Chen Qianyu Build Guide - Arknights Endfield

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Strategic Loadout

Equipment Main

Best-in-Slot

Rapid Ascent

F2P

Sundering Steel

Tactical Gear Matrix

Armor

Gloves

Kit 1

Kit 2

Optimized Set Bonus

Swordmancer

Combat Skills

Skills

Basic AttackSoaring Break

Battle SkillAscending Strike

Combo SkillSoar to the Stars

UltimateBlade Gale

Combat Talents

Talent 1Slashing Edge

Talent 2Momentum Breaker

Base Talents

Base Talent 1Blade Critique

Base Talent 2Jadeworking

Best Teams

Endministrator Endministrator Chen Qianyu

Chen Qianyu Chen Qianyu Ardelia

Ardelia Ardelia Akekuri

Akekuri Akekuri Good F2P Starter team using 3 free Operators + Akekuri. Endministrator and Chen synergy is really good and a solid Physical Core for any team. Akekuri can also be replaced by any of the 6 Star Physical characters - Ember

Ember Ember Pogranichnik

Pogranichnik Pogranichnik Lifeng

Lifeng Lifeng or even Da Pan

Da Pan Da Pan Endministrator

Endministrator Endministrator Chen Qianyu

Chen Qianyu Chen Qianyu Alesh

Alesh Alesh Estella

Estella Estella Alesh and Estella form the Cryo-Physical Hybrid core, as Estella can apply Cryo Infliction for Alesh, which is exactly what he need to solidify enemies and that’s also what Estella needs to trigger her Combo Skill that applies Physical Susceptibility to enemies, increasing both Chen and Endmin’s damage output. Lifeng

Lifeng Lifeng Chen Qianyu

Chen Qianyu Chen Qianyu Pogranichnik

Pogranichnik Pogranichnik Da Pan

Da Pan Da Pan A more premium team that uses Pogranichnik to consume Vulnerable stacks and generate more SP for your team. That team is harder to play as it requires multiple setups to fully stack debuffs on enemies. Da Pan consumes Vulnerable every other rotation for big damage. Lifeng also should use his Battle Skill against an enemy with no Vulnerable Stacks in order to apply Physical Susceptibility. Chen and Pogranichnik are pretty straightforward.

Best Weapons and Gear

Weapons

Best-in-Slot: Rapid Ascent

Rapid Ascent Rapid Ascent

Alt (F2P): Aspirant

Aspirant Aspirant

Alt (F2P) : Sundering Steel

Sundering Steel Sundering Steel

Rapid Ascent is the best option as it provides amazing stats for Chen. Crit Rate, Agility and a lot of Physical DMG. Some of the Weapon Effect requires the enemy to be staggered, but the provided Crit Rate is really good for Chen’s Damage before Stagger. Aspirant is Chen’s Signature, it’s a really good weapon with great synergy with Chen’s Kit. Since the only Physical Status Chen applies is Lift, this means it’s really easy to fully stack this weapon and trigger a massive damage increase for your Ultimate. Sundering Steel is an alternative option in case you’re lacking Aspirant or Rapid Ascent. Chen can make full use of this so feel free to use this weapon depending on your availability.

Gear

Gear Set:

Swordmancer Swordmancer

Armor:

Bonekrusha Heavy Armor T1 Bonekrusha Heavy Armor T1

Gloves:

Swordmancer TAC Fists Swordmancer TAC Fists

Kit 1:

Swordmancer Flint Swordmancer Flint

Kit 2:

Swordmancer Flint Swordmancer Flint

The Swordmancer Set increases the Stagger efficiency while also synergizing with Chen’s ability to apply Physical Status to enemies. Recommended for General Use.

Gear Set:

Aethertech Aethertech

Armor:

Swordmancer Heavy Armor Swordmancer Heavy Armor / MI Security Armor

MI Security Armor MI Security Armor

Gloves:

Aethertech Gloves Aethertech Gloves

Kit 1:

Aethertech Stabilizer Aethertech Stabilizer

Kit 2:

Aethertech Stabilizer Aethertech Stabilizer

Arts Intensity should scale the damage of Lift (Physical Status), but more testing needs to be done to calculate which Gear Set ultimately contributes to higher damage.

How to Play

Chen is all about applying Vulnerable Stacks by using her Combo Skill and Battle Skill. The Combo Skill is easy to trigger as it requires applying Vulnerable to enemies, something that her Battle Skill can do for you. The Combo Skill applies even more Vulnerable Stacks, making her an amazing option for Physical focused teams.

Operators like the Endministrator, Da Pan or Pogranichnik can consume Vulnerable stacks with their Battle Skills to deal more damage or even generate SP.

Keep in mind that her Combat Talent gives an ATK Buff whenever you hit the enemy with a skill. This lasts for 10s and can stack up to 5 times. So spacing out her Battle Skill and Combo Skill is important to avoid losing stacks through the fight.

Chen’s Ultimate only deals damage but it's really good damage. She has some utility on her kit through her 2nd Combat Talent that applies extra Stagger to enemies when interrupting enemy charged attacks.

Summary

With her Combo Skill out of cooldown, use another unit to apply Physical Status and trigger her Combo Skill.

Wait a bit before using her Battle Skill, stacking more Vulnerable and Chen’s Combat Talent.

Repeat this through the fight and remember to consume these stacks using Crush or Breach for some extra damage

Release Date

Chen Qianyu will release on January 22nd, 2026 along with the release of Arknights: Endfield. Chen Qianyu is a Standard Operator, meaning they are permanently available through the gacha system. You will also receive a free copy of Chen early on in the story.