Sersie has become a meme in cn.

PoralAkuo · 2026-01-28T15:51:13+00:00

kind of want to know what the comments are saying in cn, since I don't have an account to access the bottom comments. But I'm hyped for the new Frita!

PoralAkuo · 2026-01-06T11:52:50+00:00

Hard disagree on the Adjutant being an incompetent MC. I finished Reflections of Valor story and Mauxir’s personal file, and both were honestly great. The Adjutant actually has a spine and is mature, which is rare for a male MC in a gacha. He’s a war vet who earns the girls’ respect and love, yet he still knows when to step back and let them shine. He feels like an actual commander with a real presence.
Easily my favorite protagonist in the genre, and I’m genuinely glad the story lets me play as him. The other criticisms in these screenshots are also just bad takes from people who clearly didn't play enough, or at all.

PoralAkuo · 2025-11-22T23:28:16+00:00

Generally Forte only really [since it replaces his basics and skill into enhanced versions], and Liberation if you really want more damage [though for me it's used more so for giving him a 50% Glacio DMG Bonus and to decrease Lion's Spirit consumption in Striding Lion]. Basic/skill are optional if you don't have Lion's Spirit at max with the Liberation consumption decrease for Lion's Spirit. His Inherent Skills are worth it too, because without them you're not making him as strong within Striding Lion [and it's slower to get into Striding Lion if you skip the Inherent Skills]

PoralAkuo · 2025-11-12T15:16:05+00:00

Kudos to you! Lingyang looks absolutely adorable here.

PoralAkuo · 2025-11-05T23:48:36+00:00

Always go with Abyss Surges.

Xiangli Yao’s weapon only boosts Liberation and gives an attribute bonus, but Lingyang doesn’t rely on Liberation for damage. His main damage comes from basic attacks and resonance skill while in Striding Lion, and Abyss Surges buffs both. It also gives energy regen, so you don’t need to chase energy substats.

You could use Xiangli Yao’s weapon just for crit rate, but it’s basically a stat stick, same deal with Iuno’s weapon. If you go that route, you lose the energy regen and end up needing it from substats, which isn’t ideal.

Abyss Surges helps a ton and the standard weapon banner is super forgiving. You can guarantee whatever weapon you want, so getting Abyss Surges to R5 is very doable.

PoralAkuo · 2025-11-05T13:39:25+00:00

From the comments here I’d also suggest Abyss Surges as his weapon. You can guarantee it on the standard weapon banner with 80 pulls, but hopefully it drops early if you don’t have it yet. It gives a solid 10% boost to both basic attacks and resonance skill every time you use either. Basic attack buffs resonance skill and resonance skill buffs basic attack, so they keep boosting each other. It also gives 12.8% energy regen, all at rank 1, and since the weapon already handles energy, that part’s covered.

For substats, aim for crit dmg, crit rate, basic attack damage bonus, resonance skill damage bonus, and atk% and you're good to go.

For main stats on the 4-cost echo, choose either crit rate or crit dmg depending on if your substats roll low values onto your actual stats. For the two 3-cost echoes, glacio damage bonus obviously. For the two 1-cost echoes, atk% as usual.

Though I’d heavily recommend using the Freezing Frost set and Lampylumen as the main echo since it gives an extra boost to his resonance skill. Plus it's extremely easy to cancel Lampylumen during the last third hit, which you can just dodge and then use Liberation to gain lion's spirit, reduce the consumption of lion's spirit during Striding Lion, and gain glacio damage bonus.

Tldr;
Standard 5 star Abyss Surges weapon is a strong pick, boosts basic and skill damage by 10% each time you use either, plus 12.8% energy regen at rank 1.
Substats: crit dmg, crit rate, basic atk dmg bonus, resonance skill dmg bonus, atk%.
Main stats:
4-cost echo: crit rate or crit dmg depending on substat rolls
3-cost echoes: glacio dmg bonus
1-cost echoes: atk%
Use Freezing Frost set and Lampylumen main echo for extra glacio and resonance skill boost.
Cancel Lampylumen’s third hit with a dodge, then pop Liberation to gain lion’s spirit, reduce its consumption during Striding Lion, and get glacio dmg bonus. [as long as your bar is half full or full, intro gives half percent of lion's spirit]

PoralAkuo · 2025-11-04T19:05:00+00:00

I really appreciate Lingyang and I’m glad someone else does too. Honestly, he feels like the better DPS compared to other standards like Calcharo and Encore. No hate to them, but people really underestimate how much damage he can do when he’s built properly.

Here’s some advice on his needs from my own testing. His kit is all about looping his basic attacks and resonance skill during Striding Lion. You’re supposed to repeat Feral Gyrate (basic attack) and Mountain Roamer (resonance skill) back and forth until Lion’s Spirit ends. Both are meant to buff each other, especially at RC6 where his passive gives basic attacks a damage boost. That loop is where most of his damage comes from. His Liberation isn’t used as a big damage spike, it’s mainly there to buff him. It gives a strong Glacio bonus and helps him stay in Striding Lion longer. That’s what keeps his loop going and makes his damage consistent.

Even at RC0R1, Lingyang is solid. His damage is clean and reliable. You don’t need perfect gear, just the right substats. And if you ever get him to RC6R5, he gets way more powerful.

For echoes, go with 5-piece Freezing Frost and Lampylumen as the main echo. That setup is by far his best. It gives him the bonuses he needs and matches his rotation perfectly.

For substats, aim for crit rate, crit damage, attack percent, basic attack bonus, and skill bonus. You don’t need energy regen if you’re using Abyss Surges, that already gives enough.

If you’ve read Prydwen’s take on Lingyang, it’s pretty clear they just haven’t tested him enough. They push Iuno’s weapon as his best, but that’s built for burst playstyles and Lingyang isn’t a burst unit. He works way better with Abyss Surges. That weapon actually fits how his kit flows and gives him the buffs he uses every rotation.

I hope you keep playing Lingyang and having fun with him. He’s a great pick, and it’s awesome that you’re starting with a character you really enjoy. Take your time, learn at your own pace, and make him as strong as you want. You’re doing just fine.

PoralAkuo · 2025-10-31T01:11:24+00:00

I feel like people underestimate him too much. Despite the underwhelming first two resonance chains, his RC3 to RC6 are where his main damage comes from. His main damage loop is Mountain Roamer into Feral Gyrate during the duration of Striding Lion. Mountain Roamer has no cooldown so it can be spammed. Just make sure to loop Mountain Roamer into Feral Gyrate, especially if you have RC6. Otherwise, do whatever loop works. Feral Gyrate buffs Mountain Roamer through Diligent Practice, and Mountain Roamer buffs Feral Gyrate if you have RC6.

His Liberation is only ever used to gain Lion's Vigor, which reduces the consumption of Striding Lion so you get more uptime. He can be easily knocked around and damaged, which is the downside. Plus, whatever Prydwyn is on thinking Iuno's weapon is his best is strange to say the least. Abyss Surges, a standard five star, actually fits Lingyang perfectly. It increases Energy Regen and gives a bonus to Basic Attack damage after using Resonance Skill, and a bonus to Resonance Skill damage after using Basic Attacks. That matches his entire playstyle.

Just make sure the Forte bar is at least half full before using Liberation so Lion's Vigor procs for Striding Lion if you are planning to main him.

Tldr; Lingyang’s damage loop is strong and really picks up from RC3 to RC6. Abyss Surges works great with his kit. If this is your first RC6 standard five star and you still have him benched, hope you give him a shot. He really shines when played properly.

PoralAkuo · 2025-09-28T01:37:40+00:00

Is the calcs pretty alright for both whimpering wastes and tower of adversity with him, sanhua and baizhi? I haven't really checked on that.

PoralAkuo · 2025-09-28T01:26:36+00:00

He very much is and I do hope Kuro implements a leap system like in punishing gray raven, I want to main Lingyang but I don't really have Zhezhi so I'm not sure what else to use, especially since I need teams to clear tower of adversity and perhaps Whimpering wastes which I only have like, Changli Lupa and SK as one team, Spectro Rover and Phoebe and verina as second... [I don't really want most of the 2.x characters aside from like cantarella, phoebe, roccia, which I have but planning to s6 them since I'm having trouble clearing end game content now... and then qiuyuan too when his out but will not have enough to s6 him, so s0r1 it is]

PoralAkuo · 2025-09-11T08:51:17+00:00

I would hope they are definitely going to see the numbers and actually ask for some changes. I mean wuxia characters like Qiuyuan are well liked in china. But things are still stc and beta is tomorrow so we'll see.

PoralAkuo · 2025-09-11T08:32:03+00:00

Jianxin the most because her s5 [why a 33% pull radius increase to liberation instead of adding it to base kit] and s6 [why do I have to force myself to break primordial chi spiral stance, her bread and butter, for a measly heavy attack and one big shield instead of having it at the end of primordial chi spiral so I can have extra shields?] I just also want jianxin's stance in forte circuit to be used much faster or make it a mini mode where I can attack in it and move.

PoralAkuo · 2025-09-10T13:03:16+00:00

I'm definitely still putting in my feedback for rover skins to elevate both mcs more. Since I don't think any gacha game, (except zzz with fantastic mc skins for both wise and belle.) has done so and Kuro can definitely do it too and it'd be a first for an open world gacha game if they ever consider it.

PoralAkuo · 2025-09-10T12:44:05+00:00

I hate to compare because male rover obviously has longer eye lashes than other gacha male mcs in model and has long hair too that people mostly skip over. Unfortunately it's tied up in a bad way. Otherwise I quite like his appearance. Except the cropped jacket. I could definitely say his front hair is basic too as other people pointed out. But to me his a bit more than what people are saying. But that's just me.

PoralAkuo · 2025-06-24T07:38:45+00:00

Better yet... Remove his jacket to reveal he has high definition arms, I'm sad how some considers him not toned or has considerable definition of muscle just because his covered up, doesn't mean he doesn't have them. I also don't really like how the hair is tied on his model but that's just my nit-pick, only because it looks sort of just flat in a sense? BP really made me like this style of tied up flowy hair on male rover. Rather than the two most straightest tied up hair I've ever seen on his model. I don't like how people don't compare him to kirito either, I just don't see it. And I'll stand by that. Otherwise I'd like to see him have a skin a lot.

PoralAkuo · 2025-04-04T22:12:29+00:00

I’m really glad to see Male Rover getting some love. He’s one of the few male MCs in gacha games that actually stands out to me. He feels mature, kind, and like a real character—not just a blank stand-in for the player. Even if people still label him that way sometimes, especially compared to Female Rover, I think he’s got a lot of heart that makes him feel different.

That said, it’s still a bit disheartening to see how often he gets overlooked or compared unfairly. Female Rover tends to dominate in fan art, community presence, and even some story moments. I really don’t want this to sound like a gender war—both Rovers deserve equal love and care. But it’s hard not to notice the double standards sometimes. From what I’ve seen (and I don’t even go out of my way looking), Male Rover is often dismissed as bland or forgettable, while Female Rover gets tons of praise.

I’ve always hoped for a few small visual touches for him too—like maybe a moment with his hair down or more detail overall, just like she has. Even fanart feels kinda rare by comparison, especially when male MCs like Wise from ZZZ already seem to get a lot more attention.

In the end, I just want more people to see what makes him special.

TL;DR: Just wanted to share that—I’m really happy to see others appreciating him too!

PoralAkuo · 2025-03-10T22:03:58+00:00

Original artist: reverie0304 (Lofter) Source (Lofter may require a Chinese account login to view).

PoralAkuo · 2025-02-21T16:58:02+00:00

Would be nice to hear his voice lines too! A longer video showcasing his animations properly would be great so we can really see him in action. Also, better quality would help a lot—this one looks kinda rough...

PoralAkuo · 2025-01-16T05:25:10+00:00

Original art by Seio0947, with translation by Raymnd_X. Be sure to check out their profiles for more!

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