To enhance the gameplay of Wuthering Waves and introduce a brand new wave of playable characters with their brand new unique effects and archetype, Wuthering Waves has introduced an entirely brand new gameplay feature into the game’s combat in the form of the Off-tune combat mechanic. In this guide, we will go over everything players need to know about Wuthering Waves Off-Tune combat mechanics and how to use it properly.
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Wuthering Waves Off-Tune Combat Mechanics – Everything You Need To Know
What Is Off-Tune
Officially introduced in Wuthering Waves version 3.0, the Off-Tune Combat mechanic is another special gameplay mechanic added to all enemies in the game to help Resonators deal more damage and apply special Tune Break mechanics on enemies to trigger additional effects on the enemies.
Off-Tune is mostly signifies using a white bar under the enemies’ HP bar and a circle next to their HP bar, with the majority of Elite and Above enemies having the bar that players must attack into in order to reduce.
When attacking enemies with any kind of damage, the Off-Tune gauge will be reduced proportional to the amount of damage your Resonator dealt, until the bar is completely depleted. Once this is accomplished, a special prompt will appear in the middle of the enemies’ frame and activating this special prompt will allow the Resonator to use their Tune Break Skill, dealing damage to the enemy and putting them into the Mistuned state. In this state, the enemies will take more damage from Tune Break Effects, depending on what type of Tune Effects are used. For common mob enemies, they do not have the Off-Tune bar but will take Tune Break Damage after sustaining damage for a period of time directly.
The higher level and stronger the enemy, the larger the Off-Tune bar they will have and the more difficult it is for Resonators to inflict Tune Break on them. However, there are certain characters that specialize in quickly reducing the enemies’ Off-Tune Bar due to their skill kit’s abilities and overall efficiency. Additionally, constant quick attacks and high damage are generally preferred when trying to inflict Tune Break on enemies, so characters with quick and multi hit abilities can inflict Tune Break a slight bit easier.
Tune Break
Tune Break is a special attack that Resonators can perform when the enemies’ Off-Tune bar has reached the lowest point and has entered the Mistuned state. To perform this attack, players will need to actively press a prompt that flashes up on screen on the Mistuned enemies to initiate a cutscene attack, dealing damage to the enemies and inflicting them with Tune Break Effects.
In order to be able to initiate the Tune Break attack, the Resonator needs to have their Tune Break Skill unlocked, which was added to all Resonators in the game with the introduction of Version Update 3.0. Depending on the Tune Break Skill’s effects, different effects will be applied to the enemies upon dealing the Tune Break damage instance onto them. For Resonators before version 3.0 patch, their Tune Break Skill simply deal damage of their element to the enemy upon triggering Tune Break.
However, for Resonators introduced with the release of version 3.0 like Lynae and Mornye, upon inflicting enemies with Tune Break, they will trigger different Tune Break effects known as Tune Strain and Tune Rupture, each with their own effects on the enemies.
Shifting Effects – Tune Strain And Tune Rupture
The patch of Resonators being introduced in Lahai-Roi and version update 3.0 onward will have special effects regarding Tune Break on their skill kits, with a lot of their skill kit abilities allowing them to interact with the different Tune Break Effects by inflicting enemies with special Shifting Effects.
Shifting Effects are special debuffs that can be inflicted into the enemies while attacking them to reduce their Off-Tune bar. These Shifting Effects have their own icons similar to debuffs on enemies and are divided mainly into 2 types: Tune Strain and Tune Rupture.
Depending on the character, they can inflict the enemies with either Tune Strain or Tune Rupture, with different effects. However, for some Resonators in Lahai-Roi, they can choose which of the 2 effects they want to trigger before entering combat; For example, Lynae can switch between Strain or Rupture mode before she enters combat, allowing her to change her skill kit to inflict Tune Strain or Tune Rupture during combat depending on her combat mode.
When inflicted with Tune Strain or Tune Rupture, upon receiving Tune Break attack, the enemies will enter the Interfered State, with the Interfered State effect changing depending on if its is Tune Strain or Tune Rupture. If the same type of Shifting effect is applied consecutively, they will reset the effect’s duration. However, if different types of Shifting effects are applied consecutively, they will overwrite each other, meaning if you apply Tune Strain Interfered Effect, then apply Tune Rupture Interfered Effect, the Tune Rupture Interfered Effect will be the one that takes effect last.
Response Effects – Tune Strain And Tune Rupture
After being inflicted with either Tune Strain or Tune Rupture and dealing Tune Break damage to enemies that makes them go into the Interfered State, different effects will apply depending on the type of Shifting Effects:
– Tune Strain Interfered: Resonators that inflict Tune Strain deal more damage proportional to their Tune Stats on enemies inflicted with Tune Strain Interfered.
– Tune Rupture Interfered: When enemies are inflicted with Tune Rupture Interfered, upon triggering Tune Break, deal an additional instance of damage to enemies. This effect when the user or any allies in the team trigger the Tune Break Effect.
Generally speaking, from the effects description and how they works, we can generally say that Tune Strain leans more towards a main DPS/ Sub DPS build for the character, while the Tune Rupture Effect is more for support and off-field damage supplementary effects when Tune Break is triggered.
Tune Stats – Tune Break Boost and Off-Tune Build Up Rate
Of course, with the introduction of a brand new combat mechanic, the game will also introduce additional stats that will affect the performances of each Resonator with the new Off-Tune Mechanic. There are 2 main stats that have been added to the game for the Off-Tune mechanic: the Tune Break Boost Stat and the Off-Tune Build Up Rate.
The Tune Break Boost stat increases the damage dealt when triggering the Tune Break attack and also increases the damage dealt by the Resonator against enemies under the Interfered state. The higher the stat, the more potent the Interfered effect damage will be and the more Tune Break damage they will deal. Generally, characters from before version 3.0 release have a Tune Break Boost stat of 0, with character releasing on version 3.0 update having Tune Break Boost stat of 10.
Off-Tune Build Up Rate is quite self-explainatory. This stat affects how fast you are able to put the enemies into the Mistuned state when attacking them, the more Off-Tune Build Up Rate a Resonator has, the faster they will be able to put the enemies into Mistuned and trigger the Tune Break effect.
Certain Echoes sets and weapons in the game have also been introduced into the game that take advantage of these stats and effects as well to either boost the damage output of the Resonators when triggering Tune Break effects or generally grant beneficial effects to Resonator when they trigger Tune Break.
Tips And Tricks To Optimize Your Off-Tune Damage
Stick To Only One Tune Shifting Effect
As mentioned, Tune Shifting effects, when applied on top of each other, will overwrite each other. Therefore, to make a good team that deals consistent Tune Damage to enemies, players should plan around a single Tune Shifting Effect and choose either Tune Strain or Tune Rupture to build a team around.
For example, if players want to use Lynae as a main or sub DPS that deal damage to enemies, they should use her with her Tune Strain mode that helps boost her damage output when attacking enemies under Tune Strain. If players prefer to use Lynae as more of a quick swap support, then using her on Tune Rupture mode is more preferable as she can deal additional damage when allies inflict Tune Break on enemies.
Pay Close Attention To Echoes Set Requirements
With the new Echoes Set granting allies benefits depending on their Tune stats, players really need to pay attention to the different characters’ Tune stats before deciding on using the different Echoes Set on them.
For example, the new Pact of Neon Light set has a buff ceiling of 30% attack for the incoming Resonator when it is triggered, however, the stat requirement of that effect set is really high at 50 Tune Break Boost points in order to maximize the set’s effect, making it slightly unachievable currently in the game due to it being impossible to increase the Tune Break Boost stat too much.
Therefore, players should check and plan their Echoes and Weapons for these Tune-related characters carefully when building a team to maximize their potential.
Conclusion
The introduction of Wuthering Waves new Off-Tune mechanics will surely shake up the meta of the game alongside the introduction of Lahai-Roi characters that take advantage of these Off-Tune mechanics in the future. Therefore, to not miss out on this shift in the meta and to obtain all of the strongest upcoming Resonators in Lahai-Roi, don’t hesitate to prepare some extra funds by taking advantage of Enjoygm’s special Wuthering Waves Top Up Discounted Deals today!
