Paragon Wiki
Register
Advertisement

Hero Portrait Yin Traits: Melee | Marauder | Attacker | Zoner | Elusive
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Difficulty: Advanced
Base Stats Overview:
Basic Damage - 9
Ability Damage - 3
Durability - 5
Mobility - 6

Base Stats:
Base Health: 616 (+64)
Health Regen: 1.03 (+0.1)
Base Mana: 243 (+11)
Mana Regen: 1.21 (+0.04)
Ability Defense: 30
Basic Defense: 12.2 (+2.8)
Basic Attack Damage: 59.4 (+3.4)
Attacks Per Second: 1.25 (+2.3%)
Movement Speed: 665

Yin is a melee carry who uses her whip and powerful wind magic to dispatch her enemies. Though she and Aurora came from a life of crime, Yin rose to the rank of first guardian of her crit. When approaching a fight, focus in on your enemies and use your abilities to control the fight. When playing Yin, timing is everything. Using an ability too soon or too late can end in your death. Remain focused and manipulate the wind to overtake your enemies.

Abilities[]

Ability Whip Crack Whip Crack
Melee basic attack dealing Basic Damage. Yin's whip has a longer range and narrower width than common melee attacks.
Cleave: 0%

Ability Backlash Backlash
Yin cracks her whip, creating a sphere of pressure around her for 0.5 seconds. If enemy projectiles hit the sphere, they are reflected back toward the enemy who fired them.
Mana Cost: 0 Cooldown: 10/8/6/4

Ability Lash Kick Lash Kick
Yin swings her whip 850 units to pull herself to a target, jumps off of their head for Ability Damage, then lands in the direction of her choice. This can be performed on Allies, Minions, and Enemies.
Ability Damage: 117/146/176/205
Mana Cost: 50
Range: 850
Power Scaling: 1.04
Cooldown: 10

Ability Windburn Windburn
Yin extends her whip, increasing the range of her basic attack to 1050 units and gaining 100% Cleave for 6 seconds.
Range: 1050
Cleave: 100%
Cooldown: 21/18/15/12
Duration: 6
Mana Cost: 25

Ability Quelling Gale Quelling Gale
Yin surrounds herself in gale winds, displacing all enemies within range. For 4/4.5/5 seconds after, the AOE will apply a 60% Movement Speed Slow to enemies. Projectiles that travel through it are halted.
Movement Speed Slow: 60%
Mana Cost: 75
Duration: 4/4.5/5
Cooldown: 90/65/40

Notes

  • Backlash can reflect projectiles halted by Quelling Gale

Background[]

  • Walks the palace walls before dawn, imagining the city in ruins.
  • The youngest warrior since Feng Mao to become First Guardian.
  • The documents affirming her bloodline are exceptional forgeries.

Emotes quotes[]

  • "Don't toy with them, Yin! I'm trying not to laugh !" - Aurora
  • One way or another, all of Yin's enemies end up beneath her heel.
  • "That one." - Yin

Extra lore[]

  • From the streets of Shangdi with Aurora, to the battlefields of Agora. (teaser picture)
  • The Imperial Guard taught her to harness the magic of the wind. (trailer teaser)
  • Though she and Aurora came from a life of crime, Yin rose to the rank of First Guardian of her city. (concept art)

“Yin grew up on the streets of Changdi with her best friend, Aurora, and was trained in wind magic by a gangster sorceress named Mother Magus. Partway through her most important assassination mission, Yin changed loyalties and led a raid on her former neighborhood, eliminating her past for good.”

Gallery[]

Skins[]

Yin Default skin

Yin in her First Guardian's uniform.

How to Unlock: Unlocked by default

Yin White Default skin

Yin in her First Guardian's uniform.

How to Unlock: Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

Yin Pink Default skin

Yin in her First Guardian's uniform.

How to Unlock: Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

Yin Challenger skin

Yin dons the colors of a Guardian initiate - the same colors she wore for the first day of trials.

How to Unlock: Begin Yin's Master Challenge

Yin Rival skin

"Gentle colors put most at ease - a useful tactic for assassination." -Yin

How to Unlock: Obtain rank 6 on Yin's Master Challenge

Yin Master skin

"My skills are the best they've ever seen. No reason to stop now." - Yin

How to Unlock: Earn the title of Master with Yin

Yin Wind Gauntlet skin

"Many young soldiers died in the Gauntlet, each one hoping to become the First Guardian. I barely survived it." - Feng Mao

How to Unlock: Purchase at the Store for 500 Coins icon or obtain as a Loot Crate drop

Yin Amber Wind Gauntlet skin

"Many young soldiers died in the Gauntlet, each one hoping to become the First Guardian. I barely survived it." - Feng Mao

How to Unlock: Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

Yin Purple Wind Gauntlet skin

"Many young soldiers died in the Gauntlet, each one hoping to become the First Guardian. I barely survived it." - Feng Mao

How to Unlock: Obtain as a Loot Crate drop

Yin Tropic Wind Gauntlet skin

"Many young soldiers died in the Gauntlet, each one hoping to become the First Guardian. I barely survived it." - Feng Mao

How to Unlock: Purchase the Silver Pack

Yin Crypt Goddess skin

"When I die, there are things I plan to take with me to the grave." - Yin

How to Unlock: Shadow's Eve 2017 event. Purchase at the Store for 700 Coins icon or obtain as a Shadow's Eve chest drop

Yin Onyx Crypt Goddess skin

"When I die, there are things I plan to take with me to the grave." - Yin

How to Unlock: Purchase the Shadow's Eve Mega Bundle (available October 24th - November 11th 2017)

Yin Rusted Crypt Goddess skin

"When I die, there are things I plan to take with me to the grave." - Yin

How to Unlock: Purchase the Shadow's Eve Mega Bundle (available October 24th - November 11th 2017)

Images[]

Videos[]

Paragon_-_Yin_Announce

Paragon - Yin Announce

Paragon_-_Yin_Overview_(March_14)

Paragon - Yin Overview (March 14)

PARAGON_YIN_SKINS_(Hee_hee_kinda_rhymes)

PARAGON YIN SKINS (Hee hee kinda rhymes)

Paragon_-_Yin_Voice_Lines

Paragon - Yin Voice Lines

Change Log[]

Update V44.4 - December 5, 2017

  • Fixed minor interaction issues between enemy projectiles and Yin’s Quelling Gale.

Update V44.3 - November 20, 2017

  • Backlash
    • Mana cost decreased from 25 to 0 at all levels.
  • Lash Kick
    • Directional hop now takes 20% less time to complete.
    • Confirmation changed to Quickcast.
    • Damage increases from 88/117/146/176 to 117/146/176/205.
    • Mana cost decreased from 75 to 50 at all levels.
  • Windburn
    • Mana cost decreased from 40 to 25 at all levels.
  • Quelling Gale
    • Slow magnitude increased from 20% to 60%.
  • General Balance
    • Base Basic Defense decreased from 17.3 to 12.2.
    • Basic Defense per level increased from 2.4 to 2.8.
    • Movement Speed decreased from 705 to 665.

Update V43.3 - October 10, 2017

  • General Balance
    • Basic defense per level increased from 2 to 2.4
    • Base attack damage increased from 54 to 59

Update V43 - September 21, 2017

  • Lash Kick
    • Range icnreased from 750 to 850
  • General Balance
    • Movement speed increased from 690 to 705
    • Basic armor per level increased from 1.8 to 2

Update V40 - May 16, 2017

  • Lash Kick
    • Range reduced to 750 units from 950 units.
  • Windburn
    • Mana cost increased to 40 from 20.
    • Cooldown increased to 21 / 18 / 15 / 12 from 20 / 15 / 12 / 8.

Update V39.4 - May 2, 2017

  • Polish and Bug Fixing
    • Corrected an issue which caused some basic projectiles to pass through Quelling Gale unaffected

Update V38.5 - March 28, 2017

  • Quelling Gale
    • Reduced slow to 250/300/350 from 350/400/450
    • Health per level reduced to 67.2 from 70.4

Update V38.4 - March 21, 2017

  • Base health increased to 513 from 475
  • Health per level to 70.4 from 64
  • Quelling Gale slow magnitude increased to 350/400/450 from 150/200/250
  • Lash Kick cooldown decreased to 10s from 11s
  • Basic Attack scaling increased to 0.92 from 0.85
  • Armor per level increased to 2.3 from 2
  • Polish and Bug Fixing
    • Lash Kick
      • Fixed animation while in targeting mode.
      • Animation tweaked to improve aim while moving.
      • Fixed respawn effects.
  • Lash Kick
    • Increased range to 950 from 650.

Update V38.3 - March 14, 2017

  • Yin has been added to Paragon.
  • Added Wind Gauntlet Yin to in-game store.
  • Added “Call the Shot” emote to in-game store.
Heroes
Hero Portrait Aurora AuroraHero Portrait Countess CountessHero Portrait Crunch CrunchHero Portrait Dekker DekkerHero Portrait Drongo DrongoHero Portrait Feng Mao Feng MaoHero Portrait Gadget Gadget
Hero Portrait Gideon GideonHero Portrait Greystone GreystoneHero Portrait GRIM exe GRIM.exeHero Portrait Grux GruxHero Portrait Howitzer HowitzerHero Portrait Iggy and Scorch Iggy & Scorch
Hero Portrait Kallari KallariHero Portrait Khaimera KhaimeraHero Portrait Kwang KwangHero Portrait Lt. Belica Lt. BelicaHero Portrait Morigesh MorigeshHero Portrait Murdock MurdockHero Portrait Muriel Muriel
Hero Portrait Narbash Narbash Hero Portrait Phase PhaseHero Portrait Rampage RampageHero Portrait Revenant RevenantHero Portrait Riktor RiktorHero Portrait Serath SerathHero Portrait Sevarog Sevarog
Hero Portrait Shinbi Shinbi Hero Portrait Sparrow SparrowHero Portrait Steel SteelHero Portrait Terra TerraHero Portrait The Fey The FeyHero Portrait TwinBlast TwinBlastHero Portrait Wraith WraithHero Portrait Wukong Wukong
Hero Portrait Yin YinHero Portrait Zinx Zinx
Advertisement