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Yinlin

Wuthering Waves Yinlin Build Guide

Element: Electro type Electro
Weapon Type: Rectifier type Rectifier
Birth: September 17th
Birthplace: Huanglong
Affiliation: Jinzhou
Combat Roles: Concerto Efficiency tagResonance Skill DMG tagCoordinated Attack tagElectro DMG Amplification tagResonance Liberation DMG Amplification tag

Yinlin is a skilled Patroller and powerful Natural Resonator. After being suspended from her duties at the Public Security Bureau, she must now pursue hidden evils in secrecy.

Yinlin Ascension Materials

Shell Credit
170000
LF Whisperin Core
4
MF Whisperin Core
12
HF Whisperin Core
12
FF Whisperin Core
4
Group Abomination Tacet Core
46
Coriolus
60

Yinlin Talent Level-Up Materials

Shell Credit
LF Whisperin Core
MF Whisperin Core
HF Whisperin Core
FF Whisperin Core
Dreamless Feather
Lento Helix
Adagio Helix
Andante Helix
Presto Helix

Best Echo Sets for Yinlin

Moonlit Clouds
5pc
Moonlit Clouds

Best set for sub-DPS Yinlin. Helps her cast Resonance Liberation more often and provides utility buffs to the main DPS. Utility outweighs the loss in her personal damage.

Empyrean Anthem
5pc
Empyrean Anthem

Provides buffs to both the active Resonator and herself through Critical Coordinated Attacks. Less consistent because Coordinated Attacks depend on marks, so it's second-best.

Void Thunder
5pc
Void Thunder

If you're missing a primary DPS and only have Yinlin, Void Thunder is a usable Sonata for a more DPS-focused Yinlin. Nightmare Tempest Mephis is preferred, or the normal Tempest Mephis early-game.

Yinlin's Best Primary Echo

Impermanence Heron

Impermanence Heron

Currently best-in-slot. Restores Resonance Energy so Yinlin can cast her Ultimate more often and increases the next character's damage — great for a semi-support / sub-DPS role.

Nightmare: Tempest Mephis

Nightmare: Tempest Mephis

Boosts Coordinated Attack damage and buffs Electro DMG and Resonance Skill DMG — strong for Electro DPS or Sub-DPS builds.

Tempest Mephis

Tempest Mephis

Viable for a DPS Yinlin with Void Thunder; requires timing to cast Echo Skill before Yinlin receives buffs. Used early-game or as a temporary option.

Best Stats for Yinlin Echoes

4 Cost: CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG
3 Cost: Electro DMG or Energy Regen
1 Cost: ATK%

Best Substats for Yinlin Echoes

1
CRIT Rate
2
CRIT DMG
3
ATK%
4
Energy Regen
5
Resonance Skill DMG Bonus
6
Flat ATK

Best Weapons for Yinlin

Best Tips & Tricks for Yinlin

Use Moonlit Clouds (5-piece) + Impermanence Heron for best sub-DPS/support utility; it increases Liberation uptime and buffs the main DPS.
Prioritize upgrading Forte Circuit first, then Resonance Skill and Resonance Liberation; Normal Attack and Intro are lower priority.
Main Echo choice: Impermanence Heron to restore Resonance Energy and buff the next character. Nightmare Tempest Mephis is an alternative for more personal damage.
If you lack Stringmaster, use Rectifiers that provide CRIT, ATK, or Energy Regen. Fusion Accretion is the best F2P option (grants Resonance Energy and ATK).
For Echo tuning, maximize CRIT Rate/CRIT DMG and ATK% while keeping enough Energy Regen (~120%) so burst uptime isn't sacrificed.

Best Teams for Yinlin

Xiangli Yao Electro Premium Team

Xiangli Yao has one of the best synergies with Yinlin, since he makes great use of the Electro DMG and Resonance Liberation Boosts from her Outro Skill. Shorekeeper provides much needed healing for the team; her Stellarealm can increase your team's damage and provide an extra All-Type DMG Deepen on top of Yinlin's Electro DMG boost.

Open with Shorekeeper, and use her Basic Attacks and Resonance Skill to generate Flare Star and Dim Star Butterflies. Build up her Resonance energy and Concerto Energy as well., Use Shorekeeper's Resonance Liberation. With max Concerto Energy, swap to Yinlin to trigger her Intro Skill and start building up her Concerto Energy and Forte Circuit bars., Apply Sinner's Mark onto enemies and cast Resonance Skill to deal extra damage. Once up, cast her Resonance Liberation to deal good damage against enemies., Use Heavy Attack once her Forte Circuit is full to consume all Judgement Points and deal significant damage against enemies. This will also convert all Sinner's Marks into Punishment Marks., Once her Concerto Gauge is full, switch to Xiangli Yao to trigger her Outro Skill, providing Electro DMG and Resonance Liberation DMG amplification to the next Resonator., Use Xiangli Yao's Liberation as soon as you can and start beating down on the enemies with his optimal damage rotations. Yinlin will provide off-field Coordinated Attacks to all marked enemies., Once his Liberation ends and you have exhausted all Hypercubes, swap back to Shorekeeper with max Concerto Energy to detonate her Stellarealm. Repeat the steps until all enemies are felled.

Iuno Resonance Liberation DMG Team

Yinlin works well alongside Iuno, as she is one of the best DPS units to scale off Resonance Liberation DMG with her burst damage and utility. Shorekeeper is recommended for her All-DMG amplification, Crit stats, and healing—combining with Yinlin's off-field attacks to maximize Iuno's on-field hypercarry potential.

Start with Shorekeeper, and use her Basic Attacks and Resonance Skill to generate Flare Star and Dim Star Butterflies. Build up her Resonance energy and Concerto Energy as well., Once Shorekeeper's Resonance Liberation is available, cast it to deploy Stellarealm and switch to Yinlin via Outro., With Yinlin's Intro, Sinner's Mark is applied onto enemies. Next, cast her Resonance Liberation to apply more Sinner's Marks and deal damage., Use Resonance Skill to hit all enemies with Sinner's Mark. Do more Basic Attacks to continue filling her Forte gauge, followed by another Resonance Skill., Use Heavy Attack once her Forte Circuit is full to consume all Judgement Points and deal significant damage. This will also convert all Sinner's Marks into Punishment Marks., Once her Concerto Gauge is full, switch to Iuno to trigger her Outro Skill, providing Electro DMG and Resonance Liberation DMG amplification to the next Resonator., When Iuno enters via her Intro, immediately cast Resonance Skill to activate Lunar Cycle. Then, jump afterwards to enter the New Moon state., In the New Moon state, use one instance of her Enhanced Skill to consume some Sentience before casting Liberation to generate some more., After her Liberation, do three Basic Attacks into one Enhanced Skill for decent damage. Then, use up her remaining Sentience with three more Basic Attacks., Once Iuno's Concerto is full, switch back to Shorekeeper to detonate the Stellarealm., Repeat until all enemies are defeated.

Augusta Electro DPS Team

Yinlin is the only character in these teams that provides Electro DMG amplification in her kit, making her a strong sub-DPS for Augusta, who is a premier Electro DPS. Shorekeeper remains the best support choice for high general DMG buffs and sustain, improving the pair's synergy and survivability.

Begin combat with Shorekeeper and go through her combos to build up her Concerto and Resonance gauges. Then, activate Stellarealm once available and switch out to Yinlin with her Intro., With Yinlin on-field, immediately cast Resonance Liberation and apply Sinner's Mark stacks., Use Resonance Skill to hit all enemies with Sinner's Mark. Continue applying Sinner's Mark with Basic Attacks and build up her Forte gauge., When her Forte is full, cast Heavy Attack to convert all stacks into Punishment Marks. Afterwards, switch to Augusta when her Intro is available., As Augusta, perform Prowess-enhanced Heavy Attacks and then follow it up with Echo Skill., Cast her Resonance Skill and Liberation to fill her Ascendancy stacks. Next, perform her 3-attack Resonance Skill combo to get 1 Majesty stack., Once she has 2 Majesty stacks, activate her second Resonance Liberation and enter Sworn Allegiance., During Sworn Allegiance, time is stopped for 7 seconds. Within this period, attack 9 times with Sunborne slashes and cast Everbright Protector afterwards., Once available, switch to Shorekeeper via her Intro Skill to detonate Stellarealm., Repeat until all enemies are defeated.

Yinlin Free-to-Play Team

This F2P-friendly composition uses Rover (Havoc) as the Main DPS and Baizhi as support for a Basic Attack-oriented approach that leverages Rover's Dark Surge. You can also substitute other single-target DPS like Chixia or Lingyang, or use grouping supports such as Yangyang or Jianxin if healing supports are occupied on other teams.

Use Yinlin until she can activate all of her abilities and perform her full combo., Perform Yinlin's full damage combo and swap to Rover., Activate Rover's Dark Surge state and go to town on the enemies., Once Yinlin's abilities are off cooldown, swap back to her and repeat until all enemies are defeated., If your HP is low, swap to Baizhi and use all of her healing abilities until you're comfortable swapping back to your DPS characters.

Yinlin Skills

Zapstring's Dance

Zapstring's Dance

Basic Attack
Yinlin controls the puppet "Zapstring" to perform up to 4 attacks, dealing Electro DMG.

Heavy Attack
Yinlin consumes STA to control "Zapstring", dealing Electro DMG.

Mid-air Attack
Yinlin consumes STA to control "Zapstring" to perform a Mid-air Plunging Attack, dealing Electro DMG.

Dodge Counter
Use Basic Attack after a successful Dodge to attack the target, dealing Electro DMG.

Magnetic Roar

Magnetic Roar

Magnetic Roar
The puppet "Zapstring" deals Electro DMG to the target, and puts Yinlin in Resonance Skill Execution Mode.

Execution Mode
Basic Attack and Dodge Counter will trigger 1 Electromagnetic Blast when hitting a target.
Each stage of Basic Attack or Dodge Counter can only trigger 1 Electromagnetic Blast, up to 4 times.

Electromagnetic Blast
Attack all targets marked with Forte Circuit Sinner's Mark, dealing Electro DMG.

Lightning Execution
Use Resonance Skill after casting Resonance Skill Magnetic Roar to cast Lightning Execution to attack the target, dealing Electro DMG.
If Resonance Skill Lightning Execution is not activated in a while or this Character is switched, this Skill will be put on Cooldown.

Thundering Wrath

Thundering Wrath

Command "Zapstring" to call for thunder to fall upon a large range, dealing Electro DMG.

Pain Immersion

Pain Immersion

After using Resonance Skill Magnetic Roar, Yinlin's Crit. Rate is increased by 15% for 5s.

Deadly Focus

Deadly Focus

The damage of Resonance Skill Lightning Execution is increased by 10% when hitting targets marked with Sinner's Mark, and Yinlin's ATK is increased by 10% for 4s when this is triggered.

Raging Storm

Raging Storm

Command puppet "Zapstring" to attack, dealing Electro DMG in a large range.

Chameleon Cipher

Chameleon Cipher

Chameleon Cipher
When Yinlin's Judgment Points are full, her Heavy Attack is replaced with Chameleon Cipher, which consumes all Judgment Points to attack the target, dealing Electro DMG. When it hits a target marked with Sinner's Mark, the Sinner's Mark is replaced with Punishment Mark, lasting for 18s. Chameleon Cipher deals Heavy Attack DMG.

Sinner's Mark
Basic Attack Zapstring's Dance, Resonance Liberation Thundering Wrath, and Intro Skill Roaring Storm apply Sinner's Mark to the target on hit.
Sinner's Mark is removed when Yinlin is switched out.

Punishment Mark
When a target marked with Punishment Mark takes damage, Judgement Strike will fall, triggering Coordinated Attacks to all targets marked with Punishment Mark, dealing Electro DMG. This can be triggered up to 1 time per second. Judgement Strike deals Resonance Skill DMG.

Judgment Points
Yinlin can hold up to 100 Judgement Points. Yinlin gains Judgement Points through the following ways:
Upon casting Intro Skill Raging Storm
When Basic Attack Zapstring's Dance hits a target
Upon casting Resonance Skill Magnetic Roar;
When Resonance Skill Electromagnetic Blast hits a target;
Upon casting Resonance Skill Lightning Execution.

Strategist

Strategist

The incoming Resonator has their Electro DMG Amplified by 20% and Resonance Liberation DMG Amplified by 25% for 14s or until they are switched out.

Tune Break: Rectifier

Tune Break: Rectifier

When the target's Off-Tune Level is full, the Resonator may cast Tune Break on the target.

Yinlin Resonance Chain

Morality's Crossroads

Morality's Crossroads

Resonance Skill Magnetic Roar and Lightning Execution deal 70% more DMG.

Ensnarled by Rapport

Ensnarled by Rapport

Resonance Skill Electromagnetic Blast recovers an additional 5 Judgement Point(s) and 5 Resonance Energy on hit.

Unyielding Verdict

Unyielding Verdict

Forte Circuit Judgment Strike's DMG multiplier is increased by 55%.

Steadfast Conviction

Steadfast Conviction

When Forte Circuit Judgment Strike hits a target, the ATK of all team members is increased by 20% for 12s.

Resounding Will

Resounding Will

Resonance Liberation Thundering Wrath deals 100% extra DMG to targets with Forte Circuit's Sinner's Mark or Punishment Mark.

Pursuit of Justice

Pursuit of Justice

In the first 30s after casting Resonance Liberation Thundering Wrath, when Yinlin's Basic Attack hits a target, Furious Thunder will be triggered, dealing Electro DMG equal to 419.59% of Yinlin's ATK. Every Basic Attack hit can trigger Furious Thunder 1 time, up to 4 times. This is considered Resonance Skill DMG.

Yinlin Skill Inputs

Recover Forte Gauge for Basic Attack, Heavy Attack or Resonance Skill on hit

Hold Basic Attack to cast Enhanced Attack when Forte Gauge is full

Chameleon Cipher: When Forte Gauge is full, hold LeftMouseButton

Yinlin Skins

Yinlin Special Food

Golden Fried Rice

Golden Fried Rice

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Reduces Wall Dash and Swimming stamina consumption for all Resonators in the team by 24% for 30m. Only effective on your own Resonators in Co-op Mode.