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

Translation Credits: Jetroyz, Laulicon#6707, and kawa#9052 of RIHQ

"Catastrophe messenger Leonhardt, I'm not sure if the doctor has heard about me before? No? That makes things simpler, looks like I don't have to tell my story again like when I got caught by the ladies from human resources."

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"Employment also comes with a full checkup? Not bad. Hey there kitty, are you in charge of me? I thought it'd be the Cautus I saw on the way." "Eh, no, I'm not saying that a feline intern isn't ok. Felines are cute!" "No, I'm not saying you're not cute, and I'm not saying you're just a cute incompetent girl. Sorry, sorry."

"There aren't any crystals? That's not right, I checked with my own arts. I thought it was just the doctors in the independent state, but even Rhodes Island can't detect it… " "No no, don't feel bad. I'll tell you a joke. There was a Laterano who ate an apple everyday, and she didn't need to go to the doctor anymore… " "Eh, don't cry, I can deal with some higher ups who are too full of themselves, but I can't deal with girls… Damn it, the jokes I heard from the Laterano messengers don't work at all!"

"Uh, it's not my fault? Because you found crystals? Ah don't worry about these little things. How can I be a catastrophe messenger if I'm worried about those." "You're prepared when you decided to become a doctor and recited that oath, right? So don't be sad, smile, how will you put the patient at ease like that?"

Leonhardt is a 5★ AoE Caster whose focus is straightforward: dealing damage to large groups of enemies.

Trait: Deals AOE Arts Damage

Talent: Each enemy within attack range increases Leonhardt's ATK (stackable, has stack limit)

Skill 1:During skill activation, increase ATK

Skill 2: During skill activation, increase attack range, immediately deal a certain amount of Arts damage to all enemies within attack range, and reduce their RES for several seconds. Can hold charges

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

Leonhardt's usage seems very straightforward and in line with his Archetype: deal damage to large groups of enemies.  Both his Talent, which increases ATK based on the number of enemies in his range, as well as his Skill 2, which hits all enemies in his attack range and reduces RES, are designed to ramp up the damage to large groups of enemies.

The other high-rarity Operators of this Archetype (Mostima and Skyfire), lean toward a crowd-control specialization, so Leonhardt could potentially provide something new in that regard.  His biggest issue is the competition he faces.  With Operators like Ejyafjall, Ifrit, and Angelina all offering high-power AoE options, it might be hard for Leonhardt to find a spot on high-end teams.