Best Laevatain build in Arknights Endfield – Weapons, gear, and team compositions

A familiar face for longtime fans and an operator known for her unmatched Heat DMG output, Laevatain is a top priority for a large portion of the Arknights Endfield playerbase.

But pulling for her is half the battle, as she is far from being easy or cheap to build. Here’s the best Laevatain build in Arknights Endfield, as well as which operators work the best with her.

About Laevatain

A Striker type, Laevatain has in her enhanced Battle Skill and Ultimate her most devastating weapons, with the latter seeing her summon Sviga Lævi to momentarily gain access to an enhanced moveset, increased Heat DMG, and the ability to apply Heat Infliction via her basic attacks.

As you can guess, the infliction is also a cornerstone here. She can absorb it from nearby enemies and convert it into Melting Flame stacks, also acquirable via her regular Battle and Combo Skills. Once at four stacks, Laevatain becomes able to ignore 20% of the Heat Resistance of targets for 20 seconds, thus giving you more than enough time to let it rip with her Ultimate or go for a guaranteed AOE Combustion fest. She’s also extremely self-sufficient at a high level, with her Re-Ignition talent providing both +90% Protection and healing once her health falls below 40% (120-second interval).

The best weapons for Laevatain in Arknights Endfield

Laevatain’s best weapon is by far her signature 6-star, Forgeborn Scathe, which boosts her Primary stat (Intellect), increases her Heat DMG, and allows her Basic Attacks to deal 120% more damage while in her Ultimate state. Her second-best pick is then the Protocol Pass exclusive, Umbral Torch, followed by White Night Nova, whose Combustion/Corrosion passive matches her kit perfectly. The latter is also our F2P choice and can be claimed as your Curated Weapon Supply Pick. You can check out an overview of all weapons below, based on their native values at level 90:

Weapon	Reason	How To Acquire
Forgeborn Scathe (6-star)	Tailor-made for Laevatain, offers a massive boost to Intellect (156) and Heat DMG (+25.6%). Allows her Basic Attacks to deal +120% DMG following her Ultimate.	Pull on its Limited Arsenal Exchange Banner (Smelting Forge).
Umbral Torch (6-star)	Offers the same Intellect boost as Forgeborn Scathe, while also providing +43% Heat DMG.	Select it as your 6-star Weapon Pattern pick. You can do so by reaching Level 40 in the game’s Protocol Pass (Originum Supply).
White Night Nova (6-star)	Provides a generous boost to Intellect (132), Arts Intensity (78), and Arts DMG Dealt (19.2%). Allows Laevatain to get another 19.2% increase in Arts DMG Dealt and a +40 Arts Intensity boost after triggering Combustion.	Via the Arsenal Exchange or by selecting it as your free Curated Weapon Supply pick. Can also be purchased for 20 Endpoint Quota at the Exchange Shop

Best Laevatain gear in Arknights Endfield

Thanks to her enhanced Battle Skill’s Combustion effect, we consider Hot Work to be the best gear set for Laevatain in Arknights Endfield. When equipped, its three-piece effect will boost her Arts Intensity by 30 and allow her to get a 50% Heat DMG increase after triggering either Combustion or Corrosion. Regarding the individual pieces, pair the Hot Work Gauntlets and a couple of Pyrometers with the Tide Fall Light Armor. Why? Apart from boosting her primary and secondary stats, the chest piece comes with an 12.3% Ultimate Gain Efficiency bonus, which I consider to be a must. Here’s an overview of the stats provided by our recommended loadout:

• Tide Fall Light Armor: +56 Defense, +87 Intellect, +58 Strength, and +12.8% Ultimate Gain Efficiency.
• Hot Work Gauntlets: +42 Defense, +65 Intellect, +43 Strength, and +19.2% Heat/Nature DMG
• Hot Work Pyrometer x2: +21 Defense, +41 Intellect, and +41.4% Battle Skill DMG Bonus each

Best Laevatain teams

As Laevatain’s damage relies heavily on Heat Infliction, her best team features Wulfgard as its Caster/secondary damage dealer. Ardelia is then its healer, given her ability to apply both Nature Infliction and Arts Susceptibility at quick intervals. To close out, we have Antal as both the team’s Heat buffer and another source of Heat Susceptibility. You can check out a more in-depth overview of why we chose each operator and how they synergize below:

• Wulfgard: The best sub-DPS for Laevatain and her best partner overall. Allows her to quickly farm four Melting Flame stacks following his easy-to-trigger and signature Battle + Combo Skill one-two.
• Ardelia: Our main support. Offers Arts Susceptibility, all while being able to apply massive amounts of Nature Infliction and healing the whole party multiple times per rotation.
• Antal: An all-rounder support, capable of enabling Corrosion/Combustion, buffing the team’s Heat DMG, and applying Heat Susceptibility.

Thankfully, given the way all players can claim a free Ardelia as a login bonus reward, Wulfgard as part of the main story, and multiple copies of Antal via regular pulls, the team above is also Laevatain’s best F2P squad. If you want, using Akekuri or Gilberta in Antal’s place can also work, so don’t forget to try it out.

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The finale in the Woolhaven DLC of Cult in the Lamb requires you to make a hard decision about whether you want to embrace the Rot or purge it for once and all.

The ultimate decision has to be made by you, which will also decide the final outcome. This guide will provide you with information about both outcomes so that you can be well-informed when the time comes.

What happens if you embrace the Rot in Cult of the Lamb

To reach the point where you have to decide, you’ll need to clear most of the Woolhaven content. Once you return Sariel’s spirit to Woolhaven, you’ll have completed filling all the graves around Yngya. The first choice is to embrace the Rot.

If you choose to go for this outcome, you’ll gain Faith daily if there’s a Rotten Follower in your cult. Rotten followers are similar to normal ones, but they survive for longer periods. The number of Rotten followers you have doesn’t matter; having one is sufficient.

What happens if you purge the Rot in Cult of the Lamb

If you choose to go with this outcome, you’ll gain Faith whenever a Rotten follower gets killed.

There’s no wrong decision, and you can continue your playthrough irrespective of whether you embrace or purge the Rot. However, I personally went with embracing it for two simple reasons.

• Rotten followers don’t consume any resources, which is extremely useful. If they die, you get Rotburn, which is immensely helpful to keep your base warm during the winters.
• Rotten followers are a core part of the new Woolhaven DLC. Lore-wise, keeping them alive made sense to me. Garnering sufficient Faith at the endgame stage has never been an issue, either in the base version or in the expansion.

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