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

Translation Credits: Jetroyz, kawa#9052, of the RIHQ server

"Sorry if I didn't introduce myself when we first met. I am Tsukinogi, once a disaster messenger in Higashi, it's an honor to be your subordinate."

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No matter how many ways there are to understand someone, there will be twice as many ways they can hide their true nature.

Just like a midnight forest, one above the other, long lost with no way home to be found. But when the moonlight shines through the trees,

Can anything stay hidden?

Now you should know what type of person Tsukinogi is.

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Tsukinogi is a 5★ Buffer Supporter of Rhodes Island that specializes in Strengthening her allies by reducing their damage intake.  She also has the rare ability to remove enemy stealth effect, the first Ranged Operator with the ability to do so.  The Operators she most closely resembles are the Debuffer Supporters Pramanix and Shamare, though her kit serves to strengthen allies rather than weaken enemies.

Trait: Deals Arts Damage

Talent: When HP of allies within attack range are below a certain value, grant [Protection] (reduce Physical and Arts damage taken)

Skill 1: During skill activation, grant a certain amount of Physical and Arts Dodge to allies within attack range and remove enemy [Stealth] effects.

Skill 2: During skill activation, Tsukinogi stops attacking. The activation requirements of her talent are reduced and the effect of [Protection] is enhanced. Additionally, all allies within attack range recover HP every second.

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

Tsukinogi will be the first Buffer/Debuffer Supporter to specialize in damage mitigation and avoidance.  The others in her Archetype, Pramanix and Shamare, specialize in enemy weakening.  

How useful her Strengthening specialization will be will depend on the actual numbers.  My biggest concern is the seeming anti-synergy between her and Healers.  If her strengthening Talent only applies at lower HP percentages, then healers keeping people topped off actually works against her Talent activation.  We'll need to see the numbers before it makes sense to try to analyze much more.

A very interesting note is that she is the first Ranged Operator with the ability to reveal stealthed enemies (a fact that caused some issues in the last CC Event).  This gives her some utility beyond what her base kit has to offer.