Cantarella Skill Kit & Playstyle Analysis

General Introduction

Cantarella is a 5-star Havoc character whose gimmick revolves around her ability to change all of her damage output into Basic Attack and Echo Skill damage in addition to being able to heal allies and deal off-field Coordinated attacks, making her an amazing sub DPS and sustain character.

Skill Analysis & Leveling Priority

	Basic Attack: Deal 3 instances of Havoc damage to enemies. Heavy Attack: Deal an instance of Havoc damage to enemies if Cantarella has Trance. Afterwards, enter the Mirage state.
	Leveling Priority: High
Normal Attack
Reason: Cantarella’s main damage output, leveling this boost her overall damage output modifiers.

	Have 2 modes depends on if Cantarella is in Mirage state or not:- Graceful Step: Deal an instance of Havoc damage to enemies.- Flickering Reverie: Active when Cantarella has Mirage, dealing an instance of Havoc damage to enemies and inflicting them with Hazy Dream. While in Hazy Dream, enemies movements are slowed and attacks by Cantarella deal additional Basic Attack Havoc damage.
	Leveling Priority: High
Resonance Skill
Reason: Leveling her skill helps boost Cantarella’s modifiers and damage by a large margin, especially when she can spam her Skill a lot.

	Can enter the Mirage state and gain these effects:- Basic Attacks are strengthen- Basic Attacks and Mid Air Attacks consume Trance to gain Shiver stacks and heal allies.- 3rd Basic Attack triggers coordinated attacks against enemies.- Enhances Mid-air and Dodge Counter attacks.Mirage lasts for 8s. When gaining 3 Shiver stacks when in Mirage State, enhances Cantarella’s Resonance Skill, dealing Havoc damage and healing allies.
	Leveling Priority: Highest
Forte Circuit
Reason: Cantarella’s Forte Circuit level dictates how much she heals allies and how much damage she deals, so leveling up this ability is of utmost priority.

	Deal an instance of Havoc damage to all enemies and grant Diffusion to all allies. While having Diffusion, attacking enemies will summon Dreamweavers to deal coordinated attacks against enemies on the field.
	Leveling Priority: High
Resonance Liberation
Reason: Cantarella’s main off-field damage utility and her coordinated attack ability, leveling this up help elevates her sub DPS and support capability.

	Deal an instance of Havoc damage to enemies.Using Basic Attack right away triggers the 3rd basic attack combo. When in Mirage, this skill is enhanced.
	Leveling Priority: Low
Intro Skill
Reason: Only level this up if you have the resources or want to maximize Cantarella’s own damage.

	Increase Healing Bonus by 20%.
	Unlock Priority: Low
Inherent Skill 1
Reason: A good boost to Cantarella’s healing capability.

	Casting Echo Skill gives 6% Havoc DMG Bonus for 10s, stacking up to 2 times.
	Unlock Priority: Medium
Inherent Skill 2
Reason: A decent damage boost to Cantarella whenever she uses her Resonance Skill and Liberation, help to maximize her own damage output.

Playstyle Guide & Rotation

Cantarella’s main gameplay revolves around her ability to deal Basic Attack Havoc damage to enemies, crowd controlling the enemies with her powerful dream effects, dealing increased Echo Skill Damage and powerful Off-field Coordinated attacks.

As mainly a sub-DPS and sustain character, Cantarella’s main gameplay revolves around doing her on field combo as quickly as possible to deal Havoc damage to enemies and crowd controlling them before switching out to the team’s main DPS to allow them to deal more damage to enemies. 

To optimize Cantarella’s damage, here is the general rotation players should follow to minimize her on-field timing while taking advantage of all of her effects:

– Upon Cantarella taking the field via her intro skill, immediately basic attack 3 times and uses her Resonance Skill, follows by her Resonance Liberation.

– After using her Resonance Liberation, use her Heavy Attack to inflict all enemies with her crowd control debuff, followed by her Resonance Skill.

– After using her Resonance Skill, basic attack 3 times then followed by another instance of her Resonance Skill.

– After this, players will have enough energy to trigger her outro skill to switch to the team’s main DPS.

Cantarella Best In Slot & F2P Weapons

For Cantarella, as a character that uses Rectifier as her main weapon, depending on her build, players would want weapons that boost Cantarella’s on field DPS and critical stats for Main DPS Cantarella or weapons that boost Energy Regen and Damage buffing abilities for sub DPS Cantarella.

Cantarella Best Premium Weapon Choices

Some of Cantarella’s Best Premium Weapon Choices are:

Whispers of Sirens	Rime-Draped Sprouts	Stringmaster
Limited 5* Weapon	Limited 5* Weapon	Limited 5* Weapon

	Main Stat: 500 Attack
	Sub Stat: 72.0% Crit Damage
Whispers of Sirens	Weapon Rating: Best In Slot
Effect: Increases ATK by 12%. Casting Echo Skill within 10s after casting Intro Skill or Basic Attacks grants 1 stacks of Gentle Dream. Echoes with the same name can only trigger this effect once, stacking up to 2 times, lasting for 10s. When reaching 2 stacks, casting Echo Skill no longer resets the duration of this effect. This effect activates up to once per 10s. Switching to another Resonator ends this effect early. With 1 stack: Grants 40% Basic Attack DMG Bonus. With 2 stacks: Ignores 12% of the target’s Havoc RES.
Explanation: Cantarella’s signature weapon that boost her Echo Skill damage while also provide her with a massive boost in Critical Damage, Basic Attack boost and allow her to ignore a portion of the enemies’ Havoc resistances.

	Main Stat: 500 Attack
	Sub Stat: 72.0% Crit Damage
Rime-Draped Sprouts	Weapon Rating: Best Alternative
Effect: Increases ATK by 12%. Using Resonance Skill gives the equipped Resonator 12% Basic Attack DMG Bonus for 6s, stacking up to 3 times.When casting Outro Skill with 3 stacks, consume all stacks to give 52% DMG Bonus to the off-field Basic Attacks performed by the equipped Resonator, lasting for 27s.
Explanation: An amazing Alternative Weapon for Cantarella that provides her with Critical Damage and increases her overall damage output as well as allow her to become a better off-field Sub DPS character.

	Main Stat: 500 Attack
	Sub Stat: 36.0% Crit Rate
Stringmaster	Weapon Rating: Good Alternative
Effect: Increases the DMG Bonus of all Resonance Attributes by 12%. When Resonance Skill hits a target, increases ATK by 12%, stacking up to 2. This effect lasts for 5s. When the equipped character is not on the field, increases their ATK by an additional 12%.
Explanation: Another good alternative for Cantarella which provides her with a lot of important stats that she wants such as critical rate, damage boost and attack boost when she is not on the field, helping to boost her off-field sub DPS potential.

Cantarella Best F2P Weapon Choices

Some of Cantarella’s Best F2P Weapon Choices are:

Augment	Radiant Dawn	Variation
Battle Pass 4* Weapon	Battle Pass 4* Weapon	Gacha 4* Weapon

	Main Stat: 412 Attack
	Sub Stat: 20.2% Crit Rate
Augment	Weapon Rating: BP Alternative
Effect: When Resonance Liberation is released, increases the caster’s ATK by 15%, lasting for 15s.
Explanation: The Battlepass Alternative for Cantarella, with good critical stat and a decent attack boost after she uses her Resonance Liberation.

	Main Stat: 412 Attack
	Sub Stat: 40.5% Crit Damage
Radiant Dawn	Weapon Rating: Good Statstick
Effect: Casting Resonance Skill increases ATK by 9% and grants 9% Basic Attack DMG Bonus for 10s.
Explanation:  A good stat stick for Cantarella as it provides her with a good Critical Damage boost.

	Main Stat: 412 Attack
	Sub Stat: 51.8% Energy Regen
Variation	Weapon Rating: Best F2P Alternative
Effect: When Resonance Skill is released, restores Concerto Energy by 8. This effect can be triggered 1 time every 20s.
Explanation: Cantarella’s Best F2P option, especially for sub DPS Cantarella since it provides Cantarella with a large amount of energy regen stat, lowering her stat requirements.

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Cantarella Best Echoes & Stats

Cantarella Best Echoes Set & Echoes

Canterella’s best echoes sets are either the Midnight Veil Echoes Set in a Havoc only team or the Empyrean Anthem Echoes set in a more general team or if you want to maximize Cantarella’s off field coordinated attacks.

	Midnight Veil
2-pcs: Havoc DMG +10%.
5-pcs: Triggering Outro Skill deals additional 480% Havoc DMG to surrounding enemies, considered Outro Skill DMG and grants the incoming Resonator 15% Havoc DMG Bonus for 15s.

	Empyrean Anthem
2-pcs: Energy Regen +10%.
5-pcs: Increase the Resonator’s Coordinated Attack DMG by 80%. Upon a critical hit of Coordinated Attack, increase the active Resonator’s ATK by 20% for 4s.

The best main Echo for Cantarella to bring on Midnight Veil set is Lorelei: 

Effect: Transform into Lorelei and attack surrounding enemies, dealing 405% Havoc DMG.

The Resonator with this Echo equipped in their main slot gains 12.00% Havoc DMG Bonus and 12.00% Basic Attack DMG Bonus.

The best main Echo for Cantarella to bring on Empyrean Anthem set is Hecate: 

Effect: Summon 3 twirling Crescent Servants around you. Crescent Servants attack enemies with their spinning blades, dealing 45.59% Havoc DMG. Triggering a Counterattack with the Echo attacks resets the Crescent Servants’ duration.

The Resonator with this Echo equipped in the main slot has their Coordinated Attack DMG increased by 40.00%.

Cantarella Best Main Stats & Sub Stats

As mainly a sub DPS character, Catarella’s stats should focus on boosting her own coordinated damage output with critical stats and energy regen so that she can quickly swap in and out of the field with the main DPS.

Echoes	Main Stats
4 Cost	Crit Rate or Crit Damage
3 Cost	Havoc Damage
3 Cost	Havoc Damage or Energy Regen
1 Cost	Attack
1 Cost	Attack

Priority	Sub Stats
1st	Critical Rate
2nd	Critical Damage
3rd	Energy Regen
4th	Attack

Important Stat Threshold:

– Generally speaking, players should focus on building Cantarella with a 1:2 Critical Ratio, with a higher emphasis on Critical Rate if you are using Empyrean Anthem echoes set on her to help proc the critical effects of the set.

– Focus on boosting Cantarella’s Energy Regen as high as possible to reduce her rotation and on field time to allow the Main DPS to have more field time.

Cantarella Best Teams 

Mono Havoc Team

For Canterella, her best team belongs in a mono Havoc team that relies on Echo Damage, which can be fulfilled by having Phrolova as the team’s main DPS option. Cantarella can serve as both the team’s sub DPS and sustain option alongside another Havoc buffer.

Phrolova	Roccia	Cantarella
Main DPS	Sub DPS/Support	Support/Sustain
Essential	Essential	Essential

Main DPS: Prolova is the team’s main DPS character with her ability to deal massive amount of Havoc elemental Echo Skill damage when she is both off field and on field after being buffed by Roccia Havoc Damage buff and having her damage supplemented with Cantarella Echo Skill buffing effect.

Sub DPS: Roccia is the team’s main Sub-DPS and Support character with her ability to massively boost the damage output of Havoc characters in the party.

Sustain: Cantarella serves as the team’s secondary Sub-DPS and sustain character with her ability to unleash off-field coordinated attacks, boost Phrolova’s Echo Skill damage and heal allies.

Conclusion

The amazing jelly-fish-like lady with the ability to float, deals powerful Havoc attacks both on and off-field in addition to being able to heal all allies. If you want to run a full on Havoc team, then don’t miss out on getting Cantarella as your team’s best sustain and support character with the help of Enjoygm Wuthering Waves Discount Top Up today!