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Lin is a 6★ Phalanx Caster who specializes in AOE Arts damage, defense, and support. Her class trait requires her skill to be active to attack, which does true AOE Arts damage to enemies in range. When her skill is inactive, Lin instead has her DEF increased by 200% and her RES increased by 20.

Lin's first talent Foolproof Plan furthers her defenses with a Crystal Barrier that blocks all instances of damage, after mitigation, that do not exceed a fixed amount. When exceeded by a single instance of damage, that damage will be reduced by the same fixed amount, but the Barrier will shatter, the damage nullification becoming inactive but causing enemies within Lin's range to be momentarily stunned and receive Arts damage based on her ATK. The Barrier regenerates after a cooldown.

Lin's second talent, Shrouded Strength, gives her a chance to generate 1 SP when attacked.

Her first skill, Elegance, is a toggle that reduces Lin's attack speed but gives her increased ATK and applies a Slow to enemies hit.
Her second skill, Shelter, increases Lin's attack speed, gives her Negative Taunt, and applies Foolproof Plan to all friendly units within her range while active.
Her third skill, Riving Lighttails, expands Lin's attack range and shatter range, increases her ATK and Crystal Barrier's damage threshold, and causes the Crystal Barrier to shatter and regenerate immediately whenever she defeats an enemy. This skill can be manually deactivated.

Lin's PLX-X Operator Module, "Exquisite Heart", increases her trait's defensive buffs to 215% DEF and 25 RES and lets her retain a 100% DEF and 10 RES buff while her skill is active. It also gives her base ATK and importantly, DEF. When fully upgraded, Shrouded Strength will give 2 SP at a rate of 75% when attacked, significantly boosting its potential to generate SP.

Lin's first base skill, Special Channel, increases the recruitment tag refresh generation rate by 20% and reduces her morale drain rate by 0.25 per hour when she is assigned to the Human Resources Office. Her second base skill Meritocracy further increases the generation rate by 10% for every recruitment slot beyond the initial one.

Overall, Lin is an excellent Phalanx Caster who can provide consistent AOE damage, defense from ranged attacks, and support for other operators and stall strategies. Her module increases her power considerably, giving her more consistent defenses and the potential to have much better skill uptime through her 2nd talent.

Pros Cons
  • Attacks deal Arts damage to all enemies in range
  • Greatly increased DEF and RES when skill is inactive
  • Foolproof Plan can nullify many sources of damage on its own or with support
  • When Crystal Barrier is shattered, the stun and AOE damage can give an opportunity to recover
  • Elegance is effective for stalling
  • Shelter can provide stuns or defensive support for other Operators
  • Riving Lighttails significantly improves Lin's damage, range, and defensive potential
  • Shrouded Strength gives her great skill uptime when she can be consistently targeted by attacks
  • Can only attack when skill is active
  • DEF and RES buffs are disabled when skill is active (partially retained with module)
  • Foolproof Plan's damage threshold is relatively low and thus relies on her DEF, RES and other sources of mitigation to remain active
  • Crystal Barrier's long regeneration time leaves Lin vulnerable if it gets shattered
  • Elegance does not provide any defensive boosts itself while active
  • Riving Lighttails has poor uptime without help from her module-boosted 2nd talent