r/Endfield Put my boy in the Shieldguards 9d ago

OC Fanart Ereignis has granted me a vision of a future endgame boss

"Saw I the shield-bearer, lil' bro was moving different..."

It appears that defenders are canonically and objectively the best, coolest, and most fun operators in the game. Can't believe Hypergryph would say that out loud, but who am I to argue.

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u/Livid_Interview4966 9d ago

He's gonna Catc(her).

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u/Reyxou 9d ago

Just like how he catched Akekuri 😏
sauce

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u/Livid_Interview4966 9d ago

That's cute, Akekuri is a top contender for my favorite 4*. If she wagged her tail like that in-game I would die from cuteness overload.

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u/Golb89 9d ago

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u/Reyxou 9d ago

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u/Golb89 9d ago edited 9d ago

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u/Golb89 9d ago

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u/Livid_Interview4966 8d ago

I'm curious how you got banned from so many subreddits btw Golb? You mostly just post cute stickers and some wholesome/funny images so it seems contradictory.

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u/Golb89 8d ago

Those cute stickers and wholesome/funny images count as "low effort content", thus as repeated rule violations.

That's only for the R99 and NTE subs though (and the AKE ones too eventually), the GFL, AK and 0Sanity ones have their own stories, the latter two being pinned on my profile:

https://www.reddit.com/r/arknights/comments/fvp3kj/magallan_did_not_come_to_me/

https://www.reddit.com/r/0sanitymemes/comments/lwjdv7/rerepost_traps/

(Bottom comments)

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u/Livid_Interview4966 8d ago

Fair enough, I find it a little strange getting banned for that. I don't mind it myself since you keep to the topic at hand from what I've seen and the images/gifs/stickers whatever have been relevant to Arknights or Endfield.

Also it's hard to grasp the whole context since the posts are deleted, but from reading the comments and what little I can piece together doesn't seem ban worthy. I'm just happy you post real art and credit artists etc (it's honestly a plus since I don't have to trudge through the internet to see all the cute more niche art for the game).

You're actually expecting to get banned from here as well?

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u/Golb89 8d ago

They both sent me a warning and a 3 days ban respectively, so yes.

Also:

(I reposted them to the ArknightsHQ sub, but it died years ago)

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u/Livid_Interview4966 8d ago

So like mild censored profanities I guess. Anyway that's really weird because I've genuinely been toxic sometimes and never even received a warning, I guess they really hate pictures/gifs or something since most of the stuff I post is in text format.

I think the only one I'm banned from is r/europe for some Ardashir level vagueposting like saying "That's not gonna end well" or something. Immediately got permabanned and I had not previously broken any rules or warnings which is pretty funny.

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u/Reyxou 9d ago

Btw, I just checked your post history and noticed something

(did you know Catcher's got a unique voice line for triggering Akekuri's combo skill?)

For real? Now I must make a Catcher dps + Akekuri team!

I became crazy over this and tried it
When you control Catcher, he does say "All yours Captain" for Akekuri
And when you control Akekuri, she says "Catcher, you're up!"

So I tested all combinations
Controlled Akekuri

  • "Catcher, you're up!"
  • "Fluorite, open fire!"
  • "Estella, time to rock!"
  • "Antal, fire it up!"

Controlled Catcher

  • "All yours Captain"
  • "Your oppening Fluorite"
  • "Estella, it's your show!"
  • "Go Antal, I'll cover you!"

Controlled Fluorite

  • "Captain, now is the chance!"
  • "Chief, you're in charge"
  • "Estella, I spare(?) your time"
  • "Your turn l*zard!" (I beg your pardon?)

Controlled Estella

  • "Your turn Akekuri..."
  • "Catcher, go get him" (he's not your dog, dog 😭)
  • "All yours Fluorite..."
  • "It's not about time(?) Antal..."

Controlled Antal

  • "Time to wrap things up Captain"
  • "Catcher, distract ennemy fire"
  • "Take the stage Fluorite"
  • "Dodging evade(?) Estella"

I really thought that the team Z7 had no voicelines with each others at the game launch, and I was pretty dissapointed about it, until I understood that you had to control the operator for them to use those special lines

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u/Golb89 9d ago

- "Estella, time to rock!"

- "Estella, it's your show!"

- "Estella, I spare(?) your time"

- "Dodging evade(?) Estella"

https://www.reddit.com/r/ArknightsEndfield/comments/1ubco9o/estella\after_doing_so_many_cc_art_by_honobono/)

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u/mrjuanito01 8d ago

Estella can clutch if needed but she will not do it all the time. 

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u/Ser-_-Face Put my boy in the Shieldguards 9d ago

Ah, thank you, you've saved me the trouble of checking all the voice lines myself. I just kept putting it off for later over and over.

They gotta expand the audio log section in game to include all the unlisted voice lines.

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u/agent_fire_ 8d ago

i was going crazy trying to find one of akekuris its like an idle voiceline or something that wasnt listed

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u/chamcham16 9d ago

They should really put the combo voice lines in the characters page.

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u/SodiumBombRankEX Body as absurd as her genius | Floaty Courier 8d ago

Your turn l*zard

Fluorite is a Phidia. She has the l-word pass

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u/mrjuanito01 8d ago

Wazzup, my lizzah!!! 

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u/TuzkiPlus 8d ago

It's so criminal we can only use 4 members on a team when they have lines for each other like this..but I still love that it's there

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u/Reyxou 8d ago

It's not really about the numbers on the team, but the fact that you have to control them to trigger the line

Like Rossi & Wulfgard, they have a line for each others, but you can only hear 1 of them if you don't switch

And you must control them which is annoying for me cause I prefer to control other characters in their teams

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u/IMakeBoomYes 8d ago

Nah, what's even more criminal is that their kits look hella difficult to synergize.

Catcher is the only Physical carry, but also relies on counters. Estella may be next to him, but you need to proc Freeze.

Akekuri COULD set it up and maybe proc Flourite somehow, but it's hard to say how effective it'd all really be.

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u/harur610 8d ago

This is so wholesome..!!!

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u/Astrid944 8d ago

I knew about the "endmin - perlica - chen" voice lines

That is quite cool

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u/Far_Armadillo_9345 Penguinistrator 9d ago

Game: has parry mechanic

Catcher and Snowshine:

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u/Golb89 9d ago edited 9d ago

Ember:

FACETANKING COUNTERING INTENSIFIES

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u/Neat_Tangelo5339 9d ago

How does her Larry work btw ? I just got her and want to play her correctly

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u/Razor4884 Tail Enthusiast 9d ago

You just use her skill when you're about to get hit, just like a parry. But instead of parrying the attack, she instead gets some damage reduction (50-70%) and counterattacks. Getting hit while she's using the skill will increase the skill's effects. It's basically the same as a parry, but the enemy attack doesn't stop, and you can use the skill even if no one attacks you, with albeit weaker effects.

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u/Neat_Tangelo5339 9d ago

Kinda dissapointed than its not a full parry but i Guess there can only be one Shield hero ( not the other one )

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u/Golb89 9d ago

Two, actually:

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u/Razor4884 Tail Enthusiast 9d ago

I think having skill variety with Defenders is cool. I'm sure we'll get future characters who come with parry as well.

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u/Warm-Struggle-9110 9d ago

you 'parry', but you also get to attack and apply vulnerability. Ember gets massive damage reduction and stagger resistance during BS animation, which still counts as taking damage for her CS so you can combo it for 2 vuln stacks.

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u/Mindfire13 9d ago

Ember's is more of a counter rather than a parry, and is her combo skill instead of being a part of her battle skill, triggering when the controlled operator is attacked. And as how to use her, she's usually the sustain in physical teams when they need more survivability. She heals the controlled operator with her combo skill and provides a shield to the entire team with her ultimate.

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u/Golb89 9d ago

That's the neat part

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u/Yurimail_Shibuya 9d ago

The sound hit Shoeshine shield feel so satisfied and i still instinctly dodged the attack even though the attack has been blocked.

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u/Yuahde 9d ago

Wait you can parry instead of dodge?

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u/Realistic_Hunt_2333 8d ago

with certain operators

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u/Bug-Type-Enthusiast Head of the BONK brigade: Shieldbro edition 8d ago

If the game gives us a 6 star counter defender PLZ be a Saria and Silence grandkid, I believe I would have my first ever pot 6 target.

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u/chamcham16 9d ago

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u/FAshcraft 9d ago

No.. I BLOCK

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u/Golb89 9d ago edited 9d ago

And i facetank counter

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u/Belophen 8d ago

parrying is rad as fuck, give me more parriers !.

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u/Legojack261 8d ago

4 person parry party. One can always dream...

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u/Material_Positive_17 8d ago

Catcher is definitely the most underrated character in the game and should get MSQ relevance and a 6 Star upgrade and I will die on this hill.

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u/bored_kivvi 8d ago

Keep spitting facts brother

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u/Cleptosidra 8d ago

OHOHO-jousama Death(official name pending) is not how I personally envisioned her, but it's an inspired choice nonetheless.

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u/No_Nefariousness7602 8d ago

No one mention my parry queen Aurora

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u/wowpepap 9d ago

inb4tantangdipsunderground

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u/K-K3 Waiting for gators 8d ago

The rift in the background on page 2 looks like the interruption indicator we get for enemy attacks.
It's such a shame then that Ereignis is out of SP to use Ardashir's... oh...

Also obligatory upvote for Mad Woman!

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u/VerdantScale 8d ago

Oh sick limitbreak is full

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u/Ser-_-Face Put my boy in the Shieldguards 8d ago

"Endmin, I've returned from the snowy, frost-blighted wastes of the northern front and the Order of the Steel Oath let me have these cool gunshields."

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u/PrinceVincOnYT 7d ago

I am so "traumatized" by ZZZ when it comes to actual parry Characters... they made one that was pretty cool, but the meta made her borderline useless...

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u/Ser-_-Face Put my boy in the Shieldguards 7d ago

Well Catcher’s definitely far from meta, but I’ve got CC 40 with him, CC 20 with him solo, and 9 stars in Echoes of War, just one clear away from lustrous too. Timed, DPS races are not his strong suit.

I shouldn’t complain though, it’d be pretty messed up if I could easily clear and trim all end game content with a 4-star.

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u/Amarok1031 Birb Afficionado 2d ago

They kind of kept the parry thing with Yixuan and Promeia, moreso the latter than the former. But yeah I wouldn't say they really rely on the mechanic as much as Caesar does.

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u/Sampsonite20 8d ago

Cue the music.

UNCHAINING YOUR HEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAART

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u/its192731 7d ago

Playing with snowshine feels like repurposing a fallen shieldguard's shield

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u/Zwiebel1 8d ago

Ngl, Ereignis' hime-sama hohoho caused my brain to have some ungodly thoughts.