Aero 
Pistols 
Concerto Efficiency Traction Aero Erosion Build · 01
Ranked on calculated damage at equal investment. Everything below rank one is a real option, not a consolation.
Pistols ATK is increased by 12%. Inflicting Aero Erosion on the target gives 24% Aero DMG Bonus for 10s. Hitting targets with Aero Erosion reduces their Aero RES by 10% for 20s. Effects of the same name cannot be stacked.
Official Kuro recommendation and best-in-slot option.
Static Mist24.3% Crit. Rate · 588 ATK · Stormy Resolution 
Romance in Farewell18.2% ATK · 462 ATK · Rhetoric Accessible 4-star option. 
Relativistic Jet18.2% ATK · 462 ATK · Intergalactic Gaze Accessible 4-star option. 
Lux & Umbra48.6% Crit. DMG · 588 ATK · To Fire She Returns 
Phasic Homogenizer48.6% Crit. DMG · 588 ATK · Insight Bearer Build · 02
One recommended setup this patch. Farm the listed main stats first, then refine the substats in order.
Recommended Full Set
Main stats by slot
Main echo
Second slotThird slot
Fourth slotFifth slotSubstat priority
1Crit. Rate
2Crit. DMG3ATK%
4Resonance Liberation DMG Bonus
5Energy Regen
The Resonator with this Echo equipped in their main slot gains 10.00% Aero DMG Bonus. If this Resonator is Rover: Aero or ???, grant another 10.00% Aero DMG Bonus.
Echo skill: Summon the Windcleaver to attack the target, dealing 27.36% Aero DMG 8 times and 136.80% Aero DMG once.
Skill upgrade priority
FirstForte Circuit 
SecondResonance Liberation 
ThirdResonance Skill 
FourthBasic Attack 
FifthIntro Skill Build · 03
7 verified lineups. Other rotations stay off the page until they are checked against the current game.
Recommended lineup
AeroSubstitutions
No verified replacement for this slot.AeroSubstitutions
No verified replacement for this slot.
HavocAlso works
Chisa → Ciaccona → Cartethyia.
Worth knowing: Remember Aero Rover is the 2nd character in the rotation with Chisa or Shorekeeper on the team, but they open the rotation with Sanhua on the team. Also use Skyfall Severance to convert Havoc Bane into Erosion if you use them with Chisa!
Recommended lineup
AeroSubstitutions
No verified replacement for this slot.AeroSubstitutions
No verified replacement for this slot.AeroSubstitutions
No verified replacement for this slot.Ciaccona → Qiuyuan → Sigrika.
Recommended lineup
AeroSubstitutions
No verified replacement for this slot.AeroAlso works
AeroSubstitutions
No verified replacement for this slot.This is the best core, for jiyan and will be for a long core, could be named the only true aero mano core as well
Worth knowing: Mortefi → Shorekeeper → Jiyan; Shorekeeper's outro gives Jiyan +15% All DMG with CRIT buffs and dodge recovery. Only consider Ciaccona in the third slot with Jiyan on Windward Pilgrimage, Iuno in the team, and Ciaccona on her Signature Weapon.
Recommended lineup
AeroAlso works
AeroSubstitutions
No verified replacement for this slot.AeroAlso works
Iuno + Lynae + Ciaccona is also one of DPS Iuno's strongest teams by far, exceeding the teams shown here if you have access to it.
Recommended lineup
AeroSubstitutions
No verified replacement for this slot.
SpectroAlso works
FusionAlso works
Recommended lineup
SpectroAlso works
AeroSubstitutions
No verified replacement for this slot.SpectroAlso works
Alternative lineup
AeroSubstitutions
No verified replacement for this slot.AeroSubstitutions
No verified replacement for this slot.FusionAlso works
Mornye should only be used alongside Lynae, Aero Rover should only be used alongside Ciaccona.
Detailed reference
Perform up to 4 consecutive attacks, dealing Aero DMG. Basic Attack Stage 4 inflicts 1 stack of Aero Erosion upon the target hit.
When Ciaccona or Ensemble Sylph performs Solo Concert, they give 24% Aero DMG Bonus to all nearby Resonators in the team. This effect is not stackable.
Up to 2 Ensemble Sylphs may exist simultaneously.
If Ciaccona's Basic Attack Stage 4 is interrupted, the Ensemble Sylphs generated will finish the attack for Ciaccona and enter Solo Concert.
If Ciaccona's Solo Concert is interrupted, the Ensemble Sylphs generated will continue the Solo Concert for Ciaccona.
Aside from the two situations mentioned above, Ensemble Sylphs generated by Resonance Skill will finish Ciaccona's current attack without entering Solo Concert.
Consume STA to jump into mid-air and attack the target, dealing Aero DMG.
Aim to enter Aiming Mode to fire charged shots, dealing Aero DMG, considered Heavy Attack DMG.
Consume STA to perform up to 2 consecutive attacks, dealing Aero DMG.
Press Normal Attack after Mid-air Attack Stage 2 to cast Basic Attack Stage 4.
Follow up successful Dodges with Basic Attack to attack the target, dealing Aero DMG.
Move a certain distance, dealing Aero DMG and inflicting 1 stack of Aero Erosion on the target upon hit.
Normal Attack in time to cast Basic Attack Stage 2.
When there are 3 segments of Musical Essence, Heavy Attack is replaced with Heavy Attack - Quadruple Downbeat.
Consume all Musical Essence to shoot Downbeat Notes forward to deal Aero DMG, pulling in the nearby targets and inflicting 1 stack of Aero Erosion on the target hit.
Heavy Attack - Quadruple Downbeat can be cast in mid-air close to the ground.
Ciaccona can hold up to 3 segments of Musical Essence.
Casting Basic Attack Stage 4 or Intro Skill recovers 1 segment of Musical Essence.
Ciaccona and Ensemble Sylphs perform an Improvised Symphonic Poem together, dealing Aero DMG once to the nearby targets and entering Recital.
When in Recital, sound waves will periodically radiate around Ciaccona. When the sound wave overlaps with the circle indicator, the green or yellow buttons to generate Symphonic Poem: Tonic of the corresponding color and recover a certain amount of Concerto Energy.
During Recital:
Green Tonic: Deal Aero DMG to nearby targets and inflict a stack of Aero Erosion on targets hit.
Yellow Tonic: Deal Aero DMG to nearby targets and inflict a stack of Spectro Frazzle on targets hit.
Attack the target to deal Aero DMG and inflict a stack of Aero Erosion.
Follow up with Basic Attack in time to cast Basic Attack Stage 3.
Casting Resonance Liberation Singer's Triple Cadenza grants Ciaccona a Shield equal to 12% of her Max HP for 2s. Switching out Ciaccona removes the Shield.
Increase Heavy Attack - Quadruple Downbeat's DMG by 30%.
Aero Erosion DMG dealt to targets near the active Resonator is Amplified by 100% for 30s.
When the target's Off-Tune Level is full, the Resonator may cast Tune Break on the target.
Casting Resonance Skill Harmonic Allegro grants Ciaccona immunity to interruption for 3s. Casting Basic Attack increases Ciaccona's ATK by 35% for 10s.
During Resonance Liberation Singer's Triple Cadenza, Resonators in the team gain 40% Aero DMG Bonus.
Casting Basic Attack Stage 4 additionally grants 1 segment of Musical Essence. Resonance Skill Harmonic Allegro gains 1 more charge.
Ciaccona ignores 45% of the targets' DEF when dealing damage with Heavy Attack Quadruple Downbeat;
Ciaccona ignores 45% of the targets' DEF when dealing Resonance Liberation DMG.
Gain 40% Resonance Liberation DMG Bonus;
DMG taken by Resonators within and around the range of Resonance Liberation Singer's Triple Cadenza is reduced by 30%.
When in Solo Concert, Ciaccona or Ensemble Sylph deals Aero DMG equal to 220% of Ciaccona's ATK to nearby targets, considered Resonance Liberation DMG.
Kit text from the official Wuthering Waves guide by Kuro Games, supplemented with reviewed Wuthering Waves Wiki data under CC BY-SA.
Ciaccona is an Aero element resonator in Wuthering Waves.
Ciaccona uses a Pistols in Wuthering Waves.
Ciaccona is a 5-star resonator in Wuthering Waves.
Ciaccona serves as: Concerto Efficiency, Traction, Aero Erosion.
Ciaccona was released on 22 May 2025.
Ciaccona's signature weapon is Woodland Aria.