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I tried to see what people build Yangyang like on WuWa Flex. From my own empirical standpoint, Blazing Brilliance R1 is better for Yangyang DPS and Emerald of Genesis R5 lost to it. Previously, when running the Yangyang and Carlotta duo in Hazard 4, Yangyang had to wield Emerald of Genesis because ER tuning is too important.

Born to be a 4-star, trained to keep up with current 5-stars, Yangyang is my most beloved 4-star.

Background: My photo of Yangyang (made with WuWa photo mode in 3.6 on my PS5 Pro machine) was taken in Mengzhou, in a winter area. Features a butterfly and a Yangyang composition.

Yangyang 4-star was not designed to be the main DPS. Yet, she was my first level 90 Resonator, and she can still clear the endgame. The ToA's Hazard 2 was even harder than the previous floor. However, even losing on time, Yangyang managed to outspeed the timer and win the game for me.

Before I describe the builds fully, I would like to state that I have changed Yangyang's echoes.

Builds:

1. Yangyang 4-star S6 Blazing Brilliance R1 (Changli's signature): 72.9% CR / 280.8% CD / 2049 ATK / 127.6% ER / 49.4% Resonance Skill DMG Bonus / 9.4% Heavy Attack DMG Bonus / 16.5% Resonance Liberation DMG Bonus / 0.0% Basic Attack DMG Bonus, 5 pc Pilgrimage

2. Ciaccona S0R1 stats: 80.3% CR / 292.4% CD / 2051 ATK / 110.8% ER, 5pc Gusts of Welking, Signature

3. Mornye S2R1 stats: 24382 HP / 1179 ATK / 3252 DEF / 20.6% CR / 178.8% CD / 278.6% ER, 5pc Halo of Starry Radiance

As you can see, Yangyang changed her build. What was the previous one? Let's see:

Yangyang 4-star (Previous Build): 68.7% CR / 282.0% CD / 1977 ATK / 140.0% ER / 40% Resonance Skill DMG Bonus / 0.0% Heavy Attack DMG Bonus / 7.9% Resonance Liberation DMG Bonus / 0.0% Basic Attack DMG Bonus

Difference: I traded ER% for more Attack% (you will see the new echo in this video, at 3:42). As a result, I gained more additional DMG bonuses (such as Resonance Skill DMG from that echo). With my new cost-1, I have same 7.5% CR / 15.0% CD / 7.6% ER but gained Heavy Attack and Resonance Liberation DMG Bonuses.

I must inform that the DMG did increase, but I cannot say if it is diminishing returns. I feel like Yangyang achieved a build that is very difficult to improve.

Difficulty is Grueling.

For courtesy - Chapters:

1. 0:00 - Carlotta's photo made by me in Wuthering Waves using new Photo Mode (WuWa, 3.7)

2. 0:04 - Yangyang 4-star team enters ToA Hazard 2

3. 3:14 - ToA's Hazard Tower UI: Snowflakes overlay

4. 3:31 - 'Thanks for Watching' scene

5. 3:35 - Transducers (Yangyang's new echo), Galbrena's echo attempt

I was impressed that Yangyang 4-star could clear the ToA Hazard floor 1 as the main DPS or hypercarry. My first attempts failed, but I succeeded after rebuilding my Ciaccona S0R1.

My builds:

1. Yangyang 4-star S6 BB R1 stats: 68.7% CR / 282.0% CD / 1977 ATK / 140% ER, 5pc Pilgrimage, Blazing Brilliance R1

2. Ciaccona S0R1 stats: 80.3% CR / 292.4% CD / 2051 ATK / 110.8% ER, 5pc Gusts of Welking, Signature

3. Mornye S2R1 stats: 24382 HP / 1179 ATK / 3252 DEF / 20.6% CR / 178.8% CD / 278.6% ER, 5pc Halo of Starry Radiance

Difficulty: It took like 5 attempts. However, I would rate it as VERY HARD because of Echo RNG and, obviously, the lack of Aero RES being down by 10% or favourable conditions.

I really liked playing Ciaccona S0R1 and Yangyang 4-star together. It was a very pleasant experience to complete WuWa's ToA endgame with Yangyang 4-star performing the main DPS role and Ciaccona supporting her.

REMARK: Mornye S2R1 is an important support for Yangyang 4-star because the Hazard 1 floor has a very tanky boss. I tried it with Verina, and I failed because I could not deal enough damage to the boss within the 120-second timer.