Lin is a Playable character in Xenoblade Chronicles X. Read on to learn more about Lin, including how to recruit Lin, their Arts and Skills, Age, Voice Actor, Heart to Hearts, Questline of Affinity missions, and more!

Lin Character Overview

Basic Information

Lin	Class	Shield Trooper
	Division	Outfitters
	Age	13
	Voice Actor	Cassandra Lee Morris (EN) Mariya Ise (JP)
Melee		Ranged
Shields		Gatling Guns

Lin's Age is Thirteen Years Old

As stated by Elma in Chapter 1, Lin is 13 years old but due to the conditions New Los Angeles is facing, she is willing to serve BLADE for the sake of humanity's future.

Signature Arts

Signature Arts	Description
Fire Carnival	Acquired Rank: 1 Effect Range: Single Enemy Deals thermal damage targeting random appendages
Drum Roll	Acquired Rank: 14 Effect Range: Single Enemy Deals weapon damage, inflicts Physical Res Down, does more damage when triggering melee combo

Lin Tier Rating

Character		Tier Rating
Lin	▶	Great

Lin is a great tank and also the best Toppler in the game due to having the skill Dirty Fighter that increases her damage output.
Best Characters Tier List

Lin Voice Actor

Cassandra Lee Morris and Mariya Ise

Lin is voiced in English by Cassandra Lee Morris and in Japanese by Mariya Ise.

List of Voice Actors and Cast

How to Recruit Lin

Can Be Recruited After Chapter 1

Lin can be recruited by interacting with her after meeting her for the first time during the events of Chapter 1.

New Los Angeles Walkthrough

Lin Heart to Hearts

Heart to Hearts and Requirements

Heart to Heart Guide and Locations

Lin Arts

All Unlocked Arts and Effects

Rank	Arts	Effect
1	Wild Down	Requires TP, deals weapon damage, Inflicts Topple
1	Fire Carnival	Deals thermal damage targeting random appendages
2	Wild Smash	Deals weapon damage, boosts damage vs toppled targets
3	Flame Cloak	Grants Thermal Res Up
4	Trash Talk	Inflicts Taunt, Boosts TP with Morale
5	Thermal Payload	Requires TP, deals Thermal Damage, Boosts Damage vs. Toppled
6	Iron Prison	Requires TP, Grants Physical Res Up, Enables Proximity Spike Damage
7	Bombardier	Deals Thermal Damage, Inflicts Blaze
8	Bullet Storm	Deals Weapon Damage, inflicts Flinch on Humanoids
9	Supershield	Requires TP, Reflects Physical Attacks, reduces damage taken, Nullifies Stun
10	Reality Rift	Deals Weapon Damage, Inflicts Slow Arts
11	Enhanced Stand	Requires TP, boosts auto-attack damage, continually restores HP
12	Shield Wall	Grants Barrier
13	Hellfire	Requires TP, deals weapon damage, with an aura: boosts damage
14	Drum Roll	Deals weapon damage, inflicts Physical Res Down, does more damage when triggering melee combo
15	Cool Off	Removes debuffs, With an aura: Consumes Aura to yield TP

List of All Arts and Effects

Lin Skills

All Unlocked Skills and Effects

Rank	Skill	Effect & Class
7	Steel Flesh	Increases maximum HP
9	Mighty Muscle	Boosts Melee attack
11	Dismantler	Grants chance of dealing more appendage damage with melee Arts
13	Shield Screen	Reduces damage when wielding Shield
15	Long Topple	Extends Topple duration
16	Dirty Fighter	Boosts melee Arts damage to Toppled enemies
17	Stand Strong	Boosts Stagger, Topple, Knockback, and Launch resistance when wielding Shield
18	Machine Gunner	Boosts ranged damage when fighting 2 or more enemies

List of All Skills

Lin Soul Voices

All Soul Voices and Effects

Soul Voices Guide

Lin Questline

Affinity Missions and Requirements

List of All Affinity Missions

Xenoblade Chronicles X Related Guides

List of All Characters

List of All Characters

List of Characters
Cross	Elma	Lin	Nagi
Irina	Gwin	Doug	Lao
L	Frye	Boze	Celica
Alexa	H.B.	Mia	Murderess
Phog	Yelv	Hope	Neilnail
Liesel	Ga Jiarg	Al