Updated 2026-10-17
Best Sinking identities
Identities that build around Sinking. See the Sinking team and its gifts. Full ranking on the tier list.
S tier
Wild Hunt
Heathcliff
Sinking main damage dealer
A tier
Dieci Assoc. South Section 4
Hong Lu
Sinking damage dealer with discard tech
Effloresced E.G.O::Spicebush
Yi Sang
Sinking AoE damage dealer
LCA Udjat Vanguard Team 3 Leader
Outis
Sinking count engine and ammo-fed damage dealer
Lobotomy E.G.O::Solemn Lament
Yi Sang
Sinking potency damage dealer and SP support
B tier
Dieci Assoc. South Section 4
Rodion
Shield-tank, fuels Rime Shank
Edgar Family Heir
Gregor
Sinking clasher with very high coin power
Heishou Pack - Wei Branch
Don Quixote
Rupture and Sinking blunt attacker
The Index Proselyte:【Paper Slip】
Faust
Sinking and Poise prescript scaler
The Index Proxy - Effloresced E.G.O::Procuration
Don Quixote
Sinking and Poise Index attacker
C tier
Dieci Assoc. South Section 4 Director
Meursault
Discard shield tank, weak Sinking support
Dieci Assoc. South Section 4
Yi Sang
Sinking tank that discards for Shield
Edgar Family Butler
Ishmael
Budget Sinking and Poise hybrid
G Corp. Head Manager
Outis
Haste and buff support for fast teams
Lobotomy E.G.O::Sunshower
Heathcliff
Negative-coin Sinking niche damage dealer
R Corp. 4th Pack Reindeer
Ishmael
Charge-fed Sinking blunt burst damage
How Sinking works
Sinking drains Sanity (SP) from a unit each time it is hit. Enemies with no SP take Gloom damage instead, making it a flexible debuff and damage tool.
Sinking has Potency and Count. When the afflicted unit is hit, it takes fixed SP damage equal to Potency and loses 1 Count. Units without SP, such as Abnormalities, take fixed Gloom damage of the same size instead. Potency caps at 99. Against SP enemies, low SP wrecks their coin rolls, except for enemies that use negative coins, and it quickly triggers Low Morale and Panic, which can add debuffs like Fragile. Against non-SP enemies it works like Rupture with a very high ceiling, and the dump's example is a team of 6 using only 2-coin skills dealing 1188 Gloom damage per turn. It ignores Protection and level scaling but not Sin resistances, so Gloom weakness raises it, Gloom resistance lowers it, and Abnormalities that are Fatal to Gloom take double. Sinking is tied to the Gloom affinity. Butterfly is a unique Sinking variant, and Sinking Deluge converts stored Sinking into SP damage, with overflow beyond -45 SP dealt as Gloom HP damage.
Team tips
- ✦Use Sinking on enemies without SP or Abnormalities with a single part for the best damage.
- ✦Skip it against SP enemies that mainly use negative coins, since low SP stabilizes their skills.
- ✦Against groups with SP, expect slower kills, but clashes become much easier to win.
- ✦Avoid it into Abnormalities with many parts, where stacks are hard to build.
- How does Sinking work in Limbus Company?
- Each hit on a unit with Sinking deals fixed SP damage equal to Sinking Potency and removes 1 Count. If the unit has no SP, it takes Gloom damage instead.
- Does Sinking ignore resistances in Limbus Company?
- It ignores damage type resistances, buffs like Protection, and level scaling, but not Sin resistances. Gloom weakness increases it and Gloom resistance reduces it.
- What is Sinking Deluge in Limbus Company?
- Sinking Deluge deals SP damage equal to Sinking Count times Sinking Potency, then removes Sinking. If target SP is -45 or lower, the excess becomes Gloom HP damage.