All games with a post-apocalyptic setting always have different factions. And Wuthering Waves is no exception. We already have the Midnight Knights guarding Jinzhou, and in the world we meet a couple of bandit groups. But there is another mysterious faction in the story – the Black Snores, which can be translated as Black Shores.
They also have a charming consultant, Encore, who can persuade anyone to join their plans with her cuteness and a few “Pwetty Please?”s.
And that’s what we’ll talk about today. Let’s look at Enkor as a playable character and pick the best build option for her.
About the character
Anchor is a cute little girl who works as a consultant for the Black Shores organization. She has awakened her resonator powers and in battle uses the two sheep plushies she had with her when she first gained her powers, Cosmos and Cloudy.
According to reports, Enkor can be emotionally unstable, so she needs an adult to be around. Aalto, who is able to find a common language with the girl, often travels with her.
As a Fusion character, the girl deals fire damage in battle and specializes mainly in ranged attacks.
How to get
Enkor is a standard character in the game. There are several ways to get it:
- Knock out a newbie in the banner for 50 spins;
- Get it for 80 spins by setting the path to it;
- Claim as a free legendary for a special ticket;
- Knock out the event legendary in the banner instead;
- Take it for standard spins.
As we can see, there are quite a few ways to get a girl into your squad, but only options 2 and 3 provide a guarantee. So if you really like Enkor’s gameplay, we recommend choosing one of them.
Pumping materials
Character Rise
| Level | Credits | Materials from enemies | World Boss (Inferno Rider) | Material from the world |
| 20 | — | — | — | — |
| 40 | 5,000 | — | — | — |
| 50 | 10,000 | x4 LF Whisperin Core | x3 Rage Tacet Core | x4 Pecok Flowers |
| 60 | 15,000 | x4 MF Whisperin Core | x6 Rage Tacet Core | x8 Pecok Flowers |
| 70 | 20,000 | x8 MF Whisperin Core | x9 Rage Tacet Core | x12 Pecok Flowers |
| 80 | 40,000 | x8 HF Whisperin Core | x12 Rage Tacet Core | x16 Pecok Flowers |
| 90 | 80,000 | x4 FF Whisperin Core | x16 Rage Tacet Core | x20 Pecok Flowers |
Upgrading abilities
| Credits | Materials from enemies | Dungeon Materials / Forgery Challenge: Misty Forest | Weekly Boss (Scar) |
| 20 300 000 | x25 LF Whisperin Core
x28 MF Whisperin Core x40 HF Whisperin Core x57 FF Whisperin Core |
x25 Lento Helix
x28 Adagio Helix x55 Andante Helix x67 Presto Helix |
x26 Unending Destruction |
Recommended stats
At level 90 Encor is recommended to have the following stats:
- 2000-2500 attack power;
- 50-80% Fusion damage;
- 50-70% critical hit chance;
- 200-250% critical damage;
- 15,000 HP;
- 1000-1200 protection.
If you periodically swap to a support DD in your squad, then you don’t need a lot of Enkor energy recovery speed, 120% will be enough. But if you play in hypercarry packs and swap only for buffs and healing, then you need to get a little more “recovery” – at least 130%.
Capabilities
Basic attacks
| Ability name | Ability type | Description |
| Wooly Attack | Basic Attack / Basic Attack | Enkor attacks the enemy from a distance, performing up to 4 attacks in a combo.
If you press the button again after activating the combo, the Wooly Strike will be triggered . |
| Heavy Attack / Heavy Attack | Costs a small amount of stamina to deal fire aggravated damage. | |
| Mid-air Attack | Falls to the ground, consuming some of your stamina. Upon landing, deals fire damage. | |
| Flaming Woolies | Resonance Skill / E-shka | Enkor summons Cosmos and Cloudy, who simultaneously damage the enemy with a cross-shaped attack.
Pressing the button again will trigger an enhanced Energetic Welcome attack. |
| Cosmos Rave | Resonance Liberation / Ulta | The girl loses control of herself, and her body begins to be controlled by the Cosmos. During the action of the ult, all skills are strengthened and deal increased damage. |
| Black & White Woolies | Forte Circuit / Resonance Scale / Energy | Anchor can accumulate up to 100 Dissonance points. They accumulate in the following cases:
· when hit by a normal attack; · when hit by E-signals; · when activating the Intro skill; · when performing attacks while the ult is active. When the gauge is full, using a Heavy Attack consumes points and Encore enters a Dissonance state. All incoming damage is reduced by 70%. The state does not end when switching characters. After the points are consumed, a special attack Cloudy: Frenzy is performed , which is considered Ultimate damage. While the Ultimate is active, after a Heavy Attack, Enkor can also enter a Dissonance state and reduce incoming damage by 70%. When exiting it during the Ultimate, the Cosmos: Rupture attack is performed , which is considered Ultimate damage. |
| Woolies Can Help! | Intro Skill / Intro kick | When entering battle after another character, a Woolies Can Help! attack is performed , which deals fire damage. |
| Thermal Field | Outro Skill / Outro strike | When leaving combat, Enkor creates a Thermal Field in a 3 meter radius around the target, setting them on fire and attacking them with fire for 1.5 seconds. |
Passive skills
| Skill name | Skill Description |
| Angry Cosmos | While the ult is active, damage is increased by 10% if the character’s HP is above 70%. |
| Woolies Cheer Dance | When using E or Ult, Enkor receives 10% fire damage for 10 seconds. |
| Skillful Cooking | Has a small chance to create a special dish when cooking. |
Priority of pumping
First of all, pay attention to Resonance Liberation (ultimate). The thing is that after its activation, Enkor greatly buffs his attacks and deals much more damage to opponents. After the ult, pump Resonance Skill and Forte Circuit , that is, E-class, and the energy scale. They are approximately equal in importance.
Basic attacks are pumped almost last, because it is advisable to use them only under the ult, which will significantly strengthen them. And last of all, pump the Intro/Outro skill. And do not forget to open additional slots in the pumping tree, so you will receive additional attack power and fire damage.
Weapons for Enkor
| Name | Base stat | Characteristics | Description |
| Stringmaster | 8–35.9% Critical Hit Chance | Increases damage by 12-24%. When using E, it gives 12-24% attack power. This buff can stack up to 2 times and lasts for 5 seconds.
If the wearer is not on the battlefield, he gains an additional 12-24% attack power. |
Yinling’s signature weapon is a great fit for Encor due to the large attack power bonuses as well as the critical hit chance in the main stat. |
| Cosmic Ripples | 11.9–53.9% attack power | Grants 12.8–25.6% energy regeneration speed. When using a basic attack, grants a bonus of 3.2–6.4%, which can stack up to 5 times and appears once every 0.5 seconds. The bonus lasts for 8 seconds. | A good option if you need to restore energy. Can be obtained from the standard weapon banner if you set the path. Gives a lot of attack, and also increases the damage of Enkor’s basic attacks and can work even during the ult. |
| Augment | 4.5–20.25% critical hit chance. | After activating the Ultimate, increases the Resonator’s attack power by 15-48% for 15 seconds. | Excellent 4✦ weapon with crits and attack power bonus. Cons: can only be picked up from the paid battle pass at level 30. |
| Variation | 11.52–51.84% energy recovery | When using E-shki, restores 8-16 units of energy. Triggers once every 20 seconds. | A good weapon that can solve Enkor’s energy recovery problems. |
| Guardian Rectifier | 5.4–24.3% attack power. | Increases Normal and Heavy Attacks by 12-24%. | Best starting option. Also works while the ult is active. |
Which Echo to install?
Molten Rift
The best option would be a 5-piece Molten Rift set . Two Echoes will give 10% fire damage, and 5 will give another 30% elemental bonus for 10 seconds after using an E-shka.
Source: Screenshot CQ.ru / Echo of the Molten Rift set
In the first slot we put Echo from the Inferno Rider boss . It also gives a bonus to fire damage and enhances the basic attacks of the active character. And it is also useful for exploring the world, because when you hold the Echo button, you can ride his motorcycle.
2+2 combo
Well, the top 2 in terms of usefulness are combinations of 2 parts of different sets. In the case of Enkor, the first set should always be Molten Rift , and the second – for attack or energy recovery, look at the needs.
In the set of Molten Rift and Lingering Tunes, we also take Inferno Rider in the first slot. In total, we get 10% fire damage, 10% attack and buffs from the boss.
Molten Rift and Moonlit Clouds will give 10% fire damage and 10% energy regeneration. The main Echo does not change, and Inferno Rider goes in the first slot again .
Commands for Encore
The first version of the command is called Time-Stop. The whole point is that we take Rover with the Spectro element and literally make the enemies freeze while Enkor hits them. The main thing is to make sure that our explosive girl will have her ult ready, and then just switch from Rover to her. This way we get Time-Stop for 3 seconds.
The team includes:
- Encore;
- Rover Spectro;
- Verina/Baizhi.
The second option is hypercarry Encor. Here we take supports that will maximally increase the damage of the main damage dealer. If there is Verina, then we take her in the third slot, if not, then we put two supports.
Command option:
- Encore;
- Mortefi/Sanhua;
- Verina/Yanyang.
Well, the third option of the team includes Yinling. Thanks to her skills, she can stand in the role of a support DD and can help out in situations when you lack damage, attacking together with the main damage dealer.
We are taking into the team:
- Encore;
- Yinlin;
Resonance circuit
| Chain number | Name | Description |
| 1 | Wooly’s Fairy Tale | When the character’s basic attack hits an enemy, fire damage is increased by 3%. Stacks up to 4 times. |
| 2 | Sheep-counting Lullaby | Enkor additionally restores 10 energy after using a basic attack or E-key. Triggers once every 10 seconds. |
| 3 | Fog? The Black Shores! | Damage of Cloudy: Frenzy and Cosmos: Rupture abilities is increased by 40%. |
| 4 | Adventure? Let’s go! | Using Cosmos: Rupture grants the entire team 20% Fire damage for 30 seconds. |
| 5 | Hero Takes the Stage! | E-Shki’s damage is increased by 35%. |
| 6 | Woolies Save the World! | While the Ultimate is active, any attack causes Encor to gain stacks of Lost Lamb, stacking up to 5 times. Each stack increases her attack power by 5% for 10 seconds. |
The little girl with her toys is fully assembled and ready for battle. We wish you to get little Ankor in your squad as soon as possible, if you haven’t done so yet.