Whats Wrong w. CALCHARO??? | Wuthering Waves Discussion

Is Calcharo Bad?
Should You Pick, Pull and Play Calcharo?
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Is calcharo good?

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:24 The Bad
03:58 The Good
05:24 Conclusion

[RealBenjiro]

What do you think about him?
I honestly still like his playstyle despite his problems. :=)

[kavier]

Calcharo core problem is his dodge is extremely punishing during liberation state. If only they changed it so he could gain 2 stack upon dodge attack to offset the animation, then he will be great.

[aquaruby]

I use him with Jianxin and Spectro Rover, both their Outros can help him get his attacks done in peace. Though the new DPS characters really feel a whole level above him in convenience and we are getting Xiangli Yao. It seems like he will not be recommended to build in the future, but he can still act a lower ToA floor clearer.

[doubledaredean]

nice video! i'm happy that you don't only talk about the bad, and even "play who you like" i agree so much. i main calcharo, my main team is him, spectro rover and jiyan. i totally understand why people don't like him, but personally i love him. i wanna know more of his lore, and i actually really love his animations (even though gameplay kinda clunky, i've gotten used to it and somehow worked my way around it) i never really cared about meta. if i can't clear endgame content, that's fine i don't really care. honestly, i'm playing my fave characters and having fun exploring, building characters and farming is getting fun too. and it's just refreshing, stress free when ur actually having fun in the game :)

[Vaincia]

i usually don't care about the meta i play characters that are "interesting" to me and calcharo WAS one of them based on his voices lines blabla, i thought his story was pretty cool and he looks pretty COOL, i even got yinlin for him but sadly that was it. In the beta the gameplay of these two was "smooth" you could cancel swap between them which got nerfed in the official. and i bet thats what dug his grave, (plus all the other cool looking 1000m damage characters arent helping him shine NOR THE UPCOMING FREE ELECTRO *coughcough*) maybe if i get more of his sequences then he will be better to play with.

Also very nice vid keep up the good work 🤍

[AiLife]

He the only one I really like playstyle and combat, very unique and clean look, gravity, physical of blade. Not like Jinshi, Changli who does not need touch on their weapon, floats on the air. Turn the game being Chinese martial arts of immortal. With ton of blindness vfx....
But I have to admit Cal too much under power, too much problem kits. Not worth for material invest.

[Muhanzuel]

Entertaining and informative, keep up the good work.

[hijodelsoldeoriente]

I know Xiangli Yao will probably replace him, META-wise. But still, I hope kuro buffs him to not be totally irrelevant. I don't mind a lower damage since he's so fun to use.

Great video btw!

[Cosmicdragon-de]

I agree with you on the bad and the good part. I have s3 calcharo. I build him, he good but need to learn how to work around that bad part. I usually dodge counter in is liberation form or rotate until the enemy is knock.

[kingsleyking]

In my opinion the problem is not his damage just that his kit is not as lenient once we get a support that increase interruption resistance he is gonna shine a bit more

[Morichoradio]

Im a calcharo main and have cleared ToA and hologram with him. here are the things that makes him "bad"
-You need to hit an enemy with reso skill to get the forte stack..Meanwhile havoc can easily stack his forte w/o the need to hit enemies with reso skill
-His base and liberation dodge counters dont stack his forte circuit
-His liberation duration is short especially when his attack animations especially basic atk 4 to 5 are somewhat long to connect
-You need to connect EVERY atk animations of the death messenger to the enemies to do big dmg and since death messenger hitbox is large, small and medium enemies wont receive the whole dmg
-His reso skill is useless during liberation because there is no change in animation that would fit well his liberation basic attack also his liberation duration is short (12 seconds)
-Not all of his dmg is converted to reso liberation dmg even tho he is a liberation dmg dealer
-He isnt a convenient character. You need to swap him off everytime the enemy attacks while calcharo is doing his death messenger atk since he becomes a sitting duck. Now if you pair him with yinlin, youre gonna lose the yinlin buff since it disappears when you switch out the active character that receives the buff
-His inherent skill is mid
-His sequences are trash except S6. S1 is meh
-He's just overall slow and clunky. Dont use the "oh he's a broadblade user" as an excuse because jiyan is also a broadblade user but his attacks are fast and can easily parry attacks
-His heavy attack has a half a second animation before launching the attack itself.

[BreakFastIsSerious-bp]

same thing goes with the cat man(forget his name), in liberation you can't dodge! and you have too take all the damage, only way to make both of them better is to add a shield assist like Zhongli in genshin, but shield is too op in the game which break the balanace. The worst part is that Calcharo's chains doesn't have damage reduce during special heavy and anti interupption like LingYang first chain, which make Kakarot seem hopless.

[kuroktenshi]

Advice in the end of the day, play with whomever you like and feels fun to play, there are ppl with Chixia destroying lvl 100 holograms solo...I know he is clunky but i like his style, do i wish for Kuro to fix him up a bit? ye but i doubt it will happen, gacha companies usually dgaf about the flaws of a char once it´s out in the wild.

[WhaleKillr]

They can increase animation speed and reduce liberation duration while also giving him i-frames to some of his animations

[blackout]

Calcharo and Yinlin are so fun to play together for me those two are peak combat for wuwa, just waiting for better weapon for him. I will still build him to max doesnt matter if he gets worse over time i will still use them for a challenge for myself :D Would love to see more dope ass males as him in gacha's.

[DisIngRaM]

5:21 this comment is incorrect

If you study Calcharo's echoes in that video, that is almost BIS level.

Point is, you need to invest that much resources to make Calcharo viable
Which if it's other character, they can do it better EVEN WITH LESS POWERFUL ECHOES.

This comment and that video, put the ideas that normal player Calcharo can be that strong, when in actual fact, its doable, but very2 luck and resource intensive to do so, to the point, it's better to build 2~3 more characters instead of putting everything to Calcharo.

Summary: Calcharo is bad, even with heavy investment, and is not worth to do so.
Saying otherwise will hurt those that believe your words when they find out how much investment is needed for Calcharo to reach the point in that video.

[stevenzhao]

Im still hoding my breath on what shorekeeper can do for him. If her dodge mechanic let's the onfield character dodge without the animation, this could still be good for calcharo since it's not his damage that's the problem but the execution to get the 3 death messenger

[hiiambarney]

Dodging during Liberation is the main issue.
His Base Kit is super fun without the Ult, his counter attack is one of the best in the game IMO. (In terms of Reach and how fast it comes out)
The normal skill is alright, ultimately it's just basic attacks with a different multiplier, they are rather quick (bar skill 3) and easy to use.
All of that goes out the window when his Install is up...
They should give him iFrames during certain resonance Liberation Attacks and/or at least give him more stacks for his extremely bloated, lengthy, counter attack animation...

[mikerousi]

I got 2:30 with lvl 70 full build cal half build xianhua- verina and 3:00 with lvl 60 half build changli-encore-verina

[littlebigeats]

Encore is changli’s best partner. Both dps rely heavily on swap cancellations and if you pair the 2 with verina w/ a damage echo set. It’s a beastly and fun team. Tho I recommend switching out the 4* fusion echo for an instant release one.