Pogranichnik Build Guide

Pogranichnik Chen Qianyu Akekuri Catcher

F2P Friendly team that uses focus on SP generation and Physical Status. Estella can replace Catcher since Akekuri allows her to trigger Solidification for her Combo Skill.

Pogranichnik Lifeng Chen Qianyu Ember

A Premium Version of the Previous team that focuses on applying as much Physical Status as possible. Ardelia can replace Ember for Physical Susceptibility, Corrosion and more Sustain.

What about Endministrator / Da Pan?

In these teams, you have two Operators that want to consume Vulnerable. As such, you alternate the rotation. Pogranichnik will refund SP to make the next rotation faster, and also applies a Physical Damage Taken debuff on Breach.

Pogranichnik Lifeng Chen Qianyu +
Da Pan / Endministrator

Build Recommendations are based on Weapons/Gear from Beta 2. Multiple Equipment pieces have changed for release. Stay tuned for updates.

Weapons

• Best-in-Slot: Never Rest
• Alt: Eminent Repute
• (F2P): Thermite Cutter

It’s no secret that Pogranichnik’s Signature Weapon is the best option for him, but it only provides Physical Damage for your teammates. Sure, he’s supposed to be played in a Physical Team, but in case you’re using operators from another Element there are more generic options for Pogranichnik.

Eminent Repute is another solid option, but Thermite Cutter is free from the 6-Star Weapon Selector you get upon finishing your 40 Beginner Pulls. This is a very competitive option and should likely be the weapon you pick if you have Pogranichnik on your account.

Gear

• Gear Set: Type 50 Yinglung
• Armor: Bonekrusha Poncho T1
• Gloves: Type 50 Yinglung Gloves T1
• Kit 1: Type 50 Yinglung Knife
• Kit 2: Type 50 Yinglung Knife

Thanks to all his SP Generation, your other operators will cast plenty of Battle Skills (for more Vulnerable Stacks) and this means Pogranichnik can make use of Type 50 to increase his damage contribution.

Combo Skill = Ultimate > Battle Skill > Basic Attack

Since Pogranichnik is a Vanguard, leveling up your DPS skills is still the top priority, but don’t sleep on his damage. Stacking Breach with a good weapon allows Pogranichnik to help your team with some extra damage

• P1 Frontline Sweep
• P2 Advance
• P3 When the Banner Flutters
• P4 Shield of Talos-ll
• P5 Newly Forged Blade

All Pogranichnik’s Potentials are good, it increases both the SP generation for your team and Pogranichnik’s damage.

• Potential 1 makes Pogranichnik slightly better when dealing against multiple enemies.
• Potential 2 are just stats, nothing to talk about.
• Potential 3 increases Pogranichnik’s Damage potential by reducing the SP required to trigger his Combat Talent and increasing the maximum stacks.
• Potential 4 reduces the cost of your Ultimate, increasing Pogranichnik’s SP Generation.
• Potential 5 reduces the cooldown and increases the SP Generation of his Combo Skill.

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

Just like the Endministrator, Pogranichnik want as many Vulnerable Stacks as possible before using his Battle Skill, but the difference is that while the Endministrator Crushes enemies, Pogranichnik consumes it to enhance his Combo Skill, recover SP and also Breach enemies, increasing the Physical Damage from your team.

His Combo Skill triggers after Crush or Breach consumes Vulnerable Stacks, and the damage and SP recovered by it scales with the number of Vulnerable Stacks consumed by this Crush or Breach. So ideally you want to fully stack Vulnerable before using his Battle Skill to consume these Stacks and follow up with his Combo Skill for even more SP generation.

The Ultimate generates even more SPs for you while also dealing damage to enemies, it’s great and you should use it as soon as possible so you can start building up another Ultimate.

His Combat Talents increase the ATK and Arts Intensity of Pogranichnik after recovering SPs. Teammates that apply Vulnerable Stacks during Pogranichnik Ultimate will also benefit from this buff.

The gameplan is really straightforward. Use other Operators to apply 4 Vulnerable Stacks to the enemy and then use Pogranichnik Battle Skill to consume these stacks and follow up with his Combo Skill for a lot of SP generation. Use his Ultimate if available and repeat this cycle again.

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

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