Zhuxin

The mana-channel engine. Crimson Butterflies are the multiplier: channeling converts mana spent into up to 15 butterflies - and when the channel ends EACH returns 5% max mana (up to 75% back): the channel funds itself, and bigger mana means longer channels. Enchanted Talisman (75 MP, 300 HP, 15% CDR, 15% mana per 10s): the regen bank. Clock of Destiny (45 MP, 400 HP, 10% CDR, +400% mana): the pool bank plus stacking hybrid defense and sub-50% recovery - plus a naturally high base max mana that never needed levels. Magic Boots 10 + Clock 10 + Talisman 15 + Truncheon 10 + Inspire 5 = 50% against the 45% cap: Grace every 6.6s, Beacon every 33s. Ice Queen Wand (60 MP, 300 HP): Ice Bound slows 10% per skill-hit to 3 stacks (0.4s internal CD) - the 3-ticks-per-second lantern glues the full 30%: nobody walks out of the capture count. Crimson Beacon (60s): the blink plus 400 (+100% MP) shield plus the 6s field (30 + 10% per 0.5s with a Snare each - 12 free stacks): the capture setup. Temporal Reign: ON CASTING the Beacon, her Grace and Flare recover 1.5x for 4s (plus 2s on kill/assist) - the post-blink channel. Crystal plus Truncheon core kept: ticks and throw stay lethal. 6th slot Ice Queen Wand: the lantern nobody leaves - slow, stack, capture, throw.

Counter Builds

Vs Zhuxin: her Lantern Flare is a CHANNEL - walk out of the lantern range and her Snare count, butterfly farm and damage all stop. The capture needs 10 Snares: count the ticks (~3 per second) and break range before ten - post-capture targets cannot re-stack for 4s, so the second catch never chains. The throw (200 + 150% + 10% max HP) is the burst: spread on release, never clump the landing. Her Beacon (60s) blinks plus shields plus fields Snares: punish the 60s window after it lapses. She is 60/80/70 - the mid lantern; Melissa/Marcel/Valir-type channel-breakers are her wall, immobile frontlines (Lolita/Hylos/Khufra-style) are her food - they cannot leave the light.