Supporter

Supporter
Role	Field support
Operators	28
Other Names
Chinese	辅助

Supporter is one of the eight Operator classes in Arknights.

Overview

Supporters provide various means of field support, ranging from buffing other operators, debuffing their enemies, or utilizing summons in combat. Most Supporters' attacks deal Arts damage, allowing them to act as makeshift Casters.

Supporters are more micromanagement-intensive than others, as most of them rely on the usage of their abilities to be effective. They are also frail, having a relatively low HP and DEF, though most Supporters have innate RES, so they should be played in combination with Medics.

Branches

Branch	Trait
Decel Binder	Deals Arts Damage and Slows the target for a short time Ranged Arts attacker that Slows the target in each attack
Summoner	Deals Arts Damage Can use Summons in battles Ranged Arts support Operator that can make use of summons
Hexer	Deals Arts Damage Ranged Arts attacker/support Operator that debilitate enemies with their skills/talent(s), usually by inflicting Fragile and Negative Statuses
Bard	Does not attack but continuously restores the HP of all allies within range (the HP restored per second is equal to 10% of self ATK). Self is unaffected by Inspiration Non-combat support Operator that passively heals friendly units in range over time and Inspires friendly units with their skills, but do not benefit from Inspiration themselves
Abjurer	Deals Arts Damage; When the skill is active, attacks instead restore the HP of allies (heal amount is equal to 75% of ATK) Ranged Arts attacker/support Operator that heals friendly units with 0.75× strength instead of attacking enemies during skill activations and augment friendlies with their skills/talents, usually by bestowing Sanctuary
Artificer	Blocks 2 enemies; Can use <Support Devices> in battles Melee support Operator that can make use of Support Devices
Ritualist	Attacks deal Arts Damage and can inflict Elemental Damage Ranged Arts attacker that can inflict Elemental Damages on enemies

Interactions

Operator	Skill/talent	Interaction
Podenco	Gardener	Increases the ATK of Supporters while Podenco is deployed. E1: 5% E2: 9% P5: +2% When Podenco's DEC-X Operator Module is upgraded, Gardener also increases the ASPD of Supporters. Stage 2: 3 Stage 3: 5
Suzuran	Skill Aura - Supporter	Increases the automatic SP generation rate of Supporters while Suzuran is deployed (mutually exclusive with other SP generation boosts). E1: 0.2 SP/sec. E2: 0.4 SP/sec. When Suzuran's DEC-X Operator Module is upgraded, Skill Aura - Supporter also increases the ATK of Supporters. Stage 2: 6% Stage 3: 9%

Trivia

• Prior to Gnosis' release, Supporter is one of the two classes without male Operator(s) from the initial release of Arknights alongside Specialist, and for a total of over two years, the longest with such distinction.