Depths of Illusive Realm Difficulty 2 Guide

Depths of Illusive Realm Difficulty 2 is the second stage of the event with the same name in Wuthering Waves. Check out how to beat it, the best Echoes, the characters you can use, and all the rewards here!

How to Beat Depths of Illusive Realm 2

Best Character Build

Character and Echo Combination

Best Character	Best Echo
Rover (Spectro)	Inferno Rider

Character Upgrades

You'll always have 3 Character Upgrades every run, and you can get more if you go through a Memory of Training door.

This build focuses on maximizing the most amount of damage out of the Rover as much as possible through the use of Diminutive Sound and Resonance Skill.

List of Character Upgrades

Best Metaphors

Concerto Characters

Character	Explanation
Mortefi First	・Mortefi will help carry your low damage output early game, and his coordinated attacks will also contribute to activating on-hit effects for Metaphors and Inferno Rider. ・You'll always want your first Concerto Character pick to synergize with your Echo, so Mortefi is a perfect first choice.
Verina Second	・Verina's Ultimate also provides coordinated attacks, although they're not as good as Mortefi's since his proc's twice as much as Verina's.

Regular Metaphors

Metaphor	Explanation
Scorching Sun in the Forest	This is the most important Metaphor for this build since you'll be constantly hitting targets and activating its 800% ATK Meteor. When combined with the Rover's attacks and Mortefi's coordinated attacks, you'll be sending down Meteors non-stop.
Any DMG Buff Metaphors	Any DMG buff metaphors will benefit the Rover since they'll need a lot of damage increase to clear bosses as soon as possible.
Patterned Nut	This upgrade can reduce Skill and Liberation cooldown after a Basic Attack hits. This helps mitigate the high Resonance Skill cooldown from getting the Folding Shadow upgrade.

List of Metaphors

Experiment With Your Own Playstyle

This is just a general guide that can help most players beat Difficulty 2 of the Depths of Illusive Realm. Since this is a rogue-lite game mode, there may be other builds that are stronger or better suited to your playstyle.

If you completed Difficulty 2 with a different or stronger build, let us know in the comments down below!

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Best Echoes to Use for Depths of Illusive Realm 2

Best Echoes for Trial Characters

Trial Character	Recommended Echo
Rover (Spectro)	Inferno Rider ・Rover synergizes incredibly well with on-hit Metaphors thanks to the multiple coordinated attacks she can get. ・Fusion Metaphors also allow Rover to increase her attack speed and damage.

Best Echoes by Playstyle

Offensive	Defensive	Mix of Both
Inferno Rider	Bell-Borne Geochelone	Crownless

Inferno Rider Has Insane Damage Output

Since Inferno Rider needs a lot of Fusion Metaphors, your character's damage output will skyrocket the more of them you get. When paired with characters with multiple hits and high attack speeds, you can easily decimate any enemy or boss that you face.

Just be careful since Inferno Rider is more of a glass cannon Echo, and you'll be extremely squishy if you don't have any Glacio Metaphors.

Bell-Borne Geochelone Gives Near Infinite Survivability

The main draw of Bell-Borne Geochelone is that you'll get multiple ways to gain shields, making you nearly impossible to take down when combined with its freezing effect at higher ability levels.

Bell-Borne also provides strong damage output when stacked with Glacio Metaphors, but it doesn't match the DPS of Inferno Rider or Crownless builds.

Crownless Provides a Strong Mix of Offense and Defense

Crownless lends itself to a mixture of both playstyles. Once you're in the Crownless state, you will deal massive amounts of damage while also taking next to no damage since your chosen Resonator isn't the one tanking the hits.

The main downside, however, is that you're extremely reliant on getting Crown Power to Shapeshift into Crownless, and you're not as strong as the other Echo builds while you're using your selected Resonator.

Depths of Illusive Realm Difficulty 2 Characters

Trial Characters

Depths of Illusive Realm 2 Trial Characters
Rover (Spectro)

The Spectro Rover is the Trial Character you can use for Depths of Illusive Realm Difficulty 2. If you have this character at Level 50 and they have upgraded skills and weapons, we recommend using them instead of the Trial versions.

Other Playable Characters

Other Playable Characters
Yangyang	Chixia	Baizhi
Taoqi	Jiyan	Yinlin

Depths of Illusive Realm Difficulty 2 Rewards

Rewards
First-clear: Astrite x50 Illusive Specimen x100 Advanced Resonance Potion x2 Shell Credit x15000 Permanent: Illusive Specimen x150 Memory Points x60

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