Endfield Arknights: Endfield Best Teams

Now that more time has passed and we have a better look at how the meta has shaped out, we can bring to you the definitive list of what are the standout teams in Arknights: Endfield for Patch 1.2.

Below you will find the best teams for every single element, with the four stand out being Laevatain Heat teams, Chen Qianyu Physical teams, Yvonne / Last Rite Cryo teams, and Zhuang Fangyi Electric team.

Laevatain is currently the premier Heat carry, offering massive amounts of AOE damage with 2 distinct playstyles of full Ultimate Generation and a standard Hot Work carry set that keeps her relevant no matter the content.

Full Ultimate Generation Team

Laevatain, Ardelia, Wulfgard, Akekuri

This team aims to maximize Laevatain's Ultimate Generation to ensure that 1 Combo Skill and 1 Enhanced Battle Skill are enough to fully recharge her ultimate. This becomes especially powerful in content like Umbral Monument or overworld content where you do not start with your ultimate.

Hot Work Carry Teams

Laevatain, Ardelia, Akekuri, Antal

This team excels in its single target damage, with Antal being the premier option to maximize the single target DPS. This is especially useful for places like RE-Crisis.

Laevatain, Akekuri, Wulfgard, Gilberta

This is an alternative team you can run that's more focused on the AOE grouping of Gilberta when paired with Wulfgard's extra AOE damage, which can make it feel nicer to play for content with multiple targets.

You can find our full guide on Laevatain here.

Rossi Full Arts Team

Rossi, Tangtang, Perlica, Gilberta

Instead of playing around her Hybrid damage potential, Rossi found better performance in Full Arts teams. Vulnerable is completely ignored and only used to increase the Arts Susceptibility from Gilberta and trigger Rossi's Combo.

You can find our full guide on Rossi here.

Endministrator and Chen Qianyu make up the heart of Physical teams, offering incredible damage when played correctly that rivals the strongest teams in the game at a cost available to any free to play player.

Standard Physical:
Endministrator, Chen Qianyu, Pogranichnik, Lifeng

This Physical team is the gold standard, offering the maximum damage possible.
Chen Qianyu and Endministrator make up the heart of the team, with Pogranichnik being the premier support and Lifeng offering the team an even higher ceiling, especially with his first potential.

However Physical teams are incredibly flexible, below are some alternative options you can run:

• Panda Physical:
  Da Pan, Chen Qianyu, Pogranichnik, Lifeng
  
• Ember Stagger:
  Ember, Endministrator, Chen Qianyu, Pogranichnik
  
• Free To Play Physical:
  Endministrator, Chen Qianyu, Akekuri, Estella

You can find our full guides on Endmin and Chen here and here.

1.3 Update (Mi Fu)

Mi Fu is a mix of Endministrator and Lifeng. A vulnerable consumer (Crush) that also provides some utility for your team. This doesn't mean that Mi Fu is strictly better than Endmin, as Originium Crystals are still exclusive to the Endmin, and it's a massive damage boost for Chen in Physical teams.

All of the above recommendations are also valid for Mi Fu. Just replace Endmin/Da Pan with Mi Fu and you're good to go!

You can find our full guide on Mi Fu here.

Despite being a hybrid agent, Rossi struggles to synergize with the currently available Physical units. This doesn't mean Rossi is weak, she's still a strong operator, but not in hybrid teams. This might change with the release of the version 1.3, as both Mi Fu and Camille have great synergy with Rossi.

Standard Hybrid Team:

Rossi, Wulfgard/Akekuri, Endministrator, Chen Qianyu

The standard team used in 1.1. But sadly a lot of flaws here put it behind physical or heat teams.

1. None of these units provides Arts damage increase. Gilberta could be used, but managing both Gilberta and Rossi combo requirements is clunky and SP expensive.
2. None of these units provides Physical damage increase. You can't even slot Pogranichnik as Rossi still needs Arts Inflictions on the team.

You can find our full guide on Rossi here.

1.3 Hybrid Team:

Rossi, Camille, Mi Fu, Chen Qianyu / Pogranichnik / Gilberta

Camille and Mi Fu solves the issues of the above team. Mi Fu applies Physical Susceptibility, so both her own damage and Chen/Rossi damage is increased as well. Camille deals more damage than Akekuri, while applying Heat specialized debuffs to enemies.

You can find our full guides on Camille and Mi Fu here and here.

Cryo teams have seen a rise in power with the release of Tangtang, boasting some of the highest single target damage available in the game with 3 distinct carries to chose from.

Yvonne

Yvonne, Xaihi, Tangtang, Gilberta

Yvonne is the premier Crit based carry, offering some of the highest single target DPS available in the game. Because of her core mechanic of needing to stack Cryo Inflictions, her team structure is very set in place, with her current best team needing two limited 6-star supports to unlock her full potential.

you can find our full Yvonne guide here.

Last Rite

Last Rite, Xaihi, Tangtang, Perlica

Last Rite is the other Cryo nuke, offering the highest ceiling for burst damage at the cost of having much stricter rotations that can make her difficult to play.

Perlica is preferred over Gilberta as she cannot trigger her combo skill in this team which leads to issues staggering, which is a massive problem as you want to time Last Rite damage nukes with the increase damage taken from the enemies stagger for optimal damage.

You can find our full Last Right guide here.

Tangtang Main DPS

Tangtang, Xaihi, Perlica, Gilberta / Fluorite

While Tangtang falls behind the other Cryo carries in terms of raw damage, usually by about 20%, she makes up for it with fast easy to access AOE damage that makes her the premier pick for both ease of play and any overworld content.

You can find our full guide on Tangtang here.

Thanks to Zhuang Fangyi, Electric teams are now competitive with Heat and Cryo teams. Before her, Avywenna was the only option for Electric teams, and her damage output is below 6-Star Operators available for other elements.

Zhuang Fangyi Team:

Zhuang Fangyi, Perlica, Arclight, Gilberta / Alesh / Antal

Currently the best team in the game by a huge margin, this team focus on maximizing the SP generation and buffs for Zhuang Fangyi. Perlica is the engine of the team and Arclight has massive value for the SP generation.

The last slot is very flexible. Gilberta is SP neutral and provides a short but massive Arts Susceptibility effect. Antal provides massive Electric buffs but is SP negative. Alesh is SP positive and fits perfectly in the rotation, but without his Potential 3, you're better using Antal or Akekuri.

You can find our full guide on Zhuang Fangyi here.

Avywenna Team:

Avywenna, Akekuri, Perlica, Gilberta/ Antal

Avywenna teams revolves around stacking spears with Akekuri for support, Perlica as Sub DPS/Buffer, and a flex slot that can be used by either Gilberta as the premier option or Antal as the budget version.

Arclight can become a very powerful option for this team, but only after reaching her final 5th potential. Before unlocking it, Arclight falls behind other options.

You can find our full guide on Avywenna here.