Mi Fu vs Camille: 1.3 Pull Decision

Today, June 5, 2026, the Version 1.3 “Sketches of Lost Heirlooms” Phase 1 banner went live, and the most common question in every Endfield community channel right now is exactly the same: do you pull Mi Fu now, or do you save for Camille in three weeks? The patch headlines two brand-new six-star operators across two back-to-back limited banners, neither of which carries pity to the other, and most active accounts simply cannot afford both at any meaningful potential. This post is the head-to-head decision framework — kit-vs-kit, roster-gap-vs-roster-gap, resource-cost-vs-resource-cost — for the player who has already read every tier-list breakdown and still feels stuck. We will not tell you “Mi Fu is meta, pull her.” We will walk you through what each operator actually does, who they pair with, what the realistic resource cost looks like, and which decision is right for your account.

TL;DR - Key Points

Two banners run back-to-back, not concurrently — Mi Fu’s Fists of No Regrets runs Phase 1 (June 5), Camille’s Expunger of Sin runs Phase 2 (June 26); no pity carryover between them
Mi Fu is a Physical Guard — Vulnerability-stacking burst DPS that slots into the existing Chen / Po-gu / Lifeng / Endmin physical core
Camille is a Heat Vanguard — SP battery, Heat Infliction enabler, and Ultimate Energy generator built around Laevatain-style compositions
Camille is the more universal pull — he amplifies existing top-tier Heat units (Laevatain, Rossi) and rarely slots into a team where he is dead weight
Mi Fu is the more dependent pull — without a Vulnerability-application support like Rossi or Pogranichnik she runs at ~60% of her ceiling
F2P decision math: if you have under ~120 pulls, commit to one banner; below ~80 you should consider skipping toward 1.4 Arcane
Existing roster is the load-bearing tiebreaker — Laevatain owners lean Camille, accounts without a maxed physical core lean Mi Fu
Skip both if you are banking for the rumored 1.4 Arcane operator and the idol unit silhouette teased in the May 22 livestream

Related read: Our Mi Fu and Camille 1.3 banner pull-order breakdown covers the banner schedule, voice acting reveals, and lore implications in depth; this post zooms in on the head-to-head decision specifically. For the post-pull picture — exact rotations, weapons, and gear sets — see the Mi Fu and Camille build guide.

Most Endfield limited banners ask one question: do you have enough pulls saved, and is this operator strong enough to justify spending them. The 1.3 banner cycle is structurally different because there are two six-star debuts inside a single patch window, both meaningfully strong, both filling different team archetypes, and neither will return for an estimated nine to twelve months under the rerun cadence established by the Fest of Brilliance cycle.

The compensating mechanic players were hoping for — concurrent banners with shared pity — did not materialize. Mi Fu’s banner closes before Camille’s opens. Any pity built chasing Mi Fu evaporates the moment Camille’s banner goes live. Any sig weapon pulls on the Scarlet Knot Issue do not carry to the Crimson Hued Issue. For F2P and light-spending accounts, this is functionally a binary choice. For mid-spend accounts it is a sequencing question with real downside if executed wrong. Only whales escape the decision entirely, and even they are looking at meaningful Oroberyl drawdown if they want both at signature.

The decision is also load-bearing because the next confirmed banner cycle, Version 1.4, is heavily teased to include the Arcane operator silhouette and a separate idol operator. Both are widely expected to be high-priority pulls. Spending your entire Oroberyl reserve in 1.3 leaves you exposed for the patch many community analysts believe will define the back half of 2026.

Mi Fu: What Her Kit Actually Solves

Mi Fu is a 6★ Physical Guard from Wuling who specializes in burst damage through Vulnerability consumption. Her kit centers on a three-stage Battle Skill that builds toward a powerful finisher, demanding both setup and precise execution.

Stage 1 of her Battle Skill pulls enemies together and applies Physical damage with grouping utility
Stage 2 consumes three stacks of Vulnerability for a substantial damage spike, conditional on landing the hit
Stage 3 activates only after a successful Stage 2 hit, dealing escalated damage and dramatically raising Stagger
Ultimate applies a Vulnerability stack alongside heavy stagger pressure, setting up subsequent Battle Skill rotations
Basic attacks use her greatsword while skills trigger her iconic gauntlet animations — a hybrid weapon-pair design

Mechanically she is positioned as a direct functional alternative to the Endministrator in physical compositions. She slots cleanly into the established Chen / Po-gu / Lifeng / Endmin core, most likely replacing the Endmin rather than adding to her. For players who have already invested heavily in the Endministrator’s signature weapon, ascension materials, and gear sets, this creates a real dilemma: most of that investment transfers cleanly (the Crush sets, Physical Vulnerability stat lines, Aethertech bonuses) but the operator slot itself becomes redundant.

Her ceiling is genuinely high. The community consensus places her among the top single-target physical bursts in the game when her Vulnerability cascade lands cleanly. Her floor is significantly lower than her ceiling, which is the part most pull-decision videos gloss over. Without a dedicated Vulnerability applicator on the field — Rossi, Pogranichnik, Chen Qianyu — she struggles to fuel her own Stage 2 consumption window, dropping her sustained damage by roughly forty percent based on early CC test footage.

The play pattern is intricate by design. She rewards precise stance-chaining, careful enemy positioning, and timing windows that punish sloppy execution. For players who enjoy that depth, she is one of the most rewarding kits Endfield has shipped. For players who want a fire-and-forget DPS, she is the wrong pull.

Camille: What His Kit Actually Solves

Camille is a 6★ Heat Vanguard, the first limited Heat Vanguard in Endfield, and the operator the community has been speculating about since the Valley IV teases earlier in the year. His kit is built around supporting Heat compositions through three layered mechanics: Heat Infliction, Skill Point generation, and team-wide buffing via his Link effect.

Battle Skill deploys Firefang Vesperwings that deal Heat damage and apply Heat Infliction, Heat Susceptibility, and Weaken simultaneously
Combo Skill activates when allied Heat Infliction is absorbed or consumed, restoring ~20 SP to the team and granting the Link buff while Vesperwings are active
Ultimate unleashes a wide-area Heat AoE with mass Heat Infliction, restores ~30 SP, and enhances his next Battle Skill into a free Combo Skill that regenerates ~40 SP and applies Link
Basic attacks use a polearm with striking visual flair, designed for elegant mid-range engagement rather than raw single-target output

The architectural choice that makes Camille genuinely strong is that his entire damage profile is also his entire support profile. Most Vanguards have to choose between contributing damage and generating SP. Camille’s Heat Infliction simultaneously fuels Laevatain, Rossi, and Akekuri downstream while his Combo Skill loop tops the team back up faster than they spend. He is the answer to the tight SP economy that has dragged on Laevatain teams since Version 1.2.

His synergies are particularly potent with Laevatain (whose damage scales directly off Heat Infliction count and Susceptibility uptime), Rossi (whose hybrid physical-arts kit benefits from Camille’s Weaken application), and Estella as a budget combo partner. Many analysts have publicly framed him as “premium Laevatain support” — a significant upgrade over Akekuri for accounts that already own Laevatain at a meaningful potential, and the SP engine that finally lets triple-Vanguard frontline experiments work.

The play pattern is more universally applicable than Mi Fu’s. Camille rewards consistent skill cycling and broad team awareness rather than precise frame-tight execution. He is not a hypercarry — players expecting him to be the highest-damage unit on the field will be disappointed — but his impact on overall team DPS is consistently positive across a wide range of Heat-adjacent compositions.

Side-by-Side Kit Comparison

Dimension	Mi Fu (Phase 1)	Camille (Phase 2)
Class	Physical Guard	Heat Vanguard
Element	Physical	Heat
Primary Role	Burst DPS / Sub-DPS	SP Battery / Enabler
Damage Pattern	Multi-stage burst windows	Sustained Heat infliction + ult AoE
Skill Ceiling	High — precise execution required	Moderate — consistent cycling
Skill Floor	Moderate — degrades without applicator	High — useful in most Heat comps
Self-Sufficient?	No — needs Vulnerability support	Yes — generates own SP loop
Sig Weapon Importance	High (~25-30% uplift estimated)	Moderate (15-20% uplift estimated)
Best With	Rossi, Pogranichnik, Chen, Lifeng	Laevatain, Rossi, Akekuri, Estella
Anti-Synergies	Heat / Nature / Electric teams	Pure Physical / Cryo cores
Banner Window	June 5 → June 25, 2026	June 26 → July 16, 2026 (est.)

The single most important row above is “Self-Sufficient.” Mi Fu’s damage profile is brutally team-dependent in a way Camille’s support profile is not. If your account does not already have a build-out Vulnerability-applying support, Mi Fu’s effective damage in your hands will be meaningfully lower than what the YouTube tier lists are showing you, because those videos are recorded with whale-tier supporting casts.

Team Synergy: Which Roster Wants Which

The fastest way to answer the Mi Fu vs Camille question is to look at what your account already runs.

Your account wants Mi Fu if you run any of these compositions:

Chen Qianyu / Po-gu / Lifeng / Endministrator physical core — Mi Fu replaces the Endmin and adds burst ceiling
Rossi-centric physical-arts hybrid — Rossi’s Vulnerability application fuels Mi Fu’s Stage 2 window
Pogranichnik-anchored crit physical — Pog’s debuff stacking dovetails with Mi Fu’s consumption pattern
Any account where the highest unbuilt slot is “Physical main DPS”

Your account wants Camille if you run any of these compositions:

Laevatain Heat composition (any flavor) — Camille is the largest single upgrade Laevatain has received
Akekuri-as-SP-battery teams — Camille replaces Akekuri and meaningfully exceeds him in every measurable dimension
Triple-Vanguard frontline experiments (Akekuri / Wulfgard / Camille) — only works because Camille’s SP loop breaks the usual one-Vanguard cap
Any Heat team that has felt SP-starved during sustained combat windows

Neither one fits if:

You main Zhuang Fangyi and have no Physical or Heat side-team built — neither Mi Fu nor Camille synergize with Arts/Electric kits in any meaningful way
Your roster is built entirely around Cryo (Yvonne / Tangtang / Xaihi) — both 1.3 operators are off-element for your core
You are banking pulls for the 1.4 Arcane operator and would rather skip patches than commit half-buffer pulls now

The Zhuang Fangyi case deserves its own mention because community sentiment heading into 1.3 was loaded with hope that Mi Fu would slot into Zhuang’s Arts/Electric kit as a Nature or Electric sub-DPS. She does not. Zhuang’s kit is Arts-focused and Mi Fu is pure Physical with no elemental overlap. If you were saving specifically to build out a Zhuang-centered team, neither 1.3 operator helps. The longer-term meta context — including the 1.4 trajectory — is covered in the Mi Fu and Sui Shisan meta analysis, which is the more useful read if your goal is figuring out when Zhuang gets her real partner.

The Cost of Each Pull (Resource Math)

The pull math matters more than the kit math for any account that is not deeply whale-tier. Here is what each commit actually costs in realistic accumulation.

Pull Target	Estimated Pulls	Oroberyl Cost	Approx. F2P Savings Window
Mi Fu (P0, no sig)	80-120	~24,000-36,000	6-8 weeks of full-clear F2P income
Mi Fu + Signature	200-260	~60,000-78,000	14-18 weeks
Camille (P0, no sig)	80-120	~24,000-36,000	6-8 weeks
Camille + Signature	180-240	~54,000-72,000	13-17 weeks
Both at P0 (no sigs)	160-240	~48,000-72,000	11-17 weeks
Both with Sigs	380-500	~114,000-150,000	27-35 weeks (whale only)

A few load-bearing observations from the table:

The 120-pull spark is the only honest budget unit. Anything under 120 pulls saved means you are gambling on early off-rates rather than guaranteeing your pick
Both at P0 is realistic for accounts with roughly 200 pulls banked going into June 5 — anyone below that needs to pick one
Signature weapon math favors Mi Fu’s sig over Camille’s for total team impact, because Camille’s contribution is mostly from his base kit while Mi Fu’s burst ceiling scales hard with her weapon’s Strength and Attack multipliers
Whale-tier “both at sig” is achievable but functionally locks you out of the 1.4 banner cycle unless you spend on top-up packs

The Zhuang Fangyi pull drought analysis covers the four-archetype framework for how Endfield players actually accumulate Oroberyl across a patch cycle. The 120-pull floor is the load-bearing rule in that breakdown too — it is not coincidence, it is just what the math says.

Pull Decision Matrix by Player Type

Player Archetype	Resources Available	Recommendation
F2P / Light Spender (< 100 pulls)	Limited Oroberyl, no Battle Pass spend	Pick one and commit. Mi Fu if you have no maxed limited, Camille if you own Laevatain.
F2P with savings (100-180 pulls)	One full guarantee plus partial second	Pull Mi Fu first (her banner runs first). Stop at her hard pity. Redirect remainder only if she dropped early.
Mid-Spend (180-280 pulls)	Battle Pass + monthly + savings	Both at P0 is achievable. Pull Mi Fu’s banner with hard cap at 120, then transition all remaining pulls to Camille.
Whale (300+ pulls)	Top-up packs available	Both at P0 with at least one signature. Prioritize Mi Fu’s sig if she will be your main DPS; Camille’s sig is a luxury pick.
Returning Player	Patch-cycle dependent	Skip both. Bank toward 1.4 Arcane silhouette. The hypercarry tier release is the higher priority for a thin roster.
Zhuang Fangyi Main	Built around Electric / Arts	Skip both 1.3 banners. Neither operator synergizes with Zhuang’s kit. Save for 1.4 Arcane.
Laevatain Owner without Camille	Heat team needs SP support	Strongly favor Camille. Akekuri is the SP gap right now and Camille is a flat upgrade.
No Physical Team Built	Endmin / Chen / Lifeng / Po-gu missing	Strongly favor Mi Fu. She is a faster path to a functional physical core than rebuilding around Endmin.

The most common mistake the community has been making in pre-launch threads is treating the decision as “which is stronger in a vacuum.” Both are strong. The decision is “which one closes the bigger gap in your roster,” and that question has a different answer for every account.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

The pull-decision discourse online is full of advice that sounds right in a vacuum and gets specific accounts into trouble. Here is what to actively not do.

Splitting pulls evenly across both banners. This is the single fastest way to walk away with neither operator. Pity does not carry between Mi Fu’s banner and Camille’s banner. Committing 60 pulls each is functionally worse than committing 120 to one — you walk away with two early off-rates if you are lucky and zero featured pulls if you are not.

Pulling Mi Fu without a Vulnerability composition. Her kit is genuinely dead weight outside a phys team with a Vulnerability applicator. If you do not own Rossi, Pogranichnik, or Chen Qianyu — and you are not planning to build them out — Mi Fu is a worse pull than skipping the patch.

Skipping Camille because “Vanguards are not the carry.” This logic was correct in Version 1.2 when Akekuri was the dominant Vanguard archetype. It is wrong in 1.3 because Camille is a force multiplier whose impact compounds across every Heat unit on your team. Single-target damage tier lists understate his contribution by a significant margin.

Spending your full Oroberyl reserve on 1.3. The 1.4 banner cycle is rumored to include the Arcane operator, which the May 22 livestream silhouette teased as a probable hypercarry-tier release. Going into 1.4 with an empty reserve and a 120-pull deficit is a meta trap.

Chasing Mi Fu’s P1 for marginal damage. Dupes in Endfield generally return 5-12% in single-stat windows. Mi Fu’s P1 is in that range, not transformative. Save those pulls for the next operator you actually want.

Treating pre-release tier lists as final. Mi Fu was widely projected pre-reveal as a Heat or Electric Caster and shipped as a Physical Guard. Camille was projected as a polearm DPS and shipped as a Vanguard. Wait for live combat footage and your own gameplay before locking in your account’s direction.

Watch List: What Would Change the Verdict

The decision framework above is built on what we know as of launch day. A few unresolved variables could shift the calculus over the next three weeks.

Mi Fu’s signature weapon multiplier in live testing — early leaks point to ~25-30% over the Amaranthine Tassel battle-pass equivalent, but live combat numbers from the first weekend will sharpen the picture
Camille’s exact SP-per-second output — if it lands meaningfully above community estimates, his pull priority climbs sharply for any Heat-adjacent account
Contingency Contract modifier interactions — the CC mode launches June 12, and modifier combinations could meaningfully favor one archetype over the other
1.4 preview stream content — the Arcane silhouette confirmation (element, weapon, kit) is the next data point that changes optimal saving strategy
Any Endministrator power-creep mitigation — Hypergryph has historically issued small reworks to operators displaced by new releases; if Endmin gets a meaningful adjustment, the Mi Fu decision changes
Camille’s signature weapon impact on Akekuri’s role — if Camille’s sig pushes him decisively past Akekuri in budget Heat compositions, Akekuri-investment players will need to rethink their team build

If any of those data points land between now and June 26, this analysis will need updating. The Phase 2 Camille decision specifically has more unknowns than the Phase 1 Mi Fu commit, which is part of why the F2P recommendation defaults to pulling Mi Fu’s banner first when uncertainty is highest.

Final Read: Which One Should You Pull?

For most active accounts, Camille is the higher-impact pull because his utility transfers cleanly across nearly every Heat-adjacent composition without requiring specific supporting cast. He is the safer commit for accounts with existing investment in Laevatain, Rossi, or any frontline that has felt SP-starved during sustained combat.

Mi Fu is the higher-ceiling pull for accounts whose physical team needs a real burst carry and whose owners enjoy executing precise rotation windows. Her potential damage ceiling is higher than Camille’s in absolute terms, but it is conditional on team-building and execution in a way Camille’s contribution is not.

Pick one and commit. The single worst outcome of this banner cycle is splitting pulls across both, missing both targets, and arriving at 1.4 with nothing to show for it. The 120-pull spark is the only honest budget unit. If you do not have 120 pulls saved as of June 5, save for Camille on Phase 2 unless your physical core is genuinely starving for a main DPS.

Skip both if your roster is full, your patch interest is low, or you are already saving for the 1.4 Arcane silhouette. Endfield’s design philosophy rewards patience — skipping a patch is not the cardinal sin the FOMO discourse suggests.

The Endfield meta has historically rewarded deep rosters over hypercarry single-investment, and the Contingency Contract mode launching on June 12 is expected to amplify that trend. Whichever operator you pull, prioritize team building around them over chasing dupes.

FAQ

Should I pull Mi Fu or Camille if I can only afford one? Default to Camille if you own Laevatain or any built-out Heat composition. Default to Mi Fu if your physical team is your strongest archetype and you do not yet have a built-out Endministrator. Default to skipping if neither describes your account.

Does pity carry between Mi Fu’s banner and Camille’s banner? No. The Fists of No Regrets and Expunger of Sin banners are separate Chartered Headhunting cycles with independent pity counters. Pulls and stored pity do not transfer between them.

Can I get both operators at P0 with no signature? Realistically yes if you have 200+ pulls banked going into June 5. The math is tight but achievable with hard pity on Mi Fu (120 max) and ~80-120 pulls remaining for Camille. Below 180 banked, pick one.

Is Mi Fu’s signature weapon worth chasing? For accounts running Mi Fu as main DPS, yes — her sig is one of the more impactful weapons in the patch with an estimated 25-30% uplift over the battle-pass equivalent. For sub-DPS use, skip it.

Is Camille a strict upgrade over Akekuri? In every measurable Heat-team dimension, yes. SP generation rate, Heat Infliction application, team buffing through Link, and Ultimate Energy contribution all favor Camille decisively. Akekuri remains a viable budget option for accounts that cannot or did not pull Camille.

Does Mi Fu synergize with Zhuang Fangyi? No. Mi Fu is Physical and Zhuang’s kit is Arts/Electric-focused. The two operators do not share elemental synergies and Mi Fu’s Vulnerability mechanics do not amplify Zhuang’s damage profile. Zhuang mains should save for 1.4.

What happens to my Endministrator investment if I pull Mi Fu? Most of it transfers. Crush sets, Physical Vulnerability stat lines, and Aethertech gear all carry cleanly to Mi Fu. Only the operator-specific signature weapon and Endmin’s ascension materials become slot-redundant. The Endministrator remains fully viable for current content.

When will Mi Fu and Camille rerun? Endfield has not yet confirmed a recurring rerun schedule. The Fest of Brilliance cycle established a rough nine-to-twelve-month window for limited operator returns, but neither Mi Fu nor Camille will rerun inside the 1.3-1.4 patch cycle.

How does Camille compare to Pogranichnik for Vanguard slot priority? They solve different problems. Pogranichnik is a Physical Vanguard with crit-damage scaling and Vulnerability application; Camille is a Heat Vanguard with SP generation and Heat Infliction. An account running physical teams wants Pog; an account running Heat teams wants Camille. Both have a place in deep rosters.

Should I save for the 1.4 Arcane operator instead? If you are a returning player or your current roster covers your patch interests adequately, yes. The Arcane silhouette teased in the May 22 livestream is widely expected to release as a hypercarry-tier operator, which is a higher priority pull for thin rosters than either 1.3 operator. Maintain a 120-pull buffer minimum going into 1.4 regardless of your 1.3 decision.

The Endfield meta has rewarded patient roster-building over hypercarry single-investment every patch cycle since launch, and 1.3 is not the patch that breaks the pattern. Pick the operator who closes the bigger gap in your account, commit your pulls to one banner rather than splitting, and bank what you can for the 1.4 silhouette. The next major preview stream will sharpen the decision; until then, the most important variable is your existing roster, not the tier list.

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