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In the latest version of Arknights: Endfield, there are 23 Operators, each with different skills and attributes. For new players, choosing the most suitable characters and building a good team is currently the most difficult task.

This guide will provide a complete Arknights: Endfield character strength ranking, covering the weakest and strongest characters in the current version, and detailing the strengths, weaknesses, attributes, key skills, and roles of six-star characters to help players quickly understand the most worthwhile characters to invest resources in in the current environment.

Who are the strongest characters?

In the current environment, Ardelia, Laevatain, Last Rite, and Yvonne are generally considered the four strongest Operators, all of whom are 6-star rarity characters.

Ardelia, with her extremely high versatility and stable healing ability, is the best support operator in the current version. Laevatain, with her core AoE heat damage output, is unmatched in clearing mobs.

Last Rite and Yvonne represent the strongest burst damage and control-type single-target damage output in Cryo attribute, respectively.

In Arknights Endfield, each character has their own strengths and weaknesses, and any one of them can play a powerful role. Proper team composition, equipment, and upgrade investment can allow any character to shine in a specific system. This guide will introduce Best-Tier Operators for your reference.

Top-Tier Operators

Below, we will introduce 10 S-Tier and above Operators, including key attributes, strengths and weaknesses, etc.

Ardelia

• Rarity: 6 stars
• Class: Supporter
• Weapon: Arts Unit
• Element: Nature
• Main Attribute: Intellect
• Sub Attribute: Will

Pros:

Very flexible, adaptable to various team compositions.

Stable and reliable healing ability, even more outstanding when paired with Friendly Presence Talent.

Combo skill trigger conditions are very easy.

Available for free by all players.

Cons:

As a Supporter character, Ardelia's own damage output is relatively weak without teammate support.

Highly dependent on the application and consumption of Corrosion; otherwise, it cannot unleash its full value.

Ardelia is currently the most representative support operator. Her skill mechanics are clear and intuitive: she triggers combo skills with normal attacks to apply Corrosion, then uses combat skills to convert Corrosion into Physical Susceptibility and Arts Susceptibility, significantly increasing the team's overall damage output.

Meanwhile, her healing skill, Shadows of Mr. Dolly, has extremely high stability at max level. Due to its low acquisition threshold and extremely high skill ceiling, Ardelia is suitable for almost all players and is widely recognized as a top-tier support core.

Laevatain

• Rarity: 6 stars
• Class: Striker
• Weapon: Sword
• Element: Heat
• Main Attribute: Intellect
• Sub Attribute: Strength

Pros:

One of the strongest area-of-effect damage dealers in the current version. Her single-target damage is also very strong.

Cons:

She cannot be fully utilized outside of Heat-based teams.

Laevatain is the absolute main damage dealer in Heat-based team composition. Her skill set largely revolves around area-of-effect damage and burning reactions; her ultimate skill, at Potential 5, has an extremely terrifying duration and damage. As long as the team can consistently stack the burning status, Laevatain can continuously trigger her combo skills and quickly charge her ultimate, creating a snowball effect of damage output.

She is virtually unmatched in clearing mobs and in medium to large-scale battles.

Last Rite

• Rarity: 6-star
• Cass: Striker
• Weapon: Great Sword
• Element: Cryo
• Main Attribute: Strength
• Sub Attribute: Will

Pros:

Extremely high burst damage

Core of Cryo-based teams

Extremely high ultimate skill multiplier

Cons:

Slightly clunky controls

Highly reliant on Cryo Infliction

Last Rite is a high-burst damage operator whose core mechanism revolves around consuming Cryo Infliction to gain core damage. When enemies have three stacks of Cryo Infliction, she can use her combo skills for powerful control and high damage output. Her Ultimate summon, Ice Scythe, possesses extremely high burst damage.

Therefore, she heavily relies on teammates to set up Cryo Infliction for her, making her suitable for pairing with Cryo characters such as Yvonne, Xaihi, Alesh, Snowshine, or Estella.

Yvonne

• Rarity: 6 stars
• Class: Striker
• Weapon: Handcannon
• Element: Cryo
• Main Attribute: Intellect
• Sub Attribute: Agility

Pros:

Top-tier single-target DPS in the current version

Extremely strong forced solidification ability

Extremely high Ultimate energy acquisition efficiency

Cons:

Limited AoE capabilities

Yvonne is one of the strongest single-target DPS operators in Cryo attribute system. She excels at forcibly triggering Solidification state through her skills, putting enemies into a crushable state, thus greatly increasing the team's burst efficiency. Her Ultimate-enhanced basic attack has an extremely high critical hit rate and finishing damage, making her particularly outstanding against elite enemies and boss battles.

While her clearing ability is not as good as Laevatain's, Yvonne is almost irreplaceable in high-difficulty single-target battles.

Antal

• Rarity: 4-Star
• Class: Supporter
• Weapon: Arts Unit
• Element: Electric
• Main Attribute: Intellect
• Sub Attribute: Strength

Pros:

Can apply a variety of powerful status effects

Performs exceptionally well in teams with Heat and Electric attributes

Cons:

Lacks flexibility and doesn't integrate well into teams with other attributes

Low self-damage output

Antal is widely considered the most cost-effective 4-star Operator in the game. His biggest advantage is the ability to stack Heat and Electric attribute damage, making him particularly effective in teams with these attributes.

However, Antal is ultimately a Supporter; his single-target damage output isn't very high. But if you use his Ultimate and combat skills to engage in one-on-one battles, combat becomes much easier.

Avywenna

• Rarity: 5-Star
• Class: Striker
• Weapon: Polearm
• Element: Electric
• Main Attribute: Will
• Sub Attribute: Agility

Pros:

A powerful damage dealer with Electric attribute.

Can deal damage to multiple enemies simultaneously.

When staggered, her Battle Skill can deal massive damage.

Cons:

Requires significant preparation before battle.

Only works to its full potential in a team with the same attribute.

Avywenna is a key member of an Electric team. Her skills revolve around Thunderlances. She can apply Electric Infliction to Thunderlances with her combo skills and throw them for wide-area clearing.

It is highly recommended to use Avywenna in combination with Perlica and Arclight, as her Combo Skill is only activated when Controlled Operator performs a Final Strike with Electric Infliction or Electrification.

Endministrator

• Rarity: 6 stars
• Class: Guard
• Weapon: Sword
• Element: Physical
• Main Attribute: Agility
• Sub Attribute: Strength

Pros:

High Physical damage

Very easy to trigger Endmin's Combo Skill

When paired with Chen, he forms a stable Physical attribute team.

Cons:

Not particularly advantageous against teams other than those of the same attribute.

Although Endministrator is the starting character in Arknights Endfield, this doesn't mean he'll be obsolete for newcomers. All his skills are designed to deal massive physical damage. When other teammates use Combo Skills and deal damage, Endministrator will also trigger numerous high-damage, high-output Combo Skills.

When paired with Chen Qianyu, he will be the core of many Physical attribute teams, making him well worth acquiring and upgrading, especially when it's difficult to pull top-tier characters from the gacha pool.

Gilberta

• Rarity: 6-Star
• Class: Supporter
• Weapon: Arts Unit
• Element: Nature
• Main Attribute: Will
• Sub Attribute: Intellect

Pros:

Excellent clearing ability

Highly flexible, can be integrated into various team compositions

Cons:

Insufficient single-target damage

Arts Susceptibility cannot be fully utilized

Gilberta is one of the most interesting Operators in Endfield. Her skill set is all-encompassing, combining Nature DMG, crowd-control, and Arts Susceptibility, making her exceptionally skilled at crowd-control and clearing waves.

Her Combo Skill requires Arts Reaction to trigger, making her ideal synergy with Operators who excel at forcing this reaction, such as Laevatain or Perlica.

Pogranichnik

• Rarity: 6 stars
• Class: Vanguard
• Weapon: Sword
• Element: Physical
• Main Attribute: Will
• Sub Attribute: Agility

Pros:

Significantly boosts the strength of Physical attribute teams

The only Operator capable of using Breach thus far

Skill increases SP recovery

Cons:

Not suitable for other attribute teams

Pogranichnik is a key character for building Physical teams in the early game. He increases SP recovery, allowing for more frequent skill usage.

His unique skill, Breach thus far, consumes all Vulnerability stacks on enemies, further increasing physical attack power.

He doesn't reach SS rank because his attribute limits him; his abilities rely on other Operators to stack physical debuffs, making him too inflexible. He is best paired with Chen, Da Pan, and Endministrator.

Xaihi

• Rarity: 5-Star
• Class: Supporter
• Weapon: Arts Unit
• Element: Cryo
• Main Attribute: Will
• Sub Attribute: Intellect

Pros:

A powerful support Operator capable of healing and buffing.

An essential member of Cryo-type teams.

Cons:

Healing effects are limited to controller Operators.

Xaihi is an essential operator for almost any Cryo-type team. She can heal controller Operators using her combat skill. This skill summons a crystal that restores the controller Operator's HP the next two times the player uses a finishing move to defeat an enemy.

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Currently, Arknights Endfield meta favors elemental builds. S-rank and above Operators not only have higher stat caps, but more importantly, they can become the core of the entire team. If you're a new player with limited resources, you can directly buy Arknights Endfield Accounts from EZG.com to get an account pre-configured with operators, allowing you to get started more easily.

If you're experienced, prioritizing the development of Ardelia and any S-tier main DPS character will significantly reduce the difficulty in the early and mid-game, and lay a solid foundation for later team upgrades. That concludes this guide on character strength in Arknights: Endfield. Enjoy the game!