Chaos Zero Nightmare (CZN)Mei LinBuild and Guide

• Attack Weakness/Weak Point Damage: Makes an Attack card deal damage as if it had an elemental advantage.
• Ember: Applies a stacking debuff to the enemy. When the enemy is broken, or hit while in a broken state, deal +30% damage per Ember stack and consume all stacks (up to 5 stacks).
• Combo: Gain additional effect after activating another card of the same elemental type.
• Breakthrough/Defeat/Broken: Enemies in this status have had their Tenacity bar fully broken.
• Tenacity Damage : Deplete enemies' tenacity bar.

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Heavenly Flame Dragon

Ego Skill

+1 hit(s) to the next 4 Basic Attack card(s).

Heavenly Flame Dragon

Mei Lin’s Ego Skill is expensive, costing 6EP to use, but doubles the hit count of her next 4 basics, offering a tremendous amount of burst potential when combined with Unity of Attack and Defense. These additional basics have no time limit on them, so you can use this Ego as soon as available and reap the benefits whenever it’s convenient.

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Strike

Attack

100% Damage.​

Strike

Mei Lin’s basic attacks are a core part of her kit, which are discounted, empowered, and used extensively by the rest of her kit. You’ll be using them very… very often. Also applies 1 stack of ember per use after unlocking potentials!.

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Flame Dragon Guardian

Skill

100% Shield.​

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Flame Dragon Guardian

Basic Shield card that can be drawn and used for 0 cost via Unity of Attack and Defense, but is otherwise unremarkable.

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Flame Dragon's Jewel

Upgrade

[Unique][Outbreak of War]

+20% Attack Card Damage.
When using an Attack Card, 1 Passion Weakness to the target.

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Flame Dragon's Jewel

Mei Lin’s signature card and one of the strongest upgrades available. Is 1AP to use and grants all of Mei Lin’s Attack Cards a multiplicative +30% boost while also causing them all to apply 1 turn of Passion Weakness, essentially ensuring she’ll always have elemental advantage and the damage bonus that comes with it. Even better is that this card has Outbreak of War, meaning you’ll always be able to use it at the start of fights! It also has a unique meaning; it cannot be stacked.

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Rising Dragon Spire

Attack

100% Damage.
2 Embers.
Combo: +1 hit(s).

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Rising Dragon Spire

A 1-Cost Attack card that deals damage, applies 2 Ember stacks, and has a Combo effect that causes it to hit twice. An incredibly efficient damaging card with very loose restrictions, given the high AP efficiency of the rest of Mei Lin’s cards. If you’re worried, though, you can pair Mei Lin with another Passion character to guarantee it’s always active.

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Unity of Attack and Defense

Skill

Draw 2 Basic Card(s), cost of that card -1 for 1 turn.​

Unity of Attack and Defense

Mei Lin’s best card, which when upgraded and copied, can form truly degenerate combos when built around correctly, but is still incredibly strong at a baseline as well. It is a 0AP cost skill that draws 2 Basic Cards (Strike or Flame Dragon Guardian) and reduces their cost by 1 for the current turn. It's straight up a 0-cost draw 2 gain 2 AP, which is incredible. Note: If there are not enough eligible cards for this card to draw, it will draw them from the grave as well. ALSO, if a card has already been played this turn, it CANNOT be drawn again; this can be BYPASSED with an epiphany that changes DRAW to MOVE.

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Spirit of the Aromata

Skill

[Retain]

When using a card, +20% Damage for 1 turn.

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Spirit of the Aromata

Another buffing card for Mei Lin, but this time a temporary one. Cost 1 AP and grants Mei Lin a unique effect that causes her to gain an additional +20% DMG multiplier every time she plays a card, stacking infinitely. This effect and its buff last 1 turn. This is absurdly potent when combined with Mei Lin’s many low or no-cost cards. Also has Retain, allowing it to be saved for the perfect moment.

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Flame Dragon's Sovereignty

Attack

[Attack Weakness [Tag]]

300% Damage.
Destroy: Retain Embers.

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Flame Dragon's Sovereignty

This card has Attack Weakness, meaning it will always deal damage as if it has an elemental advantage. It hits for 300% damage before whatever buffs you might have/give it. On top of everything else, if you break an enemy with it it deals all the extra Ember damage you have stacked onto the target without consuming the stacks.

Mei Lin’s 3-1 is one you’ll want to pick up quickly, while her other signature potentials add damage stats to her kit based on her attack stat. If you’re hitting those stat thresholds, they are definitely worth the pick up.

• 3-1: Causes Strike to add 1 Ember stack to the enemy on use. Makes it easier to generate stacks of Ember for more bonus damage when breaking or hitting broken enemies.
• 5-1: Adds an extra 5% damage to Strike. Additionally, if Mei Lin’s Attack is greater than 500, an additional 5% is added, for 10% total.
• 7: Adds 4% Weak Point Damage if Mei Lin’s Attack is greater than 600. For every 50 Attack over 600, +1% Weak Point Damage is added, up to 8% extra. Mei Lin is almost always dealing Weak Point Damage, so the extra damage here adds up fast.

Standard Playstyle

Mei Lin’s playstyle is fairly straightforward. She wants to play her free/cheap Attack cards as much as possible while focusing on breaking enemy Tenacity bars to deal additional damage. On most turns, you can just play whatever Attack cards she has in hand, or draw more and play them, incredibly simple but very effective.

Note

For every Epiphany, we're colored their name based on how useful we think it is compared to the other variants. Here's the key to the colors:

• Epiphany Name - the best variant,
• Epiphany Name - a good variant,
• Epiphany Name - a niche variant.

Important!

CZN is a game of randomness; sometimes you’ll be offered generic or Divine epiphanies that are stronger than a character's standard five options. In these cases, breaking the listed build can result in an even more powerful save. Adjust as you see fit!