"If EN can't read, they probably can't count." You wrote the entire bible on 4-stars in one video, and then ended on that bombshell. This is why I come back to every video, stream VOD, and bit of content you put out, DrSilvergun. Never change.
@@kyarumomochi5146 A much more interesting question is why u trying so hard to make myrrh's name sound like some cool svandinavian name instead of the sound your cat makes
@@WatsuAK oops I only just now realised this says tier list and not top 10 list 💀 I've seen some abysmal top 10 lists, a particular one that still burns me to this day
I use Perfurmer so much that during the player stat webpage thing on 3rd(?) anniversary states she was the most deployed op I have lol cos I like that global heal. Kinda hope that HG makes another broken healer with another global heal talent.
@@eigengrau7698 Angelina sobbing in the corner. Seriously I use Ange in my AFKnights gameplay sometimes for the 40 hps (mod 3 even though hg did her dirty with it) and aspd buffs. There area suprising number of clears I've done where simply adding Ange to the squad has been the difference between a complete loss and a flawless victory.
The thing I love most about 4* is that you can pretty much max out one whenever you want. I remember just thinking to myself "Man, Click looks fun to use" and 1 min later I have her at E2 maxed lol
@@kevinseraphin5456 to be frank, anything is fun with extreme +aspd. My personal favorite is Kroos2 because it boost her crit chance so high and made her looks like empowered gatling peashooter.
People are going nuts about Ulpianus' potential HP% regen with all AH buffs approaching something like 350 hp/s. Meanwhile, my maxed out Perfumer in IS2 with Bladedance was doing that for the whole team with her S2 active over a year ago.
@@slonik0002Skadance P6 (I swear it was an accident, I was trying for frickin' Kal'tsit) is the single main reason I don't abuse Perfumer's heal more. All my favorite damage dealers work best with her fat stack of flat ATK, like Goldenglow and Virtuosa...
@@FelisImpurrator Skalter replaced Perfumer for me, yeah =-=;; she replaced most medics x_xl| I used to consistently use 3 of 'em when I started out ;w; I have way too many medics raised... =-=;; would cycle through them periodically based on stage needs, but now they barely get use. Now it's mostly just Skalter + Eyjalter...
If you aren't sure about building Cutter or what to build on her, you have the reasons and skills to build here now. So go ahead and build your Cutter. I am no longer asking. Max her out. NOW.
One funny thing about cutter talent; if you're using her S1 and the enemies are somewhat far away, the S1 blade can trigger her talent and give her SP. The damage condition isn't tied to being a normal attack, and the SP lockout ends before S1 blades can land
Fun video! Awesome work as always! A shame silence as an ability isn't as useful anymore, I think Podenco S2 is awesome when I can just tell an enemy to shut up for 6 seconds (saved me way too many times in the H9-X stages when I needed both crowd control and silence to allow my arts units to shred the Gargoyles).
shit should have added podenco I only had like 12 operators in my top 10 list so I had some space to fit her in. I love that you can throw her s2 outside of her range. That's even been a useful trick a few times.
@@DrSilvergun Yeah it's very useful 'cause it's not like the rest of your DPS is exclusive to Podenco's range lol; gives more versatility to her kit that makes her a strong team player.
@@DrSilvergun Time for you to make a video for her to make up for her then. In one of the comments, you also said Totter probably needs a video, you can now just put them together and problem solved!
0:48 idk Dur-nar seems pretty stacked but we will never know since HG forgot about her and hasn't gotten a skin. Glad to see Ambriel mentioned. Honestly, I just raised her because she is cute, love her gun ASMR, and the global range is funny. I'll max her eventually. Also here for the Silvergun vs Supah meme war.
My favorite thing about Ambriel, and one of my favorite things in Arknights period, is her Japanese "Doctah!" when she's assigned to a base facility. That alone should be enough to earn her a slot on any top 10 list.
Joined the game near the start of Dorothy's Vision Rerun, been maxing out my three stars and building a few other rarities at this point; post Il Siracusa rerun, I'm close to maxing Catapult and Orchid, with Adnachiel and Cardigan at E1 Lvl 20ish. Have a handful of four (Dobermann, Jaye, Jessica) and a few five stars (Jessalter, Amiya, Archetto) built up as well. The video more or less reaffirmed the next set of operators I've been leveling up like Cutter and Ethan. Really cool to see how far a team of three and four stars can take you and can't wait for the reruns for Come Catastrophes and Zwillingsturme so I demolish those stages with a fully built team.
Two letters that make fully building 4-stars worth it even for those with lots of high-rarity ops built: IS. I dunno how many times I've been in an IS run, desperately needed an op for a core role, and didn't have enough 'hope' to recruit my usual 5- or 6-star, but I have a 4-star of the same class built who does 90% of the job or better.
Also 4-stars are getting buffed to be 0 hope units in the next IS so you better raise your Totters, Jayes, Cutters, Gummies, etc. since we all know the difficulty will be raised as a result
My favourite 4* medic gameplaywise (characterwise gotta be Gavial) is probably Purestream, her s1 is just so fun. But overall most fun 4* for me is ethan, permabind just feels so fun.
@@DrSilvergun our beloved dolphin might be a contender for the Cutter Theory; Sometimes you need shitloads of burst heal right NOW, sometimes you need to outlast heavy chip damage. Maybe the math doesnt work out the way it looks on paper, I havent checked it, but its good to have the options and a healer who actually occupies my brainspace. Especially when shes THAT cute
Purestream is my favorite medic to use overall. Although Shining often takes her place in regular AFK setups, I still find her kit to be extremely fun and versatile to use in IS, almost always my first pick whenever I get a medic voucher.
@@DrSilvergunMakes sense to me, her s1 is unique and very fun and helpful while her s2 is very strong but Sussurro is probably better in almost any situation where it could find use.
I don't use Purestream much myself, as for that archetype, I really like Whisperain. Her kit is good enough that they ripped it off for Eyja alter. Gavial and Perfumer are the two four star medics I like to use. I just like medics that also do heals over time (which is part of why I like Whisperain).
I'm bad at bursting down bosses so for the recent il sira rerun beanstalk made it really funny to stall out zaaro phase 1 bc of all her crabs eating the fear debuff. Glad to see she made it on your list and love the mentions about the silly things you can pull off with her crabs. Special thank you for looking beyond exposed skin and recognizing totter's broad chest. Those famiglia cleaners weren't shit with him around too :)
Sir with all due respect durnar beats totter in the chest department and I will not budge on this issue. Also glad to see deepcolor recognition for low rarity players but I was already sure she’d be mentioned
Thanks for making this. As a new player who only started two weeks ago I've watched a bunch of videos covering low-tier operators and funnily enough this one brings up a ton of operators that nobody else mentions and then shows gameplay where they are excelling. Going by everybody else you'd think that only Myrtle, Ethan, Cutter, and Cuora are worth bothering with.
I actually wouldn't reccomend cutter for a new player She is one of the strongest 4* for sure but the gap between her e1 and e2 is enormous. As a rule physical operators scale better with levels. This is because DEF reduces physical damage by a flat number. So if you have an enemy with 500 DEF an operator with 700 ATK would do twice as much as an operator with 600 ATK
@@DrSilvergun That makes sense. My first (and only currently) e2 is Ethan, and I don't regret having him as it's been rare to find a map where he doesn't put work in. I wanted to rush somebody up so I could use e2 supports and finish the Il Siracusano event before it was over. I got lucky and pulled Exusiai from a Top Op recruitment and am thinking of doing her e2 next - I love her design and getting her stats up (and her s3) seems like it'll give me a solid dps choice for most maps. Plus Ethan bind with her to spray everything down seems good. I just wish that event skin didn't cost more to ship than the plushie itself :(
Ethan my beloved ♥ Always glad to see his power being acknowledged. Hope this will incentivise more people to build and to use him. Little gremlin needs more love. Great list and great video as always. Now I'm patiently waiting for the Totter video, heh.
6:37 My theory is Hypergryph designed this subclass with Firewatch in mind and then remembered they have to release more operators for this subclass. Firewatch specializes in killing ranged enemies and the large range + high ATK + low DEF priority is exactly the kind of combo that works against ranged enemies.
Ambriel will forever be useful in the "global range knights" meta. Eventually we will get another operator for it. Hopetully. My Goldenglow, Ambriel and Dorothy kinda feel lonely in there.
I love your videos man, thank you for this tierlist. I'm kinda bored of the game at the moment, so I want to try clearing with 4 star operators (I will probably fail miserably, but that's okay).
from this day onwards I shall follow your path, Silvergun sensei. I'm glad that the 4 star ops have been given the spotlight, 6 stars in most vids were getting a bit bland for me so this was definitely a fresh breath of air for me and yes I agree with all of your points, from Utage's MASSIVE reasons and Pinecone
Spot is a lot better as a burst healer, but his long downtime makes it so he doesn't work as well as a substitute healer before you pick up a good medic, and his low stats make it so he folds like wet tissue paper against any mildly threatening enemy. If I can't afford Gummy, he's always my second pick, but I usually find myself wishing he was Gummy instead.
@@fieldrequired283 Downtime isn't that long, and Gummy sustained hps is pretty mediocre So, there's not much Gummy can sustain through in IS3/4 that can't wait for Spot Conversely, since Gummy just instantly blows all her S1 charges, she's really unreliable for burst heal, and S2 delayed heals+short duration on healing means it's easy to mess up the timing on it in most early-mid stages, you only need healing vs specific enemies/waves anyways Gummy does tank a lot better, but spot works in a pinch since he's good enough vs most mobs and the phys evade often makes up the difference during skill
Even with all the higher rarity/broken af 6 starts I have, my heart still belongs to Arene, Gavial, Totter, and Jaye. Also I'm so glad newer 4 stars have more interesting designs now instead of just moe moe all around, it was what turned me off from using them in the first place. Totter was a love at first sight for me.
I always just slam matoimaru everytime in the frontline. Does it have a purpose? No. Is it optimal? No. Is it funny to see how long she can survive while aggroing every projectile in the game? Fuck yeah
For a while during the early-mid game, Matoimaru S2 was my absolute best damage-per-hit physical DPS source. She does help fill a gap in the early game.
Manticore is still very strong though, if an enemy takes 1s to cross a tile she makes them take 2.5s now, while the others still take 1.25s assuming no CC. MSR only gets stronger the more you add, the difference between 60% and 80% is 2x!
Holy moly I have not seen that Utage skin before. I would thank you but what you have done is irreversible. You have cursed me with knowledge I do not know what to do with
"spot is better than gummy" and it was when the war started good video btw. thanks among all of theme in my opinion cutter and pinecone are most fun and ethan bind is useful too. on a side note : i know robin is 5 star but please build her: in ri-ex8 the boss second form takes true damage every second but tries to run very fast. you can't block it . here robin s1 was very useful so if you don't have Dorothy and looking for a fun operator go for her .
I'm surprised you didn't mention Totter (expect for who got the best chest) as he is unic and nuts in dmg xD Still a lovel video, Pinecone mention so best video already OWO May is a very lovely sniper aswell, maybe not dmg wise, but her cc capability is surely surprising
I'm a new doctor and sometimes I got low confidence for not having many high rarity operators. But you inspire me by proving that 4☆s are capable of clearing high leveled stages also. Thankyou for inspiring me, keep doing what you do! 🥰
Glad most of my favourites make it here, especially Vigna who carried me back near launch for years. Smol demon go stab stab and kills everyone. Only other favourites that weren’t there are Luo Xiaohei (because S1 is very funny) and Shaw, because her OP recs are surprisingly heavy hitting for such a silly squirrel. Finally reading what her potential tokens were about after 3+ years hurt…
Maybe not the best but Jaye hold special place in my heart. He carry my 2 weeks old account through Stultifera Navis, managed to go through SN-EX-5 with a 3 star team + captain Jaye. He is the first operator I maxed out
I loved it when there was a Near Light themed map with those sleeping knights and Totter could just shoot them without waking them up, it was hillarious
Lacks Mousse but solid list overall. You could make a top 10 Launch 4* video too and it would be mostly different operators. 4* arent released frequently enough to receive Year 2/3 etc videos.
4:29 i think iris kit is pretty clever; mystic casters can effectively attack sleeping enemies the aoe does make little sense though (am i supposed to be using this single target unit against multiple targets? or is this just compensation for the lack of maps where an enemy exists alone) i will agree harmonie is completely stupid and the only way you can make them actually work is if you throw a single block in the mix; then they basically become a unit who you control the target of completely
Right before you got to her i was wondering if you'd mention Indigo. I put her to E2 recently and was honestly surprised at her performance. I've not played with this archetype much, even though i have Eben at E2. I put her up because i was bored and she is hot. I find her very fun with great animations.
All this video did was further give me reason to level and upgrade the various 4 stars I've been meaning to. It helps that the grind to do so doesn't make me want to do something else like it does for 6 and even 5 stars.
What keeps me from Pinecone is the micro. I don't want to activate a skill every 3 seconds. Would be neat if she'd charge up a 4th charge and automatically fire one when the new one finishes or something. Just some QoL
That makes me want to diverge from my plans and build the 4-stars mentioned here because I've got a depressingly low amount of them raised, it hurts 0:52 best frame found here no less
Never thought I’d meet another person in the wild with Shirayuki as their favorite. She’s been my favorite since the day I pulled her (she was my first pull).
I max leveled Indigo way back purely because she's hot (flat is justice), but I haven't gotten around to module and M3 yet... I really should max her and Ethan out for whenever I really just don't want to deal with bullshit like "enemies moving". Also because I just discovered Fiammetta's module 2 and now feel obligated to max it out for spicy chicken shenanigans. I mean, if I have one 3x3 zone that no one ever leaves, what else am I going to do, not nuke it?
@@DrSilvergun I should also just make Flatknights, comprised only of flat-chested female operators... Indigo and Shu will be fine representatives for this legendary brigade of JUSTICE.
good video, i always said that utage is surtr but from walmart. also fun fact permabind is possible kinda only for ethan, because mizuki is worse (worse bind chance + less sp cost = less skill time) and the new woman stuns + isnt perma. mizuki s3 is just bad, worse crowd control and mizuki dies. question for you, is optimizing with deepcolor fun?
Surprised not to see mention of May, I've found her to be super strong and frequently pick her over other options in IS D15. Especially combined with Ethan/Click/Indigo (as you have yourself often demonstrated) she is just bonkers with her CC, and synergizes with most of the best relics as well as does decent damage.
@@Alphagammabeta I like Ling, but I think her S2 is way more fun than her S3. I also M9'd her for IS because her S1 is way better than S3 early in a run. Hopefully Shu won't bankrupt me, so I can play suiknights and just troll every enemy.
@@FelisImpurrator for me, i tried to master the other summoners first including magallan, but i still cant ise her s2 effectively, and when i ised ling its mostly because i need lots of blocks or heavy arts dmg. Still having a hard time on ling's s2 bind over magallan's s1 :'v
Capper was my second E2 not really because I thought she was strong or anything I just saw a Latina bunnygirl smug gaki and my body moved on its own. 10/10
podenco my fave 4s entirely bc whenever i followed a kyo guide and he said bring a slow supporter "orchid works fine but ifyou have suzuran or someone else they work too" but i didnt have suzuran, i wanted to Not use orchid, and angelina doesnt fucking attack so i love podenco for just being a slow supporter who yknow. isnt suzuran, orchid, and actually attacks. this was from early on so i dont think i had istina or glaucus yet like i just wanted someone better than orchid... love totter :pray:
Podenco is also a fine unit that does so much with her S2 (her S1 is very niche so we don't talk about that). She used to show up a lot in my squad but I feel like the newer content doesn't benefit her as much nowadays. Also she hasn't showed up in recent 4* only clears too, perhaps a change of mind or what caused her to fell off?
It's like picking between a trash bin and a garbage bag for my dinner :( I'll take flinger ig at least it's new. Will 100% not do good damage but if it can give me semi reliable stun i'll take it
5:17 Wow I this whole time I was wondering if the first charge was useless since no other sources mentioned it. Anyway whats your bottom 10 four stars?
10:08 how come that I think the exact opposite thing? That one idol double pony tail skin is probably the greatest loss for me ever. Alongside that cute Click skin with cute tummy.
"If EN can't read, they probably can't count."
You wrote the entire bible on 4-stars in one video, and then ended on that bombshell.
This is why I come back to every video, stream VOD, and bit of content you put out, DrSilvergun.
Never change.
For real. The delivery of every joke is on point.
All of Bulgaria will pay for this
Wait that was an option???
Tell me anything you need and I will support your crusade. (except money i'm bulgarian)
@@DrSilvergun lmao you both
what we got no money, or ppl to pay??
The food's good so they can stay ig
Holy shit another Bulgarian doctor? When is HG dropping the Terra equivalent of the balkans so we can witness true war crimes?
I made a video in a reasonable timeframe
World is ending tomorrow ig
Is the end of the worst related to coincidentally video not having mryhhr (that one 4 star medic) in it?
@@kyarumomochi5146 A much more interesting question is why u trying so hard to make myrrh's name sound like some cool svandinavian name instead of the sound your cat makes
Meow meow?
this should be the official name@@DrSilvergun
Don't worry. I am watching it now and the world didn't end.
I'm glad Totter was mentioned in the only important ranking but he deserves more attention for basically being a 5 star
oh he's super broken, i'm well aware :D
Probably needs his own video tbh
@@DrSilvergun holy shit Totter video real 🤯
Yep, that totaly me, alway intuitively picking Totter ever time I attemp a "5star only run" and remembering 30min after the fact that he's not one...
@@DrSilvergunI once replaced typhon with him when I used kyostin strategy and deploy still worked
Totter doesn’t sugarcoat it
There are 2 MASSIVE reasons why Utage is the best 4-star operator.
Her sword and her seath. I know.
Ah, i see... You are a man of culture as well...
Her ears and tail
Her huge ti- personality♡😊
I do remember the name of Pine The Nailungday
Finally, a youtube arknights tier list that isn't absolute ass
This one is absolute booba 😨
@@marielcarey4288 I'm more of an ass man
My failure is immeasurable
@@DrSilvergunwe require a followup ass tier list 🔥
probably cause it isn't a tier list
@@WatsuAK oops I only just now realised this says tier list and not top 10 list 💀 I've seen some abysmal top 10 lists, a particular one that still burns me to this day
YES, BUILD PERFUMER THE BEST HEALER IN THE GAME
I use Perfurmer so much that during the player stat webpage thing on 3rd(?) anniversary states she was the most deployed op I have lol cos I like that global heal. Kinda hope that HG makes another broken healer with another global heal talent.
Unironically the reason I kept playing and showed huge appreciation for 4 stars. She got me thru the 2-10 hurdle all new doctors struggle on.
until some broken 6* also has her talent. which proves her might for now
@@eigengrau7698 Angelina sobbing in the corner. Seriously I use Ange in my AFKnights gameplay sometimes for the 40 hps (mod 3 even though hg did her dirty with it) and aspd buffs. There area suprising number of clears I've done where simply adding Ange to the squad has been the difference between a complete loss and a flawless victory.
Somehow not surprised Humus is easily in the top 3 boob wise... we're proud of him and the car he doesn't know about...
The thing I love most about 4* is that you can pretty much max out one whenever you want. I remember just thinking to myself "Man, Click looks fun to use" and 1 min later I have her at E2 maxed lol
Ethan is a secret 6-star. He even has his own theme/leitmotif
AOSTA! THE OTHER SHOTGUN SNIPER IS CALLED AOSTA! 🗣
Aosta
Who?
I thought the other one we forget is Ch’alter
@@darukaru Aosta
I love the ABC gang but their kit is really just so forgettable. Love their skins tho, can't wait for Chiave's
The ONLY thing bad about Ethan is that his yoyo graphics have ugly straight lines instead of smooth curves
Found someone who doesn't play with sound
But it's funny in IS when you give him so much ASPD that it totaly break his yoyo animation.
@@kevinseraphin5456 to be frank, anything is fun with extreme +aspd.
My personal favorite is Kroos2 because it boost her crit chance so high and made her looks like empowered gatling peashooter.
People are going nuts about Ulpianus' potential HP% regen with all AH buffs approaching something like 350 hp/s. Meanwhile, my maxed out Perfumer in IS2 with Bladedance was doing that for the whole team with her S2 active over a year ago.
Im actually blown away by the lack of a 6* Perfumer clone after 5 years. But shes already perfect
@@Nazuiko Closest is Skalter, Regen and potentially global range.
@@slonik0002Skadance P6 (I swear it was an accident, I was trying for frickin' Kal'tsit) is the single main reason I don't abuse Perfumer's heal more. All my favorite damage dealers work best with her fat stack of flat ATK, like Goldenglow and Virtuosa...
@@Nazuiko poor angie, turned into anti-grav bot
@@FelisImpurrator Skalter replaced Perfumer for me, yeah =-=;; she replaced most medics x_xl| I used to consistently use 3 of 'em when I started out ;w; I have way too many medics raised... =-=;; would cycle through them periodically based on stage needs, but now they barely get use. Now it's mostly just Skalter + Eyjalter...
The fact Totter and Humus were the only ones able to withstand Utages' massive boobs is a testament to the year 4 designs
(Verdant doesn't exist)
Who's verdant? Never heard of *him.* /s
Withstand what?
Just a tumbleweed blowing in the wind. 🌬
Verdant is cute
Hentai MC
If you aren't sure about building Cutter or what to build on her, you have the reasons and skills to build here now. So go ahead and build your Cutter. I am no longer asking. Max her out. NOW.
One funny thing about cutter talent; if you're using her S1 and the enemies are somewhat far away, the S1 blade can trigger her talent and give her SP. The damage condition isn't tied to being a normal attack, and the SP lockout ends before S1 blades can land
Yeah, i agree, we need more Amored Core music on your videos, and in life in general, Mechanized Memories rocks.
Thank you for answering my burning question 48 seconds in.
The best spreadshooter is indeed pinecone, I’d go as far as to say she is the reason the archetype was invented
When the only other good shotgun user in the game isnt even a fucking ranged unit, yeah
Had a blast listening to commentary...thx man
Fun video! Awesome work as always! A shame silence as an ability isn't as useful anymore, I think Podenco S2 is awesome when I can just tell an enemy to shut up for 6 seconds (saved me way too many times in the H9-X stages when I needed both crowd control and silence to allow my arts units to shred the Gargoyles).
shit should have added podenco
I only had like 12 operators in my top 10 list so I had some space to fit her in.
I love that you can throw her s2 outside of her range.
That's even been a useful trick a few times.
@@DrSilvergun Yeah it's very useful 'cause it's not like the rest of your DPS is exclusive to Podenco's range lol; gives more versatility to her kit that makes her a strong team player.
@DrSilvergun just make top 10 4* part 2
Can't read - can't count
@@DrSilvergun Time for you to make a video for her to make up for her then. In one of the comments, you also said Totter probably needs a video, you can now just put them together and problem solved!
weird ass ship ngl
0:48 idk Dur-nar seems pretty stacked but we will never know since HG forgot about her and hasn't gotten a skin.
Glad to see Ambriel mentioned. Honestly, I just raised her because she is cute, love her gun ASMR, and the global range is funny. I'll max her eventually.
Also here for the Silvergun vs Supah meme war.
Hey I was saying Ashlock would never get a skin due to her being the first/worst of her archetype and the armor design, and here we are.
You dont even need her raised at all, and she will always greet you with one of the comfiest greeting line in arknights !!
"Yo"
My favorite thing about Ambriel, and one of my favorite things in Arknights period, is her Japanese "Doctah!" when she's assigned to a base facility. That alone should be enough to earn her a slot on any top 10 list.
Joined the game near the start of Dorothy's Vision Rerun, been maxing out my three stars and building a few other rarities at this point; post Il Siracusa rerun, I'm close to maxing Catapult and Orchid, with Adnachiel and Cardigan at E1 Lvl 20ish. Have a handful of four (Dobermann, Jaye, Jessica) and a few five stars (Jessalter, Amiya, Archetto) built up as well. The video more or less reaffirmed the next set of operators I've been leveling up like Cutter and Ethan.
Really cool to see how far a team of three and four stars can take you and can't wait for the reruns for Come Catastrophes and Zwillingsturme so I demolish those stages with a fully built team.
Two letters that make fully building 4-stars worth it even for those with lots of high-rarity ops built: IS. I dunno how many times I've been in an IS run, desperately needed an op for a core role, and didn't have enough 'hope' to recruit my usual 5- or 6-star, but I have a 4-star of the same class built who does 90% of the job or better.
Also 4-stars are getting buffed to be 0 hope units in the next IS so you better raise your Totters, Jayes, Cutters, Gummies, etc. since we all know the difficulty will be raised as a result
My favourite 4* medic gameplaywise (characterwise gotta be Gavial) is probably Purestream, her s1 is just so fun. But overall most fun 4* for me is ethan, permabind just feels so fun.
Purestream s1 is definetly my favorite medic skill in the game (i've somehow never used her s2 in a run lmao)
@@DrSilvergun our beloved dolphin might be a contender for the Cutter Theory; Sometimes you need shitloads of burst heal right NOW, sometimes you need to outlast heavy chip damage. Maybe the math doesnt work out the way it looks on paper, I havent checked it, but its good to have the options and a healer who actually occupies my brainspace. Especially when shes THAT cute
Purestream is my favorite medic to use overall. Although Shining often takes her place in regular AFK setups, I still find her kit to be extremely fun and versatile to use in IS, almost always my first pick whenever I get a medic voucher.
@@DrSilvergunMakes sense to me, her s1 is unique and very fun and helpful while her s2 is very strong but Sussurro is probably better in almost any situation where it could find use.
I don't use Purestream much myself, as for that archetype, I really like Whisperain. Her kit is good enough that they ripped it off for Eyja alter. Gavial and Perfumer are the two four star medics I like to use. I just like medics that also do heals over time (which is part of why I like Whisperain).
The Age of Mythology OST immediately made me jump. Holy nostalgia.
I'm bad at bursting down bosses so for the recent il sira rerun beanstalk made it really funny to stall out zaaro phase 1 bc of all her crabs eating the fear debuff. Glad to see she made it on your list and love the mentions about the silly things you can pull off with her crabs. Special thank you for looking beyond exposed skin and recognizing totter's broad chest. Those famiglia cleaners weren't shit with him around too :)
Sir with all due respect durnar beats totter in the chest department and I will not budge on this issue. Also glad to see deepcolor recognition for low rarity players but I was already sure she’d be mentioned
she stuffs her shirt with candy
@@DrSilvergun slander I say
Gotta lick to find out
Thanks for making this. As a new player who only started two weeks ago I've watched a bunch of videos covering low-tier operators and funnily enough this one brings up a ton of operators that nobody else mentions and then shows gameplay where they are excelling. Going by everybody else you'd think that only Myrtle, Ethan, Cutter, and Cuora are worth bothering with.
I actually wouldn't reccomend cutter for a new player
She is one of the strongest 4* for sure but the gap between her e1 and e2 is enormous.
As a rule physical operators scale better with levels. This is because DEF reduces physical damage by a flat number. So if you have an enemy with 500 DEF an operator with 700 ATK would do twice as much as an operator with 600 ATK
@@DrSilvergun That makes sense. My first (and only currently) e2 is Ethan, and I don't regret having him as it's been rare to find a map where he doesn't put work in. I wanted to rush somebody up so I could use e2 supports and finish the Il Siracusano event before it was over. I got lucky and pulled Exusiai from a Top Op recruitment and am thinking of doing her e2 next - I love her design and getting her stats up (and her s3) seems like it'll give me a solid dps choice for most maps. Plus Ethan bind with her to spray everything down seems good. I just wish that event skin didn't cost more to ship than the plushie itself :(
@DrSilvergun Yes, I noticed it
1. Ethan
2. Indigo
3. Cutter
4. Beanstalk
5. Ambriel
6. Perfumer
7. Utage
8. Vigna
9. Quorra
10. Pinecone
11. Cutter
12. Shirayuki
13. Caper
14. Ethan
I love how Ethan was mentioned twice, he is just too broken.
I guess myrtle is 0.
Your commentary videos are so fucking entertaining man keep up the good work
Ethan my beloved ♥
Always glad to see his power being acknowledged. Hope this will incentivise more people to build and to use him. Little gremlin needs more love.
Great list and great video as always. Now I'm patiently waiting for the Totter video, heh.
I just love the background music, such nostalgic music, great video btw, very well detailed,
Ok you convinced me I'm gonna build Ethan (and Pinecone right after)
I still find it fascinating that one of the most dangerous armaments in RI's arsenal is a trick yo-yo.
Also, Peacake detected. Metal Crab supremacy!
Yo-yo tricks are a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.
-Ethan probably
And to think, that used to be on Reunion's side, but i guess they didnt let him use it?
I did not know the existance of a military grade yoyo until i read his files lmao
@@NazuikoCanon or not, this is the only reason of his defecting I'll accept.
1:40 SUPAH has awoken !
❤❤❤ Humus tits ❤❤❤
I feel bad for Humus, I know you shouldnt compare 4*s to 6s, but HG powercreep is so vicious. Poor Humus tits getting powercrept by Hoederer
Oh dear Lord now i gotta check whats his tits all ab😩😩😩🙈🙈🙈✨✨
6:37 My theory is Hypergryph designed this subclass with Firewatch in mind and then remembered they have to release more operators for this subclass. Firewatch specializes in killing ranged enemies and the large range + high ATK + low DEF priority is exactly the kind of combo that works against ranged enemies.
oh it's not a bad archetype at all
just a bit unusual in gameplay terms
@@DrSilvergun I didn't mean to say they are bad. I just tried to find an explanation for their funny design.
Ambriel will forever be useful in the "global range knights" meta. Eventually we will get another operator for it. Hopetully. My Goldenglow, Ambriel and Dorothy kinda feel lonely in there.
Definitely did not expect a declaration of war against the Sun Bear clan.
I would mention the Boomstick sniper I use but in my brain she is mysteriously replaced with a trash bag emoji which prevents me from remembering
great video and tons of useful info, my only criticism would be to show the bio of each operator for a couple seconds
God that 6 star video gonna have so many rants. Can't wait lol.
I love your videos man, thank you for this tierlist. I'm kinda bored of the game at the moment, so I want to try clearing with 4 star operators (I will probably fail miserably, but that's okay).
hope u have fun with it
I started maxing every four stars and really enjoy using different low-rarity thanks to this channel and I love Amiya.
from this day onwards I shall follow your path, Silvergun sensei. I'm glad that the 4 star ops have been given the spotlight, 6 stars in most vids were getting a bit bland for me so this was definitely a fresh breath of air for me
and yes I agree with all of your points, from Utage's MASSIVE reasons and Pinecone
I played IS quite lot, so yes i agree that Spot > Gunmy
spot give dodge, gummy doesnt, checkmate
I got Gummy as free 4* option. Later on, regretted that I didn't just choose Spot anyways LOL
Spot is a lot better as a burst healer, but his long downtime makes it so he doesn't work as well as a substitute healer before you pick up a good medic, and his low stats make it so he folds like wet tissue paper against any mildly threatening enemy.
If I can't afford Gummy, he's always my second pick, but I usually find myself wishing he was Gummy instead.
E2 Gummy as budget Saria is my strat.
@@fieldrequired283 Downtime isn't that long, and Gummy sustained hps is pretty mediocre
So, there's not much Gummy can sustain through in IS3/4 that can't wait for Spot
Conversely, since Gummy just instantly blows all her S1 charges, she's really unreliable for burst heal, and S2 delayed heals+short duration on healing means it's easy to mess up the timing on it
in most early-mid stages, you only need healing vs specific enemies/waves anyways
Gummy does tank a lot better, but spot works in a pinch since he's good enough vs most mobs and the phys evade often makes up the difference during skill
Even with all the higher rarity/broken af 6 starts I have, my heart still belongs to Arene, Gavial, Totter, and Jaye.
Also I'm so glad newer 4 stars have more interesting designs now instead of just moe moe all around, it was what turned me off from using them in the first place. Totter was a love at first sight for me.
I like Mousse 🐱
I like Pinecone too 🐣
Funny video from the funny 4 star man 🎉
"Spot is better than gummy" Supah's going to have a psychotic meltdown.
Literally the best and at the same time the funniest video you've ever made xD
I always just slam matoimaru everytime in the frontline. Does it have a purpose? No. Is it optimal? No. Is it funny to see how long she can survive while aggroing every projectile in the game? Fuck yeah
For a while during the early-mid game, Matoimaru S2 was my absolute best damage-per-hit physical DPS source. She does help fill a gap in the early game.
The Ambusher modules just make me sad everytime I see it. HG just decided Manticore S1 is pretty good so let's put it on everyone.
Manticore is still very strong though, if an enemy takes 1s to cross a tile she makes them take 2.5s now, while the others still take 1.25s assuming no CC.
MSR only gets stronger the more you add, the difference between 60% and 80% is 2x!
7:10. i honestly forgot that eyja alter had global range at s3. m3'd it when she came out, i dont think i ever used it a single time
Holy moly I have not seen that Utage skin before. I would thank you but what you have done is irreversible. You have cursed me with knowledge I do not know what to do with
"spot is better than gummy"
and it was when the war started
good video btw. thanks
among all of theme in my opinion cutter and pinecone are most fun and ethan bind is useful
too.
on a side note : i know robin is 5 star but please build her: in ri-ex8 the boss second form takes true damage every second but tries to run very fast. you can't block it . here robin s1 was very useful so if you don't have Dorothy and looking for a fun operator go for her .
this video has inspired me to actually look at my 4s and max out more of them
9:18 STANDING HERE, I REALIZED YOU WERE JUST LIKE ME TRYING TO MAKE HISTORY
I'm surprised you didn't mention Totter (expect for who got the best chest) as he is unic and nuts in dmg xD
Still a lovel video, Pinecone mention so best video already OWO
May is a very lovely sniper aswell, maybe not dmg wise, but her cc capability is surely surprising
I'm a new doctor and sometimes I got low confidence for not having many high rarity operators. But you inspire me by proving that 4☆s are capable of clearing high leveled stages also. Thankyou for inspiring me, keep doing what you do! 🥰
Glad most of my favourites make it here, especially Vigna who carried me back near launch for years. Smol demon go stab stab and kills everyone.
Only other favourites that weren’t there are Luo Xiaohei (because S1 is very funny) and Shaw, because her OP recs are surprisingly heavy hitting for such a silly squirrel. Finally reading what her potential tokens were about after 3+ years hurt…
Wait you are Bulgarian??? Finally a content creator from my country!
Maybe not the best but Jaye hold special place in my heart. He carry my 2 weeks old account through Stultifera Navis, managed to go through SN-EX-5 with a 3 star team + captain Jaye. He is the first operator I maxed out
7:00 this is a correct take, perfumer was the only medic I used for a LONG time.
I loved it when there was a Near Light themed map with those sleeping knights and Totter could just shoot them without waking them up, it was hillarious
Lacks Mousse but solid list overall.
You could make a top 10 Launch 4* video too and it would be mostly different operators. 4* arent released frequently enough to receive Year 2/3 etc videos.
"Year 4 ops"
and it's just like 1 op :D
I build Gravel so i have something to do with my hand on my bus ride to work
Pinecone in the thumbnail, we are so back 🗣️🔥🔥🔥
ij came back to arknights, and ur content is still peak 🙏🙏🙏
4:29
i think iris kit is pretty clever; mystic casters can effectively attack sleeping enemies
the aoe does make little sense though (am i supposed to be using this single target unit against multiple targets? or is this just compensation for the lack of maps where an enemy exists alone)
i will agree harmonie is completely stupid and the only way you can make them actually work is if you throw a single block in the mix; then they basically become a unit who you control the target of completely
Right before you got to her i was wondering if you'd mention Indigo. I put her to E2 recently and was honestly surprised at her performance. I've not played with this archetype much, even though i have Eben at E2. I put her up because i was bored and she is hot. I find her very fun with great animations.
All this video did was further give me reason to level and upgrade the various 4 stars I've been meaning to. It helps that the grind to do so doesn't make me want to do something else like it does for 6 and even 5 stars.
What keeps me from Pinecone is the micro. I don't want to activate a skill every 3 seconds. Would be neat if she'd charge up a 4th charge and automatically fire one when the new one finishes or something. Just some QoL
That makes me want to diverge from my plans and build the 4-stars mentioned here because I've got a depressingly low amount of them raised, it hurts
0:52 best frame found here no less
I love Pinecone she is so god damn cute
Shirayuki is my favorite operator in the game. Why? I just think she's neat.
Never thought I’d meet another person in the wild with Shirayuki as their favorite. She’s been my favorite since the day I pulled her (she was my first pull).
I max leveled Indigo way back purely because she's hot (flat is justice), but I haven't gotten around to module and M3 yet... I really should max her and Ethan out for whenever I really just don't want to deal with bullshit like "enemies moving".
Also because I just discovered Fiammetta's module 2 and now feel obligated to max it out for spicy chicken shenanigans. I mean, if I have one 3x3 zone that no one ever leaves, what else am I going to do, not nuke it?
yeah you absolutely should
M3 + module feels so much better to use
@@DrSilvergun I should also just make Flatknights, comprised only of flat-chested female operators...
Indigo and Shu will be fine representatives for this legendary brigade of JUSTICE.
Been trying to play more IS, so I've been meaning to build more 4 stars recently.
Gavial's burst healing has saved my smoothbrained ass too many times and Rope & Shaw are great when you need to put things into the square hole
good video, i always said that utage is surtr but from walmart. also fun fact permabind is possible kinda only for ethan, because mizuki is worse (worse bind chance + less sp cost = less skill time) and the new woman stuns + isnt perma. mizuki s3 is just bad, worse crowd control and mizuki dies.
question for you, is optimizing with deepcolor fun?
its like
Deepcolor is bread Indigo is mayo and pudding is a tomato
DC is fine but needs other stuff for flavor
Surprised not to see mention of May, I've found her to be super strong and frequently pick her over other options in IS D15. Especially combined with Ethan/Click/Indigo (as you have yourself often demonstrated) she is just bonkers with her CC, and synergizes with most of the best relics as well as does decent damage.
May being Aak Jr but with sniper relic synergy is hilarious.
Building and playing with Beanstalk was the sole reason i started a clutterknights side acc :'v
Clutterknights? Is that "every operator that spawns a bunch of bullshit on every available tile"?
@@FelisImpurrator yepp, made me dive into summoners (pre ling) and love tacticians vaguard
@@Alphagammabeta I like Ling, but I think her S2 is way more fun than her S3. I also M9'd her for IS because her S1 is way better than S3 early in a run.
Hopefully Shu won't bankrupt me, so I can play suiknights and just troll every enemy.
@@FelisImpurrator for me, i tried to master the other summoners first including magallan, but i still cant ise her s2 effectively, and when i ised ling its mostly because i need lots of blocks or heavy arts dmg. Still having a hard time on ling's s2 bind over magallan's s1 :'v
Capper was my second E2 not really because I thought she was strong or anything I just saw a Latina bunnygirl smug gaki and my body moved on its own. 10/10
A fellow beanstalk enjoyer ! I'm then oblige to like this video (she in my top 5 funiest opertor in the game to be honest)
1:40 starting the video with a declaration of war
podenco my fave 4s entirely bc whenever i followed a kyo guide and he said bring a slow supporter "orchid works fine but ifyou have suzuran or someone else they work too" but i didnt have suzuran, i wanted to Not use orchid, and angelina doesnt fucking attack so i love podenco for just being a slow supporter who yknow. isnt suzuran, orchid, and actually attacks. this was from early on so i dont think i had istina or glaucus yet like i just wanted someone better than orchid...
love totter :pray:
Podenco >> Glaucus fyi
And
Podenco ~ Istina
now we need top 4 ten stars
Podenco is also a fine unit that does so much with her S2 (her S1 is very niche so we don't talk about that). She used to show up a lot in my squad but I feel like the newer content doesn't benefit her as much nowadays.
Also she hasn't showed up in recent 4* only clears too, perhaps a change of mind or what caused her to fell off?
she hasn't fallen off at all
she's just a specific tool I rarely need
niche and bad aren't the same thing
Pinecone is my favourite 4 star to use in IS 3, Great video
1:40 we're slandering italians with this one 🗣🗣🗣
9:25 fish spinning to funky town
That's what I call comrade accent.
close but no cigar
that gummy bit got me ngl
Which you want more? A 4star Flinger Sniper or a new friend for Shirayuki (Artilleryman Sniper)?
It's like picking between a trash bin and a garbage bag for my dinner :(
I'll take flinger ig at least it's new.
Will 100% not do good damage but if it can give me semi reliable stun i'll take it
Didn't expect to see Silvergun waging war with SUPAH lol
Ethan really overshadowed his entire subclass until Ascalon debuted.
I love your ending line HAHAHA
5:17 Wow I this whole time I was wondering if the first charge was useless since no other sources mentioned it. Anyway whats your bottom 10 four stars?
hmm
frostleaf solos that list
10:08 how come that I think the exact opposite thing?
That one idol double pony tail skin is probably the greatest loss for me ever. Alongside that cute Click skin with cute tummy.
silver woke up and decided to piss off both supah and EN as a whole 😭