A name you may or may not recognize is Genshin Impact’s Lynette, a quiet and mysterious character from the Fontaine region. Lynette appears alongside her brother, Lyney, in the Teyvat Chapter preview from Genshin’s debut. The two make up a pair of performers, specializing in magic shows… and mischief.
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Here’s everything in our Genshin Impact’s Lynette build guide:
What’s the best Genshin Impact Lynette build?
Lynette is a four-star anemo DPS that uses a sword, whose kit focuses on agility and grouping thanks to her shadow sprint.
Best weapon | Freedom Sworn |
Weapon substitutes | Sacrificial Sword, Favonius Sword |
Best artifact set | Viridescent Venerer |
Main stats | Sands – Energy recharge Goblet – Anemo damage bonus Circlet – Elemental mastery |
Sub stats | Elemental mastery, energy recharge, crit rate, crit damage |
As a four-star, Lynette doesn’t have a signature weapon, but the absolute best weapon for her is Freedom Sworn. Alongside that, you want plenty of elemental mastery and energy recharge to keep her reactions going and her burst charged. The best artifacts to equip Lynette with is a full set of Viridescent Venerer.
You can get Lynette for free when you hit adventure rank 25, and she’s a great anemo character to use if you don’t have Kazuha. She doesn’t require heavy investment and can slot into a lot of teams – plus, she deals ouisa aligned damage, which can help with a lot of exploration in Fontaine.
How do I use Lynette?
For newer players, or those of us without a Kazuha, Lynette is a good, free unit that can provide a taunt to draw enemies away from you in battle. If the taunt comes into contact with hydro, pyro, cryo, or electro, it gains that element and fires Vivid Shots containing that element, so you can easily use Lynette as a swirl-enabler.
What are the best Lynette weapons?
Lynette doesn’t rely on any particular stat to get good numbers out of her, so as an anemo unit, we recommend going for an elemental mastery or energy recharge weapon to ensure she gets plenty of uptime on her burst and can swirl all the elements nicely.
Freedom Sworn | Bonus effect: Elemental mastery Skill: Increases damage by 10%. When Lynette triggers an elemental reaction, she gains a Sigil of Rebellion. If she has two Sigils, each nearby party member gains Millennial Movement: Song of Resistance for 12 seconds. This increases attack by 16% | Weapon banner |
Favonius Sword | Bonus effect: Energy recharge Skill: Crit hits have a 60% chance to generate a small amount of elemental particles, restoring energy for Lynette | Gacha |
Sacrificial Sword | Bonus effect: Energy recharge Skill: After damaging an opponent with an elemental skill, there is a 40% chance to end the skill’s cooldown | Gacha |
Crossing of Fleuve Cendre | Bonus effect: Energy recharge Skill: Increases Lyney’s elemental skill crit rate by 8%, and increases energy recharge by 16% for five seconds after using her elemental skill | Fontaine fishing association |
What are the best Lynette artifacts?
When you’re equipping Lynette with artifacts, you should aim for a set of Viridescent Venerer. This is generally the best set for any anemo character that swirls elements, which Lynette does. You can also go for Desert Pavilion Chronicle, too – we all know how farming for artifacts goes, so aiming for two, two-piece sets can be a better option.
Viridescent Venerer | Two equipped: Increases anemo damage Four equipped: Increases swirl damage by 60%, and decreases enemy’s elemental resistance to any elements infused in the swirl by 40% for 10 seconds | Obtain from the Valley of Remembrance domain |
Desert Pavilion Chronicle | Two equipped: Increases anemo damage Four equipped: When Lynette’s charged attacks hit an opponent, her normal attack speed increases by 10%, and normal, charged, and plunging damage increases by 40% for 15 seconds | Obtain from the City of Gold domain |