Yufine

Yufine is a 5-star Earth Warrior built around a hard-hitting single-target finisher backed by an area-of-effect control skill. Her S3 buffs her own Attack, strikes one target with a massive blow, and grants an extra turn on a kill, and while it's off cooldown it pushes her Combat Readiness by 20% every time an ally acts against a debuffed enemy — so she can chain turns rapidly with a team that keeps enemies debuffed. Her S2 hits all enemies, strips one buff from each, ignores their Effect Resistance, and can apply Defense Down and a one-turn Silence, while her S1 chips away with another Defense Down chance. She has no passive skill and her control is gated behind a five-turn cooldown.

Counters

• Buff-stacked frontlines — Her S2 dispels a buff from every enemy, so it tears down teams that rely on layered Attack, Defense, or immunity buffs to function.
• Bulky single targets — Both S1 and S2 can stamp Defense Down, and S3 self-buffs Attack before a massive single hit, letting her cut through high-Defense threats and finish them — a kill on S3 hands her an extra turn.
• Caster-reliant supports — Her S2 can Silence for a turn, shutting off an enemy's active skills so a key support or controller can't cast on its next move.
• Debuff-heavy team comps — While her S3 is off cooldown she gains 20% Combat Readiness whenever an ally acts against a debuffed enemy, so alongside debuffers she snowballs extra turns and out-tempos the enemy rotation.

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Countered by

• Cleanse and immunity supports — Her control hinges on Defense Down and Silence sticking; a teammate that cleanses those debuffs or pre-applies immunity removes both her shred and her CR-snowball trigger, since that needs a debuffed enemy.
• Effect-clearing answers — Heroes that steal buffs, shorten buff duration, or dispel on their own undercut her — they can pre-empt or neutralize her S2's buff-stripping advantage and the Attack buff her S3 sets up.
• Burst before she sets up — She has no passive and her dispel/Silence and her finisher both sit on five-turn cooldowns, so a fast nuke team can open and take her out before her control or extra-turn engine comes online.
• Enemies kept clean of debuffs — Her tempo engine only pushes her Combat Readiness when an enemy carries a debuff; against a team that stays debuff-free her S3 stops generating free turns and she slows to an ordinary single-target attacker.

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