Arknights Endfield Tier List (January 2026): Best Operators Ranked

Arknights Enfield has managed to take the gaming world by storm since its release. In this action RPG, you will be playing as the “Endministrator,” and your main goal will be to expand your “Factory” and boost your automated infrastructure, while dealing with enemies via team-based combat.

To ease your troubles, we will be ranking the characters in an Arknights Endfield Character Tier List, which will help the new players to decide which characters to invest their hard-earned Oroberyl. So hop along as we are ranking all the playable units based on the player's perspective, and not just by Battle Skills points, in this Arknights Endfield Tier List.

Arknights Endfield Tier List (January 2026)

In this Arknights Endfield Character Tier List, we have ranked all the playable operators in version 1.0 of Arknights Endfield, which range from SS-Tier (Best) to C-Tier (Poor). During the process of ranking these playable characters, we have considered their kit, Potential Phase, and how efficient they can be during fights, even if the opponents have a specific Elemental RES.

By judging the characters on these conditions, we can list the characters who will be reliable even under the most hardcore challenges that the game has to offer. That is why our Arknights Endfield Tier List ranks from:

• SS-Tier
• S-Tier
• A-Tier
• B-Tier
• C-Tier

If you are starting initially with the game, make sure to go through our detailed Arknights Endfield Beginners Guide for the best tips and tricks moving forward.

SS-Tier

Operators in this tier are the best characters in Arknights Endfield and can deal with most of the challenges in-game without any heavy investments.

• Laevatain: She is the first limited banner in Arknights Endfield version 1.0. Laevatain is a main Heat DPS who can deal massive AOE damage via her Battle Skills and Ultimate. To boost her Battle Skill, she consumes Heat Infliction, but would need teammates who can apply it off-field or by using Basic Attacks.
• Ardelia - She is another 6-star character, and a Nature sustain unit that can apply debuffs on her targets, while providing strong healing to her allies. Ardelia can also apply Corrosion via her Combo skill, and later can inflict Physical and Arts Weakness through her Battle Skill. In short, she is an all-rounder and can be used in multiple comps.
• Yvonne- She is a Cryo 6-star DPS, who can enhance her own Basic Attacks after applying her Ult. While her Battle Skill allows her to inflict Cryo Infliction, which can apply Solidification if her targets are already affected with either Cryo or Nature. Yvonne is currently one of the strongest DPS, running her might be one of the smartest moves in the current meta.

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S-Tier

Characters in this tier are almost on par with SS-Tier units, except they have a slight advantage in their kit.

• Last Rite - Last Rite is a 6-star Cry DPS who can effectively apply Cryo Infliction to trigger her own combo, which helps her to deal massive damage through her Ult. Last Rite can also use Cryo Susceptibility, which can further boost her damage. Overall, she is quite the reliable Cryp DPS that you should be looking for.
• Xaihi - Xaihi is a great support who can buff Arts-centric comps, to be precise, Cryo and Nature comps. Her Ult and Battle Skill provide her with a decent amount of Amp, which makes her useful in team-building. Apart from this, she can also provide decent healing party-wide.
• Pogranichnik - He is a 6-star Physical Support unit who can help his allies restore SP points by consuming Vulnerability stacks. Pogranichnik can also apply Breach, which can inflict vulnerability, and when the targets are inflicted with vulnerability, then Breach will consume those stacks to boost Physical damage temporarily.
• Lifeng - Lifeng is a 6-star Physical DPS who can inflict Physical Susceptibility with his Battle Skill, but this thing will only work when his targets are not inflicted by anything else, so use his Battle Skill before you use the other character's utility.
• Antal - Antal is the only 4-star operator who has debuted in the S-Tier. He is an Electric Support unit that can provide strong Electric and Heat utility to the allies. Antal can boost his allies' Electric and Heat damage, while making his targets more Susceptible to both the elements. He has great utility for a 4-star; make sure you build him right.

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A-Tier

Characters in this tier require a decent investment of resources to be a reliable partner during strong boss fights; make sure you build them properly.

• Endministrator - A strong DPS in the early game. Endministartor is a 6-sar Physical DPS, who is flexible enough to be featured in multiple team comps. Their kit revolves around vulnerability to debuffs their targets, which makes them quite useful in the early game scenario, when you lack other characters.
• Perlica - Perlica is a 5-star Electric caster who will be joining our party early in the story once you progress through the story. She can apply Electric Infliction with her Battle Skill and Electrification through her Combo Skill, making her a dependable DPS in the early game.
• Wulfgard - Wulfgard is an exceptional 5-star character who excels in Heat Infliction application and can be a really strong, dependable DPS. His main potential is in applying Combustion to his targets.
• Akekuri - She is another Heat unit, but with a unique ability that lets her generate SP through her Combo Skill and Ult. With her SP skill, she becomes a flexible unit who can be placed in various comps.

If you are now wondering how to build the best team with these characters ranked above, check our Arknights Endfield Best Team Comps guide for the best team formation tips.

B-Tier

Characters from this tier in Arknights Endfield Tier List usually need heavy resource investment and specific teammates so that they can be useful during the fights.

• Ember - She is a Heat Sustain unit who can provide strong shield and healing party-wide. She can also apply Vulnerability and work well with Physical teams.
• Snowshine - She can work well in comps that can use her Solidification application properly, and her kit sadly relies mostly on the enemy behavior, which makes her a bit limited in certain situations, as her healing and Cryo Infliction are based on enemies attacking the controlled Operator.
• Estella - She is a 4-star Operator whose utility is in applying Physical Susceptibility to her targets with Solidification. Early game, she might be useful, but switch to another character with better utility when you have one.

C-Tier

Characters in this tier really can't do much, even with all the investments. So it's better if you avoid them from the start. While you decide which character to build for future exploration and challenges in-game, how about you check out our gaming page to stay updated on future guides and news on Arknights Endfield.