Luuk Herssen Skill Kit & Playstyle Analysis

General Introduction

Luuk Herssen is a 5-star Resonator of the Spectro Element and he wields a pair of gauntlets as his main mode of weapon. Luuk Herssen excels at using different types of weapons to deal constant basic attacks to enemies, allowing him to enhance his basic damage output whenever he completely fills up his Forte Gauge. Additionally, Luuk Herssen enjoys massive benefits whenever Tune Break effects are triggered on enemies, allowing him to be one of the game’s primary Tune Damage main DPS characters.

Skill Analysis & Leveling Priority

	Basic Attack: Deal up to 4 instances of Spectro damage to enemies. Heavy Attack: Consume Stamina to jump up and deal Spectro damage to enemies.
	Leveling Priority: High
Normal Attack
Reason: Leveling this up helps to optimize Luuk Herssen’s overall damage output as his primary damage source is his Basic Attack.

	Resonance Skill: Flash forward towards the enemies, dealing Spectro damage and inflict Tune Strain – Shifting on enemies. Luuk Can use his Resonance Skill twice in a row. Enhanced Resonance Skill: When Luuk has maximum Forte Gauge energy and is in his enhanced state, after his 4th Basic Attack hit, transform his Resonance Skill into Enhanced Resonance Skill. When used, Enhanced Resonance skill will consume 100 points of his Forte Gauge to trigger a special attack that utilizes one of his 3 special weapons. This can be triggered up to 3 times in sequence to consume all of his Forte Gauge Energy, Enhanced Resonance Skills deals more Spectro damage to enemies, inflicts Tune Strain – Shifting on enemies and are considered Basic Attack damage.
	Leveling Priority: High
Resonance Skill
Reason: One of Luuk’s primary damage skill effect, so players should level this up as high as they can.

	Attacks with Basic Attack restore Ichor Flow for Luuk Herssen, stacking up to 300 points. Once filled, Luuk Herssen will enter a special enhanced mode. When in his enhanced mode, Luuk Herssen can use his Enhanced Resonance Skill after certain combos, consuming 100 points of Ichor Flow for each usage to deal enhanced Spectro basic Attack damage to enemies. The next instance of Basic Attack used after triggering Enhanced Resonance Skill is also enhanced. When Luuk is in the team, he grants his teammates the Golden Rule buff, which is triggered whenever they use their outro skill, granting Luuk 200 points of Ichor Flow and 12 Concerto Energy when he takes the field. When doing certain combo moves, Luuk can throw out an Ichor Blade that constantly deal Spectro damage to enemies surrounding it.
	Leveling Priority: Highest
Forte Circuit
Reason: Leveling this ability up maximize Luuk Herssen’s overall damage modifiers, so players should prioritize leveling this up above all else.

	Resonance Liberation: Deal an instance of Spectro damage to enemies. This damage instance is considered a Basic Attack damage instance.
	Leveling Priority: Medium
Resonance Liberation
Reason: This ability helps to maximize Luuk Herssen’s overall damage output, however, it is not a main priority as leveling this up only improves one single instance of damage for Luuk Herssen overall.

	Deal Spectro damage to enemies and hurls a Ichor Blade forward, inflicting Tune Strain – Shifting on enemies.
	Leveling Priority: Low
Intro Skill
Reason: This ability doesn’t affect Luuk Herssen overall damage output too much, so players doesn’t need to priortize leveling this up.

	When Resonators in the team directly damage and defeat targets, if the targets are affected by Tune Strain – Interfered: – If Luuk Herssen has no Perpetuating Daytime, gain stacks of Perpetuating Daytime equal to the stacks of Tune Strain – Interfered. – If Luuk Herssen already has Perpetuating Daytime, and the target’s stacks of Tune Strain – Interfered exceed the current stacks of Perpetuating Daytime, increase Perpetuating Daytime’s stacks to match the target’s Tune Strain – Interfered stacks. Perpetuating Daytime – When Resonators in the team casts Tune Break, if the target is affected by Tune Strain – Shifting, Luuk Herssen loses all stacks of Perpetuating Daytime, then apply equal stacks of Tune Strain – Interfered on the target, up to the target’s current Tune Strain – Interfered stack cap. Cooldown: 1s. Luuk Herssen loses all stacks of Perpetuating Daytime and will not be able to obtain any new stacks when knocked out. – Perpetuating Daytime stacks up to 2 times.
	Unlock Priority: Highest
Inherent Skill 1
Reason: A big portion of Luuk Herssen’s damage is from triggering this Inherent Skill’s effects, so players need to unlock this as soon as possible.

	When Luuk Herssen’s skills directly damage targets affected by Tune Strain – Interfered, every 10 points of Tune Break Boost he has Amplifies this instance of damage by 5%, up to 30%.After any nearby Resonator in the team inflicts Tune Strain – Shifting on the enemies or deals Tune Break DMG, Luuk Herssen’s ATK increases by 25% for 20s.
	Unlock Priority: Highest
Inherent Skill 2
Reason: Another extremely important Inherent Skill that massively boost Luuk Herssen’s damage output, so players should level this up as soon as they can.

Playstyle Guide & Rotation

Luuk Herssen’s main damage output comes from his constant Basic Attacks, which allow him to use different types of weapons to trigger different forms of Resonance Skill effects that are considered Basic Attack Damage, dealing an amazing amount of Spectro damage to enemies. Whenever Tune Strain – Interfered effects are triggered, Luuk Herssen will gain a massive boost in overall damage modifiers, allowing him to deal even more damage, making him a very strong Main DPS character that take advantage of the game’s Tune Break effects.

Whenever Luuk Herssen attacks with basic attacks or his abilities, he will recover Ichor Flow, which can stack up to 300 points. Upon reaching maximum Ichor Flow, Luuk Herssen will enter a special enhanced mode, allowing him to use special enhanced Resonance Skill to deal Basic Attack damage to enemies and consume set amounts of Ichor Flow. When Luuk Herssen is in this special mode, he can flash forward towards enemies on the air and deal damage to them while airborne. Additionally, his damage modifiers will also be enhanced.

The main damage rotation for Luuk is quite simple: enters the field using his Intro Skill to recover a set amount of Ichor Flow, then combo using his basic attacks to fill up the Ichor Flow gauge as quickly as possible. Once the Ichor Gauge is filled, combo using his Resonance Skill and Resonance Liberation to deal massive amounts of Basic Attack damage to enemies, with players needing to trigger Tune Break effects when he is doing his combo. By triggering Tune Break Effects, Luuk Herssen can inflict a large amount of  Tune Strain – Interfered stacks on enemies, massively boosting his Tune Damage output and his overall damage output to enemies.

Luuk Herssen Best In Slot & F2P Weapons

As a Main DPS Hypercarry character, Luuk Herssen wants weapons that can boost his Critical Stats and improve his overall Spectro and Basic Attack damage.

Luuk Herssen Best Weapon Choices

Some of Luuk Herssen’s Best Weapon Choices are:

Daybreaker’s Spine	Pulsation Bracer	Blazing Justice
Limited 5* Weapon	Standard 5* Weapon	Limited 5* Weapon

	Main Stat: 588 Attack
	Sub Stat: 24.3% Critical Rate
Daybreaker’s Spine	Weapon Rating: Best In Slot
Effect: Increases ATK by 12%. After dealing Basic Attack DMG, the wielder gains 20% Spectro DMG Bonus for 4s. Each time after the wielder inflicts Tune Strain – Shifting on the target, they gain 20% Basic Attack DMG Amplification and their Basic Attack DMG ignores 10% of the target’s DEF for 6s.
Explanation: Luuk Herssen’s signature weapon and his best in slot weapon, offering him a big boost in Basic Attack, Attack and Spectro damage output while also allowing him to ignore a portion of the enemies’ defense whenever Tune Strain – Shifting is triggered.

	Main Stat: 588 Attack
	Sub Stat: 24.3% Critical Rate
Pulsation Bracer	Weapon Rating: Best Alternative
Effect: Increases ATK by 12%. Dealing damage to targets under Tune Strain – Interfered grants 6% Basic Attack DMG Bonus for 3s, stacking up to 4 times. This effect can be triggered 1 time every 0.5s. Retriggering the effect resets its duration.
Explanation: The best weapon alternative for Luuk Herssen that serves as an amazing stat stick that boost Luuk Herssen’s Critical , Attack and Basic Attack Damage output.

	Main Stat: 588 Attack
	Sub Stat: 48.6% Critical Damage
Blazing Justice	Weapon Rating: Good Alternative
Effect: Increases ATK by 12%. Casting Basic Attack grants the following effects: Dealing damage ignores 8% of the target’s DEF and Amplifies Spectro Frazzle DMG dealt by 50% for 6s. Retriggering the effect resets its duration.
Explanation: A decent alternative for Luuk Herssen that boost his attack and allows him to ignore a portion of enemies’ defenses when using his Basic Attacks.

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Luuk Herssen Best Echoes & Stats

Luuk Herssen Best Echoes Set & Echoes

For Luuk Herssen, his best Echo Set is the Rite of Gilded Revelation Echoes set, which offer a slight boost in Spectro damage to Luuk Herssen and a massive amount of Basic Attack damage boost to Luuk Herssen in general and when he use his Resonance Liberation.

	Rite of Gilded Revelation
2-pcs: Spectro DMG + 10%
5-pcs: Dealing Basic Attack DMG increases Spectro DMG by 10% for 5s, stacking up to 3 times. With 3 stacks, casting Resonance Liberation grants 40% Basic Attack DMG Bonus.

The best main Echo for Luuk Herssen on the Rite of Gilded Revelation is Twin Nova: Nebulous Cannon:

Effect: Transform into a Twin Nova: Nebulous Cannon to slash enemies twice, with each attack dealing 80.51% Spectro DMG.

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

Luuk Herssen Best Main Stats & Sub Stats

As a main DPS character of the Spectro Element, Luuk Herssen wants the usual critical stats, Spectro damage and Basic Attack Damage to maximize his damage output.

Important Stat Threshold:

– Luuk Herssen wants your usual Critical Ratio at around 70% Crit Chance and 200% Crit Damage if possible.

– The majority of Luuk Herssen’s damage output is from his Basic Attack, so players should focus on boosting his Basic Attack damage as much as possible.

Luuk Herssen Best Teams 

As a Spectro DPS character that wants to take advantage of the Tune Strain – Shifting effect as much as possible, Luuk Herssen wants characters that can help boost his overall damage output while also providing additional benefits whenever Tune Strain – Shifting is triggered.

Luuk Herssen Hypercarry

Luuk Herssen	Lynae	Mornye
Main DPS	Sub DPS/ Support	Support/Sustain
Essential	Flexible	Flexible

Main DPS: Luuk Herssen is the team’s main DPS hypercarry option as he will take full advantage of Lynae’s and Mornye’s attack boosting effects whenever Tune Break effect is triggered. 

Support: Lynae is the team’s sub DPS and support character that can boost Luuk Herssen’s overall attack, damage output and Resonance Liberation Damage output whenever she triggers her Outro skill. Lynae should be used in her Tune Rupture Mode for this team to allow her to deal more damage whenever Luuk triggers Tune Strain – Shifting on enemies. If players don’t have Lynae, you can use Sanhua as a F2P option that can offer Luuk Herssen a good boost in Basic Attack when she trigger her Outro Skill.

Sustain: Mornye is the team’s main support/ sustain option as she provides a massive amount of damage amplification and powerful Tune-related buffs when a Tune Break effect occurs on the field, helping to maximize Luuk Herssen’s damage output while also protecting the team. As an alternative, players can use either Shorekeeper or Verina, both offering decently powerful party wide damage boosts.

Conclusion

The mysterious doctor with golden ichor and a mysterious past, Luuk Herssen promises to become one of the game’s best Spectro main DPS characters moving forward. If you want to get this amazing character, don’t forget to take advantage of Enjoygm’s discounted deals for Wuthering Waves top up today!