Laevatain Build Guide

Laevatain Antal Akekuri Ardelia

On paper, this team should deal the best damage, with the main difference being that Akekuri now becomes your Heat Inflictor with SP, and Antal's Combo Skill (+1 Infliction like Wulfgard) having a 5s longer cooldown.

Depending on the type of content, those 5 seconds may matter, so Wulfgard and Antal are somewhat interchangeable.

Laevatain Wulfgard Akekuri Ardelia

This team uses multiple Heat characters to apply Heat Inflictions for Laevatain and Ardelia for Sustain and Susceptibility/Corrosion. Akekuri also helps with SP generation on her Combo Skill and Ultimate.

Laevatain Wulfgard Akekuri Gilberta

This variation uses Gilberta for grouping and is recommended when dealing with multiple enemies at the same time. 

Weapons

• Best-in-Slot: Forgeborn Scathe
• Battlepass (F2P): Umbral Torch
• Not Recommended: White Night Nova
• Alt (F2P): Fortmaker
• Alt (F2P): Wave Tide

Forgeborn Scathe is Leavatain’s Signature Weapon and it synergizes perfectly with her, as it gives a Basic Attack DMG% buff after using her Ultimate. It also includes a lot of Intellect, Attack and Heat DMG Bonus, all of these are stats that increase Leavatain’s Damage Output.

Umbral Torch is available F2P from the battlepass upon reaching level 40. It requires 29 Originite, which is refunded so long as you complete the battle pass. This is the second best weapon if you want to save your Arsenal Tickets for a future weapon.

White Nova is also available, but not recommended. In the meantime, simply use Wave Tide or Fortmaker until you are able to get Signature or Umbral Torch.

Gear Sets

• Gear Set: Hot Work
• Armor: Tide Fall Light Armor
• Gloves: Hot Work Gauntlets
• Kit 1: Hot Work Pyrometer
• Kit 2: Hot Work Pyrometer

The 3pc Hot Work Gear Set gives Heat DMG for 10s after Leavatain triggers a Combustion. The good news is that her enhanced Battle Skill always applies Combustion to enemies, making it easier for you to benefit from the Hot Work effect. Tide Fall Armor is there for Stats and Ultimate Generation Efficiency.

Lynx Slab vs Tide Fall Light Armor

TLDR: Tide Fall Light Armor Ultimate Gain Efficiency is extremely useful and allows Laevatain to get her Ultimate in fewer cycles/rotations. You should only swap to LYNX Slab (and Hot Work Exoskeleton) if you have enough Intellect and/or Potential/Signature copies.

Energy Set

• Gear Set: None
• Armor: Tide Fall Light Armor
• Gloves: Eternal Xiranite Gloves
• Kit 1: Redeemer Seal
• Kit 2: Redeemer Seal

This is a Gear Set that maxes out on Ultimate Gain Efficiency. This set should only be used with max artifiiced gear along with Forgeborn Scathe (the more copies the better). This set will feel better to play as you gain an extra ultimate every rotation.

At P4 (Ice Cream Furnace), you will need slightly less Energy, so you can swap Eternal Xiranite Gloves for Hot Work Gauntlets.

In the right circumstances, this set will give Laevatain her best performance, especially in content where you start with 0 Ultimate Energy.

Ultimate > Battle Skill > Basic Attack >= Combo Skill

Leavatain's Ultimate adds a lot of damage to her Battle Skill and also unlocks new Basic Attacks for her. These Basic Attacks scale with her Ultimate Level instead of the Basic Attack Level, so focus on her Ultimate first.

After this, level up Leavatain’s Battle Skill as it deals A LOT of damage, especially after stacking 4 Melting Flames. Leave Basic Attacks and Combo Skills for last, as the damage contribution of her Basics is not as good as other sources and her Combo Skill is mostly for the Melting Flame stacks, not the damage itself.

• P1 - Heart of Melting Flame
• P2 - Pursuit of Memories
• P3 - Fragments from the Past
• P4 - Ice Cream Furnace
• P5 - Proof of Existence

Leavatain’s Potential Improves her Basic Attacks, Enhanced Battle Skill and her Ultimate.

For her Enhanced Battle Skill, P1 increases the damage and SP recovery and P3 increases the Combustion Duration and Status Level.

P2 increases the damage of Basic Attacks and gives some Intellect for increased damage.

And for her Ultimate, P4 lowers the Energy Cost and P5 increases the damage and extends the duration after defeating enemies, but you’ll hardly notice this effect in single-target fights.

Keep in mind that vertically investing in Arknights Endfield is not recommended and you should treat these as a bonus damage for your Operator.

Leavatain plays around Heat Inflictions and requires consuming multiple Heat Inflictions to increase her damage potential. This can be done by hitting enemies afflicted by Heat Infliction with any active operator Final Strike or Finisher, defeating enemies under Heat Inflictions or by hitting enemies with her Battle Skill or Combo Skill which triggers after an enemy suffers Combustion or Corrosion.

Hitting enemies with her Combo Skill or Battle Skill generates one point of Melting Flame. The Combo Skill also generates Ultimate Energy for Leavatain. Final Strikes and Finishers will consume Heat Inflictions from enemies to give Leavatain one stack of Melting Flame for every stack of Heat Infliction consumed. Melting Flame stacks up to 4 times and they have no use before hitting the maximum stacks, but once she gets the maximum number of stacks, Laevatein gets a Buff that allows her to ignore the enemy Heat Resistance for 20s.

Also, if Leavatain has 4 stacks before using her Battle Skill, she will consume all stacks to deal additional damage, apply Combustion to all enemies hit and gain additional Ultimate Energy.

Her Ultimate forces her to be the controlled Operator and enhances Laevatain for 15s, giving her new Basic Attacks and enhancing her Battle Skill to deal even more damage. Her Enhanced Basic Attack 3 also applies Heat Infliction to enemies, which makes it easier to stack Melting Flames or Arts Reactions on enemies.

Leavatain’s Ultimate unlocks a lot of extra damage to her, so it’s really important to play around her Combo Skill and Battle Skill for Ultimate Energy Generation. This means playing around Heat Inflictions, but Leavatain can’t do it by herself. Not even her Battle Skill applies Heat Infliction to enemies, and even at 4 stacks, it only applies Combustion to enemies. That’s why Leavatain requires specific Team Setups, so you can apply Heat Inflictions and Art Reactions to enemies through Combo Skills and Battle Skills in order to unlock her Full Damage.

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

Her Limited Banner will last for approximately 2.5 weeks, ending on February 7th, 2026 with the release of Gilberta Limited Banner.

From there, Laevatain will be temporarily added to the Standard Pool for 2 more banners, leaving with the end of Yvonne Banner, which starts on February 24th, 2026 and lasting for approximately 2.5 weeks. (estimate)

Limited Banner: January 22nd, 2026 - February 7th, 2026
Temporary Standard: February 7th, 2026 - (approx) March 14th, 2026