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Learn about Laevatain's best endgame and early game builds in Arknights: Endfield. See her best weapons, gears, skill priority, and how to play Laevatain in this guide!

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Laevatain Character Overview

Laevatain's Overview
Laevatain Race: Sarkaz
Faction: Rhodes Island
EN VA: Kira Buckland
JP VA: Yui Horie
How to Get: Scars of the Forge Fest of Brilliance
Rarity Element Weapon
Star6-Star Arknights Endfield Heat Icon Heat Arknights Endfield Sword Icon Sword
Class Main Att. Sec. Att.
Arknights Endfield Striker Icon Striker Arknights Endfield Intellect Icon Intellect Arknights Endfield Strength Icon Strength

Rating: S+ Tier

Overall Tier S+

Laevatain boasts high damage and can hit multiple enemies with her wide AoE, allowing her to excel at virtually any content. While she requires Heat Inflictions to set up her skills, her best teams are comprised of units that are accessible and free, allowing players to play her at her full potential as soon as they acquire her from her Headhunting banner.

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Stats

HP ATK STR AGI INT WIL
Lv. 1 500 30 13 9 22 9
Lv. 90 5495 318 121 99 177 89

Laevatain Builds

As a hypercarry, Laevatain primarily wants to build for damage by increasing her Intellect, Strength, Attack, and DMG Bonus stats. She wants some Ultimate Gain for a better uptime on her Ultimate as well, especially since it is where most of her damage will come from.

Laevatain Best Team Comps

Endgame Hypercarry Build

Best Weapon Essence Priority
Forgeborn ScatheForgeborn Scathe
1. Twilight
2. Attack Boost
3. Intellect Boost
Best Gears
Redeemer ArmorRedeemer Armor Hot Work GauntletsHot Work Gauntlets
Hot Work PyrometerHot Work Pyrometer Hot Work PyrometerHot Work Pyrometer

The Hot Work set with Forgeborn Scathe weapon is Laevatain's build. Her enhanced Battle Skill can inflict Combustion to trigger Hot Work's set effect that can further boost her Heat Damage bonus to buff her entire kit, while Forgeborn Scathe can significantly improve her Basic Attack DMG during her Ultimate.

This build rounds Laevatain's entire kit, letting her deal damage with every facet of her ability instead of relying on one skill to carry.

Early Game Hypercarry Build

Best Weapon Essence Priority
FortmakerFortmaker
1. Inspiring
2. Intellect Boost
3. Ultimate Gain Boost
Best Gears
Mordvolt Insulation VestMordvolt Insulation Vest Mordvolt Insulation GlovesMordvolt Insulation Gloves
Mordvolt Insulation WrenchMordvolt Insulation Wrench Mordvolt Insulation WrenchMordvolt Insulation Wrench

For the early game, Laevatain can build the Mordvolt Insulation set for its increases to Intellect and Arts DMG Bonus for damage, while equipping the Fortmaker weapon to improve her Ultimate uptime while boosting her DPS.

Laevatain's Best Weapons

Rank Best Weapons Essence Priority
1st Forgeborn ScatheForgeborn Scathe
1. Twilight
2. Attack Boost
3. Intellect Boost
2nd Umbral TorchUmbral Torch
1. Infliction
2. Heat DMG Boost
3. Intellect Boost
3rd FortmakerFortmaker
1. Inspiring
2. Intellect Boost
3. Ultimate Gain Boost
4th Wave TideWave Tide
1. Pursuit
2. Attack Boost
3. Intellect Boost

Laevatain's best weapon is the Forgeborn Scathe for its Intellect and Attack bonuses. Its skill, Twilight: Blazing Wail, can round out Laevatain's kit by significantly improving her Basic Attack damage during Ultimate.

Umbral Torch can be a suitable, but significantly weaker substitute. Its Heat DMG bonuses are incredibly saturated in her build, easily reaching diminishing returns with its stats. However, this is the best alternative option to Forgeborn Scathe, as other weapons such as White Night Nova perform weaker than Umbral Torch.

Alternatively, Fortmaker in Stock Redistribution is available as a free-to-play alternative, and Wave Tide is available as an early game option.
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Laevatain's Best Gear

Endgame Hypercarry Gear Set

Best Armor Best Gloves
Redeemer ArmorRedeemer Armor Hot Work GauntletsHot Work Gauntlets
Best Kit I Best Kit II
Hot Work PyrometerHot Work Pyrometer Hot Work PyrometerHot Work Pyrometer
Gear Set
Hot Work:
Wearer's Arts Intensity +30
After the wearer applies Combustion, Heat DMG +50% for 10s. After the wearer applies Corrosion, Nature DMG +50% for 10s. The aforementioned effects cannot stack.

Laevatain's best gear and gear set is the Hot Work set, with Redeemer Armor as the off-piece. Laevatain's enhanced Battle Skill applies Combustion to trigger its set effect.

Redeemer Armor is used as an off-piece for its Ultimate Gain bonus, along with its Intellect and Strength attribute increases. This allows Laevatain to enter her Ultimate more often, where the majority of her damage is dealt.

Early Game Hypercarry Gear Set

Best Armor Best Gloves
Mordvolt Insulation VestMordvolt Insulation Vest Mordvolt Insulation GlovesMordvolt Insulation Gloves
Best Kit I Best Kit II
Mordvolt Insulation WrenchMordvolt Insulation Wrench Mordvolt Insulation WrenchMordvolt Insulation Wrench
Gear Set
Mordvolt Insulation:
Wearer's Intellect +50
When the wearer's HP is above 80%, Arts DMG +20%.

Laevatain's best early game gear is the Mordvolt Insulation set. The entire set provides attack, arts damage bonus, and Intellect, with the gear set further boosting her arts damage when Laevatain is above 80% HP.

How to Play Laevatain

As a Controlled Operator

As Laevatain, you'll want to get 4 Melting Flame stacks by absorbing Heat Infliction with Final Strike before casting Battle Skill to deal higher damage and charge her Ultimate.

You get the most damage by using her talents in this order:

Absorb Heat Infliction With Final Strike

Melting Flame Stacks

Performing a Final Strike on enemies with Heat Infliction absorbs it and grants Laevatain a Melting Flame stack.

Note that Laevatain can only apply Heat Infliction in her Ultimate. Heat Infliction will mostly come from Laevatain's allies, like Wulfgard, to generate these stacks, as well as her Combo Skill.

Cast Battle Skill at 4 Melting Flame Stacks

At 4 Melting Flame stacks, Laevatain's Battle Skill is enhanced, performing an additional hit and granting an extra 100 Ultimate Gain.

The additional hit is the highest single instance of damage in Laevatain's kit, and is the primary way to charge her Ultimate.

Deal Massive Damage with Ultimate

Laevatain's Ultimate forces her to be the controlled operator, significantly increasing the damage and range of her basic attacks. This is Laevatain's main source of DPS, and what allows her to excel as a hypercarry.

During Ultimate, Laevatain can apply Heat Infliction on the third basic attack hit, which she consumes soon after, as the next attack is a Final Strike, adding a stack of Melting Flame.

Laevatain can perform her enhanced Battle Skill in Ultimate as well, dealing significantly higher damage.

Laevatain's Skills and Talent Priority

Skills Priority

Priority Skill Explanation
1 Laevatain Battle Skill Icon.png
Battle Skill
Prioritize leveling this, as it is Laevatain's biggest source of damage with its high multipliers and wide AoE, especially during Ultimate.
2 Laevatain Ultimate Icon.png
Ultimate
Features the second highest contribution to Laevatain's damage. Level this next after her Battle Skill.
3 Laevatain Combo Skill Icon.png
Combo Skill
Mostly used for Melting Flame stacks and additional Ultimate charge. Can be leveled after her Ultimate.
4 Laevatain Basic Attack Icon.png
Basic Attack
Primarily used for Laevatain's Scorching Heart talent. Level this last.

Talents Priority

Priority Talent Explanation
1 Scorching Heart Prioritize this Talent first to increase Laevatain's Heat RES ignore.
- Re-Ignition Primarily for survival, loses in value with sustains in the team. Can be leveled after all other skills and Talents are upgraded.

Laevatain's Skills

Combat Skills

Basic Attack - Flaming Cinders

Attack Description
Basic Attack An attack with up to 5 sequences that deals Heat DMG. As the controlled operator, Final Strike also deals 18 Stagger.
Dive Attack Basic attack performed in mid-air becomes a dive attack that deals Heat DMG to nearby enemies.
Finisher Attack Basic attack performed near a Staggered enemy becomes a finisher that deals massive Heat DMG and recovers some SP.

Stat Effect
BATK SEQ 1 16%
BATK SEQ 2 24%
BATK SEQ 3 25%
BATK SEQ 4 39%
BATK SEQ 5 53%
Dive ATK 80%
Finisher ATK 400%

Battle Skill - Smouldering Fire

Skill Cost Cooldown
Smouldering Fire 100 -
Details
Description: Summons a Magma Fragment to continuously attack enemies and deal Heat DMG. Hitting the enemy grants 1 stack of Melting Flame. If Laevatain already has 4 stack(s) of Melting Flame when casting the skill, then consume all the stacks and perform 1 additional attack that deals Heat DMG and forcibly trigger temporary Combustion to all enemies in a large area. When the additional attack hits the enemy, restore additional Ultimate Energy. Battle skill effects are enhanced while Laevatain's ultimate is active.

Combo Skill - Seethe

Skill Cost Cooldown
Seethe - 10
Details
Description: Fire erupts beneath the feet of any enemy with Combustion or Corrosion, dealing Heat DMG to them. If the skill hits the enemy, Laevatain gains 1 stack of Melting Flame and further gains Ultimate Energy per enemy hit.
Trigger: When an enemy suffers Combustion or Corrosion.

Ultimate - Twilight

Skill Cost Cooldown
Twilight 300 -
Details
Description: Laevatain summons her Sviga Lævi and becomes the controlled operator. For a certain duration, her basic attacks (BATK) are enhanced and the Sviga Lævi strikes together with Laevatain, with each attack dealing Heat DMG. BATK sequence 3 also applies Heat Infliction.

Attribute Increases

Attribute Increase Effects
Keen Mind Lv. 1: Operator Intellect + 10
Lv. 2: Operator Intellect + 15
Lv. 3: Operator Intellect + 15
Lv. 4: Operator Intellect + 20

Talents

Talent Effects
Scorching Heart Lv. 1: After the controlled operator's Final Strike or Finisher hits an enemy, Laevatain absorbs Heat Infliction from nearby enemies. Every stack of Heat Infliction absorbed gives Laevatain 1 stack of Melting Flame (max stacks: 4). After reaching 4 stacks, DMG dealt by Laevatain ignores 10 Heat Resistance of the enemy for 20s. Laevatain also absorbs Heat Infliction from enemies defeated nearby.
Lv. 2: After the controlled operator's Final Strike or Finisher hits an enemy, Laevatain absorbs Heat Infliction from nearby enemies. Every stack of Heat Infliction absorbed gives Laevatain 1 stack of Melting Flame (max stacks: 4). After reaching 4 stacks, DMG dealt by Laevatain ignores 15 Heat Resistance of the enemy for 20s. Laevatain also absorbs Heat Infliction from enemies defeated nearby.
Lv. 3: After the controlled operator's Final Strike or Finisher hits an enemy, Laevatain absorbs Heat Infliction from nearby enemies. Every stack of Heat Infliction absorbed gives Laevatain 1 stack of Melting Flame (max stacks: 4). After reaching 4 stacks, DMG dealt by Laevatain ignores 20 Heat Resistance of the enemy for 20s. Laevatain also absorbs Heat Infliction from enemies defeated nearby.
Re-Ignition Lv. 1: When HP drops below 40%, gain 90% Protection and restore 5% Max HP per second for 4s. This effect triggers once every 120s.
Lv. 2: When HP drops below 40%, gain 90% Protection and restore 5% Max HP per second for 8s. This effect triggers once every 120s.

Base Skills

Infra Skill Description
Memory Crucible α: Assign to Manufacturing Cabin to grant operator EXP material production efficiency +20%
β: Assign to Manufacturing Cabin to grant operator EXP material production efficiency +30%
Undying Flames α: Assign to Manufacturing Cabin to slow Mood Drop of all operators in it by 14%
β: Assign to Manufacturing Cabin to slow Mood Drop of all operators in it by 18%

Laevatain's Potentials

All Potential Effects

Level Potential
1 Heart of Melting Flame
Battle skill Smouldering Fire improved: Additional attack multiplier is increased to 1.2 times the original, and scoring a hit returns 20 SP.
2 Pursuit of Memoriese
Intellect +20, Basic Attack DMG +15%.
3 Fragments from the Past
Battle skill Smouldering Fire improved:Duration of the Combustion applied by the skill is increased by 50%. DMG of the Combustion applied by the skills is increased to 1.5 times the original.
4 Ice Cream Furnace
Ultimate Twilight improved: Ultimate Energy cost -15%.
5 Proof of Existence
Ultimate Twilight improved: Enhanced basic attack DMG multiplier is increased to 1.2 timese the original; during the ultimate, every enemy defeated by Laevatain extends ultimate duration by +1s (max: +7s).

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Laevatain's Upgrade Materials

Total Promotion Materials

Materials Needed Total
x3
x5
x5
x8
x33
x60
x20
x152,200

Lvl. Character Promotion Materials
20 ➔ 40
T-Creds T-Creds x1,600
Outfitting 1
T-Creds T-Creds x1,600
40 ➔ 60
T-Creds T-Creds x6,500
Outfitting 2
T-Creds T-Creds x6,500
60 ➔ 80
T-Creds T-Creds x18,000
Outfitting 3
T-Creds T-Creds x18,000
80 ➔ 90
T-Creds T-Creds x100,000

Total Skill Materials

Materials Needed Total
x12
x16
x16
x84
x328
x472
x116
x688,800

Lvl. Character Promotion Materials
1 ➔ 2
T-Creds T-Creds x1,000
2 ➔ 3
T-Creds T-Creds x2,700
3 ➔ 4
T-Creds T-Creds x3,200
4 ➔ 5
T-Creds T-Creds x4,200
5 ➔ 6
T-Creds T-Creds x5,400
6 ➔ 7
T-Creds T-Creds x8,200
7 ➔ 8
T-Creds T-Creds x10,500
8 ➔ 9
T-Creds T-Creds x18,000
Mastery 1 Flaming Cinders
T-Creds T-Creds x24,000

Smouldering Fire
T-Creds T-Creds x24,000

Seethe
T-Creds T-Creds x24,000

Twilight
T-Creds T-Creds x24,000
Mastery 2 Flaming Cinders
T-Creds T-Creds x30,000

Smouldering Fire
T-Creds T-Creds x30,000

Seethe
T-Creds T-Creds x30,000

Twilight
T-Creds T-Creds x30,000
Mastery 3 Flaming Cinders
T-Creds T-Creds x65,000

Smouldering Fire
T-Creds T-Creds x65,000

Seethe
T-Creds T-Creds x65,000

Twilight
T-Creds T-Creds x65,000

Total Talent Materials

Materials Needed Total
x133
x90
x98,400

Lvl. Character Promotion Materials
Keen Mind Lv.1
T-Creds T-Creds x1,000
Keen Mind Lv.2
T-Creds T-Creds x1,800
Keen Mind Lv.3
T-Creds T-Creds x6,000
Keen Mind Lv.4
T-Creds T-Creds x12,000
Scorching Heart Lv.1
T-Creds T-Creds x2,400
Scorching Heart Lv.2
T-Creds T-Creds x8,600
Re-Ignition Lv.1
T-Creds T-Creds x10,000
Re-Ignition Lv.2
T-Creds T-Creds x24,000
Memory Crucible Lv.1
T-Creds T-Creds x1,600
Memory Crucible Lv.2
T-Creds T-Creds x8,000
Undying Flames Lv.1
T-Creds T-Creds x3,000
Undying Flames Lv.2
T-Creds T-Creds x20,000

How to Get Laevatain

Obtained From Scars of the Forge

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Scars of the Forge
Start Date Jan. 21, 2026 (UTC-5)
Jan. 22, 2026 (UTC+8)
End Date Feb. 07, 2026 (UTC-5)
Feb. 07, 2026 (UTC+8)

Laevatain can be obtained by pulling from their exclusive headhunting banner, Scars of the Forge.

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Obtained From Fest of Brilliance

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Start Date May. 14, 2026 (UTC-5)
May. 14, 2026 (UTC+8)
End Date June 4, 2026 (UTC-5)
June 5, 2026 (UTC+8)

Laevatain can be obtained by pulling from their exclusive headhunting banner, Fest of Brilliance.

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Voice Actors

Voice Actor & Notable Roles
EN Kira Buckland
• Mitsuri Kanroji (Demon Slayer)
• Qingyi (Zenless Zone Zero)
• 2B (Nier: Automata)
VA Yui Horie
• Faruzan (Genshin Impact)
• Wiz (Konosuba)
• Felix Argyle (Re:ZERO)

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Laevatain's favorite is the Breeze of Kjersch, but she also likes Simonch Shawl and Eureka Teabox. Gift her these items to increase your bond with her!
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Who is Laevatain? (Lore)

Operator Directly Under the Endministrator

Laevatain serves directly under the Endministrator as per the agreement between Rhodes Island and Endfield Industries.

Laevatain had a history of roaming the world alone, which had molded her skills in solo combat, leading her peers to perceive Laevatain as someone taciturn or aloof. This is untrue as Laevatain is sociable in reality with an earnest nature to boot.

While Laevatain's theme and design often depict fire and forge, her profile reveals that she has a strong penchant for ice cream.

Surtr's Reconvener

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Surtr as seen in Arknights

Laevatain is the reconvener of Surtr, an Operator in Rhodes Island. While she inherited Surtr's memories, they are not the same person.

This is further expanded in her story quest, Let Fire Consume the Ashen Past, where she explores her identity as a reconvener.

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6 Anonymous Anonymous 8 months

Mommy material

5 Anonymous Anonymous 8 months

i`d lie to play team that was in her trial. Wulfgad, Akekuri to inflict fire reactions and Ardelia cause Laevatain gain bonuses from atacking poisoned enemies ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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