Ling banner

* While a strong unit, be wary of general investment in Ling if you don’t know what you’re getting. See the write-up for more details. Following Ling's initial reception in the community is a great way to see the effects of powercreep in action. On her release, many high end players hated her. She was practically a squad all on her own and could solo much of the game. This also made her tricky to evaluate, because while very powerful, she also didn't have a lot of ceiling nor would most players find her gameplay to be satisfying. The pretext to all this though was the fact the gap from the average 6★ to her S3 double-dragons wasn't that large. In fact, they were straight up better than many units available at the time! But of course, that is far less true now than it was on her release. The average 6★ has seen a dramatic rise in power, so even if you did want to solo the game with her, you give up quite a bit to do so. Which is all to say that Ling is a unit you have to sort of want to use. She's still powerful enough in that regard to warrant some decent grades, but you give up a tremendous amount of team ceiling to use her now. Especially considering she's a limited and competi