Beagle

“Finally, FINALLY! Now nobody's going to call me "the Rookiest Rookie in the Rookieverse" anymore!”

Like her namesake, Beagle is a sweet, loving individual who just wants to be useful to the people she cares about. She, Fang, and Kroos used to work together at a Columbian outskirts garrison, but when Beagle came down with Oripathy, all three were banished. Beagle used to blame herself for ruining Fang and Kroos’ careers, but now that the trio have come to Rhodes Island, Beagle has been able to blossom as a 3★ Normal Defender specializing in physical defense.

Beagle is the baseline unit for Defenders in Arknights. Everything about her kit is focused entirely on mitigating physical damage. She gains bonus DEF from her Potential bonuses, her Trust bonuses, and her Talent—appropriately called DEF Up—and her Skill, DEF Up α, offers another DEF buff on top of everything else. Because she can Block up to 3 enemies and shrug off their attacks fairly easily, she’s often one of the best Defenders for Doctors to raise early in their Arknights careers.

Being a 3* unit, Beagle can promote to E1, but not to E2, which limits her ability to keep up with higher-rarity Operators. She also has no way to mitigate enemy Arts damage, which becomes increasingly common in higher-end content. Despite this, Beagle remains useful for a surprisingly long time. Doctors often need multiple Defenders to cover different parts of a map, and Beagle’s low rarity means she is cheap to raise and has a comparatively low DP cost. With just a little love, this loyal Defender can put in a lot of good work.