Best Builds and Class Tier List
NEW: Update 1.1 ▶︎ 8 Redeem Codes
Roaring Sands | Velvet Shade | River Master
Ghost Master | Her Legacy | Character Code
Meta: Best Weapon | Best Builds
★ WWM Game8 Twitter: New tips daily!
Recruit using our Guild Recruitment Board!
This is the list of the best class builds you can use in Where Winds Meet. Learn the best Classes and Martial Art weapon combos, the best gear set to use for them, and a guide to playing each class in the game.
 Attention! |
This tier list is based on Patch 1.1 and will be updated as we test more weapon combinations. Share your thoughts on the meta in the comments to help us keep improving it! |
|---|
under the page's title to be notified of any updates!List of Contents
Best PvE Classes and Builds Tierlist
| Rank | Build and Martial Art |
|---|---|
 |     |
 |     |
 |    |
| Rank | Build and Martial Art |
|---|---|
|  |
|  |
| |
We're still working on missing builds like Nameless Sword + Panacea Fan and Nameless Spear + Mortal Rope Dart, and plan to add them soon!
The best weapon combinations for PvE content are the Strategic Sword with the Heavenquaker Spear (forming the Bellstrike - Umbra path) and the Soulshade Umbrella with the Panacea Fan (forming the Silkbind - Deluge path).
Bellstrike - Umbra provides consistent bleed damage that can be detonated for high burst, with strong coverage for both single targets and groups. Silkbind - Deluge focuses on team sustain. While its damage is lower, the Execute mechanic allows solid damage through deflects and follow-ups.
For PvP, the top weapon combinations are Strategic Sword with Nameless Spear and Infernal Twinblades with Mortal Rope Dart (Bamboocut - Wind Build).
Strategic Sword with Nameless Spear excels at spacing, applying CC and DoT, and preventing enemies from closing gaps or safely setting up AoE attacks. Infernal Twinblades with Mortal Rope Dart focuses on massive burst damage, with Rodent Rampage and Addled Mind enabling sudden kills with very little room for counterplay.
Tier List Criteria
|
Builds that can easily get you through the game. It has a low skill ceiling, which makes it beginner-friendly and allows for easy progress in the game. |
|---|---|
|
Builds that can be on par with S-tier ones but have certain flaws that S tier builds simply do not have. |
|
Builds that have clear issues and may make PvE or PvP content more difficult compared to other builds in the list. |
Prioritize Your Favorite Path Over the Meta
This tier list is only meant to reflect the early capabilities and effectiveness of the different paths in the game. Every weapon can perform well in the hands of the right player, so despite having weapon rankings, we still recommend choosing whichever path you find enjoyable to play!
Build Explanations
Silkbind - Deluge Build
| Martial Arts and Tier List Evaluation | |
|---|---|
 Soulshade Umbrella
|
 Panacea Fan
|
| PvE | PvP |
|
Heals and sustains your team or yourself, great for multiplayer and solo survivability, but deals low damage and heals less against first-time bosses. |
Balances constant and burst healing for high survivability in PvP. Deals chip damage over time but has limited close-range options against aggressive players. Not recommended for PvP at all. |
This build focuses on both the Silkbind - Jade weapons that focus on healing. It's a support setup that can keep yourself or your party healed up and is best for multiplayer content. Despite its low damage output, it can also be played solo due to its high sustain and ability to stand your ground against most bosses.
However, take note that your healing value is reduced against bosses encountered for the first time. This build also performs very poorly in PvP.
Panacea Fan and Soulshade Umbrella Build
Bellstrike - Umbra Build
| Martial Arts and Tier List Evaluation | |
|---|---|
 Strategic Sword
|
 Heavenquaker Spear
|
| PvE | PvP |
|
Easy-to-play bleed setup that skyrockets in damage once 5 stacks are applied with Wolfchaser. |
Strong against tanks with DoT and AoE cleaves; effective stance breaker. |
A bleed focused setup that gets huge damage buffs from Heavenquaker Spear. This build may seem subpar at first, but once you're able to reliably gain 5 bleed stacks from enemies, which can be done with the help of Internal Art - Wolfchaser, this build's damage skyrockets while being easy to play.
Heavenquaker Spear and Strategic Sword Build
Bellstrike - Splendor Build
| Martial Arts and Tier List Evaluation | |
|---|---|
 Nameless Sword
|
 Nameless Spear
|
| PvE | PvP |
|
Combines melee and ranged attacks for fast combat, rewarding skillful play and stamina management. High damage potential but demands precision to fully shine. |
High damage, gap-closing, and stagger pressure; less effective than top DPS combos. |
A high mobility build that lets you weave in and out of combat via melee strikes and ranged wave attacks. The only reason we have this at A tier is that while it has the damage output to resolve fights quickly, it has a higher skill ceiling and requires better stamina management than the other builds, while providing almost just the same benefits. However, this build shines more the better you can maximize its skill rotations and combos.
Nameless Spear and Nameless Sword Build
Silkbind - Jade Build
| Martial Arts and Tier List Evaluation | |
|---|---|
 Vernal Umbrella
|
 Inkwell Fan
|
| PvE | PvP |
|
Decent mobility with strong ranged attacks, excels against humanoids but struggles with non-humanoids. High learning curve and risky float mechanic limit its effectiveness. |
Long-range DPS with constant single-target damage. Can block projectiles. |
Just like the Bellstrike - Splendor build, the Silkbind - Jade setup has decent mobility while capable of focusing more on ranged attacks as opposed to going melee. It's much more effective against humanoid type enemies due to its ability to lunge them through the air, but it falls short of the S tier due to the build's limitations against non-humanoids.
It also has a much deeper learning curve compared to other builds, while its key mechanic of maximizing its ranged attack via its float mechanic receives less damage, while also making you vulnerable to enemy hits, making it not the best option in most situations.
Vernal Umbrella and Inkwell Fan Build
Stonesplit - Might Build
| Martial Arts and Tier List Evaluation | |
|---|---|
 Thundercry Blade
|
 Stormbreaker Spear
|
| PvE | PvP |
|
Heavy-hitting, tanky setup that reduces incoming damage and boosts enemy damage taken. Excels in multiplayer but slow and lacks solo sustain. |
Crowd control immunity, can apply CC, block damage, and close gaps while negating damage. |
A build that focuses on big damage and tanking enemy hits. You can reduce damage using Stormbreaker Spear's Roar to reduce your damage taken while using its Thunder Shock to increase the damage the enemy takes. Despite being a tanking role, you can still dish out a lot of damage, but it's extremely slow compared to other weapons. It truly shines in multiplayer, but unlike the Silkbind Deluge's healing build, you'll not take as much damage, but won't have the sustain to support your slow gameplay in soloplay, which makes us put it in B tier.
Thundercry Blade and Stormbreaker Spear Build
Bamboocut - Wind Build
| Martial Arts and Tier List Evaluation | |
|---|---|
 Infernal Twinblades
|
 Mortal Rope Dart
|
| PvE | PvP |
|
High-speed, multi-hit build with damage and lifesteal buffs. Strong in skilled hands but risky due to high skill cap and unreliable lifesteal |
Massive burst damage that can quickly surprise enemies. Rodent Rampage and Addled Mind create quick bursts with minimal counterreaction. |
While the Bamboocut - Wind Build excels in PvP, this assassin setup that focuses on multiple hits and complements it with a secondary effect that lets you do more damage when hitting enemies multiple times, which synergizes with its high attack speed playstyle.
It's placed in the B tier as it has a high skill cap and it has a buff that grants damage and lifesteal, but this is often hard to maximize as its lifesteal isn't that potent and may even cause your death due to extreme aggression.
Infernal Twinblades and Rope Dart Build
Thundercry Blade and Soulshade Umbrella
| Martial Arts and Tier List Evaluation | |
|---|---|
|
Thundercry Blade
|
Soulshade Umbrella
|
| PvE | PvP |
|
Solo-focused tank build that uses passive healing to safely charge Thundercry Blade attacks, letting you group enemies and unleash strong burst or AoE damage. |
Damage, CC immunity, and healing; lacks mobility and gap-closing but can be effective if fighting against multiple players. |
This is a solo-tanking setup that capitalizes on Soulshade Umbrella's passive healing to let Thundercry Blade focus on charged attacks. Utilize the Umbrella's constant healing so you can charge hits and take damage while grouping enemies up for strong burst and / or AoE attacks.
Thundercry Blade and Soulshade Umbrella Hybrid Build
Vernal Umbrella Blade and Mortal Rope Dart
| Martial Arts and Tier List Evaluation | |
|---|---|
|
Vernal Umbrella
|
Mortal Rope Dart
|
| PvE | PvP |
|
Hybrid ranged DPS, effective at both far and close range, boosting burst windows. |
Mid-to-long range setup with heavy CC and ranged pressure, using pokes and disables to kite enemies and set up lethal combos. |
This is a PvP centric build focused around mid-range to long range combat using the Rope Dart and its huge amounts of CC and Vernal Umbrella's CC and ranged attacks. Kite around enemies with pokes or lure them into disables for lethal combos.
Mortal Rope Dart and Vernal Umbrella Hybrid Build
Nameless Sword and Strategic Sword
| Martial Arts and Tier List Evaluation | |
|---|---|
|
Nameless Sword
|
Strategic Sword
|
| PvE | PvP |
|
Mobile dual-sword setup that pokes with Nameless Sword ranged attacks or detonates Strategic Sword DoT for massive burst damage. |
Aggressive pressure, controls battlefield momentum, quick repositioning. |
This is a dual sword build focusing on the Nameless Sword and Strategic Sword. Each weapon follows similar playstyle with mobility in mind but focuses on different aspects in combat. Utilize Nameless Sword's ranged attacks to poke and deal heavy damage from a distance or use Strategic to cause DoT and pop those for huge burst damage.
Nameless Sword and Strategic Sword Hybrid Build
Strategic Sword and Nameless Spear
| Martial Arts and Tier List Evaluation | |
|---|---|
|
Strategic Sword
|
Nameless Spear
|
| PvE | PvP |
|
Versatile build combining spear crowd control and burst with sword mobility and bleed for high overall damage, but requires careful Endurance management. |
Creates distance, applies Crowd Control, DoT, and prevents enemies from closing in or safely setting up their AoE attacks. |
The Nameless Spear excels at crowd control and committed burst, while the Strategic Sword mirrors the mobility of the Nameless Sword, but instead of skirting around enemies, it dives in, weaving through combat to apply bleed and amplify overall damage.
In PvP, this hybrid build excels at breaking down tanky opponents. Its damage-over-time pressure combined with wide AoE cleaves and sweeps lets you steadily wear enemies down while dealing massive damage, making it a reliable stance breaker against most builds.
Strategic Sword and Nameless Spear Build and Best Stat
Nameless Sword and Heavenquaker Spear
| Martial Arts and Tier List Evaluation | |
|---|---|
|
Nameless Sword
|
Heavenquaker Spear
|
| PvE | PvP |
|
PvE mob-clearing build with multiple AoE sources, turning chaotic fights into controlled, high-damage sweeps. |
While this build shines in PvE, its performance in PvP takes a slight hit due to a lack of reliable disables. Despite this, it remains a strong and versatile choice. |
This build fuses the Heavenquaker Spear with the Nameless Sword for a PvE-focused setup that thrives on clearing mobs. With multiple sources of AoE damage from both weapons, you can effortlessly shred groups of enemies, turning chaotic encounters into controlled, high-damage sweeps.
Nameless Sword and Heavenquaker Spear Hybrid Build
Where Winds Meet Related guides
| Where Winds Meet Wiki Contents | |
|---|---|
 News |
 Weapons |
 Martial Arts |
 Side Quests |
 Bosses |
 Builds |
 Map |
 Sentient Beings
|
 Walkthrough |
 Mystic Arts |
 Internal Arts |
 Sects |
 Armor |
 Accessories |
 Items |
 Cosmetics |
 Profession |
 NPC |
 Divinecraft Dungeons |
 Compendium |
 Events
|
 Talents |
 Enemies |
- |
Comment
Anonymous 15 daysNameless Sword and Fan is S Tier. The fact they dont list it, means I wont be using the site for much. I've finished all story content with ZERO issues.
Author
Best Builds and Class Tier List
Rankings
Gaming News
![Silver Palace [Monotype] Beta Test Sign Ups Now Open](https://img.game8.co/4371243/1f9b906b412abdffaed6af14ab371eea.jpeg/thumb)
Popular Games
Genshin Impact Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Umamusume: Pretty Derby Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Where Winds Meet Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Pokemon Legends: Z-A Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Honkai: Star Rail Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Wuthering Waves Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Digimon Story: Time Stranger Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Pokemon TCG Pocket (PTCGP) Strategies & Guides Wiki
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Chaos Zero Nightmare Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Recommended Games
Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Fire Emblem Heroes (FEH) Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Monster Hunter World Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl (BDSP) Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Persona 3 Reload Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
All rights reserved
©1997-2025 NetEase, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The copyrights of videos of games used in our content and other intellectual property rights belong to the provider of the game.
The contents we provide on this site were created personally by members of the Game8 editorial department.
We refuse the right to reuse or repost content taken without our permission such as data or images to other sites.
certified gamer. im doing the same. never saw anyone mention it. found out by myself legit after like 3 hours of playing.