# Link Skills
## 1. Utility
Situational\
 **Phantom** (Phantom Instinct) - Crit Rate +20% \
↳ Use in combination with Lynn Link, Legion, Artifact and Hyperstats to **obtain 100% Crit Rate**
## 2. Survivability
Optional: Recommended if progging or unfamiliar with boss\
 **Resistance x 4** (Spirit of Freedom) - Invincibility on Revival \
 **Explorer Warrior x 3** (Invincible Belief) - Recover HP \
↳ Recover 35% HP every second for 3s, 210s cooldown \
 **Khali** (Innate Gift) - Recover HP \
↳ Recover 2% HP every second for 5s, 30s cooldown \ Very little benefit\
 **Shade** (Close Call) - 10% to survive fatal attack
## 3. Damage
Fill in **from top to bottom** after choosing **1.** and **2.**\
 **Angelic Buster** (Terms & Conditions) - Damage +60% for 10s \
 **Demon Slayer** (Fury Unleashed) - Boss +20% \
 **MoXuan** (Qi Cultivation) - Boss Damage +16% \
 **Ark** (Solus) - Damage +16% \
 **Demon Avenger** (Wild Rage) - Damage +15% \
 **Luminous** (Light Wash) - **SEE NOTES BELOW** \
 **Adele** (Noble Fire) - **SEE NOTES BELOW** \
 **Cadena** (Unfair Advantage) - **SEE NOTES BELOW** \
 **Kinesis** (Judgement) - Crit Damage +4%\
 **Sia** (Tree of Stars) - Crit Damage + 3%, Buff Duration +10%\
 **Lynn** (Focus Spirit) - Boss +10%, Crit Rate +10% \
 **!** **Explorer Mage x 3** (Empirical Knowledge) - Damage +9%, IED +9% \
 **!** **Explorer Thief x 3** (Thief's Cunning) - Damage +9% (average) \
 **Kain** (Time to Prepare) - Damage +8.5% (average) \
 **Kanna** (Elementalism) - Damage +10% \
 **Illium** (Tide of Battle) - **SEE NOTES BELOW** \
 **Xenon** (Hybrid Logic) - All Stats +10% \
 **Cygnus x 5** (Cygnus Blessing) - Flat ATT \
 **Explorer Pirate x 3** (Pirate Blessing) - Flat Stat \
 **Hayato** (Keen Edge) - Flat ATT & Stat
## Situational Damage Notes
 **Luminous** (Light Wash) - IED +20% \
↳ Use if below 97% Visual IED \
↳ Check values in Maple Scouter if above 97% Visual IED \
 **Adele** (Noble Fire) - Boss Damage +12% **if in full party** \
 **Cadena** (Unfair Advantage) - Damage +12% \
↳ 6% if higher level \
↳ 6% if attacking debuffed enemy (Degeneration/Mage Link) \
 **Illium** (Tide of Battle) - Damage +12% \
↳ 3% per stack, up to 4 stacks after moving a set distance \
↳ **Pro**: Heaven: Iron-Fan Gale can proc and maintain the stacks \
↳ **Pro**: If all 4 stacks are maintained, damage is higher than some other link options \
↳ **Con**: Will not have damage bonus if you load into a fight, set up, press origin \
↳ **Con**: If standing still off burst (e.g. in kaling), damage bonus will drop\ ! Thief link **must** be used with Mage link. Mage link can be used by itself if needed.\
 **Explorer Mage x 3** (Empirical Knowledge) \
 **Explorer Thief x 3** (Thief's Cunning)
## Training
Essential\
 **Mercedes** (Elven Blessing) - EXP% \
 **Evan** (Rune Persistence) - Rune Duration \
 **Aran** (Combo Kill Blessing) - Combo Orb +EXP% \
 **Lara** (Nature's Friend) - Normal Monster Damage +16%
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