If you’ve spent any time scrolling Wuthering Waves community feeds lately, you’ve definitely seen clips of Changli deleting boss health bars with her explosive flame combos. As a 5-star flame DPS with unmatched AOE damage and smooth rotation loops, she’s a top pick for both casual players and endgame Spiral Abyss grinders. This guide breaks down exactly how to get Changli in Wuthering Waves, plus all the extra details you need to decide if she’s worth pulling for your account.
How to Get Changli in Wuthering Waves: Official Gacha Routes
Changli is a limited-time 5-star character, which means she is not available in the permanent standard banner at any time. The only way to unlock her is to pull on her dedicated limited character event wish when it’s active during scheduled patch runs. If you miss her first release banner, don’t panic; limited characters usually get rerun every 4 to 6 months, so you’ll have another chance to get her later down the line.
The gacha system for her banner follows the standard Wuthering Waves pity rules. Soft pity kicks in at 70 pulls, meaning your chance to get a 5-star character increases dramatically with every pull after that, and hard pity hits at 90 pulls, where you are guaranteed to get a 5-star if you haven’t gotten one already. There is a 50/50 chance that your first 5-star on the limited banner will be Changli, or a random 5-star from the standard pool. If you lose the 50/50, your next 5-star pull on any limited banner is guaranteed to be the featured rate-up character.
Free-to-play players can earn roughly 60 to 80 pulls per patch by completing all daily commissions, weekly tasks, event rewards, and exploration content. That means saving up for a guaranteed Changli (180 pulls max if you lose the 50/50) is totally achievable across 2 to 3 patches without spending any real money, as long as you skip other banners you don’t care about.
Pre-Farming Resources to Unlock & Level Changli Fast
There’s nothing more frustrating than pulling a new 5-star character and having to wait days to level them up to usable strength. Pre-farming her required materials 1 to 2 weeks before her banner drops lets you take her straight into endgame content the second you unlock her. You’ll need the following resources to get Changli to level 90 with maxed core talents:
- 1.6 million Wavesgold for ascension and talent upgrades up to level 90
- 24 Scorched Core fragments, dropped by the World Boss Scorching Maw located in the Jinzhou region
- 168 Blazing Lilies, a local specialty that grows on rocky cliffs across southern Jinzhou
- 9 Prosperity of Flame talent books, obtainable from the Wednesday/Saturday/Sunday talent domain
- 3 Crowns of Insight for maxing her best talents (her elemental burst and normal attack)
Blazing Lilies respawn every 48 hours on the map, so even if you only have 10 spawn points unlocked, you can collect all 168 you need in 2 weeks of casual farming. If you’re short on Scorched Cores, save your resin boosters for the week her banner drops, as they double the reward you get from beating the Scorching Maw boss, cutting your farming time in half. For Wavesgold, run the golden calyx stages on double drop days to stock up fast, there’s no need to waste premium currency on resource packs unless you’re in a huge rush.
Is Pulling for Changli Worth It for Your Account?
Before you spend all your saved pulls on Changli’s banner, it’s worth weighing if she fits your current roster and playstyle. Her biggest strength is that her AOE damage is top tier for all endgame content, she can clear entire waves of enemies in seconds and melt boss health bars faster than almost any other DPS in the game right now. She also pairs well with most common support characters, you don’t need a super specific team to make her work, and even 4-star supports like Verina or Baizhi can boost her damage to competitive levels.
She also doesn’t require her signature 5-star weapon to perform well. A fully leveled 4-star craftable weapon like Flametongue gives you 80% of the damage output of her signature weapon for zero extra pulls, which is a huge win for free-to-play players. If you’re a new player under AR 40, she’s an especially great pull, as she can carry you through all story and world content with minimal team investment, letting you skip building multiple mid-tier 4 stars to progress faster.
That said, she’s not the right pick for everyone. If you already have a fully built 5-star flame DPS like Jiyan, you’ll barely notice a difference in your clear times unless you’re trying to compete for top Spiral Abyss ranks. If you only play for story content and don’t care about endgame challenge modes, you can easily beat all main story quests with 4-star characters, so pulling her is totally optional if you don’t love her playstyle. I pulled her on my alt account at AR 25 and she made exploring the entire map way easier, but I skipped her on my main account where I already have a built Jiyan, and I don’t regret that choice at all.
Pro Tips to Avoid Wasting Pulls on Changli's Banner
It’s easy to get caught up in the hype around a new character and waste pulls you were saving for other units, but a few simple habits will help you make smarter pulling decisions. First, always count your pulls and track your pity before you start pulling. There are free community trackers you can use to log all your previous pulls, so you know exactly how close you are to pity and whether you have enough saved to get her before the banner ends.
Never pull on the standard banner looking for Changli. As of official developer announcements, she will never be added to the standard pool, so any pulls you spend there are completely wasted if you’re trying to get her. You should also avoid pulling on her weapon banner unless you have at least 120 pulls saved, because the weapon banner has a double 50/50 system, so you can easily end up with two off-banner 5-star weapons before you get her signature.
If you only have enough pulls for one 5-star in the current patch, wait 24 hours after the banner drops to read real player reviews before you spend any currency. Initial hype often overstates how good a new character is, and you might find that her kit has flaws you didn’t notice from the official previews. I once wasted 60 pulls on a highly hyped character just because everyone was posting clips of them clearing content fast, and I ended up never using them because their playstyle felt clunky to me.
At the end of the day, figuring out how to get Changli in Wuthering Waves is pretty straightforward once you understand how the gacha system works and plan ahead. Whether you pull her on your first 10-pull or hit hard pity to get her, she's a character that will stay relevant in your roster for months to come thanks to her strong kit and fun playstyle. Take your time farming resources, track your pity, and don't feel pressured to pull if you'd rather save for a future character that fits your playstyle better.