Wuthering Waves Calcharo, you know, the silver-haired guy that looks a bit like Sephiroth, is a solid electro DPS. You can pick him as your chosen five-star, or perhaps lose a 50/50 to him if you’re lucky. Our Calcharo build will help you to make sure he does plenty of damage and slashes through enemies left and right.
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Here’s everything in our Wuthering Waves’ Calcharo build and guide:
What’s the best Wuthering Waves Calcharo build?
Calcharo is a five-star resonator who uses a broadblade weapon and the electro element.
Element | Electro |
Rarity | Five-star |
Role | DPS |
Best weapon | Lustrous Razor |
Best echo set | Void thunder |
Best echo | Thundering Mephis |
Main stats | Electro damage bonus, crit rate, crit damage, attack |
Calcharo – pronounced as cal-car-o – is a bit of a mystery man in Wuthering Waves. During one of the game’s beta tests, he got a formal introduction, but now that we’re in the game’s full release he’s unfortunately nowhere to be seen in the story just yet. Rovers could find him during the Moonlit Fair, standing on a hill nearby, though the conversation was brief.
He’s a mercenary and is the leader of the merc group Ghost Hounds, which hail from the New Federation area. In-game, Calcharo is one of the standard pool’s five-stars, meaning you can get him if you lose a 50/50 – but let’s be honest, it’s more like winning.
The best weapons you can equip him with are the Autumntrace or Verdant Summit, and a full set of void thunder echoes works incredibly well for him. You can use a two-piece set of lingering tunes to boost his attack, too.

What are Calcharo’s skills?
Here are all of Calcharo’s skills in battle, including his intro and outro skills and inherent talents that automatically boost your damage.
Active skills
Basic attack – Gnawing Fangs | Calcharo performs up to four consecutive strikes dealing electro damage to targets |
Heavy attack | Calcharo consumes a set amount of stamina to attack a target dealing heavier electro damage |
Mid-air attack | Consuming more stamina, Calcharo leaps into the air and plunges, causing electro damage |
Dodge counter | Using Calcharo’s basic attack after a successful dodge deals electro damage to the target |
Resonance skill – Extermination Order | Calcharo performs up to three consecutive strikes dealing electro damage. If you swap off Calcharo or this skill is not performed for a while, it enters cooldown. This skill does not interrupt Calcharo’s basic attack combo |
Resonance liberation – Phantom Etching | Calcharo attacks the target and deals electro damage – while also entering the Deathblade Gear state. When the state ends, his next intro skill turns into Necessary Means, which deals electro damage as intro skill damage. Deathblade Gear – Hounds Roar – |
Passive skills
Intro skill – Wanted Outlaw | Calcharo attacks the target and deals electro damage |
Outro skill – Shadowy Raid | Calcharo summons Phantom to support the on-field character and clears targets with a slash. The Phantom’s attack deals electro damage equal to 195% + 361% of Calcharo’s attack stat |
Forte circuit: Hunting Mission | Heavy attack – Mercy When Calcharo has three stacks of Cruelty, his heavy attack turns into Mercy. When using this, Calcharo consumes the three Cruelty stacks and deals heavy attack damage, while recovering resonance and concerto energy. The Cruelty stacks cannot be gained when Calcharo is in the Deathblade Gear state |