Arknights tier list - Operators ranked in August 2024

Casters are characters that specialise in Magic Damage. They are usually ranged, and they are the equivalent of Mages in other similar games. When it comes to the best Casters, you can look at operators with great amounts of damage that can obliterate opponents in a matter of seconds (ideally speaking). Casters completely ignore Armor, so in order to counter them, you should build Magic Resist. In this part of the Arknights tier list, we have ranked the casters by their strength and usefulness.

Contrary to what their name implies, Guard Operators are not the first line of defense. Instead, they are powerful melee damage dealers who specialise in Physical Attacks - their defense is slightly higher than Casters', but they're nowhere as tanky as Defenders.

Defenders are the typical tank characters that will be able to stand on the front line (or in this case, on the last line?) and soak up most of the damage coming their way. They are great for acting as the last line of defense when characters come rushing in, and if you pair them up with some top-tier healers, they'll be outstanding.

As the name suggests, Medics are Operators able to heal - in other words, Medics are the equivalent of Healers in pretty much any other game. They are ideally placed on a safe tile, away from the incoming Operators, since they mostly lack defensive or offensive skills. This part of the tier list for Arknights will sort the Medics, and the best ones will be sorted in the S tier.

Special Operators, oftentimes called Specialists, are the ones who can perform very specific tasks, such as setting traps, pushing, pulling, draining SP, and so on. They can be great in certain levels, but they shine most in PvP and as CC utilities. They don't have nearly as much damage as Operators dedicated to damage dealing, so you'll need a few damage dealers if you plan on deploying Special Operators.

Snipers are the equivalent of Archers or any other long-ranged Operator with the ability to deal massive amounts of burst damage in a relatively short time. They typically have high attack speed, and they can be either single-target focused or AoE.

Supporters are, just like the name suggests, characters that can aid their team. They can either provide buffs for their allies, or debuff enemy Operators, and that's extremely useful in PvP together with the Special ones. However, some Supporters can summon minions, which are ideal when you're trying to add more Operators to your team.

At the very end of the Arknights tier list, we have ranked the Vanguard characters, and as usual, the most powerful ones are in the S tier. Vanguards are similar to Defenders, in the sense that they are tanky characters with DP recovery which can act as your first line of defence since they have a relatively low cost and the DP recovery will generate it constantly.

We have to take into account several factors to rank all of the Arknight Operators correctly. First of all, we have to compare all of the characters in the game and try to make our own conclusions.

Of course, that's just one part of it. Another part is listening to the community, so we are constantly checking out feedback on the official Reddit for Arknights, and we are members of their Discord group as well. This is giving us constant insights into the current meta, and all of the upcoming updates, so we can act upon them accordingly.