Changli kit and materials in Wuthering Waves

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Changli in Wuthering Waves

Wuthering Waves started with 17 characters and version 1.1 has added two more to explore the Mt. Firmament region. One of these characters is Changli a five-star Fusion DPS character that can deal a massive amount of damage on the game’s hardest bosses.

Here’s everything you need to know before pulling Changli, including all her Ascension and Forte Circuit materials.

Changli kit

  • Basic Attack – Blazing Enlightenment
    • Basic Attack: Perform up to 4 consecutive attacks, dealing Fusion DMG. After releasing Ground Basic Attack Stage 4, Changli enters True Sight, lasting for 12s.
    • Heavy Attack: She performs a charged attack by consuming Stamina, dealing with Spectro DMG.
    • Mid-Air Attack: Consume Stamina to perform up to 4 consecutive attacks in mid-air, dealing Fusion DMG. After releasing Mid-air Attack Stage 4, Changli enters True Sight, lasting for 12s.
    • Dodge Counter: Uses Basic Attack after a successful Dodge to counterattack, dealing Spectro DMG.
  • Resonance Skill – Tripartite Flames
    • Changli performs a series of slashes and an enhanced plunging attack. After performing them, she enters her True Sight state.
    • 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 attempts and can be used up to 2 times. The number of attempts is increased by 1 every 12s. Can be cast in mid-air.
    • 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.
    • 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.
  • Forte Circuit: Flaming Sacrifice
    • 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.
    • Secret Strategist:
      • When Changli releases Basic Attack: True Sight – Conquest or Basic Attack: True Sight – Charge, for each stack of Enflamement, Changli’s Fusion DMG Bonus is increased by 5%.
    • Sweeping Force:
      • When Changli releases Heavy Attack Flaming Sacrifice or Resonance Liberation Radiance of Fealty, Changli’s Fusion DMG Bonus is increased by 20%, and Changli ignores 15% of the target’s DEF when dealing damage.
    • Enflamement:
      • Changli can hold up to 4 stacks of Enflamement.
      • Obtain 1 stack of Enflamement for every Basic Attack – True Sight – Conquest on hit.
      • Obtain 1 stack of Enflamement for every Basic Attack – True Sight – Charge on hit.
      • Obtain 4 stacks of Enflamement for every Resonance Liberation Radiance of Fealty.
  • Resonance Liberation: 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 Scrifice within 10s, her ATK is increased by 25%, after which Fiery Feather ends.
  • Intro Skill : Obedience of Rules
    • Changli appears in mid-air, attacks the target, and enters True Sight, lasting for 12s.
  • Outro Skill : 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.

Ascension & Forte materials

Here are Changli’s Ascension materials that are essential for breaking level caps in Wuthering Waves:

LevelAscension MaterialsShell Credit
20Crude Ring x45,000
40Pavo Plum x4, Basic Ring x4, Rage Tacet Core x310,000
50Pavo Plum x8, Basic Ring x8, Rage Tacet Core x615,000
60Pavo Plum x12, Improved Ring x4, Rage Tacet Core x920,000
70Pavo Plum x16, Improved Ring x8, Rage Tacet Core x1240,000
80Pavo Plum x20, Tailored Ring x4, Rage Tacet Core x1680,000

Here are all the materials you’ll need to upgrade Changli’s Forte Circuit:

  • x26 Sentinel’s Dagger
  • x25 Inert Metallic Drip
  • x28 Reactive Metallic Drip
  • x55 Polarized Metallic Drip
  • x67 Heterized Metallic Drip
  • x25 Crude Ring
  • x28 Basic Ring
  • x40 Improved Ring
  • x57 Tailored Ring
  • x2.3M Shell Credit

While most of these materials can be farmed from Forgery Challenges or Synthesis, Sentinel’s Dagger is a drop from weekly boss Jue, one of the six Sentinels of Huanglong, introduced in the 1.1 update.

Changli in Wuthering Waves
You can pull Changli from the “Vermillion’s Ploy” convene

Resonance Chain

  • S1 – Hidden Thoughts:
    • Resonance Skill Tripartite Flames and Heavy Attack Flaming Sacrifice increase Changli’s DMG dealt by 10% and resistance to interruption.
  • S2 – Pursuit of Desires:
    • Enflamement increases Changli’s Crit. DMG by 30%, lasting for 8s.
  • S3 – Learned Secrets:
    • Resonance Liberation Radiance of Fealty DMG is increased by 80%.
  • S4 – Polished Words:
    • After Intro Skill is cast, all team members’ ATK is increased by 20% for 30s.
  • S5 – Sacrificed Gains:
    • Heavy Attack Flaming Sacrifice’s Multiplier is increased by 50%. When Heavy Attack Flaming Sacrifice is cast, Changli’s ATK is increased by an additional 50%.
  • S6 – 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’s backstory

Changli in Wuthering Waves is a counselor of the Jinzhou Magistrate and a mentor to Jinhsi. She is described as someone who is “persuasive and patient,” capable of luring her enemies into submission through her wit alone. Of course, that’s how you expect a counselor in a calamity-torn world to be. 

You’ll catch the first glimpse of Changli in Wuthering Waves during the story mission. Jinhsi will be consulting her on a call, and both will speak about prophecy, Scar, and the future of Jinzhou.

That’s everything about Changli in Wuthering Waves. If you want to stay updated on when she’ll be rated, check out the banner schedule. If you’ve blown your Astrites on Jiyan or Yinlin, here are some codes and events that hand out the premium currency.