Arknights Endfield Laevatain Build: Best Weapons, Gear, Skills & Teams

If you're looking for the best Arknights Endfield Laevatain guide, you're in the right place, as this guide will walk you through her best weapons, gear, and teams.

As the first hypercarry DPS released as a limited character, Laevatain sets the bar very high. She deals AoE heat damage in a quick sequence, and the damage she deals is still unmatched. That said, a good unit like her is nothing without a good build.

Keep on reading to learn more about the best Arknights Endfield Laevatain guide and her best build options.

Arknights Endfield Laevatain Build Summary Overview

Quick Build Summary

• Skill Priority: Ultimate > Battle Skill > Combo Skill > Basic Attack
• Best Weapon: Forgeboth Scathe
• Best Gear: Hot Work (3-piece)
• Best Team: Laevatain / Wulfgard / Antal / Ardelia

Name	Laevatain
Rarity	6-star
Element	Heat
Weapon	Sword
Class	Striker

Arknights Endfield Laevatain Skills Priority

Laevatain's strength and viability are tied to how much damage she can deal, and you can enhance it by upgrading the right skills.

Since most of Laevatain’s damage comes from her Ultimate window, prioritizing it significantly increases her overall DPS output.

Skills	Laevatain talent priority	Reason
Basic Attack	★ ★★	Last priority as it doesn't really bring a significant increase to her damage.
Battle Skill	★ ★ ★ ★ ★	Her second source of damage. Enhancing it increases its damage multipliers, so it's a massive upgrade.
Combo Skill	★ ★ ★ ★	Third priority. This skill deals less damage, but still worth upgrading.
Ultimate	★ ★ ★ ★  ★	Laevatain's main source of damage, and the bread-and-butter of her kit. Hence, upgrading this skill improves her damage during her ultimate.

Arknights Endfield Laevatain Best Weapons

Here are Laevatain’s best weapons (Quick Recommendations)

• Forgeboth Scathe: Best-in-slot and signature weapon
• Umbral Torch: BP weapon and second best
• White Night Nova: Decent 6-star option
• Fortmaker: F2P weapon

When building Laevatain, it's important to remember that she scales with Intellect and Strength. And to boost her damage, you'll want to have weapons that provide ATK%, Intellect, and Basic Attack damage.

Forgeboth Scathe (6-star)

Forgeboth Scathe outperforms other options due to its strong synergy with her Ultimate-focused playstyle.

Umbral Torch (6-star)

White Night Nova (6-star)

Fortmaker (5-star)

Arknights Endfield Laevatain Best Gear Set

Here are Laevatain’s best gear set (Quick Recommendations):

• Hot Work: Best-in-slot
• Mordvolt Insulation: Early game set

Hot Work

The three-piece Hot Work set is Laevatain's best gear set for end-game. This gives her +30 Arts Intensity, additional 50% Heat DMG upon triggering Combustion, which is highly appreciated by Laevatain.

Armor		Hot Work EXO-Rig - Intellect: +87 - Will: +58 - Heat: +11.50% - Nature: +11.50%
Gloves		Hot Work Gauntlets - Intellect: +65 - Strength: +43 - Heat DMG: +19.20% - Nature DMG: +19.20%
Kit I		Hot Work Pyrometer: - Intellect: +41 - Battle Skill DMG: +41.40%
Kit II		LYNX Slab - Will: +32 - Intellect: +21 - Main Attribute: +20.70%

Mordvolt Insulation

For beginners and early-game players, they can use the Mordvolt Insulation. Its three-piece set provides +50 Intellect, and 20% Arts DMG.

Armor		- Intellect +44 - Strength +29 - ATK +16.2%
Gloves		-DEF +22 - Intellect +33 - Will +22 - Arts DMG +9.2%
Kit I		- DEF +11 - Intellect +21 - ATK +10.5%
Kit II		- DEF +11 - Intellect +21 - ATK +10.5%

Laevatain Stats Priority

For Laevatain, Intellect should be the top priority, as it is her primary scaling stat. For her secondary stats, focus on the following:

• Crit damage
• Crit rate
• Heat DMG
• Battle Skill Damage%
• Ultimate Gain
• ATK%

Best Arknights Endfield Laevatain Potentials

For the best Arknights Endfield Laevatain build, we recommend pulling for her Potential 4 and Potential 5.

• P0: Fully functionable
• P1: Comfortable upgrade
• P3: Quality of life upgrade
• P4: Major breakpoint (High investment priority)
• P5: Maximum Investment

Potential 1: Heart of Melting Flame
Ratings: ★ ★ ★ ★ Effect: Battle skill Smouldering Fire improved: Additional attack multiplier is increased to 1.2 times the original, and scoring a hit returns 20 SP. Reason: Increases the damage dealt by battle skill, with some SP refund. Decent P1 that makes playing her smoother.

Potential 2: Pursuit of Memories
Ratings: ★ ★ ★ Effect: Intellect +20, Basic Attack DMG Dealt +15% Reason: A slight increase to Laevatain's damage.

Potential 3: Fragments from the Past
Ratings: ★ ★ ★ ★ Effect: 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. Reason: Duration increase on Combusion is greatly appreciated, but doesn't really provide a massive damage boost.

Potential 4: Ice Cream Furnace
Ratings: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Effect: Ultimate Twilight improved: Ultimate Energy cost -15%. Reason: Laevatain’s P4 is a strong upgrade. Her damage largely comes from her Ultimate, so anything that reduces its cost or makes it easier to access directly improves her overall performance and damage uptime.

Potential 5: Proof of Existence

Ratings: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Effect: Ultimate Twilight improved: Enhanced basic attack DMG multiplier is increased to 1.2 times the original; during the ultimate, every enemy defeated by Laevatain extends ultimate duration by +1s (max: +7s). Reason: Increases the damage multiplier of Laevatain's basic attack damage during her ultimate. Duration can also be extended, perfect for battle with multiple enemies or waves.

Recommended stopping point: P4, as it significantly improves her Ultimate uptime.

Best Arknights Endfield Laevatain Teams

Here are the best Arknights Endfield Laevatain teams (v1.2)

• Best Laevatain heat team: Laevatain, Wulfgard, Antal and Ardelia
• Best F2P Laevatain Heat team: Laevatain, Akekuri, Antal and Ardelia

Best Laevatain Heat team - Laevatain, Wulfgard, Antal and Ardelia

• Laevatain: Heat Main DPS
• Wulfgard: Heat Infliction applier, sub-DPS
• Antal: Heat Infliction applier and buffer
• Ardelia: Healer and buffer

Due to how Laevatain’s stacking mechanic works, she needs teammates who can consistently apply Heat Infliction and buff her damage throughout rotations. Wulfgard is her best sub-DPS due to his ability to apply Heat Infliction using nearly all of his attacks. Antal can also apply infliction and apply buffs with Susceptibility and Amp. Lastly, Ardelia for healing, and susceptibility buff.

Best Laevatain Heat team - Laevatain, Akekuri, Antal and Ardelia

• Laevatain: Heat Main DPS
• Akekuri Heat Infliction applier, SP recovery and generation
• Antal: Heat Infliction applier and buffer
• Ardelia: Healer and buffer

This team is the F2P variant of the Laevatain–Wulfgard setup. It follows the same core setup, with Wulfgard replaced by Akekuri. She still provides Heat Infliction and adds value through teamwide SP generation, making her a strong accessible alternative.

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Is Laevatain worth pulling in Arknights Endfield?

Despite the existence of new DPS characters in Arknights Endfield such as Zhuang Fangyi, Laevatain is still a must-pull.

Laevatain is one of the strongest hypercarry units in the game, dealing high single-target and consistent AoE Heat damage. Her AoE lets her clear waves efficiently, making her strong in multi-enemy fights. On top of that, she has built-in survivability, gaining protection and HP recovery once her HP drops below 40%, letting her stay on field much longer than most DPS units, even in glass-cannon setups.

Pros	Cons
Strong AoE damage	Heavily relies on her ultimate
Great unit to use in Umbral Monument	Has fewer readily accessible weapon options.
Insane wave clear potential	Needs setup and stack ramping
Survivability bonus	Highly team-dependent
Flexible hypercarry	Can feel clunky vs highly mobile bosses

That’s everything you need to know about the best Arknights Endfield Laevatain guide. Laevatain is a 1.0 DPS, which means she’ll likely be overshadowed soon. However, considering the current meta and her performance in Umbral Monument, her spotlight doesn’t seem to be disappearing anytime soon. So if you liked this guide and are planning to pull for Laevatain, you can either save up some pulls for her rerun or rely on Arknights Endfield top-up options.

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