Spectro 
Pistols 
Main Damage Dealer Heavy Attack Damage Basic Attack DMG Amplification Hack Response Build · 01
Ranked on calculated damage at equal investment. Everything below rank one is a real option, not a consolation.
Pistols Increases ATK by 12%. Casting Resonance Skill grants 20% Spectro DMG Bonus to the wielder for 14s, stacking up to 2 times. Inflicting Hack - Shifting grants 30% Heavy Attack DMG Amplification to the wielder for 14s, during which Heavy Attack DMG ignores 10% of the target's DEF.
Official Kuro recommendation and best-in-slot option.
Phasic Homogenizer48.6% Crit. DMG · 588 ATK · Insight Bearer 
Solar Flame20.2% Crit. Rate · 412 ATK · Oath of Tide Hunters Accessible 4-star option. 
Lux & Umbra48.6% Crit. DMG · 588 ATK · To Fire She Returns 
Skull Thrasher72.0% Crit. DMG · 500 ATK · Wakeful Loner 
Spectrum Blaster24.3% Crit. Rate · 588 ATK · Attendance Exemption Protocol Build · 02
One recommended setup this patch. Farm the listed main stats first, then refine the substats in order.
Recommended Hybrid Setup
Main stats by slot
Main echo
Second slotThird slot
Fourth slotFifth slotSubstat priority
1Crit. Rate
2Crit. DMG3ATK%
4Heavy Attack DMG Bonus
5Energy Regen
Echo bonus details are included in the official guide.
Echo skill: Cast Echo Skill to deal 16 instances of Physical DMG equal to 10.26% of ATK to the enemies within the range. When Lucy or Rebecca has this Echo equipped in the main slot, their Crit. Rate is increased by 15% and they unlock special Echo Skills.
Skill upgrade priority
FirstResonance Liberation 
SecondForte Circuit 
ThirdResonance Skill 
FourthBasic Attack 
FifthIntro Skill Build · 03
One verified lineup. Other rotations stay off the page until they are checked against the current game.
Recommended lineup
SpectroSubstitutions
No verified replacement for this slot.
ElectroSubstitutions
No verified replacement for this slot.
FusionAlso works
Shorekeeper may prove stronger in Whimpering Wastes as building Off-Tune multiple times on the same enemy (the reason why Mornye is ran) will almost never happen in that gamemode.
Detailed reference
Perform up to 4 consecutive attacks, dealing Spectro DMG.
Hold Normal Attack right after Basic Attack Stage 1 to continuously attack the targets, dealing Spectro DMG. Hold this skill for a certain amount of time to cast Heavy Attack Stage 1.
Hold Normal Attack shortly after Basic Attack Stage 3 lands to cast Heavy Attack Stage 2.
Consume STA to lash out against the enemies with Monowire, dealing Spectro DMG.
Hold Normal Attack after Heavy Attack Stage 1 lands to cast Heavy Attack Stage 2, dealing Spectro DMG.
Normal Attack shortly after casting Heavy Attack Stage 1 to cast Basic Attack Stage 3.
Consume STA to perform a Plunging Attack, dealing Spectro DMG.
Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill to cast Basic Attack Stage 2.
Normal Attack shortly after a successful Dodge to attack the target, dealing Spectro DMG.
Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill to cast Basic Attack Stage 4.
Hold Normal Attack shortly after this skill lands to cast Heavy Attack Stage 2.
When in Algorithm Compaction, Lucy's Basic Attack is replaced with Basic Attack - Thread Shredding.
Perform up to 4 consecutive attacks, dealing Spectro DMG, considered Heavy Attack DMG.
When in Algorithm Compaction, Lucy's Heavy Attack is replaced with Heavy Attack - Single Threading.
Consume STA to attack the target, dealing Spectro DMG.
Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill while airborne to cast Mid-air Attack - Algorithm Compaction.
Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill while on the ground to cast Basic Attack - Thread Shredding Stage 2.
When in Algorithm Compaction and Root Access reaches 100 points, Heavy Attack - Single Threading is replaced with Heavy Attack - Dual Threading.
Consume STA and all Root Access to attack the target, dealing Spectro DMG.
or hold Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill while airborne to cast Heavy Attack - Multi-threading.
Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill while on the ground to cast Basic Attack - Thread Shredding Stage 2.
Consume STA to attack the target, dealing Spectro DMG and inflicting Hack - Shifting on the target. SQL can be consumed for a 270% increase in this attack's DMG Multiplier.
Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill to cast Basic Attack - Thread Shredding Stage 2.
When in Algorithm Compaction, Mid-air Attack is replaced with Mid-air Attack - Algorithm Compaction.
Consume STA to perform a Plunging Attack, dealing Spectro DMG.
Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill to cast Basic Attack - Thread Shredding Stage 2.
When in Algorithm Compaction, Dodge Counter is replaced with Dodge Counter - Algorithm Compaction.
Normal Attack shortly after a successful Dodge to attack the target, dealing Spectro DMG.
Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill to cast Basic Attack - Thread Shredding Stage 3.
Cast Resonance Skill - Payload to charge forward, dealing Spectro DMG and inflicting Hack - Shifting. Upon hitting the target, a follow-up attack is automatically triggered, dealing Spectro DMG and activating Resonance Skill - Pulse Interference. If no target is hit during the charge, reduce the skill CD by 70%. If the charge is interrupted or not successfully cast, the skill CD is not reduced.
Normal Attack shortly after the follow-up attack to cast Basic Attack Stage 2.
Hold Normal Attack shortly after follow-up attack lands to cast Heavy Attack Stage 2.
Cast Resonance Skill - Pulse Interference to cut through the target, dealing Spectro DMG and briefly Stagnating the target, before granting Digital Handshake.
Digital Handshake: When Lucy is not in Algorithm Compaction and is the active Resonator in the team, she gains TCP every second. This effect is removed when TCP reaches 100 points or when Resonance Liberation - Netrunner or Resonance Liberation - Old Net Deep Dive is cast.
Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill to cast Basic Attack Stage 2.
When TCP reaches 100 points or Lucy is in Algorithm Compaction, Resonance Skill - Payload and Resonance Skill - Pulse Interference are replaced with Resonance Skill - Deadlock.
Cast Resonance Skill - Deadlock to attack the target, dealing Spectro DMG and inflicting Hack - Shifting, considered Heavy Attack DMG.
Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill to cast Basic Attack - Thread Shredding Stage 2.
Reset the CD of Resonance Skill - Deadlock after casting Resonance Liberation - Netrunner or Resonance Liberation - Old Net Deep Dive.
When not in Algorithm Compaction, Lucy gains TCP upon hitting a target. At 100 points of TCP, Resonance Skill - Payload and Resonance Skill - Pulse Interference are replaced with Resonance Skill - Deadlock.
Casting Resonance Liberation - Netrunner or Resonance Liberation - Old Net Deep Dive clears all TCP.
After casting Resonance Skill - Deadlock, Lucy enters Algorithm Compaction and gains 1 stack of SQL. Her Basic Attack is replaced with Basic Attack - Thread Shredding, and Heavy Attack is replaced with Heavy Attack - Single Threading. Lucy's Spectro DMG Bonus is increased by 65% for 8s.
While in Algorithm Compaction, casting Resonance Skill - Deadlock again will not grant SQL and Spectro DMG Bonus repetitively.
When in Algorithm Compaction, Lucy gains Root Access upon hitting a target with attacks including Basic Attack - Thread Shredding and Heavy Attack - Single Threading. Reaching 100 points of Root Access replaces Heavy Attack - Single Threading with Heavy Attack - Dual Threading. or hold Normal Attack shortly after casting Heavy Attack - Dual Threading to cast Heavy Attack - Multi-threading.
When casting Heavy Attack - Multi-threading, if Lucy has SQL, increase this attack's DMG Multiplier by 270% and remove SQL.
When casting Heavy Attack - Multi-threading, if Lucy does not have SQL, she loses 20% of current HP. If Lucy's HP is below 1%, no HP is consumed.
After casting Heavy Attack - Multi-threading, Resonance Liberation - Netrunner is replaced with Resonance Liberation - Old Net Deep Dive.
Lucy exits the the Algorithm Compaction state after casting Resonance Liberation - Netrunner or Resonance Liberation - Old Net Deep Dive, or Heavy Attack - Multi-threading is not followed up by one of these skills: Normal Attack - Locked Thread, Resonance Skill - Protocol Breach, Intro Skill - Outdated Hallucination, and Tune Break - Data Crash.
Lucy deals Spectro DMG to a target inflicted with Hack - Interfered and applies the same target with Data Crash, considered Hack DMG.
Data Crash: After the target deals damage, Stagnate the target for 0.5s. Data Crash is removed after this effect is triggered.
Lucy holds up to 100 points of TCP.
Lucy gains TCP when she deals damage through Basic Attack, Heavy Attack, Mid-air Attack, Dodge Counter.
Lucy gains TCP when she deals damage through Resonance Skill - Payload and Resonance Skill - Pulse Interference.
After casting Intro Skill - Outdated Hallucination, casting the next Resonance Skill - Pulse Interference additionally grants 20 points of TCP.
Lucy holds up to 100 points of Root Access.
Lucy gains Root Access when she deals damage through Basic Attack - Thread Shredding, Heavy Attack - Single Threading, Mid-air Attack - Algorithm Compaction, and Dodge Counter - Algorithm Compaction.
Lucy deep dives into cyberspace and pulls up the Protocol Interface for 10s. While the Protocol Interface is active, choose up to 7 different Spoofing Program effects, each requiring different RAM costs. Lucy starts with 24 points of RAM.
While in the Protocol Interface, Lucy marks targets within a certain range in her view. Marked targets will be applied with all Spoofing Program effects selected afterwards. Adjust Lucy's view to mark more targets. When no target is in view, no Spoofing Program can be applied.
While in the Protocol Interface, when either the duration expires or when Normal Attack is held down, Override is triggered, which deals Spectro DMG to all marked targets before closing the Protocol Interface, considered Heavy Attack DMG. When RAM runs out or is insufficient to activate any Spoofing Programs, Normal Attack to trigger Override on all marked targets.
Can be cast in mid-air close to the ground.
Requires 2 RAM. Extends field of view. Lucy marks and deals Spectro DMG to all nearby targets within the effective range without having to adjust the view, considered Heavy Attack DMG.
Spoofing Program: Cyberware Malfunction
Requires 4 RAM. Marked targets take 5% more DMG for 30s.
Spoofing Program: Breach Protocol
Requires 4 RAM. Marked targets' DEF is reduced by 5% for 30s.
Spoofing Program: Synapse Burnout
Requires 5 RAM. Deals Spectro DMG to all marked targets within a certain range, considered Heavy Attack DMG.
Spoofing Program: Cripple Movement
Requires 6 RAM. Deals Hack DMG to all marked targets and reduces their ATK by 5% for 30s.
Spoofing Program: Weapon Glitch
Requires 5 RAM. Causes all marked targets' attacks to have a chance to be reduced by 100% within 30s.
Spoofing Program: Cyberpsychosis
Requires 6 RAM. Convert all marked targets to neutral units and reduce their Vibration Strength. Only effective against Common Class enemies.
When in Algorithm Compaction, after Heavy Attack - Multi-threading is cast, Resonance Liberation - Netrunner is replaced with Resonance Liberation - Old Net Deep Dive. Lucy gains all effects of Resonance Liberation - Netrunner, and the DMG Multiplier of Override is greatly increased.
After casting Resonance Liberation - Old Net Deep Dive, or when Lucy exits the Algorithm Compaction state, Resonance Liberation - Old Net Deep Dive is replaced with Resonance Liberation - Netrunner.
Can be cast in mid-air close to the ground.
Attack the target, dealing Spectro DMG and granting Resonators in the team Involuntary Sharing, allowing them to see targets behind obstacles for 25s. Additionally, Involuntary Sharing is enhanced on Rebecca, allowing her to lock onto targets behind obstacles. If Rebecca's turret is on the field, its Overload effect is activated, increasing its DMG dealt for 4s.
If Lucy is not in Algorithm Compaction after casting this skill, Normal Attack within a certain time to cast Basic Attack Stage 2.
If Lucy is in Algorithm Compaction after casting this skill, Normal Attack within a certain time to cast Basic Attack - Thread Shredding Stage 2.
After casting this skill, the next Resonance Skill - Pulse Interference additionally grants 20 points of TCP.
When Lucy is the active Resonator in the team, if she takes no damage for 8s, she gains 1 stack of Optical Illusion. Max 1 stack by default.
Optical Illusion: When attacked, reduce this instance of DMG by 100%. If Lucy is hit or launched from the attack, she immediately recovers and triggers a successful Dodge if she's on the ground. After this effect is triggered, remove 1 stack of Optical Illusion. This effect can be triggered up to 1 time every 0.5s.
When Resonance Skill - Payload, Resonance Skill - Pulse Interference, or Resonance Skill - Deadlock damages an Overlord Class or Calamity Class enemy, Lucy applies Botnet Mark on them for 2 min. While Botnet Mark is active, when a Resonator in the team defeats that target with direct damage, Lucy gains the Network Backdoor effect. If Rebecca is in the team, she gains the same effect.
Grants 10% All DMG Amplification and 10% additional Hack DMG Multiplier. This effect lasts for 2 min and stacks up to 2 times. At 2 stacks, additionally increases All DMG Amplification by 5% and Hack DMG Multiplier by 5%. When Lucy is downed, she can no longer gain Network Backdoor, and any existing Network Backdoor effects become invalid.
The incoming Resonator gains 25% Basic Attack DMG Amplification for 14s or until they are switched out.
Grants all Resonators in the team Countermeasure Program for 25s.
While the effect is active, when an active Resonator in the team other than Lucy inflicts Hack - Shifting, that Resonator gains 20% All DMG Amplification.
While the effect is active, when a Resonator in the team other than Lucy is attacked, Lucy grants them 30% DMG Reduction for 3s and Stagnates their attacker for 1s. This effect can only trigger up to 1 time while Countermeasure Program is active. Obtaining Countermeasure Program again resets the effective charge.
When the All DMG Amplification is effective, switching to another Resonator ends the Countermeasure Program early.
When the target's Off-Tune Level is full, Lucy can cast Tune Break on the target.
Responding to Hack - Interfered: when Resonators in the team trigger Tune Break on the target and cause them to be affected by Hack - Interfered, Lucy applies Hack Response - Data Crash on the target. Each target can be inflicted with this effect up to 1 every 8s.
Lucy is now immune to interruptions during Resonance Skill - Payload, Resonance Skill - Pulse Inteference, Heavy Attack - Dual Threading, and Heavy Attack - Multi-Threading
Casting Intro Skill - Outdated Hallucination increases ATK by 20% for 14s.
When a Resonator in the team defeats a target affected by Spoofing Program with direct damage, Lucy records the effect triggered and activates the corresponding Quick Action on that Resonator for 6s. The record expires when Lucy is knocked out.
Quick Action: When activated, inflict the recorded Spoofing Program effects on targets within a certain distance from the active Resonator in the team, effective once only on each target.
The following Spoofing Program effects can be recorded: Spoofing Program: Cyberware Malfunction, Spoofing Program: Breach Protocol, Spoofing Program: Cripple Movement, Spoofing Program: Weapon Glitch, and Spoofing Program: Cyberpsychosis. When applying Spoofing Program effects via Quick Action, only the continuous status effects are applied.
While casting Resonance Liberation - Netrunner and Resonance Liberation - Old Net Deep Dive, Lucy's starting RAM is increased to 32.
After casting Resonance Skill - Pulse Interference, deal 1 additional of Spectro DMG equal to 450% of Lucy's ATK, considered Heavy Attack DMG.
When this instance of damage hits the target, apply all of the following Spoofing Program effects: Spoofing Program: Cyberware Malfunction,
Spoofing Program: Breach Protocol, Spoofing Program: Cripple Movement, Spoofing Program: Weapon Glitch, and Spoofing Program: Cyberpsychosis. Only the continuous status effects are applied.
Forte Circuit - Depths of Blackwall is enhanced: When casting Heavy Attack - Multi-threading, if Lucy has SQL, the DMG Multiplier increase is raised from 270% to 560%.
The DMG Multiplier of Override from Resonance Liberation - Netrunner and Resonance Liberation - Old Net Deep Dive is increased by 50%, and its Crit. DMG is increased by 100%.
The DMG Multiplier of Spoofing Program: Cripple Movement is increased by 65%.
The DMG Multiplier of Hack Response - Data Crash is increased by 65%.
When Resonators in the team inflict Hack - Shifting, Resonators in the team gain 20% All-Attribute DMG Bonus for 20s.
The stack limit of Optical Illusion obtainable via Inherent Skill - Ghost Cyberware is increased to 2.
Inherent Skill - Ghost Cyberware is now enhanced: When Lucy's HP falls below 50%, she immediately gains 1 stack of Optical Illusion upon being hit. This effect has a Cooldown of 180s. When Optical Illusion is triggered, Lucy gains a Shield equal to 150% of ATK for 10s.
Targets with Hack - Shifting or in the Hack - Interfered state take 40% increased Heavy Attack DMG from Lucy.
Targets with Hack - Shifting or in the Hack - Interfered state take 60% increased Hack DMG from Lucy.
The Stagnation triggered by Hack Response - Data Crash now lasts for 1.5s.
Kit text from the official Wuthering Waves guide by Kuro Games, supplemented with reviewed Wuthering Waves Wiki data under CC BY-SA.
Lucy is a Spectro element resonator in Wuthering Waves.
Lucy uses a Pistols in Wuthering Waves.
Lucy is a 5-star resonator in Wuthering Waves.
Lucy serves as: Main Damage Dealer, Heavy Attack Damage, Basic Attack DMG Amplification, Hack Response.
Lucy was released on 8 June 2026.
Lucy's signature weapon is Spectral Trigger.