Havoc 
Sword 
Main Damage Dealer Heavy Attack Damage Havoc Bane Traction Build · 01
Ranked on calculated damage at equal investment. Everything below rank one is a real option, not a consolation.
Sword Grants 12% All-Attribute DMG Bonus. Upon inflicting Havoc Bane, the wielder gains 36% Heavy Attack DMG Amplification and their Heavy Attack DMG ignores 12% of the target's DEF, lasting for 8s.
Official Kuro recommendation and best-in-slot option.
Emerald Sentence24.3% Crit. Rate · 588 ATK · When A Heart Settles 
Emerald of Genesis24.3% Crit. Rate · 588 ATK · Stormy Resolution 
Blazing Brilliance48.6% Crit. DMG · 588 ATK · Crimson Phoenix 
Commando of Conviction30.4% ATK · 412 ATK · Unyielding Accessible 4-star option. 
Fables of Wisdom18.2% ATK · 462 ATK · Rhetoric Accessible 4-star option. 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
1Energy Regen until 118%
2Crit Rate3Crit DMG4ATK
5Heavy Attack DMG Bonus
Resonators with this Echo equipped in the main slot gain 12.00% Havoc DMG and 12.00% Heavy Attack DMG.
Echo skill: Use Echo Skill to attack nearby enemies, dealing 109.44% Havoc DMG and summoning 4 Blades of Thousand Memories that last 15s. While Blades of Thousand Memories last, when the Resonator inflicts Havoc Bane, consume 1 Blade of Thousand Memories to deal 41.04% Havoc DMG once to the target. This effect can be triggered once every 1s.
Skill upgrade priority
FirstForte Circuit 
SecondResonance Liberation 
ThirdBasic Attack 
FourthResonance Skill 
FifthIntro Skill Build · 03
2 verified lineups. Other rotations stay off the page until they are checked against the current game.
Recommended lineup
HavocSubstitutions
No verified replacement for this slot.HavocAlso works
GlacioAlso works
Start with Suisui to build her Forte and cast Resonance Liberation, switch to Chisa for a full Basic Attack string and Resonance Liberation, then enter on Yangyang: Xuanling via Intro and hold Heavy Attack until her Forte depletes.
Recommended lineup
HavocSubstitutions
No verified replacement for this slot.HavocSubstitutions
No verified replacement for this slot.
SpectroSubstitutions
No verified replacement for this slot.Phrolova contributes her own damage as a second DPS while Shorekeeper provides general buffs and healing; strongest in Whimpering Wastes.
Detailed reference
Normal Attack repeatedly or hold it down to consume Melody and perform up to 4 consecutive attacks, dealing Havoc DMG. While Melody is not depleted, the Energy Regen is increased by 20% when Basic Attack - Azure Sword Stance deals damage.
Basic Attack - Azure Sword Stance Stage 4 applies 1 stack of Havoc Bane to the targets hit.
Normal Attack repeatedly or hold it down to consume Melody and perform up to 4 consecutive attacks, dealing Havoc DMG. While Melody is not depleted, the Energy Regen is increased by 20% when Basic Attack - Feather Sword Stance deals damage.
Basic Attack - Feather Sword Stance Stage 4 applies 1 stack of Havoc Bane to the targets hit.
Consume STA to perform a Plunging Attack, consuming Melody and dealing Havoc DMG.
Normal Attack within a short time after casting this skill triggers Basic Attack - Azure Sword Stance Stage 2.
Consume STA to perform a Plunging Attack, consuming Melody and dealing Havoc DMG.
Normal Attack within a short time after casting this skill triggers Basic Attack - Feather Sword Stance Stage 2.
Normal Attack within a short time after a successful Dodge consumes Melody to attack the target, dealing Havoc DMG.
Normal Attack within a short time after casting this skill triggers Basic Attack - Azure Sword Stance Stage 3.
Casting Dodge Counter - Azure Sword Stance counts as casting Basic Attack - Azure Sword Stance Stage 2.
Normal Attack within a short time after a successful Dodge consumes Melody to attack the target, dealing Havoc DMG.
Normal Attack within a short time after casting this skill triggers Basic Attack - Feather Sword Stance Stage 3.
Casting Dodge Counter - Feather Sword Stance counts as casting Basic Attack - Feather Sword Stance Stage 2.
While in Azure Sword Stance, Press Resonance Skill to switch to Feather Sword Stance and perform Basic Attack - Feather Sword Stance Stage 1, dealing Havoc DMG.
While in Feather Sword Stance, Press Resonance Skill to switch to Azure Sword Stance and perform Basic Attack - Azure Sword Stance Stage 1, dealing Havoc DMG.
Press Resonance Skill within a short time after casting Basic Attack - Feather Sword Stance to switch to Azure Sword Stance and cast Sword Stance Switch: Azure, dealing Havoc DMG, considered Heavy Attack DMG.
A successful Dodge can be triggered within a short time into the action of this skill, which consumes 50 Melody.
After casting this skill, the Basic Attack cycle will not reset for a short time.
Press Resonance Skill within a short time after casting Basic Attack - Azure Sword Stance to switch to Feather Sword Stance and cast Sword Stance Switch: Feather, dealing Havoc DMG, considered Heavy Attack DMG.
A successful Dodge can be triggered within a short time into the action of this skill, which consumes 50 Melody.
After casting this skill, the Basic Attack cycle will not reset for a short time.
Yangyang: Xuanling is in Azure Sword Stance by default. When Melody is depleted while in Feather Sword Stance, Resonance Skill - Feather's Edge is replaced by Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Azure.
Press Resonance Skill to switch to Azure Sword Stance and cast Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Azure, dealing Havoc DMG and restoring 100 points of Melody and 1 point of Azure Plume. This instance of DMG is considered Heavy Attack DMG.
When Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Azure hits the target, consume 1 stack of Havoc Bane on the target.
The Basic Attack - Feather Sword Stance cycle is not reset within a short time after casting Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Azure. If casting Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Azure resets the cycle, summon a Wraith of Sound to finish the current attack and deal a fixed instance of Havoc DMG, considered Basic Attack DMG, which is not affected by any DMG Bonus effects and does not inflict Havoc Bane.
Successful Dodge can be triggered within a short time into the action of this skill, which consumes 50 points of Melody.
When Melody is depleted while in Azure Sword Stance, Resonance Skill - Feather's Edge is replaced by Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Feather.
Press Resonance Skill to switch to Feather Sword Stance and cast Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Feather, dealing Havoc DMG and restoring 100 points of Melody and 1 point of Azure Plume. This instance of DMG is considered Heavy Attack DMG.
When Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Feather hits, consume 1 stack of Havoc Bane on the target.
The Basic Attack - Azure Sword Stance cycle is not reset within a short time after casting Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Feather. If casting Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Feather resets the cycle, summon a Wraith of Sound to finish the current attack and deal a fixed instance of Havoc DMG, considered Basic Attack DMG, which is not affected by any DMG Bonus effects and does not inflict Havoc Bane.
Successful Dodge can be triggered within a short time into the action of this skill, which consumes 50 points of Melody.
When Azure Plume is restored to its maximum while in Azure Sword Stance, hold Normal Attack to consume STA and all Azure Plume to cast Heavy Attack - Azure Sword Stance, generating a massive cyclone that strikes the area in front, dealing Havoc DMG, considered Heavy Attack DMG.
When casting Heavy Attack - Azure Sword Stance, gain Bated Breath: If Yangyang: Xuanling is the active Resonator in the field, the Crit. DMG of this Heavy Attack - Azure Sword Stance increases by 160%. When Heavy Attack - Azure Sword Stance ends, Bated Breath is removed. Bated Breath can be gained up to once every 25s.
Heavy Attack - Azure Sword Stance applies 2 stacks of Havoc Bane to the targets hit.
When Azure Plume is restored to its maximum while in Feather Sword Stance, if Yangyang: Xuanling is on the ground and not in a Basic Attack - Havoc in Bloom cycle, hold Normal Attack to consume STA and cast Heavy Attack - Feather Sword Stance, dealing Havoc DMG. After it hits a target, Mid-air Attack - Feather Fall is automatically cast.
When casting Heavy Attack - Feather Sword Stance, gain Streaming Storm, which lasts 15s. While Yangyang: Xuanling is the active Resonator in the team, the Crit. DMG of this Heavy Attack - Feather Sword Stance or the next Mid-air Attack - Feather Fall, Basic Attack - Havoc in Bloom, or Dodge Counter - Havoc in Bloom is increased by 160%. Streaming Storm is removed when Basic Attack - Havoc in Bloom Stage 3 or Dodge Counter - Havoc in Bloom Stage 3 ends. Streaming Storm can be gained up to once every 25s.
Heavy Attack - Feather Sword Stance applies 2 stacks stacks of Havoc Bane to the targets hit.
When Azure Plume is restored to its maximum while in Feather Sword Stance and airborne, Mid-air Attack - Feather Sword Stance is replaced by Mid-air Attack - Feather Fall.
Press or hold Normal Attack to consume STA and all Azure Plume to cast Mid-air Attack - Feather Fall, dealing Havoc DMG. Casting Mid-air Attack - Feather Fall enters Hark the Wind for 12s.
While in Feather Sword Stance, Basic Attack - Feather Sword Stance is replaced by Basic Attack - Havoc in Bloom, which performs up to 3 consecutive attacks, dealing Havoc DMG, considered Heavy Attack DMG.
Basic Attack - Havoc in Bloom Stage 2 and Stage 3 can be cast in mid-air close to the ground. Casting Stage 3 ends Basic Attack - Havoc in Bloom. This attack cycle cannot be reset.
During Hark the Wind, a Dodge Counter counts towards the Basic Attack - Havoc in Bloom cycle.
When nearby Resonators in the team inflict Havoc Bane on a target, Yangyang: Xuanling gains 1 stack of Feathered Oath for 4s. Feathered Oath can be gained once every 1s, stacking up to 6 times. While Yangyang: Xuanling is the active Resonator in the team, each stack increases the Crit. DMG of Heavy Attack - Azure Sword Stance, Heavy Attack - Feather Sword Stance, Mid-air Attack - Feather Fall, Basic Attack - Havoc in Bloom, and Dodge Counter - Havoc in Bloom by 25%, up to 150%.
Before Yangyang: Xuanling's Basic Attack - Azure Sword Stance Stage 4, Basic Attack - Feather Sword Stance Stage 4, Heavy Attack - Azure Sword Stance, or Heavy Attack - Feather Sword Stance hits a target, record and propagate the highest stack count of Havoc Bane on targets within a certain range to all targets within range.
Melody has a maximum of 100 points.
Casting Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Azure or Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Feather restores 100 points of Melody.
Casting Resonance Liberation Hush of a Thousand Voices consumes all Melody.
Normal Attacks consumes Melody upon dealing damage.
Successful Dodge can be triggered during the action of Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Switch: Azure, Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Switch: Feather, Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Azure, or Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Feather within a certain time of casting these skills, which consumes 50 points of Melody.
Azure Plume has a maximum of 2 points.
Casting Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Azure, Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Feather, or Intro Skill - Skybound Feather restores 1 point of Azure Plume.
Casting Resonance Liberation - Hush of a Thousand Voices restores 1 point of Azure Plume.
Casting Heavy Attack - Azure Sword Stance or Mid-air Attack - Feather Fall consumes all Azure Plume.
Consume all Melody to deal Havoc DMG and restore 1 point of Azure Plume. This DMG is considered Heavy Attack DMG.
Upon casting this skill, obtain Voice upon Voice. When casting Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Azure or Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Feather, summon Shadow of Xuanling to attack the target, dealing Havoc DMG, considered Heavy Attack DMG.
Voice upon Voice cannot stack. Once Shadow of Xuanling is summoned, the Voice upon Voice state is removed.
Deal Havoc DMG and restore 1 point of Azure Plume.
When Intro Skill - Skybound Feather deals damage, it applies 1 stack of Havoc Bane on the target.
When a target has 1 to 3 stacks of Havoc Bane, each stack of Havoc Bane Amplifies the DMG from Yangyang: Xuanling by 10%, up to 30%.
When a target has 4 to 6 stacks of Havoc Bane, each stack of Havoc Bane Amplifies the DMG from Yangyang: Xuanling by 12%, up to 36%.
Resonance Liberation Hush of a Thousand Voices raises the Havoc Bane stacks on the targets to the maximum on hit.
When nearby Resonators in the team inflict Havoc Bane, Yangyang: Xuanling gains 1 stack of Windbound. Windbound can be gained once every 1s, stacking up to 6 times.
When Windbound reaches 6 stacks, Yangyang: Xuanling removes all Windbound and gains One with the Wind.
While One with the Wind lasts, when Yangyang: Xuanling casts Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Azure or Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Feather, she summons Feather Release: Xuanling to attack the target, applying 6 stacks of Havoc Bane to the target.
Windbound cannot be obtained while One with the Wind lasts.
Once Feather Release: Xuanling is summoned, the One with the Wind state is removed.
Attacks the target, dealing Havoc DMG equal to 300% of Yangyang: Xuanling's ATK.
All Resonators in the team other than Yangyang: Xuanling gains Tonal Switch for 20s. After a Resonator with Tonal Switch inflicts Havoc Bane, that Resonator's Havoc DMG is Amplified by 20%.
This effect is reset upon casting this skill again.
When the target's Off-Tune Level is full, the Resonator may cast Tune Break on the target.
Casting Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Azure or Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Feather summons a Shadow of Xuanling: Unfaltering to attack the target, dealing Havoc DMG equal to 337.98% of Yangyang: Xuanling's ATK. This DMG is considered Heavy Attack DMG.
Casting Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Azure or Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Feather Stagnates nearby enemies.
Heavy Attack - Azure Sword Stance, Basic Attack - Havoc in Bloom and Dodge Counter - Havoc in Bloom are immune to interruption.
The DMG dealt by Heavy Attack - Azure Sword Stance, Heavy Attack - Feather Sword Stance, Mid-air Attack - Feather Fall, Basic Attack - Havoc in Bloom, and Dodge Counter - Havoc in Bloom is increased by 100%.
Every time Yangyang: Xuanling remains out of combat for more than 4s after she leaves the combat state or revives, she gains the following effects once:
The DMG dealt via Resonance Liberation Hush of a Thousand Voices is Amplified by 175%.
After casting Intro Skill - Skybound Feather, Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Azure, or Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Feather, increase the maximum Havoc Bane stacks on targets within a certain range by 3, lasting 20s. This effect does not stack.
Basic Attack - Azure Sword Stance Stage 4, Basic Attack - Feather Sword Stance Stage 4, Heavy Attack - Azure Sword Stance, and Heavy Attack - Feather Sword Stance inflict 1 additional stack of Havoc Bane on the target.
When casting Intro Skill - Skybound Feather, Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Switch: Azure, Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Switch: Feather, Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Azure, or Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Feather, the ATK of Resonators in the team is increased by 20% for 20s.
When Yangyang: Xuanling takes a fatal blow, she will not be downed, but instead recover HP equal to 50% of her Max HP while becoming immune to DMG and interruption for 3s. This effect can be triggered once every 10 min.
After Yangyang: Xuanling inflicts Havoc Bane on a target, gain Voice Flux for 30s. While Voice Flux is active, the Heavy Attack DMG from Yangyang: Xuanling is increased by 40%.
Casting Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Azure or Resonance Skill - Sword Stance Flow: Feather grants Still as Withered Wood for 30s. While Still as Withered Wood is active, if Yangyang: Xuanling is on the field, then after nearby Resonators in the team inflict Glacio Chafe, Fusion Burst, Electro Flare, Aero Erosion, Spectro Frazzle, or Havoc Bane, Yangyang: Xuanling summons Shadow of Xuanling: Still as Withered Wood to attack the target, dealing Havoc DMG equal to 337.98% of Yangyang: Xuanling's ATK. The DMG of Shadow of Xuanling: Still as Withered Wood is considered Heavy Attack DMG and is guaranteed to be a critical hit.
Shadow of Xuanling: Still as Withered Wood can be summoned once every 1s, and Still as Withered Wood expires after it is summoned 5 times. When Still as Withered Wood expires or is removed, reset the available summon charges of Shadow of Xuanling: Still as Withered Wood. Still as Withered Wood has a Cooldown of 25s.
Kit text from the official Wuthering Waves guide by Kuro Games.
Yangyang: Xuanling is a Havoc element resonator in Wuthering Waves.
Yangyang: Xuanling uses a Sword in Wuthering Waves.
Yangyang: Xuanling is a 5-star resonator in Wuthering Waves.
Yangyang: Xuanling serves as: Main Damage Dealer, Heavy Attack Damage, Havoc Bane, Traction.
Yangyang: Xuanling was released on 10 July 2026.
Yangyang: Xuanling's signature weapon is Azure Oath.