Understanding Shorekeeper's Kit and Mechanics
Basic Attack and Forte System
Shorekeeper’s combat flow is centered around her Forte gauge, which accumulates stacks primarily through normal attacks. She performs a 4-hit combo with the following stack contributions:
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Hits 1, 2, and 4: +1 Forte stack each
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Hit 3: +2 Forte stacks
Other actions like aerial attacks and dodge counters also grant a single stack, though aerials are rarely used in standard rotations. Upon reaching five stacks, Shorekeeper can unleash a Forte Heavy Attack or an Aerial Forte Attack to consume them and trigger a state called Concerto, which enhances her subsequent outputs.
Pro Tip: The Heavy Attack is generally preferred due to easier animation cancel potential and its minor crowd control effect.
Resonance Skill and Liberation Abilities
Resonance Skill
This skill plays a critical role in supporting the team. It heals all allies and grants a substantial amount of Concerto energy. With a 16-second cooldown, it doubles as a tool for animation cancelling, which becomes crucial in optimizing Shorekeeper’s DPS windows.
Resonance Liberation
This is where Shorekeeper’s core buffs are housed. The Liberation has three progressive stages, each unlocked by using Intro Skills from other characters:
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Stage 1: Heals the team
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Stage 2: Adds crit rate scaling with energy regeneration
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Stage 3: Adds crit damage bonus
At full power (with 250% energy regen), she can provide:
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Up to 12.5% crit rate
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Up to 25% crit damage
It lasts 30 seconds, has a 25-second cooldown, costs high energy, and restores 20 Concerto energy upon use.
Important: Once the third stage is reached, using Shorekeeper’s Intro Skill activates a special intro that guarantees a crit, deals heavy damage, restores Concerto, and ends the Liberation.
Team Utility and Passive Effects
Outro Skill Buffs
Shorekeeper’s Outro Skill enhances overall team performance:
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Grants a 15% damage amp for 30 seconds
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Applies a Perfect Dodge trigger effect: If a resonator under this effect is hit or interrupted, tapping the dodge button triggers a perfect dodge — usable up to 5 times
Inherent Skills
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Inherent Skill 1: Death protection – if a teammate is knocked out, they’re healed for 50% of Shorekeeper’s HP, while she loses the same amount. Cooldown: 10 minutes. This effect does not reset the Concerto or Liberation gauge.
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Inherent Skill 2: Provides +10% energy regen to Shorekeeper and the Rover while inside her Liberation’s range.
Exploration Utility
Holding her basic attack allows Shorekeeper to transform into a butterfly, enabling traversal over water and auto-collection of nearby materials. This makes her not just strong in combat but also invaluable in open-world exploration.
Talent Priority: Healing vs. Damage
Shorekeeper's build path can diverge depending on your focus:
For Damage Output (Special Intro Focus)
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Intro Skill – Increases damage of the special intro attack
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Resonance Skill – Boosts healing and Concerto generation
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Resonance Liberation – Enhances team buffs
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Basic Attack
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Forte Talent
For Healing-Centric Builds
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Resonance Skill
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Resonance Liberation
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Intro Skill
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Basic Attack
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Forte Talent
For most players, minor leveling of Skill and Liberation is sufficient to unlock strong healing support, especially in early and mid-game.
Echo Sets and Stat Optimization
Best Echo Set: Rejuvenating Glow
The go-to echo set for any Wuthering Waves Shorekeeper build is Rejuvenating Glow, ideal for healing-focused or hybrid roles. It boosts healing effectiveness and offers consistent uptime for her support role.
Recommended Echo Skills:
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Fallacy of No Return (Preferred): Easy to trigger even mid-animation or mid-air. Grants 10% energy regen and long-lasting buffs.
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Bell Borne Geochelone (Alternative): Viable backup option if you don’t have Fallacy of No Return.
Niche Option: Moonlit Clouds
In specific compositions like Jinhsi–Yuanwu–Shorekeeper, the Moonlit Clouds set is effective when Shorekeeper plays a supportive sustain role, while another team member like Yuanwu uses Rejuvenating Glow to help with Concerto fill rates.
Stat Priorities and Echo Patterning
Use the 4-3-3-1-1 echo cost distribution. Your primary goal across all builds: Reach at least 250% energy regen.
Shorekeeper gets +10% energy regen from her passives, so aim for 240% from gear. If you use Fallacy of No Return, 230% is acceptable.
Full Support Build
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4-cost Echo: Healing Bonus
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3-cost Echoes: Energy Regen and HP%
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1-cost Echoes: HP%
Substats:
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Energy Regen (until cap)
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HP%
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Flat HP
Damage-Oriented Build
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4-cost Echo: Crit Damage (special intro is guaranteed to crit)
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3-cost Echoes: Double Energy Regen
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Optional: Spectro Damage Bonus (if regen is already high)
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1-cost Echoes: HP%
Substats:
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Energy Regen (until cap)
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Crit Damage
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Resonance Liberation Damage Bonus
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HP% / Flat HP
Balanced Hybrid Build
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4-cost Echo: HP%
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Others follow support or damage focus, depending on secondary role
Best Weapons for Shorekeeper
Shorekeeper’s builds heavily benefit from weapons that boost energy regeneration and healing support. Below are top options ranked by overall synergy.
Top Weapon: Stellar Symphony (Signature)
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Provides high energy regen and HP%
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Restores Concerto when using Liberation
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Triggers a 14% team-wide attack buff for 30 seconds upon healing
This is optimal not just for Shorekeeper but also for Verina and Baizhi. However, it's not essential, especially for F2P players.
Best 4★ Alternative: Variation
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Generates large amounts of Concerto when using skills
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Offers substantial energy regeneration
Though effective, Variation is a gacha-only weapon, so accessibility may vary.
Craftable Options
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Rectifier 25: Provides energy regen; a good budget pick
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Rectifier of Voyager: Restores resonance energy but with lower regen than Rectifier 25
For players prioritizing healing uptime and energy economy, Rectifier 25 is the most accessible and efficient choice.
Team Synergy and Composition
Shorekeeper excels in a universal support role, fitting seamlessly into most team comps. She is often compared to Verina, but offers more flexible buffs and higher-end potential.
Sample Teams:
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Jiyan / Mortefi / Shorekeeper
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Carlotta / Zhezhi / Shorekeeper
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Camellya / Sanhua / Shorekeeper
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Many other variations are viable due to her adaptability
Her utility ensures she supports both aggressive and control-based comps efficiently.
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Rotation Strategy and Animation Cancels
Mastering Shorekeeper’s rotations and cancels is key to maximizing her efficiency in Wuthering Waves.
Standard Rotation
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Full Basic Attack Combo (4 hits)
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Forte Heavy Attack
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Repeat the combo and Forte once
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Use Resonance Skill
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Activate Liberation
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Use Echo Skill
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Use Outro to switch characters
After this sequence, Shorekeeper’s Intro Skill becomes available. If Liberation has reached stage 3, this triggers her special intro attack, dealing high liberation-tagged damage, guaranteed to crit, and restoring Concerto.
With Special Intro Skill
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Skip one full combo cycle
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Use Intro, Forte Heavy, then follow normal rotation
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Fewer actions required to cycle thanks to Concerto gains
Concerto Recharge Tip
If you don't own Variation or Stellar Symphony, you may need extra normal attacks to refill Concerto manually between cycles.
Animation Cancelling Techniques
Animation cancels are essential to improve Shorekeeper’s fluidity and shorten combo durations:
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Forte Heavy Attack Cancel
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Cancel via: Dash, Character Swap, Resonance Skill, or Liberation Activation
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Third Basic Attack Hit
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Has a long animation, cancel with: Character Swap or Resonance Skill
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Resonance Skill Cancel
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Can be: Swap cancelled, dash cancelled, or cancelled using Liberation
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Tip: The most precise timing is needed when canceling with Resonance Skill — cast it right as the first strike of an attack lands for optimal stack gain with minimal delay.
Sequences Breakdown
Quick overview of Shorekeeper’s Sequence (Constellation) upgrades:
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S1: Expands Liberation range by 150%, adds 10s duration, and prevents Liberation from ending when casting Intro
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S2: Adds a massive 40% attack buff in Stage 3 of Liberation
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S3 to S5: Moderate impact; not priority upgrades
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S6: Significantly boosts special intro damage
For F2P players, S1 and S2 are the only sequences worth targeting. Others provide marginal gains compared to investment required.
Conclusion: Shorekeeper’s Place in the Meta
Shorekeeper stands out as one of the most flexible and impactful support characters in Wuthering Waves. Whether used as a dedicated healer or a hybrid damage-dealer with supportive utility, she consistently delivers excellent value across a variety of team compositions.
Thanks to her:
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Reliable healing
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Unique buffing mechanics
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Powerful energy regeneration scaling
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High synergy with both beginner and advanced teams
...she can be confidently placed at the top tier of support picks. While her signature weapon and sequences further optimize her potential, her core strength remains fully accessible without heavy investment.
If you're aiming for a support that elevates both sustain and damage in your team — Shorekeeper is a near-essential pull in any roster.
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