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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 <te href=850087>Patroller</te> 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 for Yinlin's Sub-DPS role — increases team utility and helps the main DPS through buffs and energy support. Use the 5-piece Moonlit Clouds to improve Resonance Liberation uptime and party buffs.

Empyrean Anthem
5pc
Empyrean Anthem

Provides buffs to both the active Resonator and the active Resonator's coordinated attacks, but coordination is inconsistent due to reliance on marks, so it's second-best.

Void Thunder
5pc
Void Thunder

Fallback DPS set if you're missing a dedicated DPS. Good for early-game; Nightmare Tempest Mephis is best-in-slot for this set.

Yinlin's Best Primary Echo

Impermanence Heron

Impermanence Heron

Currently best-in-slot. Restores Resonance Energy so Yinlin can cast Resonance Liberation more often and increases the next character's damage — ideal for semi-support / Sub-DPS role.

Nightmare: Tempest Mephis

Nightmare: Tempest Mephis

Boosts Coordinated Attack damage significantly while buffing Electro DMG and Resonance Skill DMG — strong for Electro DPS / Sub-DPS builds.

Tempest Mephis

Tempest Mephis

Viable for a DPS Yinlin with Void Thunder. Requires Echo Skill to be cast before Yinlin receives buffs; use temporarily before switching to recommended set/echo.

Best Stats for Yinlin Echoes

4 Cost: CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG
3 Cost: Electro DMG, 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

Yinlin is primarily a Sub-DPS who deals heavy on-field damage and provides powerful buffs via her Outro Skill when switched out.
Equip the 5-piece Moonlit Clouds and Impermanence Heron to maximize Resonance Liberation uptime and provide utility to the main DPS.
Prioritize upgrading Forte Circuit first, then Resonance Skill and Resonance Liberation. Normal Attack upgrades are lowest priority.
Balance CRIT / ATK% with enough Energy Regen on echoes so Yinlin can cast her Ultimate reliably during rotations.
Stringmaster is best-in-slot (provides CRIT, Resonance DMG Bonus, and off-field ATK). Fusion Accretion is the best F2P (4-star) weapon option.
Outro Skill 'Strategist' amplifies the incoming character's Electro DMG by 20% and Resonance Liberation DMG by 25% for 14s — plan rotations to maximize this window.

Best Teams for Yinlin

Xiangli Yao Electro Premium Team

Echo sets: Xiangli Yao — Void Thunder (5-pc); Yinlin — Moonlit Clouds (5-pc); Shorekeeper — Rejuvenating Glow (5-pc). Xiangli Yao is the best Main DPS pairing for Yinlin because he benefits from Yinlin's Electro DMG and Resonance Liberation boosts from her Outro Skill. Shorekeeper provides healing, Stellarealm damage amplification and an extra All-Type DMG Deepen that stacks well with Yinlin.

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. 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 Ultimate as soon as available and follow his optimal damage rotations. Yinlin will provide off-field Coordinated Attacks to all marked enemies., When his Ultimate ends and Hypercubes are exhausted, swap back to Shorekeeper with max Concerto Energy to detonate her Stellarealm. Repeat the cycle until enemies are defeated.

Augusta Electro DPS Team

Echo sets: Augusta — Crown of Valor (3-pc) + Void Thunder (2-pc); Yinlin — Moonlit Clouds (5-pc); Shorekeeper — Rejuvenating Glow (5-pc). Yinlin provides Electro DMG amplification useful for Augusta, and Shorekeeper offers strong general damage buffs and sustain to increase uptime and survivability.

Begin combat with Shorekeeper and go through her combos to build up her Concerto and Resonance gauges. Activate Stellarealm when available and switch to Yinlin with her Intro., With Yinlin on-field, immediately cast Resonance Liberation and apply Sinner's Mark stacks., Use Resonance Skill to hit enemies with Sinner's Mark. Continue applying Sinner's Mark with Basic Attacks and build up her Forte gauge., When 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 follow with Echo Skill., Cast her Resonance Skill and Liberation to fill Ascendancy stacks, then perform her 3-attack Resonance Skill combo to get a Majesty stack., Once she has 2 Majesty stacks, activate her second Resonance Liberation and enter Sworn Allegiance., During Sworn Allegiance (time stopped for 7s), attack 9 times with Sunborne slashes and cast Everbright Protector afterwards., When available, switch to Shorekeeper via her Intro Skill to detonate Stellarealm., Repeat the rotation until all enemies are defeated.

Yinlin Coordinated Attack DPS Team

Echo sets: Jinhsi — Celestial Light (5-pc); Yinlin — Moonlit Clouds (5-pc); Shorekeeper — Rejuvenating Glow (5-pc). Yinlin's Punishment Marks count as Coordinated Attacks and help stack Jinhsi's Incandescence; her Outro Skill can also buff Jinhsi's Resonance Liberation DMG. Shorekeeper provides Stellarealm damage buff and sustain for both DPS units.

Begin the battle with Shorekeeper. Charge her Resonance Liberation and Concerto Energy. Use Stellarealm ASAP and switch to Yinlin when her Intro Skill is available., Have Yinlin enter combat and apply Sinner's Marks to all enemies, then convert them into Punishment Marks with her Forte Circuit. Fill her Concerto Energy rapidly., Once Concerto Energy is full, switch to Jinhsi. With Shorekeeper's Stellarealm and Yinlin's Coordinated Attacks active, execute Jinhsi's combos to maximize damage., Use Overflowing Radiance (a variation of Jinhsi's Resonance Skill), follow with another Resonance Skill, do Basic Attack combo up to BA4, then use Illuminous Epiphany to gain Unison. Swap out to Yinlin (Unison substitutes for Concerto Energy consumption)., Swap back to Shorekeeper to detonate Stellarealm with an Enhanced Intro Skill., Repeat the cycle until the enemy is defeated.

Yinlin Free-to-Play Team

Echo sets: Rover (Havoc) — Havoc Eclipse (5-pc); Yinlin — Moonlit Clouds (5-pc); Baizhi — Rejuvenating Glow (5-pc). This F2P composition is Basic Attack oriented and leverages Rover's Dark Surge for single-target burst; alternatives (Chixia, Lingyang) or grouping supports (Yangyang, Jianxin) can be used if available.

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 focus on dealing damage to enemies., Once Yinlin's abilities are off cooldown, swap back to her and repeat until all enemies are defeated., If party HP is low: swap to Baizhi and use her healing abilities until it's safe to resume DPS rotations.

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.

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 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.