Arknights Endfield Team Tier List (v1.6)

This tier list ranks 27 team compositions for the current Arknights: Endfield meta. Rankings are weighted on Umbral Monument Agony Mode clear time, rotation difficulty, gear and weapon investment cost, F2P accessibility, and elemental coverage against the patch's bosses. The character-level tier list tells you which operators are strong; this page tells you which four-operator squads actually win fights.

SS-tier compositions define the meta's fastest clears and are built around a single T0 carry. S-tier teams are elemental resonance engines that trade peak burst speed for consistency. A-tier teams are specialised hybrids that excel in narrower scenarios with stricter rotation execution. B-tier teams are accessible F2P starters that clear most content with less roster pressure. Treat the list as a planning lens, not a checklist, if you cannot pull a team's T0 carry, the tier-down sections built around accessible anchors usually outperform an under-invested top-tier comp.

The refresh cadence is once per patch (roughly every six weeks), with mid-patch revisions when a new banner reshuffles synergies. The "Updated" timestamp at the top of the page is the canonical date for any specific clear-time number or investment estimate cited below. Arknights: Endfield is developed by Hypergryph; tier opinions on this page are community-derived and 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 SS-tier teams in Version 1.5 each occupy a different content lane. Winter Hunt (Typhoeus + Arcane + Xaihi + Gilberta) is the Phase 1 addition and the fastest tested comp in the patch, bursting the Effigy boss in roughly 30 seconds off a continuous aerial Nature Burst loop. Dawnstar Authority (Zhuang Fangyi + Liino + Perlica + Arclight) is the premium Electric shell, swapping Gilberta for Liino's SP refunds, forced Electrification, team ATK Boost, and healing. Corrosion Arcana (Arcane + Tangtang + Gilberta + Xaihi) is the Arcane-led Nature comp, built around her INT-state Corrosion shred and Array Arcana grouping. Wuling Authority, the Gilberta version of the Zhuang Fangyi hypercarry comp, posts roughly a 58-second clear on Rhodagn for single-target burst and stays ahead of Dawnstar Authority when adds are scattered. Melt Queen (Laevatain + Wulfgard + Akekuri + Ardelia) is the most accessible meta team because it only needs one 6★ DPS to function, and Camille turns it into Sanguine Pyre, the premium Heat version that swaps Akekuri for his Heat Susceptibility, Weaken, and SP battery. Cryo-Nature Executioners is the cleanest single-target boss-killer. Fists of No Regrets is the V1.3 mono-Physical Crush comp built around Mi Fu. Which one is "best" depends on the boss matchup and which carry your roster already supports.

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 how the full four-operator squad performs across current endgame content, not how strong its carry is on its own. Read the tiers as bands rather than strict orderings: a top A-tier team frequently outperforms a bottom S-tier team once you factor in roster comfort and gear maturity. Inside each cell, teams are ordered strongest 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.

Clear times carry a label. Timed means the clear was measured end-to-end. Estimate means a projection from the kit and comparable timed teams. Not timed means a community-recommended substitution into a tested shell that nobody has measured yet. 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. Typhoeus has the longest substitution ladder on the page, running from the SS Winter Hunt down to the free-Defender A-tier versions, which is why the Nature column is the tallest. Zhuang Fangyi and Laevatain each have a premium and a standard version of the same shell, so the gap between them is the honest price of the newer support.

Every Team Explained

Open any card for the reasoning behind the tier, each member's role and operator tier, the investment the placement assumes, and the clear time with its label. 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: Meta-Defining Hypercarries (8)

SS-tier teams are the meta-defining hypercarries of Version 1.5. Each one is built around a single T0 damage dealer whose ceiling is high enough to define the patch's pull priority, and each one posts the fastest current clear times in Umbral Monument Agony Mode. If you can field these, you can clear anything in the game.

Winter HuntSSNatureTyphoeus + Arcane + Xaihi + Gilberta

Why SS tier

The V1.5 Phase 1 headline comp and the fastest tested Typhoeus team: roughly a 30-second burst on the Effigy boss, the highest sustained damage of any Typhoeus shell, and the cleanest continuous rotation. 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	SS
Xaihi5★	Support	Cryo	S
Gilberta6★	Enabler	Nature	SS

Investment

P0 Typhoeus + P0 Arcane + P0 Gilberta

Clear time

~30s Effigy burstTimed

Other Typhoeus teams

Corrosion Volley SArrowfall Cryo SFrostbound Hunt AGuarded Hunt AFree Frontline Hunt A

Added at SS on Sep 3, 2026: Fastest tested team in the patch, roughly a 30-second Effigy burst. Xaihi takes the fourth seat because she drives Corrosion to tier 4.

Typhoeus guideTyphoeus buildOperator tier list

Dawnstar AuthoritySSElectricZhuang Fangyi + Liino + Perlica + Arclight

Why SS 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	SS
Liino6★	Support	Electric	SS
Perlica5★	Enabler	Electric	A
Arclight5★	SP Battery	Electric	B

Investment

P0 Zhuang + P0 Liino

Clear time

~55s Rhodagn (est.) (projection, not yet timed end-to-end)Estimate

Other Zhuang Fangyi teams

Wuling Authority SSDawnstar Corrosion S

Added at SS on Aug 9, 2026: Liino takes Gilberta's seat in the Zhuang Fangyi shell: SP refunds, forced Electrification, team ATK Boost and healing from one slot.

Zhuang Fangyi guideZhuang Fangyi buildOperator tier list

Corrosion ArcanaSSNatureArcane + Tangtang + Gilberta + Xaihi

Why SS 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	SS
Tangtang6★	CC	Cryo	SS
Gilberta6★	Enabler	Nature	SS
Xaihi5★	Support	Cryo	S

Investment

P0 Arcane + Solemn Phalanx

Clear time

~60s AoETimed

Added at SS on Jul 16, 2026: Arcane's INT-state Corrosion shred with Gilberta grouping, Tangtang's time stop and Xaihi's Cryo feed.

Arcane guideArcane buildOperator tier list

Wuling AuthoritySSElectricZhuang Fangyi + Perlica + Arclight + Gilberta

Why SS 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	SS
Perlica5★	Battery	Electric	A
Arclight5★	SP Battery	Electric	B
Gilberta6★	Support	Nature	SS

Investment

P0 Zhuang, P5 supports

Clear time

~58s RhodagnTimed

Other Zhuang Fangyi teams

Dawnstar Authority SSDawnstar Corrosion S

Zhuang Fangyi guideZhuang Fangyi buildOperator tier list

Melt QueenSSHeatF2P friendlyLaevatain + Wulfgard + Akekuri + Ardelia

Why SS 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	A
Ardelia6★	Healer	Nature	SS

Investment

P0 Laevatain, P5 Akekuri

Clear time

~65s RhodagnTimed

Other Laevatain teams

Sanguine Pyre SSInk Melt A

Laevatain guideLaevatain buildOperator tier list

Cryo-Nature ExecutionersSSCryoLast Rite + Yvonne + Gilberta + Ardelia

Why SS 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	SS
Gilberta6★	Support	Nature	SS
Ardelia6★	Healer	Nature	SS

Investment

P0 both DPS, P5 supports

Clear time

~52s single targetTimed

Last Rite guideLast Rite buildOperator tier list

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

Why SS 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	SS
Chen Qianyu5★	Enabler	Physical	S
Pogranichnik6★	Buffer	Physical	S
Lifeng6★	Support	Physical	A

Investment

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

Clear time

~56s RhodagnTimed

Other Mi Fu teams

Sin & Crush A

Added at SS on Jun 6, 2026: Vulnerability, Physical Susceptibility and Breach stack multiplicatively into Mi Fu's World Splitter window.

Mi Fu guideMi Fu buildOperator tier list

Sanguine PyreSSHeatLaevatain + Camille + Wulfgard + Ardelia

Why SS 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	S
Wulfgard5★	Sub-DPS	Heat	A
Ardelia6★	Healer	Nature	SS

Investment

P0 Laevatain, P0 Camille

Clear time

~60s RhodagnTimed

Other Laevatain teams

Melt Queen SSInk Melt A

Added at SS on Jun 27, 2026: Premium Melt Queen: Camille replaces Akekuri with Heat Susceptibility, Weaken, SP refunds and party Link.

Laevatain guideLaevatain buildOperator tier list

Each SS-tier team covers a different content lane. Winter Hunt is the Version 1.5 addition and the fastest tested comp in the patch, keeping a continuous aerial Nature Burst loop fed with free Infliction stacks rather than building toward one enormous window. Dawnstar Authority is the ceiling for single-target Electric burst, dropping Liino into the Zhuang Fangyi shell for SP refunds, forced Electrification, a team ATK Boost, and healing from one slot. Wuling Authority is the same rotation with Gilberta instead, which is still the better answer when adds are scattered and you need her gravity well. Corrosion Arcana is the Arcane-led Nature comp, built around her INT-state Corrosion shred and Array Arcana grouping. Melt Queen runs mono-Heat for wave clear with the lowest 6★ requirement, and Sanguine Pyre is its premium version with Camille in place of Akekuri. Cryo-Nature Executioners handles single-target Cryo boss kills, and Fists of No Regrets is the mono-Physical Crush comp built around Mi Fu. Between them, the eight SS comps cover every content profile the patch ships with, so which one is right for you depends on the matchup and your existing roster.

S Tier: Elemental Resonance (6)

S-tier compositions are the elemental resonance engines. They trade peak burst speed for sustained reaction loops, which means the rotations are easier to pilot and the clears stay consistent even when RNG doesn't cooperate. These teams are also where most invested rosters end up settling once the SS-tier carry pulls are out of reach.

Corrosion VolleySNatureTyphoeus + Arcane + Perlica + Gilberta

Why S tier

The highest calculated single-target output of any Typhoeus team, about 71K team DPS on a 57-second rotation with all signature weapons, and in practice it lands within seconds of Winter Hunt. It sits a tier below only because that gap is measured in clear time rather than on a spreadsheet. What you get in exchange 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	SS
Perlica5★	Battery	Electric	A
Gilberta6★	Enabler	Nature	SS

Investment

P0 Typhoeus + P0 Arcane + P0 Gilberta

Clear time

~57s rotation, ~71K single-targetTimed

Other Typhoeus teams

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

Added at S on Sep 3, 2026: Highest calculated single-target damage of any Typhoeus team (about 71K on a 57-second rotation), a tier below Winter Hunt on timed clears.

Typhoeus guideTyphoeus 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	A
Xaihi5★	Support	Cryo	S
Gilberta6★	Enabler	Nature	SS

Investment

P0 Typhoeus + P0 Gilberta, P5 5-stars

Clear time

~62s (est.) (projection, not yet timed end-to-end)Estimate

Other Typhoeus teams

Winter Hunt SSCorrosion Volley SFrostbound Hunt AGuarded Hunt AFree Frontline 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

Dawnstar CorrosionSElectricZhuang Fangyi + Liino + Arcane + Perlica

Why S 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	SS
Liino6★	Support	Electric	SS
Arcane6★	Sub-DPS	Nature	SS
Perlica5★	Enabler	Electric	A

Investment

P0 Zhuang + P0 Liino + P0 Arcane

Clear time

~62s mixed (est.) (projection, not yet timed end-to-end)Estimate

Other Zhuang Fangyi teams

Dawnstar Authority SSWuling Authority SS

Added at S on Aug 9, 2026: Cross-element Liino shell with INT-state Arcane. Held at S because Liino's Treatment is the only sustain on the board.

Zhuang Fangyi guideZhuang Fangyi buildOperator tier list

Cryo Burst ControlSCryoYvonne + 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	SS
Tangtang6★	Sub-DPS	Cryo	SS
Xaihi5★	Support	Cryo	S
Gilberta6★	CC	Nature	SS

Investment

P0 Yvonne, P0 Tangtang

Clear time

~60s bossTimed

Other Yvonne teams

Cryo Bulwark A

Yvonne guideYvonne buildOperator tier list

Premium ElectroSElectricAvywenna + Perlica + Arclight + Gilberta

Why S 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	S
Perlica5★	Sub-DPS	Electric	A
Arclight5★	SP Battery	Electric	B
Gilberta6★	Support	Nature	SS

Investment

P5 Avywenna, P5 supports

Clear time

~70s AoETimed

Other Avywenna teams

Standard Electric A

Avywenna guideAvywenna buildOperator tier list

Pure Physical GoldSPhysicalEndministrator + Chen Qianyu + Pogranichnik + Lifeng

Why S 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	S
Chen Qianyu5★	Sub-DPS	Physical	S
Pogranichnik6★	Buffer	Physical	S
Lifeng6★	Support	Physical	A

Investment

P0 Endmin, P0 Pog, P5 Chen

Clear time

~68s generalTimed

Other Endministrator teams

Ice Crusher B

Endministrator guideEndministrator buildOperator tier list

Corrosion Volley is the entry worth understanding first, because it is the one place on this page where the two ranking methods disagree. It posts the highest calculated single-target damage of any Typhoeus team, roughly 71K on a 57-second rotation, and it still sits a tier below Winter Hunt because the gap is measured in timed clears rather than on a spreadsheet. In practice the two finish within seconds of each other, and Corrosion Volley is the easier of the pair to pilot. Arrowfall Cryo is the same shell for accounts without Arcane, and the drop between them is the honest measure of what she is worth. Dawnstar Corrosion is the most demanding team here: three 6★ operators running four separate three-piece gear sets, with Liino's Treatment as the only sustain on the board, which is why it sits here despite a genuinely SS-grade ceiling when the rotation holds. Cryo Burst Control and Premium Electro both scale into Umbral Monument Agony Mode with sufficient gear investment, relying on a clean two-element burst window rather than a single-operator detonation. Pure Physical Gold is the option for rosters built around Endministrator and Pogranichnik that never pulled a premium Arts DPS.

A Tier: Specialized and Hybrid (10)

A-tier teams are the specialized and hybrid compositions. Each one wins in a narrower band of scenarios than the higher tiers, usually a specific element matchup, a specific stagger window, or a specific boss profile, but inside that band the clears can rival S-tier output. Rotation execution matters more here than in any other tier.

Ink Lung CryoACryoCarry on bannerSi + Xaihi + Arcane + Last Rite

Why A 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	S
Xaihi5★	Healer	Cryo	S
Arcane6★	Enabler	Nature	SS
Last Rite6★	DPS	Cryo	S

Investment

P0 Si + P0 Arcane + P0 Last Rite

Clear time

Not yet timedNot timed

Added at A on Oct 15, 2026: The developers' Sky Drummer demo team, with Si in slot 1 for back-to-back Ink Lungs. Built from her 1.6 kit and the livestream, not yet timed.

Si guideSi buildOperator tier list

Ink MeltAHeatCarry on bannerLaevatain + Si + Wulfgard + Ardelia

Why A 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	S
Wulfgard5★	Enabler	Heat	A
Ardelia6★	Healer	Nature	SS

Investment

P0 Laevatain + P0 Si + P0 Ardelia

Clear time

Not yet timedNot timed

Other Laevatain teams

Melt Queen SSSanguine Pyre SS

Added at A on Oct 15, 2026: Laevatain in slot 1 turns Si into a Heat applicator and Heat Amp source, the livestream's Nefarith team. Not yet timed.

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	C
Xaihi5★	Support	Cryo	S
Liino6★	Support	Electric	SS

Investment

P0 Typhoeus + P0 Liino, P5 5-stars

Clear time

~75s (est.) (projection, not yet timed end-to-end)Estimate

Other Typhoeus teams

Winter Hunt SSCorrosion Volley SArrowfall Cryo SGuarded Hunt AFree Frontline 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

Rossi HybridAPhysicalRossi + Endministrator + Perlica + Gilberta

Why A 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	SS
Endministrator6★	Sub-DPS	Physical	S
Perlica5★	Buffer	Electric	A
Gilberta6★	Support	Nature	SS

Investment

P0 Rossi, P0 Endmin

Clear time

~72s mixedTimed

Rossi guideRossi buildOperator tier list

Ember StaggerAHeatEmber + Endministrator + Chen Qianyu + Pogranichnik

Why A 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	A
Endministrator6★	Sub-DPS	Physical	S
Chen Qianyu5★	Sub-DPS	Physical	S
Pogranichnik6★	Buffer	Physical	S

Investment

P0 Ember, P0 Pog

Clear time

~80s sustainTimed

Ember guideEmber buildOperator tier list

Standard ElectricAElectricF2P friendlyAvywenna + Akekuri + Perlica + Antal

Why A 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	S
Akekuri4★	SP Battery	Heat	A
Perlica5★	Sub-DPS	Electric	A
Antal4★	Buffer	Electric	B

Investment

P5 Avywenna, 4★ supports

Clear time

~75s generalTimed

Other Avywenna teams

Premium Electro S

Avywenna guideAvywenna buildOperator tier list

Sin & CrushAPhysicalMi Fu + Rossi + Camille + Chen Qianyu

Why A 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	SS
Rossi6★	Buffer	Physical	SS
Camille6★	Enabler	Heat	S
Chen Qianyu5★	Sub-DPS	Physical	S

Investment

P0 Mi Fu, P0 Rossi, P0 Camille

Clear time

~70s mixedTimed

Other Mi Fu teams

Fists of No Regrets SS

Added at A on Jun 27, 2026: Whale-tier bridge where Rossi converts Camille's Heat Infliction into Physical Vulnerability for Mi Fu.

Mi Fu guideMi Fu buildOperator tier list

Guarded HuntANatureTyphoeus + Arcane + Liino + Purrchena

Why A tier

The free-Defender take on the Typhoeus Nature shell, and the Purrchena team most guides converge on. 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	SS
Liino6★	Support	Electric	SS
Purrchena5★	Defender	Physical	A

Investment

P0 Typhoeus + P0 Arcane + P0 Liino, Purrchena free

Clear time

Not yet timedNot timed

Other Typhoeus teams

Winter Hunt SSCorrosion Volley SArrowfall Cryo SFrostbound Hunt 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.

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Cryo BulwarkACryoYvonne + Xaihi + Gilberta + Purrchena

Why A 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	SS
Xaihi5★	Support	Cryo	S
Gilberta6★	CC	Nature	SS
Purrchena5★	Defender	Physical	A

Investment

P0 Yvonne + P0 Gilberta, Purrchena free

Clear time

Not yet timedNot timed

Other Yvonne teams

Cryo Burst Control S

Added at A on Sep 26, 2026: Cryo Burst Control for accounts without Tangtang. Purrchena trades damage for Protection through Yvonne's Ultimate window. Not yet timed.

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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	C
Xaihi5★	Support	Cryo	S
Purrchena5★	Defender	Physical	A

Investment

P0 Typhoeus, P5 5-stars, Purrchena free

Clear time

Not yet timedNot timed

Other Typhoeus teams

Winter Hunt SSCorrosion Volley SArrowfall Cryo SFrostbound Hunt 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.

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The advantage of an A-tier comp is that it almost always rewards a niche your existing roster already covers. Treat A-tier as the bracket where roster shape, not roster depth, determines viability, if you already own three of the four operators, the team is worth investing in even if it would never beat the SS list head-to-head. The last three entries are free-Defender versions of tested shells: Guarded Hunt and Free Frontline Hunt put Purrchena into the Typhoeus Nature teams, and Cryo Bulwark puts her in Tangtang's seat on Cryo Burst Control. They sit in A until they are timed.

B Tier: F2P Starters (3)

B-tier teams are the F2P and budget starters. None of them require a limited 6★ pull to function, and several work entirely off launch-rate operators plus Ardelia. They are slower than the higher tiers, but they clear most current content with enough patience and the right gear path.

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	B
Endministrator6★	Sub-DPS	Physical	S
Chen Qianyu5★	Enabler	Physical	S
Ardelia6★	Healer	Nature	SS

Investment

F2P accessible

Clear time

~90s early-midTimed

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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	S
Chen Qianyu5★	Sub-DPS	Physical	S
Estella4★	Enabler	Cryo	B
Alesh5★	Support	Cryo	B

Investment

F2P accessible

Clear time

~95s early-midTimed

Other Endministrator teams

Pure Physical Gold S

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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	B
Alesh5★	Support	Cryo	B
Endministrator6★	Sub-DPS	Physical	S

Investment

F2P accessible

Clear time

~100s earlyTimed

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Every account starts here. Build a B-tier squad first, use it to farm gear and progress story, then promote individual operators into the higher tiers as you pull them. The biggest mistake new players make is delaying clears to chase an SS-tier carry, a fully invested B-tier team beats an under-invested SS team in almost every real fight.

V1.5 Phase 1 Spotlight: Winter Hunt

Winter Hunt (Typhoeus + Arcane + Xaihi + Gilberta) enters at the top of SS on the back of post-launch testing rather than kit reading, and it is the fastest thing in the patch: roughly a 30-second burst on the Effigy boss, with the highest sustained damage and 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.

One honest note on the ranking, because the two teams are closer than the tier gap suggests. Corrosion Volley (Perlica instead of Xaihi) posts the highest calculated single-target damage of any Typhoeus team, roughly 71K on a 57-second rotation, and finishes within seconds of Winter Hunt in real fights. Those are different measurements: a timed clear and a damage calculation that ignores stagger multipliers will not always rank two teams the same way. Winter Hunt leads on the clear, Corrosion Volley leads on the calculation, 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) has held its SS placement since. The short version of why: Zhuang Fangyi has been the strongest carry in the game for three patches and her 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 still clears faster, which is why I have left it in SS rather than replacing it. 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.

One more note on confidence: she launched today, so the clear times on both Liino cards are marked as estimates rather than timed runs. The placement is grounded in her kit and in the SP math above, not in a measured Rhodagn split. If live testing shows her Treatment or buff multipliers come in materially below what the kit implies, these cards move and the change gets dated in the header.

V1.4 Phase 1 Spotlight: Corrosion Arcana

Arcane headlined Version 1.4 Phase 1 as the first true Nature carry, and after building her INT state I have placed Corrosion Arcana (Arcane + Tangtang + Gilberta + Xaihi) in SS. 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 after running her for a full patch cycle the mono-Physical core built around her has earned an SS-tier slot in my view. I've placed Fists of No Regrets alongside the established hypercarries because it has its own niche. 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 further down in S-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 I have placed in SS as the premium version of Melt Queen. 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 SS and 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 I have slotted into A-tier 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 exactly why it sits a tier below the mono-Physical core rather than next to it.

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

Teams are scored against a fixed evaluation rubric covering damage ceiling against current endgame bosses, rotation reliability across a sustained five-minute fight window, survivability under heavy boss damage profiles, flexibility against multiple element matchups, and clear-time consistency when piloted by an average player rather than an optimal one. Each team's letter tier is the rounded average of those category scores; ties are broken by damage ceiling because the most binding constraint in current endgame is "can you out-damage the boss's enrage timer."

The list re-bakes on every major patch and after any rebalance that touches a featured team's core operators or weapons. We deliberately do not move tiers around between patches based on small meta shifts, a team's tier reflects its standing across the full content of the current version, not the last weekly Joint Operations rotation. If a team's signature operator gets nerfed mid-version, the team is flagged "under review" with a date stamp until we can re-run the rubric end-to-end.

The criteria that drive every score are not weighted equally. Damage ceiling carries the most weight because the toughest current bosses gate behind DPS checks rather than survivability checks. Rotation reliability is second because a team that lands its damage 90% of the time clears faster than a team with a higher ceiling that whiffs every third rotation. Element flexibility matters more in long-term planning than in any individual clear: a team that handles three matchups cleanly is more valuable than one that ceilings on a single boss. F2P accessibility is the tie-breaker that moves teams up when their carry is free or low-rarity, and down when they require multiple limited pulls to function.

The actual SS/S/A/B framework on this page maps directly to those weights. SS means meta-defining, a team that clears every current Agony Mode boss inside the enrage timer with optimal play, and ceilings the patch's damage chart. S means elemental resonance engine, slightly slower clears than SS, but easier rotations and stronger consistency under non-optimal RNG. A means specialised, strong in specific matchups, stricter execution, narrower viable content profile. B means F2P-accessible, clears most content, slower than the higher tiers, but no limited carry pulls required.

Common Compositional Archetypes

Arknights: Endfield's damage profile rewards operators in synergy more than operators in isolation. A 6★ DPS without their buffer support typically deals 60–70% of their potential damage; with the right buffer plus an SP-battery support, the same operator can hit 110–130% of their solo ceiling. Element matchups stack on top: a DPS hitting the boss's vulnerability matters less than the same DPS being buffed by the right team. The tier list captures this. It ranks the full four-operator team, not the headline DPS.

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 (typically Perlica), one buffer or damage amplifier, and one survivability anchor. The squad wins fights by stacking buffs into a single burst window and dropping the boss before it can enrage. Wuling Authority is the canonical burst-window team for that archetype. Winter Hunt is the counter-example worth noting: it wins on a continuous loop rather than a single window, which is why its rotation reads so differently from the rest of SS.

The sustained DPS archetype runs two damage dealers sharing rotation pressure, plus a healer and a stagger specialist. Squads in this band win through consistency rather than peak damage, the rotation never drops, the boss never gets a clean recovery window, and the damage delta compounds over a four-to-five minute fight. Most of the S-tier resonance engines follow this template, which is why S-tier is the easiest band to pilot at sub-optimal RNG.

The element-stacked archetype runs three or four operators of the same element, exploiting a boss's vulnerability for the maximum elemental damage swing. These comps punish off-matchups but ceiling extremely high on the right boss, and they are the source of most patch-specific speedrun records. Melt Queen (mono-Heat) and the Cryo-leaning SS teams sit here. The stagger-focused archetype is the fourth, built around draining the boss's resilience bar fast and amplifying damage in the downstate window. These teams shine against high-Poise bosses where normal DPS pressure gets interrupted by boss attacks, and they trade ceiling for reliability against the hardest mechanic checks.

Reading the List With a Limited Roster

If you do not own every operator in a tier-S team, look at the team's archetype and substitute. The roles matter more than the names, a different SP-battery support, a different elemental DPS, a different healer can all keep a tier-S team within 5–10% of its listed ceiling. The operator builds page lists every ranked team each operator appears in alongside the gear and weapon that build assumes, which is the quickest way to find a like-for-like replacement, 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 new players make is choosing which SS-tier carry to chase. Winter Hunt requires Typhoeus, Wuling Authority requires Zhuang Fangyi, Cryo-Nature Executioners centres on Yvonne, and Melt Queen runs on Laevatain. The other three slots are usually interchangeable across rosters, so the carry choice locks you into a content profile for the next patch cycle. Winter Hunt is the exception to that flexibility: Arcane is close to load-bearing in it, and the drop from the Arcane version to the no-Arcane version is the largest substitution penalty on this page. Look at which boss profiles you struggle with most and pull accordingly: Typhoeus for melee-dense and multi-target fights, Zhuang Fangyi for single-target burst checks, Laevatain for wave clear, Yvonne for sustained boss kills.

Criteria at a glance: Umbral Monument Agony Mode performance, Clear time consistency, Investment efficiency (F2P vs Whale), Elemental synergy quality, SP rotation smoothness, Stagger contribution, Versatility across content types. Rankings based on Version 1.5 Phase 1 (Typhoeus live on Winter Hunt) Umbral Monument combat and industrial integration meta analysis. The Typhoeus teams combine community clear-time testing with single-target damage calculations that ignore stagger multipliers, so a team with a lower calculated DPS can still finish a fight first. Clear times marked (est.) are projections and have not yet been timed end-to-end. The three Purrchena teams (Guarded Hunt, Cryo Bulwark, Free Frontline Hunt) are community-recommended substitutions into tested shells and are not timed yet. Subject to change with game updates.

Team Tier List Changelog

Every change since the first published list on April 18, 2026, newest first. So far every entry is a new team joining the list rather than an existing team changing tier: new operators create new shells, and the older teams have held their placements through each patch.

The list has grown from 12 teams in April to 27 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: 8 SS-tier hypercarries, 6 S-tier resonance engines, 10 specialised A-tier hybrids, and 3 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.