Akekuri Build Guide

Laevatain Wulfgard Akekuri Flex

F2P Friendly Laevatain team using Akekuri for SP generation (and Heat Inflictions). Flex Slot can be anything depending on your availability and what content you’re playing. You can use Ardelia for Sustain and Buffs, Gilberta for Grouping or Antal for a more F2P approach and Single Target Damage.

Last Rite Xaihi Akekuri Ardelia

While Akekuri doesn't apply Cryo Inflictions, she provides interesting damage for Last Rite thanks to the Link effect (and also Thermite Cutter). The SP generation is also really useful for Last Rite, since more SPs means more Cryo Inflictions.

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Akekuri Combo Skill doesn’t rely on any specific Team Composition, as the trigger is building up Stagger, which is something all Operators are able to do. This makes her a really flexible Operator that provides SP for any team.

Weapons

• Best-in-Slot: Thermite Cutter
• Alt: OBJ Edge of Lightness

Thermite and Edge of Lightness are interesting to compare. In general, Damage % (like Electric / Combo / Skill / All DMG / etc) is quite abundant in the game at present and they stack additively. Conversely, there are less sources of ATK% in the game (Attribute ATK% is a separate buff), making Thermite's buff stronger.

However, in the early game, matching Akekuri's Attributes does provide some Sub DPS damage, although this will fall off over time. Lastly, OBJ does give Secondary Attribute, which will boost Akekuri's Talent (SP Generation), but this generally won't be noticeable until she is geared with Intellect pieces.

Gear

• Gear Set: Frontiers
• Armor: Frontiers Armor T3
• Gloves: Eternal Xiranite Gloves / Eternal Xiranite Gloves T1
• Kit 1: Frontiers Extra O2 Tube
• Kit 2: Frontiers Extra O2 Tube

As a Vanguard Unit that focuses on generating SP through her Combo Skill, the Frontiers 3pc Set is the best option for her, mainly due to the team-wide 18% DMG Buff for 12s.

The Frontiers pieces gives both Intellect and Secondary Stat as the third stat, meaning even more Intellect to her. It’s really important to stack as much Intellect as you can on her, since her Combat Talent increases the SP generation based on her Intellect (Caps at 500 Intellect).

Eternal Xiranite Gloves / Eternal Xiranite Gloves T1 is for Ultimate Gain and high Intellect.

Ultimate > Combo Skill >= Basic Attack = Battle Skill

Upgrading her Ultimate is your top priority as it increases the SP recovery of each Flare. Everything else is purely for Damage which is not Akekuri’s Priority.

If you want to, you can level up her Combo Skill since you’ll use a lot of it. Battle Skill is just a source of Heat Infliction on enemies, but you should prioritize spending your SPs on your DPSs.

• P1 Positive Feedback
• P2 Passionate Idealist
• P3 Committed Team Player
• P4 Super Perfect Status
• P5 Tempo of Awareness

Unlocking Akekuri’s Potential will be relatively easy since she’s a 4-Star Unit and they add extra buffs for your team. Potential 1 is only for her Damage, which is minimal, but starting from Potential 2 she gets stats and new effects for her Ultimate that enhances the Damage of your team. These buffs include extra Intellect (for increased SP Generation), an ATK% Buff, lower cost on her Ultimate and extended duration on her Link buff.

Akekuri’s Utility comes from using her Combo Skill and Ultimate.

Her Combo Skill can be triggered by any Operator or Team, since it only requires hitting Stagger Nodes or Staggering enemies. This also makes her a bit “slow” since there’s no way to “force” this SP recovery as it relies on building up Stagger in order to trigger her Combo Skill.

Her Ultimate fires 3 flares and each one will recover SP for your team, but also applies the Link Effect, which increases the damage of the next Battle Skill or Ultimate cast by your team. Ideally, you should save it to use before your DPS' Ultimate.

Akekuri will release on January 22nd, 2026 along with the release of Arknights: Endfield.

Akekuri is a Standard Operator, meaning they are permanently available through the gacha system.