Best Inner Ways for beginners in Where Winds Meet

In Where Winds Meet, you buff your build by integrating the right Inner Ways passives. There are 37 total Inner Ways available; most of them are tied to specific weapon types, while others give general buffs to any build. A player can only equip up to four Inner Ways, so picking the right one is vital for successfully buffing your builds.

Here, we will break down the best Inner Ways you can use in Where Winds Meet, how they work, and which build/playstyle suits them best.

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Where Winds Meet: Which Inner Ways are best for beginners?

You can equip any Inner Ways, but you can unlock the full potential of weapon-specific passives by using the matching weapon type. Note that multiple Inner Way passives work with any weapon or build in general by providing direct buffs.

Here are the five best general Inner Ways that don't need any specific weapon kit type:

1) Envigorated Warrior

You get a 5% damage and healing boost by using this Inner Way if you can manage not to get hit (Image via Everstone Studio)

Effect:

• Increases raw damage output by 5%.
• Grants you a 5% increase in healing.

Conditions:

• The effect gets cancelled for 5 seconds if you get hit.
• Getting hit once grants you the Cage status and increases all damage received by 5%.

Best setups to use it with

Since you get hefty penalties for getting hit, you can’t use the Envigorated Warrior Inner Way with any tanky builds. Opt for builds with faster dodging abilities. Envigorated Warrior is best suited for compositions featuring swords and dual weapons.

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2) Fivefold Bleed

Deal up to 5 stacks of Bleed damage for 5 seconds by using this Inner Ways (Image via Everstone Studio)

Effect:

• 10% chance of dealing Weeping Blood (bleed effect) for five seconds up to five stacks.
• At 5 stacks, you deal direct piercing damage, which removes the Weeping Blood effect.

Conditions:

• You must use a fast weapon setup to increase the chance of dealing the status effect.

Best setups to use it with

The Fivefold Bleed works best with weapons that can deliver multiple strikes in a short amount of time, such as swords, twin blades, and spears. Weapons that can stack hits fast will be able to use the burst damage from this Inner Way to deal massive hits in short durations.

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3) Bitter Seasons

Deal up to five stacks of poison DoT and reduce physical damage using Bitter Seasons Inner Ways (Image via Everstone Studio)

Effect:

• 10% chance of applying poison on the target for five seconds.
• Dealing poison reduces the Physical defence of the target by 0.6% for 10 seconds, stacking up to five times.

Conditions:

• Only beneficial for physical damage setups.
• It is a chance-on-hit skill, so make sure you are using it with fast builds.

Best setups to use it with

Bitter Seasons is perfect for builds that rely on Physical Damage as the poison effect passively reduces the Physical Defense of the target, rendering them vulnerable to incoming physical damage.

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4) Breaking Point

Deal crit strikes to exhausted targets to inflict them with up to three stacks of Disintegration for 3 seconds (Image via Everstone Studio)

Effect:

• Gain a stack of Disintegration (up to three stacks) for three seconds after critically hitting an exhausted enemy
• Each stack grants 5% increased critical damage and 10 physical penetration.

Conditions:

• Your build must have a higher critical strike rate.
• Enemies must be exhausted for this Inner Way to work.

Best setups to use it with

Critical strike-focused high DPS builds can use this Inner Way to enhance their physical damage penetration. Performing perfect dodging and deflection can exhaust enemies faster in combat.

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5) Evasive Charges

Perform a perfect dodge and get almost all of your Endurance back using the Evasive Charge Inner Ways (Image via Everstone Studio)

Effect:

• 50% chance to get 100% of Endurance return after performing a perfect dodge

Conditions:

• Must be efficient in performing dodges

Best setups to use it with

Dodging attacks in combat is not easy, but if mastered early on, Evasive Charges is a great addition to your arsenal. So if you are running an endurance-hungry skill set, this is the best way to regain your endurance instantly in combat.

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Utilizing a mix of these Inner Ways can enhance any build without having to rely on your weapon kit. So if you are playing a fast evasive build, using Evasive Charges with Envigorated Warrior can prevent the caged status. The choice depends on your preferred playstyle.

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