Introduction to Blazing Brilliance Guide

Wuthering Waves Blazing Brilliance Guide: The Blazing Brilliance is a 5-star sword in Wuthering Waves, crafted as Changli’s signature weapon. Forged from a legendary bird’s essence and feathers, it radiates an intense light, incinerating everything in its path. Its design and abilities enhance Changli’s combat prowess, making it a powerful choice for those seeking both elegance and destruction.

Key Features and Stats

At level 90, the Blazing Brilliance sword features a base ATK of 587, providing a strong foundation for scaling damage. Its substat grants +48.6% Crit DMG, making it a valuable weapon for enhancing critical hit potential. This combination of high base ATK and Crit DMG ensures that wielders can deal consistent and powerful bursts of damage, making it particularly effective for characters focused on critical strikes and offensive playstyles.

Skill: Crimson Phoenix

The Blazing Brilliance sword’s unique skill, Crimson Phoenix, enhances the wielder’s offensive capabilities by increasing ATK and boosting Resonance Skill damage through Searing Feather stacks. Its effects scale with the weapon’s Syntonization Rank, providing greater bonuses at higher levels.

Crimson Phoenix Skill Effects:

ATK Bonus:

Increases the wielder’s ATK by 12% / 15% / 18% / 21% / 24% depending on the weapon’s Syntonization Rank.

Searing Feather Stacks:

Stack Generation:

Gains 1 stack upon dealing damage (can trigger once every 0.5 seconds).
Gains 5 stacks upon casting a Resonance Skill.

Resonance Skill DMG Bonus:

Each stack increases Resonance Skill DMG by 4% / 5% / 6% / 7% / 8% based on the weapon’s Syntonization Rank.
Stacks up to a maximum of 14 times.

Duration & Reset Mechanism:

Once the maximum stacks are reached, all stacks will be removed after 10 to 12 seconds, requiring the wielder to rebuild them for sustained damage output.

This skill provides a steady ATK increase while rewarding consistent attacks and Resonance Skill usage with escalating damage bonuses, making it ideal for high-tempo combat styles.

Best Characters

The Blazing Brilliance sword is best suited for characters who can maximize its high ATK, Crit DMG substat, and Resonance Skill DMG Bonus from Crimson Phoenix. Its synergy with Resonance Skills makes it an excellent choice for damage-focused characters.

Changli (5-star Fusion): As her signature weapon, Blazing Brilliance is Changli’s best-in-slot, perfectly complementing her playstyle and enhancing her overall damage output.

Havoc Rover: This character can utilize the sword’s ATK boost and Crit DMG to amplify their damage, making it a strong choice.

Danjin (4-star Havoc): With her aggressive combat style, Danjin benefits from the weapon’s damage-enhancing properties, allowing for powerful Resonance Skill bursts.

Sanhua (4-star Glacio): While not its primary wielder, Sanhua can still make effective use of Blazing Brilliance’s stats and stacking damage bonuses.

This weapon excels on characters who frequently use their Resonance Skills and benefit from high Crit DMG, ensuring sustained and explosive damage potential.

How to Obtain

The Blazing Brilliance sword is exclusively obtainable through the Featured Weapon Convene Banner, Absolute Pulsation. To participate, players must first reach Union Level 8 or complete the combat trial in First Resonance to unlock the Convene function.

During its initial run, Absolute Pulsation was available from July 22, 2024, to August 14, 2024 (server time). The latest rerun of the banner in Version 2.1 was held from March 6, 2025 (Asia) to March 27, 2025 (Asia). Players must use Forging Tides to summon on the banner.

The summon system guarantees at least one 4-Star or higher rarity Resonator or Weapon every 10 attempts. Additionally, the guarantee count is shared among all Featured Weapon Convene event banners, meaning that if a 5-Star Weapon is not obtained within a banner, the pity count carries over to future Featured Weapon Convene banners.

Ascension Materials

To fully ascend the Blazing Brilliance sword, players must collect specific materials, including Shell Credits, Howler Cores, and Metallic Drips. These materials can be obtained through enemy drops, Forgery Challenges, and shops.

Total Materials Required:

Shell Credit × 330,000
LF Howler Core × 6
MF Howler Core × 6
HF Howler Core × 10
FF Howler Core × 12
Inert Metallic Drip × 6
Reactive Metallic Drip × 8
Polarized Metallic Drip × 6
Heterized Metallic Drip × 20

Where to Obtain:

Howler Cores (LF/MF/HF/FF):

Dropped by enemies such as Young Geohide Saurian, Young Roseshroom, Hooscamp Flinger, Diamondclaw, Hoartoise, and Fusion Dreadmane.
Farmable using Waveplates in the Forgery Challenge.
Available for purchase in the Jinzhou Souvenir Shop or through synthesis.

Metallic Drips (Inert/Reactive/Polarized/Heterized):

Obtained by spending 40 Waveplates in the Forgery Challenge: Flaming Remnants, located in Port City of Guixu, Sea of Flames sub-area.

By efficiently farming these materials through combat and challenges, players can maximize the potential of Blazing Brilliance, enhancing its performance in battle.

Stat Progression

The Blazing Brilliance sword’s stats progressively increase as it levels up, enhancing both its ATK and Crit DMG substat. This steady growth ensures a significant boost in offensive power, making it a formidable weapon at higher levels.

Stat Progression by Level:

Level 1: ATK 47, Crit DMG 10.8%
Level 20: ATK 122, Crit DMG 19.1%
Level 40: ATK 232, Crit DMG 27.5%
Level 50: ATK 303, Crit DMG 31.7%
Level 60: ATK 374, Crit DMG 35.9%
Level 70: ATK 445, Crit DMG 40.1%
Level 80: ATK 516, Crit DMG 44.3%
Level 90: ATK 587, Crit DMG 48.6%

As the weapon ascends, its high base ATK and substantial Crit DMG bonus make it an excellent choice for damage-dealing characters who rely on critical hits to maximize their effectiveness in battle.

Comparison with Other Weapons

The Blazing Brilliance and the Emerald of Genesis are both powerful 5-star swords, but their performance varies depending on build and character synergy. Blazing Brilliance excels in Crit DMG and Resonance Skill DMG Bonus, making it ideal for characters who rely heavily on their Resonance Skills for damage output. In contrast, Emerald of Genesis provides a more balanced approach, with its passive effects offering additional energy regeneration and smoother skill rotations.

While Blazing Brilliance can achieve higher burst damage due to its 18.6% higher Crit DMG and 88.6% Resonance Skill DMG Bonus, the actual damage gap between the two weapons may be minimal in practical use, especially if Emerald of Genesis is built with comparable stats. Players prioritizing consistent energy recovery and sustained damage may find Emerald of Genesis to be a viable alternative, potentially saving resources instead of pulling for Blazing Brilliance. However, for those focusing on maximizing Resonance Skill damage, Blazing Brilliance remains the superior choice.