Arknights Tier List

This ranks Arknights Operators by all-round endgame value across the modes that actually test a roster — high-risk Contingency Contract and Integrated Strategies — assuming full investment (E2, level cap, Module, mastered skills) and a competent squad built around them. It is a curated cut of the meta-relevant and iconic Operators across all eight classes, roughly 70 units, not the full 300-plus roster, and it deliberately rewards flexible, self-sufficient picks over one-map gimmicks. The axis is overall usefulness, not raw damage on a spreadsheet.

The S tier is where the game's balance breaks: Wiš'adel and Ch'en the Holungday erase bosses from across the map, Młynar and Degenbrecher solo lanes, Texas the Omertosa flips entire waves, and Shu, Yu and Kal'tsit warp whole clears around themselves. A tier is the deep, always-useful backbone — Mudrock, SilverAsh, Nightingale, Thorns and Ling — the Operators you bring to almost anything without a second thought. Down in B and C sit the former pillars that power creep has walked past: Exusiai and W are still superb burst snipers, just no longer must-builds in a world that has Wiš'adel, and free-recruit staples like Melantha and Popukar have long since been outclassed.

These are provisional editor placements, and Arknights players have opinions — so this board is yours to correct. If you clear CC Risk 18 leaning on a 'B' Operator, or you think an S pick is coasting on reputation and skin sales, vote it up or down. The best unit is the one that fits your team's damage type and your IS relic luck, so push these placements toward what genuinely carries your runs.