Best Cartethyia build guide in Wuthering Waves: Echoes, weapons, and teams

Cartethyia has finally made her playable debut in Wuthering Waves, bringing a new playstyle based on the Aero Erosion negative status effect. She is all set to be the new queen of DPS, given you build her properly with the required Sonata Effects and weapons. The Blessed Maiden of Rinascita has been one of the most anticipated characters, who is finally now playable with the Wuthering Waves 2.4 update.

This article will explore everything that you need to know to build Cartethyia correctly in Wuthering Waves.

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Best Sonata Effects for Cartethyia in Wuthering Waves

1) Windward Pilgrimage

Sonata Set (Image via Kuro Games)

• Cost 4: Crit. Rate or Crit. DMG
• Cost 4: Crit. Rate or Crit. DMG
• Cost 1: HP%
• Cost 1: HP%
• Cost 1: HP%
• Sub stats: Crit. Rate, Crit. DMG, HP%, Energy Regen

The Windward Pilgrimage is the new set of Sonata Effect introduced in the 2.4 update. It is catered towards the Blessed Maiden as it is a main DPS set that increases damage based on Aero Erosion.

Attacking an enemy afflicted with the Aero Erosion effect will cause the Resonator's Crit Rate and Aero Damage to be boosted, making it the ideal set for the Blessed Maiden.

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2) Gusts of Welkin

• Cost 4: Crit. Rate or Crit. DMG
• Cost 4: Crit. Rate or Crit. DMG
• Cost 1: HP%
• Cost 1: HP%
• Cost 1: HP%
• Sub stats: Crit. Rate, Crit. DMG, HP%, Energy Regen

The Gusts of Welkin is another great set that allows Cartethyia to buff the Aero damage of her entire party. This Sonata Effect also gives you a 15% buff, which works well enough for her.

It is still ideal to obtain the Windward Pilgrimage set and use it instead.

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Main Echo for Cartethyia in Wuthering Waves

Fleurdelys in Wuthering Waves is a great echo that you can farm by defeating the boss with the same name. This is the go-to choice for a main echo, as this works only for Rover and Cartethyia.

This echo gives you an Aero Damage Bonus and an additional boost if you equip it on Rover or the Blessed Maiden. For the other 4-cost echo, use Nightmare Kelpie, which is part of the Windward Pilgrimage set.

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Best weapons for Cartethyia in Wuthering Waves

1) Defier's Thorn

Defier's Thorn (Image via Kuro Games)

Defier's Thorn is the new 5-star sword, and it is the Blessed Maiden's best-in-slot option for a weapon. It gives you an HP boost, alongside allowing the user to ignore 8% of a target's defense. Additionally, if the enemy has more than one Erosion stack, it further boosts the damage by 20%.

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2) Emerald of Genesis

Emerald of Genesis is the standard 5-star sword and is another choice if you do not want to go for the Defier's Thorn. It gives a massive Crit Rate boost of 24.3% alongside increased Energy Regeneration. Given that the Blessed Maiden scales off HP, the attack buff does not matter that much.

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3) Guardian Sword

Guardian Sword is a 3-star option that comes with an HP% substat. It is a simple weapon that increases your Resonance Skill damage. If you are a free-to-play player and have no 5-star option, this is your best pick due to the fact that it has HP% on its sub-stat.

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Best teams for Cartethyia in Wuthering Waves

Team setup (Image via Kuro Games)

The following are the best teammates for the Blessed Maiden:

• Ciaccona, Aero Rover
• Aero Rover, Shorekeeper
• Ciaccona, Shorekeeper
• Aalto, Aero Rover
• Sanhua, Aero Rover

Phoebe can work somewhat, as she can apply Spectro Frazzle that the Rover can turn into Aero Erosion due to how their kit functions.