How to Play Wuthering Waves: Showdown

Reduce your opponent's HP to 0.

Deck size

A 40-card Main deck of Action cards + a Character deck of 9–15 cards.

Card types

Character

Your Resonators, kept in the separate Character deck. You start with three Level 0 Characters and power them up with higher-level versions of the same Characters during the game.

Action

The cards in your Main deck, coloured red, blue, or green. Action cards fuel your attacks and combos. Their speed and colour decide who comes out ahead in each exchange.

Deck restrictions

• Main deck must be exactly 40 Action cards.
• Character deck must have 9–15 cards.
• Your Character deck must include 3 differently named Level 0 Characters. The rest must be upgraded versions of those same Characters.

1. Place your three Level 0 Characters and set your Character deck aside.
2. Shuffle your Main deck.
3. Determine the first player (rock-paper-scissors is standard).
4. Draw your opening hand.

Starting hand

5 cards.

Mulligan

Once, you may redraw your opening hand.

Draw

Draw 2 cards. The first player draws only 1 card on their first turn.

Main

Play Action cards, upgrade your Characters, and attack. Clashes are decided by speed, colour, and combos, a bit like rock-paper-scissors.

End

Discard down to the hand limit of 8 cards and pass the turn.

• Don't confuse it with Peaks of Prestige, the card game inside Wuthering Waves itself. The in-game version uses 21-card Echo decks and different rules.
• Wuthering Waves: Showdown is a brand-new release. This summary is based on early previews, so check the official rulebook in your starter deck for the full turn structure and current numbers.
• Ask our staff for a learn-to-play session. We'll walk you through your first game with a starter deck.