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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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%. She gains “Thanatos’s Whisper” effect 30 sec after the battle begins, and if she has the effect when she uses “Thanatos”, increases the damage to the central target changes x4.4 and consumes “Thanatos’s Whisper”. The lost “Thanatos’s Whisper” is gained again after 60 sec.
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%. She also inflicts “HP Drain” on the affected targets for 12 sec, absorbing 2.5% 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 170% 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 170% of ATK to the target and enemies within 3m of the target and stuns them for 2 sec.
Damage changes to 190% and the delayed detonation damage changes to 190%
Damage changes to 210%, and the delayed detonation damage changes to 210%, 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 3.5m radius and pulling all enemies toward herself while creating a zone of death.
The zone of death lasts for 8 secs. While in the zone, gain “Invincible” buff every 2 secs that lasts for 3 secs, recovering 10% of her max HP, and inflicting 60% of ATK to enemies in the zone.
Damage changes to 150% and zone damage changes to 65%.
Damage changes to 160%, and zone damage changes to 70%. She becomes immune to crowd controlling effect if she has “Invincible” effect.
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 Speed by 2%, Crit Rate by 5% and decreases her total damage received by 5% (up to 10 stacks).
Normal attack damage changes to 175% Also gains 500 Mana.
Normal attack’s damage changes to 200%.
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) (CLinzy) is the second Chaotic Soul released in the game, and received a balance patch on 23 Jan 2025. She is a DEX AOE Striker who primarily relies on various self-buffs and utilities in her skillset.
Passive - Ekstasis: CLinzy gains a stack of “Ekstasis” buff with normal attacks, increasing her Speed by 2%, Critical Rate and Damage Reduction by 5% (up to 10 stacks). In a nutshell, 50% Crit Rate, 50% Damage Reduction, and 20% Speed!
Ultimate - Thanatos: An AoE skill that targets the enemy whose skill can hit the most allies dealing up to a whopping 1953.5% damage with “Thanatos Whisper” active. CLinzy gains “Thanatos Whisper” after 30 seconds into the battle, and once consumed it recharges only after 60 seconds, limiting the number of times you can use it in a fight (You can use the ultimate normally to deal 444% damage during that cooldown).
Main - Telos: Another AoE skill that pulls nearby enemies towards her, inflicting “HP Drain”, which absorbs 2.5% of their HP every 2 seconds.
Sub 1 - Psyche: An AoE skill that knocks back and stuns the nearest enemy, generating an AOE delayed explosion which hurts nearby enemies. It also activates any ally passives triggered on enemy kills.
Sub 2 - Styx: An AoE damage skill that Pulls together all nearby enemies and creates a “Zone of Death”. As long as CLinzy stays in the Zone, a 3 second “Invincible” buff is granted immediately on creation and every 2 seconds, which prevents her incapacitation, restores her HP, damages nearby enemies and grants her CC immunity.
Artifact – Dynamis: Every time CLinzy receives attacks or attacks, she gains a stack of “Dynamis”, which increases her Attack and Damage dealt by 0.2% (Base) ~ 0.5% (Origin). This buff has no cap, giving her insane damage in extended fights. Furthermore, it grants her 5 (Base) - 10 (Origin) stacks of “Ekstasis” on battle start, reducing her ramp up time (and in the case of Origin, directly starting with maxed out stacks).
Story-time: Linzy (Thanatos) joined the fray as the first true Chaotic DPS. Her kit was powerful and varied, and she has various self buffs and a ridiculously frontloaded ultimate. However, the need to ramp up to access these utilities greatly affected her viability. She was also squishy and easily blown up in Battlefront, leaving her tied to Raid content. NineArk pacified complaints from the player base by allowing her artifact ability to stack indefinitely, with a promise to revisit with a balance patch.
Post-Jan Balance Patch, CLinzy NO longer needs to ramp up time to access the vast majority of her kit. This turned her into a walking one-man army who can immediately manipulate board positioning at the start of fight, coupled with her powerful self buffs and easy access to repeatable Immortality. CLinzy can easily shove enemy tanks into the squishy backline, group up enemies, and apply large amounts of sustained AOE damage with the right set up.
CLinzy sees use across ALL forms of game content, being a mainstay for the incredibly late game Strive and high level Eden Operations content. She is also an incredibly beginner-friendly carry while her pickup banner is active.
CLinzy also still has insane ramp potential, becoming stronger via her artifact as the fight drags on. Her insane ramp and AOE burst damage holds her in good stead in the DK, Rudra and Pluto Guild Raids, and she sees regular use in both the Behemoth and Lighthouse Keeper World Boss raids.
Investment
As a DPS, players should at least aim for Origin Ascension and Legend+ artifact. However, if you can afford to, CLinzy is a safe investment to go all in on for both beginners and competitive players. Investments on her artifact will greatly boost her long term damage while giving her easy access to Ekstasis stacks at start of combat, greatly lowering her ramp time.
If her pickup banner is active, as there are copies available from the Awakening Shop, account for these when you roll. You can also roll for her dupes on the Erika Alchemy banner.
Team Composition and Synergies
Linzy (Thanatos) can either work as Main DPS or in tandem with others as Sub-DPS. Linzy’s S1 gives her good synergy with Mephistopheles (Dawn) and Otoha, who both have passives that proc with enemy kills. Linzy also greatly leverages buff support from the usual suspects - Yuria, Eve, and Wheri. Raid-wise, she enjoys the company of Sigrid the most.
Conclusion
Linzy (Thanatos) is probably one of the most hyped DPS post-balance patch, and she more than lives up to the task.
Linzy offers great performance in Battlefield & Depths with the right investment & team, being usable as a Newbie carry. She dominates across several Guild Raids (DK, Pluto, Rudra), both World Bosses, Strive and Eden Operations content. Due to her being a limited unit, and Erika Alchemy being in general very costly, it is best advised to pull her whenever her banner reruns, and then slowly use Erikas for the rest of her dupes.
If starting anew, make sure to prioritize her over Edith/Aki during her banner run/re-run.
Pros
Monstrous AOE damage with high ramp potential in raids.
Access to large amount of Defensive utility
A lot of Board manipulation utility - Knock Back and Group Pull.
Sees use across the majority of game content.
Cons
Only available in the Erika Alchemy post-pickup banner.
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.
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Chaotic soul, very expensive to ascend and grow outside of Pickup banner. Will do very well in PvP but performance is heavily tied to both ascension and artifact.
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Origin Arts gives Linzy maximum Ekstasis buffs at start of Combat.
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