Linzy (Thanatos)Build and Guide
Linzy (Thanatos) is a Epic rarity character from the Striker class who belongs to the Chaotic faction and who uses the DEX gear type.
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Lore & Love Story
Profile
Thanatos
Type: Damage - AOE
Channels the power of Thanatos to unleash a devastating burst of energy at the target that can hit the most enemies, dealing damage to the target and enemies within 4m of the target. The central target receives damage equal to 380% of ATK, with the damage diminishing by 60% for every meter away from the center.
Damage to the central target changes to 412% and the diminishing damage per meter changes to 52%.
Damage to the central target changes to 444% and the diminishing damage per meter changes to 44%. If "Thanatos's Whisper" is active, the damage to the central target is multiplied by 4.4 and all "Ekstasis" stacks are consumed.
Telos
Type: Damage - AOE
Launches a sphere charged with deathly energy toward the nearest enemy, slashing the target and enemies within 3m of the target, then detonates the sphere to deal damage equal to 260% of ATK and slightly pull the affected targets toward herself.
Damage changes to 280%.
Damage changes to 300% If "Thanatos's Whisper" is active, she also inflicts "HP Drain" on the affected targets for 12 sec, absorbing 1.5% of their max HP every 2 sec (damage per tick does not exceed 100% of her ATK).
Psyche
Type: Damage - AOE
Strikes the nearest enemy with the sword, unleashing a deathly energy to deal damage equal to 150% of ATK and stun them for 2 sec before pushing them back. After a 2 sec delay, the concentrated energy detonates, dealing damage equal to 100% of ATK to the target and enemies within 3m of the target.
Damage changes to 160% and the delayed detonation damage changes to 110%
Damage changes to 170% and the delayed detonation damage changes to 120% "Thanatos's Whisper" is active, the delayed detonation damage changes to 250% and activates any passive effects of allies that are triggered by enemy incapacitation.
Styx
Type: Damage - AOE
Unleashes a flurry of strikes powerful enough to slice through space itself around the nearest enemy, dealing damage equal to 140% of ATK to enemies within a 3m radius and pulling all enemies toward herself while creating a zone of death. The zone of death lasts for 8 sec, restoring her HP by of max HP, granting her a stack of "Ekstasis", and dealing damage equal to 60% of ATK to enemies in the zone every 2 sec as long as she remains within the zone.
Damage changes to 150% and zone damage changes to 65%.
Damage changes to 160% and zone damage changes to 70% "Thanatos's Whisper" is active, she also becomes "Invincible" for 6 sec from the moment of zone creation.
Ekstasis
Type: Buff
Her normal attack hits all enemies within a 270-degree arc of her field of view, dealing damage equal to 140% of ATK and granting her a stack of the "Ekstasis" buff, which increases her Crit Rate by 2% and decreases her total damage received by 2% (up to 20 stacks).
Normal attack damage changes to 175% Also gains 500 Mana.
When "Ekstasis" reaches 20 stacks, she gains "Thanatos's Whisper," which increases her Speed by 20% and enhances all of her skill effects.
Miracle of Connections
Type: Passive
Level 1: Effectiveness of Linzy's normal attack, main skill, sub skills and ultimate skill +1% every 2 sec if she is the lead soul.
Level 7: Effectiveness of Linzy's normal attack, main skill, sub skills and ultimate skill +2.5% every 2 sec if she is the lead soul.
Missing name
Type: Sub
Level 1: Lead Soul: ATK +6%
Level 7: Lead Soul: ATK +30%
Artifact
Fragarach = Thanatos
Type: Buff
Every attack given or received grants her a stack of the "Dynamic" buff, which increases her ATK and damage dealt by 0.2% (Stacks to Infinite). She gains 5 stacks of "Ekstasis" when battle begins.
The ATK and damage dealt increase changes to 0.25%.
The ATK and damage dealt increase changes to 0.3%.
The ATK and damage dealt increase changes to 0.35%. She gains 8 stacks of "Ekstasis" when battle begins.
The ATK and damage dealt increase changes to 0.4%
The ATK and damage dealt increase changes to 0.45%
The ATK and damage dealt increase changes to 0.5%. She gains 10 stacks of "Ekstasis" when battle begins.
Review
Damage dealer
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Linzy (Thanatos), is the second Chaotic Soul released in the game. She is a Dex Striker who primarily relies on various self-stacks and damage in her skillset to shine. Let's take a look at her skills first:
Passive - Ekstasis: To understand her kit, first we need to understand her most important ability - her Passive. CLinzy gains a stack of “Ekstasis” buff with normal attacks, increasing her Critical Rate and Damage Reduction by 2% (up to 20 stacks), Once at stacks reach 20, she gains “Thanatos Whisper” granting her 20% Speed increase and enhancing all her skills. In a nutshell, 40% Crit Rate, 40% Damage Reduction, 20% Speed and Skill enhancement! Huge!
Ultimate - Thanatos: An AoE skill that targets the area with the most enemies, dealing up to a whopping 1953.5% damage to the main target with “Thanatos Whisper” active. Very Solid damage, but comes at the cost of losing all “Ekstasis” stacks, whichcan significantly lower her damage in sustained battles.
Main - Telos: Another AoE skill with Pull, and additional HP Drain with “Thanatos Whisper” active.
Sub 1 - Psyche: An AoE skill featuring Stun, Knockback and delayed damage. With “Thanatos Whisper” active, she also triggers any ‘Passive effects of allies that are triggered by enemy incapacitation’. For now, this only affects Otoha, but we expect more characters in the future to synergize with her.
Sub 2 - Styx: Again, an AoE damage skill that pulls in enemies and creates a “Zone of Death”, which restores her HP, damages enemies and grants her “Ekstasis” stacks. If “Thanatos Whisper” is active, the zone even grants her invincibility for 6 seconds!
Artifact – Dynamis: Every time Linzy receives or gives an Attack, she gains a stack of “Dynamis” (Unlimited Stacks post balance patch on 26/09/2024), which increases her Attack and Damage dealt! This means at Origin ascension, she gains a whopping 50% Attack and Damage dealt bonus per 100 stacks. (And in most raids she can easily reach 300-400 stacks!) Furthermore, it also grants her additional stacks of “Ekstasis” at battle start, reducing her ramp up time.
Linzy (Thanatos) joins the fray as the first true dedicated Chaotic DPS after much waiting. Unlike Catherine (Radiance), Linzy is all in as a DPS with massive self-buffs, her enhanced Ultimate hitting like a truck, and her other sub-skills doing solid sustained damage once she’s ramped up. She also possesses some skills to boost her survivability, which is important as a frontline attacker.
However, survivability is where the problem starts. Linzy boasts incredible offensive capabilities but her frontline position, coupled with her attack patterns, and frail statline causes her to die an early demise on Battlefront situations.
Her biggest strength, her Ultimate, also requires careful consideration to be used as losing all the “Ekstasis” build up can cripple her performance. Her damage without type-compatibility is impressive but not on the level as some of the more recent releases, landing her a spot in the raid meta as a specialized DPS.
Investment
Investment wise, she has a large appetite being primarily a DPS character.
Cultured Users: Highly valuable for Medium is Premium gang and midriff lovers.
New Players: CLinzy has Carry potential, but she needs solid team support and positioning to keep her alive. Newer players might run into a slightly steeper difficulty curve.
F2P/Casual Players: While normally she could be a skip, Linzy is still a Chaotic Soul. Her general inaccessibility outside pickup banners and high balance patch potential could be a recipe for regret. Therefore, aim for at least finishing 300 on her banner.
Dolphins/Competitive Raid Players: As things stand, she will dominate A/D/C ESS (Lizelotte, Ayame, Adrianne) and similarly is expected to perform very well in upcoming Pluto Guild raid as well. Out of existing Guild Raids, she holds potential in Dark Knight for now. Origin would be required at minimum and Leg+ Artifact.
Whales/Rankers: The usual DPS schtick, Origin Stars with Origin Artifact for maximum performance.
Team Composition and Synergies
Linzy (Thanatos) can either work as Main DPS or in tandem with others as Sub-DPS, latter being more likely as further you go in-game. Being a frontline DPS, she will need protection and currently Claire and Chloe (ideally both) provide the most value to her as they draw aggro away from Linzy. Beyond that, like most of DPS, she enjoys the presence of Buffers and Healers such as Eve, Yuria and Beleth to skyrocket her damage while keeping her alive. Raid-wise, she will have to carve out new meta for herself, as she is currently a hard fit in present meta comps for most raids.
Conclusion
Linzy (Thanatos) was one of the most hyped releases of the quarter, with expectations of her being the Lizelotte killer, but unfortunately, she fell short of the task. Linzy holds great potential as DPS, but her glaring weaknesses limit her usage for the average player.
However, don't be disheartened by that for she offers good performance in Depths with the right investment & team. Furthermore, post 26/09/2024 balance patch which uncapped her "Dynamis" stack limits from 100 to infinite, Linzy has shown some impressive showing in Guild Raid content. Pluto she dominates to an extent her Solo DPS is multiple times your Team 2 and 3 combined! Thus, if you plan to be remotely competitive in Pluto Guild Raid, Linzy is a must have.
Her performance in other raids got significant boosts as well, since she can reach roughly ~300 Dynamis Stacks in Dark Knight/Charite and 400~ Stacks in Gaia, giving her substantial damage gains. She is also poised to dominate at least 3 Angel/Demon ESS Raids (Ayame, Adrianne, Lizelotte ESS raids) . However, with Dynamis stacks becoming uncapped, it is all the more important to get her Artifact as high as possible, Origin being the aim!
Further Q4 releases and balance patches could also significantly improve her performance in other content, but that remains to be seen. Due to her being a "Semi-limited" unit, and Erika Alchemy being in general very costly, it is best advised to pull her.
Pros
High damage potential.
Self-buffs enhance her kit significantly.
Will dominate Angel/Chaotic/Demon Raids & similar content.
Limited Unit.
Cons
Ramp up is too slow to matter outside Raids.
Survival is a serious issue.
Artifact investment is important, adding to costs.
Lore & Love Story
The answers below are the correct ones you have to pick to achieve the True Ending (in the order you have to do so).
This soul does not have a Love Story.
Comments:
CDMG is ideally the best set for her, Speed being the next in line. HP is conditional usage if she is dying too much, but lowers her damage quite a bit.