Hey there! I’m Lu Lu Lu, a virtual YouTuber. I’m sure that if you’re watching this video right now, you’ve probably already started your journey through *Arknights: The End of the World*! Or maybe you want to get a head start on figuring out which Operatives in the permanent pool are the most recommended, and what kinds of teams you can build with each one?Later, Lolo will summarize her hands-on testing of multiple teams from the third beta test and compile “Recommended Teams and Builds for Each Element”—featuring at least one team suitable for beginners across all elements currently available in *The End*! Whether you want to know how to build a team without 6-star Operators,Pioneering Team, or would you like to search forPhysical Team, Cold Team, Scorching Team, Electromagnetic TeamToPhysical Ice-Breaking Mixed TeamWith recommended team compositions and basic combo strategies, Lolo will guide you through executing the most explosive and satisfying combo moves. She’ll also share related in-game tactics and wheel-based strategies. In the early stages, you can start by assembling a team based on the templates Lolo shares to get a feel for the core mechanics and stabilize your resource management. Then, you can gradually swap out or adjust the team based on your own character roster. Even if you’re a brand-new Administrator just starting out, by following Lolo’s lead, you’ll quickly be able to pull off a smooth and easy-to-master burst combo with your main team!Well then, let’s get started right away!
[Arknights: Endland] Who’s the Best 6-Star Pick for New Players in the Starter Gacha? 💥▸ Copy These All-Attribute Team Templates Directly 👉 Physical / Scorch / Cold / Shard / Electromagnetic! Copy these wheelchair-level combat tactics directly—focus on the highlights! ▹Lu Luo Luo◃
00:00 Chapters
01:01 Recommended Characters for the Newbie Pool
01:09 Junwei
01:34 Li Feng
02:04 Etiquette
02:41 Embers
03:11 Aldera
03:39 Pioneering Team – Admin (Main Carry)
05:21 Physics Team – Junwei, Main Carry
06:37 Physics Team – Li Feng (Main Carry)
07:08 Physics Team – General Physics
07:44 Physics Team – Physics Ice-Breaking Team
08:44 The Scorching Squad – Lewandowski, Main C
10:28 Cold Team – Bie Li (Main C)
11:57 Cold Team – Yvonne (Main C)
12:38 Electromagnetic Team – Pelika, Starting Center
13:29 END
Recommended Characters for the Newbie Pool
First, let’s take a quick, preliminary look at all the permanent 6-star Operators in the Newcomer Pool to give players new to Tower Defense II a general idea of the roles of these five Operators.
Junwei
Junwei is a new recruit who joined during the third beta test, and he specializes in restoring MP.PioneerAgents—including Junwei’s own four skills—can all restore Skill Power, allowing physical teams to break through enemy defenses at a fast pace. This also serves as the core mechanism for accelerating the overall burst cycle. Plus, Lolo believes physical teams are simple, high-damage compositions that are well-suited for new players. so from a beginner’s perspective, if you pull Junwei from the permanent gacha, Lolo would rate him T0, since physical teams already have members who, by default, possessAdministratorandChen QianyuIt’s ready—it’s quite easy to shape.
Li Feng
Li Feng is also part of the physical team.RaidAlthough this agent is positioned as a damage dealer, their stats may not be the highest, and their own skills includeAdditional Physical Vulnerability, andStacked Armor Penetrationand other support effects, so Lolo tends to classify Li Feng asSub-C…However, she can still be used as the main DPS early on, and later on, she can be paired with Junwei to form a complete physical damage team. Combined with Li Feng’s ultimate ability, when physical team members consume combo bonuses, they can significantly increase the damage of their skills and ultimates—it’s incredibly satisfying. Since damage output is typically in short supply during the early stages of progression, new players who pull Li Feng Luoluo from the beginner gacha will likely rate her as T0–T1.
Etiquette
Bie Li is on the Ice Team.RaidThis agent has excellent burst damage potential, but relies on teammates to maximize that burst damage.Stacked Cold Attachment, and finally through their own combo movesConsume all attachments, to pair with finishing movesCold and VulnerableIt delivers massive bursts of damage in this state, and the five-star character is included as a pre-registration reward when the server launches.Snow in the DaytimeHe’s a great teammate—now I just need to draw one more.Sai XiThis makes it easy to put together an Ice team, so it’s a quick-to-assemble team for beginners. It can also be considered a T0–T1-tier character for early-game farming. However, Ice teams aren’t as “brainless” as Physical teams—they require a bit of skill and some warm-up time, and you’ll even need to get used to the feel of controlling the Greatsword. For specific playstyles, you can refer to the strategies provided by Luo Luo later on to get the hang of it faster.
Embers
Embers is a versatile survival role, serving asReinstallAs long as your team is missing a Survivor role, Embers can generally fill that spot. Plus, her Co-op Skill is very easy to trigger—Embers’ auto-counterattack activates whenever the main operator takes damage. This makes her ideal for players who aren’t very skilled, offering an extremely stable and forgiving combat experience. She also possessesTreatmentandShieldWhile her support effects are useful and her ultimate’s damage provides decent burst in the early game, she starts to fall short when rushing through levels in the late game. Combined with Embers’ defensive capabilities, she isn’t strictly necessary for early-game progression. Lolo would recommend adopting “attack is the best defense” as your primary strategy for early-game progression. Therefore, while Embers is a versatile character, she’s also one that can easily be replaced.
Aldera
Finally, Aldera is a T0 all-around healing support whose combat skill can simultaneously apply both physical and magical debuffs to enemies.Double VulnerabilityEven without any treatments, this additional “Vulnerable” effect alone makes her a damage-boosting unit that any team can include. However, since you get a free Little Lamb just for logging in, it might seem like a slight loss for Administrators who need to expand their character pool early on if they end up pulling a duplicate Little Lamb. However, Little Lamb’s Potential 1 effect is actually quite good—it further increases the bonus multiplier for dual Vulnerability. Plus, pulling her early means you can start benefiting from her mechanics sooner. So whether this is a pro or a con really comes down to personal preference; personally, I find it acceptable.
Pioneering Team
Administrator Main C
Next up is the section on team composition and combat tactics. First of all, if you’re just starting out, here’s what you’ll have available right after logging in:The Big Three Administrators+Given as a check-in rewardAldera…Basically, it’s a pretty good team for new players to start out with.Plus, if you spend 30 yuan on a gift pack, you’ll immediately receive the administrator’s 6-star exclusive weapon, “Grand Vision“, which is also quite powerful. Whether the administrator chooses to run a physical team or a physical Ice Shard team, this weapon works perfectly with either setup,Plus, the Administrator in *The Endlands* is actually pretty powerful. During the third beta test, Lolo used the Administrator all the way through the late game to tackle high-difficulty dungeons, and it was still going strong—it’s not just a pretty face.Here’s a brief explanation of the output axis: At the start of the match, have the Administrator perform a normal attack combo until they land the finalHard Hit，When your Middle Skill gauge is almost full, you can use a Battle Skill once to build up a charge on the enemy.Touched，
You can also use Aldera’s combat skill to make the enemyIncrease Physical Damage Taken。
Once the heavy attack is triggered, it will trigger again.PelikaandAlderathe effects of the combo move,
When any operator on the squad uses a Synergy Move, it will trigger again.AdministratorFor the Synergy Skill: Since the Synergy Skills of the first two Operators were activated earlier, the Administrator can activate the Synergy Skill twice. This triggers a cooldown, stacks additional defense-break layers, and applies a Source Crystal effect, sealing the enemy.
Then, once the enemy has accumulated the maximum number of defense-breaking layers—that is, the outer ring that looks like a shield displayed next to the enemy’s health bar—
it will be triggered againChen QianyuThis combo move knocks enemies back while continuing to build up defense break,
The rest of the battle involves repeating this attack cycle. If you spot an enemy’s red circle during the fight, you can use Perika’s combat skill to interrupt it—since the attack is relatively short and easy to interrupt, beginners should remember to save 1 point of skill power specifically for interrupts, rather than using up all their skill power as soon as it’s available.To stack defense penetration layers, make frequent use of the Battle Skills of the Administrator and Chen Qianyü. If you have extra Skill Power, you can also use Eldera’s Battle Skill to increase the physical and magical damage dealt to enemies. If you need to restore the entire team’s HP, activate Eldera’s Ultimate Skill, then have the main control Operator consume the Marshmallow. As for the other operatives’ Ultimate Skills, generally use them whenever you want to unleash a burst of damage.Try to use the Administrator’s ultimate move as much as possible inFollow-up after landing a combo move, as long as the character is not in a “Defense Broken” state, landing a Battle Skill will apply the “Source Stone Crystal” status effect and allow the Finishing Move toDeal one additional instance of physical damage。
Physics Team
Junwei, Point Guard
Next up is the draw forJunweiPhysical Damage Team: Here, Lolo will first demonstrate a higher-tier physical damage team, composed ofLi Feng + Jun Wei + Administrator + Chen Qianyu, either Shao Lifeng or Jun Wei,You can also replace it withLittle LamborPelika, or perhapsDa Pan…and there are other levels of physical teams to consider further down the list.
The advantage of the Physics team is that once the axes are set up, you can target any area you want, and this setup works all the way through the late game. The main strategy for this team in actual combat is simply to have the Administrator continuously use basic attacks without stopping.At the start of the game, you can letLi FengUse a combat skill to stackLevel 1 Defense BreachandVulnerable to Physical Attacks。
This will be triggered after you break the enemy’s defense in subsequent attacks.Chen QianyuThe combo move triggered a second defense break, dealingShattered Armor。
When a combo move is executed, it also triggersAdministratorCombo moves: If you have an administrator’s finishing move available, you can use it right after, combining it with Source Crystal consumption to deal even more damage.
After that, until the administrator lands the final heavy blow, a series of events will be triggeredLi Fengthe combo move,
At this point, Li Feng can also go all out, using combo attacks to deal more damage and stack more defense-break layers.
Afterward, whenever an enemy is struck by a powerful attack or loses a defense layer due to Armor Shatter, this effect will automatically trigger again.JunweiThis combo skill is easy to trigger in a physical damage team, and the more defense layers that are broken, the more damage Junwei deals and the more Skill Power he regains.
You can continue from thereJunweiFinishing Move + Combat Skill,
In actual combat, the key is to keep Li Feng’s combat skills synchronized with the cooldown of Chen Qianyü’s combo skills. You can check the status below the character’s portrait to seeWhite Strip，
If you don’t have a finishing move, try to keep Li Feng’s combat skill active as much as possible.Vulnerable to Physical AttacksStatus, as well as Junwei’s combat techniques’Shattered Armor Buff…After that, you can basically just highlight whatever stands out.
Li Feng, Main C
Next up is the more affordable physical team, which consists ofLi Feng + Administrator + Chen Qianyü + Da Pan。Practical techniques are alsoLi FengCombat Skill Stack on ActivationTouchedandVulnerable to Physical Attacks. and triggerChen QianyuChain the skills, then trigger itAdministratorCombined Techniques,From then on, whenever you see the effect stacked on an enemy,Breaking Through 4 Layers of DefenseWhen that happens, it will triggerDa PanCaused by the combo movePower Strikephysical abnormalities.
And Da Pan’s finishing move can be used when you need toReduce Combo Skill Cooldown, andStacked Armor PenetrationUse it at the right time, and you can easily pull off a burst that deals 4 defense-breaking hits over 2 rounds,After that, just repeat the cycle, still trying to time Li Feng’s combat skills to align with Chen Qianyu’s combo cooldowns as much as possible; for the rest, just go wherever the opportunities arise.
Physics for Everyone
But Lolo, that team just had a 6-star operator—it’s not a “budget” team at all! Didn’t you say physical teams are budget-friendly? No problem—here’s another budget physical team with no 6-star operators. The lineup is:Admin + Chen Qianyu + Da Pan + Kacher。This team’s playstyle also shines in various areas. The main thing to note is that Kacher’s combat skill is similar to “Daytime Snow”—it can be used just before an enemy is about to attack you. As long as you trigger a block, you can stack defense break and regain skill power. so it requires a bit of reflexes and skill. The finisher isn’t particularly important and can be ignored; in the early game when resources are scarce, you can temporarily use her as a tool for stacking defense break stacks. Her co-op skill is similar to “Embers”—it triggers automatically whenever the main operator takes damage, making her a defensive operator that increases your margin for error.
Physical Ice-Breaking Team
There’s actually another unique way to build a physical team: combining it with the Cold attribute to form a “Physical Ice-Shattering Team.” Whenever you trigger a defense break or a physical status effect on a frozen enemy, it will dealCrushed Ice…and deal massive physical damage.Here, Lolo also presents a more budget-friendly physical ice-breaking team, composed of:Li Feng/Administrator + Chen Qianyü + Alesh + Etra. Practical experience can beEtraStart with a combat skill to applyThe Cold Settles In。
Follow up with Alesh’s Combat Skill to force a triggerFreeze。
At this point, Etra’s combo move will be triggered again and will applyPhysically Vulnerable，
AdministratorThe combo move was executed next; at that moment, the enemy’s defense was broken, triggering another effect.Chen QianyuCombined Techniques,Trigger Again and Again and AgainAleshCombined Techniques—Now, start freeing your mind,Later on, there will be big openings—just go where the action is. Once your combo skills are pretty much mastered, start the cycle all over again. Isn’t that simple?
The advantage of a physical ice-breaking team is that, with proper execution, it can keep enemies frozen for extended periods, allowing you to continuously deal massive bursts of physical damage. The team demonstrated here doesn’t actually require many star-rated units; even without any 6-star units, it’s an excellent burst-damage team for early-game progression.What’s more, this team could be split into two teams in the future—for example, Li Feng and Chen Qianyü could form a more powerful physical damage team, while Alesh and Etra could join the ice team, and so on.
The Scorching Team
Lewandowski, Center Forward
Next up is the first-ever limited-time Fire-type main DPS available at launch.LevantineThe Fire Team is now formed! Since there aren’t many Operators to choose from for the Fire Team right now, Lolo is going to give you the best option right away, which isLewantin + Wolfguard + Autumn Chestnut + Aldera, with the Wolf Guard and Qiuli being the irreplaceable operatives,This is because Levantine needs a team member to apply a debuff to the enemy.Burning Adhesion, causing your heavy attacks to be absorbed and granting up to 4 stacksMolten Firepassive requirements.“Molten Fire” refers to the butterfly-like icon that appears to the left of Levantine’s health bar during combat. Each time a section lights up, it adds one stack; at four stacks, you can ignore the enemy’s scorch resistance for 20 seconds.
As for Aldera’s location, it could be replaced with something likePelika…with simple, easy-to-trigger combo moves to boost damage, as well as fast-activating combat skills that can instantly interrupt enemy red-circle attacks,
Other positions similar to Pelika’s could includeAntar, Combat Skills can be appliedBurning and Fragile, which lasts for quite a long time60 seconds。
Combo moves are also quite simple to trigger; basically, you just need to apply the Burn status at the start of the battle.
Finishing moves are also okayIncrease the duration of the Burning buff by 20 seconds…You can use this right before Lewandowski activates his ultimate to enter his enhanced state.
Or, if you’re short on survival slots or don’t have a “Little Lamb” yet, you could also consider the “jack-of-all-trades” survival slot—aka the one where you can put just about anyone.Embers, or if you’re lucky enough to draw one from the first poolJelpettaIf so, you can add it as well.
A practical approach could be to first useAutumn ChestnutsThis combat skill applies a debuff to the enemyBurning Adhesion，
Trigger laterWolf GuardA combo move that deals burning damage and triggers againBurning Adhesion，
Paired with the lead agentLevantineWith each heavy strike, it absorbs 2 layers of Molten Fire at a time,and triggered Aldera’sCombined Techniques…causing a brief corrosion effect that gradually reduces all of the enemy’s resistances.
You can then trigger Lewanting’s combo move repeatedly, and once you’ve stacked 4 layers of Molten Fire,
Using combat skills can also trigger burning effects and deal additional damage, while speeding up the recovery of Ultimate Skill energy,
Later, Levantine activates his ultimate ability to enter an enhanced state; if the enemy is off-balance, Levantine can perform a finishing move to restore a large amount of skill power,
If you need to interrupt the enemy’s red circle warning in the middle of the battle, you can also use the ability with a faster activation time.Wolf Guard Combat TechniquesInterrupt it, and this creates a very comfortable burst cycle,Wait until the Wolf Guard’s combo ability has finished cooling down, then restart the cycle from the beginning of Qiu Li’s combat skills.
The Cold Team
Don’t Greet the Host C
There are two approaches for the Ice Team. First, Lolo presents a composition with Bieli as the main DPS, which could beBie Li + Sai Xi + Zhu Xue + Eldera/Perika。In the team, Sai Xi and Zhu Xue are primarily Operatives who provide Bie Li with ways to stack the Cold Affliction effect, and since Zhu Xue takes the lead directly, making this team relatively easy to put together. Although there are other options for the Ice team, their ability to stack the Cold status effect isn’t as smooth, or their synergy skills have too long a cooldown, so Luo Luo feels they aren’t very suitable for beginners,AndAlderaThen you can usePelikaIt’s an either/or situation—Perika is a second-best alternative when there are no lambs around, and you’re lucky if you draw her.JelpertaIt can also be replaced.
A practical strategy could be to start by openingEtiquetteA combat skill that allows Bieli’s next heavy attack to inflict the Cold affix,
and open them one after anotherSai XiCombat Skills also apply the Cold affix,
Continue using Bieli’s normal attacks. When using Bieli’s normal attacks, keep in mind that the final heavy strike has a significant recovery time, so it’s best to cancel the recovery by dodging whenever possible,In the meantime, you just wait for the enemy’s status effect to trigger, and the party’s other members will automatically follow up with their combo moves.
Also, since the Bieli is a greatsword, it feels a bit heavier to wield, and its attacks are more susceptible to being interrupted by enemies, soSnow in the DaytimeThis combat skill can play a crucial role at this moment. The key is to use it just before an enemy is about to attack Bieli, especially when facing hyperactive monsters, byBlocking AttackandRestore Mana…and at the same time, it can alsoStacked Cold Attachment, which offers many benefits.
That’s also why, as Lolo mentioned earlier, although Bieli has good burst damage, it requires a bit more skill to play compared to other teams.But aside from the reaction time required for this block move, the next thing to keep in mind is that it’s best to save Li’s finishing move forAfter the combo moveThen, once the enemy has accumulated 3 stacks of the Cold debuff,
Combined with Beli’s passive ability, this allows you to apply15 Seconds of Cold Vulnerability，
You can then combine your follow-up finishing move with another passive ability to treat the Vulnerability debuff as a 1.2–1.5x multiplier, dealing even more burst damage.
Yvonne, Captain C
Next up is the Ice Team with Yvonne as the main DPS. While not many players may have rolled for Yvonne right at launch, Lolo will start by providing a high-tier, fully optimized Yvonne Ice Team composition, which could beYvonne + Jerpetha + Beli + Aldera。This team’s gameplay strategy is also relatively simple; they can start byEtiquetteUse a battle skill to warm up, in order to facilitate the application of the Cold Affinity effect later,
Next isJie Geuses a combat skill to pull enemies together and applies the Nature Affinity debuff,
Once the mob gathering is complete, useYvonneThis combat skill, when it hits an enemy with the Cold or Nature affix,It will instantly freeze the target and deal cold damage.
At the same time, Yvonne will trigger her own combo move, keeping the enemy continuously pulled toward her,
You can turn it on before the Yifeng eruption.AlderaHer combat skill reduces the enemies’ resistance, and then everyone unleashes their ultimate moves at once, while Yvonne also switches to “Biu Biu Biu” mode, going on a crazy damage spree.Overall, it’s much simpler to handle than when using a different main controller, and since Yvonne is a ranged character, it’s easier to dodge and move around.
Electromagnetic Team
Pelika’s Starting Center
Finally, there’s the composition of the Electric-type team, which can bePerika + Aivina + Arc Light + Antal, Although this team doesn’t have any 6-star operatives, its combo attacks are actually quite satisfying, and its damage output is pretty good, too.A practical strategy could be to have the main controller use Aivina’s basic attack, then useAntarBattle Skill: Applies Electromagnetic Vulnerability for 60 seconds,
To be continuedPelikaCombat Skill, with Electromagnetic Adhesion,
…will then trigger one after anotherAntarCombined Techniques,
AivivenaCombined Techniques
、PelikaCombined Techniques
andArc LightWith combo moves, the final arc of light can restore skill power again,
Later on, once everyone’s ultimate abilities are ready, start by using Antal’s ultimate to grant the entire team a 12-secondElectromagnetic AmplificationBUFF，
Activate Aivina’s Finishing Move AgainElectromagnetic Vulnerability，
Next isPelikaits finishing move, as well asArc Light‘s finishing move.
If you need to interrupt an enemy’s attack in the middle of the sequence, you can use Perika’s combat skill—which also resets the cycle back to the beginning. Once the 60-second buff wears off, you can use Antal’s combat skill to extend it again. This team’s combo skills trigger at a really satisfying rate, and they’re on par with teams featuring limited-edition main operators. Just wanted to share this with everyone.
The above covers the recommended team compositions and build strategies for the various attributes in *Arknights: The End of the World*. Finally, Lolo would like to briefly add some advice on skill point allocation: prioritize saving skill resources for your main DPS. while for other Operators, you can simply level up their Synergy Skills and Finishing Moves as needed. Since Combat Skills are primarily used for support or applying status effects, if you have any questions about combat, feel free to leave a comment below. Lolo will also consider creating additional combat-related guides in the future based on feedback.Thank you for reading to the end. If you found today’s guide helpful in any way, please give it a “Like” to let me know! Lolo will continue to create more guides related to *The End* to help everyone better understand the game.I’m Lu Luo Luo, a virtual YouTuber. See you next time!
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