Linzy

The Whale GOAT of story stages, Linzy packs one of the most critical kits in all idle games; the ability to reset runs until you clear. What this refers to is firstly her extremely high evasion, as well as her high crit rate and crit damage. Before even discussing her kit, know that all idle games follow the formula of infinite resets on a story stage until the perfect RNG of evade and crit aligns, allowing your underlevelled units to clear. Linzy is the catalyst that can make it happen because so much of her kit is reliant on RNG, and all you have to do is constantly reset the stage until you reach one where she evades all the high-damage skills, or critting and one-shotting the enemy carry in a single M1 or her sub-skills.

Her bread and butter, S3, applies Daze up to 20 stacks, which increases her crit (with artifact at upgrade 3+), crit dmg, and attack, causing her DPS to spike drastically at 20 stacks. This ability also enhances her ult and M1 to deal even more damage, and it is truly satisfying to see Linzy S1 crit and kill a backline, then S2 critting and instantly killing another backline, and finally ult to kill the 3rd backline.

No other unit has the carry potential as high as Linzy, and almost all early 15-45 clearers used a hyper-invested Linzy, so it is no coincidence that all the whales invested in her specifically to clear the story. For other players who lack the resources to build a hyper-carry Linzy, it is advisable to instead invest in other backlines and frontlines to make a stable comp first that can survive, while loaning a whale’s Linzy to carry stages for you instead since most whales would have invested in her.

As of 16-45, Linzy is no longer the end-all-be-all GOAT with further investments on other units shining, such as Jac, who can also make short work of enemy backlines instantly without relying on RNG, but keep in mind that this is typically an extremely hyper-focused unit >lvl 235.

Linzy’s weakness also comes from her strength; without the investments funneled into her, her crit and crit dmg would not be enough to oneshot any backlines, rendering her useless. Being a double-edged sword, players should see her as an end-game investment goal if they lack the resources early on to build a crazy Linzy.

Single Bosses

Linzy deals tremendous damage at 20 daze stacks, on top of enabling stuns if we have similar boss mechanics in the future. Being a melee unit, she is also a crucial enabler for Haru comp to proc the 30% teamwide attack buff. Her evasion is unfortunately not that useful since we have heals and cleanses to back up our units.

PVP

Linzy is one of the best anti-meta units, capable of dismantling stall comp’s backline when her S1 is up. That being said, her strong reliance on RNG may make or break the fight for you if the RNGesus was not in your favor that match, so players could opt for more consistent units if they want to leave fewer things to probability, especially since you cant reset PVP stages.

Note that Linzy should also only be used in high investments, and if you followed the team building recommendation of focusing on your backline and frontline, your Linzy may not be strong enough to shine in PVP, especially since you cannot hire friend units.