Update: Due to some misunderstanding with Jetroyz and Elyshin, I had to write down what I said at 06:12 It is wrong and I had the assumption it was wrong but didn't fact check because I was very busy. Please forget what I said at that time frame. TLDR: Ifrit's S3 and talent interaction is unoptimal due to the damage formula. BGM: th-cam.com/video/-dULDZilB1U/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/bALqfDZUtbA/w-d-xo.html
Totally not salty bc Ifrit was the operator that got me into the game, yet, the one operator I can’t seem to get my hands on (excluding support operator)
If she hits 2 squares, she's a BEAST, and it's not hard to set it up. If she hits more than that, she's broken. If I had to guess, the only people dismissing her are the people that don't have her...
@@ChaosRune I'll be the final one to take ur bait here, u sunovab*tch. The video is right there, and Ifrit is a 6* for a reason. I see you are the kind of people who assume there are weak 6* OPs, and I'm sure proper explaining won't get into ur head. So get lost, ya elite wannabe.
@agito 97 you don't need a good spot. You just need a spot. I have used her since day 1 I play and whenever I could find a spot for her to even burn 1 tiles she never disappoint me
Same. First time I read her skills when she got introduced on a banner, I really wanted her so bad. While that happens, majority of the CN players are shitting on her.
I never understood it. Even with one Square ashe can easily hit 3+ enemies per attack while shredding their every defense. Some maps she is all but broken with a lane to fire down, yet it isn't hard to set her up to hit at least 2 squares on almost any map. She makes every Caster around her hit harder, as well as every melee with skill 2. While Rapid fire operators get a huge damage boost unless the enemies defense is so high it still doesn't drop below their attack. All on top of her own considerable damage multiplied by every enemy in her range. They did a great job making all of the 6 stars awesome in their own way. Seriously just a great game.
Dreamy on EN, I have her at P3 due to some RNGesus. I want at least Saria, but well, I will raise Ifrit first, while I can think without your guide, it is a good things to inform people about general synergies with other Operator so people can start thinking on how to build team around it.
@@NoirLouisStream It's kinda funny that you dont need a set-up/team to work around with Ifrit. Literally just put her, to the pressured lane if possible, with some blocker and non shall pass. That's how strong Ifrit is.
Operator: *Does something completely unique with their kit that can't be defined by the usual parameters* Early tier list makers: lul bad, don't even bother testing
It feels very weird to me that she would be considered bad at any point. All that debuffing and long range aoe seems so strong. Sure she won't be good at all maps but she would certainly dominate on a lot of them.
See that's the thing, the only maps she isn't actually good on are the ones that ban casters, ranged operators or have extreme DP management. Honestly even on maps that double Caster cost, she is arguably still worth it. Her Debuffs are just so good that even one square in front of a defender has her burn 3 enemies to a crisp. No enemy unit can really stand up to her damage paired with the damage boost she gives to all other operators. Even on the ranged only skill farming map she is good. Those pesky tank drones get hit by her skill 2 and they just get shredded afterwards. Not he best map by far, yet just shows she is great even with her unique range.
ikr Her passive debuff alone made her worth deploying. Being AoE Caster with DoT art damage made her even more amazing for me From my experience, she can get the job done as long as she can cover a tile or two
with ifrit S2, she turn every enemies within her range into tofu....fried tofu if you want to add in. Seriously, if people think this operator bad, they are really bad doktar....
I'll admit, I bought off on the "hurr durr linear range bad" nonsense at first after I got her. What changed? I was having trouble getting past 3-8 and I saw a guide that used her, so I figured "why the hell not". She made that map easy-mode, and I swore from then on I'd never badmouth Ifrit-chan ever again. Loved the vid btw!
I'm trying to guess why some players might genuinely (but mistakenly) think that Ifrit is bad: 1. Splash vs AoE Most Arknights Operators with the [AoE] tag, including the ones introduced to players early on, don't actually have AoE attacks in the strictest sense. More precisely, they have "splash" attacks that target one enemy at a time and also deal damage to enemies that happen to be near the targeted position. Ifrit, on the other hand, is a true AoE attacker who attacks all enemies in her attack range simultaneously. This wouldn't be obvious to most players until they get to see Ifrit in action somehow. (Executor's Traits description clearly states that he attacks all enemies in range, but Ifrit doesn't get that in-game description even though she basically does the same thing.) AoE and splash attacks can yield very similar result depending on the size of the AoE or splash area. But in case of Arknights, the splash areas are usually way smaller, so this is a big point in favor of Ifrit that some players might not realize. 2. Coverage vs Up Time It's easy to assume that a unit that covers a wider range gets to shoot more often. A typical 3x3 or 3x4 range operator can often cover 3-6 ground tiles, whereas Ifrit can often cover 3 tiles or fewer, therefore Ifrit bad. But that's not exactly how it works, especially with single-target attackers. The real "up time" is when at least one enemy is within range. With high enough DPS to kill most enemies before they move to another tile and/or the ability to block enemy movement in place with melee operators, wider coverage offers very little advantage. (There is still significant advantage in having longer range, but Ifrit has that too) This point is already moot since we know Ifrit is a true AoE attacker, but even if she were a single-target splash attacker, this wouldn't be such a big point against Ifrit, more like some players are overestimating the advantage of having a wide attack range.
Ifrit really helps me with clearing difficult stages and on Anni stages. Saying she's bad or whatsoever, means that they either don't know how to use her or they try to make her do something outside of her range (I mean her abilities). Well, Ifrit can burn 4-6 enemies at once, activating her S2 or S3, along with the additional trust values, makes her so godly
I just recently got her and after hearing her voicelines I was curious to her story, there's only a few hours left of the event so I binged reading it and after her story I started loving her 10/10 she would be my first e2
Yessss my favorite operator Iffy! You've done her justice here! I kept reroling my account on the first day until I managed to get her from the banner at the beginning, the non-beginner banner but by that time day 2 had already rolled over lol. I don't regret spending that time at all, she's been carrying me from day 2 onward! My personal experience with her has truthfully skewed the way I look at maps in Arknights since I'll always be trying to find Ifrit spots to make the best use out of her, which brings me to my next point: The map design in AK has done a pretty damn good job at keeping Ifrit in mind in the maps we have so far, most of the time anyway. Grani's event was a joyful party in comparison since most of the maps there were extremely Iffy-compatible to wreak havoc but most of the time you'll have to finnangle a decent spot for her someway haha.
@@yukkurispee1773 I used her coz I don't have good ST caster beside Amiya. She also has cheap DP and give HP regen and ASPD. So much utility in one operator. PS: waifu > meta
@Yuki Tsutsumi Exactly I don't have Gitano so when there's a stage that requires Gitano S2's long range I just use Angelina S3 and it works almost every time lol
I picked up Arknights after my girlfriend showed me Ifrit. Finally just got her, and this video could not have been better timed. Thanks for the hard work, Dreamy! Love the content, and definitely looking forward to finally taking mine out for a spin.
Your breakdown really helped me understand her S3 much more! The comparison of S2 and S3 was also very helpful, made it easier to choose which and when. Thanks!
Thank you for making this guide, Ifrit seriously need more appreciation. She is one of my favorite operator and always take her with me. Her utility to debuff enemy defense is just too good imo. I really love the Rhine Lab Family Trio; Silence, Ifrit, Saria Good thing I finally complete the family in recent standard banner
she's great, just find her a choke point/spot where she can burn them continuously.. her only con that I could think of is you can't use her on every map where you can't utilize her range aside from that she's great on what she does which is melting enemies and people saying she's bad just wanted another all rounder OP unit like Ash or Eyja..
Tbh when i first get her i thought she is not that good considering her range, i even thought gitano was better overall... But after practicing with SK stage for 1-2 days, after looking at stage's map my first thought was "where can i put ifrit?"
People didnt know her skills yet, and positioning her would be really hard to do if you dont know how to use her yet. So she suffered the bad reputation because of it. And that is normal.
@@lord1349 yea you mean people who looked for answers outside the game. And yea, even with her utilities, she can be seen as bad when we see her for the first time because of her weird attack area. When I first saw her range, I never planned to get her and didnt bother to read the skills. This behaviour is what I meant. I only knew she's good after I got her from headhunt.
There’s indeed a very small minority that doesn’t categorise her as top tier due to her range, but those are the people who don’t bother to research properly about the game anyway. Dreamy is just using that as a buzz title due to how much negativity around various ops EN has had so far, it’d get more attraction when something is asked and justified on the spot haha
I was thinking she is bad when I got her, but as time to time, I learn how to use her range effectively with map that can positioned her to her advantage. I regret my first impresion of her...at first I'm even stupid enough to not realize her range can goes trough tile even if it was in between "wall",like dreamy's first half of video.
Just got Ifrit last night...at least I'm more happy now after watching this...no Saria but at least I got a nice AoE caster...which happened to be my only caster above 4* besides donkey. Thanks Dreamy!
I'd rather say that, the first time I got her (which was around 2 weeks after I first started the game), I didn't give her much attention due to her rather *unorthodox* range. That, combining with the fact that resources were scarce, I couldn't spare anything for her. Now, heh, she's one of the backbone of my roster and I'm saving up for her elite 2.
Ifrit is a BEAST when she is put into a map where she could use her linear attack to her advantage. Ngl like dreamy said,I too,have bad first impression when I first got her,but as time goes by,and I learn what kind of map and position that can work with Ifrit,she never dissapointing me with those performance. As always,thanks for the guide dreamy!
Ifrit Spooked me on Hellagur Banner. Glad. As I was aiming for Myrtle only. So happy. The ability to cheese 1/3 of maps feel so good with her.-Tears Of Joy.-
Good guide as always, im so close to e2ing my ifrit, her and lappland are my main arts damage dealers. plus her defense debuff is great with skadis m3, things just melt.
Ifrit sucks? No. That's just the first impression, what are skill description for when you don't read them. She can be a debuffer in E1 and DPS Caster in E2, but even in her E1 she can shine already. Even if she can only attack in a line, having even 1 tile as attack range is great. Positioning her near or far from defenders as long as she can hit enemies, she's excellent. She can be positioned away from enemies because of her range so it can also add as survivability. Her E1 can help Physical Damage Dealers because of the Defense Reduction Debuff, and also casters because of the Resistance Reduction Debuff from her talent. She's very beneficial in many ways. And as a 6 ★ operator, she really need some strategic positioning. She's one of the best casters out there. And she's the best Flammenwerfer out there.
That is me right there The moment i saw both her range and skill i immediately went "I MUST GET HER" in which i did when a "Top Operator" tag showed up on my recruitment list
Dayum. She's a hidden gem to us. At present, with the exception of Firewatch and Platinum, there's no other Operators that can hit enemies THAT far, let alone anyone within the range(and for real, we're talking about an AoE Caster here!). To the poster above me: I was one of those guys too, using Ifrit to roast that Big Bob lol 😂
I'm with you here. 5-Tiles attack range is what attracted my attention and contested with my desire of Exu when a Top Op tag was in my recruitment. Never regret getting her even if since then, I still don't have Exu.
@@mordy2085wah my next project = Chen S2...M2 currently -> M3 next... hmmm specter, mine might be on the long queue but nice there, i c u are man of culture as well :D
I remember getting her through recruit, and didn't build her because I was starting, and had enough units to work on as is. Now I'm account lv. 66, and she helps me through Annihilation 3. She deserves her 6* status
People actually thought she sucks cause of the range...? .-. She works differently due to her targeting mechanic working differently since the enemy has to be in the specific tile she attacks in so you cant do targeting combos like displacement+splash (i.e Shaw + Lava) to hit enemies out of range but she still works as a unit pretty well :v
Ifrit was the second six star I ever got, and because of that, I've learned to use her in almost all maps. I was able to defeat Anni 3 because I E2 her and had a full team of E1 w/ a borrowed SA. That was not easy but I couldn't have done it as early as I did without her.
People think ifrit sucks but if you could just put her to a great spot then, he could par with Eyja and Silver ash, her burst is not like any other casters in the game, she can melt even the tankiest enemies like Bob as long as she has the spot, I've been an ifrit user, I must say, she really is reliable in clearing her favored lane, especially her 2nd skill at skill 4 or 7, but when she's maxed out, she could even clear a lane without blockers, all by herself.
ifrit carried me through the game... she was my second 6 star (first hoshiguma) and i have used her everywhere... even in the hardest maps i found a place for her...
The only reason you could bring for Ifrit being "bad" is that you need a different strategy if you use her. (if you want to copy strategies form others) But in most cases that strategy will lead to a better clear. She is in my all-stars team for quite some time now as the single caster and I don't remember when I last used another caster. (except supports sometimes)
Then that's simply not true. Many much more flexible strategies can clear stages better than Ifrit. Though it really does not matter, gameplay freedom is the name of the game.
With better i mean the follwing - You need less operators, you need less lvls on operators, you need less specific operators, you only need one instead of two AoE casters etc. And something that wasn't mentioned in the video. She is already powerful at E1
My first thought in every map is "Where is the best spot to place Ifrit". She's just sooo good with the right setup. She made Annihalation 3 kinda easy honestly. I was strugling to complete Anni 3, got Ifrit while doing that and once I E2 Ifrit the map was a cakewalk.
After playing around with her in different maps, I can say she's a bit of a luxury character. You don't need her, but man it's fun watching her decimate anything within that one line.
Ifrit is what some of us veterans of Tower Defense game players called, powerful unit with some degree of difficulty many have hard time overcoming their flaws. Simply put, she takes more than just "plug n' play" and cheese a win. You're also taken into account to check the maps first, and plan ahead before jumping in(fella TDG players will know what I'm talking about). This is a strategy game, after all. Oh, they're right about Ifrit being a flamethrower(or if you like German, flammenwerfer). The device she's using is indeed just that; a flame-casting wand that uses concentrated liquid Originum as fuel, and one of the Rhine Lab's finest work(but also so dangerous, permissions is needed to experiment with it). One can read this in her Archive file after earning 100% Trust and above. Everything you want to know of the device(including the specs), it's all there. (Oh, I'm letting you in for a nice secret: Did you know that there's a ranged tile at the Vanguard and Supporter chip stages that actually overlooks the middle lane? Take Ifrit, place her there, and she'll roast those Wraiths within seconds.)
I like Ifrit a lot because she kinda enables me to brute force content with aoe guards with her tick damage and debuffs that turn aoe guards like Estelle into sustain God's as long as she never stops killing enemies.
Gotta admit that I havent been using Ifrit bcs I'm looking for spot where at least she can hit 3 tiles. Tho ppl here commented that even on just 1 tile she's a beast
I got Ifrit from that Ch'en Standard Banner on first pull and Nian on uhhhhh.... I don't remember anymore, but I can't believe people actually bad-mouthed Ifrit just cuz of her range like dude she makes an advantage to cover further distances than the standard AOE Caster archetype if you understand how to utilize her range and hell is it really fun..... Usually whenever I get a random 6* OP I always check their information before judging them and to my surprise seeing that Debuffs on her was insane I'm glad I'm building her now... And I'm trying to make her useful in all maps (if not most)
Her S2 debuff and her Talent debuff incinerates anything. I paired her with apple pie, every sort of defense shreds with her S2 debuff even for a short period of time like damn. Pair her up with a battery, or an arts skill caster, she’ll be shredding maps even the inconvenient ones for her.
I don't really dive into the numbers much but the Res and def reduction are more than enough to convince to invest in Ifrit. Her range is a bit weird compared to other casters but tbh this is a ttd game and you bet there will be some maps that have that just call for her.
I was wondering the other day if she has a bad sinergy with Ceobe, since her second skill reduces def, and Ceobe deals more damage depending on the enemy's armor.
Im just a global player who saw Ceobe skills in the wiki, so please do take this with a grain of salt. But i believe that while it may be a negative for Ceobe with her skill 1 or 2, it can be a plus for her skill 3, since it switches her damage type to physical, so the amount she loses on her passive arts damage, she may conpensate with the higher phys damage
Since Ifrit was my first 6* my entire game has just been looking for that one tile that all the enemies have to cross and absolutely wrecking them with Ifrit. Seriously one tile is all she needs. That Skill 2 is maximum unethical, especially if you manage to chain it back to back with SP regen e.g. Ptilopsis, Liskarm, Saria, Warfarin. Metal Crabs have S level arts mitigation. E2 Ifrit with Skill 2, shreds them. Big Bob has S level HP. Shredded. Master Arts Drone. A tier arts mitigation and can't be blocked. Touch it once and it's dead.
A bit out of topic, Do you recommend getting Saria from the gold certificate shop? Tbh I want to save up the certs for an operator I truly want but I don't want to regret not taking her either. Future hard contents of the game (Like CC event) looks terrifying to me. More like, is she THAT necessary to clear the hardest contents of the game?
@@LisaraScarlet Yes I do have Nearl! Though I haven't raised her up yet because Spot is enough to fill the healing defender *spot* in my squad at the moment. Maybe I'll raise her up later Thank you for answering! I'll keep holding on my gold certs for now 👌
@@LisaraScarlet can you make a break down video on saria? I'm using her but I do think people have way overhyped her and not giving other tanks enough credit.
Just got top operator with Caster and AOE tags to pair up. Guess who's gonna join the squad? Yes, you're right, it was Shining. The shelf squad, that is. I am actually so mad for losing not one but two Ifrit tags right now, that I will not touch Shining with a ten foot pole, until I get a flaming daughter for my Silence.
The only thing i know why people hate ifrit because they dont have her XD I even use her in some 1 tile only and she burn them all. I remember when i testing sk-5 with no specialist, only one AoE caster between skyfire/gitano/ifrit. She solo them kekw
Although i use her as main caster dps, i do agree on her effectiveness on single-tile is bad, where we could just use another aoe-caster such Skyfire/Gitano/Lava, i mean, it's not her role to clear not-straight-line tiles.
My first thought on every new map is can I use ifirit to effectively here cause if can she can empower all my other units and DPS a lot making up for being under level or not having other I win buttons! Heck she is often a I win button!
Update: Due to some misunderstanding with Jetroyz and Elyshin, I had to write down what I said at 06:12 It is wrong and I had the assumption it was wrong but didn't fact check because I was very busy. Please forget what I said at that time frame. TLDR: Ifrit's S3 and talent interaction is unoptimal due to the damage formula.
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I liked the name scorched earth on her s3 better in the wiki lol
Was waiting for this lol made me unable to sleep that night. Probably a bit late now
I see 2 types of ppl who say Ifrit is bad.
1, they dont have Ifrit.
2, they are actually bad.
Totally not salty bc Ifrit was the operator that got me into the game, yet, the one operator I can’t seem to get my hands on (excluding support operator)
If she hits 2 squares, she's a BEAST, and it's not hard to set it up. If she hits more than that, she's broken. If I had to guess, the only people dismissing her are the people that don't have her...
It's always the people that dont have the character that shit on the character
@@mordy2085 exactly shes a beast
@@mordy2085 I e2'd her about a week ago and she never leaves my team
ChaosRune what other 6* ops are you comparing to? She’s the only 6* aoe caster. You’re also low IQ if you can’t work around her range
@@omarcampos1128 I bet he compares her to silverash KEKW
It's funny that there are ppl thinking ifrit is bad but luckily Dreamy is here to show them the way.
'If you burn 3 tiles you won the game"
Me at anni3 : *Destruction is inevitable +_-*
Before i see this vid.
I already use her everywhere cuz her voice line is so good.
*_Damn you... it's you WHO MADE ME LOOK STOOPID!_*
sorry ifrit chan :'c
pls dont burn my doujins collections
they way she says "barbecue" is also very satisfying for some reason
@@sphere-remix6510 Yo i remember using Ifrit for the first time and loses suddenly hearing her mission failed lines just scared the fuck out off me.
@@ryukuon6835 wouldn't mind she start pouting "you can use me instead" .....
People think ifrit sucks now due to range issues? Do people not read skills anymore?
"first impression", read skills or not, that range does look weird and *possibly* bad if you haven't really learned anything about her
Bold of you to assume we even read
@@mordy2085 Think Ifrit my friend.
@@ChaosRune I'll be the final one to take ur bait here, u sunovab*tch. The video is right there, and Ifrit is a 6* for a reason. I see you are the kind of people who assume there are weak 6* OPs, and I'm sure proper explaining won't get into ur head. So get lost, ya elite wannabe.
@agito 97 you don't need a good spot. You just need a spot. I have used her since day 1 I play and whenever I could find a spot for her to even burn 1 tiles she never disappoint me
"Ifrit is bad operator"
Me, looking through her details: Surely you jest...
The answer is no, even at just 1 or 2 tiles her damage is still insane
Anyone who says otherwise i'll fight them irl
I really like how you're mentioning the art resistance calculation in this video. As a min-maxer, I couldn't ask for more.
Keep up the great work!
Excellent guide. I'm surprised anyone ever doubted her. Show me a video game where the fire loli was anything short of top tier
Same. First time I read her skills when she got introduced on a banner, I really wanted her so bad. While that happens, majority of the CN players are shitting on her.
I never understood it. Even with one Square ashe can easily hit 3+ enemies per attack while shredding their every defense.
Some maps she is all but broken with a lane to fire down, yet it isn't hard to set her up to hit at least 2 squares on almost any map.
She makes every Caster around her hit harder, as well as every melee with skill 2. While Rapid fire operators get a huge damage boost unless the enemies defense is so high it still doesn't drop below their attack.
All on top of her own considerable damage multiplied by every enemy in her range.
They did a great job making all of the 6 stars awesome in their own way.
Seriously just a great game.
Dreamy on EN, I have her at P3 due to some RNGesus. I want at least Saria, but well, I will raise Ifrit first, while I can think without your guide, it is a good things to inform people about general synergies with other Operator so people can start thinking on how to build team around it.
@@NoirLouisStream It's kinda funny that you dont need a set-up/team to work around with Ifrit. Literally just put her, to the pressured lane if possible, with some blocker and non shall pass. That's how strong Ifrit is.
Konno the setup pretty much minimal.
Operator: *Does something completely unique with their kit that can't be defined by the usual parameters*
Early tier list makers: lul bad, don't even bother testing
It feels very weird to me that she would be considered bad at any point. All that debuffing and long range aoe seems so strong. Sure she won't be good at all maps but she would certainly dominate on a lot of them.
See that's the thing, the only maps she isn't actually good on are the ones that ban casters, ranged operators or have extreme DP management.
Honestly even on maps that double Caster cost, she is arguably still worth it. Her Debuffs are just so good that even one square in front of a defender has her burn 3 enemies to a crisp.
No enemy unit can really stand up to her damage paired with the damage boost she gives to all other operators.
Even on the ranged only skill farming map she is good.
Those pesky tank drones get hit by her skill 2 and they just get shredded afterwards.
Not he best map by far, yet just shows she is great even with her unique range.
Just so you know that no operator is good for all map
And all operator good for some map
Can't say that for Ptilopsis tho
ikr
Her passive debuff alone made her worth deploying. Being AoE Caster with DoT art damage made her even more amazing for me
From my experience, she can get the job done as long as she can cover a tile or two
the only map where i consider lava/gitana over ifrit is ani 2 cause of the range tile setup. i use her everywhere else
with ifrit S2, she turn every enemies within her range into tofu....fried tofu if you want to add in.
Seriously, if people think this operator bad, they are really bad doktar....
Danny Ho :) this put a smile to my face
I'll admit, I bought off on the "hurr durr linear range bad" nonsense at first after I got her. What changed? I was having trouble getting past 3-8 and I saw a guide that used her, so I figured "why the hell not". She made that map easy-mode, and I swore from then on I'd never badmouth Ifrit-chan ever again. Loved the vid btw!
Now to watch "Something just like this [Rhine Lab]"!
I'm trying to guess why some players might genuinely (but mistakenly) think that Ifrit is bad:
1. Splash vs AoE
Most Arknights Operators with the [AoE] tag, including the ones introduced to players early on, don't actually have AoE attacks in the strictest sense. More precisely, they have "splash" attacks that target one enemy at a time and also deal damage to enemies that happen to be near the targeted position.
Ifrit, on the other hand, is a true AoE attacker who attacks all enemies in her attack range simultaneously. This wouldn't be obvious to most players until they get to see Ifrit in action somehow. (Executor's Traits description clearly states that he attacks all enemies in range, but Ifrit doesn't get that in-game description even though she basically does the same thing.)
AoE and splash attacks can yield very similar result depending on the size of the AoE or splash area. But in case of Arknights, the splash areas are usually way smaller, so this is a big point in favor of Ifrit that some players might not realize.
2. Coverage vs Up Time
It's easy to assume that a unit that covers a wider range gets to shoot more often. A typical 3x3 or 3x4 range operator can often cover 3-6 ground tiles, whereas Ifrit can often cover 3 tiles or fewer, therefore Ifrit bad.
But that's not exactly how it works, especially with single-target attackers. The real "up time" is when at least one enemy is within range. With high enough DPS to kill most enemies before they move to another tile and/or the ability to block enemy movement in place with melee operators, wider coverage offers very little advantage. (There is still significant advantage in having longer range, but Ifrit has that too)
This point is already moot since we know Ifrit is a true AoE attacker, but even if she were a single-target splash attacker, this wouldn't be such a big point against Ifrit, more like some players are overestimating the advantage of having a wide attack range.
Ifrit really helps me with clearing difficult stages and on Anni stages. Saying she's bad or whatsoever, means that they either don't know how to use her or they try to make her do something outside of her range (I mean her abilities).
Well, Ifrit can burn 4-6 enemies at once, activating her S2 or S3, along with the additional trust values, makes her so godly
this video reduce my pain of getting ifrit in both magallan and blaze banner, thanks bro
I’ve known Ifrit was a best girl ever since I saw her 😎
can i join your club?
Ever since I've learned her voicelines, the meaning behind it, and the whole rhine lab story!!
Did you saw her in half?
I just recently got her and after hearing her voicelines I was curious to her story, there's only a few hours left of the event so I binged reading it and after her story I started loving her 10/10 she would be my first e2
Kenji Fuzzy
Omg sameeeee Ifrit only e2 atm and first e2 😂 best girl needs her e2 art OwO
Yessss my favorite operator Iffy! You've done her justice here!
I kept reroling my account on the first day until I managed to get her from the banner at the beginning, the non-beginner banner but by that time day 2 had already rolled over lol. I don't regret spending that time at all, she's been carrying me from day 2 onward!
My personal experience with her has truthfully skewed the way I look at maps in Arknights since I'll always be trying to find Ifrit spots to make the best use out of her, which brings me to my next point:
The map design in AK has done a pretty damn good job at keeping Ifrit in mind in the maps we have so far, most of the time anyway. Grani's event was a joyful party in comparison since most of the maps there were extremely Iffy-compatible to wreak havoc but most of the time you'll have to finnangle a decent spot for her someway haha.
Ifrit and Angelina are my core "caster". They never leave my squad
Why Angelina? Most maps you don't need a slow down caster, right?
@@yukkurispee1773 I used her coz I don't have good ST caster beside Amiya. She also has cheap DP and give HP regen and ASPD. So much utility in one operator.
PS: waifu > meta
@@14rifky 2bh if you want a really really strong st mage steward. his passiv makes him perfect for tank busting and hes cheap to max
@Yuki Tsutsumi Exactly I don't have Gitano so when there's a stage that requires Gitano S2's long range I just use Angelina S3 and it works almost every time lol
the best disclaimer straight to the point
I picked up Arknights after my girlfriend showed me Ifrit.
Finally just got her, and this video could not have been better timed.
Thanks for the hard work, Dreamy! Love the content, and definitely looking forward to finally taking mine out for a spin.
Your breakdown really helped me understand her S3 much more! The comparison of S2 and S3 was also very helpful, made it easier to choose which and when. Thanks!
Great guide as always ! even tho i wasn't tempted to invest into Ifrit now i know at least how to use her in case i ever will use her
Thanks so much for these videos, im new to the game and they are helping me so much!
Thank you for making this guide, Ifrit seriously need more appreciation. She is one of my favorite operator and always take her with me. Her utility to debuff enemy defense is just too good imo.
I really love the Rhine Lab Family Trio; Silence, Ifrit, Saria
Good thing I finally complete the family in recent standard banner
Such timing for this vid, I just got her yesterday from recruitment. Thanks a lot for the guide!
she's great, just find her a choke point/spot where she can burn them continuously.. her only con that I could think of is you can't use her on every map where you can't utilize her range aside from that she's great on what she does which is melting enemies and people saying she's bad just wanted another all rounder OP unit like Ash or Eyja..
Rather convenient timing I just got her from a Top Op tag
Damn that tag exist?
Such a nice feeling, right? Seeing that tag. 😁
i’vd never even got a senior op tag
@@dittoford I got a goddamn nearl from that tag
Same
Tbh when i first get her i thought she is not that good considering her range, i even thought gitano was better overall... But after practicing with SK stage for 1-2 days, after looking at stage's map my first thought was "where can i put ifrit?"
The wall strategy
Muhammad Khalid
When I see a map the first thing I think of is ‘where can I but ifrit’
*Opens map
Me: is this map Ifrit-able?
True that my dude, it always the first thing that comes to my mind and i always search for a good place to do A kill Zone
amazing vid!! ifrit is my fav op, thank you for this :)
One of my favorite parts of Ifrit is her range and AOE attack
Ifrit is extremely good and deserves all the headpats and spiced peppers! Will be my next E2 promotion!
YAAAASSSSS remember i summoned her in recruit live in your stream !!! shes great but sometimes awkward to use !!
People seriously think Ifrit is bad?
People didnt know her skills yet, and positioning her would be really hard to do if you dont know how to use her yet. So she suffered the bad reputation because of it. And that is normal.
@@MXaliant Her skills are just as known as other characters, and her versatility becomes pretty apparent to anyone bothering to use her.
@@lord1349 yea you mean people who looked for answers outside the game. And yea, even with her utilities, she can be seen as bad when we see her for the first time because of her weird attack area. When I first saw her range, I never planned to get her and didnt bother to read the skills. This behaviour is what I meant. I only knew she's good after I got her from headhunt.
There’s indeed a very small minority that doesn’t categorise her as top tier due to her range, but those are the people who don’t bother to research properly about the game anyway. Dreamy is just using that as a buzz title due to how much negativity around various ops EN has had so far, it’d get more attraction when something is asked and justified on the spot haha
I was thinking she is bad when I got her, but as time to time, I learn how to use her range effectively with map that can positioned her to her advantage.
I regret my first impresion of her...at first I'm even stupid enough to not realize her range can goes trough tile even if it was in between "wall",like dreamy's first half of video.
Who wouldn't want a straight LINE? Obviously I used her a lot cause of her AoE range attack, but she is overall the best angery brat of all.
Some people talk about early video
While it's 11PM in my country
Good video btw, I done Ifrit E2 some days ago :)
subscribed. very informational vids, im a fan. keep it up mate
Ifrit was my first e2, and definitely no regrets, she always shredded everything.
Just got Ifrit last night...at least I'm more happy now after watching this...no Saria but at least I got a nice AoE caster...which happened to be my only caster above 4* besides donkey. Thanks Dreamy!
Just got Ifrit from Magallan Banner..... and it is my 2nd 6 star operator~
very nice guide man. now I can use Ifrit to a better degree :D
Thanks, you erased my doubts on getting her to e2
I'd rather say that, the first time I got her (which was around 2 weeks after I first started the game), I didn't give her much attention due to her rather *unorthodox* range. That, combining with the fact that resources were scarce, I couldn't spare anything for her. Now, heh, she's one of the backbone of my roster and I'm saving up for her elite 2.
Ifrit is a BEAST when she is put into a map where she could use her linear attack to her advantage.
Ngl like dreamy said,I too,have bad first impression when I first got her,but as time goes by,and I learn what kind of map and position that can work with Ifrit,she never dissapointing me with those performance.
As always,thanks for the guide dreamy!
Ifrit Spooked me on Hellagur Banner. Glad. As I was aiming for Myrtle only. So happy.
The ability to cheese 1/3 of maps feel so good with her.-Tears Of Joy.-
Don’t worry Ifrit will burn the haters with her stand
so glad i got to recruit her using top operator+caster tags before frickin' mostima got added in the recruitment pool
Good guide as always, im so close to e2ing my ifrit, her and lappland are my main arts damage dealers. plus her defense debuff is great with skadis m3, things just melt.
Ifrit sucks? No.
That's just the first impression, what are skill description for when you don't read them.
She can be a debuffer in E1 and DPS Caster in E2, but even in her E1 she can shine already. Even if she can only attack in a line, having even 1 tile as attack range is great.
Positioning her near or far from defenders as long as she can hit enemies, she's excellent. She can be positioned away from enemies because of her range so it can also add as survivability. Her E1 can help Physical Damage Dealers because of the Defense Reduction Debuff, and also casters because of the Resistance Reduction Debuff from her talent. She's very beneficial in many ways.
And as a 6 ★ operator, she really need some strategic positioning.
She's one of the best casters out there.
And she's the best Flammenwerfer out there.
And then there are the people who looked at her range and went "Whoa, she can hit enemies 5 tiles away?!"
That is me right there
The moment i saw both her range and skill i immediately went "I MUST GET HER" in which i did when a "Top Operator" tag showed up on my recruitment list
Same here, also when I read her two talents and S2, I was like, FUCK I NEED HER.
It's definitely me.I was one of those who bullied big bob using her.
Dayum. She's a hidden gem to us. At present, with the exception of Firewatch and Platinum, there's no other Operators that can hit enemies THAT far, let alone anyone within the range(and for real, we're talking about an AoE Caster here!).
To the poster above me: I was one of those guys too, using Ifrit to roast that Big Bob lol 😂
I'm with you here. 5-Tiles attack range is what attracted my attention and contested with my desire of Exu when a Top Op tag was in my recruitment.
Never regret getting her even if since then, I still don't have Exu.
ohh wow...this early from PH :) I believe we're in the same country
Just the video I needed as I got her from my 10 summon
my favorite and first operator which i up her lvl (E2 40) and M3 her skill 2
@@mordy2085wah my next project = Chen S2...M2 currently -> M3 next... hmmm specter, mine might be on the long queue but nice there, i c u are man of culture as well :D
I got my Ifrit through top operator tag in recruit. Feels good man.
I remember getting her through recruit, and didn't build her because I was starting, and had enough units to work on as is.
Now I'm account lv. 66, and she helps me through Annihilation 3.
She deserves her 6* status
After over a year playing, I just got her today.
Ifrit: "Art res? What was it again?"
She's so fun to use, now all i need is her summer skin
I just have to say that your guides are the best with out them i would have made some rookie mistakes and your music taste i divine
it will be good if there is a support operator that can summon tile briefly, and make the strategy more diverse
hmmmm... now I know what to do with my p6 iffy. thanks ;) been waiting for this.
Glad I got her from recruitment
It was the Top operator + Debuff tag
People actually thought she sucks cause of the range...? .-.
She works differently due to her targeting mechanic working differently since the enemy has to be in the specific tile she attacks in so you cant do targeting combos like displacement+splash (i.e Shaw + Lava) to hit enemies out of range but she still works as a unit pretty well :v
Ifrit was the second six star I ever got, and because of that, I've learned to use her in almost all maps. I was able to defeat Anni 3 because I E2 her and had a full team of E1 w/ a borrowed SA. That was not easy but I couldn't have done it as early as I did without her.
The hardest part in using Ifrit? Obtainng her.
People think ifrit sucks but if you could just put her to a great spot then, he could par with Eyja and Silver ash, her burst is not like any other casters in the game, she can melt even the tankiest enemies like Bob as long as she has the spot, I've been an ifrit user, I must say, she really is reliable in clearing her favored lane, especially her 2nd skill at skill 4 or 7, but when she's maxed out, she could even clear a lane without blockers, all by herself.
ifrit carried me through the game... she was my second 6 star (first hoshiguma) and i have used her everywhere... even in the hardest maps i found a place for her...
Im astonished that ppl get a bad impression of her because of her range
Big bruh moment
The only reason you could bring for Ifrit being "bad" is that you need a different strategy if you use her. (if you want to copy strategies form others)
But in most cases that strategy will lead to a better clear.
She is in my all-stars team for quite some time now as the single caster and I don't remember when I last used another caster. (except supports sometimes)
What does a "better" clear even mean ?
@@shocopancakee7731 most of the time just faster clear time.
@@shocopancakee7731 That usually meant either being more efficient or quicker stage clearances, but I'm not sure what OP meant specifically either lol
Then that's simply not true. Many much more flexible strategies can clear stages better than Ifrit. Though it really does not matter, gameplay freedom is the name of the game.
With better i mean the follwing -
You need less operators, you need less lvls on operators, you need less specific operators, you only need one instead of two AoE casters etc.
And something that wasn't mentioned in the video.
She is already powerful at E1
My first thought in every map is "Where is the best spot to place Ifrit". She's just sooo good with the right setup. She made Annihalation 3 kinda easy honestly. I was strugling to complete Anni 3, got Ifrit while doing that and once I E2 Ifrit the map was a cakewalk.
Even just one tile is enough so I can use her second skill + Exusiai skill 3
At max level with that -300 defense, it literally equates to 300 more damage per hit.
Indeed rapid hitters love her.
Apple Pie was my first 6*, now I want Ifrit for the meme strength.
Not that I didn't already for every other reason, but meme buff debuff brigade is an even better incentive.
After playing around with her in different maps, I can say she's a bit of a luxury character. You don't need her, but man it's fun watching her decimate anything within that one line.
Ifrit is what some of us veterans of Tower Defense game players called, powerful unit with some degree of difficulty many have hard time overcoming their flaws.
Simply put, she takes more than just "plug n' play" and cheese a win. You're also taken into account to check the maps first, and plan ahead before jumping in(fella TDG players will know what I'm talking about). This is a strategy game, after all.
Oh, they're right about Ifrit being a flamethrower(or if you like German, flammenwerfer). The device she's using is indeed just that; a flame-casting wand that uses concentrated liquid Originum as fuel, and one of the Rhine Lab's finest work(but also so dangerous, permissions is needed to experiment with it). One can read this in her Archive file after earning 100% Trust and above. Everything you want to know of the device(including the specs), it's all there.
(Oh, I'm letting you in for a nice secret: Did you know that there's a ranged tile at the Vanguard and Supporter chip stages that actually overlooks the middle lane? Take Ifrit, place her there, and she'll roast those Wraiths within seconds.)
I like Ifrit a lot because she kinda enables me to brute force content with aoe guards with her tick damage and debuffs that turn aoe guards like Estelle into sustain God's as long as she never stops killing enemies.
Gotta admit that I havent been using Ifrit bcs I'm looking for spot where at least she can hit 3 tiles. Tho ppl here commented that even on just 1 tile she's a beast
nice video i just got her from a top optag.
Seriously though, if you have Ifrit at E2 you'll pretty much destroy annihilation 3. She's a godsend for those of us without SilverAsh xD
I got Ifrit from that Ch'en Standard Banner on first pull and Nian on uhhhhh.... I don't remember anymore, but I can't believe people actually bad-mouthed Ifrit just cuz of her range like dude she makes an advantage to cover further distances than the standard AOE Caster archetype if you understand how to utilize her range and hell is it really fun..... Usually whenever I get a random 6* OP I always check their information before judging them and to my surprise seeing that Debuffs on her was insane I'm glad I'm building her now... And I'm trying to make her useful in all maps (if not most)
Ifrit is the Starfruit of Arknights. Her range causes those who don't use her to dismiss her, but she carry your entire run with the right strategy.
Her S2 debuff and her Talent debuff incinerates anything. I paired her with apple pie, every sort of defense shreds with her S2 debuff even for a short period of time like damn. Pair her up with a battery, or an arts skill caster, she’ll be shredding maps even the inconvenient ones for her.
I don't really dive into the numbers much but the Res and def reduction are more than enough to convince to invest in Ifrit. Her range is a bit weird compared to other casters but tbh this is a ttd game and you bet there will be some maps that have that just call for her.
I just bought her from the shop. I can't wait to e2 her
I love her in Annihilation. She can guard a complete line A2 and helps a lot in A3 with her range
I was wondering the other day if she has a bad sinergy with Ceobe, since her second skill reduces def, and Ceobe deals more damage depending on the enemy's armor.
Im just a global player who saw Ceobe skills in the wiki, so please do take this with a grain of salt.
But i believe that while it may be a negative for Ceobe with her skill 1 or 2, it can be a plus for her skill 3, since it switches her damage type to physical, so the amount she loses on her passive arts damage, she may conpensate with the higher phys damage
Since Ifrit was my first 6* my entire game has just been looking for that one tile that all the enemies have to cross and absolutely wrecking them with Ifrit. Seriously one tile is all she needs. That Skill 2 is maximum unethical, especially if you manage to chain it back to back with SP regen e.g. Ptilopsis, Liskarm, Saria, Warfarin.
Metal Crabs have S level arts mitigation. E2 Ifrit with Skill 2, shreds them.
Big Bob has S level HP. Shredded.
Master Arts Drone. A tier arts mitigation and can't be blocked. Touch it once and it's dead.
Thanks Dreamy For Informing Me That Lappland Can Silence Those Pesky Slowing-Down Drones!
When I first got her and saw her range, I thought "hurr hurr, this is going to be fun".
A bit out of topic,
Do you recommend getting Saria from the gold certificate shop?
Tbh I want to save up the certs for an operator I truly want but I don't want to regret not taking her either. Future hard contents of the game (Like CC event) looks terrifying to me.
More like, is she THAT necessary to clear the hardest contents of the game?
Not necessary but definitely recommended if you don't have her.
She is not necessary, she's way overhyped and overrated. Do you have Nearl? She is more than enough.
@@LisaraScarlet Yes I do have Nearl! Though I haven't raised her up yet because Spot is enough to fill the healing defender *spot* in my squad at the moment. Maybe I'll raise her up later
Thank you for answering! I'll keep holding on my gold certs for now 👌
@@LisaraScarlet can you make a break down video on saria? I'm using her but I do think people have way overhyped her and not giving other tanks enough credit.
I alway try to cross ifrit and executor's tiles for some insane DPS
Just got top operator with Caster and AOE tags to pair up. Guess who's gonna join the squad?
Yes, you're right, it was Shining. The shelf squad, that is.
I am actually so mad for losing not one but two Ifrit tags right now, that I will not touch Shining with a ten foot pole, until I get a flaming daughter for my Silence.
Gonna watch this after I wake up~
The only thing i know why people hate ifrit because they dont have her XD
I even use her in some 1 tile only and she burn them all.
I remember when i testing sk-5 with no specialist, only one AoE caster between skyfire/gitano/ifrit. She solo them kekw
Yeeess finally
Although i use her as main caster dps, i do agree on her effectiveness on single-tile is bad, where we could just use another aoe-caster such Skyfire/Gitano/Lava, i mean, it's not her role to clear not-straight-line tiles.
Thanks for the guide.Turns out Im underleveled to survive pompeii at half life lol.
What's the bgm when the actual spotlight starts at 0:20 ??
My first thought on every new map is can I use ifirit to effectively here cause if can she can empower all my other units and DPS a lot making up for being under level or not having other I win buttons! Heck she is often a I win button!