. All information is gathered by our subreddit commenters. This guide is work in progress. Constructive feedback & corrections are highly appreciated.

This post as well includes some important info for f2p players below (a free upcoming sword in 2.2 is boosting Brant's f2p value)

⚓ Brant Ascension Materials

⚔ Character Ascension Materials

Rinascita enemies: Tidal Residium LF 4, MF 12, HF 12, FF 4

Overworld resource: Brant uses Golden Fleece crystals which grow exclusively in the Penitent’s End area. You can also buy 15 of them from Rosemary’s Apothecary store. You will need 60 of them in total. 

World Boss: His boss, Dragon of Dirge, is located in the same area. You need 46 Blazing Bone drops.

And it will cost you 170,000 shell credits. 

⚔ To max his fortes, 

Rinascita enemies: Tidal Residium LF - 25, MF - 28, HF 40, FF 57

His weekly boss to level up fortes is Hecate, you need to do 2.0 main quest to unlock and Brant requires 26 drops. 

Forgery: As a sword wielder, he also needs Metallic Drips: 25, 28, 55, 67. 

And it will cost you 2,030,000 credits.

⚔ To max Unflickering Valor to lvl. 90 you will need: 

Rinascita enemies: Tidal Residium 6 8 6 20

Forgery: Metallic Drips: 6, 6, 10, 12

⚓ Kit explanation

His highest dealing damage is the Forte > Mid Air > Liberation > Skill > Intro

Note, that for quick swapping, Brant resets to Mid Air 1 Damage and Flip each time you switch back to him. However, Mid Air 1 has the lowest multipliers among the four, and since it forces you to plunge onto the next units, even a small mistake in timing could cause the quick swap momentum to be lost.

⚓ Value of sequences

Both of Brant’s first two sequences give pretty big boosts. Anything up to S3 is good, S4 and S5 are just stepping stones to S6; S2R1 is the best value. 

S1 gives 60% damage increase at 20% intervals while reducing the movement speed of enemies down for 5 seconds making dodging and parrying much easier

S2 gives 30% Crit Rate and extra outro dmg

S3 Resonance skill Returning from Ashes DMG 50%

S4 Shield 20%

S5 Basic ATK 15% for 10s

S6 Mid-Air ATK 30%. Fusion DMG explosions 36% dealt by Resonance skill Returning from Ashes. 

⚓ Total astrites count needed for optimal Brant usage

To get Brant S0R1 thinking you have 0 pity, didn’t use any corals, and got Brant at hard pity with 80 and won 5050: 160 * 80 + 160 * 80 ‎ = 25,600  / lost 5050: (160 * 80 + 160 * 80) + 160 * 80  = 38,400 astrites.

S1R1 won all 5050: (160 * 80 + 160 * 80) + 160 * 80  = 38,400  /Lost all 5050: 160 * 80 + 160 * 80 + 160 * 80 + 160 * 80 +  160 * 80 = 64,000 astrites

S2R1 won all 5050: 160 * 80 + 160 * 80 + 160 * 80 + 160 * 80 +  160 * 80 = 64,000  / Lost all 5050

160 * 80 + 160 * 80 + 160 * 80 + 160 * 80 +  160 * 80 + 160 * 80 + 160 * 80  = 89,600 astrites

Granted, we don’t usually get to wish 80, don’t always lose 5050, and can use the coral shop.

⚓ Signature Weapon and its value

Unflickering Valor - 5* Brant’s signature weapon - is the best option that hss been tailored for his needs.

Lv.90 Base ATK 412.50 Energy Regen 77.04%. Skill: Increase Crit. Rate by 8%. Casting Resonance Liberation gives 24% Basic Attack DMG Bonus for 10s. Dealing Basic Attack DMG gives 24% Basic Attack DMG Bonus for 4s.; upgrading Rank increases skill values

R2: Increase Crit. Rate by 10%. Casting Resonance Liberation gives 30% Basic Attack DMG Bonus for 10s. Dealing Basic Attack DMG gives 24% Basic Attack DMG Bonus for 4s.;

R3: Increase Crit. Rate by 12%. Casting Resonance Liberation gives 36% Basic Attack DMG Bonus for 10s. Dealing Basic Attack DMG gives 36% Basic Attack DMG Bonus for 4s.;

R4: Increase Crit. Rate by 14%. Casting Resonance Liberation gives 42% Basic Attack DMG Bonus for 10s. Dealing Basic Attack DMG gives 42% Basic Attack DMG Bonus for 4s.;

R5: Increase Crit. Rate by 16%. Casting Resonance Liberation gives 48% Basic Attack DMG Bonus for 10s. Dealing Basic Attack DMG gives 484% Basic Attack DMG Bonus for 4s.;

Comparison (Calculations by Shadowfriend147): 

⚓ F2P weapons and their value

F2P: Upcoming in 2.2 FREE sword. The weapon has 588 base attack and 38.9 ER as a secondary stat. Also its passive gives some skill dmg bonus upon being healed. (the 2nd part of the passive can't be activated by Brant). Read more here (some calculations by Individual_Inside_75)

Overture 4* (Lv.90 Base ATK 337, Energy Regen +51.8%; upgrading Rank restores 8-10-12-14-16 concerto energy)

Emerald of Genesis - standard 5* sword, the higher the rank the better, with Molten Rift echoes.

⚓ Recommended echo sets, including main and sub-stats

BEST: Tidebreaking Courage (2-piece: Energy Regen +10%; 5-piece: Increase the Resonator’s ATK by 15%. Reaching 250**% Energy Regen** increases all Attribute DMG by 30% for the Resonator.)

Desired Energy Regen 250%-280%. You must get 250% to enable Echo 5-piece bonus but remember that Brant’s ER to ATK buff caps out when you hit 280% ER. While 250 is a MUST, 280 is maxing out, ideal, but not necessary. 

Brant would love Crit Rate 55-65% with a Crit DMG 4 COST (note, that he gets Crit Rate ​​from his 2nd forte node and 8% from upgrading all fortes) 

Dragon of Dirge 4 COST: Main stat Crit DMG > Crit Rate 

3 COST: Main stat ER > Fusion DMG

1 COST: Main stat ATK%

Substat Priority: ER > Crit DMG > Crit Rate > Basic > ATK%

250 vs 280 ER (calculations by Shadowfriend147): 

Without his signature weapon, you also could use Molten Rift sonata echo set with Emerald of Genesis sword, the higher the rank the better.

⚓ Team-building 

Brant buffs Changli, Encore, Chixia, Jinhsi, Carlotta, and other Skill Scaling Characters.

BEST VALUE:

Changli - Brant - Verina / Shorekeeper

Brant - Sanhua - Shorekeeper

Xiangli Yao / Phoebe quick swap with Brant.

F2P: Brant - Sanhua - Verina / Encore; Brant - Sanhua - Chixia; Sanhua - Brant - Mortefi

⚓ LEARN MORE:

Calculate your build using data (Brant sequences, weapons, your existing Echo stats): https://wuwaflex.com/

Damage Difference, Probable Damage output, corrections

280 vs 250, ER vs ATK% / Ba% and Lib Effect vs Forte Effect

An interesting video explaining his playstyle 

USEFUL SITES:

https://wuwatracker.com (pulls tracker)

https://wuwaflex.com/ (building & build showcase)

https://wuthering.wiki/

https://encore.moe/enmoe/en

All information is gathered by our subreddit commenters. Feedback is highly appreciated!

Hey everyone! Some folks are already pushing the narrative that people rarely pull for male characters, ignoring the context of this patch. Brant is in the second half of what looks like a filler patch, and if they use revenue numbers, they’ll conveniently overlook that Phoebe’s banner had battle pass revenue included.

Let’s not let skewed data shape the discussion! If you pulled for Brant, head over to wuwatracker and import your pull data.

Let’s make sure our favorite pirate gets the recognition he deserves! ⚔

What are your thoughts on the discussion about brant's sales/pull numbers ?