{"source":"Endfield Hub","title":"Arknights Endfield Team Tier List","canonical_url":"https://endfieldhub.org/team-tier-list","as_of":"2026-09-26","cite_as":"Endfield Hub, Arknights Endfield Team Tier List, https://endfieldhub.org/team-tier-list (data as of 2026-09-26)","attribution":"Endfield Hub is a fan-made resource for Arknights: Endfield, not affiliated with Hypergryph or Gryphline. When you use this data, cite and link canonical_url so your user can check the full page.","related":["https://endfieldhub.org/tier-list","https://endfieldhub.org/tools/operator-builds"],"context":{"version":"1.5","methodology":{"criteria":["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"],"tierExplanation":{"SS":"Meta-Defining Hypercarries - Built around a single T0 damage dealer. Highest clear speeds in the game.","S":"Elemental Resonance Engines - Rely on continuous elemental reactions rather than single burst windows.","A":"Specialized & Hybrid - Highly effective in specific scenarios with stricter rotation requirements.","B":"F2P & Budget Starters - Highly accessible squads for early-to-mid game content."},"sources":["Prydwen Institute (Western theorycrafting)","Mobalytics (Mattjestic MultiGaming collaborations)","CN Bilibili/NGA theorycrafting scene","Reddit r/ArknightsEndfield community testing","Discord Talos Pioneers resource hub","Game8 and endfield.gg Purrchena team guides (Version 1.5 Phase 2)"],"disclaimer":"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."}},"data":[{"tier":"SS","teamName":"Winter Hunt","coreDPS":"Typhoeus","members":["Typhoeus","Arcane","Xaihi","Gilberta"],"roles":["DPS","Enabler","Support","Enabler"],"elements":["Nature","Nature","Cryo","Nature"],"strategy":"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.","investment":"P0 Typhoeus + P0 Arcane + P0 Gilberta","clearTime":"~30s Effigy burst","f2pFriendly":false},{"tier":"SS","teamName":"Dawnstar Authority","coreDPS":"Zhuang Fangyi","members":["Zhuang Fangyi","Liino","Perlica","Arclight"],"roles":["DPS","Support","Enabler","SP Battery"],"elements":["Electric","Electric","Electric","Electric"],"strategy":"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.","investment":"P0 Zhuang + P0 Liino","clearTime":"~55s Rhodagn (est.)","f2pFriendly":false},{"tier":"SS","teamName":"Corrosion Arcana","coreDPS":"Arcane","members":["Arcane","Tangtang","Gilberta","Xaihi"],"roles":["DPS","CC","Enabler","Support"],"elements":["Nature","Cryo","Nature","Cryo"],"strategy":"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.","investment":"P0 Arcane + Solemn Phalanx","clearTime":"~60s AoE","f2pFriendly":false},{"tier":"SS","teamName":"Wuling Authority","coreDPS":"Zhuang Fangyi","members":["Zhuang Fangyi","Perlica","Arclight","Gilberta"],"roles":["DPS","Battery","SP Battery","Support"],"elements":["Electric","Electric","Electric","Nature"],"strategy":"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.","investment":"P0 Zhuang, P5 supports","clearTime":"~58s Rhodagn","f2pFriendly":false},{"tier":"SS","teamName":"Melt Queen","coreDPS":"Laevatain","members":["Laevatain","Wulfgard","Akekuri","Ardelia"],"roles":["DPS","Sub-DPS","SP Battery","Healer"],"elements":["Heat","Heat","Heat","Nature"],"strategy":"Most stable gameplay experience. Wulfgard builds Heat stacks rapidly, enabling Laevatain's massive Combustion nukes while Ardelia heals.","investment":"P0 Laevatain, P5 Akekuri","clearTime":"~65s Rhodagn","f2pFriendly":true},{"tier":"SS","teamName":"Cryo-Nature Executioners","coreDPS":"Last Rite / Yvonne","members":["Last Rite","Yvonne","Gilberta","Ardelia"],"roles":["DPS","Sub-DPS","Support","Healer"],"elements":["Cryo","Cryo","Nature","Nature"],"strategy":"Premier Boss Killer comp. Uses Gilberta for grouping and Ardelia for Corrosion, allowing the two Cryo leads to trigger massive Solidification spikes.","investment":"P0 both DPS, P5 supports","clearTime":"~52s single target","f2pFriendly":false},{"tier":"SS","teamName":"Fists of No Regrets","coreDPS":"Mi Fu","members":["Mi Fu","Chen Qianyu","Pogranichnik","Lifeng"],"roles":["DPS","Enabler","Buffer","Support"],"elements":["Physical","Physical","Physical","Physical"],"strategy":"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.","investment":"P0 Mi Fu + Amaranthine Tassel, P0 Pog, P5 Chen","clearTime":"~56s Rhodagn","f2pFriendly":false},{"tier":"SS","teamName":"Sanguine Pyre","coreDPS":"Laevatain","members":["Laevatain","Camille","Wulfgard","Ardelia"],"roles":["DPS","Enabler","Sub-DPS","Healer"],"elements":["Heat","Heat","Heat","Nature"],"strategy":"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.","investment":"P0 Laevatain, P0 Camille","clearTime":"~60s Rhodagn","f2pFriendly":false},{"tier":"S","teamName":"Corrosion Volley","coreDPS":"Typhoeus","members":["Typhoeus","Arcane","Perlica","Gilberta"],"roles":["DPS","Enabler","Battery","Enabler"],"elements":["Nature","Nature","Electric","Nature"],"strategy":"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.","investment":"P0 Typhoeus + P0 Arcane + P0 Gilberta","clearTime":"~57s rotation, ~71K single-target","f2pFriendly":false},{"tier":"S","teamName":"Arrowfall Cryo","coreDPS":"Typhoeus","members":["Typhoeus","Perlica","Xaihi","Gilberta"],"roles":["DPS","Battery","Support","Enabler"],"elements":["Nature","Electric","Cryo","Nature"],"strategy":"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.","investment":"P0 Typhoeus + P0 Gilberta, P5 5-stars","clearTime":"~62s (est.)","f2pFriendly":false},{"tier":"S","teamName":"Dawnstar Corrosion","coreDPS":"Zhuang Fangyi","members":["Zhuang Fangyi","Liino","Arcane","Perlica"],"roles":["DPS","Support","Sub-DPS","Enabler"],"elements":["Electric","Electric","Nature","Electric"],"strategy":"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.","investment":"P0 Zhuang + P0 Liino + P0 Arcane","clearTime":"~62s mixed (est.)","f2pFriendly":false},{"tier":"S","teamName":"Cryo Burst Control","coreDPS":"Yvonne","members":["Yvonne","Tangtang","Xaihi","Gilberta"],"roles":["DPS","Sub-DPS","Support","CC"],"elements":["Cryo","Cryo","Cryo","Nature"],"strategy":"Excels at stage 3 boss encounters. Tangtang's full-screen time stop creates perfect windows for Yvonne's Crit-based nukes.","investment":"P0 Yvonne, P0 Tangtang","clearTime":"~60s boss","f2pFriendly":false},{"tier":"S","teamName":"Premium Electro","coreDPS":"Avywenna","members":["Avywenna","Perlica","Arclight","Gilberta"],"roles":["DPS","Sub-DPS","SP Battery","Support"],"elements":["Electric","Electric","Electric","Nature"],"strategy":"Mechanically demanding team. Focuses on managing Avywenna's Thunderlances while Perlica and Arclight maximize Electrification uptime.","investment":"P5 Avywenna, P5 supports","clearTime":"~70s AoE","f2pFriendly":false},{"tier":"S","teamName":"Pure Physical Gold","coreDPS":"Endministrator","members":["Endministrator","Chen Qianyu","Pogranichnik","Lifeng"],"roles":["DPS","Sub-DPS","Buffer","Support"],"elements":["Physical","Physical","Physical","Physical"],"strategy":"The Gold Standard for physical damage. Features dense chain skills and satisfying combat flow but is highly expensive to build.","investment":"P0 Endmin, P0 Pog, P5 Chen","clearTime":"~68s general","f2pFriendly":false},{"tier":"A","teamName":"Frostbound Hunt","coreDPS":"Typhoeus","members":["Typhoeus","Fluorite","Xaihi","Liino"],"roles":["DPS","Enabler","Support","Support"],"elements":["Nature","Nature","Cryo","Electric"],"strategy":"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.","investment":"P0 Typhoeus + P0 Liino, P5 5-stars","clearTime":"~75s (est.)","f2pFriendly":false},{"tier":"A","teamName":"Rossi Hybrid","coreDPS":"Rossi","members":["Rossi","Endministrator","Perlica","Gilberta"],"roles":["DPS","Sub-DPS","Buffer","Support"],"elements":["Physical","Physical","Electric","Nature"],"strategy":"Uses Rossi to transform Arts Inflictions into Physical Vulnerability stacks. Gilberta is the best partner due to her hybrid Arts/Physical buffs.","investment":"P0 Rossi, P0 Endmin","clearTime":"~72s mixed","f2pFriendly":false},{"tier":"A","teamName":"Ember Stagger","coreDPS":"Ember","members":["Ember","Endministrator","Chen Qianyu","Pogranichnik"],"roles":["Tank/DPS","Sub-DPS","Sub-DPS","Buffer"],"elements":["Heat","Physical","Physical","Physical"],"strategy":"Defensive powerhouse. Ember provides personal sustain and shields while the rest of the team focuses on Physical Breach and Crush damage.","investment":"P0 Ember, P0 Pog","clearTime":"~80s sustain","f2pFriendly":false},{"tier":"A","teamName":"Standard Electric","coreDPS":"Avywenna","members":["Avywenna","Akekuri","Perlica","Antal"],"roles":["DPS","SP Battery","Sub-DPS","Buffer"],"elements":["Electric","Heat","Electric","Electric"],"strategy":"Versatile F2P-friendly Electric squad. Antal provides Electric Susceptibility and Heat Amp to boost the sub-DPS output of Perlica and Akekuri.","investment":"P5 Avywenna, 4★ supports","clearTime":"~75s general","f2pFriendly":true},{"tier":"A","teamName":"Sin & Crush","coreDPS":"Mi Fu","members":["Mi Fu","Rossi","Camille","Chen Qianyu"],"roles":["DPS","Buffer","Enabler","Sub-DPS"],"elements":["Physical","Physical","Heat","Physical"],"strategy":"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.","investment":"P0 Mi Fu, P0 Rossi, P0 Camille","clearTime":"~70s mixed","f2pFriendly":false},{"tier":"A","teamName":"Guarded Hunt","coreDPS":"Typhoeus","members":["Typhoeus","Arcane","Liino","Purrchena"],"roles":["DPS","Enabler","Support","Defender"],"elements":["Nature","Nature","Electric","Physical"],"strategy":"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.","investment":"P0 Typhoeus + P0 Arcane + P0 Liino, Purrchena free","clearTime":"Not yet timed","f2pFriendly":false},{"tier":"A","teamName":"Cryo Bulwark","coreDPS":"Yvonne","members":["Yvonne","Xaihi","Gilberta","Purrchena"],"roles":["DPS","Support","CC","Defender"],"elements":["Cryo","Cryo","Nature","Physical"],"strategy":"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.","investment":"P0 Yvonne + P0 Gilberta, Purrchena free","clearTime":"Not yet timed","f2pFriendly":false},{"tier":"A","teamName":"Free Frontline Hunt","coreDPS":"Typhoeus","members":["Typhoeus","Fluorite","Xaihi","Purrchena"],"roles":["DPS","Enabler","Support","Defender"],"elements":["Nature","Nature","Cryo","Physical"],"strategy":"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.","investment":"P0 Typhoeus, P5 5-stars, Purrchena free","clearTime":"Not yet timed","f2pFriendly":false},{"tier":"B","teamName":"Physical Steamroller","coreDPS":"Da Pan","members":["Da Pan","Endministrator","Chen Qianyu","Ardelia"],"roles":["DPS","Sub-DPS","Enabler","Healer"],"elements":["Physical","Physical","Physical","Nature"],"strategy":"High-value F2P team. Uses Da Pan for Stagger damage and the Endministrator for Physical payoffs once Vulnerability is stacked.","investment":"F2P accessible","clearTime":"~90s early-mid","f2pFriendly":true},{"tier":"B","teamName":"Ice Crusher","coreDPS":"Endministrator","members":["Endministrator","Chen Qianyu","Estella","Alesh"],"roles":["DPS","Sub-DPS","Enabler","Support"],"elements":["Physical","Physical","Cryo","Cryo"],"strategy":"Focuses on applying Cryo Infliction for Alesh to Solidify enemies, followed by the Endministrator triggering Shatter reactions.","investment":"F2P accessible","clearTime":"~95s early-mid","f2pFriendly":true},{"tier":"B","teamName":"Cryo Core Starter","coreDPS":"Estella","members":["Estella","Snowshine","Alesh","Endministrator"],"roles":["DPS","Tank/Healer","Support","Sub-DPS"],"elements":["Cryo","Cryo","Cryo","Physical"],"strategy":"One of the safest starter choices for new players. Scales well as enemies grow more durable.","investment":"F2P accessible","clearTime":"~100s early","f2pFriendly":true}]}