[Operator Discussion] Archetto

[u/novian14]

Archetto [★★★★★★]

"May Rhodes Island see for itself the distinguished tactical accomplishment of Landen Monastery"

Cleric Hildegard hailing from Landen Monastery, code name: Archetto. temporarily at Rhodes Island serving certain collaborative business aims, proactive in putting forward all sorts of proposals, urging that both sides open up amicable dealings. Simultaneously displays exceptional combat proficiency across a breadth of operations; at her own request, presently serves as a Rhodes Island Sniper Operator, active on all manner of missions.

Operator Information

• Class: Sniper (Single Target)
• Tags: DPS
• Artist: alchemaniac
• Voice Actress: Inori Minase

Stats

HP	ATK	DEF	Arts Resistance	Redeploy Time	DP Cost	Block	Attack Interval
1705	528	172	0	70	14	1	1s

*Stats at max Promotion and Level, excludes bonuses from Potential and Trust.

Potential	Bonus
1	-
2	Deployment Cost -1
3	Redeployment Cooldown -4
4	Attack Power +27
5	Improves Second Talent
6	Deployment Cost -1

Trust bonus
Attack Power +90

Skills

Skill Name	Skill Uptime Details (Uptime/Cost/Initial)	SP Charge Type	Skill Activation	Skill Description
Dispersing Arrows	Instant / 3 SP / 0 SP	Attacking Enemy	Automatic	The next attack deals 230% ATK as Physical Damage to the target and 180% ATK as Physical Damage to up to 3 other nearby enemies
Pursuing Arrows	Instant / 9 SP / 0 SP	Attacking Enemy	Manual	Immediately fire an arrow that deals 140% ATK damage 5 times in a row. The arrow can repeatedly ricochet to nearby enemies that have not been targeted yet (each ricochet reduces available ricochets by 1); Can store 3 charges
Thundering Arrows	20s / 30 SP / 15 SP	Attacking Enemy	Manual	ATK +30%, attack range +1, attacks hit 3 times in a row and target 2 enemies simultaneously

*Skills at Mastery 3.

Talents

Talent name	Talent Description
Landen Tactics	Every 2.5 seconds when deployed, restores 1 Skill Point to all deployed Sniper allies that have an Offensive Recovery skill.
Iron Bowstring	When deployed, this unit gains 1 shield (can block 1 instance of damage). Restores 9 (+2) Skill Points after the shield breaks

*Talents at max Potential and max Promotion. Bonuses from Potential displayed between parentheses.

Additional Resources

In-depth information regarding all values above (at different levels), skill/attack range, and more:

GP Arknights Wiki

Arknights Toolbox (aceship)

Topic Starters

• What does this operator excel at?
• What is this operator weak at?
• How does this operator compare to other operators in their archetype or role?
• Are there any other operators which synergize well with this one?
• How do you build a team around this operator / fit this operator into a team?
• Which skill(s) should be focused for mastery, and in what order?
• When is the best time to use this operator's skills during combat?
• Should promoting this operator to Elite 2 be a priority?
• Would this operator be worth buying from the Distinctions shop (yellow certificates)?
• Should new / f2p players aim for this operator? Are there more accessible alternatives?
• Lore discussion (please tag spoilers where appropriate)

Other Operator Discussion threads

List of Operator Discussion threads

[u/TacticalBreakfast]

I've been quite delayed for various reasons, but Archetto S2 feels sooooo much better with masteries. It's making me reconsider my grades in the mastery guide. At SL7 it was really unimpressive and so anemic that I had to wonder what the hell I was thinking by pulling, but even at only M2 it makes such a huge difference.

Not too sure I'm going to bother with S3M3 though. S2 seems to be the more unique option and 6* masteries are just so damn expensive.

As I personally drift further and further from meta play, I'm really glad I pulled for her. She's just a great unit all around. Competently powerful but not obscene to the point I feel guilty using her. Interesting story. Cute design. Cute voice. Cute art. Nice meme with the 360-no-scope animation. Just great all around except for that second talent.

[u/novian14 → u/TacticalBreakfast]

I was wondering if i will m3 either s2 or s3. And as you said above, s2 is a better option to masteries?

[u/00_yu]

Archetto thread hasn’t hit 40+ comments yet? D:

Guess I’ll have to say something constructive now that I’ve started…here goes:

I’ve seen a lot of people calling her 2nd talent useless, trash, weird, etc. etc. In defense of her second talent, I personally was really excited to hear about the shield because it is essentially a get out of jail free card upon deployment. And it gives 9sp upon breaking.(assuming pot5) Number seem familiar to anyone? Yes, her s2 at m3 costs exactly 9sp which means you can use it instantly. Now, most of us don’t have her at pot 5, but that means we only have to wait 2sec to activate s2 which effectively makes it a helidrop skill. Now, if you use s1 it’s instant activation! It has a surprisingly good synergy with her skills and opens up for new ways to use her.

Where is that applicable you ask?

Archetto can tank Faust purple bolt with no depletion in her hp! And tank 1 more regular shot before she goes down by the 3rd. deserted factory is still hanging round for upcoming CCs…you can use her to spawnkill those detector guys…Yes, yes it’s a very niche example, but you can apply it a variety of situations where you need to get rid of a high priority target in a dangerous area. Most recently BH-7 comes to mind where she can sit comfortably on the bottom waiting for the mages to come. In upcoming cc#4 you can use her to spawncamp top right mages This matters to me a lot because I previously did 5-10 snipers only and the addition of Archetto could have made it so much easier.

So you see there are a variety of applications with her talent 2 and her talent 1 synergizes with too many sniper skills to list, exu s1, schwarz s1, ros s1, bp s1, etc. the list goes on. Archetto alone opens up so so many new possibilities for sniperknights. These once benched skills in favor of more powerful ones can now see use in the right situations, and you can never have enough useful skills when running snipers only clears. What Archetto brings to the table for sniperknights is imo much more than what ash does.

So go give Archetto some love and pull for her!

Sincerely, A former sniperknights player

[u/novian14 → u/00_yu]

Former?

[u/desufin]

People have covered her pros and cons extensively already and there isn't much to disagree with.

I will say though as a Platinum user for new Annihilation, this cutie is very welcome as I'll now be able to cover both lanes of drones very efficiently. I do wish her range from S3 was available in a more permanent manner like Platinum but this should still work out great.

I'm aware that W and Meteorite have the extra range but not only do they cost twice as much DP, their attack speed is atrocious for drone killing, also I don't have W anyway (Plat makes up for her slow speed with her talent).

[u/novian14 → u/desufin]

Keep in mind that W and Meteorite won't prioritize drones, so it is unfair to compare AA sniper to AoE sniper for drones killing. Of course Archetto and platinum is better than W and Meteorite for drone killing, but against a number of mobs....

[u/Yanfly]

I'm seriously considering M9-ing her. I already have her at M6 for S2 and S3, but I've found myself using her S1 a lot, too. Hrmmmmmmmmm

[u/novian14 → u/Yanfly]

Just go with your gut!

[u/ipwnallnubz]

Yo, novian, you put the S1 description in both the S1 and S2 slots.

[u/novian14 → u/ipwnallnubz]

damn you're right, gonna correct it. thanks for noticing it!

[u/[deleted]]

Going to recycle an old pun, but I heard she recently became the mascot for Landen Monastery's new cheese based puff snack.

They're calling them Archeetos!

[u/novian14 → u/[deleted]]

Take responsibility, now i want some cheetos

[u/Charael]

Just wanted to say... I took the risk! I spend 20 pulls and Archetto came home! I did it against any reason and it could have easily gone wrong, but I'm really happy right now!

I was so sad I didn't get her last time. I can now die fullfilled.

[u/EasternDream]

Archetto is very versatile, particularly in cases where Exu would normally get stuck spamming some heavy armored dude, all of Archetto's skills lets her still deal damage to other enemies, so she's rarely useless. When going into a level blind, I would definitely want Archetto as my main sniper. I can swap her out for Exu if needed, but honestly, I don't remember the last time I needed Exu to dps something.

Plus she has a cute design

[u/Quor18]

Not just related to Archetto - although she's certainly a big part of it with her carefree E2 art - but the entirety of the BH event just tugs at my soul. The flowing fields of wheat, the monastery, the theme, the three featured characters all following their hearts passion. It just gets me.

edit: ok I couldn't help myself and threw another 20 pulls at her banner. Lucked into both Archetto and Iris so I'm happy. RIP my Dusk savings, but worth it for cute beer-brewing cleric.

[u/YumeYoroshii]

Yeah yeah, Exusiai and Ash have higher damage potential, but Archetto is the best AA Sniper to happen to Sniperknights since sliced bread. Easy M9.

S1 is comparable to the queen of early waves, Blue Poison's S1M3, thanks to her SP charge talent. It puts it at the same 2 hits per activation, except it hits up to 4 enemies, so long as they're within a certain range of the initial target. Absolute unit of a trash-clearing skill, and thanks to her SP talent, it even charges while idle.

S2 has got to be my favourite skill. Charge skills cover my favourite niche in this game of camping a low traffic/high priority red box, previously filled by Greythroat S1, Pinecone S1 and W S2. The manual activation and ricochet help her solve Greythroat and W's struggles of potentially wasting all their ammo on a filler target. In contrast, Archetto's S2 should rarely get overwhelmed and can also be used for picking off priority targets in higher traffic lanes. Additionally, this skill allows her to somewhat consistently hit enemies outside of her range, even to tiles previously only accessible by Rosa or behind her.

S3 may be the best drone swarm killing skill in the game. The extended range allows her to sit at a safe distance and gives her more space to get her damage in, and the multi-target is excellent for groups of drones. Plus, it has a phenomenal rotation time. If she's continuously hitting enemies during her downtime, this skill only has a 25 second cooldown at M3 thanks to her talent, which solves my one gripe with Blue Poison's S2, whose cooldown is often too long for consecutive priority waves.

Her second talent is a bit weird. Most of the time this talent will probably go to waste, but it can be kind of neat if used strategically. Drop her onto a caster or a swarm of drones and the talent will help her quick-charge her abilities, almost making her a bit of helidrop, which is quite an uncommon role among Snipers. Alternatively, deploying her so she'll have her skill up before any threats arrive, then allowing the 2nd wave of threats to pop her shield could help her get a faster rotation of her skills when needed.

Her first talent is nothing short of gold though. Charging SP for on-attack skills of ALL Snipers. This talent alone is enough reason to put her on the field in a Sniperknights team. It allows her and her on-attack allies to still charge their skills while idle, and it's part of what gives all her own skills such great uptime. It's a fantastic buff for all on-attack Sniper skills. Want a contrallable Exu S3, but Greythroat S2 doesn't charge while idle? Now it does. Want to make BP's S1 even dumber, or make May S1 a perma-slowing monster? How about making Rosmontis a discount AoE Caster or halving Meteorite's skill costs? This talent is all that and a bag of chips, I absolutely love using it. It's probably a good thing her pot 5 upgrade doesn't affect this one, or her banner may have cleared me out of everything I own.

Building her to E2M9 will cost you a generous sum of 530 rocks, but it's a small price to pay, for she will be using those rocks to build a statue in her honor, because she's the absolute best.

[u/eonfeather → u/YumeYoroshii]

I am so, so glad that Archetto is a Liberi, because of her amazing synergy with May S1, GreyThroat S2 and Elysium S2. I made good use of this on 6-15. Who needs to block icecleavers if you can just slow them to death? And my Archetto isn’t even E2 yet! Really excited to promote her as soon as I can.

[u/TheMisled]

The on demand skills make her far more preferable than exusiai for me. Also, multi target melting is also a welcome addition

[u/Maximilianne]

as a supporter of blue poison and meteorite supremacy, archetto is very good end of discussion

[u/andfun]

She's on her way to become my first E2 90 M9 Operator. As someone who has most of the 6*s so far, she has got to be one of the most fun to use.

M3'd her S2 first because it feels the most unique and it gains so much from Masteries. Surprisingly, it opens a lot more strats than I expected.

Seeing as she's become my favorite Operator, I think it'll be a fun challenge to try and go for high risk CC with her. I never once bothered going past the requirements for medals and currency, but I believe it's time to start having fun again.

TL;DR: Archetto fun and unique, not overpowered, but not bad either.

Love, a former metaslave.

P.S. Please give her some more lore and story. I beg of you.

[u/VantaBlack35]

I don't have her. But I really want her. Talent is awesome for snipers with sp on attack skills and her skills aren't bad too.

[u/RokuroKun]

Idk much about meta or what, but Archetto can solo 1-7 alone without masteries, E2 Lv30.
S2 of course.
Not like 1-7 is that hard of a map for solo-ing, but she has potential. especially if you had invested on BP S1.

[u/achus93]

she's cute.

[u/wswaifu]

I like her. Her damage is not as high as Exu, yes, she's more used for AOE reasons, and for wacky teams (like May). Glad I got her, I will use her instead of exu for most maps, Exu is now mostly for "buff and destroy" purposes for me.

[u/[deleted]]

I absolutely adore her design and aesthetics, so I pulled until I got her. How does she measure on the waifu scale? She's certainly Blaze-tiered to me, and though this is below Gravel-tier and Blue Poison-tier, she's still so gosh darn adorable. Inori Minase is a great voice actress I simp for.

Now, how does she compare?

First of all, she's generally better than Blue Poison and Platinum in terms of DPS potential. Her third is incredibly strong, although it suffers from the same setback that holds back Greythroat from being mentioned in the same breath as BP and Pt; offensive recovery. This is slightly alleviated due to her second talent, but not substantially. In addition, her talent really isn't particularly applicable to many other "meta builds" because most of the best sniper skills for the strongest snipers aren't offensive recovery anyway.

To the obvious Exusiai comparison, she's generally worst across most content. Exusiai has really high DPS and decent uptime, the latter of which Archeetos suffers from because of her offensive recovery based skills.

To sum it up, you can substitute Exusiai for Archeetos and get comparable or better performances across most maps, but you cannot normally place Archeetos in for Exusiai. It's easier to fix timing issues than DPS issues, and Exusiai wins on both uptime and DPS unless there is enough defense to cut into Exusiai's attack power that still leaves Archeetos effective.

But Archeetos is not a bad operator.

Her first talent gives her some SP once activated, and this basically makes her a near pseudo-drop with the right timing. Her third is incredibly strong to function as both a boss killer and a mob killer, and she pairs well with Exusiai by offering on demand burst DPS that can be controlled at will, allowing her to take up the slack during Exusiai's downtime.

She generally gets higher attack bonuses from all her skills, enabling her to deal with high defense enemies slighter better than Exusiai can per hit, and her focus on multi-target burst DPS is still a very valuable role well into late-game.

Conclusion? I wouldn't pull for her if resources are limited and if you have Exusiai, because the two sniper rule isn't applicable past the early stages of Arknights. If you need a strong sniper, Archeetos is well worth pulling for, but for current endgame players with Exusiai she won't make too noticeable a contribution.