Arknights Endfield Team Tier List (v1.6)

This tier list ranks 33 team compositions for Arknights: Endfield by how much damage the four operators deal together. Every number comes from our own operator damage calculators and the game data behind them: skill multipliers, team buffs, buff durations, SP and Ultimate energy values. The character-level tier list tells you which operators are strong; this page tells you which four-operator squads deal the most damage together.

The tiers come from one score, so they mean the same thing for every team: SS is the top 15% of teams by score, S the next 20%, A the next 30% and B the rest. Cutting by rank keeps one runaway team from pushing everyone else down. A score measures damage, not comfort: Stagger, healing, shields and how hard a rotation is to play are explained on each team card but are not in the number. Treat the list as a planning lens, not a checklist.

We re-run the model whenever a new operator, weapon or balance change lands, so every team is re-scored by the same rules at the same time. The "Updated" date at the top of the page is the date of the latest run. Arknights: Endfield is developed by Hypergryph; the scores on this page are our own calculations and are not officially endorsed.

Before going further, the most common mistake to avoid: copying an SS team without its T0 carry. That route almost always produces a team weaker than a tier-down comp built around an operator you already own. The team archetype matters more than the headline name, the roles, the rotation, and the matchup do the work, not the rarity stamps.

Quick Answer

The top teams in Version 1.6 Phase 2 are Ink Melt (Laevatain + Si + Wulfgard + Ardelia, 100%), Budget Electric (Argent Flow + Avywenna + Perlica + Antal, 90%), Sundered Crush (Argent Flow + Endministrator + Pogranichnik + Ardelia, 89%). Ink Melt leads because Si's Heat Amp, Jade Vessel's damage taken, Ardelia's Arts Susceptibility and Wulfgard's Clannibal all stack onto Laevatain's Ultimate form. The rest of SS is built around Argent Flow, whose Electrification raises every teammate's damage and whose Bolt Rush grows with each Electric Infliction stack the team feeds it.

If you are pulling, prioritise the carry for whichever SS team your existing roster already supports, synergy matters more than tier. Most teams build around Ardelia, who is free to all launch players, so the floor for entry into any tier on this list is one premium DPS plus the right supporting cast.

How to Read This Team Tier List

Each team gets one tier, and the tier reflects the full four-operator squad's score, not how strong its carry is on its own. Read the tiers as bands rather than strict orderings: a team at the top of A and a team at the bottom of S can be a percent or two apart. Inside each cell, teams are ordered by score, highest first.

The five columns answer a different question: which elemental lane is this team built on? The column is the carry's element, so every Typhoeus team sits under Nature and every Zhuang Fangyi team under Electric, even when a support brings a second element. When you are deciding what to build next, look down the column for the carry you already own, then read across the tiers to see how far up that lane goes.

Every team card shows its score as a percent of the top team, plus its single-target and three-enemy team damage per second from our model. The F2P badge marks teams whose carry is free at launch or has appeared on a standard rate-up that did not require a limited pull.

Best Team by Element and Carry

The cards below pull the top three teams from each element column and the best team for every carry straight from the rankings, so they always match the tier list above. Use the carry list when you already own the damage dealer and want to know which squad gets the most out of them.

The pattern worth noticing is depth. Argent Flow and Typhoeus have the longest ladders on the page: Argent Flow has a team in SS for almost any roster, and Typhoeus runs from the SS Winter Hunt down to the free-Defender versions. Zhuang Fangyi and Laevatain each have a premium and a standard version of the same shell, so the score gap between them is the honest price of the newer support.

Every Team Explained

Open any card for the reasoning behind the team, each member's role and operator tier, the investment the score assumes, and the score itself. Cards link to the other teams built on the same carry, so you can step down the ladder when you are missing an operator. The filters at the top of the page apply here too.

SS Tier: The Top 15% of Teams (5)

SS-tier teams are the top 15% of the list by score: Ink Melt (100%), Budget Electric (90%), Sundered Crush (89%), Gravity Sunder (83%), Starry Flow Electric (83%). Their carries are Laevatain, Argent Flow.

Ink MeltSSHeatLaevatain + Si + Wulfgard + Ardelia

Why SS tier

Laevatain in Team Position 1 switches Si's Infliction to Heat and gives Laevatain the combo cooldown cut. Laevatain absorbs Heat Infliction for Melting Flame, absorbing it triggers Si's combo, and Si's Ultimate gives the whole team Heat Amp. The Inksoul lets Laevatain keep landing her Ultimate on a boss that teleports away, which the developers showed against Nefarith. Wulfgard adds Heat stacks and Ardelia covers healing; Akekuri is the budget swap for Wulfgard.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Laevatain6★	DPS	Heat	SS
Si6★	Enabler	Cryo	SS
Wulfgard5★	Enabler	Heat	A
Ardelia6★	Healer	Nature	SS

Investment

P0 Laevatain + P0 Si + P0 Ardelia

Team score

100% of the top team (53,914 single-target, 82,228 AoE team DPS)

Other Laevatain teams

Sanguine Pyre SMelt Queen A

A to SS on Nov 5, 2026: Ranks 1 of 33 in our model, 100% of the top team (53,914 single-target and 82,228 AoE team DPS).

Laevatain guideLaevatain buildOperator tier list

Budget ElectricSSElectricF2P friendlyCarry on bannerArgent Flow + Avywenna + Perlica + Antal

Why SS tier

The best team for players whose only 6-star here is Argent Flow, and his highest-scoring team. Avywenna's Thunderlances and Perlica's battle skill both apply Electric Infliction and Antal copies it, so Bolt Rush reaches Level IV Electrification, and Avywenna's own Electric damage gets both Antal's Susceptibility and Amp and his 24% damage taken. There is no healer, so it suits content where you can dodge.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Argent Flow6★	DPS	Electric	SS
Avywenna5★	DPS	Electric	A
Perlica5★	Enabler	Electric	S
Antal4★	Enabler	Electric	S

Investment

P0 Argent Flow, everyone else 4 or 5 stars

Team score

90% of the top team (40,588 single-target, 94,165 AoE team DPS)

Other Argent Flow teams

Sundered Crush SSGravity Sunder SSStarry Flow Electric SSGravity Overload SBudget Crush A

Added at SS on Nov 5, 2026: New Argent Flow team. Ranks 2 of 33 in our model, 90% of the top team (40,588 single-target and 94,165 AoE team DPS).

Argent Flow guideArgent Flow buildOperator tier list

Sundered CrushSSPhysicalCarry on bannerArgent Flow + Endministrator + Pogranichnik + Ardelia

Why SS tier

The 1.6 program's Physical demo. The Endministrator's battle skill applies Crush, which detonates Sunderization between Argent Flow's Ultimates, and the Endministrator's combo fires off Stars Shifted's damage, so Bolt Rush's Vulnerability then shatters the crystals it attaches. Pogranichnik applies Breach, not Crush, so he does not detonate Sunderization himself; his combo fires when Crush consumes Vulnerability and returns SP for the next Bolt Rush. Ardelia heals and adds Physical Susceptibility for the Physical hits. Chen Qianyu can replace Pogranichnik: her combo shares Argent Flow's Vulnerable trigger, for about the same score.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Argent Flow6★	DPS	Electric	SS
Endministrator6★	Enabler	Physical	A
Pogranichnik6★	Enabler	Physical	A
Ardelia6★	Healer	Nature	SS

Investment

P0 Argent Flow + P0 Endministrator + P0 Pogranichnik + P0 Ardelia

Team score

89% of the top team (41,204 single-target, 91,502 AoE team DPS)

Other Argent Flow teams

Budget Electric SSGravity Sunder SSStarry Flow Electric SSGravity Overload SBudget Crush A

Added at SS on Nov 5, 2026: New Argent Flow team. Ranks 3 of 33 in our model, 89% of the top team (41,204 single-target and 91,502 AoE team DPS).

Argent Flow guideArgent Flow buildOperator tier list

Gravity SunderSSPhysicalCarry on bannerArgent Flow + Mi Fu + Gilberta + Ardelia

Why SS tier

Argent Flow's Crush team built around Mi Fu instead of the Endministrator. Mi Fu's Qingbo Triplex applies both Vulnerability and Crush, so his Sunderization detonates between Ultimates, and her Crush hits on a Sunderized target deal x1.2. Gilberta's combo fires on his Electrification and Lifts for more Vulnerability, and her Arts Susceptibility grows with those stacks. Ardelia heals and adds Arts Susceptibility (x1.54 on his Electric hits) and Physical Susceptibility for Mi Fu. Without Antal or Perlica, Bolt Rush only consumes his own combo's stack (Level II).

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Argent Flow6★	DPS	Electric	SS
Mi Fu6★	DPS	Physical	A
Gilberta6★	Enabler	Nature	A
Ardelia6★	Healer	Nature	SS

Investment

P0 Argent Flow + P0 Mi Fu + P0 Gilberta + P0 Ardelia

Team score

83% of the top team (38,737 single-target, 84,776 AoE team DPS)

Other Argent Flow teams

Budget Electric SSSundered Crush SSStarry Flow Electric SSGravity Overload SBudget Crush A

Added at SS on Nov 5, 2026: New Argent Flow team. Ranks 4 of 33 in our model, 83% of the top team (38,737 single-target and 84,776 AoE team DPS).

Argent Flow guideArgent Flow buildOperator tier list

Starry Flow ElectricSSElectricCarry on bannerArgent Flow + Antal + Perlica + Liino

Why SS tier

The 1.6 program's Arts demo, and the best balance of damage and sustain for Argent Flow. Perlica's battle skill and his own combo put Electric Infliction on the target, and Antal's combo copies it whenever a Focused enemy takes an Arts Infliction, so Bolt Rush consumes 3 stacks for Level IV Electrification and 4 Sunderization per cast, which fills the 12-stack cap over 3 casts. Antal's Focus and Overclocked Moment multiply his Electric hits by about x1.65 in Antal's calculator, Liino adds 22.8% Electric Amp and heals, and his Electrification raises the whole team's damage taken by 24%. Heavens Sundered's Crush detonates the stacks once per Ultimate.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Argent Flow6★	DPS	Electric	SS
Antal4★	Enabler	Electric	S
Perlica5★	Enabler	Electric	S
Liino6★	Healer	Electric	A

Investment

P0 Argent Flow + P0 Liino

Team score

83% of the top team (38,826 single-target, 82,708 AoE team DPS)

Other Argent Flow teams

Budget Electric SSSundered Crush SSGravity Sunder SSGravity Overload SBudget Crush A

Added at SS on Nov 5, 2026: New Argent Flow team. Ranks 5 of 33 in our model, 83% of the top team (38,826 single-target and 82,708 AoE team DPS).

Argent Flow guideArgent Flow buildOperator tier list

Read the SS teams by what they need from your roster rather than by their order. Ink Melt leads because Si's Heat Amp and Jade Vessel, Ardelia's Arts Susceptibility and Wulfgard's Clannibal all land on Laevatain's Ultimate form. The Argent Flow teams follow: Budget Electric needs only 4 and 5-star teammates but has no healer, Sundered Crush and Gravity Sunder bring Ardelia, and Starry Flow Electric brings Liino.

S Tier: The Next 20% (7)

S-tier teams are the next 20% of the list: Ink Lung Cryo (79%), Gravity Overload (76%), Winter Hunt (73%), Cryo-Nature Executioners (72%), Sanguine Pyre (72%), Arrowfall Cryo (68%), Cryo Burst Control (67%). Their carries are Si, Argent Flow, Typhoeus, Last Rite / Yvonne, Laevatain, Yvonne.

Ink Lung CryoSCryoSi + Xaihi + Arcane + Last Rite

Why S tier

The first team the developers played at the 1.6 livestream. Si sits in Team Position 1, so her battle skill applies Cryo and Proxy's Patronage cuts her own combo cooldown after each Ultimate, which lines up two Ink Lung attacks back to back. Last Rite's combo consumes every Cryo stack on the target, and Si's Ink Lung grows with the stacks consumed, so one Last Rite combo feeds a full-size trigger. Xaihi heals and stays on element, and Arcane adds Susceptibility for the burst window. Yvonne can replace Last Rite, but she usually spends only one or two stacks.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Si6★	DPS	Cryo	SS
Xaihi5★	Healer	Cryo	S
Arcane6★	Enabler	Nature	A
Last Rite6★	DPS	Cryo	S

Investment

P0 Si + P0 Arcane + P0 Last Rite

Team score

79% of the top team (47,116 single-target, 52,788 AoE team DPS)

A to S on Nov 5, 2026: Ranks 6 of 33 in our model, 79% of the top team (47,116 single-target and 52,788 AoE team DPS).

Si guideSi buildOperator tier list

Gravity OverloadSElectricCarry on bannerArgent Flow + Arcane + Antal + Gilberta

Why S tier

A second-carry Argent Flow team with no healer. Arcane does not add Electric Infliction, so Bolt Rush runs on his combo's stack plus Antal's copy (Level III, 3 Sunderization per cast), but Arcane's own Nature damage is the second engine, and every hit she lands takes his Electrification's +20% damage taken. Gilberta's combo fires on his Electrification (an Arts Reaction) and Lifts, which makes the enemy Vulnerable and retriggers Stars Shifted, while her Gravity Field adds Arts Susceptibility (x1.30 on his Electric hits, more with Vulnerability stacks). Antal adds Electric Susceptibility and Amp.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Argent Flow6★	DPS	Electric	SS
Arcane6★	DPS	Nature	A
Antal4★	Enabler	Electric	S
Gilberta6★	Enabler	Nature	A

Investment

P0 Argent Flow + P0 Arcane + P0 Gilberta

Team score

76% of the top team (35,409 single-target, 76,751 AoE team DPS)

Other Argent Flow teams

Budget Electric SSSundered Crush SSGravity Sunder SSStarry Flow Electric SSBudget Crush A

Added at S on Nov 5, 2026: New Argent Flow team. Ranks 7 of 33 in our model, 76% of the top team (35,409 single-target and 76,751 AoE team DPS).

Argent Flow guideArgent Flow buildOperator tier list

Winter HuntSNatureTyphoeus + Arcane + Xaihi + Gilberta

Why S tier

The highest-scoring Typhoeus team, with the cleanest continuous rotation of any Typhoeus shell. Run Arcane in her WILL state here, not INT; the INT version is a different team. The reason Xaihi takes this slot over Liino is specific: her Combo Skill applies Inflictions fast enough to push Corrosion to tier 4, and she pairs Liino-class Amp with it out of a 5-star body. Arcane and Gilberta supply the free Nature stacks Typhoeus consumes, Gilberta groups scattered packs so the aerial Nature Bursts hit more than one target, and Typhoeus climbs out of reach of ground attacks while it happens. Build the team from Nature stack sources rather than damage buffs: a support who lands two more free stacks per window does more for her than one adding 20 percent damage. Keep Ardelia out of this shell, because her Combo Skill overwrites the higher-level Corrosion Xaihi is setting up.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Typhoeus6★	DPS	Nature	SS
Arcane6★	Enabler	Nature	A
Xaihi5★	Support	Cryo	S
Gilberta6★	Enabler	Nature	A

Investment

P0 Typhoeus + P0 Arcane + P0 Gilberta

Team score

73% of the top team (34,738 single-target, 71,807 AoE team DPS)

Other Typhoeus teams

Arrowfall Cryo SFrostbound Hunt ACorrosion Volley AFree Frontline Hunt AGuarded Hunt A

SS to S on Nov 5, 2026: Ranks 8 of 33 in our model, 73% of the top team (34,738 single-target and 71,807 AoE team DPS).

Typhoeus guideTyphoeus buildOperator tier list

Cryo-Nature ExecutionersSCryoLast Rite + Yvonne + Gilberta + Ardelia

Why S tier

Premier Boss Killer comp. Uses Gilberta for grouping and Ardelia for Corrosion, allowing the two Cryo leads to trigger massive Solidification spikes.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Last Rite6★	DPS	Cryo	S
Yvonne6★	Sub-DPS	Cryo	S
Gilberta6★	Support	Nature	A
Ardelia6★	Healer	Nature	SS

Investment

P0 both DPS, P5 supports

Team score

72% of the top team (36,840 single-target, 65,108 AoE team DPS)

SS to S on Nov 5, 2026: Ranks 9 of 33 in our model, 72% of the top team (36,840 single-target and 65,108 AoE team DPS).

Last Rite guideLast Rite buildOperator tier list

Sanguine PyreSHeatLaevatain + Camille + Wulfgard + Ardelia

Why S tier

Premium upgrade to Melt Queen. Camille plants Heat Susceptibility and Weaken on Laevatain's target, refunds the squad's SP, and grants party-wide Link, supercharging Laevatain's Combustion nukes. Run Akekuri in Camille's slot for the F2P version.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Laevatain6★	DPS	Heat	SS
Camille6★	Enabler	Heat	A
Wulfgard5★	Sub-DPS	Heat	A
Ardelia6★	Healer	Nature	SS

Investment

P0 Laevatain, P0 Camille

Team score

72% of the top team (36,574 single-target, 64,383 AoE team DPS)

Other Laevatain teams

Ink Melt SSMelt Queen A

SS to S on Nov 5, 2026: Ranks 10 of 33 in our model, 72% of the top team (36,574 single-target and 64,383 AoE team DPS).

Laevatain guideLaevatain buildOperator tier list

Arrowfall CryoSNatureTyphoeus + Perlica + Xaihi + Gilberta

Why S tier

The best Typhoeus team for an account that does not own Arcane, and the honest measure of how much she costs: Arcane is the single largest swing in any Typhoeus lineup, and every other substitution moves the number far less. Xaihi carries the Corrosion ceiling on her own here, Gilberta supplies the free Nature stack on her Ultimate plus the grouping, and Perlica keeps SP flowing without demanding a seat of her own. The rotation shape is identical to the top teams, so nothing you learn here is wasted if you pull Arcane later.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Typhoeus6★	DPS	Nature	SS
Perlica5★	Battery	Electric	S
Xaihi5★	Support	Cryo	S
Gilberta6★	Enabler	Nature	A

Investment

P0 Typhoeus + P0 Gilberta, P5 5-stars

Team score

68% of the top team (31,757 single-target, 69,169 AoE team DPS)

Other Typhoeus teams

Winter Hunt SFrostbound Hunt ACorrosion Volley AFree Frontline Hunt AGuarded Hunt A

Added at S on Sep 3, 2026: The best Typhoeus team without Arcane, and the measure of how much she is worth.

Typhoeus guideTyphoeus buildOperator tier list

Cryo Burst ControlSCryoCarry on bannerYvonne + Tangtang + Xaihi + Gilberta

Why S tier

Excels at stage 3 boss encounters. Tangtang's full-screen time stop creates perfect windows for Yvonne's Crit-based nukes.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Yvonne6★	DPS	Cryo	S
Tangtang6★	Sub-DPS	Cryo	S
Xaihi5★	Support	Cryo	S
Gilberta6★	CC	Nature	A

Investment

P0 Yvonne, P0 Tangtang

Team score

67% of the top team (30,131 single-target, 71,500 AoE team DPS)

Other Yvonne teams

Cryo Bulwark B

Yvonne guideYvonne buildOperator tier list

Ink Lung Cryo is worth a note: it deals more single-target damage than every SS team except Ink Melt, and sits in S only because its three-enemy damage is low. Winter Hunt is the best Typhoeus team, and Sanguine Pyre is Melt Queen with Camille in place of Akekuri.

A Tier: The Next 30% (9)

A-tier teams are the next 30% of the list: Melt Queen (67%), Frostbound Hunt (60%), Corrosion Volley (57%), Budget Crush (57%), Corrosion Arcana (56%), Free Frontline Hunt (54%), Guarded Hunt (51%), Dawnstar Corrosion (51%), Wuling Authority (47%).

Melt QueenAHeatF2P friendlyLaevatain + Wulfgard + Akekuri + Ardelia

Why A tier

Most stable gameplay experience. Wulfgard builds Heat stacks rapidly, enabling Laevatain's massive Combustion nukes while Ardelia heals.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Laevatain6★	DPS	Heat	SS
Wulfgard5★	Sub-DPS	Heat	A
Akekuri4★	SP Battery	Heat	B
Ardelia6★	Healer	Nature	SS

Investment

P0 Laevatain, P5 Akekuri

Team score

67% of the top team (34,581 single-target, 59,759 AoE team DPS)

Other Laevatain teams

Ink Melt SSSanguine Pyre S

SS to A on Nov 5, 2026: Ranks 13 of 33 in our model, 67% of the top team (34,581 single-target and 59,759 AoE team DPS).

Laevatain guideLaevatain buildOperator tier list

Frostbound HuntANatureTyphoeus + Fluorite + Xaihi + Liino

Why A tier

For accounts holding Typhoeus with neither Arcane nor Gilberta. Fluorite supplies three free Nature stacks per rotation to Gilberta's two, at the cost of bringing no team buff, and both Cryo and Nature Inflictions shorten her combo cooldown, so she and Xaihi feed each other. Put her on the Qingbo set or anything else that cuts Combo Skill cooldown, and open with Corrosion II rather than pushing straight to Corrosion IV, because tier II is what triggers her Combo Skill. Liino covers healing and Nature Amp from the last seat. Gameplay barely changes from the premium versions: you still want Corrosion up, you just align Ultimate regeneration through gear instead of getting it free from Arcane.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Typhoeus6★	DPS	Nature	SS
Fluorite4★	Enabler	Nature	B
Xaihi5★	Support	Cryo	S
Liino6★	Support	Electric	A

Investment

P0 Typhoeus + P0 Liino, P5 5-stars

Team score

60% of the top team (29,199 single-target, 57,668 AoE team DPS)

Other Typhoeus teams

Winter Hunt SArrowfall Cryo SCorrosion Volley AFree Frontline Hunt AGuarded Hunt A

Added at A on Sep 3, 2026: Typhoeus with neither Arcane nor Gilberta. Fluorite supplies the free Nature stacks.

Typhoeus guideTyphoeus buildOperator tier list

Corrosion VolleyANatureTyphoeus + Arcane + Perlica + Gilberta

Why A tier

Winter Hunt with Perlica in place of Xaihi. It scores well behind Winter Hunt in our model, because Xaihi's Amp is a large part of that team's score, but it is a much simpler team to play: Perlica is SP-neutral and asks nothing more of you than stacking Electric Inflictions, where the Xaihi version wants you to manage Corrosion levels. Gilberta needs Delivery Guaranteed or Monaihe to cast twice per rotation, which is what keeps her second free Nature stack on schedule. If you already own Perlica and not Xaihi, you are not behind.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Typhoeus6★	DPS	Nature	SS
Arcane6★	Enabler	Nature	A
Perlica5★	Battery	Electric	S
Gilberta6★	Enabler	Nature	A

Investment

P0 Typhoeus + P0 Arcane + P0 Gilberta

Team score

57% of the top team (26,921 single-target, 56,505 AoE team DPS)

Other Typhoeus teams

Winter Hunt SArrowfall Cryo SFrostbound Hunt AFree Frontline Hunt AGuarded Hunt A

S to A on Nov 5, 2026: Ranks 15 of 33 in our model, 57% of the top team (26,921 single-target and 56,505 AoE team DPS).

Typhoeus guideTyphoeus buildOperator tier list

Budget CrushAPhysicalF2P friendlyCarry on bannerArgent Flow + Chen Qianyu + Da Pan + Catcher

Why A tier

A Physical team for players who own no Crush 6-star. Chen Qianyu Lifts with her battle skill and her combo shares his Vulnerable trigger, Da Pan's combo applies Crush at 4 Vulnerability stacks to detonate Sunderization, and Catcher's shield covers sustain. With no Electric Infliction source, Bolt Rush stays at Level II, which is why Budget Electric scores higher for the same cost.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Argent Flow6★	DPS	Electric	SS
Chen Qianyu5★	Enabler	Physical	B
Da Pan5★	DPS	Physical	A
Catcher4★	Tank	Physical	C

Investment

P0 Argent Flow, everyone else 4 or 5 stars

Team score

57% of the top team (29,075 single-target, 50,635 AoE team DPS)

Other Argent Flow teams

Budget Electric SSSundered Crush SSGravity Sunder SSStarry Flow Electric SSGravity Overload S

Added at A on Nov 5, 2026: New Argent Flow team. Ranks 16 of 33 in our model, 57% of the top team (29,075 single-target and 50,635 AoE team DPS).

Argent Flow guideArgent Flow buildOperator tier list

Corrosion ArcanaANatureCarry on bannerArcane + Tangtang + Gilberta + Xaihi

Why A tier

Arcane's INT-state Corrosion showcase and the V1.4 Nature comp. Gilberta groups scattered packs and layers Arts Susceptibility, Tangtang's full-screen time stop opens the burst window, and Xaihi feeds Cryo for Arcane's Nature to react against. Her Gloompurge ultimate force-applies Corrosion across the group, shredding resistance for the whole team before cashing out on the second cast. Commit to Intellect on her gear: split INT and WILL and she does neither job. Swap Gilberta for Yvonne to turn this into a single-target Cryo boss killer.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Arcane6★	DPS	Nature	A
Tangtang6★	CC	Cryo	S
Gilberta6★	Enabler	Nature	A
Xaihi5★	Support	Cryo	S

Investment

P0 Arcane + Solemn Phalanx

Team score

56% of the top team (26,327 single-target, 56,542 AoE team DPS)

SS to A on Nov 5, 2026: Ranks 17 of 33 in our model, 56% of the top team (26,327 single-target and 56,542 AoE team DPS).

Arcane guideArcane buildOperator tier list

Free Frontline HuntANatureTyphoeus + Fluorite + Xaihi + Purrchena

Why A tier

Frostbound Hunt for accounts that pulled Typhoeus and nothing else. Purrchena takes Liino's seat and covers the two things a budget Typhoeus team is missing at once: a free Nature Infliction source for Signs and Protection for the hovering carry. Fluorite and Xaihi keep the infliction and Amp coming. Her healing is reactive and one gift in three, so play this in content that does not punish chip damage, and move Liino in over Purrchena once you own her.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Typhoeus6★	DPS	Nature	SS
Fluorite4★	Enabler	Nature	B
Xaihi5★	Support	Cryo	S
Purrchena5★	Defender	Physical	C

Investment

P0 Typhoeus, P5 5-stars, Purrchena free

Team score

54% of the top team (26,064 single-target, 52,330 AoE team DPS)

Other Typhoeus teams

Winter Hunt SArrowfall Cryo SFrostbound Hunt ACorrosion Volley AGuarded Hunt A

Added at A on Sep 26, 2026: Frostbound Hunt for accounts that pulled Typhoeus and nothing else, with Purrchena in Liino's seat. Not yet timed.

Typhoeus guideTyphoeus buildOperator tier list

Guarded HuntANatureTyphoeus + Arcane + Liino + Purrchena

Why A tier

The free-Defender take on the Typhoeus Nature shell. Her Battle Skill recast is a free Nature headbutt that applies the Nature Infliction Typhoeus consumes for bonus Signs, and her Protection covers the hovering windows. Run Arcane in her WILL state for more free Nature stacks, and let Liino carry the real healing, the ATK buff and the Amp. Control Typhoeus, not Purrchena, so her Giftbox Combo fires off-field. Keep Ardelia out: her Combo Skill overwrites the Corrosion Arcane sets up, and she competes with Purrchena for Eternal Xiranite, which cannot stack. Purrchena wears the set.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Typhoeus6★	DPS	Nature	SS
Arcane6★	Enabler	Nature	A
Liino6★	Support	Electric	A
Purrchena5★	Defender	Physical	C

Investment

P0 Typhoeus + P0 Arcane + P0 Liino, Purrchena free

Team score

51% of the top team (24,919 single-target, 49,026 AoE team DPS)

Other Typhoeus teams

Winter Hunt SArrowfall Cryo SFrostbound Hunt ACorrosion Volley AFree Frontline Hunt A

Added at A on Sep 26, 2026: Free-Defender take on the Typhoeus Nature shell. Purrchena's Battle Skill recast is a free Nature Infliction, and Liino carries the real healing. Sits in A until it is timed.

Typhoeus guideTyphoeus buildOperator tier list

Dawnstar CorrosionAElectricZhuang Fangyi + Liino + Arcane + Perlica

Why A tier

The cross-channel version of the Liino shell: Perlica and Liino supply Electrification, INT-state Arcane supplies Corrosion, and Zhuang consumes the prepared stacks. The trick is one distinct three-piece set per operator so nobody overlaps. Zhuang takes Xiranflow because it converts consumed Status Level into Electric and Nature DMG, Arcane takes Hot Work so her own Corrosion pays her back, Perlica takes Pulser Labs off her forced Electrification, and Liino takes three-piece LYNX plus a Rift Trekker body piece for Will and Treatment Bonus. Never put two operators on Eternal Xiranite; the team damage buff does not stack. It sits in S rather than SS for one honest reason: with Arcane in the fourth slot there is no dedicated healer, so Liino's supplemental Treatment is the entire defensive plan. Swap Perlica for Ardelia when survival matters more than reaction frequency.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Zhuang Fangyi6★	DPS	Electric	S
Liino6★	Support	Electric	A
Arcane6★	Sub-DPS	Nature	A
Perlica5★	Enabler	Electric	S

Investment

P0 Zhuang + P0 Liino + P0 Arcane

Team score

51% of the top team (24,836 single-target, 48,521 AoE team DPS)

Other Zhuang Fangyi teams

Wuling Authority ADawnstar Authority B

S to A on Nov 5, 2026: Ranks 20 of 33 in our model, 51% of the top team (24,836 single-target and 48,521 AoE team DPS).

Zhuang Fangyi guideZhuang Fangyi buildOperator tier list

Wuling AuthorityAElectricZhuang Fangyi + Perlica + Arclight + Gilberta

Why A tier

Zhuang is the strongest operator in the game by a huge margin. Perlica sets the engine, Arclight provides SP, and Gilberta groups enemies for Zhuang's chain lightning.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Zhuang Fangyi6★	DPS	Electric	S
Perlica5★	Battery	Electric	S
Arclight5★	SP Battery	Electric	B
Gilberta6★	Support	Nature	A

Investment

P0 Zhuang, P5 supports

Team score

47% of the top team (22,252 single-target, 46,496 AoE team DPS)

Other Zhuang Fangyi teams

Dawnstar Corrosion ADawnstar Authority B

SS to A on Nov 5, 2026: Ranks 21 of 33 in our model, 47% of the top team (22,252 single-target and 46,496 AoE team DPS).

Zhuang Fangyi guideZhuang Fangyi buildOperator tier list

If you already own one of these teams, it is still a good team. Several of them, such as Melt Queen and Wuling Authority, used to sit in SS when this list was placed by hand; their strengths in Stagger, grouping and rotation comfort are real but are not part of a damage score.

B Tier: The Remaining 35% (12)

B-tier teams are the remaining 35% of the list: Dawnstar Authority (46%), Physical Steamroller (44%), Cryo Bulwark (44%), Pure Physical Gold (44%), Fists of No Regrets (41%), Rossi Hybrid (38%), Premium Electro (37%), Ember Stagger (35%), Standard Electric (35%), Sin & Crush (33%), Ice Crusher (32%), Cryo Core Starter (29%). Some are budget starters and some are shells whose value our damage score does not capture, such as Liino's talent SP refund in Dawnstar Authority or the Vulnerability engine in Fists of No Regrets.

Dawnstar AuthorityBElectricZhuang Fangyi + Liino + Perlica + Arclight

Why B tier

The V1.4 Phase 2 premium Electric shell, and the reason Liino is worth the pull. She takes Gilberta's slot and pays for it four ways: her Electric Skill Recovery talent refunds 10 SP every time Perlica or Arclight casts a Battle Skill, which is exactly the resource Zhuang's Sunderblade loop starves on; Cosmovoice Stance force-applies Electrification so there is always a stack to consume; Vocalist Stance parks a team ATK Boost and Electric Amp on the burst window; and her sustained HP Treatment frees the fourth slot from any healing duty. What you give up is Gilberta's gravity well, so on scattered add waves Wuling Authority is still the better call. Run Liino on three-piece LYNX if you want the sustain, Eternal Xiranite if the squad already survives comfortably.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Zhuang Fangyi6★	DPS	Electric	S
Liino6★	Support	Electric	A
Perlica5★	Enabler	Electric	S
Arclight5★	SP Battery	Electric	B

Investment

P0 Zhuang + P0 Liino

Team score

46% of the top team (22,445 single-target, 43,868 AoE team DPS)

Other Zhuang Fangyi teams

Dawnstar Corrosion AWuling Authority A

SS to B on Nov 5, 2026: Ranks 22 of 33 in our model, 46% of the top team (22,445 single-target and 43,868 AoE team DPS).

Zhuang Fangyi guideZhuang Fangyi buildOperator tier list

Physical SteamrollerBPhysicalF2P friendlyDa Pan + Endministrator + Chen Qianyu + Ardelia

Why B tier

High-value F2P team. Uses Da Pan for Stagger damage and the Endministrator for Physical payoffs once Vulnerability is stacked.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Da Pan5★	DPS	Physical	A
Endministrator6★	Sub-DPS	Physical	A
Chen Qianyu5★	Enabler	Physical	B
Ardelia6★	Healer	Nature	SS

Investment

F2P accessible

Team score

44% of the top team (23,345 single-target, 37,413 AoE team DPS)

Da Pan guideDa Pan buildOperator tier list

Cryo BulwarkBCryoYvonne + Xaihi + Gilberta + Purrchena

Why B tier

Cryo Burst Control for accounts without Tangtang. Purrchena takes the Sub-DPS seat and trades damage for safety: Protection keeps Yvonne standing through her Ultimate window, the Giftbox heals land while Yvonne is the controlled operator taking hits, and her Eternal Xiranite triggers give the whole team DMG +16%. Ambassador's Special adds a small Arts Susceptibility on top, which Yvonne's Cryo damage benefits from. Gilberta still groups and Xaihi still feeds Cryo. Expect a slower clear than the Tangtang version and a much more forgiving one.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Yvonne6★	DPS	Cryo	S
Xaihi5★	Support	Cryo	S
Gilberta6★	CC	Nature	A
Purrchena5★	Defender	Physical	C

Investment

P0 Yvonne + P0 Gilberta, Purrchena free

Team score

44% of the top team (20,192 single-target, 45,224 AoE team DPS)

Other Yvonne teams

Cryo Burst Control S

A to B on Nov 5, 2026: Ranks 24 of 33 in our model, 44% of the top team (20,192 single-target and 45,224 AoE team DPS).

Yvonne guideYvonne buildOperator tier list

Pure Physical GoldBPhysicalEndministrator + Chen Qianyu + Pogranichnik + Lifeng

Why B tier

The Gold Standard for physical damage. Features dense chain skills and satisfying combat flow but is highly expensive to build.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Endministrator6★	DPS	Physical	A
Chen Qianyu5★	Sub-DPS	Physical	B
Pogranichnik6★	Buffer	Physical	A
Lifeng6★	Support	Physical	B

Investment

P0 Endmin, P0 Pog, P5 Chen

Team score

44% of the top team (21,937 single-target, 39,892 AoE team DPS)

Other Endministrator teams

Ice Crusher B

S to B on Nov 5, 2026: Ranks 25 of 33 in our model, 44% of the top team (21,937 single-target and 39,892 AoE team DPS).

Endministrator guideEndministrator buildOperator tier list

Fists of No RegretsBPhysicalMi Fu + Chen Qianyu + Pogranichnik + Lifeng

Why B tier

Mono-Physical Crush comp introduced in V1.3. Chen and Lifeng layer Vulnerability and Physical Susceptibility, Pogranichnik converts stacks into Breach for a multiplicative damage window, and Mi Fu detonates everything with Move 2 into World Splitter for high Crush burst.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Mi Fu6★	DPS	Physical	A
Chen Qianyu5★	Enabler	Physical	B
Pogranichnik6★	Buffer	Physical	A
Lifeng6★	Support	Physical	B

Investment

P0 Mi Fu + Amaranthine Tassel, P0 Pog, P5 Chen

Team score

41% of the top team (21,995 single-target, 33,464 AoE team DPS)

Other Mi Fu teams

Sin & Crush B

SS to B on Nov 5, 2026: Ranks 26 of 33 in our model, 41% of the top team (21,995 single-target and 33,464 AoE team DPS).

Mi Fu guideMi Fu buildOperator tier list

Rossi HybridBPhysicalRossi + Endministrator + Perlica + Gilberta

Why B tier

Uses Rossi to transform Arts Inflictions into Physical Vulnerability stacks. Gilberta is the best partner due to her hybrid Arts/Physical buffs.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Rossi6★	DPS	Physical	B
Endministrator6★	Sub-DPS	Physical	A
Perlica5★	Buffer	Electric	S
Gilberta6★	Support	Nature	A

Investment

P0 Rossi, P0 Endmin

Team score

38% of the top team (19,077 single-target, 34,919 AoE team DPS)

A to B on Nov 5, 2026: Ranks 27 of 33 in our model, 38% of the top team (19,077 single-target and 34,919 AoE team DPS).

Rossi guideRossi buildOperator tier list

Premium ElectroBElectricAvywenna + Perlica + Arclight + Gilberta

Why B tier

Mechanically demanding team. Focuses on managing Avywenna's Thunderlances while Perlica and Arclight maximize Electrification uptime.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Avywenna5★	DPS	Electric	A
Perlica5★	Sub-DPS	Electric	S
Arclight5★	SP Battery	Electric	B
Gilberta6★	Support	Nature	A

Investment

P5 Avywenna, P5 supports

Team score

37% of the top team (16,809 single-target, 39,635 AoE team DPS)

Other Avywenna teams

Standard Electric B

S to B on Nov 5, 2026: Ranks 28 of 33 in our model, 37% of the top team (16,809 single-target and 39,635 AoE team DPS).

Avywenna guideAvywenna buildOperator tier list

Ember StaggerBHeatEmber + Endministrator + Chen Qianyu + Pogranichnik

Why B tier

Defensive powerhouse. Ember provides personal sustain and shields while the rest of the team focuses on Physical Breach and Crush damage.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Ember6★	Tank/DPS	Heat	C
Endministrator6★	Sub-DPS	Physical	A
Chen Qianyu5★	Sub-DPS	Physical	B
Pogranichnik6★	Buffer	Physical	A

Investment

P0 Ember, P0 Pog

Team score

35% of the top team (17,596 single-target, 32,643 AoE team DPS)

A to B on Nov 5, 2026: Ranks 29 of 33 in our model, 35% of the top team (17,596 single-target and 32,643 AoE team DPS).

Ember guideEmber buildOperator tier list

Standard ElectricBElectricF2P friendlyAvywenna + Akekuri + Perlica + Antal

Why B tier

Versatile F2P-friendly Electric squad. Antal provides Electric Susceptibility and Heat Amp to boost the sub-DPS output of Perlica and Akekuri.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Avywenna5★	DPS	Electric	A
Akekuri4★	SP Battery	Heat	B
Perlica5★	Sub-DPS	Electric	S
Antal4★	Buffer	Electric	S

Investment

P5 Avywenna, 4★ supports

Team score

35% of the top team (15,960 single-target, 35,914 AoE team DPS)

Other Avywenna teams

Premium Electro B

A to B on Nov 5, 2026: Ranks 30 of 33 in our model, 35% of the top team (15,960 single-target and 35,914 AoE team DPS).

Avywenna guideAvywenna buildOperator tier list

Sin & CrushBPhysicalMi Fu + Rossi + Camille + Chen Qianyu

Why B tier

Whale-tier cross-element bridge. Camille feeds Heat Infliction, Rossi converts it into Physical Vulnerability, and Mi Fu cashes the stacks out through Crush while Chen keeps the Vulnerability engine running.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Mi Fu6★	DPS	Physical	A
Rossi6★	Buffer	Physical	B
Camille6★	Enabler	Heat	A
Chen Qianyu5★	Sub-DPS	Physical	B

Investment

P0 Mi Fu, P0 Rossi, P0 Camille

Team score

33% of the top team (18,535 single-target, 24,443 AoE team DPS)

Other Mi Fu teams

Fists of No Regrets B

A to B on Nov 5, 2026: Ranks 31 of 33 in our model, 33% of the top team (18,535 single-target and 24,443 AoE team DPS).

Mi Fu guideMi Fu buildOperator tier list

Ice CrusherBPhysicalF2P friendlyEndministrator + Chen Qianyu + Estella + Alesh

Why B tier

Focuses on applying Cryo Infliction for Alesh to Solidify enemies, followed by the Endministrator triggering Shatter reactions.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Endministrator6★	DPS	Physical	A
Chen Qianyu5★	Sub-DPS	Physical	B
Estella4★	Enabler	Cryo	B
Alesh5★	Support	Cryo	C

Investment

F2P accessible

Team score

32% of the top team (15,413 single-target, 30,683 AoE team DPS)

Other Endministrator teams

Pure Physical Gold B

Endministrator guideEndministrator buildOperator tier list

Cryo Core StarterBCryoF2P friendlyEstella + Snowshine + Alesh + Endministrator

Why B tier

One of the safest starter choices for new players. Scales well as enemies grow more durable.

Operator	Team role	Element	Operator tier
Estella4★	DPS	Cryo	B
Snowshine5★	Tank/Healer	Cryo	C
Alesh5★	Support	Cryo	C
Endministrator6★	Sub-DPS	Physical	A

Investment

F2P accessible

Team score

29% of the top team (13,668 single-target, 29,260 AoE team DPS)

Estella guideEstella buildOperator tier list

Every account starts somewhere. Build a team from operators you own, use it to farm gear and progress the story, then move up the list as you pull. A fully invested B-tier team still beats an under-invested SS team in most real fights.

V1.6 Phase 2 Spotlight: Argent Flow

Argent Flow arrived on November 5, 2026, and 4 of his six teams score in SS. The reason is one talent. When he applies Electrification, it raises all damage the target takes, Physical included, by 12% to 24% depending on its level, so every teammate's hits count for more. His Bolt Rush forces that Electrification at Level I plus one level per Electric Infliction stack it consumes, which is why the teams with Perlica, Avywenna or Antal score highest: they push it to Level IV.

Budget Electric (Argent Flow + Avywenna + Perlica + Antal) is his highest-scoring team, second on the whole list, with only 4 and 5-star teammates, though it has no healer. Starry Flow Electric swaps Avywenna for Liino's healing and Amp, and Sundered Crush pairs him with the Endministrator's Crush, which detonates his Sunderization stacks between Ultimates. Full team breakdowns are in the Argent Flow best teams guide and the gear picks in the build guide.

V1.5 Phase 1 Spotlight: Winter Hunt

Winter Hunt (Typhoeus + Arcane + Xaihi + Gilberta) is the highest-scoring Typhoeus team in our model, with the cleanest continuous rotation of any Typhoeus shell. Run Arcane in her WILL state here. The INT version is a different team with a different rotation, and it has not been tested in this slot.

The part worth explaining is the fourth seat, because it is the one most build videos get wrong. Xaihi holds it over Liino, and the reason is not Amp values, where the two are close. It is that Xaihi's Combo Skill applies Inflictions fast enough to drive Corrosion to tier 4, which Liino cannot do. That is a 5-star taking a seat from a 6-star universal support on a specific, checkable mechanical advantage, and it is why Xaihi moved up a tier on our character tier list this patch.

Build the team from Nature stack sources, not damage buffs. About 73 percent of Typhoeus's damage is Nature Bursts, so a support who lands two more free stacks per window does more for her than one adding 20 percent damage. Arcane and Gilberta each supply free stacks, Gilberta's gravity well groups the pack so the aerial bursts hit more than one target, and Typhoeus spends the fight hovering out of reach of ground attacks. Keep Ardelia out of this shell: her Combo Skill overwrites the higher-level Corrosion Xaihi is building.

The other Typhoeus teams are close behind. Corrosion Volley (Perlica instead of Xaihi) and Arrowfall Cryo (Perlica instead of Arcane) score below Winter Hunt in our model (57% and 68% against its 73%), and Corrosion Volley is the easier of the two to pilot. If you already run Perlica and not Xaihi, you are not behind. Full partner-by-partner detail is in the Typhoeus best teams guide, and the gear and weapon breakdown is in the build guide.

V1.4 Phase 2 Spotlight: Dawnstar Authority

Liino arrived on the Good Morning From Your Dawnstar banner in Version 1.4 Phase 2, and Dawnstar Authority (Zhuang Fangyi + Liino + Perlica + Arclight) is her flagship team, B tier in our model. Zhuang Fangyi's one real constraint has always been SP, and Liino is the first operator whose kit hands that back directly. Her Electric Skill Recovery talent refunds 10 SP to any other Electric operator who casts a Battle Skill for 30 seconds after her Combo fires, which in this lineup means both Perlica and Arclight are paying into the pool every cycle.

The rest of her kit removes the compromises the old shell had to make. Her Battle Skill enters Vocalist Stance for a team ATK Boost plus in-range HP Treatment, so the fourth slot no longer has to double as sustain. Her Ultimate enters Cosmovoice Stance, which force-applies Electrification over a large area and layers Electric Amp on top, meaning Zhuang always has a stack to consume going into her burst and hits harder when she does. Open with Liino's Battle Skill, let Perlica and Arclight set up, fire Liino's Ultimate immediately before the damage window, then hand the screen to Zhuang.

What I want to be straight about is the tradeoff, because this is not a strict upgrade. Liino takes Gilberta's slot, and Gilberta's gravity well is the only grouping tool in that comp. On stages that throw scattered adds at you, Wuling Authority with Gilberta keeps her grouping, which is why both teams stay on the list (A tier). Treat Dawnstar Authority as the single-target and boss-window build and Wuling Authority as the wave-clear build. Gear-wise, run Liino on three-piece LYNX when you want her carrying the sustain and Eternal Xiranite when the squad already survives comfortably, and do not put a second operator on Eternal Xiranite because the team damage buff does not stack. Her signature polearm Bedazzling Night Debut is best in slot, but she functions at P0 with no signature, which is unusual for a unit this central.

V1.4 Phase 1 Spotlight: Corrosion Arcana

Arcane headlined Version 1.4 Phase 1 as the first true Nature carry, and Corrosion Arcana (Arcane + Tangtang + Gilberta + Xaihi) is her own team, A tier in our model. She scores higher as a second carry, in Winter Hunt and Gravity Overload. She is the most flexible operator Endfield has shipped: her Array Arcana mechanic reads her stat sheet and hands her either an INT-state Corrosion DPS role or a WILL-state grouping controller. This comp runs the DPS state. Her Gloompurge ultimate force-applies Corrosion across its area on the second cast, which shreds resistance for the entire team, and because she self-applies the reaction she does not hard-depend on a partner to function the way earlier Nature units did.

The three support slots each set up her burst. Gilberta groups scattered packs with her gravity well and layers Arts Susceptibility, Tangtang's full-screen time stop freezes the boss in place long enough to land the Gloompurge window, and Xaihi supplies the Cryo infliction Arcane's Nature reacts against while keeping the squad topped up. The one hard rule: commit to Intellect on her gear. Splitting Intellect and Will dilutes both states and leaves her doing neither job, which is the single most common way to waste the pull. If you need a single-target boss killer instead of AoE, swap Gilberta for Yvonne and the same four-slot shell becomes a Cryo execution comp. For the full weapon, gear, and rotation breakdown, see the Arcane build guide.

V1.3 Spotlight: Fists of No Regrets

Mi Fu dropped on June 5, and Fists of No Regrets is the mono-Physical core built around her, B tier in our model. It layers Vulnerability, Physical Susceptibility, and Breach into the same burst window, and those debuff buckets stack multiplicatively against each other instead of adding. Once you land the rotation cleanly the damage in that window is genuinely strong.

The lineup I run is Mi Fu + Chen Qianyu + Pogranichnik + Lifeng, and every slot is doing a specific job. Chen is the Vulnerability engine. Both her Battle Skill and her Combo apply Lift, which puts stacks on the board faster than anything else in the game and makes her effectively mandatory for this team. Pogranichnik is the unique piece: he's the only reliable source of Breach, he batteries the team's SP economy, and his Ultimate groups trash so Mi Fu's World Splitter can one-shot it. Lifeng is the offensive flex. He applies Physical Susceptibility on non-Vulnerable enemies and feeds Mi Fu Link buffs for the burst window, which is why he edges out the other support options on raw damage.

The one swap I make is Lifeng → Ember when survival becomes the bottleneck. If a Contingency Contract modifier set is knocking me out of Mi Fu's rotation, or if an Umbral Monument Agony boss is hitting too hard to greed through, Ember slots in with team-wide shields and reactive healing while still feeding Vulnerability via Knock Down on her Battle and Combo Skills. You lose Lifeng's Susceptibility and Link damage, but the team stops dying. That's the only roster change I'd make to the core four.

The single biggest mistake I see people make with this team: do not pair Mi Fu with Endministrator or Da Pan. They are both Vulnerability consumers themselves, so dropping either of them into this comp means everyone is fighting over the same finite stacks and nobody gets enough to detonate properly. Both carries starve and the rotation collapses. The Pure Physical Gold team (B tier) is the budget version of this archetype built around Endmin instead of Mi Fu, and it remains a perfectly good comp if you didn't pull Mi Fu. The two carries just don't share a roster. You pick one or the other.

Rotation-wise the team plays as a setup-then-payoff loop. You stack three or more Vulnerability charges through Chen and the rest of the team, Mi Fu's Combo Skill auto-fires once the threshold hits and shortcuts her straight into Move 2 (which eats the stacks for Crush damage), and Move 2 unlocks Move 3, World Splitter, which is the actual nuke. Mi Fu's Ultimate also shortcuts into Move 2, so when her Combo is on cooldown you fire the Ult instead and keep the chain alive. The full burst window takes about ten seconds and resets every twenty. Build her Battle Skill first, then her Basic Attack chain, equip Amaranthine Tassel if you sparked the signature, and you are essentially done.

V1.3 Phase 2 Spotlight: Camille

Camille dropped on June 26 as the Version 1.3 Phase 2 banner unit, and the first thing to understand about him is that he is an engine, not a car. He is a 6★ Heat Vanguard on a polearm, and his entire kit is built to make a Heat carry hit harder. His Battle Skill plants Heat Susceptibility and Weaken on the carry's target, his Combo refunds a large chunk of the squad's SP and grants party-wide Link, and his Ultimate returns even more SP before priming a free enhanced Combo. He has almost no personal damage payoff, so the only question that matters before you pull is whether you already field a Heat carry for him to feed. If your Heat lane is empty, skip him; if you run Laevatain, he is the cleanest enabler the roster has shipped.

The headline use case is Sanguine Pyre (Laevatain + Camille + Wulfgard + Ardelia), which scores higher than Melt Queen in our model and is its premium version. The two teams are the same shape, but Camille replaces Akekuri and brings far more to the slot: the Heat Susceptibility and Weaken raise Laevatain's Combustion ceiling directly, while the SP refunds and party Link tighten the rotation so the nukes land more often. If you do not have Camille, Melt Queen with Akekuri is still F2P-friendly, so treat Sanguine Pyre as the upgrade path rather than a separate requirement. You pull Camille to make a Heat team you already own faster, not to unlock a Heat team you could not field otherwise.

The ceiling pull is the Sin & Crush bridge (Mi Fu + Rossi + Camille + Chen Qianyu), which sits at B tier in our model as a whale-only specialist. It is a genuine cross-element comp: Camille supplies Heat Infliction, Rossi converts that infliction into Physical Vulnerability, and Mi Fu cashes the stacks out through Crush while Chen keeps the Vulnerability engine turning over. This does not contradict the Mi Fu warning above, because Rossi is a Vulnerability provider here rather than a consumer, so nobody is fighting over the same finite stacks. The catch is cost and execution: three 6★ operators and a rotation that punishes a dropped Heat application, which is why it scores below the mono-Physical core.

One framing note that has been going around: Camille is the first male limited operator to headline a banner. That is true with one caveat worth stating, since the player's own Endministrator can be male, so he is the first male limited unit on a rate-up rather than the first playable male in the game. None of that changes how he plays. He is a support multiplier with a strict prerequisite, best in slot for Heat teams and a non-purchase for everyone else.

Methodology

Every team is scored by one script, run on our own data and nothing else. Each member plays the same 60-second rotation as on our single-target DPS tier list: 1 Ultimate, 3 battle skills, combo skills on their in-game cooldown (at most 4), and 3 basic attack chains, with every damage row taken from that operator's own damage calculator at Level 90, skills at 12, Potential 0, their default weapon and no gear. A status or reaction the kit forces or consumes counts once per cast that triggers it.

Team buffs come from the supports' own calculators. Amp, Susceptibility, Increased DMG Taken, team ATK and Link are each applied only to the teammates and elements they reach. Inside one bucket they add, and across buckets they multiply, as in the game's damage formula. A buff tied to an Ultimate is assumed to be lined up with the carry's Ultimate. It applies in full to Ultimate hits and for its share of the window to everything else. Every other timed buff applies for the share of the 60 seconds its triggers keep it up. A team ATK buff counts at 75% of its face value, because it adds to an ATK that already carries weapon and attribute bonuses.

SP and Ultimate energy are part of the score too. SP refunds from every member are pooled and spent on extra battle skills for the team's carry, up to 3 more per window, and Ultimate energy above the usual 10 per combo buys that operator up to 1 extra Ultimate. That is how teams built on SP engines, such as Camille, Akekuri and Pogranichnik, get credit for what they do. SP refunds that come from talents rather than skills, such as Liino's Electric Skill Recovery, are not in the data we read, so Liino's teams are scored without them. Argent Flow is the one operator whose own damage depends on his team: his Bolt Rush consumes one more Electric Infliction stack for each Perlica, Antal or Avywenna on the team.

The final score is 60% single-target and 40% three-enemy AoE team damage, each as a share of the best team, shown as a percent of the top team. Tiers are cut by rank: the top 15% of teams are SS, the next 20% S, the next 30% A and the rest B, so one runaway team cannot push everyone else down. The model leaves out Stagger and Finisher windows, healing and shields, movement, gear and boss mechanics. Two durations are not in the game data and are assumed at 10 seconds: Argent Flow's forced Electrification and Pogranichnik's Breach. Teams a few percent apart should be read as even.

Common Compositional Archetypes

One result of scoring every team the same way is worth knowing before you read the archetypes: in our model, teammates' buffs raise the carry's own damage by a median of 36%, and by up to 2.2 times in Ink Melt, where Si, Ardelia and Wulfgard all buff Laevatain. Supports whose buffs stack in different buckets (Amp, Susceptibility and damage taken multiply each other) move a team the most.

Most teams on this list fall into one of four compositional archetypes, and understanding the archetype is the fastest way to read the rankings. The burst window archetype runs one main DPS, one SP battery, one damage amplifier and one survivability anchor, and stacks its buffs into the carry's Ultimate. Wuling Authority and Dawnstar Authority are the canonical examples. The infliction engine archetype is the new one: Argent Flow's Electric teams win by feeding him Electric Infliction so every Bolt Rush lands at a higher Electrification level.

The sustained DPS archetype runs two damage dealers sharing rotation pressure, plus a healer and a stagger specialist. These teams score well because two operators are dealing damage all window long; Winter Hunt and the other Typhoeus shells with Arcane follow this template.

The element-stacked archetype runs three or four operators of the same element, so every element-scoped buff reaches every member. Melt Queen and Sanguine Pyre (mono-Heat) and the Cryo teams sit here. The stagger-focused archetype is the fourth, built around draining the boss's resilience bar and hitting hard in the downstate window. Stagger is not in our score, so these teams play better against high-Poise bosses than their tier suggests.

Reading the List With a Limited Roster

If you do not own every operator in a team, look at its archetype and substitute. The roles matter more than the names, and the scores show what each swap costs: Winter Hunt to Arrowfall Cryo (Perlica for Arcane) costs only a few points, while Corrosion Volley (Perlica for Xaihi) costs much more, because Xaihi's Amp is a large part of Winter Hunt's score. The operator builds page lists every ranked team each operator appears in alongside the gear and weapon that build assumes, and the character tier list covers each operator's role-fit in detail.

A practical rule of thumb: if you own three of a team's four members, the team is worth building toward, and the fourth slot can be filled with any operator that matches the missing role at one tier below. If you only own two of the four, look at the next tier down on this page first. There is almost always a comp that overlaps with your existing roster and lands within striking distance of the original team's ceiling. Investing into a team where you already have synergy beats chasing a team headline by name.

The single highest-leverage decision is which carry to chase. In Version 1.6 the SS teams are built around Laevatain, Argent Flow, with Si as Laevatain's key support. Argent Flow is the most flexible: he has an SS team for an Electric roster, a Physical roster and a budget roster. Look at which operators you already own and pull for the carry whose team you can fill.

Criteria at a glance: Team damage over a 60-second window, from each member's own damage calculator (Level 90, skills 12, Potential 0, default weapon, no gear), Team buffs read from each support's calculator and applied by element, bucket and uptime, SP and Ultimate energy refunds turned into extra battle skills and Ultimates, Score: 60% single-target and 40% three-enemy AoE team damage, as a percent of the top team; tiers by rank. Scores come from a model, not timed clears. It leaves out Stagger and Finisher windows, healing and shields, movement, gear and boss mechanics, and it assumes a support's Ultimate buffs are lined up with the carry's Ultimate. Argent Flow's Electrification lasting 10 seconds and Pogranichnik's Breach lasting 10 seconds are assumptions, because the game data has no duration for them. Talent-based SP refunds, such as Liino's Electric Skill Recovery, are not in the skill data and are left out. Teams within a few percent of each other should be read as even.

Team Tier List Changelog

Every change since the first published list on April 18, 2026, newest first. On November 5, 2026 the whole list was re-ranked from our own team damage model, so that entry lists every team that changed tier with its score. Earlier entries were placed by the older, community-informed method.

The list has grown from 12 teams in April to 33 now, and the growth has been concentrated in two lanes: Nature, where Arcane and then Typhoeus each brought a family of teams, and the premium support upgrades (Camille for Heat, Liino for Electric) that sit beside the shells they improve rather than replacing them.

Other Arknights Endfield Tier Lists

This page ranks full squads. Other questions need other rankings: which operator to pull, which weapon to put on them, and which picks survive the Contingency Contract risk board. Each list below is ranked on its own criteria.

Frequently Asked Questions

That is the full Version 1.6 team meta: 5 SS-tier hypercarries, 7 S-tier resonance engines, 9 specialised A-tier hybrids, and 12 accessible B-tier starters. For pull planning, the character tier list ranks each operator individually so you can match a carry to the team you are aiming for. The Umbral Monument database covers the specific stages these teams were tuned against, and the operator builds tool lists every ranked team each operator appears in.