this form grants 60 points. At 100 points, hold Normal Attack to use the special Heavy Attack from Forms Turn, Heart Abides. It deals Electro DMG counted as Resonance Skill DMG and unlocks the form-changing cast of Nexus Alight.

Cast the unlocked Liberation to enter Illumining Form and gain Edict. After an on-field Resonator deals damage, Edict can trigger a Coordinated Attack once per second. You receive 21 stacks for 45 seconds.

In Illumining Form, build up to 300 Illumining Heart, then use Resonance Skill on the ground to enter Mechanism Dominion. Enhanced Basic Attacks consume the resource on hit. Once it reaches zero, hold Normal Attack for the special Heavy Attack, then use the Liberation finisher when Resonance Energy is full. The finisher returns Hsin to Answering Form.

In Unison mode, an Intro Skill in Answering Form makes the next form-changing Liberation grant Unison for 5 seconds. Switching with Unison triggers Hsin's Outro Skill and the incoming character's Intro Skill. An Intro in Illumining Form sends Hsin directly into Mechanism Dominion with 300 Illumining Heart.

In Electro Flare mode, team applications of Electro Rage give Hsin Heart of Thunder, up to 100 stacks. Her Resonance Skill uses those stacks to trigger Electro Flare DMG. The form-changing Liberation also lets her gain 150 Illumining Heart once by collapsing the Modular Heartlock made by her first Basic Attack in Illumining Form.

Build and why

Use five pieces of Heart of Sworn Vigil. Its listed two-piece effect gives 10% Electro DMG, which suits Hsin's attacks. The five-piece effect is not specified in the available set data. ATK and Electro DMG Bonus are worth considering: her Outro scales with ATK, and her kit deals Electro DMG.

Blooming Jadehaven is the first weapon choice. After Hsin inflicts Electro Flare or triggers Unison Response, it amplifies Resonance Skill DMG by 36% and ignores 10% of the target's Electro RES. It also amplifies nearby targets' Electro Flare DMG while she is active.

Lethean Elegy is the next option: after Echo Skill DMG, it grants Resonance Skill DMG Bonus and lets damage ignore some DEF. Stringmaster follows, with Attribute DMG Bonus and ATK gained from dealing Resonance Skill DMG. Cosmic Ripples and Augment are alternatives; the former provides Energy Regen, while the latter grants ATK after Resonance Liberation.

Leveling priority

A suggested order is Forms Turn, Heart Abides, then Nexus Alight. The Forte covers the special Heavy Attacks and mode mechanics, while the Liberation includes the finisher and Coordinated Attacks.

Next, consider Heartward by Moon, followed by Glance on a Whim and Manifold Bloom. The Skill is used in both forms, and the enhanced Intro matters in Unison teams. This is a suggested order rather than a game-provided priority.

For ascension, collect Shell Credit, LF Autopuppet Kernel, MF Autopuppet Kernel, HF Autopuppet Kernel, FF Autopuppet Kernel, Solidarity's Loneflame and Bloom of Hearkening. Skill upgrades also use those four Kernel materials and Shell Credit, plus Remnant of the Wheel, Spliced String, Broken String, Solidified String and Melodic String.

Resonance Chain nodes worth it

For a large damage upgrade, consider The Moon Owes Its Light to the Living (sequence 6) first. It makes targets take 40% more Resonance Skill DMG from Hsin and lets that damage ignore 20% DEF. In Electro Flare mode, nearby targets' Electro Flare DMG can also critically hit.

A Dream of Return Among the Hills (sequence 3) is another option for the Liberation finisher: it increases its DMG Multiplier by 70% and adds a mode-specific effect. To Wake Is to Wonder What I Am (sequence 2) increases the special Heavy Attack multipliers and restores 100 Answering Heart on entering combat, subject to its cooldown.

These are suggestions, not required stopping points. A River of Lanterns, a River of Wishes (sequence 4) gives the team All-Attribute DMG Bonus under its listed conditions, while Forms Turn as the Heart Wills (sequence 5) offers damage reduction and protection from a fatal blow. You can stop before these if those benefits are less useful to you.

Teams

Rover: Electro is a named partner with a direct connection to Tides of Succession. In Electro Flare mode, when Rover: Electro casts the listed Intro Skill, both characters gain 20% Electro DMG Bonus for 30 seconds. Teammates who inflict Electro Rage also help Hsin build Heart of Thunder.

Shorekeeper and Buling are other teammate options named by guides. A sustain slot is worth considering: Hsin's Moon Fox healing works out of combat, not as a replacement for in-combat healing.

Common mistakes

Don't hold the special Heavy Attack in Answering Form before filling Answering Heart, or expect the Illumining Form finisher before consuming Illumining Heart and using its special Heavy Attack. The final Liberation also needs full Resonance Energy.

Don't switch out too early during the Electro Flare Resonance Skill: ending it early removes its listed Electro Flare effect. In Unison mode, watch the 5-second Unison window after the form-changing Liberation if you want the switch to trigger both skills.

Don't assume Moon Fox heals during combat. It also disables Resonance Liberation while active, so leave the form before trying to use it. Keep some STA for the special Heavy Attacks rather than spending it all on movement or aerial attacks.

Frequently asked questions

What's the best build for Hsin?

Echoes: Heart of Sworn Vigil ×5. Recommended weapons: Lethean Elegy, Stringmaster or Blooming Jadehaven. That is what the game suggests.

What should I level first on Hsin?

Forms Turn, Heart AbidesForte first, then Nexus AlightLiberation, Heartward by MoonSkill, Glance on a WhimIntro and Manifold BloomBasic.

Which Resonance Chain nodes are worth getting for Hsin?

The biggest upgrades: S6 The Moon Owes Its Light to the Living, S3 A Dream of Return Among the Hills and S2 To Wake Is to Wonder What I Am.

Is Hsin in Polish in Wuthering Waves?

The game has no Polish language option. Kaption supports Wuthering Waves in beta, and Polish subtitles for the dialogue arrive with the first translation pack. Skill and item names stay in English, as in the game.

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