How to Build Augusta in Wuthering Waves – Best Weapons, Echoes & Ascension Materials

Augusta makes her debut in Wuthering Waves Version 2.6 as a 5-star Electro Broadblade Resonator. She’s designed as a heavy attack–focused Main DPS, with a kit that revolves around resource generation, shield creation, and devastating combos. If you’re planning to add her to your team, here’s everything you need to know about her ascension materials, weapons, and echoes to bring out her full potential.

How Augusta Kit Works

Augusta’s gameplay revolves around managing three (3) resources that feed into her heavy attack playstyle:

• Ascendancy (0–100): Built from normal attacks and restored by Intro/Resonance Skills and Resonance Liberation. When full, it unlocks her Undying Sunlight chain (Strike → Leap → Plunge), with the final Plunge consuming Ascendancy and granting Majesty.
• Majesty (max 2): Consumed to perform her alternate Resonance Liberation, Sworn Allegiance, which stops time, locks her on the field, and lets her unleash Sunborne chains into Everbright Protector. This also creates the Ruler’s Realm, a 30s field that shields allies who use Intro Skills.
• Prowess (0–100): Built by basic/Heavy Attacks and Dodge Counters. When full, her heavy attacks upgrade into Backstep, Spinslash, or Uppercut variations for massive Electro DMG.

Her kit’s shield generation keeps her safe while also enabling Crown of Valor, and her time-stop ability is one of the few mechanics in the game that even pauses end-game content timers.

Augusta Ascension Materials

To take Augusta from level 1 to 90, you’ll need a combination of boss drops, local specialties, enemy drops, and credits.

Ascension Materials Required:

• 46 × Blighted Crown of Puppet King – Dropped by the new boss introduced in Version 2.6.
• 60 × Luminous Calendula – A local specialty found in Rinascita’s Sanguis Plateau (can’t be fully pre-farmed before 2.6).
• LF/MF/HF/FF Tidal Residuum – Enemy drops required in increasing amounts at each ascension tier.
• 170,000+ Shell Credits – For ascension costs.

Forte & Skill Upgrade Materials:

• Waveworn Residue (210, 226, 235, 239) – Forgery Challenge drops or purchasable in cities.
• When Irises Bloom – Weekly boss material from Fleurdelys.
• Additional Shell Credits – ~2 million for full Forte upgrades.

Skill Priority (Recommended Order):

1. Resonance Liberation – Augusta’s main damage source.
2. Forte Circuit – Strong scaling tied to her heavy attack mechanics.
3. Normal Attack – Important for chaining heavy attack combos.
4. Resonance Skill – Useful but not her primary damage.
5. Inherent Skill
6. Intro Skill

Best Weapons for Augusta

Augusta thrives on Crit Rate, Crit Damage, and Heavy Attack Damage, making her weapon choice crucial for maximizing DPS.

Best-in-Slot

• Thunderflare Dominion (Signature Weapon)
  • +24% Crit Rate main stat.
  • +12% ATK, +20% Heavy Attack DMG for 15s after Intro/Resonance Skill.
  • Shield triggers allow heavy attacks to ignore enemy DEF (up to 5 stacks).
  • Perfect synergy with Augusta’s shield mechanics and heavy attack playstyle.

Five-Star Alternatives

• Verdant Summit – +48% Crit DMG and stacking Heavy Attack DMG bonus.
• Ages of Harvest – +24% Crit Rate and buffs to Resonance Skill DMG.
• Lustrous Razor – Provides energy regen and decent ATK scaling, though weaker for heavy attack focus.

Four-Star Options

• Aureate Zenith (Battle Pass Weapon) – +40% Crit DMG, boosts ATK and Heavy Attack DMG after Resonance Liberation.
• Autumntrace / Helios Cleaver – Solid choices that grant ATK% and Crit utility.

Free-to-Play Option

• Guardian Broadblade (3-star) – Increases Heavy Attack DMG by 12%. While its stats are much lower, it’s usable until better weapons are acquired.

Best Echoes for Augusta

Augusta’s echo setup should amplify her Electro damage, Crit stats, and Heavy Attack multipliers.

Best Echo Set

• 3-Piece Crown of Valor – Grants stacking ATK% and Crit DMG whenever Augusta gains a shield.
• 2-Piece Void Thunder – Adds Electro DMG bonus to her kit.

(Alternative: 2-Piece Lingering Tunes for ATK% if you lack Void Thunder.)

Main Echo

• False Sovereign (4-Cost) – Provides +12% Electro DMG, +12% Heavy Attack DMG, and deals bonus damage when its skill is cast.

Echo Stat Priority

Main Stats:

• 4-Cost – Crit Rate or Crit Damage (aim for ~75% Crit Rate and 250% Crit DMG).
• 3-Cost – Electro DMG% or ATK%.
• 1-Cost – ATK%.

Substats (Priority Order):

1. Crit Rate
2. Crit Damage
3. Heavy Attack DMG%
4. ATK%
5. Energy Regen (for smoother rotations)

Suggested Rotation

1. Build Prowess through basics and Heavy Attacks; convert to Backstep/Spinslash/Uppercut when full.
2. Build Ascendancy via normals and skills; when full, trigger Undying Sunlight chain (ending in Plunge to gain Majesty).
3. At 2 Majesty, hold RL to enter Sworn Allegiance (time-stop). Spam Sunborne hits then finish with Everbright Protector.
4. Swap out with Outro buff, then back in to refresh shields and Majesty generation.

Tip: Time-stop even pauses endgame challenge timers, making her incredibly valuable in tough content.

Team Synergy

Augusta works best as a Hypercarry DPS, supported by characters who buff Heavy Attack DMG or Electro DMG.

• Mortefi – Provides strong Heavy Attack buffs, excellent partner.
• Shorekeeper / Verina – Sustain and general buffs.
• Yinlin – Alternative Sub-DPS for extra Electro damage.
• Future synergy: Iuno (designed to pair with Augusta).

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Augusta is a straightforward but powerful Electro Broadblade DPS who rewards players for investing in her heavy attack mechanics. Her best build centers on:

• Thunderflare Dominion (or Verdant Summit if unavailable).
• Crown of Valor + Void Thunder echo combo with False Sovereign as the main.
• Farming Blighted Crown of Puppet King and Luminous Calendula for ascension.

With the right setup, Augusta becomes a shielded powerhouse capable of tearing through enemies with relentless heavy attacks.