Wuthering Waves Aalto Character Guide

WuWa. Wuthering Waves Aalto Guide Character Build. Aero DPS. Sub DPS.

This is a guide to Aalto, a 4-star character that wields Pistols and uses Aero as his elemental damage. He is a DPS that shoots through wind to empower his bullets, but can also work well with another Aero DPS.

Pros – High mobility and ways to distract enemies.

Cons – Damage suffers if you need to move away from your Mists. Dodging through Mist cancels your evade frame.

Team Compositions – Other Aero characters will benefit from his Outro, though he takes a while to get value from his kit so he does not want to be a Sub DPS. He can play the role of a main or secondary DPS if you want one melee and one ranged Aero DPS in the team.

Skills and Playstyle

Resonance Skill (E) – Creates a mist avatar which will shoot Mist Bullets at the target and taunt enemies to attack it, allowing you to stay at range more easily. This also creates Mist which will increase the damage of bullets that pass through it before they hit their target.

Basic Attack – A chain of five attacks which will create Mist on the fourth attack.

Heavy Attack – Holding down the Heavy Attack or Pressing G will lock you in place and allow you to manually aim attacks. This is mainly used to pierce multiple enemies with the charged attack, but otherwise not too useful.

Forte Circuit – One bar of Forte is gained whenever shooting and hitting an enemy with the Basic Attack or Aerial Attack through one of your Mist fields. There are two ways to create a Mist field:

Basic Attack 4
Resonance Skill

When dashing or dodging through Mist you will become a wisp, move faster, and shoot a Mist Bullet for each bar of Forte you have. Use an attack to end the wisp form early, losing the movement speed but allowing you to continue attacking sooner. Don’t cancel it too early or the bullets never fire.

E > 6 Basic Attacks > Dodge >
5 Basic Attacks > 5 Basic Attacks > Dodge
5 Basic Attacks

Aerial Attack – Consumes Stamina and leaves you more vulnerable, but is faster than the Basic Attack at charging your Forte when shooting through Mist. However, this does not create another Mist like the Basic Attack does, so only use this through the Mist created by your Basic Attack right before the Resonance Skill recharges to ensure you always have Mist to shoot through.

Resonance Liberation (R) – Creates a larger wind wall which will deal damage and cause all bullets to deal more damage when they pass through it for 10 seconds. Bullets shot through this wind wall do not generate Forte, but you can dash or dodge through it to trigger the Forte wisp and the Mist Bullets created by the Forte can be improved by passing through the Ultimate’s wind wall.

R > E > 5 Basic Attacks > Dodge
5 Basic Attacks > Dodge

Rotation

Make sure to position where your bullets pass through Mist. Always dodge or dash through a Mist field when at 5 or 6 Forte. If the Mist will disappear and you’re at 3 or 4, just keep using Basic Attacks until you get more.

E > 5 Basic Attacks > Dodge
5 Basic Attacks > Aerial Attacks > Dodge
R > E > 5 Basic Attacks > Dodge

Outro – The next character has 23% increased Aero Damage for 14 seconds or until swapping.

Aalto Build Guide Progression

Ascension Materials

Roaring Rock Fist – Defeat Feilian Beringal in Dim Forest – Costs Waveplates
Wintry Bell – Pick these flowers around the Belle-Borne Ravine in Gorges of Spirits or Buy at the Shifang Pharmacy
Howler Core – Looted from beasts or animal-like enemies

Weapons

Static Mist (Convene 5-star) – Crit Rate – Increases Energy Regen by 13%. Increases the next character’s ATK by 10% for 14 seconds on Outro.
Novaburst (Convene 4-star) – ATK – Increases ATK by 4% for 8 seconds when dashing or dodging, stacking up to 3 times.
Cadenza (Convene 4-star) – Energy Regen – Restores 8 Concerto Energy once every 20 seconds on Resonance Skill cast.

Echo Skill (Q) – Aero – Feilian Beringal – If the first attack hits, a second will follow. Grants 12% more Aero and Heavy Attack Damage for 15 seconds if the second strike hits.

Echo Main Stat Priority

4 – Crit Rate
4 – Crit Damage
3 – Aero Damage
1 – ATK%

Sub Stat Priority

Crit Rate
Crit Damage
ATK%
Energy Regen
Resonance Liberation
Resonance
Basic Attack

Skill Leveling Materials

Howler Core – Looted from beasts or animal-like enemies
Phlogiston – Forgery Challenge: Marigold Woods in Central Plains – Costs Waveplates
Monument Bell – Defeat the Belle-Borne Geochelone in Gorges of Spirits – Costs Waveplates

Inherent Skill 1 – Heavy Attack will guaranteed critically hit once every 30 seconds.

Inherent Skill 2 – Recover stamina while in the Forte Circuit wisp form.

Skill Priority

Resonance Liberation
Forte Circuit
Resonance
Basic Attack
Intro

Sequence 1 – Resonance Skill cooldown reduced by 4 seconds.

Sequence 2 – The Mist Avatar created by the Resonance Skill has more health and will grant Aalto 15% more attack when attacking enemies taunted by the Mist Avatar.

Sequence 3 – When Basic or Aerial Attacks pass through Mist they will generate another two bullets to deal another 50% of the Basic Attack each.

Sequence 4 – Mist Bullets created by the Resonance Skill or Forte have 30% increased damage and Aalto takes 30% less damage while in the mist form.

Sequence 5 – When entering the mist form, Aero Damage is increased by 25% for 6 seconds.

Sequence 6 – Resonance Liberation increases Crit Rate by 8%. When Aalto’s Heavy Attack passes through the wind wall, the damage is increased by 50%.

Should you try to pull extra sequences for Aalto?

The best sequences are the first, third, and fifth. Going only for one sequence can make his rotation much more fluid and have less down time. The third and fifth just give reliable damage buffs. They aren’t that great, so just going for one sequence may be enough. The first sequence reduces the cooldown of your E, allowing you to use much more Aerial Attack combos instead of Basic Attacks.