Wuthering Waves Yin Ling Guide: Best Build, Echo, and Team

Yin Lin is a member of the Elite Patrol Squad, a special city structure for fighting crime. They are forbidden to wear a classic uniform, because every citizen can easily recognize a patrolman from afar. Maintaining anonymity is a top priority for the elite squad, the success of the operation depends on it.

Yin Lin worked for the Public Security Bureau for a while, but was suspended. Now she investigates crimes independently.

Who is Yin Lin

Has colossal damage to targets, and the spy does not need to be on the field for a long time, 3-4 seconds is enough. Yin Ling’s abilities are focused on long-range combat and area attacks – this means that her skills and abilities allow her to hit several targets at the same time within a certain radius.

How to get Yin Lin

Summoning Event : The femme fatale can only be obtained from the limited-time event banner “When Thunder Pours”.

In such events, a legendary rarity character is guaranteed at 80 summons. However, there is a system with a “50/50 chance”, which means that any standard legendary hero can drop instead of Yin Ling. After a “loss”, an event resonator is guaranteed to drop.

Pros and cons of Yin Lin

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Yin Lin Skills

Yin Lin’s skills are designed to be used sequentially:

The girl deals more than 50% of all damage with a resonance skill, because Forte Circuit’s damage is considered the same as E-class damage. 

The upgrade priority is : Resonance Bar → Ulta → E-Shka → Basic Attack → Intro.

As mentioned, Yin Ling’s main damage comes from Forte Circuit, so upgrading it is a top priority. Next comes the Ultimate because of the good damage multiplier. Then we upgrade the Resonance skill. At the very end, you can upgrade the Basic Attack and Intro.

Main

Ability name	Description
Zapstring’s Dance Basic  Attack	Basic attack Yin Ling swings her Zapstring puppet, performing up to 4 attacks that deal Electric damage. Heavy attack Consumes stamina, spins the doll around itself and deals electrical damage to nearby targets. Attack in the air Jumps into the air and then falls to the ground, creating lightning bolts that knock enemies back, leaving some suspended in the air for a short time. Counterattack Evades and deals electrical damage to the target.
Magnetic Roar [ Resonance Skill ] (E-class)	The puppet deals electrical damage to the target and puts Yinling into Execution Mode . In Execution Stance, Basic and Counterattacks trigger 1 Electromagnetic Blast upon hitting the target, up to 4 times. Electromagnetic explosion Deals electrical damage to all targets with the Sinner’s Mark. Lightning Execution . Use E twice to perform “lightning execution” and attack targets with electric force. If you do not have time to press E a second time during the timer or switch to another resonator, the skill will begin to cool down.
Thundering Wrath [Thundering Wrath] Resonance Liberation (Ulta/Resonance Liberation)	Thunder appears and deals electrical damage over a large area.
Chameleon Cipher Forte Circuit	Yinling only has one use for Resonance, which is when she is completely filled with Judgement Points . If you have enough, her Heavy Attacks are replaced with Chameleon Cipher, which deals massive AoE Electro Damage. If the move hits monsters that have the “sinner” mark (E), it will transform into a “punishment” mark and last for 18 seconds. The mark of the “sinner” Placed by normal attacks, ult and intro skill. When switching Yin Lin, the marks disappear. Punishment Mark If you hit one target with this sign, all other targets with the same curse are damaged in a chain. All of them are inflicted with electrical damage called “Judgement Strike”. “Judgement Points” . To activate the bar, you need to accumulate 100 charges, they are generated for any type of attack, except for Outro and Ult.

Passive

Skill name	Skill Description
Pain Immersion	After using Magnetic Roar, your critical hit chance is increased by 15% for 5 seconds.
Deadly Focus	The damage of Lightning Execution from the Resonance Skill is increased by 10% when hitting the marks of the “sinners”. Yinling’s attack is increased by 10% for 4 seconds when the mark’s effect is triggered.

Intro and Outro (switching skills)

Name	Description
Raging Storm Intro​	When entering the field, the puppet attacks targets, dealing electrical damage at a large distance.
Strategist Outro ​​	The next Resonator or the closest hero who activates the Outro skill will receive a bonus 20% to the Electro Digits and 25% attack to the Ultimate. Lasts 14 seconds.

Resonant circuits (duplicates)

Source: CQ.ru / Heroine in the game menu

Almost all of Yin Ling’s chains are great and give her good buffs, but the strongest one is the last one.

Key chains : 2 → 3 → 4 → 6.

Chain number	Name	Description
1	Morality ‘s Crossroads	Resonant abilities Magnetic Roar and Swift Execution deal 70% increased damage.
2	Ensnarled by Sympathy [Ensnarled by Rapport]	“Electromagnetic Explosion” restores an additional 5 “judgment points” and resonance energy. The chain will help Yin Lin hit her opponents faster and more aggressively.
3	The Choice of Flourish	The damage of “Fateful Strike” (an attack that chains attacks on enemies with the same mark) is increased by 55%. A wonderful improvement for our mystery woman.
4	Resounding Will	When Fateful Strike hits a target, all team members gain 20% increased attack for 12 seconds.
5	Pursuit of  Justice	Ultimate deals 100% more damage to targets with the Sinner or Punishment tags.
6	Unyielding Verdict	The first 30 seconds after using the ult, the basic attack can deal 419.59% of Yinling’s attack damage to the target. This technique is called Furious Thunder. It can work 1-4 times on one target, and is considered a resonance skill.

Weapons 

Yin Lin transformed the electric charges into thin threads and turned the old puppet into a formidable weapon. Over the years of battle, the doll has worn out, but the spy continues to care for it, because now it is the only ally on the battlefield.

Although this story is beautiful and touching, in the game Yin Ling fights with a stabilizer. If there is no signature weapon, anything for crits, attack and energy recovery will do.

Name	Characteristics and description
Stringmaster ​	Base attack : 500. Secondary stats : Crit. chance 36%. Property : Increases attack by 12%. When dealing damage with the ultimate, increases ATK by 12%, can be stacked up to 2 times and the effect lasts for 5 seconds. When the spy is sent “to the pocket”, the resonator on the field gets an attack bonus of another 12%. The stabilizer is made specifically for Yin Ling, it is her signature weapon.
Cosmic Ripples	Base attack : 500. Secondary Stats : Attack Power 54% Property : Increases energy recovery by 12.8%. Basic attack gains a 3.2% boost, stacking up to 5 times. The effect lasts for 8 seconds and can occur once every 0.5 seconds.
Augmen	Base Attack : 412. Secondary stats : Crit. chance 20.2%. Property : Ultimate increases Yinling’s attack by 48% for 15 seconds.
Jinzhou Keeper	Base Attack : 387. Secondary stats : Attack power 36.4%. Property : Intro increases the heroine’s attack by 16% and health by 20% for 15 seconds.

The tables describe the best effects from weapons at the maximum level of pumping.

Echo 

Source CQ.ru / Still from Yin Lin’s story

Optimal COST set: 4 → 3 → 3 → 1 → 1.

Best Electro Set on Yin Lin

Collect the full Void Thunder Sonata, a set that provides a boost to both Electric Damage and the Resonance bar.

COST	Stat
4 COST	·         Crit. chance % ·         Critical Damage %
3 COST	·         Bonus Electrical Damage % ·         Bonus Electrical Damage %
1 COST	·         Attack Power % ·         Attack Power %

What to look for in the lower stats : Crit. Damage or Chance → ATK% → Resonance Skill → Attack Power.

The priority on COST will be:

The best one	Alternative	For a rainy day
Tempest Mephis	Thundering Mephis	Violet-Feathered Heron

There is an alternative way to assemble into an electric sonata. In it, the COST set changes as follows: 4 → 4 → 1 → 1 → 1.

The main echo is still “Mephis Storm Petrel”, and the second place is “Thunder”. The rest of the echoes are made from the cheapest ones due to their attack power and bonus to electro.

Best support set

If you plan to use Yin Ling as a support, you need to collect a full Moonlit Clouds sonata – to restore energy and a buff to strength.

• 2 parts: energy regeneration +10%.
• Full set of 5 monsters: Outro skill increases the attack of the next resonator by 22.5% for 15 seconds.

COST	Stat
4 COST	·         Crit. chance % ·         Critical Damage %
3 COST	·         Energy Recovery % ·         Energy Recovery %
1 COST	·         Attack Power % ·         Attack Power %