A Complete Overview of Arknights: Endfield Combat System

Arknights: Endfield stands out as an engaging spin-off from the well-known tower defense game Arknights, shifting the focus toward a lively real-time 3D role-playing game that weaves in strong strategic components.

Core Combat Mechanics: Real-Time Strategy Meets Action

Unlike its rival Genshin Impact and Wuthering Waves, Endfield has the entire roster on the field. You directly control one character, while the AI handles the others, though they perform less optimally without your input.

Battle Flow

Battles mix action and tactics, like in action games and strategy RPGs.
Positioning, timing, and resource use are important.
Enemies attack hard, so you must group them, dodge, and set up attacks to win.

Animation Lock and Dodging

Once you start an attack, your character cannot move until it ends.
Plan your position before fighting to avoid risks.
Dodging has a cooldown and short safe frames. Time it right to avoid damage from ranged or area attacks.
Bad dodges can stop your attacks and leave you open.

Team Composition and Operator Roles

Building a team is key to winning. You can use up to four operators in a fight. Operators have roles like damage dealers, defenders, supports, and healers. Each adds something special to the team.

Role Synergies

Defenders take hits to shield damage dealers.
Supports give buffs or weaken enemies.
Match operators whose skills work together for strong combos.

Healing and Progression

Healing is limited. Use items up to three times per battle.
Focus on avoiding damage more than healing it.
Upgrade operators with duplicates for better skills. Get gear and weapons from 4 to 6 stars.
Test different teams as you gain resources from outposts and tough fights.

Basic Attacks and SP Management

Each operator has a basic four-hit attack chain. The last hit is stronger and builds Skill Points (SP).

SP System

SP fills a bar in three parts as you hit enemies.
Each part lets you use one skill. Use them early, especially on big enemies.
SP builds slowly in fights, so you may need to use basic attacks a lot.

Tips for Flow

SP recovers fast between fights to keep things smooth.
Dash attacks can restart combos for better movement.
Balance attacks and saves to avoid slow moments.

Skills, Ultimates, and Combo Skills

Skills include battle skills from SP, ultimates, and combo skills.

Battle Skills and Ultimates

Battle skills stop enemy power attacks shown by a red circle.
They waste the enemy's charge and make them take more damage.
Ultimates build slower but last across fights. They hit many targets with big effects. Press a key long to use them.

Combo Skills

These trigger automatically like quick events based on conditions, such as hits or elements.
They have their own cooldowns and boost damage through team links.
They make fights exciting with team effects.
Final attacks are slow but hit hard, good for characters like the Endministrator.