Arknights CN: New Operator Announcement - Beeswax: Talent, Skills, Art, GIFs.

Translation Credits: Jetroyz of the RIHQ Discord

Beeswax is a 5★ Caster coming soon with Contingency Contract Season #2, and she brings a few firsts to the world of Arknights.  She will be the first dark skinned Operator, and also the first of her Archetype in the Caster Class. Her range is a 3x3 box centered on her, and she only attacks when her Skill is active.  She also has increased DEF and RES and does AoE damage to all enemies in her range.

Trait: Does not attack normally, greatly increased DEF and RES. When skill is active, deals AoE Arts damage to all enemies in range.

Attack Range: At E0, a 3x3 grid centered on Beeswax.

Talent: When skill is not active, recover HP every second.

Skill 1: During skill activation, increase attack range and ATK

Skill 2: After skill is activated, summon an obelisk that can block enemies in a melee tile within attack range. Upon appearing, the obelisk deals Arts damage to nearby enemies and stuns them for several seconds

Note: These are first impressions and based on conjecture since we don’t know the exact details. 

Any time there is a new Archetype introduced, it can be tricky to do any kind of analysis before the details become known.  What we know is that she will function sort of like Angelina's Skill 3: attack while Skills are active, and otherwise restore HP.  The main differences appear to be that she only restores HP to herself, and her attacks hit all enemies in her range.  The things we don't yet know that will effect her usability are her range at E1 and E2 and S1, the relative ranking of her stats compared to other Operators, her DP cost, etc.

Her trait granting increased DEF and RES could potentially set her up to be a ranged tank depending on their values, and her Skills appear to give her the option of functioning with a DPS or control focus.