Arknights: Endfield tier list and best characters

Creating an Arknights: Endfield tier list isn’t quite as difficult as you’d think. Sure, we don’t really know who performs best in the endgame yet, and won’t until after launch, but similar to Zenless Zone Zero, the usefulness of characters is primarily dependent on which type of team they perform best in. A character can be good because they’re versatile and free-to-play friendly, or because they’re currently the meta DPS or support for a specific art.

Since Arknights: Endfield features elemental arts and combo skills which activate upon fulfilling specific conditions, such as reactions, team comp is the be-all and end-all. Currently, the top-tier teams are cryo and heat (though the latter has far fewer characters), though neither is free-to-play friendly, since they require six-star characters to shine. On the other hand, electric and cryo/physical hybrid teams are very free-to-play friendly, since most of the characters you need are four or five-stars.