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Lin You
Kit Overview
Summary
With high damage and decent survivability, Lin You is a prime candidate for High Mercury and strong all-around.
Why This Tier?
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Like many strong Adventurers, her HP-gated passive limits her power, especially with a melee weapon. Heaven’s Breath counters this with some healing and is made accessible with Skill Haste.
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She’s one of the only Adventurers with the ability to boost attacking speed, which negates a typical Axe weakness with regards to landing Criticals. It also has the benefit of hastening her SP charge for more frequent Skill use.
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Bog Res and the ability to inflict Sleep are perfect for Mercury content.
| About | |
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A young woman who trained with the Qilin tribe of Taiwu. She can be a little naive, but has firm beliefs when it comes to competitions and improving her martial-arts skills, and burns with a desire to become as strong as possible. |
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| CV Info - English | CV Info - Japanese |
| Shannon Chan-Kent | Ayane Sakura |
| Kung-Fu Apprentice |
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Obtainable as a 5
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Character Stats
Overview
Heralding the Lunar New Year is Lin You, Wind’s first 5★ melee Adventurer. The Kung-Fu Apprentice has received a new mana spiral and has reclaimed her status as top tier Wind DPS. Although Axes are typically the slowest swinging weapon class, Lin You breaks the mold with enhanced attack rate, built-in Skill Haste, and massive Crit multipliers. Lin You now plays around increased Crit Rate from combo count powerspikes, a feat made feasible with an innately longer combo reset window.
Strengths
Covers Axe Weaknesses
Axes typically connote a sluggish attack speed and, by extension, slow SP gain. Skill Haste and Heaven’s Breath’s increased attack rate work to mitigate this.
Powerful Crit
Axes' unique quality is their naturally higher Crit Rate compared to other weapon classes, and Lin You's kit capitalizes on this boon twofold.
Weaknesses
HP and Combo Gated
One of Lin You’s main draws is her hard-hitting Crits, but this entire portion of her kit is conditional on her staying healthy. While she has some self-healing through Heaven’s Breath, Axe lack mobility, so keeping above the threshold may prove challenging. Even with a more forgiving combo timer, reaching 50 combos is asking a but much of an Axe user.
Dragon Recommendations
Vayu performs virtually identically to Long Long. He's a bit better, but the two are roughly equal.
Long Long is practically tailored to Lin You-- increased Strength and Critical Damage meshes well with her kit.
Roc is a reliable raw damage boost.
Weapon Recommendations
The order of weapon effectiveness for Wind is generally Agito > HDT2 > Chimeratech. At times, it can be more valuable to have the active skill of a HDT2 weapon, but this is somewhat rare.
Wyrmprint Recommendations
Pair 1
Pair 1: Crit-based setup that meshes well with Lin You's combo-focused kit.
Skills
Skill 1
| Typhoon Fist | ||
| Lvl 1 | Deals wind damage to enemies directly ahead. | 100  |
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| Lvl 2 | Deals wind damage to enemies directly ahead, and inflicts sleep. | 200 |
| Lvl 3 | Deals wind damage to enemies directly ahead, and inflicts sleep. | 300 |
| Lvl 4 | Deals wind damage to enemies directly ahead, and inflicts sleep. The user's next three force strikes are powered up, and create cyclones. | |
| SP Cost | 2969 | Iframe | Medium |
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Skill 2
Heaven's Breath
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| Lvl 1 | Restores the user's HP, and activates "Heaven's Breath" for 10 seconds. During Heaven's Breath, the user's attack rate is increased by 15%, and the Typhoon Fist skill is powered up. | 100 |
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| Lvl 2 | Restores the user's HP, and activates "Heaven's Breath" for 10 seconds. During Heaven's Breath, the user's attack rate is increased by 20%, and the Typhoon Fist skill is powered up. | 200 |
| Lvl 3 | Restores the user's HP, and activates "Heaven's Breath" for 15 seconds. During Heaven's Breath, the user's attack rate is increased by 20%, strength is increased by 15%, and the Typhoon Fist skill is powered up. | 300 |
| SP Cost | 8014 | Iframe | Medium |
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Abilities
Ability 1
HP 70% = Critical Rate +8%
Increases critical rate by 8% when HP is 70% or above. |
80
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HP 70% = Critical Rate +10%
Increases critical rate by 10% when HP is 70% or above. |
100
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Kung Fu Mastery
Increases critical rate by 10% when HP is 70% or above. Also increases the user's critical rate by a further 20% when the combo count is 25 or higher, and an additional 20% when the combo count is 50 or higher. |
120
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Ability 2
Bog Res +50%
Reduces susceptibility to bog by 50%. |
60 |
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Bog Res +100%
Reduces susceptibility to bog by 100%. |
100 |
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Potent Bog Res +100%
Reduces susceptibility to bog by 100%. When the user is hit by an attack that would have inflicted bog on them, their strength is increased by 15% for 10 seconds. After activating, this buff will not activate again for 15 seconds. |
120
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Ability 3
Skill Haste +6%
Increases skill gauge fill rate by 6%. |
80 |
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Skill Haste +8%
Increases skill gauge fill rate by 8%. |
100 |
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Skill Haste & Combo Time
Increases skill gauge fill rate by 8%, and extends the window between hitting an enemy and the combo counter resetting by two seconds. |
120
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Co-Abilities
Defense +9%
Increases defense by 9%. Benefits your whole team. |
170 |
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Increases defense by 10%. Benefits your whole team. |
Increases defense by 11%. Benefits your whole team. |
Increases defense by 12%. Benefits your whole team. |
Increases defense by 15%. Benefits your whole team. |
Co-Ability Chain
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(Wind) Above 10 Hits = Strength +6%
If a team member is attuned to (Wind): increases their strength by 6% when the combo count is 10 or higher. Benefits your whole team. |
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If a team member is attuned to (Wind): increases their strength by 7% when the combo count is 10 or higher. Benefits your whole team. |
If a team member is attuned to (Wind): increases their strength by 8% when the combo count is 10 or higher. Benefits your whole team. |
If a team member is attuned to (Wind): increases their strength by 9% when the combo count is 10 or higher. Benefits your whole team. |
If a team member is attuned to (Wind): increases their strength by 13% when the combo count is 10 or higher. Benefits your whole team. |
Total Materials Required
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Mana Circle 1
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Mana Circle 2
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Mana Circle 3
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Mana Circle 5
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Mana Circle 6
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Effects
Heaven's Breath (Upgrade 2)
