Wyzeman

Wyzeman is one of the four selectable NPC companions in Echoes of Aincrad. He has been a party member since the beta test period of the in-universe game and is characterised as a lore enthusiast who is fully invested in seeing the death game cleared.

Loadout

Wyzeman fights with a heavy blunt weapon (listed as a mace in Bandai Namco's official roster). In-combat he fills the tank role, using heavy blunt attacks to control enemy engagements rather than burst-damaging the way the other companions do.

Style

Because Wyzeman is slower and harder-hitting, he pairs well with players who want the enemy's attention drawn off of them while they look for openings. His crowd-control focus makes him the most useful companion for group fights rather than for boss duels.

Role in the Story

Wyzeman is one of the protagonist's closest circle from the Sword Art Online beta. When the official launch locks every player inside Aincrad, he is among the companions who gather with the main character and Iori at an inn in the Town of Beginnings. The group spends roughly a month in that starter town weighing whether to stay inside the safe zone or climb out into unknown floors.

A line attributed to Wyzeman in the story-reveal trailer captures the mood of that debate. He argues that because the group was part of the closed beta, getting as strong as possible is their best chance of surviving a death game. The quote sits at the moment the party decides to push forward and start progressing through Aincrad rather than waiting the situation out.

Partner characters like Wyzeman are one of the three initial choices the player can bring along after leaving town, alongside Iori and Argo. Each partner has their own side-quest arc that deepens their personality and backstory, and raising bonds with them rewards additional skills and stronger abilities over the course of the game.

Combat Role

Wyzeman wields a mace, which in this entry sits inside the broader one-handed blunt category of the weapon types roster. The developers have noted that the visual appearance of weapons can vary inside each category, so one-handed axes and hammers also appear under the mace listing. Wyzeman's own weapon model can therefore shift between scenes while still being classified as a mace.

As a partner, Wyzeman follows the same partner-behavior rules as the rest of the roster. He toggles between a free-attack posture and a more defensive stance from the combat system menu, and he can be ordered to jump in for tag-team counters after a perfect dodge, a parry, or a blue-ring interruption on an enemy telegraph.

Support Skill: Discordant Resonance

Wyzeman's signature entry in the special skills list is Discordant Resonance. The ability deals damage to enemies around him and applies a stacking buildup on each of them. The exact status name on that stacking effect is not fully legible in available footage, so it is described here as a buildup that pressures surrounded enemies rather than given a specific status label.

In practice, the skill punishes clumped enemies. Enemies that join an ongoing fight, or mobs that respawn after a safe-area activation, quickly accrue stacks as Wyzeman hits the whole group at once, which gives the player a window to reposition or focus a priority target.

Combination Skill

Wyzeman's Combination Skill is accessed alongside Discordant Resonance via the action-shift input. Holding the action-shift button opens the partner menu where both the support skill and the combination skill are mapped. Like other partners, the combination gauge fills through normal attacks and can be fired once fully charged for a tag-team finisher.

Specific Combination Skill animation frames for Wyzeman have not been given a separate name in the story-reveal materials, so this article avoids guessing at one. Once more footage surfaces the entry will be updated with the confirmed name and on-screen effects.

Party Selection Notes

At the main terminal in the Town of Beginnings, the player selects the quest they want to take on and then picks a partner for the expedition. Wyzeman, Iori, and Argo are the three confirmed partners available in previewed builds, with Zash joining later in the story after the party meets him while searching for a new raid member.

Wyzeman fits the slower, harder-hitting profile of the available partners. Players who want the enemy's attention pulled off their own character tend to favor him in group encounters, while lighter-footed partners cover solo duels more comfortably. He is also a natural pick for players working toward the floor one boss fight against Illfang the Kobold Lord, where controlling large kobold packs matters more than pure single-target damage.

Trailer Sightings

Promotional footage briefly shows a second mace-wielding partner whose hair and red sleeve do not match Wyzeman. The developers have not confirmed that character's identity, and the content community has put forward speculation about a younger-haired version of another series regular. This article only notes the appearance of a second mace user in trailer footage and leaves the identification open until an official confirmation arrives.

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