Best guide and build for Lynae from WW (Wuthering Waves). Lynae is a 5★ rarity character from the
Spectro element who uses the Pistols type weapon.
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Video guide
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Update tracker
Last review update
Patch 3.0
Last major build/calcs update
Patch 3.0
Last profile update*
January 1st, 2026
*Profile update means smaller edits to echoes, stats, synergies or teams that don't require new calculations.
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Profile
Review
Build
Gameplay and teams
Calculations
Profile
Skills
Active skills
Passive skills
Concerto skills
Basic Attack
Chroma Drift
Basic Attack
Press or hold Normal Attack to perform up to 3 consecutive attacks, dealing Spectro DMG.
Mid-air Attack
Consume STA to perform Plunging Attack, dealing Spectro DMG.
Dodge Counter
Press Normal Attack right after a successful Dodge to attack the target, dealing Spectro DMG.
Spark Collision
With full Overflow in the Optical Sampling Stage, hold Normal Attack to enter a charging state.
During this state, 15 points of Overflow will be converted to 12.5% of Lumiflow every 0.2s. Lynae is immune to interruption and takes 50% less DMG.
Upon releasing Normal Attack or when Lumiflow is full, Lynae casts Spark Collision of varying strengths based on the ratio of Lumiflow, dealing Spectro DMG:
Spark Collision Lv. 1: Lumiflow <50%
Spark Collision Lv. 2: 50% ≤ Lumiflow < 100%
Spark Collision Lv. 3: Lumiflow=100%
Kaleidoscopic Parade - Basic Attack
While in Kaleidoscopic Parade, Basic Attack is replaced with Kaleidoscopic Parade - Basic Attack.
Perform up to 5 consecutive attacks, dealing Spectro DMG.
With 120 points of Lumiflow, Kaleidoscopic Parade - Basic Attack Stage 1 & 4 track enemies in a greater distance.
Kaleidoscopic Parade - Ground Heavy Attack
While in Kaleidoscopic Parade, hold Normal Attack on the ground to cast this skill. Consume STA to continuously attack the target, dealing Spectro DMG, considered Basic Attack DMG. Release to cast Kaleidoscopic Parade - Graffiti Blast, dealing Spectro DMG, considered Basic Attack DMG.
Kaleidoscopic Parade - Mid-air Heavy Attack
While in Kaleidoscopic Parade, hold Normal Attack in mid-air to cast this skill. Consume STA to attack the target, dealing Spectro DMG, considered Basic Attack DMG.
Cannot gain new charges while in the air. The available charges reset when Lynae is the active Resonator and is on the ground.
Kaleidoscopic Parade - Mid-air Attack
While in Kaleidoscopic Parade, Mid-air Attack is replaced with Kaleidoscopic Parade - Mid-air Attack.
Consume STA to perform Plunging Attack, dealing Spectro DMG.
Kaleidoscopic Parade - Dodge Counter
While in Kaleidoscopic Parade, Dodge Counter is replaced with Kaleidoscopic Parade - Dodge Counter.
Press Normal Attack right after a successful Dodge to attack the target, dealing Spectro DMG.
While in Kaleidoscopic Parade, press Normal Attack shortly after casting this skill to cast Kaleidoscopic Parade - Basic Attack Stage 2.
Lv. 1
Basic Attack Stage 1 DMG
43.35%
Basic Attack Stage 2 DMG
26.35%+26.35%+26.35%
Basic Attack Stage 3 DMG
62.05%
Dodge Counter DMG
120.70%
Mid-air Attack DMG
7.23%+65.03%
Basic Attack - Spark Collision Lv. 1 DMG
27.95%*2
Basic Attack - Spark Collision Lv. 2 DMG
83.84%*2
Basic Attack - Spark Collision Lv. 3 DMG
139.72%*2
Kaleidoscopic Parade - Basic Attack Stage 1 DMG
41.65%
Kaleidoscopic Parade - Basic Attack Stage 2 DMG
19.55%*2
Kaleidoscopic Parade - Basic Attack Stage 3 DMG
18.99%*3
Kaleidoscopic Parade - Basic Attack Stage 4 DMG
14.96%*2+22.44%+22.44%
Kaleidoscopic Parade - Basic Attack Stage 5 DMG
38.00%+7.60%*5+50.66%
Kaleidoscopic Parade - Dodge Counter
92.65%
Kaleidoscopic Parade - Ground Heavy Attack DMG
8.87%*7
Kaleidoscopic Parade - Graffiti Blast DMG
52.70%
Kaleidoscopic Parade - Mid-Air Attack DMG
7.23%+65.03%
Kaleidoscopic Parade - Mid-air Heavy Attack DMG
17.49%*7
Mid-air Attack STA Cost
30
Kaleidoscopic Parade - Ground Heavy Attack STA Cost Per Strike
25
Kaleidoscopic Parade - Mid-air Heavy Attack STA Cost
25
Kaleidoscopic Parade - Mid-air Attack STA Cost
30
Resonance Skill
Lynae-Style Palettes
Lynae-Style Palettes
Press Resonance Skill to deal Spectro DMG.
While in Kaleidoscopic Parade, hold Resonance Skill to attack the target, dealing Spectro DMG and exiting the Kaleidoscopic Parade.
Press Normal Attack within a certain time after this skill to cast Basic Attack Stage 2.
Lynae-Style Palettes and Additive Color share a cooldown.
Additive Color
During Kaleidoscopic Parade, press Resonance Skill on the ground to attack the target, dealing Spectro DMG.
Within a certain time after this skill is cast, press Normal Attack to cast Kaleidoscopic Parade - Basic Attack Stage 2.
Lynae-Style Palettes and Additive Color share a cooldown.
Lv. 1
Lynae-Style Palettes DMG
70.08%+23.36%*3
Additive Color DMG
58.50%*2
Lynae-Style Palettes Cooldown
6
Additive Color Cooldown
6
Resonance Liberation
Prismatic Overblast
Deal Spectro DMG. Casting this skill grants all nearby Resonators in the team 24% All DMG Bonus that lasts for 30s.
Basic Attack - To a Vivid Tomorrow!
Press Normal Attack within a certain time after casting Resonance Liberation - Prismatic Overblast to cast Basic Attack - To a Vivid Tomorrow!, dealing Spectro DMG.
Lv. 1
Prismatic Overblast DMG
44.00%*10
Basic Attack - To a Vivid Tomorrow! DMG
4.22%*12+5.06%*10
Prismatic Overblast Concerto Regen
20
Cooldown
25
Resonance Energy Cost
125
Forte Circuit
Chromaticity Modeling
Optical Sampling Stage
Lynae is in Optical Sampling Stage by default. While in this state, Overflow recovers during certain skills.
Kaleidoscopic Parade
Casting Basic Attack - Spark Collision sends Lynae into Kaleidoscopic Parade. In this state, Lynae continuously recovers Lumiflow while moving on the ground or casting certain skills. Lynae will not Walk during this state, and her Running and Sprinting will be replaced by the faster Free Skating and Speed Skating.
Basic Attack - Polychrome Leap
While in Kaleidoscopic Parade, with at least 1/3 of the max Lumiflow, Jump is replaced by Basic Attack - Polychrome Leap.
Consume 1/3 of the max Lumiflow to deal Spectro DMG. Inflict Photochromic Flux on targets hit. Successful Dodges can be triggered within a certain time after casting this skill. While airborne, Basic Attack - Polychrome Leap chains up to 3 stages. Switching to another Resonator resets the combo.
While in combat, each stage of Basic Attack - Polychrome Leap cast recovers 1 point of True Color.
Within a certain time after Basic Attack - Polychrome Leap Stage 1 press Normal Attack on the ground to cast Kaleidoscopic Parade - Basic Attack Stage 2.
Casting Basic Attack - Polychrome Leap Stage 2 also pulls in nearby targets.
Basic Attack - Iridescent Splash
During Kaleidoscopic Parade, when Lynae is in mid-air, holding 3 points of True Color, if Basic Attack - Visual Impact is on cooldown, press Normal Attack or Resonance Skill to deal Spectro DMG, and inflict Photochromic Flux on targets hit.
This skill consumes 3 points of True Color.
Press Normal Attack within a certain time after this skill to cast Kaleidoscopic Parade - Basic Attack Stage 2
Basic Attack - Visual Impact
During Kaleidoscopic Parade, when Lynae is in mid-air, holding 3 points of True Color, if this skill is not on cooldown, press Normal Attack or Resonance Skill to deal Spectro DMG, inflicting Photochromic Flux on targets hit.
This skill consumes 3 points of True Color and grants all nearby Resonators in the team 40 points of Tune Break Boost for 30s.
Press Normal Attack within a certain time after this skill to cast Kaleidoscopic Parade - Basic Attack Stage 2
Resonance Mode
Inflict Photochromic Flux when hitting a target with Basic Attack - Polychrome Leap, Basic Attack - Iridescent Splash, Basic Attack - Visual Impact and Intro Skill - Time to Show Some Colors!.
Lynae can switch between Resonance Mode - Tune Rupture and Resonance Mode - Tune Strain:
When in Resonance Mode - Tune Rupture, Photochromic Flux inflicts Tune Rupture - Shifting on targets for 25s.
When in Resonance Mode - Tune Strain, Photochromic Flux inflicts Tune Strain - Shifting on targets for 25s.
Tune Rupture Response - Spectral Analysis
Deal an instance of Spectro DMG, considered Tune Rupture DMG, to targets within range affected by Tune Rupture - Interfered.
Overflow
Lynae can hold up to 120 points of Overflow.
While in Optical Sampling Stage, Overflow recovers during Basic Attack, Lynae-Style Palettes, Mid-air Attack, and Dodge Counter.
When Overflow is full, Basic Attack - Spark Collision becomes available.
Exiting Optical Sampling Stage removes all Overflow.
Lumiflow
Lynae can hold up to 120 points of Lumiflow.
During Kaleidoscopic Parade:
Restore 20% of Lumiflow per second when Lynae is moving on the ground/climbing, or performs a successful Dodge on the ground, or casts Kaleidoscopic Parade - Basic Attack, Kaleidoscopic Parade - Ground Heavy Attack, Kaleidoscopic Parade - Mid-air Heavy Attack, Kaleidoscopic Parade - Dodge Counter, Additive Color, ground Dodge, Intro Skill, or Basic Attack - To a Vivid Tomorrow!.
Lumiflow starts to deplete by 20% per second while Lynae is staying still on the ground/climbing/swimming or off the field, or after a certain time after the skills listed above are cast.
Lumiflow does not change while Lynae is not in any of the states described above.
Exiting Kaleidoscopic Parade removes all Lumiflow.
With 120 points of Lumiflow, Lynae's roller skating speed further increases at the cost of STA over time.
True Color
Lynae can hold up to 3 points of True Color.
During combat, each time Basic Attack - Polychrome Leap is cast, gain 1 point of True Color. With 3 points of True Color, Basic Attack - Iridescent Splash and Basic Attack - Visual Impact become available.
Exiting Kaleidoscopic Parade removes all True Color.
Lv. 1
Basic Attack - Iridescent Splash DMG
153.00%
Basic Attack - Visual Impact DMG
612.00%
Basic Attack - Polychrome Leap 1
17.00%*3
Basic Attack - Polychrome Leap 2
8.50%*6
Basic Attack - Polychrome Leap 3
6.59%*8
Tune Rupture Response - Spectral Analysis DMG
946.00% Tune AMP
Basic Attack - Visual Impact Cooldown
25
Roller Skating STA Cost Per Sec at Max Overflow
10
Forte Circuit
Spectral Analysis
Lynae can inflict Tune Rupture - Shifting or Tune Strain - Shifting on targets.
Lynae can respond to Tune Rupture - Interfered and Tune Strain - Interfered.
Responding to Tune Rupture - Interfered: When any Resonator in the team deals Tune Break DMG and inflicts the Tune Rupture - Interfered state, Lynae casts Tune Rupture Response - Spectral Analysis. Each target can be damaged by this skill up to once every 8s.
Responding to Tune Strain - Interfered: For each stack of Tune Strain - Interfered on the target, each point of Lynae's Tune Break Boost increases her total DMG against that target by 0.12%. When Lynae is in the team, the target's max stack limit of Tune Strain - Interfered is increased by 1.
When the target's Off-Tuning Level is full, Lynae can cast Tune Break on the target.
Lv. 1
Spectral Analysis - Discorded Tune DMG
946.00%
Inherent Skill
Colors Never Fade!
After casting Basic Attack - Visual Impact, Lynae leaves Spray Paint on the ground and continuously inflicts Photochromic Flux on targets within the Spray Paint for 5s, triggered once every 2s. When Spray Paint is on the ground, switching to another Resonance Mode doesn't affect the Photochromic Flux effects inflicted by the Spray Paint.
With Lynae in the team, the expedition motorbike's Energy Tank expands by 600 points. Lynae enters Kaleidoscopic Parade automatically while on the expedition motorbike and restores 20% of Lumiflow.
Inherent Skill
Adaptive Optics: Everyday Applications
Casting Intro Skill - Time to Show Some Colors! increases Lynae's Spectro DMG by 25% for 9s.
During Kaleidoscopic Parade, if Lynae isn't in combat, dodging without directional input grants her Optic Camo for 15s, which will be removed when Lynae casts any skill other than dodging or is switched off the field. Performing environmental, gameplay or functional interactions, or entering combat, removes the Optic Camo. With Optic Camo, Lynae may enter an enemy's aggro range without triggering combat.
Intro Skill
Time to Show Some Colors!
Deal Spectro DMG, inflicting Photochromic Flux on targets hit.
While in Optical Sampling Stage, casting this skill recovers 100 points of Overflow.
Lv. 1
Time to Show Some Colors! DMG
11.31%*10
Concerto Regen
10
Outro Skill
Let's Hit the Road!
Attack the target and deal 100% Spectro DMG. The next incoming Resonator gain 15% All DMG Amplification and 25% Resonance Liberation DMG Amplification for 14s or until they are switched out.
Lynae leaves the Kaleidoscopic Parade state upon casting Outro Skill.
Resonance Chain (Dupes)
S1
Sequence Node 1
The DMG Multiplier of Basic Attack - Polychrome Leap is increased by 120%. The duration of Spray Paint is increased by 100%. Targets within the range of Spray Paint are pulled in towards the center every 6s.
Lynae is now immune to interruptions during Basic Attack - Polychrome Leap and Basic Attack - Visual Impact.
During Optical Sampling Stage, after staying out of combat for 2s, restore 120 points of Overflow.
S2
Sequence Node 2
Gain 25% All-DMG Amplification.
Outro Skill gains the following effect:
Casting Outro Skill grants the incoming Resonator 25% All-DMG Amplification for 14s or until the Resonator is switched out.
S3
Sequence Node 3
The DMG Multiplier of Basic Attack - Visual Impact and Basic Attack - Iridescent Splash is increased by 90%.
With Lumiflow ≥ 120 points. Lynae gains 1 stack of Premixed Hue every 1s, up to 25 stacks. Each stack of Premixed Hue increases the Spectro DMG dealt through Additive Color by 55%. No Premixed Hue is gained while casting Additive Color. When Additive Color ends, remove all stacks of Premixed Hue. Lynae loses a stack of Premixed Hue every 0.5s once Lumiflow is below 120 points.
While Lynae is out of combat, Premixed Hue regenerates twice as fast and depletes half as fast.
S4
Sequence Node 4
ATK is increased by 20%.
S5
Sequence Node 5
The DMG Multiplier of Resonance Liberation - Prismatic Overblast is increased by 70%.
S6
Sequence Node 6
Each time Kaleidoscopic Parade - Graffiti Blast or Kaleidoscopic Parade - Mid-air Heavy Attack is cast, Lynae gains 1 stack of Color of Soul, up to 3 stacks. Each stack of Color of Soul increases the DMG dealt through Basic Attack - Polychrome Leap and Basic Attack - Visual Impact by 30%. After casting Basic Attack - Polychrome Leap or Basic Attack - Visual Impact, all stacks of Color of Soul are removed.
Casting Basic Attack - Polychrome Leap resets the charges of Kaleidoscopic Parade - Mid-air Heavy Attack.
Lynae is immune to interruptions and all DMG taken is reduced by 30% during Kaleidoscopic Parade - Mid-air Heavy Attack.
Lynae now stays in Kaleidoscopic Parade after casting Outro Skill - Let's Hit the Road!.
The Lumiflow upper limit is increased from 120 to 360. At the max limit, Lynae's roller skating speed further increases.
If Intro Skill is cast during Kaleidoscopic Parade, restore 120 Lumiflow.
Minor Fortes (Total)
CRIT Rate
+8%
ATK%
+12%
Stats
Include minor fortes
Lv. 90
HP
12238
ATK
375
DEF
1198
Max Energy
125
CRIT Rate
5%
CRIT DMG
150%
Healing Bonus
0%
Spectro DMG
0%
Upgrade Materials
Character Ascension (total)
4xLF Exoswarm Core
12xMF Exoswarm Core
12xHF Exoswarm Core
4xFF Exoswarm Core
46xSuncoveter's Reach
60xRimewisp
170 000Shell Credits
Skill Upgrades (total)
25xLF Exoswarm Core
28xMF Exoswarm Core
40xHF Exoswarm Core
57xFF Exoswarm Core
25xIncomplete Combustor
28xAftertune Combustor
55xRemnant Combustor
67xReverb Combustor
26xDreamless Feather
2 030 000Shell Credits
While the source of the materials can be quickly found in the game, when it comes Rimewisp you will have to gather them from the map. Check our Interactive map to find them quickly:
Please keep in mind Wuthering Waves is a skill-based game and each character has a different playstyle, difficulty level and even special tricks and combos. Wuthering Waves is also a team based game and it's only by combining both these factors to the highest level a character can reach optimal performance.
Hybrid
T0
Tower of Adversity
T0
Tower of Adversity (Sig)
T1
Whimpering Wastes
T1
Whimpering Wastes (Sig)
Pros & Cons
Pros
The best generalist Hybrid buffer in the game, with tons of universal buffs to a single character while dealing a solid amount of personal damage;
Doesn’t need her Signature weapon to perform - very F2P friendly;
Functions in almost all teams in the game and is the best buffer for a good chunk of them, pushing Liberation damage dealers way up into the meta (as well as other old DPS to an extent).
Cons
Next to no room for Swap Cancels, very Intro-dependent, and major abilities have long cooldowns - locked into doing one rotation with near-zero flexibility;
Possibility to get interrupted mid-air before S1, particularly during her Visual Impact plunging attack, which represents a lot of her damage.
Review
Lynae is a 5-star Spectro Pistol Hybrid buffer who specializes in… not much, actually. Lynae is quite the generalist buffer, and she’s super good in that role. It’s difficult to overstate her team flexibility and efficiency, aside from certain characters who are overly reliant on one specific partner (Lupa for most Fusion characters, Ciaccona for Cartethyia, Phoebe for Zani, for example), Lynae quite literally buffs everybody and does a fantastic job at it, having a solid amount of personal damage on top. While this won’t make her the best Main DPS, in her role of a secondary buffer, she can provide a lot of value to most accounts, as long as she’s played properly, and there’s no better way to make sure of that than understanding her kit in full, which we will cover below:
Key Mechanics
Lynae is a character with 3 Forte resources she needs to manage: Overflow, Lumiflow, and True Color. Overflow is mostly replenished by her Intro and either a couple of Basic Attacks or a single Skill. Fully building up Overflow allows her to cast a charged Basic Attack called Spark Collision, which then switches her to her Lumiflow state. Lumiflow replenishes over time with no way to boost its generation, but it is also fully replenished by holding Spark Collision to its maximum stage (which requires a few seconds of charging time). Once she has 40 Lumiflow, she can cast a Jump attack called Polychrome Leap. Finally, for each Polychrome Leap, she gains 1 point of True Color up to 3, which are used to cast her big Forte Mid-Air Attack, Visual Impact. This always concludes her rotation.
This essentially covers her gameplay. Beyond everything listed above, her Ultimate has two parts, but only the first one is worth executing since it deals almost all of the damage and doesn’t cost any time while still providing buffs. It will be cast after Intro to ensure buff uptime.
Other than this, Lynae has 2 modes that she can switch between freely in her Forte page out of combat. This means in combat, only 1 of the 2 modes will be available. They are each related to Tune Break: Lynae is indeed capable, via most of her essential attacks, of applying Tune Rupture or Tune Strain, which are her 2 modes. Tune Rupture acts as an extra instance of damage on every Tune Break skill cast, while Tune Strain is an extra DMG Taken increase to characters who can respond to it. Mornye is one such character, as she can cast Tune Ruptures of her own and benefit from the damage increase of Tune Strain, depending on which one Lynae applies for her.
Who does Lynae buff & How?
Lynae can apply the following buffs to characters on her team:
With her Outro: 15% all-type DMG Amplification and 25% Liberation DMG Amplification to the next character via Outro (expires on swap);
With her Ultimate: 24% party-wide all-type DMG Bonus;
Upon casting Visual Impact: 40 points of Tune Break Boost party-wide (this boosts Tune Break-related damage);
With her Echo set: a total of 30% ATK and 10% all-type DMG Bonus to the next character via Outro;
With her Signature weapon: up to 24% party-wide all-type DMG Bonus.
This totals to 58% DMG Bonus, 30% ATK, 15% All-type and 25% Liberation DMG Amplification to one character. Even without her Signature weapon factored in, on Static Mist (one of the permanent banner Pistols) she trades off 24% DMG Bonus for 10% ATK, which is a negligible loss in team damage.
You may have realized that every single one of Lynae’s buffs are very generally applicable, other than her Liberation DMG Amplification on Outro. Even without this factored in, Lynae stands out as our first-ever generalist Hybrid buffer, capable of buffing almost any Main DPS in the game. Alongside universal Supports like Shorekeeper, Lynae makes for the strongest universal buffing core in the game, capable of interacting with and improving almost any Main DPS’s damage ceiling by highly significant amounts.
Meta Position & Conclusion
If it wasn’t obvious by everything we’ve stated in this review so far, Lynae is one of the strongest meta presences that we’ve ever seen. As the queen of team flexibility in the Hybrid role, while still being even stronger in her specialized Liberation buffing capabilities, even without a specific DPS to associate with Lynae, remains a top-tier meta contender, and it’s by a landslide too. This level of flexibility and general strength in Hybrids is, to put it bluntly, never before seen.
To mention her top team, alongside Iuno and Ciaccona or Shorekeeper she makes for one of the strongest single-target focused teams in the game, literally rivaling the current top meta contender Cartethyia, who up until now was completely unmatched. It seems like Aero DPS characters really can’t stop winning (even if Iuno was intended as a Hybrid herself)!
But that’s not all: Lynae functions very well with a myriad of already successful DPS characters like Carlotta, Phoebe, and Camellya, as well as serving as a perfectly viable replacement to the already established partners to DPS powerhouses like Augusta and even Phrolova, the current best DPS in the game when factoring in all endgame contents.
In conclusion, Lynae is one of the strongest characters Wuthering Waves has ever seen. As we said in the intro to this review, it’s difficult to overstate her team flexibility, and on her release, she appears as one of the strongest contenders in the meta, capable of working exceptionally well with practically any DPS out there. Reminiscent of Shorekeeper in universality, but as a Hybrid buffer instead, on her debut in 3.0 Lynae is easily one of the best Hybrid buffers in the game, with only a bright future to come as more Liberation damage dealers release in the future.
Video guides
Build
Best Weapons
The percentages show the performance of the weapon based on calculations, but in some cases, some weapons might provide additional QOL that can't be quantified and it would push that weapon ahead of others in the priority (and in those cases, we would put that weapon higher).
Lynae calculations were done using added buffs from the following teammates:
Lynae's Signature weapon provides her with a significant boost to her ATK, CRIT Rate and Basic Attack DMG Bonus, while increasing all damage dealt by the team when applying Tune Rupture or Tune Strain. Overall a fantastic choice to buff both personal and team damage at once.
81.50%
Stats at Level 90: ATK: 587 | CRIT Rate: 24.3%
While Static Mist provides noticeably less personal damage than other 5-star weapons, it is generally the best choice on Lynae after her Signature as its passive allows her to buff the Main DPS of the team's ATK which is almost always preferable compared to improving her own personal damage.
91.20%
Stats at Level 90: ATK: 587 | CRIT DMG: 48.6%
An amazing generalist permanently available pistol that can universally improve the wearer's ATK, DMG Bonus and CRIT DMG. Can get close to a lot of character signatures and is overall a must-have for most accounts.
85.00%
Stats at Level 90: ATK: 500 | CRIT DMG: 72%
Mostly an ATK and CRIT DMG stat-stick for Lynae, who barely benefits from this weapon's Skill DMG-increasing effects.
83.80%
Stats at Level 90: ATK: 587 | CRIT DMG: 48.6%
ATK and CRIT DMG stat-stick for Lynae who cannot benefit from this weapon's Heavy Attack and Echo DMG-focused effects.
82.60%
Stats at Level 90: ATK: 500 | CRIT Rate: 36%
ATK and CRIT Rate stat-stick for Lynae who does not benefit from this weapon's Aero Erosion-focused effects.
70.30%
Stats at Level 90: ATK: 412 | CRIT Rate: 20.3%
ATK and CRIT Rate stat-stick for Lynae, who does not benefit from this weapon's Heavy ATK DMG-increasing effects.
68.80%
Stats at Level 90: ATK: 462 | ATK: 18.2%
Grants a small amount of flat Energy to the wearer, alleviating Energy Regen requirements. Otherwise only provides ATK and no other stats while having lower base ATK than 5-star weapons. Generally good 4-star, but will not outclass 5-star weapons.
68.50%
Stats at Level 90: ATK: 387 | ATK: 36.4%
Strongest no-gacha weapon for most pistol users, granting extra ATK to the wearer practically permanently so long as they don't take any damage. Generally inferior to all above options as it only grants ATK and nothing else.
Best Echo Sets
Best Echo Sets
1
2 Set:Spectro DMG +10%.
5 Set: Casting Outro Skill increases the ATK of the incoming Resonator by 15%, with each point of Tune Break Boost additionally increasing ATK by 0.3%, up to 15%. This effect lasts for 15s, or until the Resonator is switched out.
The best Support set specifically made for Lynae that provides a total of 30% ATK (and an extra 10% DMG Bonus via the Main Echo) to the next character Lynae uses her Outro on. Amazing set to buff your Main DPS by massive amounts.
Below you can find Main Echo options that you should be using with the set:
Hyvatia
- Simple summon Echo with the special property of giving an extra 10% DMG Bonus to the next character switched into via an Outro. Sacrifices small amounts of personal damage usually seen in Main Echoes for extra damage increase to the DPS, which is highly preferred by buff-focused characters.
All recommended endgame stats portray a fairly good quality endgame build as a goal to aim for on most characters. However, don’t treat this as an end-all-be-all, and more of a suggestion.
All stat recommendations are given at S0 for 5-stars, S6 for 4-stars, and free characters (unless specified otherwise), based on total stats in the in-game stat-screen with the character out of combat but also active in the party (and hence some buffs may or may not apply). Any other precision may be directly specified. If not specified, Energy Regen requirements are estimated in the character’s best team.
HP: 12000+
DEF: 1150+
ATK: 2000-2200+
CRIT Rate: 50-80%+
CRIT DMG: 250-280%+
Energy Regen: 115-130%+
Lower end was estimated in a team with Iuno+Ciaccona, higher end was estimated in a team with Xiangli Yao+Shorekeeper. Lynae is, however, very flexible teams-wise, so Energy requirements are highly variable - please keep this in mind.
Spectro DMG Bonus: 40-70%+
Skill Priority
Below you can find the order of leveling the abilities for Lynae.
Forte Circuit
Res. Liberation
Basic Attack
Res. Skill
Intro Skill
Gameplay and teams
Rotation
Lynae is strictly a secondary character whose primary focus is to cast Visual Impact as quickly as possible by accumulating as many Forte resources as possible in the least amount of time. To do this, we combo her abilities together in the following rotation:
Standard Rotation
Intro (Cancel animation endlag via Ultimate)
Ultimate
Skill: Lynae-Style Palettes
Heavy: Spark Collision (Full Charge) (Cancel animation endlag via Jump)
Jump: Polychrome Leap (3 Times)
Basic: Mid-air Attack: Visual Impact
Outro
S6 Rotation
Lynae at S6 will start in Lumiflow state on every subsequent rotation, since her Outro doesn’t get rid of this state anymore. This allows her to skip her long Spark Collision attack to instead perform other moves while charging Lumiflow. She also gains additional damage on her Polychrome Leaps and Visual Impact after performing Heavy Attacks, so we can craft a new rotation using these properties as follows:
Intro
Heavy: Ground Heavy Attack (2 Times)
(Release) Graffiti Blast
Skill: Additive Color
Jump: Polychrome Leap (3 Times)
Heavy: Mid-air Heavy Attack (Interrupt via Mid-air Attack around 5 hits)
Basic: Mid-air Attack: Visual Impact
Ultimate
Outro
This overall results in a faster rotation that deals more damage than the standard version, yielding visible improvements in team DPS.
Additional Tips & Tricks
Make sure to never Swap Cancel any ability Lynae casts before she uses her Outro: much like Phoebe, it will cancel any ability she was casting in order to execute the Outro animation instead.
Lynae’s Intro provides her with a ton of Overflow and cannot be skipped in her rotations. Because of this, the only ability she can prepare in quickswap before her Intro is available, is her regular Skill - though this saves roughly a second over indicated rotation times if executable, and should be performed if possible.
Synergies
Lynae is a fantastic general damage buffer for all damage dealers in the game, barring very few exceptions (most importantly characters with the Partner Tag on our Tier List, that tend to rely on specific mechanics provided by teammates like Negative Status that are necessary to be present on the team). While she has synergies that are stronger than others, we decided to make a comprehensive list of all teams where Lynae has high potential as a damage buffer - but know her scope of possible teams can extend even beyond what we show here!
Calcharo - Lynae pairs best with Liberation damage dealers who can make full use of their outro. Iuno is the strongest currently in this role, as she's the best liberation damage dealer in the game. Lynae buffs Iuno so well that it's enough to make her one of the best singletarget DPS characters in the game; however Lynae can also make Xiangli Yao and Calcharo much stronger than they used to be. While they both lack the base damage required to make them stand at the top of the meta, Lynae does buff them well enough to make them fare decently well in the meta.
Camellya - Lynae is the best generalist Hybrid character in the game, and this means she's also the best buffer for quite a lot of characters that wouldn't immediately come to mind. Phoebe as a DPS doesn't have any dedicated partners but Lynae is perfect for her since general buffs are what she wants to cover her numerous damage types; Carlotta and Camellya on the other hand already have dedicated buffers but their kits don't provide as much buffing strength as Lynae, which can make her slightly better when properly built for damage.
Verina - As the two best generalist Supports by heaps and bounds, it's no surprise Shorekeeper and Verina can slot in almost any team in the game as they provide high team-wide ATK% and 15% DMG Amplify. Shorekeeper additionally provides CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG, always making her the best third slot teammate for a lot of Lynae teams, but Verina is a close, more accessible second provided Shorekeeper isn't available.
Example Teams
Best Team
Ciaccona is only better than Shorekeeper with her Signature and a proper build.
Alternative Liberation Teams
Other Alternative Teams
Phoebe Team
Calculations
Damage Profile
Lynae damage profile
Damage Output
Don't use the damage output calculations as an indication on who is worth pulling or investing as those are just simulations and in day-to-day gameplay there's a lot variables and also the skill of the player is important - if you can't consistently perform the character's rotation, their damage will suffer.
As usual, don't compare the numbers between characters - especially between Main DPS and Hybrids as they fulfill different roles in the team.
Additional information
The numbers below show the character's DPS (Damage Per Second) and DMG (total damage done). When selecting the rotations we prioritized achieving 100 Concerto as fast as possible and once that condition was fulfilled, we focused on maximizing the damage output. As or if new and more optimal rotations are found, we'll update the characters calculations as needed. Listed character calculations are done without buffs or any damage contribution from teammates (full solo). They only include what the character, their Weapon, Echo and gear are capable of during their ideal Burst or Concerto rotation when starting with their Intro and Resonance Liberation available.
Do note that DPS and DMG aren’t perfect metrics for a character’s individual value and should be taken with a grain of salt. Anything pertaining a character’s relevance in the meta is addressed in our Review and Tier List, which the numbers below shouldn’t be used for as an end-all-be-all to. Instead, DPS and DMG are good metrics for a character’s sequence value and comparison between an individual character’s different rotations. We recommend using those metrics for such purposes.
Calculations information
The calculations were done using added buffs from the following teammates:
Here's the rotation we have used to calculate the DPS (Damage Per Second) shown above.
Standard Rotation
Intro (Cancel animation endlag via Ultimate)
Ultimate
Skill: Lynae-Style Palettes
Heavy: Spark Collision (Full Charge) (Cancel animation endlag via Jump)
Jump: Polychrome Leap (3 Times)
Basic: Mid-air Attack: Visual Impact
Outro
And here are the Echoes and Weapons used in the calculations.
Stats at Level 90: ATK: 587 | CRIT Rate: 24.3%
2 Set:Spectro DMG +10%.
5 Set: Casting Outro Skill increases the ATK of the incoming Resonator by 15%, with each point of Tune Break Boost additionally increasing ATK by 0.3%, up to 15%. This effect lasts for 15s, or until the Resonator is switched out.
