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Morale Chant leads this tier list as the best Inner Way in Where Winds Meet. Read on to see which other Inner Ways stand out in this tier list and why they are worth using.
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Best Inner Way Tier List (February 2026)
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 Morale Chant 80% chance to gain one stack of Yi River when attacking or healing. Yi River: Increases Physical Damage and healing by 1% for 8 seconds, stacking up to 5 times. The chance to gain Yi River is only calculated once every 2 seconds.
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 Sword Morph When Noname Sword's Charged Skill, Vagrant Sword is charged while the Qi shield is present, it unleashes multiple additional sword energy attacks at the 2nd charging stage. You can consume bonus Endurance to increase the sword energy's damage; each Endurance increases damage by 1%, up to 20%.  Sword Horizon After casting Strategic Sword's Martial Arts Skill, Special Skill, or Charged Skill, press the skill button at the perfect timing during the ending phase to cast Crisscrossing Swords and unleash follow-up attacks. If the target has 5 stacks of Bleed, remove all Bleed stacks and deal high Bleed damage once.  Blossom Barrage Vernal Umbrella's Martial Arts Skill Spring Sorrow can hold up to 2 stacks. Hitting a target applies the Combo effect: Increases Damage taken from the caster's Ballistic Skills by 10% for 8s. Affected Ballistic Skills include: Martial Arts Skill Let Spring Go, Special Skill Everbloom.  Royal Remedy Increases the healing effect of the water clone created by Panacea Fan's Martial Arts Skill, Cloudburst Healing by 10%. If you are within its range, gain 1 Dewdrop each time when receiving healing over time.  Exquisite Scenery Successfully defending with Thundercry Blade activates its special counterattack. Press Perception Skill or Heavy Attack to unleash a first stage Charged Heavy Attack without charging. This effect can only trigger once every 10 seconds. Hitting a target with a Varied Combo restores 1 bar of Battle Will (no more than 1 bar restored per cast).  Echoes of Oblivion Infernal Twinblades' normal Light Attacks apply Sin to enemies, while Light Attacks under Flamelash apply Karma. When attacking targets affected by Sin and Karma with Infernal Twinblades' Light Attacks, ignore their 10% Physical Defense and 10% Bamboocut Resistance respectively.  Battle Anthem Increases Charged Skills' damage against all bosses by 10%.  Adaptive Steel Gain a Martial Skill effect based on the blade weapon you are using. The Martial Skill of Sword has a 10-second cooldown, while Dual Blades' Martial Skill has a cooldown of 25 seconds.  Star Reacher Gain 10% Physical Attack Bonus for 8 seconds after knocking an enemy airborne.  Mending Loom Casting Soulshade Umrella's Special Skill, Echoing Grow restores 5 Dewdrops and additionally heals 10% of your Max HP for every 100 Dewdrops consumed.
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 Seasonal Edge After casting a Dual-Weapon Skill, gain one of four offensive bonuses.  Envigorated Warrior Increases all damage and healing done by 5%. This effect is disabled for 5 seconds after being hit. Taking a hit also grants a Cage effect, increasing all damage taken by 5%.  Bitter Seasons When dealing damage, there is a 10% chance to apply a Poison effect for 5 seconds, dealing damage once per second. The Poison reduces target's Physical Defense by 0.6% for 10 seconds, stacking up to 5 times (duration refreshed upon stacking).  Vital Leech Casting an Exhaustion Execution Skill restores HP equal to 8% of the damage dealt.  Fury Harvest Vitality is required to cast Mystic Arts. Certain recovery actions have a 50% chance to grant 1 bonus Vitality. No bonus Vitality is rewarded when you gain Vitality by attacking, taking a hit, or successfully deflecting an attack.  Divine Roulette Upon a successful deflection, gain one of three buff that enhances the next skill you use. The effect lasts 10 seconds and can only trigger once every 30 seconds. This applies to Martial Arts Skills, Perception Skills, Special Skills, Charged Skills, and Varied Combos.  Evasive Charge After a Perfect Dodge, there is a 50% chance to refund 100% of the Endurance consumed.  Mountain's Might Noname Spear Martial Arts Skill Qiankun's Lock grants Endless Gale effect, increasing the Endurance cost reduction to 20% for 5 seconds.  Wolfchaser's Art Reduces the required combo number to gain Heavenquaker Spear's Martial Arts Skill, Sorrow Without Wine buff from 5/10 to 4/8. Each time Sorrow Without Wine hits a boss with Bleed effect from you, there is a 20% / 40% / 60% / 80% / 100% chance to increase the combo count by 1 based on the number of Bleed stacks.  Insightful Strike Dealing Affinity DMG generates Focus. When Focus is full, enter the Concentration state for 10 seconds. Concentration: Increases Affinity DMG by 10%. Upon hit, there is a 5% chance to reduce damage taken by 40%.  Restoring Blossom Dealing Critical healing applies one stack of Nurturing for 3 seconds increasing healing received by 2%, stacking up to 3 times.  Rock Solid Increases the DMG Reduction of Stormbreaker Spear's Roar of Storm by 20% after taunting a boss unit, and by 5% after taunting a non-boss unit, up to 20% in total. While the DMG Reduction is active, reduces all damage dealt by 10%.  Vendetta Guided Blade's Vendetta Token last 5 seconds longer and restores 20 Token of Gratitudes.  Breaking Point Hitting Exhausted enemies with a Critical Hit applies a stack of Disintegration for 3 seconds, stacking up to 3 times. Each stack grants 10 Physical Penetration and increases Critical DMG Bonus by 5%.  Fivefold Bleed Dealing damage has a 10% chance to apply one stack of Weeping Blood for 5 seconds, damaging the target once per second (up to 5 stacks, duration refreshed upon stacking). At 5 stacks, Weeping Blood will be removed from the target and deal piercing damage once.
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 Wildfire Spark Refunds 3.5% of the Endurance consumed.  Flying Gourds Grants 2 charges to Inkwell Fan's Peak's Springless Silence, but increases its cooldown by 3 seconds.  Thunderous Bloom When you move more than 15m within 3 seconds, gain Spring Thunder: The next 3 Heavy Attacks or Airborne Heavy Attacks within 12 seconds gain 15% DMG Bonus. This effect may trigger once per 15 seconds.  Esoteric Revival Increases the healing of Panacea Fan's Perception Skill, Resurrection, by 50% on the revived target.  Trapped Beast Taking damage while HP is below 30% triggers Cornered Beast, generating a shield that absorbs up to 30% of Max HP. This effect lasts 4 seconds and can trigger once every 300 seconds.  Art of Resistance Increases the duration of your own HP shield and the bonus effects of its source skill by 4 seconds.  Riptide Reflex Hitting an Enemy with a Control Skill reduces the Cooldown of the current Martial Arts Skill by 1s. This effect can only trigger once every 10s. Affected Control Skills include: Bladebound Thread, Coiled Dragon, Qiankun's Lock, Spring Sorrow, Moon Shatter Spring, Wayfarer's Drift, Peak's Springless Silence.  Wind Beneath Wings Reduces the Endurance cost of Movement Mystic Arts Skywalk Dash's dash while jumping by 10%. After landing, increases Movement Speed by 30% for 3 seconds. Restores bonus HP (1% Max HP +1,000) after defeating any enemy.  Evening Snow Within 12 seconds upon entering combat, if HP falls below 60%, gain Snow Vision for 4 seconds, restoring 2% HP +600 HP per second. This effect can trigger once every 300 seconds.  Steadfast Stance Less likely to suffer stagger effect when attacked. Invalid when the attack comes from a boss or player.  Shadow Assault Increases the max range of Assassin Mystic Art Touch of Death's ambush by 1.5
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| Date | Changes |
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| 02/11/2026 | Reworked the page into a full tier list and added detailed explanations for each entry. |
| 12/02/2025 | Published the initial Best Inner Way guide. |
Tier List Criteria
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The absolute best Inner Ways in the game. These are universally strong options that can fit into almost any build or playstyle with little to no downside. They provide powerful, consistent benefits that scale well across PvE and PvP, making them safe picks regardless of weapon choice or strategy. If an Inner Way is SS, it is almost always worth considering first. |
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Top-tier Inner Ways that shine within specific builds or roles. These are extremely consistent, reliable, and often best-in-slot for their intended purpose. While not always universal like SS picks, they excel so strongly in their niche that they are core choices when building around that mechanic. |
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Strong Inner Ways that are still very effective, but more situational. These usually require a certain weapon, playstyle, or condition to fully shine. When used correctly, they can perform very well, but they are not as broadly applicable or consistently impactful as S or SS options. Great choices if they align with your build goals. |
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Niche Inner Ways with limited use cases. These can work in specific scenarios, experimental builds, or very particular playstyles, but they are generally outperformed by higher-tier options. They are not useless, but most builds will gain more value from other Inner Ways unless you are intentionally building around their unique effects. |
Best Inner Way Tier List Explanations
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SS-Tier Inner Ways
| Inner Way | Explanation |
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Morale Chant |
The go-to Inner Way for pretty much any build because it gives constant, stacking damage/pen/crit buffs that apply to everything you do, scales well when fully upgraded, and hardly ever hurts your performance. |
S-Tier Inner Ways
| Inner Way | Explanation |
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Echoes of Oblivion |
Core Inner Way for Twinblade builds. It lets your rapid hits stack debuffs that increase your damage and penetration, turning sustained combos into serious pressure. Scales hard with upgrades, making it a staple for top-tier Twinblade setups. |
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Sword Morph |
A staple for Nameless Sword builds, turning your Charged Skill into a multi-wave damage burst that massively boosts DPS once upgraded. It upgrades your core combo into a true nuke, not just a filler attack. |
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Battle Anthem |
A top tier Inner Way for builds that rely on Charged Skills, since it greatly increases their damage, especially against bosses. Breakthrough upgrades push this even further with additional damage bonuses and endurance scaling, making it one of the best choices for turning your charged attacks into heavy hitters. |
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Sword Horizon |
Essential for Strategic Sword builds, adding a powerful follow up attack after key skills that turns bleed stacks into extra burst damage. Its upgrades further boost damage and bleed synergy, making the weapon far more lethal overall. |
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Adaptive Steel |
A flexible Inner Way that grants different but valuable bonuses based on your weapon type, and becomes even stronger if you frequently use Dual-Weapon Skills. Its later tiers add extra damage, sustain, and mastery uptime, making it powerful across many weapon-swapping builds. |
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Royal Remedy |
A top Inner Way for Panacea Fan, boosting Cloudburst Healing and generating extra Dewdrops for better sustain. Higher tiers add more resource gain, stronger healing effects, and even defensive utility, making it excellent for long fights and team support. |
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Mending Loom |
At Tier 6, Echoes of a Thousand Plants of Soulshade Umbrella heals you and also heals the nearby ally with the lowest HP percentage, turning it into strong extra team sustain. |
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Blossom Barrage |
A Vernal Umbrella Inner Way that makes your Spring Sorrow combo much stronger by applying a debuff that increases damage taken from your ballistic skills, giving your umbrella ranged attacks a solid damage amp. |
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Star Reacher |
A must have for Inkwell Fan and Vernal Umbrella builds, giving a big physical attack boost after launching enemies and greatly increasing your follow up damage. Upgrades extend the bonus and add even more damage value. |
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Exquisite Scenery |
A must have for Thundercry Blade, because it triggers a special counterattack when you defend, letting you instantly follow up with a Charged Heavy Attack without charging. |
A-Tier Inner Ways
| Inner Way | Explanation |
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Restoring Blossom |
A great healing-oriented Inner Way that makes your critical heals stronger by applying stacks of Nurturing, which increases how much healing your allies receive, and its breakthrough tiers later boost healing received, max HP, and make healing even more effective against low-HP targets. |
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Seasonal Edge |
An Inner Way that activates after a Dual-Weapon Skill, giving one of four random offensive buffs like crit rate, affinity rate, physical damage, or all-attribute attack. Higher tiers extend duration, improve scaling, and can grant multiple buffs at once. The randomness makes it less consistent than other options, but it can work in weapon-swap builds and pairs reasonably well with Adaptive Steel. |
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Vendetta |
Its synergy with fast attacks and resource flow makes it a solid choice for Twinblade builds, even if it isn’t quite as universally picked as S-tier options. |
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Mountain's Might |
A strong pick for Nameless Spear builds, reducing endurance costs after using Qiankun’s Lock so you can chain more skills and charged attacks. The extra endurance flow also makes weapon swapping smoother in longer fights. |
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Fivefold Bleed |
Your attacks can stack Weeping Blood for damage over time and a piercing burst at full stacks, giving steady passive DPS with little effort. It works especially well with fast hitters like Strategic Sword, and upgrades improve proc chance and crit damage, making it a solid pressure pick in PvP and bleed builds. |
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Wolfchaser's Art |
Strong for Heavenquaker Spear and Strategic Sword setups, since it makes Sober Sorrow easier to trigger by lowering combo requirements and adding extra combo hits from bleed stacks. Upgrades further boost damage, extend buff duration, and add combo-based bonuses, helping you keep the spear buff active more consistently. |
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Divine Roulette |
Solid in PvE but especially strong in PvP. Successful deflections grant a random bonus to your next skill, like extra damage or guaranteed crit or affinity, helping you win trades. Its first breakthrough restores extra Qi on deflects, while later tiers add penetration and defensive bonuses for better overall survivability. |
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Fury Harvest |
Best for builds that rely heavily on Mystic Arts, as it boosts Vitality recovery and later refunds Vitality after casting Mystic Skills. This supports a resource-focused playstyle that lets you use Mystic abilities more often, which is especially strong in longer fights and PvP. |
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Envigorated Warrior |
Best when you can stay at max health, because it boosts your attack and defense while at full HP and gives bonus endurance and Qi regen once fully unlocked. It’s not very impactful in PvP where damage spikes happen fast, but in PvE it can be very useful, especially once you reach Tier 3 or higher and unlock its full potential. |
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Evasive Charge |
Refunds endurance on perfect dodges and gets much stronger at higher tiers, adding cheaper dodges, damage reduction, small heals, and defense boosts. Excellent in PvP where good dodging keeps your stamina high and positioning safe. |
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Rock Solid |
Works especially well with Stormbreaker Spear, because it increases the damage reduction on Roar of Storm after taunting enemies, making you much harder to kill, with higher tiers adding shield boosts, extra HP scaling, bonus damage against taunted foes, and self-healing during mitigation windows. |
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Vital Leech |
It heals you when you use an Exhaustion Execution Skill, restoring a percentage of the damage dealt (boosting this with upgrades), and at max tier it even heals you when hitting Exhausted targets. That healing can be clutch in PvP if you execute often (especially in 3v3), but the effect is still too situational and slow to outshine better Inner Ways in most builds. |
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Bitter Seasons |
A great Inner Way for applying constant pressure and enemy debuffs, since it increases your debuff application rate and adds bonus damage based on how many debuffs you’ve applied. This makes it especially strong in PvP, where stacking and maintaining debuffs can quickly swing exchanges in your favor. |
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Breaking Point |
Not commonly picked, but it shines when your playstyle focuses on capitalizing off Exhausted enemies. It rewards you with strong damage boosts and bonuses when hitting an already Exhausted boss, making it viable for niche burst setups. Still, it’s situational enough that most builds don’t prioritize it, even though it’s solid on its own. |
B-Tier Inner Ways
| Inner Way | Explanation |
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Wildfire Spark |
Decent on its own, but usually outclassed. Most builds gain more value from other Inner Ways, so it rarely makes the cut unless you are leaning into a very specific setup. |
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Insightful Strike |
A niche pick with real potential for Affinity Damage builds. It adds damage reduction and later grants HP recovery, giving it solid survivability value that can make it especially useful in PvP-focused setups. |
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Thunderous Bloom |
A situational pick that triggers Spring Thunder after moving a set distance, giving your next few Heavy or Airborne Heavy Attacks a nice damage boost when timed right. It works best in mobile or heavy-attack focused playstyles, but is not reliable enough to outshine stronger options for most builds. |
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Art of Resistance |
It increases the duration of your HP shields and extends any bonus effects that come from those shields, making them last a bit longer in combat. Because it only buffs shield effects, its use is fairly limited unless your build really leans on those shields for survivability. |
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Riptide Reflex |
Landing a Control Skill reduces the cooldown of your current Martial Arts Skill, with upgrades adding more cooldown reduction, attack, and penetration. It fits CC-focused playstyles, but the control requirement makes it niche compared to more consistent Inner Ways. |
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Trapped Beast |
Probably not worth taking over stronger Inner Ways, but it can be a life saver in clutch moments by giving a burst of healing and damage reduction when you drop below low health. Its survival value is niche, but it can bail you out of devastating hits you otherwise wouldn’t survive. |
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Flying Gourds |
A gimmicky Inner Way tied to Inkwell Fan that causes your thrown gourd projectiles to explode on hit and grant a small speed bonus, which can be fun and technically add pressure. However, the effects are minor and very build/playstyle specific, so it generally does not compare to stronger, more consistent picks in most setups. |
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Esoteric Revival |
Improves your Panacea Fan revive by restoring more HP and adding safety buffs after revival. Helpful if someone dies, but too situational to be a strong general pick. |
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Shadow Assault |
A very niche Inner Way that boosts your Touch of Death Mystic Art, increasing its ambush range and damage and healing you when it connects. Most builds and general combat situations will get more value from other Inner Ways. |
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Steadfast Stance |
A situational Inner Way with limited impact. Its defensive focus can help in specific situations, but it generally does not offer enough value compared to more versatile or damage-oriented options. |
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Evening Snow |
Only really shines if you are taking hits often, which is not a great habit to build around. There are safer and more consistent Inner Ways, so this ends up being a backup option rather than a smart first pick. |
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Wind Beneath Wings |
Unless you really just want to zoom around a bit faster with Skywalk Dash and get a tiny HP heal after kills, this is simply not a good Inner Way in general. |
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