Lucilla Build Guide: Best Weapons, Echoes & Team Comps | Wuthering Waves
2026-05-27
Wuthering Waves is an open world action RPG that combines fast combat with free exploration in a story rich, post apocalyptic setting.
Lucilla is having her grand debut in Wuthering Waves Version 3.4. As the headmistress of Septimont Academy in the Rinascita region, she brings her calm and composed energy into her combat style: elegant on the surface and well-layered underneath.
WuWa Lucilla is a 5-star Glacio Sub-DPS, but operates as a high-tier facilitator. She keeps applying Glacio Chafe and lowers enemy Glacia resistance, along with using her Outro to amplify debuff damage. This Wuthering Waves Lucilla build guide covers her skills, best weapons, optimal Echo sets, top team compositions, and more.
Pro Tip: Lucilla debuts in Version 3.4 alongside a packed banner schedule. Make sure to top up Wuthering Waves through BuffBuff to stock Lunites at the best rates and get your hands on the character the day it launches.
Lucilla Character Overview
 | Rarity | 5-star |
| Element | Glacio | |
| Weapon | Rectifier |
WuWa Lucilla is a 5-star Glacio Rectifier who redefines the Sub-DPS role through a dual-stance system and resource management, with well-timed inputs. She strikes a balance between dealing consistent Glacio damage independently and unlocking powerful team-wide bonuses. All this is driven by Concerto Efficiency that keeps her rotations smooth within quickswap compositions.
The Focus Ring mechanic is the main distinguishing aspect of the WuWa Lucilla build. Mastering the timing of holds and releases builds the resources needed to unlock her hardest-hitting windows. Depending on your team setup, she shifts between two distinct Resonance Modes, either increasing Glacio Chafe damage or amplifying Echo Skill output across the squad. This gives her strong flexibility in multiple endgame compositions.
Lucilla Skill & Kit
Normal Attack: Snapshot
WuWa Lucilla kit performs up to 3 consecutive hits to deal Glacio DMG. The key mechanic kicks in at Stage 3, as holding Normal Attack deploys the Focus Ring.
Landing the cursor outside Perfect Focus triggers the stronger Commendable variant and rewards extra DMG and Traces. So, missing it is actually the goal.
Resonance Skill: Phantom Frame
Works similarly to her Normal Attack. Holds deploy the Focus Ring with two possible outcomes. First, Compensate reduces cooldown by 50%. Perform Normal Attack right after this skill to deploy Basic Attack Stage 2.
Second, Spotlight is the preferred result, which grants 20 extra Concerto Energy and an additional Glacio Chafe stack in Chafe Mode.
Resonance Liberation: Clear As Day
Lucilla's Ultimate triggers Reminiscence, which replaces her entire moveset with an empowered version. It also grants a 30% DMG Bonus to either Basic Attack or Echo Skill, depending on her active Resonance Mode, and concludes with Letting It Go.
Forte Circuit: Memory Palace
The core of the WuWa Lucilla kit. Traces build Photos, and Photos fuel Oblivion procs during Reminiscence. Her Liberation grants Film Roll stacks in Chafe Mode or Zoom stacks in Echo Mode, which amplifies either Chafe application or team Echo Skill Crit DMG by 10% per stack.
Inherent Skills
Slow Motion slows enemies during Focus Ring deployment. A Perfect Focus on her Resonance Skill reduces enemy Glacio RES by 8% in Chafe Mode or increases team Echo Skill DMG Bonus by 25% in Echo Mode, both for 30 seconds.
Intro & Outro: Clip It / Montage
Intro applies Glacio Chafe immediately on entry. Her Outro is her most impactful skill. In Chafe Mode, enemies take 60% increased Chafe damage for 30s, while in Echo Mode, the next Resonator receives 50% Echo Skill DMG Amplification.
Lucilla Materials
Moving forward to our Wuthering Waves Lucilla build guide, the following are various total Lucilla materials required:
Character Ascension Materials (Level 90)
- 170,000 Shell Credits
- Mech Cores (x4 LF, x12 MF, x12 HF, x4 FF)
- Suncoveter's Reach x46
- Forget-Me-Not x60
Character Skill Materials
- 2,030,000 Shell Credits
- Mech Cores (x25 LF, x28 MF, x40 HF, x57 FF)
- We Who Question x26
- Strings (x25 Spliced, x28 Broken, x55 Solidified, x67 Melodic)
Signature Weapon Materials (Freeze Frame Lv. 90)
- 330,000 Shell Credits
- Exoswarm Cores (x6 LF, x6 MF, x10 HF, x12 FF)
- Strings (x6 Spliced, x8 Broken, x6 Solidified, x20 Melodic)
Lucilla Resonance Chain
| Sequence | Name | Effect |
| S1 | Distant Noon | First Perfect Focus instantly fills the Focus Ring. Releasing within it grants +20% Crit Rate for 10s. Lucilla's build also becomes interruption-immune during Focus Ring deployment and key attack phases. |
| S2 | Slumbering Moonlight | Doubles Outro power. Chafe Mode jumps to 120% Amplified Chafe DMG, and Echo Mode scales up to 80% Echo Skill DMG Amplification for the incoming Resonator. |
| S3 | Days Fade Unheard | Letting It Go DMG Multiplier increases by 100%. Straightforward but significant damage spike for her Liberation finisher. |
| S4 | The Past Fades Into Silence | Oblivion pulls nearby enemies on hit and stacks ATK +10% up to 3 times (6s per stack). The WuWa Lucilla kit also takes 30% less DMG during Tracing Forms Stage 3. |
| S5 | Time Equally a Stream | Oblivion DMG Multiplier increases by 50%, further increasing her Reminiscence damage output. |
| S6 | Gazing In the Mist of Time | Each Photo consumed in Reminiscence builds Remembrance (max 3 stacks), each adding 30% to Letting It Go's damage. Defeating an enemy with Letting It Go restores 100% Resonance Energy and 150 Traces out of combat. |
Lucilla Weapons
Freeze Frame (5-Star Signature Weapon)
WuWa Lucilla best weapon Rectifier brings 24.3% Crit Rate and high Base ATK to the table. Its passive starts with a flat 12% ATK boost, but the real value kicks in when she lands Glacio Chafe. It immediately grants her 30% Glacio DMG Bonus for 12s and simultaneously buffs the entire team's ATK by 24% for 30s. It's a Lucilla weapon that rewards playing into her kit in a natural way, as it ties personal damage output and team amplification into a single trigger.
Alternative Options
Cosmic Ripples (5-Star Standard)
A strong alternative to WuWa Lucilla's best weapon, as it offers a substantial 54% ATK increase alongside 12.8% Energy Regen. The stacking Basic Attack DMG Bonus pairs well with her Reminiscence phase, where she spends most of her burst window chaining Basic Attacks.
Fusion Accretion (4-Star)
The top F2P-friendly Lucilla weapon pick, coming with a solid ATK% substat. Triggering her Resonance Skill restores Resonance Energy and stacks a 10% ATK buff, which directly addresses energy management and keeps her Liberation on a tight cooldown.
Lucilla Echo
The best Lucilla Echo is Wishes of Quiet Snowfall, as it aligns with her application rates and swap-heavy playstyle. Let's get deep into the Lucilla Echo sets guide:
Best Echo Set
- 2-Pc: +10% Glacio DMG
- 5-Pc: Applying Glacio Chafe adds 10% Glacio DMG and activates Snowfall, which then converts into a 25% Crit Rate buff on Liberation cast. Swapping out via Outro further passes a 25% Glacio DMG Bonus to the incoming Resonator.
Main Stats Priority
- 4-Cost: Crit DMG or Crit Rate (Balance for a 1:2 ratio)
- 3-Cost: x2 Glacio DMG Bonus (or Glacio DMG + ATK% if the substats are flawless)
- 1-Cost: x2 ATK%
Substat Priority
Crit Rate / Crit DMG > ATK% > Resonance Liberation DMG > Energy Regen
Lucilla Team Compositions
The best WuWa Lucilla build team composition is the one that uses her Glacio Chafe amplification to turn the strong carry into an unbreakable force.
 |  |  |
| Hiyuki | Lucilla | Chisa |
Hiyuki leads as the main DPS and builds Snowforged Blade stacks through Glacio Chafe. Lucilla amplifies everything and adds Chafe stacks and shreds Glacio RES, while pushing 60% Chafe vulnerability via her Outro. Chisa handles survivability, and layers DEF shred on top.
Conclusion
There is only one thing to learn to master Lucilla, i.e., the Focus Ring. Miss it intentionally on Normal Attack and hit it on Resonance Skill. The rest of her rotation flows naturally. Once that rhythm clicks, she becomes the smoothest Sub-DPS pick in the game, with consistent Glacio Chafe application and powerful Outro amplification. Plus, she offers a flexible Resonance Mode switching that fits multiple team compositions. To sum up this Wuthering Waves Lucilla build guide, she rewards patience and precision in equal measure. Top up your WuWa account through BuffBuff at the best rates and make sure she finds a spot in your roster.
