Wriothesleyis a Catalyst-wielding Cryo user with a fast-paced play style. His powerful punch-based attacks make him the ideal on-field DPS for those who enjoy a hands-on experience. Building the right teams to further play to Wriothesley’s strengths will ensure that you get the best possible performance out of him.
As with most Cryo units, Wriothesley’s team compositions will be most efficient when they are devised to take advantage of the 15 percent Crit Rate buff you can obtain from Cryo resonance — which occurs when you place two or more Cryo units in the same team. However, he is just as effective in some other combinations.
Wriothesley’s Best Overall Team: Permafrost
This team compositiondepends on a consistent application of Hydro and Cryoto keep enemies Frozen for as long as possible. While there areseveral different combinations that can make this team workwell for Wriothesley, thehighest-performing oneis composed of:
The rotation isquick and simple, and it will generally follow this pattern:
Action
Sangonomiya Kokomi
Trigger Kokomi’s Elemental Skillas soon as she takes the field, which will give you12 seconds of consistent Hydro application. This also serves toheal any allies in needthroughout a rotation.
Kaedehara Kazuha
Kazuha should be nextto take the field, at which point you can triggerboth his Elemental Burst and Elemental Skillto maximize the reach of Kokomi’s Hydro applicationthrough the corresponding Swirl reaction. This will also helpconcentrate enemies in the Bake-Kurage’s AoE, when done right.
Shenhe
Shenhe is usually not on the field for very long.Long press to activate her Elemental Skilland effectively activate theIcy Quill buffthat will significantlyincrease Wriothesley’s performance.
Wriothesley
Once you have successfully run through the rotation,Wriothesley should remain on the field. His DMG capacity will begreatly amplified.
A rotation should not last longer than a few secondsin practice, so Wriothesley should get overten seconds of uninterrupted on-field time.
Viable Replacements
You don’t need every unit on this teamfor it to work. There areother suitable optionsto use, albeit withsome decrease in performance:
Wriothesley’s Best F2P Team: Winternational
It is no surprise to find International, one of the most popular teamssince the game launched, on this list. Not only isthis team F2P friendly, it also performs outstandingly well in most cases, serving asthe perfect complement to almost any DPSin the game. This teamfits Wriothesley like a glove. The characters that youneed to put this team together are:
The rotation followsthe same pattern as it usually doesfor International + DPS character:
Bennett
Bennett shoulddeploy his Elemental Burst as soon as he takes the field, automatically creating an AoE wherecharacters will be healed and buffed.
Xingqiu
Quickly follow up bytriggering Xinqiu’s Elemental Burst, which will grant consistent Hydro applicationfor its 15-second duration. Additionally,the on-field character will gain resistance to interruptionfor the duration of the burst.
Xiangling
Then, triggerXiangling’s Elemental Burst. The Pyronado, with itslack of internal CDwill be a great reaction enabler.
Once you have successfully ran through the rotation,Wriothesley should remain on the field. He will have hisattack buffed from Bennett’s burst, and the bursts from both Xingqiu and Xiangling willenable him to both Freeze and Meltat an incredible pace,maximizing his DMG output.
Wriothesley Melt Team
In terms of powerful elemental reactionswhich are favored due to their damage potential,Melt and Reverse Melt are top tier. Wriothesley canbenefit from being put in these teamsbecause of his unique potential asa Cryo Catalyst user, which makes him able toconsistently apply Cryo to enemieson every hit. As such, heaces enabling his own reactions. To get thebest Melt potentialyour team should be:
The rotation for thispowerful Melt combinationthat will see Wriothesley perform his bestshould be something like this:
Nahida
Triggering her burst will buff the active characteraccording to the elements of the other team members, so longas they remain within the Shrine of Maya’s AoE. Given that Hydro, Electro and Pyro are theonly elements that react with Dendro, and this team is mainlycomposed of Pyro characters, the buff they will receive will bebased on DMG. You shoulddeploy her Elemental Skill shortly afterher burst, making sure tomark opponents with the Seed of Skandha, which will connect them.
You can either:
Depending on the action you chosethe rotation can continue in one of two ways.
Take the field and use his Elemental Skillto land a few quick hits. Just keep in mindenemies will not Burn for too long, so thishalf rotation will only see suboptimal results. With that said, it is ideal whenyou want to defeat weaker enemieswithout wasting your all your Bursts.
Nahida’s Elemental Skill has a short CD(roughly 5 to 6 seconds), so it iseasy to get a few procs from herin between switching other characters.
Thoma
Use his Elemental Burst to deploy the Scorching Ooyoroi, which will enable Pyro reactions inone second intervals. This willeasily burn enemies that are affectedby Nahida’s Seed of Skandha.
After all teammates have used their abilities,Wriothesley can take the field until it’s time for a new rotationto begin.
To replace the units in the first Wriothesley Meltteam would require anentirely different team compositionaltogether. However, itcan be done to the same endand with a good performancecapacity of its own.
Wriothesley Hyperbloom Team
This last team isnot very centered on Wriothesley’s personal DMG, despite him being thedriver and on-field unit. Hyperbloom teams arevery low effortand requirealmost no player inputto cause a lot of DMG andeasily clear difficult content.
If you arefocused on your personal skillas a player, this team willnot be very satisfying. On the other hand, if youwant to play Wriothesley just for fun, Hyperbloom is worth considering.
Trigger her Elemental Burst and Elemental Skillto provide buffs to the active character andlock the Seed of Skandha on enemies, making themconduits for Dendro-based reactions.
Yelan
Trigger her Elemental Burstto give the active character the ability toproc Hydro application with their normal attacksevery one second, this willmake it possible to create Dendro cores.
Kuki Shinobu
Trigger her Elemental Skill and then Elemental Burst, this will allow you to trigger Hyperbloom every timeElectro comes into contact with a Dendro Core.
As all theoff-field abilities from other teammatescollide in the background,Wriothesley can take the field. Using hisNormal Attack will proc Yelan’s Burst Hydro application, and he can evenFreeze enemies while it’s active.
