Dynamite Blue/Characters
SLin Qiang
S
Power
Vanguard
Former CEO Gooz Cook and a Kuenvic chef. After the company was brought down by a fraudulent contract, he devoted his life to wiping out swindlers. He smokes Jagear lungs to his heart's content and dispenses justice to con artists with a wok and a Chinese cleaver.
Verdict
SituationalCarries Power content as the taunt until Drax arrives, then steps aside. Leave it out of the arena.
- Why this tier
PvE BA Taunt that never drops from skill Lv. 10 carries Power content until Drax arrives. The 25% shield covers only Lin Qiang, and S-grade HP trails Drax.
GFC CWithout a stone to break, a self-only 25% shield on S-grade HP holds Lin Qiang at C. Drax taunts with more HP and covers the whole team.
- Best with
Nataliya×1
Reyna×1
Yasha×1
Ironclad×1- In our teams1 of 12
- Code Dungeon: Four Power, No XAPower · Taunt, shield
Overview
Lin Qiang keeps a Taunt up without a single gap. Mara Storm hits every enemy for 160% every 2 turns and taunts for 2 turns from skill Lv. 10, so the Taunt never drops. Lv. 20 adds a shield of 25% of Max HP. Every hit taken raises DEF by 10%, and from Lv. 10 slows the attacker at 80%. That makes Lin Qiang a reliable wall, and a cheap one to build.
The shield covers Lin Qiang only, and S-grade HP trails Drax's. In the arena Power's stone value doesn't count, so Lin Qiang sits at C there.
Lin Qiang leads Code Dungeon: Four Power, No XA, and swaps into Signet X-Grade for chapter 6. Lin Qiang also stands in for Drax in the Signet Plasma chapters, Firewall: Double Electrical and against Siren, and for Terry in GFC: Anti-Heal.
A strong tank to level while waiting for Drax, with the whole kit open by skill Lv. 20. When Drax arrives, a Migration Core refunds the investment.
Exclusive gear
Lin Qiang has four gear pieces of their own, one per slot. Each is named anew at every grade; the Legendary piece is shown.
By grade: Ordinary W-Gear → Veteran W-Gear → Black Tiger's W-Gear → Baekdu's W-Gear → Con Artist Extermination W-Gear.
By grade: Ordinary T-jet → Seasoned T-jet → Black Tiger T-jet → Baekdu's T-jet → Swindler-Eradicating T-jet.
By grade: Ordinary Cask → Seasoned Cask → Black Tiger's Cask → Baekdu's Cask → Swindler-Eradicating Cask.
By grade: Ordinary Netculus → Seasoned Netculus → Black Tiger's Netculus → Baekdu's Netculus → Swindler-Eradicating Netculus.
Attributes
HP Lv. 22534,192#6 of 49, tied with 3
ATK Lv. 2251,381#43 of 49, tied with 3
DEF Lv. 2251,705#10 of 49, tied with 3
Speed95#42 of 47, tied with 4
Crit Rate15%#27 of 47, tied with 10
Crit DMG160%#27 of 47, tied with 10Lin Qiang Roster median. Each spoke runs from the roster's lowest to highest figure.
Aggro400#1 of 47, tied with 11
Roster standard (most characters share these figures)
Hit100%
Dodge5%
Block10%- BPMax BP3
- SHSkill Hit100%
- SRSkill Res10%
Exclusive gear
- W-GearCon Artist Extermination W-Gear
- T-jetSwindler-Eradicating T-jet
- CaskSwindler-Eradicating Cask
- NetculusSwindler-Eradicating Netculus
Skill unlock ladder
Lin Qiang's skills gain extra effects at fixed skill levels. The active skill can't go past half the character's level, and the passive opens at character Lv. 20. Spending Infinity in battle raises the skill level for that fight, so a gated effect can switch on early.
- Lv. 10Active: character Lv. 20Skill Core
Mara Storm Active · To all enemies
for 2 turns, Taunt
Afterecho of Mara Passive · To enemy
80% chance, for 2 turns, Speed -10 → 15%
- Lv. 20Active: character Lv. 40Skill Core
- Mara Storm Active · Self
grant shield equal to 25 → 37.5% Max HP
Teams that use Lin Qiang
Lin Qiang has a slot in one of our Best Teams comps. The line under each team is the job that slot does.
- Code Dungeon: Four Power, No XACode Dungeon · Siren
Front rowPower · Taunt, shield
Element matchups and bosses
Lin Qiang is Power, part of the main cycle (Power beats Bio, Bio beats Chemical, Chemical beats Plasma, Plasma beats Power). Electrical and Network sit outside it.
Strong against
BioWeak against
Plasma
DJ MaduFirewall · NetworkNo element edge either wayDJ Madu carries a Power guardian stone (one of four: Power, Plasma, Bio, Electrical).- DueoksiniCode Red Plus · PowerNo element edge either way
- SirenCode Dungeon · BioLin Qiang has the edge
Awakening and dupes cost
License 5 caps Lin Qiang at Lv. 200. Each awakening star lifts that cap by 5 and adds a slice of base stats, up to Lv. 225 at 5★. Stars are paid in Lin Qiang's own shards, and as an S-grade character every duplicate pull turns into 30 of them. Awakening is kept if you reset the character with a Migration Core.
| Star | Shards | Running total | Duplicates' worth | Level cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | 30 | 30 | 1 | Lv. 205 |
| ★★ | 50 | 80 | 3 | Lv. 210 |
| ★★★ | 90 | 170 | 6 | Lv. 215 |
| ★★★★ | 110 | 280 | 10 | Lv. 220 |
| ★★★★★ | 220 | 500 | 17 | Lv. 225 |
"Duplicates' worth" is the running total divided by 30 and rounded up. Base stats rise 3% or 5% per star depending on the character's grade.
Ability progression
Further abilities that unlock as this character's evolution line advances.
- Mara StormActive
To all enemies: 160 → 240% damage, for 2 turns, Taunt [skill Lv. 10+]. Self: grant shield equal to 25 → 37.5% Max HP [skill Lv. 20+]. (Spending Infinity in battle raises the skill level and unlocks the extra effects.)
- Afterecho of MaraPassive
[When hit] Self: for 2 turns, DEF +10 → 15%. To enemy: 80% chance, for 2 turns, Speed -10 → 15% [skill Lv. 10+].
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