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· Lynnea is a 5-star Geo Bow user and Sub-DPS added in Version 6.4.
· She ascends with Crit Rate and acts as an off-field Geo Sub-DPS.
· She deals very high Moon Crystallization damage scaled by DEF, while also buffing and healing her teammates.
· Similar to Inefa and Rauma, she is a premium support with a playstyle specialized in Moon-related abilities.
· Her Normal and Charged Attacks are not significantly relevant to Lynnea's playstyle.

· Lynnea's core skill is summoning 'Lumi'. Lumi follows the active character, dealing off-field AoE Geo damage for 25 seconds.
· Lumi can transform into three forms: Super, Ultimate, and Normal, allowing Lynnea to be utilized in two playstyles.
· [Playstyle 1: Super Form] A short press of her skill summons Lumi in Super Form, dealing AoE Geo damage twice approximately every 2 seconds. If there are Moon Drifts generated by Moon Crystallization reactions on the field, Lumi deals an additional AoE Moon Crystallization damage once approximately every 6 seconds, which accounts for most of Lynnea's damage.
· [Playstyle 2: Ultimate Form] Holding her skill allows Lynnea to continuously feed Lumi with gems, causing it to grow into its Ultimate Form. In Ultimate Form, Lumi deals a single instance of powerful AoE Moon Crystallization damage. While feeding Lumi, Lynnea gains increased interruption resistance, and after the powerful attack, Lumi transforms into its Normal Form.
· [Normal Form] Deals AoE Geo damage twice approximately every 5 seconds, but does not deal Moon Crystallization damage, making it unsuitable for offense.
· In most cases, the first playstyle using Super Form is preferred, but both playstyles have very similar overall damage and can be utilized depending on the situation.
· [Elemental Burst] Upon casting, heals the entire team and then continuously heals the active character for 12 seconds, consuming 60 Energy. Casting her Elemental Burst summons Lumi in Super Form; if Lumi is already on the field, its duration is refreshed and its form is maintained.
· [Ascension 1 Passive] When Lumi is on the field, it decreases enemies' Geo RES by 15%. If the team is in the Ascension of Light Resonance state, Geo RES is further decreased by 15%, for a total of 30% Geo RES reduction.
· [Ascension 4 Passive] Provides an Elemental Mastery buff equal to 5% of Lynnea's DEF, granting a maximum of 100 Elemental Mastery buff at 2000 DEF. If the active character is a Moon-attuned character like Jibai or other Node-Cry characters, the Elemental Mastery buff applies to them; otherwise, it applies to Lynnea herself.
· [Field Passive] When not in combat, the charge time for Aimed Shots is significantly reduced, making it very useful for hunting animals or mining ore. When mining ore, Lumi is summoned to break nearby ore and collect items.
· [Talent Priority] Focus on all of Lynnea's damage-dealing skills, then invest in her Elemental Burst to increase her healing. Normal and Charged Attacks can be ignored.

· If your team includes Colombina or Furina, it's best to use them first to leverage Colombina's Moonlight buff and Furina's Fanfare with Lynnea's AoE healing.
· In most rotations, use Lynnea's skill with a short press to summon Lumi in Super Form, dealing continuous Moon Crystallization damage.
· If an enemy is about to die or enters a shielded state, and you want to deal maximum damage in a short time, continuously short-press her skill to transform Lumi into its Ultimate Form and unleash a powerful Moon Crystallization attack.
· Jibai's Elemental Burst is a healing skill, but because it summons Lumi, you can skip casting the skill and switch to Lynnea, then use only her Elemental Burst to shorten attack time.
· Since her Elemental Burst is not an offensive skill and her DEF-focused build makes her very tanky, if healing isn't needed, you can use it every other rotation to focus on offensive skills.
· When using Herald of Dawn or Furina, it's recommended to use her Elemental Burst every rotation.
· After using her Elemental Burst, summoning Lumi again will not change its form, so it's not possible to use her Normal Attack skill first and then her Elemental Burst to transform into Super Form.

· Lynnea's signature weapon, 'Golden Frostbound Oath', is the best choice.
· Although its base ATK is low, it increases Crit DMG by 88% and DEF by 16%, which is very useful for DEF-scaling Lynnea.
· When using a skill attack, Geo and Moon Crystallization DMG is increased by 40%, and if there are Moon Drifts on the field, all allies' Geo and Moon Crystallization DMG is increased by 20%.
· Lynnea doesn't care much about anything other than Crit, DEF, and Energy buffs, so her options are limited.
· Offensive Crit Bows that increase Crit Rate, especially those with additional Crit buffs in their effects, are very useful for Lynnea.
· Using 'Elegy for the End' can provide an Energy buff to herself and her allies.
· For F2P players, the best option is the 3-star 'Slingshot'. Lynnea prioritizes Crit Rate on most weapons, and the Crit Rate provided by Slingshot is competitive, even higher than some 5-star weapons.
· While there are craftable Node-Cry bows or Cloudforged bows that provide a lot of Elemental Mastery, Crit is a much more important stat for her, so using a Crit weapon is recommended.

· The best artifact set for Lynnea is the 4-piece 'Aubade of Dawnstar and Moon', which provides 80 Elemental Mastery and up to 60% Moon Reaction DMG.
· The 4-piece 'Husk of Opulent Dreams' also provides a lot of DEF, resulting in similar damage. With higher constellations, the DEF scaling increases, having a much greater impact on overall damage, potentially surpassing 'Aubade of Dawnstar and Moon'.
· 'Silk Moon Serenade' can also be used, but it's better equipped on other champions like Illuga, Aino, or Colombina.

Category	Details
Main Stats	Sands: DEF% Goblet: DEF% Circlet: Crit DMG or Crit Rate
Crit Rate Considerations	When using Slingshot or other Crit Rate weapons, you gain 19% Crit Rate from ascension and an additional 5% (10% at C6 Illuga) from Illuga. Since you can secure 55-60% Crit Rate from the start, it's recommended to use a Crit DMG Circlet in this case.
Energy Recharge	Her excellent tanking ability means using her Elemental Burst every rotation is sufficient, so there's no strong reliance on Energy. If you need healing every rotation when using Herald of Dawn or Furina, around 150% Energy Recharge should be enough. She's usually used with two or three Geo characters, so Energy will be sufficiently supplied.
Substats	Focus on Crit Rate and Crit DMG, then increase DEF% and flat DEF to reach 2000 DEF to maximize the Moon Crystallization passive buff and Elemental DMG buff. Elemental Mastery is very useful, and Elemental DMG is also good.

· Lynnea's optimal synergy is with Jibai as a dedicated support. This is similar to other Node-Cry compositions introduced in this region.
· Jibai's previous best composition was Colombina, Illuga, and Gorou, with Gorou even providing healing at C4.
· While Lynnea was expected to perfectly replace Gorou, calculations suggest it can vary depending on the situation.
· If Illuga is at C6, replacing Gorou is correct, but since C6 Illuga is hard to obtain, Gorou might be a better choice.
· With C6 Illuga, Lynnea significantly boosts the team's damage. The previous Jibai team's DPS was around 145,000, ranking 3rd in the game, but with Lynnea, it rises to 160,000-170,000, overwhelmingly surpassing Mabuyika's new hard combo to become #1.
· This further broke the game balance that was already disrupted in Node-Cry.
· Even if you don't fully build this premium team (one of the most expensive in the game, requiring three new 5-star characters and one C6 4-star character), the team itself is so powerful that simply adding two Hydro Sub-DPS or buffers in the remaining slots will result in sufficiently high team damage.
· If Illuga and Gorou are not available, Furina is a good alternative. Lynnea's AoE healing skill synergizes very well with Furina, effectively making her a perfect replacement for Xylonen.
· Lynnea's buff effects are slightly stronger, but she compensates with excellent personal damage. Furthermore, there's no need to have two Hydro characters in the team, and her team-wide healing makes it much easier to trigger Furina's Fanfare effect.
· This is especially useful for Jibai, as unlike other Moon-attuned DPS characters, Jibai receives a damage bonus proportional to her normal Geo damage.
· The Moon Crystallization reaction makes existing Geo teams very powerful, always making you want to utilize it, and Lynnea is the most suitable support for this reaction, making her arguably the best Geo support in the game.
· Similar to Inefa, combining Lynnea with Colombina can form a powerful core even for non-Geo carries like Neuvillette, thanks to Lynnea's excellent damage and healing capabilities.
· Lynnea can also form the ultimate Moon Reaction team with other Node-Cry supports, with Colombina as the main DPS.
· With her damage, healing, and Elemental Mastery buffs, Lynnea can also be placed in the last slot with other Node-Cry carries to serve as an excellent support.
· [Weaknesses] There are several reasons why I believe Lynnea's value is the lowest compared to other dedicated Node-Cry supports.
· Lynnea only performs well in specific types of teams. Inefa can be used in other team compositions like Overvape or Hyperbloom, Rauma is best suited for Bloom, Hyperbloom, and Burgeon teams, and even Escoffier is one of the optimal choices for Melt compositions. However, Lynnea is difficult to utilize effectively outside of her Moon Crystallization skills, making her versatility very low.
· I believe it would have been much better if Jibai could utilize Lynnea as a shield character. Jibai is the only DPS in this region who is very sensitive to interruptions during attacks.
· Despite Jibai's team having very high DEF, reducing the need for a healer, she remains very tanky, and now even gains a team healer.
· It seems the developers wanted to link her with Furina to strengthen existing Geo DPS characters, but given that she's a dedicated support for Jibai and the team is already nearly complete with new dedicated support characters, it's puzzling that they didn't add even one shield character.
· The fact that Jibai is the only Node-Cry DPS who already has a dedicated support in Illuga also directly reduces the need to obtain Lynnea compared to other DPS characters.
· Lynnea is a Geo character, and Geo doesn't have many enemies specialized in elemental reactions like other common elements. No matter how strong a Jibai team is, it won't be very helpful if it doesn't meet the enemy's requirements.
· Due to Jibai's low versatility and the existence of Illuga, Lynnea's value is considerably lower compared to other Moon-attuned supports.

Constellation	Effect
C1	Grants up to 18 stacks to the party. When Lynnea casts her Elemental Skill or when Moon Drifts on the field attack, Moon Crystallization DMG is increased by 75% of Lynnea's DEF. When using the Ultimate Form's powerful attack, only 5 stacks are consumed, but a larger DMG increase of 150% of DEF is gained.
C2	When Moon Drifts on the field deal damage, grants 40 Crit DMG to Hydro/Geo characters in the team. When Lynnea uses the Ultimate Form's powerful attack, she gains an additional 150 Crit DMG. Additionally, when Lumi deals Moon Crystallization damage and all Moon Drifts on the field are in the Ascension of Light state, a Moon Drift attack involving all Hydro/Geo characters is triggered.
C3	Provides additional skill levels, significantly increasing attack power.
C4	When Moon Drifts on the field attack, grants Lynnea and the current active character a 25% DEF increase for 5 seconds. If Lynnea is on the field, she receives both buffs, increasing her DEF by 50%.
C5	Increases Elemental Burst level, boosting healing.
C6	Enhances C1 stacks, allowing them to instantly reach maximum, while also increasing the ATK of C1 stacks by 175% of Lynnea's DEF. Additionally, it increases the team's Moon Crystallization DMG by 25%, which is very useful.

· Lynnea is already an excellent character at C0, but if considering investment, C1 is not particularly impressive.
· On the other hand, Lynnea's signature weapon is very useful as there are no suitable alternatives.
· However, if you wish to invest further, C2 boasts significantly better performance than her signature weapon.

· Lynnea is an incredible support for Jibai. Jibai was already powerful enough without Lynnea, but thanks to Lynnea, Jibai has become excessively strong, completely breaking the game's balance.
· This is evidence that Genshin Impact's power creep continues unabated, and it also proves the value and longevity of Node-Cry carry compositions.
· Lynnea also has weaknesses. I believe if she provided a shield, she would have perfect synergy with Jibai's team, but it seems unlikely that Jibai will receive a new support in the near future.
· Because of these points, even though her team with Jibai is the strongest in the game, Lynnea's versatility and overall value are important factors, so I'm not sure if I would include her in the top 5 best supports.
· If you're not interested in a Moon Crystallization team, you probably don't need her.
· However, she is still a truly excellent support, and if you are interested in this reaction, or want to revive previously built Geo DPS characters, especially if you have Jibai, she will be the best choice for that team and will dramatically boost its performance.
· In that case, I recommend pulling for her.