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An Arknights Operator Tier List
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(Formerly the Gamepress Tier List)
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Hello and welcome to the new home of the tier list, formerly hosted on Gamepress.
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If you're unaware, the Arknights Gamepress site is now completely dead and will not be coming back. The team kept at work though, and we overhauled the entire thing! Given the original site will not be coming back, we have opted to publish and maintain our work on this Google Sheet. We hope you find it helpful.
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Follow us for updates:
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X/Twitter - https://x.com/AKTierList
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Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/aktierlist.bsky.social
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GENERAL ASSUMPTIONS
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* The list assumes full investment. It considers the unit at E2 max level, Potential, Masteries, and Module. This list should NOT be used as a new player list.
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* The list does NOT account for costs. 4★s do not gain extra weight simply because they are cheaper.
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* One of the issues with creating tier lists in Arknights is that the rankings are almost never absolute. They are relative to whatever the perspective of the list creator is. A high-risk CC player will view things differently from a niche player who will view things differently from an IS player. That said, the perspective we are aiming for here is the highest ceiling for a general player with some interest in all gamemodes.
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* Ceiling is given more weight than ease of use, however both are considered.
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* Mode specific values or roles are considered, however the grades here must account for the entire game. Being good in a single game mode is not enough to be well graded alone.
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* That said, the new ISW-α Modules (IS specific) require special attention since they are so powerful and IS is such a major gamemode. Units with a large difference in value will be noted twice in the list. (1)
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* Value in challenge clears or "niches" may be considered, but general value is given much more weight. This tier list is intended for the general player and not advanced niche players.
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* This list reflects the global server.
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* Please remember that Arknights is a PvE game! Meta is only needed to a point. You shouldn’t obsess over the rankings in this list. Play your waifu even if she isn’t graded as high as you’d like! One of the great strengths of Arknights is the sheer variety of viable playstyles!
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Footnote 1) Please note that Kal'tsit is well graded regardless so does not have a separate ranking.
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CHANGES FROM THE OLD LIST:
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* Robots, 2★s and 3★s have been removed from the list. Simply, there is no value in including them in a list like this, and the gulf in power can't be reflected in a meaningful way. Instead, it just clutters the grading system, removing granularity from the units that actually matter. Because they cannot be promoted to E2 and have only basic skills, their value is vastly inferior to anything 4★s or higher.
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* The standard space of rankings for 6★s has been expanded. Previously, most 6★s existed between S+ and A+. Now, most 6★s fall between S+ and B+. This means many units have lower grades than they did in the old list. This "demotion" is not necessarily because a unit is now bad. Game difficulty has not meaningfully changed so they are probably still just as good! However, this allows for more granular rankings. This makes the list both more meaningful, and better reflective of the meta.
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* The above means that B+ acts as a sort of "cut off". For a 6★ to be ranked lower, they have to be especially terrible. For a 4★ or 5★ to be ranked higher, they have to be especially great.
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* Similarly, C- is the "floor" for most units. Like in school, anything ranked below this should be considered failing and is reserved for only the worst units.
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* As a result of the expanded 6★ space and raised floor, the middle to bottom ranks of the list have been compressed. The philosophy here is the difference between middle and low-tier 5★s matters much less than the difference in high-tier 6★s. The difference between Degenbrecher and Irene is far more important than the difference of Bibeak to Cutter.
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Credits and Other Content from the Contributors
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For feedback, please use our X/Bluesky socials, or DM any of us directly on Discord. Some of us are still in the old Gamepress Discord, but it is no longer the social media home of the tier list.
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For typos or formatting errors, feel free to DM TacticalBreakfast directly on Discord or /u/TacticalBreakfast on Reddit
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TacticalBreakfast: Mastery Guides: https://lungmendragons.com/guides
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Mal: Module Guides: https://www.reddit.com/user/Mal_io_gp/submitted/
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Idyll: https://youtube.com/@idyll17
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PlatypusGod
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Delta (delta.0)
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Alyeska
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Holly
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Mei of May: https://www.youtube.com/@SimplestMethodsResearchersGuil
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