Linko Guide and Best Builds

Linko Guide & Best Builds

Welcome to our Linko build guide for Neverness to Everness. Linko is an S-Rank Anima element Character available in Neverness to Everness who utilizes Plasma Arcs.

In our Linko guide, we'll cover everything you need to know to get the most out of her, from building the best gear and weapons, to important stat priorities and combos.

Linko's Best Arcs

Voice of the Voyager (M1) 100%

ATK - 570
CRIT Rate - 24%

Golden Record

Increases ATK by 24%.
Increases the wearer's Support Skill Crit DMG by 66%. Dealing DMG with a triggered Support Skill increases their Ultimate Crit DMG by 22% for 3s, up to 3 stacks. Resets the duration when triggered again.

Fluff of Fortitude (M1) 95%

ATK - 512
ATK - 27.5%

Jawbreaker's Candy

Increases the wearer's DMG by 22%. Increases this effect to 28% against enemies with HP below 50%.

Ready-Ready (M1) 92%

ATK - 570
CRIT Rate - 24%

Commander Tiger Talisman

Increases ATK by 15%.
Increases Basic Attack and Critical Riposte damage by 15% for 15s when casting a Redirect Skill or Ultimate, up to 2 stacks.
Grants a Left Tiger Talisman when casting Redirect Skill and a Right Tiger Talisman when casting Ultimate.
Unlocks Commander Tiger Talisman if the wearer obtains the other type of talisman within 15s of gaining one.
Arc: Commander Tiger Talisman — Increases the wearer's damage to Bosses by 10% for 10s.

Raging Flames (M1) 91%

ATK - 666
CRIT DMG - 24%

Headless Rider

Increases Lakshana DMG by 15%.
Increases the wearer's Redirect Skill and Ultimate DMG by 10% for 10s after casting Ultimate. Increases the wearer’s Redirect Skill DMG by 5% per cast while active, up to 2 stacks.

Oraora! (M5) 91%

ATK - 395
ATK - 37.5%

Ora Puncher

Increases the wearer's Basic Attack DMG by 2% for 10s after each Basic Attack, up to 10 stacks. Each stack's duration is calculated independently, and is not reset when new stacks are gained.

Best Console Setups for Linko

Fireflies and the Forest

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2-piece: Epic (2): Anima DMG +10%.
4-piece: Legendary (4): Increases wearer's CRIT DMG by 8% when a nearby enemy takes Anima DMG from the Team, up to 7 stacks. Each stack lasts 10s. Effect remains active when the character is off-field.

Fireflies and the Forest is Linko's best cartridge option increasing her Anima DMG and her CRIT DMG. With Linko able to provide off-field Anima damage it is very easy for her to maintain the maximum damage buff throughout the fight.

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Linko Module Bonus

+32% CRIT Rate (4 x Type III equipped)

Fireflies and the Forest

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Qualifying Modules: 6

2-piece: Epic (2): Anima DMG +10%.

4-piece: Legendary (4): Increases wearer's CRIT DMG by 8% when a nearby enemy takes Anima DMG from the Team, up to 7 stacks. Each stack lasts 10s. Effect remains active when the character is off-field.

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Speedy Hedgehog

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2-piece: Epic (2): Charge Efficiency +12%.
4-piece: Legendary (4): Increases all allies' ATK by 15% for 20s after the wearer casts Ultimate. Effect does not stack.

A good alternative cartridge for Linko, if no other Esper on the team is holding it, is Speedy Hedgehog. While she does not get the personal damage boost that Fireflies and the Forest provides, lowering her damage potential, this Cartridge does provide Charge Efficiency. The increase in Charge Efficiency lets Linko use her Ultimate more often, allowing the team to take full advantage of the boosted "Synced Strike" while also boosting the team's Attack with the cartridge effect.

Additionally, the cartridge only needing Type III modules means that Linko can get a substantial CRIT Rate boost just by having 6 Type III equipped. This allows her to focus on other stats in the modules.

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Linko Module Bonus

+48% CRIT Rate (6 x Type III equipped)

Speedy Hedgehog

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Qualifying Modules: 4

2-piece: Epic (2): Charge Efficiency +12%.

4-piece: Legendary (4): Increases all allies' ATK by 15% for 20s after the wearer casts Ultimate. Effect does not stack.

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Linko's Stat Priority

Linko is an ATK scaling Esper who benefits from having high CRIT. With her CRIT Rate console bonus, depending on the Arc you use with her, getting CRIT Rate mainstat and substats may not be needed, as CRIT Rate has a max value of 100%. After CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG is recommended, followed by ATK and Anima/Universal DMG.

Linko's Skill Priority

Linko's support skill is a major source of her damage, with any Synced Strikes scaling off of its level, and should be prioritized, followed by her Ultimate, the next highest damaging skill. Her Basic Attack should be her next priority, as it boosts the damage she does off-field. Her last priority is her Redirect Skill, as it is not a major source of her damage.

Linko's Awakening Priority

If you have one or multiple copies of a character, you will be able to select Awakenings of your choosing. Remember that you can switch them at any time to try out different ones, or tailor your choices for a specific fight or situation.

How to Play Linko

Linko is an Esper that functions primarily as an off-field sub-DPS. Her gameplay revolves around her unique attack called "Synced Strike" that replaces her normal Support Skill attack and is considered "Follow-up" damage. This unique attack is used throughout her kit in her off-field damage, Redirect Skill, and Ultimate. Her on-field time can be very minimal, only needing to be swapped to to use her Ultimate or Redirect Skill before immediately switching off.

Linko's main source of damage comes from her off-field Synced Strikes. From there, Linko periodically applies a "hit 'em here!" mark on enemies. When another Esper uses their Redirect skill on the marked enemies, Linko will jump in and attack that enemy with a Synced Strike and consume the mark. Consumed marks also provide Linko with Esper cycle energy and Modulation points.

This brings us to her other unique mechanic: her Modulation bar. Whenever Linko attacks an enemy with her Basic attacks or consumes the "hit 'em here!" mark, she gains modulation points up to a max of 100. These points are consumed by her Redirect Skill, increasing its damage based on how many points were consumed.

A common mistake to try and avoid is to use her Redirect Skill without modulation points, as it greatly reduces the damage of the Skill's Synced Strike. Every off-field attack Linko does gives her 34 points, meaning that just three off-field attacks between skill usage will ensure she is gaining the maximum bonus every time.

Linko's Ultimate "Oversync" applies a resonance field on the ground around the team. This enhances any ally's Support Skills into Synced Strikes and boosts the damage that Strikes do, based on the amount of unique debuffs on the enemy attacked.

Her unique Esper reaction enhancement is for the Hexed cycle reaction. Her Bonus both increases the DMG of follow-up attacks from Hexed, and makes targets affected by Hexed take more follow-up damage. Applying Hexed right before using Linko's Ultimate will greatly increase its damage, as the Synced Strikes it performs are all considered follow-up damage.

Linko's overall rotation is very simple, with her staying off-field to deal damage before switching in to use her Redirect Skill at max Modulation. When her Ultimate is fully charged, her rotation changes to have her use her Ultimate before her Redirect Skill for the enhanced damage. Finally, when in a team with an Incantation Esper the rotation changes slightly again, as you would want to activate the Hexed reaction prior to using her Ultimate/Redirect Skill for maximum damage.

Linko's Best Teams

To learn all about Linko's character synergies and best team compositions, check our dedicated Linko team page below:

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