Originally Posted by Taon

Where are you getting that Cymbi's ability acts as a separate multiplier? I didn't see this on her unit data here, nor on the DM wikia.

It is a multiplier that acts after the affection multiplier. This was confirmed by the devs several times when they were questioned.

TBH, if you have both a Cymbi and Dendro, you can place those girls elsewhere. Dendro will normally kill everything first turn and once she has her bloom this will include whale ship as well.