Ideal
CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG > ATK%
Desire
Passion DMG > ATK%
Imagination
ATK%
Chaos Zero Nightmare (CZN)Mei LinBuild and Guide
Introduction
Best guide and build for Mei Lin from Chaos Zero Nightmare (CZN). Mei Lin is a 5✦ character from the Striker class and Passion attribute, who belongs to the Terrascion [Planet-Born] faction.
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Season 1
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22.11.2025
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Cards
Starting Cards:
1
Strike
100% Damage.
1
Flame Dragon Guardian
100% Shield.
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1
Flame Dragon's Jewel
Increases Damage Amount of Attack Cards of this unit by 20%.
When an Attack Card is used, 1 Passion Weakness to the target.
When an Attack Card is used, 1 Passion Weakness to the target.
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Epiphany Cards:
1
Rising Dragon Spire
100% Damage.
2 Ember.
Combo: Add 1 hit(s).
2 Ember.
Combo: Add 1 hit(s).
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0
Unity of Attack and Defense
Draw 2 Basic Card(s) of this unit.
Decrease Cost of those cards by 1 for 1 turn.
Decrease Cost of those cards by 1 for 1 turn.
1
Spirit of the Aromata
For 1 turn, when using an own card +20% own Damage Amount.
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2
Flame Dragon's Sovereignty
300% Damage.
Destroy: Retain Embers.
Destroy: Retain Embers.
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Ego Skill:
6
Heavenly Flame Dragon
Ego Skill
Next 4 own Basic Attack Card(s), 1 extra Hit(s).
Epiphany Variants:
Epiphany cards are special evolutions for the cards you can obtain while playing the roguelike mode. Only some cards in the character's deck can get Epiphany effects. Since there's quite a lot of them, we don't display them by default - press the button below to show them. There are also Divine variants of Epiphany cards, but we're still working on gathering them.
1
Flame Dragon's Jewel I
Increases Damage Amount of Attack Cards of this unit by 30%.
When an Attack Card is used, 1 Passion Weakness to the target.
When an Attack Card is used, 1 Passion Weakness to the target.
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Flame Dragon's Jewel II
Increase Damage Amount of Attack Cards of this unit by 20%.
When using an Attack Card, 1 Tenacity Damage to the target.
When using an Attack Card, 1 Tenacity Damage to the target.
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1
Flame Dragon's Jewel III
Increase Damage Amount of Attack Cards of this unit by 20%.
When using an Attack Card, 1 Ember and 1 Passion Weakness to the target.
When using an Attack Card, 1 Ember and 1 Passion Weakness to the target.
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Flame Dragon's Jewel IV
Increase Critical Chance of this unit by 30%.
On Critical Hit, 1 Tenacity Damage, 1 Ember.
On Critical Hit, 1 Tenacity Damage, 1 Ember.
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2
Flame Dragon's Jewel V
Upon Ravage, 300% Damage to the target.
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1
Rising Dragon Spire I
100% Damage.
2 Ember.
Combo: Add 2 hit(s).
2 Ember.
Combo: Add 2 hit(s).
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1
Rising Dragon Spire II
150% Damage.
3 Ember.
Combo: Add 1 hit(s).
3 Ember.
Combo: Add 1 hit(s).
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2
Rising Dragon Spire III
200% Damage.
Next Passion Card used, 1 extra Hit.
Next Passion Card used, 1 extra Hit.
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1
Rising Dragon Spire IV
100% Damage.
Next own Basic Attack Card used, 2 extra Hits.
Next own Basic Attack Card used, 2 extra Hits.
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2
Rising Dragon Spire V
150% Damage.
For 1 turn, each Passion Card used, 1 extra Hit.
For 1 turn, each Passion Card used, 1 extra Hit.
0
Unity of Attack and Defense I
Draw 2 Basic Card(s) of this unit, decrease Cost by 1, increase Damage and Shield Gain Amounts of those cards by 50% for 1 turn.
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0
Unity of Attack and Defense II
Move 2 Basic Card(s) of this unit to hand.
Decrease Cost of those cards by 1 for 1 turn.
Decrease Cost of those cards by 1 for 1 turn.
2
Unity of Attack and Defense III
Draw 2 own Basic Card(s).
Choose up to 2 card(s) in hand to Exhaust. For each card,2 Morale, 2 Resolve for 1 turn.
Choose up to 2 card(s) in hand to Exhaust. For each card,2 Morale, 2 Resolve for 1 turn.
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0
Unity of Attack and Defense IV
Create 2 Strike card(s).
Decrease Cost of those cards by 1.
Decrease Cost of those cards by 1.
2
Unity of Attack and Defense V
Increase Damage Amount of Basic Cards of this unit by 100%.
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Spirit of the Aromata I
For 1 turn, when using a Passion Card +20% own Damage Amount.
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1
Spirit of the Aromata II
For 1 turn, when using an own card +30% own Damage Amount.
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Spirit of the Aromata III
For 1 turn, when using an own card +20% own Damage Amount.
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1
Spirit of the Aromata IV
For 1 turn, when using an own card, 1 Ember on a random enemy.
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Spirit of the Aromata V
For 1 turn, when using an own card, +50% own Basic Card Damage Amount.
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Potential
Epiphany Bonus
Potential 1
When entering Chaos, obtain 1 random Rare Card with an activated Epiphany.
Basic Card Upgrade
Potential 2
Increase Damage, Shield, and Healing Amounts of Basic Cards by 2/20%.
Common Card Upgrade
Potential 3
Increase Damage, Shield, and Healing Amounts of Common Cards by 2/20%.
Basic Card Proficiency
Potential 3-1
Strike cards gain an additional 1 stack of Ember.
Unique Card Upgrade
Potential 4
Increase Damage, Shield, and Healing Amounts of Unique Cards by 2/20%.
Critical Chance Proficiency
Potential 5
+2/10% Critical Chance.
Basic Card Proficiency
Potential 5-1
+5% Mei Lin's Strike Damage.
If Mei Lin's Attack is above 500, an additional +5%.
If Mei Lin's Attack is above 500, an additional +5%.
Critical Damage Proficiency
Potential 6
+2.4/12% Critical Chance.
Unique Stat Upgrade
Potential 7
If Mei Lin's Attack is greater than 600, +4% Weak Point Damage.
For every 50 Attack exceeding that value, +1% (up to an additional +8%).
For every 50 Attack exceeding that value, +1% (up to an additional +8%).
Manifest Ego (dupes)
Sleeping Memory
Manifest Ego 1
Flame Dragon's Sovereignty card now strikes Critical Hit to Ravaged targets,
Awakening Memory
Manifest Ego 2
If Mei Lin’s cards deal Damage, apply 1 Ember on the target
Vivid Memory
Manifest Ego 3
Heavenly Flame Dragon's effect, which adds an extra Hit for the next 4 Basic Attack cards, now changes to the next 6 cards.
Inner Memory
Manifest Ego 4
If Mei Lin’s attack Ravages an enemy, gain 1 Flame Dragon Awakens.
Flame Dragon Awakens: For 1 turn, Mei Lin’s Attack Card Damage Amount +20% and Damage against Ravaged targets, extra +20%.
Flame Dragon Awakens: For 1 turn, Mei Lin’s Attack Card Damage Amount +20% and Damage against Ravaged targets, extra +20%.
Complete Memory
Manifest Ego 5
Increase the level of [Basic Card Upgrade], [Unique Card Upgrade], and [Common Card Upgrade] in Potentials by 3.
Liberated Memory
Manifest Ego 6
Whenever Mei Lin gains Flame Dragon Awakens twice, 100% Fixed Damage to all enemies and inflict 3 Ember
Stats (level 60)
HP
446
DEF
155
ATK
468
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Review
Introduction
Mei Lin is a single-target damage and break specialist capable of constantly applying Passion Weakness to enemies, ensuring she almost always has an Attribute advantage. Her cards are all low-cost with an emphasis on incredible self-buffing and chaining together long strings of attacks to form potent ramping combos. Her card Unity of Attack and Defense also grants her insane card draw/searching and cost efficiency, and her Ego Skill bolsters the hit count of her basics, the main source of her damage.
Pros & Cons
Pros
Self card draw and AP cost reductions.
Incredible self-buffing capabilities.
Can apply Passion Weakness on enemies to always deal Tenacity Damage and gain attribute damage bonus herself and Passion Allies
Outstanding burst single-target damage.
Cons
Ego Skill is expensive.
No AoE Cards.
Ratings
The ratings below are based on the Basin of Hyperspace Dimensional Twilight game mode and the Chaos Manifestation mode. Each of the modes values different mechanics, so some characters may shine in one of the, while being underwhelming in the other.
Key Mechanics
- 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.
Cards & Ego Skill
6
Heavenly Flame Dragon
Ego Skill
Next 4 own Basic Attack Card(s), 1 extra Hit(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.
1
Strike
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!.
1
Flame Dragon Guardian
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.
1
Flame Dragon's Jewel
Increases Damage Amount of Attack Cards of this unit by 20%.
When an Attack Card is used, 1 Passion Weakness to the target.
When an Attack Card is used, 1 Passion Weakness to the target.
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Flame Dragon's Jewel
Mei Lin’s signature card is 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 Initiation, meaning you’ll always be able to use it at the start of fights! It also has a unique tag meaning; it cannot be stacked.
1
Rising Dragon Spire
100% Damage.
2 Ember.
Combo: Add 1 hit(s).
2 Ember.
Combo: Add 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.
0
Unity of Attack and Defense
Draw 2 Basic Card(s) of this unit.
Decrease Cost of those cards by 1 for 1 turn.
Decrease Cost of those cards by 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.
1
Spirit of the Aromata
For 1 turn, when using an own card +20% own Damage Amount.
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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.
2
Flame Dragon's Sovereignty
300% Damage.
Destroy: Retain Embers.
Destroy: Retain Embers.
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Flame Dragon's Sovereignty
This card has Weakness Attack, 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.
Potentials
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 also definitely worth grabbing.
- 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% base 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.
Playstyle & Gameplay
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.
Dupes Review
Dupes review aren't available yet. We will add them soon!
Best Cards
Best Epiphanies
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.
Mei Lin best epiphanies aren't available yet. They will be added soon.
Gear
Memory Fragments
The Memory Fragments & Equipment suggestions below are based on calculations we did. If you want to check the damage formula and how scaling the damage works in CZN, check this guide.
Recommended Loadout
1
[2-PC]: +25% Critical Damage.
[2-PC]: +12% Attack.
[2-PC]: Increase the damage, Shield and Healing of Basic Cards by 20%.
1
[4-PC]: +20% Critical Chance of cards that cost 2 or more.
[2-PC]: +25% Critical Damage.
f you don’t care about consistency in Chaos and are running a Dragon Spire Combo build while also aiming for the highest possible crit ratio, experimenting with 4P Line of Justice to grant +20% Crit Rate to the 2-cost Dragon Spire can also be an option. This setup can and often will result in higher burst damage potential in super-optimized Mei Lin decks.
Other 4-PC Sets
- - Grants a buff after using an upgrade that increases all Passion ability damage by +20% multiplicatively for the next five attacks. Mei Lin already has a lot of stats like this and would prefer others. In addition to this, Mei Lin only has one upgrade and goes through 5 attacks very quickly. This set is not worth using on her.
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Spark of Passion [4-PC]
- - This set gives +35% Crit Dmg to 1-cost cards, something that might sound appealing, but sadly loses its effect when Mei Lin’s basics are discounted to become 0 cost, making this set very niche for her and not usually a good choice.
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Conquerer's Aspect [4-PC]
Main and sub-stats
In a lot of cases, flat sub-stats are better than percentage ones when it comes to HP, ATK and DEF. The reason behind this is that in CZN the characters stats are pretty low and you get more value from flat bonus rather than percentage one based on calcs.
Substats:
Crit Rate% = Crit DMG% > ATK > ATK%
Partners
Our best Partner recommendation try to balance both the raw damage boost they provide based on our calculations with the additional utility provided by the skill - combined with how it interacts with the characters's kit. We have rated each partner based on how much additional damage and the utility they provide. Read the comments under each Partner to better understand our reasoning.
1
Passive - The Path to Mastery
If a card used immediately before was from the assigned combatant, +15/30% attack card damage. Stacks up to 2 times and is removed if another combatant's card is used.
When the assigned combatant uses 2 or more cards, they gain [Focus].
[Focus]: Attack card damage of the assigned combatant is increased by 20/40%.
Remove Focus when another combatant's card is used.
Skill - Binding Knot - 3 EP cost
Deal 250% Damage. +10% assigned combatant's attack card damage for each owned buff for 1 turn.
- Scarlet is one of the two highest damage Partners Mei Lin can use. She offers up to 30% (additive) and 20% (multiplicative) card damage, assuming you use Mei Lin’s cards back-to-back without weaving other combatants' cards in between.
- Most Mei Lin builds already get a ton of card damage multipliers from Aromata, Flame Dragon’s Jewel, and equipment, but Scarlet’s buffs are potent enough that she’s still a competitive option, especially in modes where high equipment and extreme stacking of Aromata isn’t guaranteed every turn.
- Keep in mind the downside of fully activating Scarlet each turn, though, as when not played around, she loses a ton of her value.
2
Passive - Guard
The assigned combatant's Attack is increased by 8/16%.
At the start of battle, Damage dealt by the assigned combatant increases by 8/16% for 1 turn.
Skill - Giant Bazooka - 2 EP cost
Deal 120% Damage to all enemies.
- When reaching high enough stack sizes of Aromata and with good enough equipment and team buffs, it’s possible for Douglas’s 16% combat attack boost to outperform all of the card damage multipliers that Scarlet and other partners grant Mei Lin - as it’s a stat she usually has none of vs a stat that is already super saturated.
- While very strong in save data game modes, where all that can be guaranteed, Douglas can lose out to other partners before that when card multipliers are low or not guaranteed.
3
Passive - Poltergeist
The assigned combatant's attack cards with a cost of 1 or less deal +10/20% damage.
When the assigned combatant uses a Skill card, +10/20% attack card damage for 1 turn. Stacks up to 3 times.
Skill - Light of Judgment - 3 EP cost
Deal 100% Damage to all enemies. Draw 1 Attack card(s) from the assigned combatant with cost of less than or equal to 1.
- Max dupe Lillian is a solid but far more conditional choice than either Douglas or Scarlet, as her first passive effect only affects 1 cost or lower cards, meaning Mei Lin’s best ability in save data game modes (Dragon Spire, which costs 2), will not benefit.
- However, Lillian’s stacking buff can affect it, but requires 3 skill cards to be used by Mei Lin beforehand, something that’s doable in save data between activating multiple Unity’s and Aromata, but which is very hard in Chaos, where good decks aren’t guaranteed.
- In addition to all this, Lillian’s ego skill, which normally offers insane utility, is also only situationally good for Mei Lin, as her only 1 cost or lower attacks are usually strikes or base/non-standard Dragon Spire epiphanies.
- The result of all this is that Lillian is fine in save data as she can ramp up to +60% (additive) damage after using 3 skills and okay in Chaos as she can fish out alternative/pre-epiphany Dragon Spires with her Ego Skill while boosting 1 cost or lower. But she doesn’t have the max potential of either of the options above.
4
Passive - Poltergeist
The assigned combatant's attack cards with a cost of 1 or less deal +10/20% damage.
When the assigned combatant uses a Skill card, +10/20% attack card damage for 1 turn. Stacks up to 3 times.
Skill - Light of Judgment - 3 EP cost
Deal 100% Damage to all enemies. Draw 1 Attack card(s) from the assigned combatant with cost of less than or equal to 1.
- One copy Lillian shares all the same quirks as max dupe for Mei Lin, but offers significantly less damage, pushing her down the priority list considerably, and unless you specifically value the ability to draw cards in Chaos, will most of the time rank below Douglas across all game modes.
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Passive - Eyes on the Target
Increase Damage Amount of the assigned Combatant when attacking Ravaged enemies by 15/30%.
The assigned combatant's Basic Cards always apply as Weak Point Damage, and +5/25% Weakness Damage.
Skill - Blood Stalker - 3 EP cost
Deal 350% Damage.
- Mariannne is a hyper-specialized option for Mei Lin, which can beat out other options but only when combined with very specific deck builds that require Divine epiphanies to function at the highest level.
- At the surface level, Marianne offers 15% (multiplicative) damage when attacking broken enemies while also boosting the weakness multiplier by +5% (baseline is 25%). These bonuses alone aren’t enough to compete with the options above and are fairly lacklustre unless you can permanently keep the enemy broken for a large part of your rotation, something which isn’t likely against bosses.
- The specialized use case for this partner comes from her ability to ensure that Basics always act as having a weakness advantage. This bonus is usually useless, and all of Mei Lin’s attacks apply Passion Weakness thanks to her Dragon’s Jewel, but having the bonus on a partner allows you to take the Dragon Jewel epiphany that trades the Passion weakness for 30% Crit Rate in some builds. Outside of this, Marianne currently isn’t too competitive.
Equipment
The equipment recommendations are based on items obtainable in Season 1’s Chaos - Laboratory 0. If you’re running content outside of Season 1, it’s possible some options may not be available for acquisition, or that other options not obtainable in Lab 0 may be better.
- Mutant Predator Spike
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- Chimeranite
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- W-52 Dopamine Injector
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- Obsidian Sword
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- Wings of Freedom
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- Fragment of the Empty Void
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- Rocket-Adorned Cape
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- Emblem of an Exceptional Entity
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- Amorphous Cube
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- Eye of the Eyeless
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- Superconductive Protein
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Comments - Weapons
- - Grants +30% (multiplicative) damage to all damage while holding four or more cards in hand. The most consistent choice to activate for Mei Lin, but it has a lower damage multiplier. Most built Mei Lin decks can maintain having 4+ cards in hand, meaning this weapon should almost always be active, unlike Chimeranite and Dopamine, which may not be.Mutant Predator Spike
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- - Grants the wearer a +35% (multiplicative) damage on all their damage for 1 turn after they use a draw card themself. Unity of Attack and Defense draws cards, making this equipment viable on Mei Lin. Still, it’s important to note when using the “move” variant of this card that moving cards from discard or played does not count as drawing them, making this effect sometimes less consistent but still realistic to maintain.Chimeranite
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- - Offers a stackable +20% (multiplicative) damage boost whenever the wearer draws a card by an ability (a card that draws 2 is 2 stacks), capping out at 2 stacks (40%) and lasting 1 turn. Grants more damage than Chimeranite but is harder for Mei Lin to maintain when using her most powerful Unity epiphany (The move one). Keep in mind that if you can’t properly draw 2 cards a turn, this will fall behind other options.W-52 Dopamine Injector
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- - Grants +12% (multiplicate) damage to all abilities. A large downgrade compared to the options above, but better than nothing if you can’t find any of them on your runs and works on all Mei Lin builds.Obsidian Sword
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Comments - Armor
- - Every time the team is hit, it grants a stacking +10% (multiplicative) damage boost for the rest of the fight, up to 3 stacks (30%). Best damage option for all Mei Lin builds.Wings of Freedom
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- - If you don’t want more damage, Fragment of the Empty Void is an alternative choice, allowing up to 3 cards in your opening hand to be redrawn.Fragment of the Empty Void
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- - If neither of the options above is available, Rocket-Adorned Cape is also a solid choice, giving you an extra draw at the start of combat and also 1 damage reduction stack. Depending on your needs, the extra draw can sometimes outperform the re-draw from Fragment.Rocket-Adorned Cape
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Comments - Trinkets
- - A +30% (additive) bonus to all abilities, making it the best all-around generic option for boosting Mei Lin’s damage when considering all her deck options.Emblem of an Exceptional Entity
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- - Slightly worse than Emblem, but far easier to get boosting damage by +25% (additive) instead of 30%.Amorphous Cube
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- - When running a Basic Attack Spam Mei Lin build, Eye of the Eyeless is a strong alternative that can beat all the options listed above for her. It’s not recommended if you’re running Dragon Spire Combo as it won't scale one of your highest damage abilities.Eye of the Eyeless
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- - If damage options don’t appeal to you or you, for some reason, aren’t offered one that works for you, Superconductive Protein can be used to gain additional momentum for the wearer and their team on turn 1 by discounting one card in your opening hand to 0.Superconductive Protein
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Deck & Teams
Recommended Build
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!
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Card Removal Priority
- Flame Dragon Guardian- Neither Mei Lin build has any use for her shield in endgame builds, making it her first priority removal.
- Flame Dragon's Sovereignty- A high-damage, high-cost card, which currently isn’t a must-have. Can be kept, but is also fine to remove if you feel the AP investment it demands hurts and doesn’t help your chosen Mei Lin strategy.
Card Dupe Priority
Dupe Priority
Unity of Attack and Defense II=Rising Dragon Spire V
Duplicating both Unity of Attack and Defense and Rising Dragon Spire V are both viable choices depending on what you’re aiming for, but a balance of both is usually most effective in most cases.
- Unity of Attack and Defense II- Duping this gives you more ramp-up potential, each copy counts for an additional three Passion cards toward your combo, which is both 3 extra hits of Dragon Spire and 3 more buff activations for Spirit of Aromata on top of the damage the basics do by themself.
- Rising Dragon Spire V- Rising Dragon Spire when set-up correctly deals the majority of your damage each turn even at just one copy so adding additional copies if you can sustain them sharply raises Mei Lin’s damage potential, but only if you can afford the AP cost that potentially comes with using multiple a turn and assuming you don’t cut off enough of your ramp up potential.
Epiphany Alternatives
- Flame Dragon's Jewel- Flame Dragon’s Jewel I, III, or other generic epiphany options for it are usually the best choice in general, as all the other options give up Passion Weakness application, which, against non-passion weak enemies, is never worth it. If you know for sure you’re going to be against Passion Weak enemies, giving this up isn’t a problem, though. In these cases, Dragon’s Jewel IV pulls ahead as 30% Crit Chance is much stronger than 30% (multiplicative) attack card damage.
- Spirit of the Aromata- Spirit of Aromata I, II, and generic epiphany options are all acceptable choices and do a similar job, albeit with slightly different advantages and disadvantages; they can be used interchangeably depending on your preference. Spirit III can also be used if you’re finding yourself tight on AP; however, it loses Retain, which, if you’re not consistently comboing every turn, can be a meaningful loss.
Best Synergies
Veronica
- Has incredibly AP-efficient and numerous card draws, accelerating access to Unity of Attack and defense.
- Deals very solid sub DPS without requiring an AP, leaving more for Mei Lin.
- She’s the Passion element too, so we can take advantage of Mei Lin’s Passion Weakness while also synergizing with some of Mei Lin’s card options.
Mika
- Has tremendous healing enough to keep the team alive even in the endgame herself.
- Has a Retain and upgrade card, which, after set-up (and if held) makes cycling the remainder of her deck very quick.
- Absurd AP generation allows Mei Lin and her other teammates to spam her cards without worry.
Selena
- Can take advantage of Mei Lin’s Passion Weakness while also gaining benefits from Mei Lin’s attack spam for some of her best cards.
- Great AP efficiency - can trigger effects and deal a large amount of her total damage without needing too many resources.
- Requires high hit frequency attacks to operate at the highest level, which Mei Lin provides.
- Offers fantastic Tenacity Damage and break effects, which complement Mei Lin’s similar kit.
Best Teams
Important!
If you’re losing runs when playing a damage-focused composition either to sanity or dying, consider using a team with more defensive characters - so including both a shielder and healer. This is especially important in the Zero System mode.
Damage-focused Team
Damage
Support Damage
Support
Survival-focused Team
If you’re really struggling with survival, consider running a shielder plus Mika for the combination of shield+heal sustain.
Damage
Flex
Shielder
Any Shielder
The usual all-around best choice for Mei Lin is 2/2/2. Executioner’s plus Black Wing are both incredible scalers for all her build options. Seth’s Scarab is also strong, as all Mei Lin builds either fully or partially rely on Basic Attacks for their damage.