The Shorekeeper
Euphonic Chrysalis

  • Rarity: ★★★★★
  • Attribute: Spectro
  • Weapon:
  • Combat Roles:
  • Support and Healer
  • Traction
  • DMG Amplification
  • Alias: The Second Instance, Guardian of Secrets
  • Gender: Female
  • Birthday: February 27
  • Birthplace: The Black Shores
  • Nation: The Black Shores
  • Affiliation: Black Shores
  • How to Obtain: Till the Sea Turns Clear
  • Release Date: September 29, 2024

  • Voice Actors:
  • English: Stephanie McKeon
  • Chinese: Tang Yajing (唐雅菁)
  • Japanese: Suwa Ayaka (諏訪彩花)
  • Korean: Kim Bo-na (김보나)

Introduction to Shorekeeper Guide


Shorekeeper Stats by Level:

Level: 1 HP: 1337 ATK: 23 DEF: 90 Energy: 125

Wuthering Waves Ultimate Shorekeeper Guide: Shorekeeper is a 5★ Spectro Rectifier support known for strong healing, Crit buffs, and off-field utility. She provides consistent healing, boosts Crit Rate/DMG, prevents K.O.s, and aids knockdown recovery. With 250% Energy Regen, she maximizes team buffs and damage amplification. Her kit includes healing via Resonance Skill, team buffs through Resonance Liberation, and high damage on her enhanced Intro Skill. Available in Version 1.3 (Sept 29–Oct 24, 2024), she fits nearly any team.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

Critical Buffs: Boosts team Crit Rate and Crit DMG, enhancing damage.

Continuous Healing: Provides consistent healing for the whole team.

Damage Amplification: Outro Skill increases team damage by 15% for 30 seconds.

Rejuvenating Glow: Uses the 5-piece set to enhance healing and ATK.

High Damage: Can deal strong damage with an offensive build.

Flexibility: Fits into almost any team.

Defensive Utility: Outro Skill allows recovery from perfect dodges.

Emergency Save: Restores 50% HP of a knocked-out character at the cost of her own health.

Exploration Utility: Heavy Attack automatically picks up plants.

Reduced Echo Luck Reliance: Less reliant on Echo stats for effectiveness.

Weaknesses

Energy Regen Requirement: Needs 250% Energy Regen for optimal Crit buffs.

Echo Priority: Requires Energy Regen Echo stats, reducing potential healing output.

Slow Concerto Energy Generation: Takes 6 seconds to fill Concerto Energy, delaying skills.

Rotation Dependent: Relies on a strict rotation for optimal support.

Lacks Coordinated Attacks: Does not have Coordinated Attacks, limiting synergy with certain characters.

Slow Start in Tower of Adversity: Can struggle at the beginning of some content due to slow energy generation.

Team Position Considerations: May not be as fast as Verina in some team setups due to slower Outro speed.

Build Guide

This build enhances Shorekeeper as a powerful healer while maximizing her team buffs. Her healing scales with HP, and her Crit Rate and Crit DMG boosts depend on Energy Regen. Prioritizing Energy Regen ensures continuous buffs, while boosting HP improves her healing output, balancing both for optimal support. Here’s a detailed breakdown of the optimal build for Shorekeeper, focusing on maximizing her healing potential and team-wide buffs:

Echo Set

5-piece Rejuvenating Glow (Best Choice):

Increases healing by 10%, making Shorekeeper a more effective healer.

When healing allies, grants a 15% ATK boost to the team for 30 seconds.

This set provides great synergy with her healing and team buffing, making it the top choice.

5-piece Moonlit Clouds (Alternative Choice):

Provides 10% Energy Regen and an ATK% boost.

However, Fallacy of No Return, Shorekeeper’s best primary Echo, can only be part of the Rejuvenating Glow set.

Early Game Option:

  • 2-piece Rejuvenating Glow + 2-piece Moonlit Clouds.
  • Offers a balance of healing boosts and Energy Regen.

Main Echo

Fallacy of No Return (Recommended):

Grants 10% Energy Regen to Shorekeeper and 10% ATK to the team for 20 seconds.

Scales the damage dealt based on Shorekeeper’s HP.

This Echo is key to boosting both healing and offensive power for the team.

Bell-Borne Geochelone (Alternative):

Provides a shorter 10% DMG Bonus for 15 seconds.

Offers better survivability but less sustained team buffing.

Weapons

Stellar Symphony (Best Choice):

At max level, provides 77% Energy Regen.

Increases Shorekeeper’s HP, directly improving her healing output.

Restores Concerto energy and boosts the team’s ATK when she heals.

Ideal for maximizing both healing and buffing capabilities.

Variation (Free-to-Play Alternative):

Provides up to 52% Energy Regen at level 90.

Restores Concerto energy.

Easier to rank up to level 5 compared to Stellar Symphony.

Comet Flare (Alternative):

Offers additional Energy Regen and supports Shorekeeper’s role in healing.

Crafted 4-star Rectifier:

If Stellar Symphony or Variation are not available, a crafted Rectifier with Energy Regen as the main stat works well.

Echo Stats Priority

250% Energy Regen is the target to maximize the Crit Rate and Crit DMG buffs for allies inside Shorekeeper’s Resonance Liberation Stellarealm field.

Aim for 230% Energy Regen on the stat screen, as Forte skill and Echo effects will give a 10% Energy boost, making the full 250% easily achievable.

Recommended Echo Setup: 4-3-3-1-1:

  • 1 4-cost Echo: Prioritize Crit DMG, Healing Bonus, or HP%.

    • Crit DMG enhances team damage during the buffs.
    Healing Bonus improves Shorekeeper’s healing.
    HP% directly impacts healing effectiveness.

  • 2 3-cost Echo: Prioritize Energy Regen or HP%.

    • Energy Regen is crucial to maintaining high healing and buff uptime.
    HP% increases healing potential and supports her survivability.

  • 3 1-cost Echo: Prioritize HP%

    • Helps increase Shorekeeper’s healing output and durability in battle.

Substats to Prioritize

  • 1 Energy Regen (until 250% is reached) is the first priority

    • This is essential for maximizing the Crit Rate and Crit DMG buffs that Shorekeeper applies to her team.

  • 2 HP% should come next

    • It directly increases her healing output and overall effectiveness as a healer.

  • 3 Crit DMG

    • To increase the damage potential of her team, especially while under the effect of her buffs.

  • 3 Resonance Liberation substats

    • To further enhance the utility and effect of her Resonance skill, allowing for better team sustain and utility.

Skill Priority and Forte List

Shorekeeper Skills Priority

Intro Skill Resonance Liberation Resonance Skill Forte Circuit Basic Attack

Shorekeeper Abilities

Basic Attack – Origin Calculus

Basic Attack:
Performs 4-hit Spectro combo, each hit generates 1 Collapsed Core.

Heavy Attack (Unbound Form):

Hold to consume STA and enter Unbound Form—generates Deductive Data every second and gathers nearby plants. Exiting the form deals Spectro DMG and converts Deductive Data into Empirical Data and Collapsed Cores.

Mid-air Attack:

Consumes STA to plunge, dealing Spectro DMG and generating 1 Collapsed Core. Can chain into Basic Attack 2.

Dodge Counter:

After dodging, press Normal Attack to counter with Spectro DMG.

Resonance Skill – Chaos Theory


Heals all nearby allies and summons 5 Dim Star Butterflies that home in on enemies, dealing Spectro DMG. Press Basic Attack after to resume the combo from Stage 2.

Can be used mid-air.

Resonance Liberation – End Loop



Outer Stellarealm: Heals all allies in range every 3s.

Inner Stellarealm: Triggered when an ally uses an Intro Skill inside the Outer Stellarealm. Grants up to 12.5% Crit Rate based on Shorekeeper’s Energy Regen.

Supernal Stellarealm: Triggered when an Intro Skill is used in the Inner Stellarealm. Adds up to 25% Crit DMG, scaling with Energy Regen.

Each tier retains the effects of the previous one.

Forte Circuit – Astral Chord


Flare Star Butterfly:

Normal Attacks generate Collapsed Cores that become Flare Star Butterflies after 6s, dealing Spectro DMG. At 5 Cores, the next hit instantly spawns a Butterfly.

Illation:

With 5 Empirical Data, casting Heavy Attack pulls in enemies, deals Spectro DMG, and instantly converts all Cores into Butterflies.

Transmutation:

With 5 Empirical Data, casting Mid-air Attack deals Spectro DMG and instantly converts Cores into Butterflies. Can chain into Basic Attack Stage 2.

Empirical Data:

Max 5 segments. Gained from hitting with:

  • Basic Attack Stages 1/2/4: +1
  • Basic Attack Stage 3: +2
  • Mid-air or Dodge Counter: +1

    • Intro Skill – Proof of Existence


    Enlightenment:

    Heals nearby allies and summons 5 Dim Star Butterflies that auto-target and deal Spectro DMG (Resonance Skill DMG).

    Discernment:

    When a Supernal Stellarealm is active, Shorekeeper’s next Intro Skill becomes Discernment—heals allies, ends the Stellarealm, and deals guaranteed Crit Spectro DMG (Resonance Liberation). Usable once per Stellarealm.

    Outro Skill – Binary Butterfly


    Shorekeeper summons a Flare Star and Dim Star Butterfly to orbit the active character for up to 30s, granting:

  • Up to 5 emergency dodges when hit or launched, letting the character recover instantly.
  • 15% DMG Amplification for all nearby allies.

    • Shorekeeper Passive Abilities

    Inherent Skill – Life Entwined

    If an ally takes fatal damage, they’re healed for 50% of Shorekeeper’s HP instead of being knocked out. Shorekeeper loses that HP but won’t drop below 1. Triggers once every 10 minutes.

    Inherent Skill – Self Gravitation


    While in a Stellarealm, the active character gains 10% Energy Regen. If Rover is on the team, they also gain 10% Energy Regen.

    Forte Prioritization for a Pure Healer Build:

    Prioritize skills that enhance healing output for a healer-focused build.

    If healing is your main concern, skip leveling up abilities focused on damage like Forte and Normal Attack.

    Leveling Liberation and Chaos Theory will give the best returns in terms of team support and healing effectiveness.

    Stats to Prioritize:

    • 1 Energy Regen:

      • Aim for 250% Energy Regen to maximize the Crit Rate and Crit DMG buffs.
      Only need 230% Energy Regen on the stat screen, as her inherent skills and new Echo provide a 10% Energy Regen boost.

    • 2 HP:

      • Crucial for damage scaling with the Super Intro skill and healing output.
      Increases both the amount of healing Shorekeeper provides and the damage of her Super Intro.

    Resonance Chain

    Shorekeeper’s Resonance Chain, which is enhanced by obtaining duplicates, can significantly improve her abilities, with some levels being more impactful than others.

    Resonance Chain Effects


    Sequence 1: Unspoken Conjecture

    Increases healing and buff range by 150% and extends duration by 10 seconds. Discernment no longer ends Stellarealm, improving Crit uptime.


    Sequence 2: Night’s Gift and Refusal

    The Outer Stellarealm boosts team ATK by 40%, enhancing overall damage.


    Sequence 3: Infinity Awaits Me

    Resonance Liberation grants 20 Concerto Energy every 25 seconds, speeding up rotations and upgrading Stellarealm.


    Sequence 4: Overflowing Quietude

    Grants 70% Healing Bonus during Chaos Theory, but Stellarealm already provides strong healing.


    Sequence 5: Echoes in Silence

    Increases range of Basic Attack Stage 3 and Illation, improving crowd control, but less important for healing.


    Sequence 6: To the New World

    Boosts Discernment DMG by 42% and grants 500% Crit DMG, increasing personal damage but not necessary for support.

    Overall, S2 is considered the most valuable upgrade, as it significantly enhances the team’s damage output. S1 and S3 offer important Quality of Life improvements, particularly in terms of uptime and energy regeneration. S4 and S5 are generally less useful, and if you’re progressing past S3, aiming for S6 is recommended to increase her personal damage potential, though it isn’t essential for her support role.

    Best Teams


    Shorekeeper is a highly flexible support character who can be slotted into various team compositions, providing crucial healing, damage amplification, and buffs like Crit Rate and Crit DMG. Here’s a breakdown of her effectiveness in different team setups:

    Recommended Teams:

    Coordinated Attack Team:

      Main DPS
    • Jinhsi
      • Sub-DPS
    • Zhezhi
      • Support
    • Shorekeeper

    Shorekeeper’s buff field enhances both Jinhsi and Zhezhi’s damage output.
    Zhezhi’s Inklit Spirits and Outro Skill damage amplification work well with Shorekeeper’s buffs.

    Limitation: Shorekeeper doesn’t generate coordinated attack stacks, making her less optimal than Verina in a Jinhsi team.

    Dual Carry Teams:

    Shorekeeper’s buffs benefit all team members, making her useful in dual carry setups.

    Example Characters: Xiangli Yao, Changli, Havoc Rover

    Both carries benefit from the Crit Rate and Crit DMG buffs, resulting in a significant damage increase.

    For Havoc Rover: Shorekeeper provides an extra 10% Energy Regen, helping achieve a nuclear burst.

    • Xianli Yao
    • Yinlin
    • Shorekeeper

    Key Synergy: The 25-second cooldown of both Xiangli Yao and Shorekeeper line up perfectly.

    This synergy allows for smooth rotations, where both characters’ abilities can be used efficiently.

    • Jiyan
    • Mortefi
    • Shorekeeper

    Rotation: Start with Shorekeeper to activate the buffs and build Concerto Energy, then switch to Mortefi and Jiyan.
    After Mortefi and Jiyan’s Intro Skills trigger, Jiyan can deal the best damage in the SUPER field.
    Once Jiyan finishes, switch back to Shorekeeper to trigger the SUPER Intro for additional damage.

    Ascension and Forte Materials

    Shorekeeper Ascension Material Rank 1 Req Lv 20 5000 0 0 4 Rank 1 Req Lv 20 5000 0 0 4 Rank 2 Req Lv 40 10000 4 3 4 Rank 2 Req Lv 40 10000 4 3 4 Rank 3 Req Lv 50 15000 8 6 8 Rank 3 Req Lv 50 15000 8 6 8 Rank 4 Req Lv 60 20000 12 9 4 Rank 4 Req Lv 60 20000 12 9 4 Rank 5 Req Lv 70 40000 16 12 8 Rank 5 Req Lv 70 40000 16 12 8 Rank 6 Req Lv 80 80000 20 16 4 Rank 6 Req Lv 80 80000 20 16 4

    Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q)

    Is Shorekeeper easy to build?

    Yes. She doesn’t rely on Resonance Chains to function. ER and HP are her main priorities, and her buffs are impactful even with moderate investment.

    What sets and Echoes should she use?

    Set: Moonlit Clouds – Energy Regen + ATK buff via Outro Skill.
    Main Echo: Impermanence Heron – Excellent ATK buff for allies and synergy with her role.

    What role does she play?

    Healer / Support
    Provides persistent AoE healing, Crit Rate & Crit DMG buffs, and damage amplification.
    Fits into most team comps due to her versatility.

    What do Flare and Dim Star Butterflies do?

    Dim Star Butterflies: Deal Spectro DMG after being summoned via her Skill.
    Flare Star Butterflies: Form from Collapsed Cores and auto-target enemies for additional Spectro DMG.
    Both provide strong off-field DPS and utility.