Leizi

Caster

Leizi

★★★★★

Yan

Btier

Introduction

Leizi is a 5-star character in Arknights. Leizi's class is Caster. Faction: Yan.

On our Arknights tier list Leizi is B tier, 94th of the 293 characters ranked, from where 11 current tier lists put Leizi.

Is Leizi good?

Leizi's attacks chain to three extra enemies (four after Elite 2), slowing everything they hit, and Thunderclap removes the usual damage penalty each jump takes so the chain stays strong. Unobstructed Flow adds even more damage against anything that isn't currently blocked, which plays nicely with her own slow effect.

She's a solid B, though her ATK runs below average and she's slow and costly to deploy, so without Thunderclap up, each jump still loses a chunk of damage.

Strengths

  • Chain attacks hit up to 3-4 extra enemies and slow them
  • Thunderclap keeps chain damage from dropping off
  • Extra damage against unblocked enemies via Unobstructed Flow

Weaknesses

  • Below-average ATK
  • High DP cost and slow attack interval
  • Chain damage drops without Thunderclap active

Profile

Leizi's full name is Lin Qingyan (麟青砚). Leizi is a female Kylin. Her birthday is March 5th, and she stands 171 cm tall. Leizi is voiced by Xiao Wu in English, Yuuko Kaida in Japanese, and Kang Sihyun in Korean.

Background

CHA-X: In younger years, was Lei Fa assiduously studied, scriptures and records committed to heart.

Then when called, bolts did not heed; when beckoned, bolts did not come.

In teenage years, progress was devoted day and night, and began awareness words lay outside of lines, within speech laid invisible speech.

A hand waved for arcs to spark, crackling to the ears.

At twenty and two, once daily, were chanted mnemonic and creed to satisfaction.

Lightning could be drawn, thunder could be righted.

Approaching thirty, the Way was nature, essences mighty yet held concealed.

Dispelled was malice and rid was evil, unpardoned were the guilty.

Spake the teacher: "Satisfactory."

Thereupon was granted a fine pair of crystals, with limpid lightning filled, in pallid thunder coated, as though the sense it would shatter and roar.

Spake the teacher: "As Minister of the Central Judicial Office, this ceremony is held.

Now I grant thee these crystals, and thou shalt name them."

Young and ambitious were thoughts, diligent in studied creed, only wishing to command the five thunders, to cower the wicked.

Yet sensed was the realm's boundlessness, the night endless still, levin rolling, a need to notice all the world's difficulties.

Thus she replied: "All the Thunderlight."

Leizi's Chinese name, Jingzhe, is the third of the 24 solar terms in traditional Chinese calendar.

Her birthday, March 5th, is the start of Jingzhe.

The English name is a reference to Empress Leizu (嫘祖) who was initially mistakenly believed as the goddess of lightning in the Chinese mythology, Leizi (雷子), due to similar pronounciation as "lei tzu" in the Wade-Giles romanization.

Leizi's codename in Chinese refers to Jingzhe, the third of the twenty-four solar terms in traditional Chinese calendar.

Her birthday, March 5, is the start of Jingzhe.

Stats

  • HP1,443
  • ATK635
  • DEF119
  • Block1
  • DP cost32
  • Redeploy70s
  • Attack interval2.3s

At Elite 2, max level. Each bar is measured against the highest value in the Arknights roster.

Skills

4
  • Unobstructed Flow

    Talent

    Increases ATK by 23% (+3%) when attacking unblocked enemies

  • ATK Up γ

    Skill · Manual · Auto recovery · Initial SP 15 · SP cost 30 · Duration 30s

    ATK +100%

    At Mastery 3

  • Thunderclap

    Skill · Manual · Auto recovery · Initial SP 50 · SP cost 80 · Duration 35s

    ATK +150%, and attacks no longer deal reduced damage on subsequent targets

    At Mastery 3

  • Picky / Discernment

    Base Skill

    Picky: When this Operator is assigned to the Control Center, slightly increases the likelihood of obtaining Clues corresponding to the factions of Operators assigned to the Reception Room, but slightly increases the Morale consumption of Operators assigned to the Control Center Discernment: When this Operator is assigned to the Control Center, slightly increases the likelihood of obtaining Clues corresponding to the factions of Operators assigned to the Reception Room Picky makes Operators assigned to the Reception Room more likely to find clues from their respective faction (e.g. Rhine Lab clues for Saria, Glasgow clues for Indra) but increases the morale drain rate of Operators assigned to the Control Center by 0.5 per hour while Leizi is assigned to the Control Center. At Elite 2, Picky becomes Discernment which removes the morale drain increase. To illustrate this, assigning Leizi (who are in at most Elite 1) with four Operators to the Control Center will drain their morale by 0.75 per hour before any Control Center-related base skills are taken into account, which is very significant and might be a consideration to promote Leizi into Elite 2.

Art

Leizi key art

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