Lucy is the 5-star Spectro Pistols DPS from the Wuthering Waves x Cyberpunk: Edgerunners crossover, built around heavy-attack damage and her Hack – Shifting mechanic. She runs through a base state, an Algorithm Compaction loop, and a Resonance Liberation that drops you into a hacking interface to debuff and nuke enemies. To get the most out of her, you want CRIT stats, the right weapon, and a team that feeds her heavy-attack damage.
Quick answer: Equip Spectral Trigger, run the 1+2+2 Echo setup using Nightmare of Shattered Dreams and Vanished Ghosts with Adam Smasher as the main Echo, prioritize CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG, and pair her with Rebecca plus a healer.
Lucy role and core mechanics
Lucy works as a Main DPS who specializes in Heavy Attack and Hack – Shifting damage. In her base state, she builds TCP through Basic Attacks, Resonance Skill – Payload, and Resonance Skill – Pulse Interference, with the latter granting Digital Handshake to keep generating TCP over time.
Once TCP is full, Payload and Pulse Interference become Resonance Skill – Deadlock. Casting Deadlock moves her into Algorithm Compaction, where she gains a Spectro DMG Bonus and an SQL stack, and her Basic and Heavy Attacks upgrade into Thread Shredding and Single Threading. Landing hits builds Root Access, and at full stacks Single Threading turns into Dual Threading, chaining into Heavy Attack – Multithreading.
Spending SQL on Multithreading sharply raises its damage multiplier and upgrades her Resonance Liberation – Netrunner into Old Net Deep Dive. Her Liberation opens the Protocol Interface, where she spends RAM to apply Spoofing Program effects that mark, debuff, and nuke enemies before unleashing Override.
Lucy skill priority
Level her three core damage skills first, then push Basic Attack. Intro Skill stays low priority.
| Skill | Priority | Target level |
|---|---|---|
| Resonance Liberation | Top | 10 |
| Forte Circuit | Top | 10 |
| Resonance Skill | Top | 10 |
| Basic Attack | High | 8+ |
| Intro Skill | Low | 6+ |
Lucy best weapons
As a heavy-attack DPS, Lucy leans heavily on CRIT, so Pistols with CRIT substats are the priority. Her signature, Spectral Trigger, is the clear best in slot because its effect feeds directly into her Hack – Shifting and Heavy Attack damage.
| Weapon | Rarity | Base ATK / Bonus | Key effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectral Trigger (signature) | 5★ | 588 / Crit DMG 48.6% | +12% ATK; Resonance Skill grants up to 2 stacks of 15% Spectro DMG; Hack – Shifting adds 25% Heavy Attack DMG Amplification and 10% DEF ignore |
| Phasic Homogenizer | 5★ | 588 / Crit DMG 48.6% | +12% ATK; after a teammate casts a Tune Break skill, +20% All-Attribute DMG for 14s |
| Solar Flame | 4★ | 413 / ATK 20.3% | Basic or Heavy Attack DMG adds 7.2% ATK and 7.2% Heavy Attack DMG for 7s |
| Relativistic Jet | 4★ | 413 / ATK 30.4% | Resonance Skill grants 10 Energy and +20% ATK for 16s, once per 20s |
Note: Spectral Trigger ties closely into Lucy’s collab-exclusive mechanic, so its value outside her kit is limited. Phasic Homogenizer is the easiest standard 5-star to trigger, and Solar Flame is the best 4-star pick thanks to its Heavy Attack bonus.
Lucy best Echo set
Lucy has access to the Nightmare of Shattered Dreams and Vanished Ghosts set, which activates from a single Echo and carries the Adam Smasher 4-cost. Because that 1-piece set covers the special bonus, her full setup is 1-piece + 2-piece + 2-piece. You pair the 1-piece with any Spectro DMG 2-piece set and an ATK% 2-piece set, which keeps her Echo combinations flexible.
| Set effect | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Nightmare of Shattered Dreams and Vanished Ghosts (1-Pc) | Applying Hack – Shifting raises Crit Rate by 15% and Basic/Heavy Attack DMG Bonus by 35% for 15s |
| Spectro DMG set (2-Pc) | Spectro DMG +10% |
| ATK set (2-Pc) | ATK +10% |
The Echo cost line for the build is 4-3-3-1-1. For the main Echo, use Nightmare: Adam Smasher. On Lucy or Rebecca it adds 15% Crit Rate, and on Lucy its Echo Skill becomes a 273.60% Spectro DMG burst. Holding the skill deals the same damage while entering a movement state that speeds Lucy up and slows nearby enemies, on a 20-second cooldown.
Lucy Echo main stats and substats
| Cost | Main stat |
|---|---|
| 4 Cost | CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG |
| 3 Cost | Spectro DMG > ATK% |
| 1 Cost | ATK% |
For substats, chase CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG first, then fill in Energy Regen (around 18 to 20 percent), Resonance Skill DMG, and ATK%. Keeping Energy Regen near that range helps her loop Resonance Liberation on schedule.
Lucy best team comps
Rebecca is Lucy’s natural partner. Lucy’s Intro Skill: Outdated Hallucination strengthens Involuntary Sharing on Rebecca and triggers her turret’s Overload, while her Function Cracking inherent skill grants both Network Backdoor when teammates defeat marked Overlord Class or Calamity Class enemies. Since Wuthering Waves has many heavy-attack buffers, Lucy also slots into several other teams.
| Team | DPS | Sub DPS | Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premium | Lucy | Rebecca | Mornye |
| Alternate | Lucy | Rebecca | Shorekeeper |
| Heavy Attack | Lucy | Iuno | Shorekeeper |
| Budget | Lucy | Mortefi (4★) | Verina |
Verina and Shorekeeper are interchangeable across these teams. Because both Lucy and Rebecca want long field time, Mornye is a strong healer choice for the premium lineup, and the Mortefi build keeps the heavy-attack support up while staying low cost for newer players who joined for the collab.
Lucy Resonance Chains
| Sequence | Rating | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| S1 – The Moon, a Ticket, and a Dream | Very Good | Interruption immunity on key skills, +20% ATK after Intro Skill, and Quick Action to spread recorded effects |
| S2 – The Blackwall, the Past, the Escape | Excellent | Starting RAM raised to 32 and higher Multithreading multipliers with SQL |
| S3 – Cyberpunk | Excellent | +60% Override multiplier plus +20% Crit Rate and +50% Crit DMG on cast |
| S4 – No Living Legends in Night City | Good | Team-wide +20% All-Attribute DMG when Hack – Shifting is applied |
| S5 – A Broken Path to Hell | Good | Higher survivability with a shield at low HP |
| S6 – I Really Want to Stay at Your House | Excellent | Large damage increase against Hack – Shifting targets |
S2 is the standout value pickup because it reshapes her loop, and S6 is the endgame ceiling. If you are deciding how far to go, S0R1 covers the full playstyle, S2R1 transforms it, and S6 is the final form.
Lucy released on June 8, 2026 as part of Version 3.4, with her limited collab banner running until July 9, 2026. With Rebecca handed out for free during the crossover, every player pulling Lucy gets her ideal sub DPS, so the most reliable setup remains Spectral Trigger, the 1+2+2 Nightmare Echo build with Adam Smasher, CRIT-focused stats, and a Rebecca-plus-healer team.
