Snowshine Build Guide

Endministrator Chen Qianyu Perlica Snowshine

Completely Free To Play Team. I personally would rather use Akekuri over Snowshine, but if the healing is useful for you, go ahead.

Endministrator Chen Qianyu Alesh Snowshine

Alesh has good synergy with the Endministrator and other Cryo units. Estella has better synergy with Alesh and Physical characters but, once again, if you need the healing, using Snowshine is the way to go.

Last Rite Xaihi Snowshine Estella

Mono-Cryo team that provides a lot of Cryo Inflictions for Last Rite. Ardelia can replace Estella for Arts Susceptibility, increasing Last Rite Damage Potential.

Weapons

• Best-in-Slot: Finishing Call
• Alt: Former Finery
• Alt: Sundered Prince

Finishing Call is Snowshine’s Signature Weapon, it’s an easy to use option as there are no conditions to it. It gives a lot of stats and increased Treatment Bonus on Combo Skills, further enhancing her Healing Capabilities.

Former Finery is another option that increases Snowshine’s Healing, as it gives Will, Treatment Bonus and Extra Healing when Protected Operators take DMG.

Sundered Prince is only recommended if you plan to use Snowshine on the field, as it increases how much Stagger she applies to enemies.

Gear

• Gear Set: LYNX
• Armor: LYNX Heavy Armor
• Gloves: LYNX Gauntlets
• Kit 1: Redeemer Seal T1
• Kit 2: LYNX Connector T1

LYNX increases Snowshine healing even further. Easy option for those looking to use her as an emergency healer.

• Gear Set: Eternal Xiranite
• Armor: Eternal Xiranite Armor
• Gloves: LYNX Gauntlets
• Kit 1: Eternal Xiranite Auxiliary Arm
• Kit 2: Eternal Xiranite Auxiliary Arm

The Eternal Xiranite Set increases your teammates' attack after using Snowshine’s Battle Skill. Use this if you don’t need the increased healing from LYNX and would rather increase the damage of your operators.

Combo Skill > Basic Attack >= Ultimate > Battle Skill

Focus on her Combo Skill to increase her Healing. You can level up Basics and Ultimates for some extra damage, but you’re better focusing on your DPS skills first.

• P1 Cold Shelter
• P2 Storm Region
• P3 Polar Survival Guide
• P4 Tundra Aegis
• P5 Cold Disaster Specialist

Potential 1 is really amazing. You can use it to block Arts Inflictions on your Operators while using Snowshine’s Battle Skill. Sure, it’s a specific situation that you’ll rarely find, but once you find it Snowshine will be there to provide this Arts Inflictions Block for your team.

Potential 2 increases the area of her Ultimate. Not sure if this is helpful but maybe it can catch enemies trying to run away

Potential 3 increases the Solidification Status Level of her Ultimate.

Potential 4 gives a few stats for Snowshine.

Potential 5 allows her Battle Skill to return 10 SP when retaliating enemy attacks. Once again, it requires playing around enemy attacks to make use of this effect.

As you can see, outside of Potential 1, you will not find a lot of value from her Potentials.

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.

Most of the time you will forget Snowshine is on your team. She has some uses outside of Healing, but they require specific conditions.

The healing comes from her Combo Skill, which requires the Controlled Operator to get hit and fall below 60% HP. It’s a panic button that will do exactly what you need: Recover HP.

Her Battle Skill applies Protection to her and nearby Operators, and while you can use it to apply Cryo Infliction, it requires Snowshine to be attacked while under the Battle Skill effect. This skill gets upgraded with some potentials and can find some use in specific fights/content, but it’s not a reliable source of Cryo Infliction.

Her Ultimate can force a Solidification on enemies, which is pretty good. But it’s an Ultimate so it takes time to recharge. You can retaliate enemy attacks with her Battle Skill to generate Ultimate Energy for her, but you’re better spending SPs with a better Battle Skill.

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

Snowshine is a Standard Operator, meaning they are permanently available through the gacha system. You also get a copy of Snowshine for free due to pre-registration rewards.