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Last updated: 12/November/2026
Best guide and build for Lingyang from WW (Wuthering Waves). Lingyang is a 5★ rarity character from the 
Glacio element who uses the Gauntlets type weapon.
Lingyang is talented and friendly member of the Liondance Troupe in Jinzhou. His passion and courage are evident as he engages with humans, showcasing his impressive physical abilities. With his unique style, he embodies the spirit of Liondancing.
This character has no video guide yet.
Last review update
Patch 3.8
Last major build/calcs update
Patch 3.8
Last profile update*
12/November/2026
*Profile update means smaller edits to echoes, stats, synergies or teams that don't require new calculations.
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Profile
Majestic Fists
Perform up to 5 attacks, dealing Glacio damage.
After Resonance Skill Furious Punches is cast, Basic Attack V is replaced with Feral Roars, dealing Glacio damage.
Consume Stamina to attack the target, dealing Glacio damage.
Consume Stamina to perform a Mid-air Plunging Attack, dealing Glacio damage.
Use a Basic Attack after a successful Dodge to attack the target, dealing Glacio damage.
Ancient Arts
Attack the target, dealing Glacio damage.
When Basic Attacks III, IV, or V or Basic Attack Feral Roars hits the target, Resonance Skill Ancient Arts is replaced with Resonance Skill Swift Punches. If Lingyang uses Basic Attack after casting Basic Attack Feral Roars and Resonance Skill Swift Punches, he will start from Basic Attack III.
Lingyang's Resonance Skill will not reset his Basic Attack stage.
Strive: Lion's Vigor
Attack the target, dealing Glacio damage, and receive the blessing of Lion's Vigor, which lasts for 14 seconds.
Lingyang's Glacio DMG Bonus is increased by 50%;
Unification of Spirits
When Lion's Spirit is full, use Heavy Attack to perform Glorious Plunge, dealing Glacio damage.
When Lion's Spirit is not full, use Basic Attack after Heavy Attack to perform Tail Strike, dealing Glacio damage.
After casting Heavy Attack Glorious Plunge, enter Striding Lion state; After casting Intro Skill Lion Awakens or Resonance Liberation Strive: Lion's Vigor, if Lion's Spirit is full, use Basic Attack to enter Striding Lion state. In the Striding Lion state: Attacks can be launched in mid-air. If you are back on the ground, use Heavy Attack Glorious Plunge to get back in the air.
Lion's Spirit is continuously consumed, and the Striding Lion state ends in 5s after Lion's Spirit runs out; If Lingyang is in the Resonance Liberation Lion's Vigor state, the consumption speed of Lion's Spirit is reduced by 50%, extending Striding Lion state by up to 10s.
Lingyang's Basic Attack is replaced with Basic Attack Feral Gyrate, which performs up to 2 consecutive attacks, dealing Glacio damage. Lingyang's Resonance Skill is replaced with Mountain Roamer, dealing Glacio damage. When Lion's Spirit is less than 10, use Basic Attack to perform Stormy Kicks, dealing Glacio damage; after performing Basic Attack Stormy Kicks, the Mid-air Attack Radiant Plunge becomes available. Concerto Energy is restored when Lion's Spirit is consumed.
Lingyang can hold up to 100 Lion's Spirit. When casting Resonance Skill Furious Punches, Lion's Spirit is restored. When casting Intro Skill Lion Awakens, Lion's Spirit is restored. When casting Resonance Liberation Strive: Lion's Vigor, Lion's Spirit is restored.
Lion's Pride
The damage of the Intro Skill Lion Awakens is increased by 50%.
Diligent Practice
Under the Striding Lion state, within 3s after each Basic Attack, the next Mountain Roamer will deal an additional Glacio damage, equal to 150% of Mountain Roamer damage, considered as Resonance Skill damage.
Lion Awakens
Lingyang appears and deals Glacio damage.
Frosty Marks
Lingyang releases a shock wave centered on the skill target, dealing Glacio DMG equal to 587.94% of Lingyang's ATK to targets within the range.
Sequence Node 1
During Resonance Liberation Lion's Vigor, Lingyang's Anti-Interruption is enhanced.
Sequence Node 2
Intro Skill Lion Awakens additionally recovers 10 Resonance Energy for Lingyang, triggered once every 20s.
Sequence Node 3
During Resonance Liberation Lion's Vigor, Lingyang's Basic Attack DMG Bonus is increased by 20%, and Resonance Skill DMG Bonus increased by 10%.
Sequence Node 4
Outro Skill Frosty Marks increases the Glacio DMG Bonus of all team members by 20% for 30s.
Sequence Node 5
Resonance Liberation Strive: Lion's Vigor additionally deals Glacio DMG equal to 200% of Lingyang's ATK.
Sequence Node 6
In the Forte Circuit Striding Lion state, during the first 3s after every Resonance Skill Mountain Roamer, the Basic Attack DMG Bonus for Lingyang's next Basic Attack is increased by 100%.
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Review
Please keep in mind Wuthering Waves is a skill-based game and each character has a different playstyle, difficulty level and even special tricks and combos. Wuthering Waves is also a team based game and it's only by combining both these factors to the highest level a character can reach optimal performance.
Super easy to pick up and pretty easy to optimize;
Pretty decent enemy tracking with his optimized rotation, and can hit airborne enemies thanks to his affinity for mid-air combat;
Low reliance on limited weapons as a permanent banner character, and has access to decent F2P teammates.
Damage ceiling is just on the cusp of being at the same level as the other viable F2P DPS characters (e.g Encore), but he barely doesn’t get there so he’s generally not worth it for anything beyond Matrix high scores;
Difficult to utilize in Quickswap and even more difficult to justify there;
Low initial Concerto Energy generation can make Opener rotations inconsistent;
Tune Break Skills put him on the ground when he wants to be in the air for basically all of his rotation - the same can happen if he gets interrupted mid-air;
Fear him, for he is Lingyang, destroyer of 50/50s.
Lingyang is a 5-star Glacio Gauntlets DPS who focuses on mid-air combat in his 10s-long Forte stance that he needs to make the most of in order to deal damage. His goal will be to quickly rack up Forte and then leap into the air to use a mix of Basic Attacks and Skills in order to deal the most damage possible within his Forte stance duration.
Building up Lingyang’s initial Forte bar to full, which he can easily do with a combination of his Intro and Ultimate, enables him to cast a special Heavy Attack called Glorious Plunge. This sends him into the Striding Lion state for up to 10s, during which he gains access to much stronger Basic Attacks and Skills than unusual (though in his case, it’s more like they start dealing decent levels of damage).
His Ultimate also gives him access to a 50% Glacio DMG Bonus self-buff for 14s, and his Outro simply deals a good chunk of extra damage to enemies. Lastly, once his Forte has been almost completely expended, he can finish his rotation with the lengthy Stormy Kicks Basic Attack, which deals a decent amount of damage and restores a lot of Concerto. Ideally, Lingyang should Swap Cancel this attack on the first rotation if he generates the required Concerto for it. This is difficult to do, but it can really save a lot of time on his future rotations thanks to how much Concerto he carries over into the next rotation this way.
Finally, let’s talk about his rotations. As explained earlier, Lingyang wants to immediately cast his Ultimate to benefit from his 50% Glacio DMG Bonus self-buff. After an Intro, this gives him enough Forte to cast Glorious Plunge. However, you have 2 options for his rotation inside of Striding Lion state. He can either do a mix of Basic Attacks and Skills, as casting a Skill in between his Basic Attacks doesn’t interrupt the chain. Repeating this 5 times total is his normal dev-intended rotation, but he can also choose to really lean into his Skill damage.
One of his passives, called Diligent Practice, balances his otherwise weak Skill damage into being his strongest attack by a decent margin. It essentially adds an extra hit of damage equivalent to 150% of his usual Skill DMG if he has cast a Basic Attack beforehand, which makes his Diligent Practice 2.5x stronger than it otherwise would be. While this is useless to know with his S6 involved or a Basic Attack DMG buffer, as in both of these cases his Basic Attack DMG should be utilized, it’s actually possible to trigger the Diligent Practice effect without even casting any Basic Attacks whatsoever.
Indeed, if any of Lingyang’s Skill animations are completed and he starts walking in Striding Lion state, after a Skill has been cast and the Basic Attack button is still being held down, the DIligent Practice effect will trigger over and over even if you keep chaining Skills without any Basic Attacks involved. While this is definitely not dev-intended, it brings his damage up by a slight amount, particularly being useful with Skill DMG buffers like Zhezhi in the mix, or simply alongside general buffers like Lynae. This is his most optimized rotation without a Basic Attack DMG buffer or his S6 involved.
Even when considering the new developments to Lingyang’s rotation, it’s safe to say his base damage numbers do not allow him to compete anywhere near the level of modern damage dealers. While this is expected of a permanent banner DPS, his level, even when optimized, is far below that of any modern or better F2P damage dealer. Electro Rover and Encore are both options that undeniably outclass Lingyang, making him quite niche and in most cases, a completely skippable investment.
Unless your Lingyang has very high Sequences available to him, he’ll never get close to the level of any DPS like even Carlotta. The release of his new best teammates Lynae and Mornye, a slightly better weapon in the form of Iuno’s Signature, and a plethora of new Glacio DMG-oriented Echo sets have not really helped his situation. In general, from a meta perspective, he remains a questionable investment unless you’re trying to seriously optimize your Matrix score with every damage dealer that you have available.
In conclusion, Lingyang is not going to be a worthwhile investment for the majority of players in Wuthering Waves. Until he gets significant buffs to his damage ceiling, he will not be able to compete by modern endgame content standards, and while he has access to good F2P teammates like Sanhua and Verina, they’re usually better used elsewhere, typically on limited characters or better F2P damage dealers like Encore or even Electro Rover.
Lingyang guide videos aren't available yet.
Build
The percentages show the performance of the weapon based on calculations, but in some cases, some weapons might provide additional QOL that can't be quantified and it would push that weapon ahead of others in the priority (and in those cases, we would put that weapon higher).
106.20%
105.30%
104.20%
103.00%
100.00%
88.90%
86.50%
82.80%
82.30%
79.50%
100.00%
Offers a 10% unconditional ATK% boost and an additional 5% ATK% for every 1.5 seconds the equipped character has been actively on-field - up to 20% after 6 seconds, totalling 30% additional ATK% after fully ramped. This set is completely incompatible with quickswap playstyles, but for the hypercarry playstyle Lingyang will generally use, this is his best set by a small margin.
Below you can find Main Echo options:
98.90%
This set grants permanent Resonance Skill DMG% and even bigger Glacio and Skill DMG increases when casting Skill and Liberation respectively. While the second Skill DMG boost is not upkept consistently by Lingyang, he does benefit from the stat and the Glacio DMG boost is additionally appreciated, making it his second best set and his best set that can be used in quickswap compositions.
Below you can find Main Echo options:
97.80%
Offers a 10% unconditional Glacio DMG% boost and up to an additional 30% Glacio DMG% after you land 3 Basic or Heavy Attacks for a grand total of 40% additional Glacio damage after fully ramped.
Below you can find Main Echo options:
Substats: Energy Regen (Until Satisfied) > CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG > ATK% > ATK
All recommended endgame stats portray a fairly good quality endgame build as a goal to aim for on most characters. However, don’t treat this as an end-all-be-all, and more of a suggestion.
All stat recommendations are given at S0 for 5-stars, S6 for 4-stars, and free characters (unless specified otherwise), based on total stats in the in-game stat-screen with the character out of combat but also active in the party (and hence some buffs may or may not apply). Any other precision may be directly specified. If not specified, Energy Regen requirements are estimated in the character’s best team.
HP: 15000+
DEF: 1150+
ATK: 2100-2500+
CRIT Rate: 60-80%+
CRIT DMG: 215-260%+
Energy Regen: 120-125%+
Estimated in a Zhezhi+Shorekeeper team.
Glacio DMG Bonus: 40-70%+
Below you can find the order of leveling the abilities for Lingyang.
Forte Circuit
Res. Liberation
Intro Skill
Res. Skill
Basic Attack
Gameplay and teams
Lingyang’s baseline rotation that hones in on his Basic Attack damage is one of the easiest in the game to get the hang of. However, if you choose to lean more into his Skill damage, he has access to a rotation that deals slightly more damage overall, at the cost of being a more unique one that requires a small bit of practice.
Lingyang’s easiest and generally best Echo Set option is Lingering Tunes, which allows him to summon Mech Abomination at any point in his rotation. However, if you’re running Frosty Resolve using the optimized Skill DMG-oriented rotation, casting Sentry Construct as a pre-Intro Swap Cancel can be slightly better based on build quality.
This is Lingyang’s very easy rotation, recommended for most people trying to pick him up, as well as optimizers who run him with Basic DMG buffers or own him at S6 (which significantly buffs his Basic Attack DMG).
Intro
Ultimate
Heavy: Glorious Plunge
Basic: Feral Gyrate 1
Skill: Mountain Roamer
Basic: Feral Gyrate 2
Skill: Mountain Roamer
Basic: Feral Gyrate 1
Skill: Mountain Roamer
Basic: Feral Gyrate 2
Skill: Mountain Roamer
Basic: Feral Gyrate 1
Skill: Mountain Roamer
Basic: Stormy Kicks (Swap)
Outro
Within the same time frame as his Basic rotation, Lingyang can chain Skills while triggering Diligent Practice repeatedly (which makes his Skill deal 2.5x more damage than normal) if the Basic Attack button is held down once any Skill animation is complete and he starts walking forward before casting another Skill. This makes Lingyang deal Skill DMG almost entirely, and makes his rotation deal slightly more damage overall without Basic Attack DMG buffers involved, and without his S6 involved. This can be hard to get the hang of, but when mastered, this rotation has much better enemy tracking as Lingyang is more mobile with his Skills than his Basic Attacks, and he can chain up to 9 Skills with 9 Diligent Practices overall.
Intro
Ultimate
Heavy: Glorious Plunge (Hold Basic Attack until the rotation ends)
Skill: Mountain Roamer (Cast the Skills once Lingyang starts walking, repeat up to 9 times)
Basic: Stormy Kicks (Swap)
Outro
At S6, one small optimization you can optionally do is performing the Hold Basic Attack trick to trigger Diligent practice off one Skill at the very beginning of Lingyang’s Striding Lion rotation. After that, you can alternate between Basics and Skills as normal, for his first Basic Attack to benefit from the S6 buff.
Otherwise, Lingyang has a hard time optimizing in Quickswap unless you’re letting him get carried in Dual DPS team compositions by swapping in the middle of his Striding Lion state, during any of his Skills or Basic Attack 2’s. In a traditional Hypercarry composition, the most he can do is add some filler attacks outside of his Striding Lion state that don’t really accomplish many useful things, or simply casting Sentry Construct before his rotation starts if you’re running him on Frosty Resolve.
Lynae 
Zhezhi - Lingyang's best partners. Lynae has the strongest generalist buffs in the game and makes for a particularly strong core with Mornye to deal extra Tune Break damage and provide some the strongest array of buffs Lingyang can have. Zhezhi is also very strong by virtue of sporting good personal damage off-field via Coordinated Attacks and amazing 20% Glacio and 25% Skill DMG buffs on Outro that Lingyang very much appreciates.
Sanhua - One of the fastest rotation times in the game with a very good 38% Basic ATK DMG Amplify buff on Outro allows her to buff Lingyang a great amount, and allows him to take the spotlight by doing most of the team's damage. Often used if Zhezhi is taken up by another team or if you don't own her since Sanhua's free.
Verina - One of the usual Healing Support options that can slot into any team. Super easy to use, provides amazing team-wide ATK% buffs and 15% DMG Amplify with one of the fastest rotations in the game. Enjoy. 
The Shorekeeper - Similar to Verina, a premium Healing Support option who can not only slot into any team, but also provide insane 12.5% Crit Rate, 25% Crit DMG, 25% ATK and 15% DMG Amplify buffs to your whole team. One of the best but also easy to use characters in the game. Best Team
Mornye is only best with Lynae on the team.
F2P Team
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