Lin You

Character Tier

aBoxofTim

About
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.
CV Info - English	CV Info - Japanese
Shannon Chan-Kent	Ayane Sakura

Wind

Axe

Attack

Kung-Fu Apprentice
Obtainable as a 5

Character Stats

MAX HP 744

MAX STR 517

Overview

Heralding the Lunar New Year is Lin You, Wind’s first 5★ melee Adventurer. The Kung-Fu Apprentice is an Axe wielder geared more towards offense than defense, mirroring the concepts of Sazanka and Vanessa. She further breaks the mold as the first Axe user to be centered around critical hits, which is rather counterintuitive of such a slow-hitting weapon class. That said, her kit covers shortcomings intrinsic to the weapon type, and Lin You’s brutal Criticals personify a high-risk, high-reward playstyle.

Strengths

Covers Axe weaknesses

Axes typically connote a sluggish attack speed and, by extension, slow SP gain. Skill Haste and the speed boost from Heaven’s Breath’s work to mitigate this.

Hard counters Mercury

Lin You is the only Wind adventurer with Sleep, which Mercury is highly susceptible to. Bog Res and the Axe Co-Ability all but ensure her a slot on future High Mercury teams.

Weaknesses

HP Gated

One of Lin You’s main draws is her hard-hitting Axe Crits, but this entire portion of her kit is conditional on her staying healthy. While she has some self-healing through Heaven’s Breath, Lin You has the lower HP expected of Dagger or Blade users without their mobility, so keeping above the threshold may prove challenging.

Inconsistent

A conditional Critical Rate of 10% feels rather paltry compared to other dedicated Crit Adventurers. Crit-focused kits are gambles by nature, so one may have to utilize Wyrmprints or the Dagger’s Co-Ability for more tangible results.

Dragon Recommendations

Long Long

Zephyr

Roc

Long Long is practically tailored to Lin You-- increased Strength and Critical Damage meshes well with her kit.
Zephyr and Roc act as reliable raw damage boosts.
High Midgardsormr provides higher survivability without sacrificing DPS.
Tsumuji and Midgardsormr are usable budget options.

Weapon Recommendations

Axe of the Southern Cross

Winged Destruction

Singing Cyclone

Budget option: The Tyrant

Wyrmprint Recommendations

Kung Fu Masters is by far the best-in-slot Wyrmprint for Lin You.

Skills

Skill 1

Typhoon Fist
Lvl 1	Deals wind damage to enemies directly ahead.	100
Lvl 2	Deals wind damage to enemies directly ahead, and inflicts sleep.	200

SP Cost	2969	Iframe	Medium

Skill 2

Heaven's Breath
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
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

SP Cost	8014	Iframe	Medium

Abilities

Ability 1

Upgrades To
HP 70% = Critical Rate +8% Increases critical rate by 8% when HP is 70% or above.	80
HP 70% = Critical Rate +10% Increases critical rate by 10% when HP is 70% or above.	100