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Wavebreaker's Fin Best Characters and How to Get

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Genshin Impact - Wavebreaker

Wavebreaker's Fin is a 4-Star Polearm weapon in Genshin Impact. Learn about Wavebreaker's Fin, its attack power, bonus effects, rarity, stats at level 90, the best characters to use it, and all needed ascension materials in this weapon guide!

Wavebreaker's Fin Information

Wavebreaker's Fin Skills and Overview

Wavebreaker's Fin
Wavebreaker
Type Polearm
Base ATK 45
Rarity ★★★★
Bonus Effect
ATK + 3.0%
Skill
Watatsumi Wavewalker
For every point of the entire party's combined maximum Energy capacity, the Elemental Burst DMG of the character equipping this weapon is increased by 0.12%. A maximum of 40% increased Elemental Burst DMG can be achieved this way.

Wavebreaker's Fin Skill Summary

Skill Effect Summary ・Increases the equipping character's Elemental Burst DMG based on the total energy cost of your whole party.
ㅤ└ The more energy requirement your characters need, the stronger the wielder's Elemental Burst DMG becomes.

Wavebreaker's Fin Stats

Lvl. Base ATK ATK
1/20 45 3.0%
20/20 128 5.3%
40/40 247 7.7%
50/50 321 8.9%
60/60 395 10.1%
70/70 470 11.4%
80/80 545 12.6%
90/90 620 13.8%

Wavebreaker's Fin Refinement Levels

R1
R2
R3
R4
R5
Skill Effect
For every point of the entire party's combined maximum Energy capacity, the Elemental Burst DMG of the character equipping this weapon is increased by 0.12%. A maximum of 40% increased Elemental Burst DMG can be achieved this way.
Skill Effect
For every point of the entire party's combined maximum Energy capacity, the Elemental Burst DMG of the character equipping this weapon is increased by 0.15%. A maximum of 50% increased Elemental Burst DMG can be achieved this way.
Skill Effect
For every point of the entire party's combined maximum Energy capacity, the Elemental Burst DMG of the character equipping this weapon is increased by 0.18%. A maximum of 60% increased Elemental Burst DMG can be achieved this way.
Skill Effect
For every point of the entire party's combined maximum Energy capacity, the Elemental Burst DMG of the character equipping this weapon is increased by 0.21%. A maximum of 70% increased Elemental Burst DMG can be achieved this way.
Skill Effect
For every point of the entire party's combined maximum Energy capacity, the Elemental Burst DMG of the character equipping this weapon is increased by 0.24%. A maximum of 80% increased Elemental Burst DMG can be achieved this way.

Best Characters to Use Wavebreaker's Fin

Who is the Wavebreaker's Fin Good For?

Xiangling ImageXiangling Zhongli ImageZhongli Rosaria ImageRosaria
Thoma ImageThoma Raiden ImageRaiden Iansan ImageIansan
Shenhe ImageShenhe Candace ImageCandace Chevreuse ImageChevreuse

Good for Teams with High Energy Cost

Despite not having an Energy Recharge ascension stat, the Wavebreaker's Fin is still a decent pick for characters that have a high energy cost for their Elemental Bursts. This provides more damage to Off-Field utilities.

Note that while you can use this on certain polearm characters, their best in slot weapons may vary. For more information on their best weapons, check out our character tier list with their best in slot weapons!

Character Tier List

How to Get Wavebreaker's Fin

Wish on the Inazuma Chronicled Wish Banner in 5.6 Phase 2

Genshin Impact - Inazuma Chronicled Wish Banner

Banner Start May 27, 2025
Banner End June 17, 2025

The Wavebreaker's Fin is available at a normal rate in the Inazuma Chronicled Wish banner, Thunder Rends the Plains on High, for Phase 2 of Version 5.6 from May 27, 2025 to June 17, 2025.

As this is an Event-Wish exclusive weapon, you cannot obtain Wavebreaker's Fin by any other means.

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Wavebreaker's Fin Ascension Materials

Total Ascension Materials

Ascension Materials Total
150,000
15
18
10
4
9
9
3
15
18
27

Ascension Materials for Each Level

20

40
40

50
50

60
60

70
70

80
80

90

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8 Anonymous Anonymous 6 months

I literally obtained this weapon in the Chronicles Banner, who the hell wrote this page?🤌🏻

7 Anonymous Anonymous over 2 years

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