Nest Keeper Xiao Lin

Tower

Counter

Rearm

PVE (Early)

PVE (Late)

PVP

Profile

Personal information

Character ID

#3006

Full Name

Nest Keeper Xiao Lin

Alt names

Faction / Title

Nest Keeper

Combat information

Rarity

SSR

Deployment Cost

Movement Type

Ground

Attack Type

All

Availability

Regions

KR, SEA, Global

KR Release Date

November 2nd, 2021

GLB Release Date

February 8th, 2023

SEA Release Date

March 2nd, 2022

Specialities

Barrier

Crowd Control

Debuffer

Special information

This is a Rearmed Character. If you're looking for the base version of that character please check this profile:

Skills

Basic Attack

Basic2 valid hits

Precisely snipes at a target, and then sends a Falcon after it, additionally inflicting AoE damage.

At level 2: Basic Attack DMG +3%

At level 3: Basic Attack DMG +3%

At level 4: Basic Attack DMG +3%

At level 5: Basic Attack DMG +3%

At level 6: Basic Attack DMG +2%

At level 7: Basic Attack DMG +2%

At level 8: Basic Attack DMG +2%

At level 9: Basic Attack DMG +2%

At level 10: Basic Attack DMG +5%

Falcon Nest

Passive

Enters battle with the self-regulated combat support drone, Falcon Nest. Falcon Nest generates a barrier around Xiao Lin by 55% of Max HP when deployed.

At level 2: HIT +5%

At level 3: HIT +5%

At level 4: HIT +10%

At level 5: ATK +15% for barrier duration

At level 6: HIT +5%

At level 7: HIT +5%

At level 8: HIT +5%

At level 9: HIT +10%

At level 10: Skill Haste +50% for 10s if barrier is destroyed. Not applicable if barrier is canceled.

Falcon Flock

Special3 valid hits 26 seconds

Fires all the Falcons, inflicting AoE damage on and around the target. The targets lose 15% of SPD for 8 seconds.

At level 2: DMG +3%

At level 3: DMG +3%

At level 4: DMG +9%

At level 5: Valid Hits +1

At level 6: DMG +3%

At level 7: DMG +3%

At level 8: DMG +3%

At level 9: DMG +6%

At level 10: Target ATK -15% for 8 s

Door Knocker FN Burst

Ultimate3 valid hits 60 seconds

Receives fire support from the Falcon Nest and inflicts AoE damage in front.

At level 2: DMG +3%

At level 3: DMG +3%

At level 4: DMG +9%

At level 5: Valid Hits +1

At level 6: DMG +3%

At level 7: DMG +3%

At level 8: DMG +3%

At level 9: DMG +6%

At level 10: Valid Hits +1

Broad Analysis System

Leader

Assesses the battle situation and supports its commander. Decreases EVA by 15% for all enemy units on the battlefield for 20 seconds upon deployment

At level 2: DMG RES +4%

At level 3: Enemy unit EVA -20%

At level 4: DMG RES +4%

At level 5: Enemy unit EVA -20%

Stats

There are no stats available for this character yet

We will add them as soon as it's possible!

Analysis

Review

Nest Keeper Xiao Lin is one of two available Rearms, which changes her class into a Tower. Out of the two, while Kestrel is more of a PVE-oriented character, Nest Keeper focuses more on the PVP side of things. Like all other versions, she is able to output massive DPS, due to the rearm turning her into a two-in-one character with an invulnerable air drone that will follow up all of her attacks.

Being a Tower, she promotes a camping playstyle in PVP which alone already gives her a massive advantage. Still, after being one of the most hated characters in PVP for almost a year, and several attempts to reduce her capabilities (from releasing tower counters, to reducing safe zone), they directly nerfed her.

From the changes, her drone basic attack DPS was reduced by 55%, and her range was reduced by 100. This severely reduced her damage output as most of her DPS was from the drone. Also, her defensive capabilities were reworked to open her up for more counterplay. Her barrier was increased from 20% to 55% but her HP was reduced by 35%. These changes allow her A. Na Yubin to delete half of her HP from reflux and allow assassins to one-shot her after releasing her barrier.

While she is still usable, she needs much more time to make up for her high cost. If left alone, she is still able to output a lot of damage to tanks, and with the ultimate, she is able to protect her own base by inflicting massive knockback with a high valid hit.