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In Arknights: Endfield, there’s a heavy emphasis on battles with various enemy types, and healing your operators is crucial as you explore the world and gather resources. Before long, you’ll need a dedicated healer on your team.
Your first healer in Arknights: Endfield is Snowshine, which you get for free early on in the game. She’s a five-star Cryo sword-wielder who can deal damage while healing your other operators, making her a versatile and valuable character, especially when supplies such as Buckwheat Powder start to run low.
### Best Snowshine Weapons and Items
Sometimes the free characters in gacha games aren’t ideal for the long term, but Snowshine stands out as a strong early choice. She’s a five-star Cryo great sword user who can inflict as much damage as she heals, thanks to her powerful weapon skills.
Since Snowshine is a defender-type operator wielding a heavy weapon, her main stats focus on Strength and Will. Boosting her Strength increases her attack power, while raising her Will enhances her healing abilities with some of her most powerful moves.
Her initial entry as a healer aligns with her being unlocked after completing part of the main story with Chen Qianyu. Pairing her with other combat-ready operators allows her to stay safe while she fights—this makes her a potent support character.
Using her in Cryo-based teams can greatly improve their durability. The dual benefits of Cryo application and physical damage make her valuable on elemental squads. Characters like Last Rite, who get stronger with Cryo stacks, work well alongside her. Including Xaihi and Ardelia can further amplify her effects with added arts susceptibility and damage boosts, turning your team into a nearly unstoppable force.
### Best Weapons for Snowshine
| Weapon Name | Rarity | Stats Boosts | Description |
|——————|——–|————————————-|———————————————————————————————-|
| Sundered Prince | Six-Star | Strength, Critical Rate, Attack | When not focusing on offense, this great sword helps her hit harder by increasing her staggering potential in final strikes. |
| Former Finery | Six-Star | Will, Max HP, Attack, Treatment | Focuses on Will, but also significantly boosts her HP and healing effectiveness. |
| Finishing Call | Five-Star | Strength, Attack, Max HP, Treatment | Her signature weapon; makes her a stronger healer and grants her extra HP to stay safe longer. It offers a benefits similar to Former Finery but with slightly different stat boosts. |
### Best Gear Sets for Snowshine
| Gear Set | Best Pieces for Snowshine | Bonus or Stat Boosts |
|——————|————————————————–|————————————————————————————-|
| LYNX | Heavy Armor, Gloves, Aegis Injector x2 | Adds damage reduction after healing, or boosts damage when her allies are treated. |
| Eternal Xiranite| (No specific pieces listed) | When applying certain effects, her teammates gain a damage increase for 15 seconds. |
| Mordvolt | Vest, Resistant Gloves, Resistant Battery x2 | When her HP drops below 50%, she heals more effectively. |
### How to Build Snowshine’s Best Teams and Abilities
The most effective way to use Snowshine is in a Cryo-focused elemental team. Pair her with other strong Cryo units like Last Rite, whose skills boost with Cryo stacks. Adding characters like Xaihi and Ardelia can give extra arts damage and amplification, making your squad almost unstoppable.
If you’re playing for free, the starting team is still capable of handling many battles. The Endministrator, Chen Qianyu, and Perlica form a well-rounded team, combining physical damage, arts effects, and good support options—even without spending on extra pulls.
### Snowshine’s Abilities and Upgrades
Even though Snowshine mainly heals, she has active combat skills to protect herself and contribute to battles.
Her basic attack consists of three quick hits with decent physical damage, and her Final Strike can stagger enemies significantly. Her Battle Skill summons a shield that not only blocks attacks but retaliates with Cryo damage and freezes enemies in front of her, helping keep her and her allies safe.
Her Combo Skill involves throwing a healing item toward her controlled operator and nearby teammates, restoring HP—especially useful when she’s below 60% HP.
Her ultimate skill lets her leap into the air and slam down with her shield, causing Cryo damage and creating a lingering icy area that damages enemies over time.
To get the most healing benefit, upgrading her Combo Skill first is recommended, followed by her ultimate and basic attack. Her Battle Skill becomes more useful after some upgrades and selecting the right talents through repeated pulls will improve her overall performance.
### Combat Talents
Her talents focus on enhancing healing and her battle survivability. One increases the effectiveness of her healing when teammates are at or below half health, while the other boosts her Battle Skill’s performance and refunds SP, making her more consistent during fights. Prioritize upgrading these talents by pulling her on the Headhunting banners to maximize her support potential.





